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Offline montmil

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Airhead Relay Substitutes
« on: December 19, 2011, 06:54:36 PM »
From the Airheads Beemer Club Technical Information:

http://www.airheads.org/content/view/159/98/
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Re: Airhead Relay Substitutes
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2014, 07:40:11 AM »
Original poster has removed/deleted his relay tech article from the ABC website.  :(
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Re: Airhead Relay Substitutes
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2014, 12:34:35 PM »
The only thing I will add to other than OEM relays being used, is the starter relay is specific to BMW motorcycles .

There is a diode inside the OEM relay, if you use a relay without this diode, there's the possibility that every time you pull the clutch lever in, the neutral light will come on .
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