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Postby ozx6r » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:52 pm

just browsing the bay and noticed

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MAGIC-POWER-BOX- ... dZViewItem

is this serious or a HOS?
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Postby Strika » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:57 pm

Check my thread on Power bands. I will sell you one of them and they are a lot better performance wise. Or for a little more I could supply you with the latest in Flux Capacitor technology :lol:
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Postby ozx6r » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:04 pm

wont even search for the thread - from the flux capacitor remark i think i am better off going up upgrading my hand grips to get a bit more power :)
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Postby Strika » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:13 pm

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Postby aardvark » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:00 pm

And I've got some halogen fluid for your headlights if you need a top up. :lol:
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Re: magic power box! HOS or not?

Postby Gosling1 » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:47 pm

ozx6r wrote:..is this serious or a HOS?


:lol: :lol: :lol: its an absolute load of hogshit !!

Anyone out there remember the old ad in Australasian Dirt Bike (ADB), when Honest Muz used to write for them ??

There was a picture of some skanky-looking shopfront, with a couple of crappy dirtbike accesories, and up on the wall were 2 'Powerbands'.........a 'Narrow' powerband for all the racerboys, and a 'Wide' powerband for the rest of us....... :shock: they were *actual* rubber bands, one of course was long and skinny, and the othere was short and f-a-t........ :lol: :lol:

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Postby Barrabob » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:56 pm

Someone on kawiforums disected something simaler to this and found it was a petentiometer type device that hooked up to the airbox sender but seeing as how there wasnt enough solder inside to hold it all together it was largly considered to be shite. :D
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Postby SocialSecurity » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:34 pm

you know one of these might just help a little.....


.... if your regulator is shot to bits that is :lol:
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Re: magic power box! HOS or not?

Postby MadKaw » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:27 am

Gosling1 wrote:
ozx6r wrote:..is this serious or a HOS?


:lol: :lol: :lol: its an absolute load of hogshit !!

Anyone out there remember the old ad in Australasian Dirt Bike (ADB), when Honest Muz used to write for them ??

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Postby Stereo » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:11 am

Ok... I am confused....

Does it work or not... everyone here is saying no.... But is it true that the voltage fluctuates a lot? If so, wouldnt that affect the spark from the plugs? and if that is true, would a power regulator improve performance? I mean, the theory is sound if it is true...

Obviously a motorcycle has a regulator rectifier for the voltage coming from the motor to the battery (for charging) but does the same apply for the other way? Is it required?
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Postby mrmina » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:28 am

i think there is some thruth to the theory.

as for the flux capacitor, it could be a goer
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Postby ozx6r » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:41 pm

i was orig thinkin along the same line as stereo
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Postby Gosling1 » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:59 pm

Stereo wrote:Ok... I am confused....

Does it work or not... everyone here is saying no.... But is it true that the voltage fluctuates a lot? If so, wouldnt that affect the spark from the plugs? and if that is true, would a power regulator improve performance? I mean, the theory is sound if it is true...

Obviously a motorcycle has a regulator rectifier for the voltage coming from the motor to the battery (for charging) but does the same apply for the other way? Is it required?


Don't be confused mate, these things are *released* to unsuspecting punters every year..........they are, in every respect, a total WOFTAM......

they *will not* increase your HP/mileage/light intensity/battery life/erection durability at all.......

Your voltage output from the 'alternator' surely does vary - and it is the job of the (a) rectifier to modify the AC output to a DC output, and the regulator to 'regulate' the charging current to the battery.
Once the charging current is 'rectified' to DC, and 'regulated' to 12.8v (approx), then *all is well*, and these *bolt-on* Power Boosters will do nothing SFA zip to your standard electrical system. They will not increase the voltage to the coils, or make the spark plugs 'sparkier' or anything like that........it doesn't apply *the other way* in other words....and definitely isn't required....

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Postby Stereo » Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:04 pm

Gosling1 wrote: or make the spark plugs 'sparkier' or anything like that........


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Re: magic power box! HOS or not?

Postby Jonno » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:36 pm

MadKaw wrote:
Gosling1 wrote:
ozx6r wrote:..is this serious or a HOS?


:lol: :lol: :lol: its an absolute load of hogshit !!

Anyone out there remember the old ad in Australasian Dirt Bike (ADB), when Honest Muz used to write for them ??

:D


Ah yes... I even had the "you can trust, Honest Muz" T shirt...

sorry, showing my age again... :oops:


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