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bakaboy said:
Well said. My 2nd year. 3 riders and 3 bikes in the family. 3 times the track fees. 3 times the maintenance. All the more to explain to the wife.

I look forward to seeing you at the track. We can yell back and forth over the noise of our clunkers.

If yours dies. You can plug into mine until it dies.
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hehe :D
 
I also read this section before buying and checked Kijiji....
Got a sweet deal on a once used Yamaha 2000i for $800 with full warranty, and the nice Gentalman even brought it down to Milton for me from Haliburton....

Nice and quiet and never an issue....
 
Just finished my second season, first year racing (3 rounds). Bought an inverter champion for $600 from Costco, still works after 12-15 days at the track. Doesn't guzzle gas and isn't obnoxiously loud. If I could have afforded a nicer genny I would have bought one but my race liscence/school and a few new parts that were needed not just bling, were more important. I guess I could have not raced a round but I would rather hook up a generator system to a stationary bike and peddle my *** off for a day than not ride.
 
I've borrowed the Costco Champions.... those are hit or miss, usually people will get a working model after 1-2 returns (Costco has very lax return policies). I've used it, and would say they are a decent inverter BUT I wouldn't use them with any electronics. A friend of mine measured the power draw from it and it would spike at random, so keep your laptops away from that one.
 
You could wire a high powered inverter to your car/truck which would be a little quieter.
 
caboose483 said:
Is this a serious suggestion or are you being silly??
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I've never been to a track so I have no idea if there is space for a car/truck. I also didn't read any other suggestions. You can get high powered inverters for fairly cheap that will run off a car battery. No idea if the alternator can take it, though (I'm guessing probably not). From what I've seen cars and trucks run quieter than a generator.

I guess it was a bad idea.
 
QUOTE=unL33T;1927728]I've never been to a track so I have no idea if there is space for a car/truck. I also didn't read any other suggestions. You can get high powered inverters for fairly cheap that will run off a car battery. No idea if the alternator can take it, though (I'm guessing probably not). From what I've seen cars and trucks run quieter than a generator.

I guess it was a bad idea.[/QUOTE]
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caboose483 said:
Is this a serious suggestion or are you being silly??
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Had a friend in the US do this and it worked great! It was a farily complex ordeal and if you factor in his time and all the wiring and the heavy duty alternator he added and wiring to the inverter,,, probably get a used Honda 1000 for less. But it did work fine.
 
Bickle Racing said:
Had a friend in the US do this and it worked great! It was a farily complex ordeal and if you factor in his time and all the wiring and the heavy duty alternator he added and wiring to the inverter,,, probably get a used Honda 1000 for less. But it did work fine.
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Interesting!! I didnt think it would be a very practical.

I did a quick googling and found some 2500w power inverters. I suppose as long as the alternator can feed it and the wiring is the proper gage.. Why not??

You'd need about 200 free amps coming off that alternator. Is that a lot??
 
That's a lot. VW diesels have a 120 amp alternator. Dunno what the diesel pickups have, but light-duty vehicles will mostly be less than that.
 
120 amps at what rpm.
 
A diesel truck runs two batteries and can handle the inverter. A separate deep cycle marine and inverter is still the best bang for the buck when looking for alternatives to a noisy genny.
 
what about all the people waking up to dead car batteries in the morning.

now if your going to use an inverter why not just buy 12 volt tire warmers so you can straight off the battery.

im sure they make 12 volt tire warmers.

lots of chargers for electronics can run off a car.
 
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WarpTiger said:
now if your going to use an inverter why not just buy 12 volt tire warmers so you can straight off the battery

im sure they make 12 volt tire warmers.

lots of chargers for electronics can run off a car.
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Aren't a set of tire warmers about 900 watts? At 12 volts you would be looking at 75 amps. Your wires would need to be something like 4 gauge.

Although may be technically feasible to use an inverter and vehicle to provide power, an inverter generator will be cheaper to buy and much much cheaper to operate. Most alternators won't put out full power at idle, so you would need the vehicle running at high idle.
 
Turbo gpz said:
A diesel truck runs two batteries and can handle the inverter. A separate deep cycle marine and inverter is still the best bang for the buck when looking for alternatives to a noisy genny.
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How long will a deep cycle battery run a set of warmers?
 
My FJ has an inbuilt 400w (not enough to power warmers but is ok to charge my power tool batteries) inverter, I wouldnt use it at the track for anything.
 
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