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Blade wrote:Bar end sliders (8) impressed not even Marquez carries that much angle of dangle

Me n kwacky would have him round malllory

Had a look to see if my quick action throttle from my old track bike would fit the Rsv ...... it wont the cables on the rsv are Really short :-( so had put it back together again. However on a positive note when I rebuilt it I managed to get a couple of mm adjustment on the cable which got rid of the slack feeling in the throttle for now ..

rocket wrote:Had a look to see if my quick action throttle from my old track bike would fit the Rsv ...... it wont the cables on the rsv are Really short :-( so had put it back together again. However on a positive note when I rebuilt it I managed to get a couple of mm adjustment on the cable which got rid of the slack feeling in the throttle for now ..

Out of interest, what was your old trackbike Rocket.?

zx636 b1h

Picked it up from the bro-in-laws, left it in his garage while we where on holiday.

Got it wet and muddy on the way home.

Washed and waxed it, degreased and cleaned the chain and rear sprocket then put it back in the shed. Just in time too as is pissed it down with rain again.

rocket wrote:zx636 b1h

Very nice indeed mate.
I bet it was quite a wrench to part with her.

StMarks wrote:

rocket wrote:zx636 b1h

Very nice indeed mate.
I bet it was quite a wrench to part with her.

It was that's why its still in the garage minus the dymags and the fairing is a bit tatty.

rocket wrote:zx636 b1h

Had a b1 myself they make great track bikes and really love the black and gold color scheme.

Perkles wrote:

Blade wrote:Bar end sliders (8) impressed not even Marquez carries that much angle of dangle

Me n kwacky would have him round malllory

On a monster too I've seen the photos

Just plugged it into the charger as its been sat for a couple of weeks now.

Click as the charger goes on and then click as it goes back off again. I guess the charging circuit is working well with the new battery. I'm not going to leave it on charge all the time now.

D6Nutz wrote:Just plugged it into the charger as its been sat for a couple of weeks now.

Click as the charger goes on and then click as it goes back off again. I guess the charging circuit is working well with the new battery. I'm not going to leave it on charge all the time now.

Why I thought that was the purpose of a trickle charger or can it be harmful ? Am I missing something ?

I don't know what's best TBH. As the weather should be getting better now the bike will be ridden more and won't need charging.

Plus I'm too tight to pay for the leccy

I always have mine on trickle charge in the garage as thought that was best advice, not sure now.

Never thought about cost surely its only pence, if it doesn't need charging it won't take any so no cost really.

A battery should be able to hold a charge once it's fully charged. Batteries have limited lives, so could the life be shortened if it's on constant recharge?

I don't know the answer for vehicle batteries but the advice for laptops is either use the battery or use mains, don't have both running at the same time if you want to lengthen the life of the battery.

My thinking is the same as Kwacky's. Once a battery is charged it should be able to hold its change over the summer months even with fairly infrequent use. If it doesn't i would say the battery is probably on its last legs and may well leave you stranded on a ride one day. ( Like the IOM in 2010 )

Most battery conditioners don't just charge, they discharge in a controlled way monitoring how the battery performs and charge again. Most of them don't show themselves doing that, but the ctek one I've now got does tell you what it's doing and usually does the whole cycle over about 10 days so I don't think they do them any harm at all.

Jane's bike is 9 years old now and is on its original battery. It's been on its optimate since day one and given she barely uses it, the battery is still A1.

Spot on cookiemonster was talking to a guy the other day about an optimate for my rsv and he explained how it conditions the battery (flattens then charges it back up) as well as keeping it charged up

Well I charged mine the old fashioned way today and took it out for a good spanking.

I still can't get over how stable the M7's are on really crap road surfaces.

Cleaned the bike and took the baffle out of the can.

Cleaned all the dead flies off the Mutley, fitted the Rizoma brake and clutch fluid caps and oiled the chain.

Was tempted to join the rideout tomorrow but I have been so tired these last few weeks i really don't want to be getting up early on a day off.