magic power box! HOS or not?
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magic power box! HOS or not?
just browsing the bay and noticed
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MAGIC-POWER-BOX- ... dZViewItem
is this serious or a HOS?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MAGIC-POWER-BOX- ... dZViewItem
is this serious or a HOS?
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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 

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Re: magic power box! HOS or not?
ozx6r wrote:..is this serious or a HOS?



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.......



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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. 

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Re: magic power box! HOS or not?
Ah yes... I even had the "you can trust, Honest Muz" T shirt...Gosling1 wrote:ozx6r wrote:..is this serious or a HOS?![]()
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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 ??
sorry, showing my age again...

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

".....shut the gate on this one Maxie......it's the ducks guts !!............."
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Re: magic power box! HOS or not?
hahahaha loved reading his satire, it was the only mag I ever subscribed to.MadKaw wrote:Ah yes... I even had the "you can trust, Honest Muz" T shirt...Gosling1 wrote:ozx6r wrote:..is this serious or a HOS?![]()
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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 ??
sorry, showing my age again...
Do you remember the drill short holes in worn knobby tires for "newgrip" then that clown replying in the next issue saying he holed a tyre

But he gave me an idea!!!
Instead of drilling holes I used the trusty 4" angle grinder to square up the edges on the knobbies and cut some grooves across, worked well for about 1hr


