I eventually got around to fitting my prototype LED rear light board for Lucas 564 rear lights to my Matchless over the weekend. It has sat on the side for the last few weeks after testing, so I thought it was about time I got it fitted within the Lucas lamp unit to see how …
I was asked how the LED rear light board I’ve designed and made for the Lucas 564 rear lamp of my Matchless motorbike compared with a standard 21/5W filament bulb. I knew from the development work I’d done over the last couple of months that it was bright, but I needed to see how bright …
I’ve been working on a project to design and produce an LED light unit for the Lucas 564 rear lamp of my Matchless motorbike for the past month or two. I now have a working prototype which I’m quite happy with, so thought I’d share some photo’s of it with you. The reason behind this …
My bike has been off the road for the last month or so whilst the Lucas ‘N1’ magneto and ‘E3NL’ dynamo were back in the UK being reconditioned. The magneto had started to fail intermittently a few weeks before and then lost it’s spark completely, and the output from the dynamo seemed to be flickering …
I picked up my bike from the mechanic yesterday. It had been in for about 6 weeks now so it’s been a long time since I was last out on the road! The main jobs that needed to be done were that the front suspension forks needed to be rebuilt (the seals were leaking oil) …