anyone think of a backup alternator?

[POS carb]

I know it's a bit late but....
wouldn't a secondary battery be a better alternative?
You could have a 2nd battery in the trunk with an charging isolator and a switch. If your alternator died and you killed your main battery you could ride home on the backup battery

[lostforawhile]

I know it's a bit late but....
wouldn't a secondary battery be a better alternative?
You could have a 2nd battery in the trunk with an charging isolator and a switch. If your alternator died and you killed your main battery you could ride home on the backup battery

well I already have a gutted alternator which is a case with the bearings and pulley,where the old one used to be, it acts as an idler for the water pump. It's not that difficult to change it to a backup, functional one, The high miler guys often run a switch to turn of their alternator, and it's been shown on the dyno to have an extremely small drag with the field shut off, not much more then an idler itself, the horsepower drag comes when it's generating current and the stator is turning against the opposing magnetic field