What did you do to your bike today ??

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Post by kiwikrasher »

Headlight feed is already a high drain, not best practice.

When I put in heated grips Rossgo I took a feed straight from the battery but ran it through a relay that was triggered by the rear light (very minimal extra load, like mV's) That way your device has a constant independent power source but is de-energised when the ignition is off.

It was the method recommended to me by an auto-electrician
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Ordered some ZX-6R stickers for the front fairing to replace the stripes and the Ninja logo. I've never been a fan of the Ninja trade mark, it all feels a bit Gixery to me.
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Post by Rossgo »

kiwikrasher wrote:Headlight feed is already a high drain, not best practice.

When I put in heated grips Rossgo I took a feed straight from the battery but ran it through a relay that was triggered by the rear light (very minimal extra load, like mV's) That way your device has a constant independent power source but is de-energised when the ignition is off.

It was the method recommended to me by an auto-electrician
That is a very good idea kiwi. Cheers for the suggestion
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Brrrrr. That was fecking cold. Thermal t shirt did its job.
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Kwacky wrote:Brrrrr. That was fecking cold. Thermal t shirt did its job.
no mention of your furry muff.?? (happy)
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The muffs are at home today. I was going to fit them after I washed the bike on Saturday but I ran out of time.
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StMarks wrote:
Kwacky wrote:Brrrrr. That was fecking cold. Thermal t shirt did its job.
no mention of your furry muff.?? (happy)
(ttiwwp)

(shocked)
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It's too bloody cold for the bike (n)
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Kwacky wrote:It's too bloody cold for the bike (n)
Not even with your furry muffs? :D

It was -7 here this morning! (shocked)
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I keep telling you man, the muffs are smooth.
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Kwacky wrote:I keep telling you man, the muffs are smooth.
Better when they are furry :D
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Kwacky wrote:It's too bloody cold for the bike (n)
Here you go Kwacky.:

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Very nice gloves in the cold. Lovely and toasty. I had some when I had a Tiger 800. They were too bulky though for me so my Dad had them off me.
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Too big, but thanks anyway.
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Getting new boots for the kwak.
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Riding in the Reading Toy Run today
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Post by D6Nutz »

It was nice seeing all the bikes out today, all dressed up.

Shame I was in the car, but I did have the roof down to enjoy the noise of being overtaken (happy)
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Covered my nice and shiny clean bike with black road crud.
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Very misty ride in this morning. On the plus side it was a bit warmer.
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Kwacky wrote:Very misty ride in this morning. On the plus side it was a bit warmer.
(whew) 16 degrees by the end of the week, supposedly.
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