tansis said:
nope, I dont even have a license to drive. It just sounds logical to use the starter motor as an electrical generator.
Unfortunately not, they perform completely different jobs - a starter motor wouldn't work at all well as a generator.
The Yamaha system refered to (a friend of mine had an RD200 many years ago!) effectively used two systems in a single casing - there were seperate brushes for the generator and the starter motor. One advantage of it was that the starter motor was permanently engaged, so you didn't get the usual starter motor noises - if you stalled it, you could restart it instantly, without anyone noticing :lol: