Motorcycle Electrics Without Pain [Paperback]

Mike Arman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Mike Arman Pub (June 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093307803X
• ISBN-13: 978-0933078031
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,594,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No pain and quite a few chuckles..., October 10, 2000

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PETER SMITH (HAMILTON, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motorcycle Electrics Without Pain (Paperback)

I bought my first copy of Mike Arman's book some time in the mid 80s. I wore it out. Then I bought another. That got a bit frayed too. The third copy is, like Laura Whatsername, "wrapped in plastic"...to keep my greasy fingerprints off it. Let me tell you what I do...I write stuff - including technical stuff - for motorcycle magazines here in Oztralia. For me to do this work successfully I need rather a lot of reference material. Putting it as bluntly as I can, Mike Arman's book is simply the best guide to motorcycle circuit maintenance one can buy. If you want to go into the intricacies of 3-D ingnition mapping or integrated circuit design, look elsewhere, but if you want to know how to rewire your machine so it doesn't stall every time it looks like rain, or so the lights work after dark - two unsolvable mysteries to the owners of Italian machinery - then Mike's your man. Time for me to testify... An acquaintance of mine was having trouble with the standard wiring loom on his Honda 400cc four-cylinder machine. He decided to rewire the bike using Motorcycle Electrics Without Pain as a guide. He used only the existing wiring loom on the machine for materials and ended the exercise with 40 metres of wire left over. And everything worked. On that basis alone, the book's a bargain. As well, it's written in a no-nonsense, entertaining style which is bound to raise the odd chortle here and there as Mike explains the way things electrical work in the real world of motorcycles as opposed to the way electrical theorists would have us believe they work. And it's especially applicable and entertaining for anyone who has had any dealings at all with the electrical work of the company founded by Joseph Lucas, the Prince Of Darkness. Sincerely, I cannot recommend this book highly enough for anyone considering looking into the arcane art of motorcycle electrickery. And it's a damn good read as well.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on electrical theory, March 25, 2002

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John M. Stafford (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motorcycle Electrics Without Pain (Paperback)

"Motorcycle Electrics Without Pain" is the only book I've ever read that actually explained the electronic on my bike in a way I could understand, and the book didn't even cover my model. I highly recommend that anyone who is trying to troubleshoot their own electrical problems buy and read this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely essential tool!, September 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Motorcycle Electrics Without Pain (Paperback)

great explanations with excellent sense of humor!! A MUST for the novice vintage mechanic or to attempt to understand how almost anything works.