Sandymay made me smarter... Or did she ???
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:19 am
Tip 'o the hat to Sandymay 'cuz she said something that made me actually use my brain on a Sunday morning for something other than reading the paper.
In her post about fueling the Forza she mentioned that she still wasn't using her centerstand. Now, I can totally understand that because it's really hard to do unless you're a big person with big boots, which she and I are not. But I still go to the effort every day because I've always put the thing up on the stand and started the engine in order to check the lights, brake lights, and turn signals before I take off down the street.
So I wondered how she checked her lights if she didn't use the centerstand. That won't work on my PCX or several other scooters I've owned because the lights won't come on unless the engine is running, and on scooters normally the engine won't run if they're on the side stand.
Then my curiosity (once again) got the better of me and caused me to actually get up from my seated position and go out to the garage to see if you could in fact check the lights with the engine off, key on, and sidestand down, and lo and behold you can! Everything works just fine that way. This made me very happy because I'd just come off of two weeks without riding the Forza because I'd sprained my foot and couldn't lift it. (PCX yes, Forza no).
But then Mr.Science and the memory of having so many vehicles with so-so batteries with which you would never, ever do such a thing kicked in and told me this was a bad, bad idea and would only result in heartbreak and grief.
Which brings me to the question for all you science majors out there in Forzaland: Is this a bad thing to do or not? Obviously just turning on the key doesn't use as much energy as starting the engine, but it sure does set off a lot of bells, whistles, fuel pumps, ECMs, and flashing lights, all of which appear to require a lot of juice.
So what say you scientific types? Are we good to go on this method or not? 'Cuz if we are, I've just discovered a whole new, more relaxed, way of life.
Enquiring minds want to know.
Johnny
In her post about fueling the Forza she mentioned that she still wasn't using her centerstand. Now, I can totally understand that because it's really hard to do unless you're a big person with big boots, which she and I are not. But I still go to the effort every day because I've always put the thing up on the stand and started the engine in order to check the lights, brake lights, and turn signals before I take off down the street.
So I wondered how she checked her lights if she didn't use the centerstand. That won't work on my PCX or several other scooters I've owned because the lights won't come on unless the engine is running, and on scooters normally the engine won't run if they're on the side stand.
Then my curiosity (once again) got the better of me and caused me to actually get up from my seated position and go out to the garage to see if you could in fact check the lights with the engine off, key on, and sidestand down, and lo and behold you can! Everything works just fine that way. This made me very happy because I'd just come off of two weeks without riding the Forza because I'd sprained my foot and couldn't lift it. (PCX yes, Forza no).
But then Mr.Science and the memory of having so many vehicles with so-so batteries with which you would never, ever do such a thing kicked in and told me this was a bad, bad idea and would only result in heartbreak and grief.
Which brings me to the question for all you science majors out there in Forzaland: Is this a bad thing to do or not? Obviously just turning on the key doesn't use as much energy as starting the engine, but it sure does set off a lot of bells, whistles, fuel pumps, ECMs, and flashing lights, all of which appear to require a lot of juice.
So what say you scientific types? Are we good to go on this method or not? 'Cuz if we are, I've just discovered a whole new, more relaxed, way of life.
Enquiring minds want to know.
Johnny