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[Scalyback]

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Ever wished there was a guide that told you what wires and circuits, the various switches and switch positions connected on your 1995 ear UK Bullet?



Or had an entry that detailed the routing of every type of circuit, be it headlamp low beam, right hand indicators, rectifier and charging, etc?


Well, you lucky, lucky people!



Revel now in the excitement that is "Royal Enfield Iron Engine Bullets - How the Electrics Work (UK 1995 era)", Link below.


Royal Enfield Iron Engine Bullets - How the Electrics Work (UK 1995 era)


(Feedback apprieciated, especially if you spot any mistakes!)

[simon]

Nice job!

[Scalyback]

Should have added, Read in conjunction with colour diagram, link to page and pic below.



Scaly's junk

[Off to the shed again]

Scaly, being as it is Sunday, have you thought about becoming a Minster of the Cloth? I, for one, would turn up to every sermon you cared to expound! Being a cheapskate, I shall print off your guide at work tomorrow and it will be fully utilised in the VERY slow re-build of my 1955 350 to 500 conversion.

[Scalyback]

I not sure it would cover a 1955 version, they had different leccy stuff, but I do smile at the idea of becoming the "Reverend Enfield"!

[Thack]

Another exceptional contribution. Thanks, Mr Scaly!

[Scalyback]

Thanks guys, I have now added the colour diagram to the PDF, so all the info is in one place!

[another Allan]

Excellent stuff! Thanks very much for posting the guides. I've 'bookmarked' them for easy access.
One small query - are you Scalyback or Scaleyback? The 'e' keeps appearing and disappearing......!

[Off to the shed again]

Scaly, the engine I am fitting is a NOS indian 500, no engine number but I have best guessed it as 1999. As such it will have an alternator, so I am taking full advantage of the superb Indian engineering! to convert to 12v and using modern switch gear/indicators, Etc. I will convert it back to 350 when funds allow a full engine/gearbox rebuild, then I intend to get an Indian 500, of which I will have a fully sorted 500 engine for spare or fitment. Chris

[Scalyback]

Hi Another Alan,



The nickname was apparently first heard from the infantry, who are not always consistent in their spelling, so both are correct.



I suppose I should come clean about the origin. I usually say that it came from the radios, batteries and transmitters on the backpack that made us look like reptiles, thus scalyback, but this is the nice way to explain it. The reality was rather nastier.



During the first world war, we lugged around wireless sets with accumulator type lead acid batteries. If on an advance or withdrawal, you had no choice but to keep moving with the bloody thing on your back, quite often in agony as the bloody lead acid batteries were prone to leaking. It would soak into your shirt, and slowly burn your skin, until you were either safe enough or your company stopped for a rest, where you could take the bloody thing off and hopefully wash your shirt. Of course, by then, the remains of any skin you had left look like scales. Thus Scaleyback.



Now here's the funny ( or not) bit. We tried a re-enactment of sorts, using old radio gear that we had got working from the museum. I got to carry one of the sets, I started to realise after a while that the pack was either even heavier than I had thought, or something else was wrong. Yes, the bloody battery had leaked, and I had assumed it was just sweat from carrying the bloody thing. I must have been the first soldier since WW1 to get acid burns and almost with pride, the rest of the bastards gave me the name Scaleyback, before getting a load of field dressings and parcel tape (from god knows where), leaving me looking like a tortoise!



Took at least a week to recover fully!



So not only was I a scalyback, but I ended up having one!



I guess I keep the name as I can say that it really happened to me, and due to the uniqueness of this, I guess I am proud of it in a strange army type way!