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Using capacitors is standard practice on some dirt bikes I believe? Lots of people do this as it smooths the power through the lights etc, without the weight of the battery. EDIT: it’s also for FI because of the pump not engaging.
So long as the reg/rec side of things is safe and can’t shunt over the working range of the capacitor, you should be fine.
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The battery that was in the bike was goosed and instead of replacing it I’m going to try a battery eliminator.
Thing is they cost generally about £30+ ie more than a battery and all they are is one of these or similar in a nice case.
I figure I can probably hold the capacitor in a p clip attached to an existing hole in the battery box and the battery leads will attach right to the screw terminals on the top.
What can go wrong?!
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