American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 223 February 2018 | Page 38
Knurled and inlay design master
cylinder covers
Brass Balls Cycles of Oklahoma City has
added new master cylinder cover designs
for Touring and Sportster applications that
feature a choice of three finish styles -
hammered copper inlay, carbon fiber inlay
and knurled.
Precision machined from aircraft grade
6061 T6 billet aluminum with black
anodized or brushed finish, they are a
stylish bolt-on direct replacement for the
stock covers.
For Touring models the brake fitment is for
'13-'18 FLHT, FLHR, FLTR, FLHX, and '13 H-D
FL Trike; clutch for ‘17-'18 FLHT, FLHX, FLTRX,
and '14-'16 with use of '17-'18 gasket and
carrier; for Sportsters they fit ’04-’17.
True craftsman parts, the real hammered
copper inlay is precisely cut and hand
applied into the master cylinder cover, as is
the carbon fiber inlay.
For the ‘no frills’ customer, Brass Balls offer
a “cool aggressive knurled pattern CNC
machined into the master cylinder covers”
as a direct replacement for stock that works
with the existing gasket on ‘04’17 XLs.
It coordinates well with Brass Balls’ knurled
no-slip grips and the
whole range will match
several more upcoming
inlay part designs such as
fuel doors, tank panels
and inlays for grips.
BRASS BALLS CYCLES
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Tel: 405 270 0995
[email protected]
www.brassballscycles.com
Off-grid solutions - OptiMate DC to DC
If a rider is nowhere near an AC power outlet and
the motorcycle’s battery needs charging, most of the
options he or she has are halfway between less than
ideal and impractical.
A 12V battery can be jump-started from another
vehicle or a friend’s motorcycle - but where are the
correct jumper cables when you need them?
You can use one of those nifty lithium jump packs,
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that is, if you’ve not cooked it to death in your
saddlebag! However, the problem remains after
starting, and even after many hours of riding to
recharge the battery - if that battery has developed
sulphation, it has lost its ability to hold charge; or to
put it into real world perspective, the ‘no start’
problem will repeat the next morning.
If you have a flat 12.8V-13.2V lithium battery, jump
starting is risky. A flat lithium battery can suffer
permanent damage if high current is dumped into it.
A low volt lithium battery needs to be nursed back
to health (in reality, slowly charged back up to at
least 10-20 percent) before it can take and deliver
high current.
The new OptiMate DC to DC is “a perfect and safe
solution for any powersport battery,” according to
TecMate CTO Martin Human, “including for 12.8V-
13.2V lithium (LiFePO4) batteries.
“It is fully automatic, so there is no need to figure
out what battery type is in the vehicle. Simply hook
it up to a fully charged 12V source battery (e.g. a
good Samaritan’s car or pickup truck) and then
within a minute to the flat 12V lead-acid or 12.8V-
13.2V lithium (LiFePO4) battery — even a lithium
battery with built in BMS (battery management
system) protection.
“The OptiMate DC to DC model TM500 will
automatically reset the BMS (if the battery has one)
and save/recondition that flat low-volt battery,
charge it at 2 amps, then test and maintain the
battery.
AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - FEBRUARY 2018
“The good news for those impatient to ride, with a
charge rate of 2 amps the battery will be good and
ready the moment the green test LED lights up, which
means 4-6 hours for your typical cruiser motorcycle
battery. That battery will be reconditioned and ready
to ‘start your engine’ the next morning.”
TECMATE
Tienen, BELGIUM
Tel: +32 (0)16 805440
www.tecmate.com
www.optimate1.com
www.AMDchampionship.com