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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:32 am
by Kev L
You mean because she rides a v twin, yeah that's just what I was thinking!!!! :wink:

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:31 am
by agentpineapple
cybercarl wrote:Just got back from a rather rapid ride around the M25. I hate that Motorway, it's bloody dangerous. Whether there is a ton of traffic speeding up and then back down to 50 all the time or if there is little traffic and free-flowing, the way people use the 4 lanes is treacherous at times, especially when a few big HGV's with foreign plates are chucked in the mix.

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what all the way around!!!!!!!!!

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:00 pm
by VTRDark
No don't be silly. A21 to A3.

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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:19 am
by 8541Hawk
AMCQ46 wrote:I can see why you took the mentoring role :)
Hey be nice to Bruce.... yes I do call her Bruce as she is an Aussie girl but truth be told she asked me to help her out and she is a damn good student.
It does help she already has a racing license but she is a quick learner also.

It is refreshing to go out with no egos and just work on riding skills.
Actually it has made riding fun again and I get my own form of pleasure by towing her past the racer boys on the hill and seeing the look on their faces when they realize a girl passed them....... :angel: :lol: :lol:

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:38 am
by VTRDark
yes I do call her Bruce as she is an Aussie girl
PMSL :lol: :lol:

Sod the bikes.... in that pic of Newcombs I can't take my eyes off that beautiful car, what looks to me like an old classic Porche overpowering the pic. But it does seem to have a Ferrari badge on the boot or is that hood :lol: at the rear. Then there's a pro Italia marquee :confused

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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:59 am
by MacV2
cybercarl wrote:
yes I do call her Bruce as she is an Aussie girl
PMSL :lol: :lol:

Sod the bikes.... in that pic of Newcombs I can't take my eyes off that beautiful car, what looks to me like an old classic Porche overpowering the pic. But it does seem to have a Ferrari badge on the boot or is that hood :lol: at the rear. Then there's a pro Italia marquee :confused

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It's a Porche Carl, look at the badge on the hub caps.

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:12 am
by VTRDark
Well yeh that was my first thought, also look at the steering wheel. I had the opportunity to work on some of those older classic Porche 911's in the past. Crushed beetles I like to call them. Very distinctive shape. But look at the Yellow badge on the boot/engine cover, that looks liks a Ferrari badge to me so it's a confused car.

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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:14 pm
by Duffy1964

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:49 pm
by 8541Hawk
cybercarl wrote: Sod the bikes.... in that pic of Newcombs I can't take my eyes off that beautiful car, what looks to me like an old classic Porche overpowering the pic. But it does seem to have a Ferrari badge on the boot or is that hood :lol: at the rear. Then there's a pro Italia marquee :confused

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Guess I should have taken a few pics of the Mclaren that was at the other end of the lot :wink:

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:36 pm
by VTRDark
Nah they are as common as muck if one goes to Hyde Park :lol:

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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:17 am
by Bananaman
I've just worked out I'm getting 38 to the gallon! !! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :beer:

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:19 am
by Kev L
What about the bike? :lol:

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:42 am
by Bananaman
:lol: :biggrin

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:20 pm
by Wicky
Meaning to do this for years, esp after cold dark winter nights when the charging system struggled to handle the strain of having both the headlight and heated grips on at once.

Followed a well Illustrated guide from Superhawk forum and got the whole kit new from ebay US as prices on second-hand MOSFET R/Rs here aren't much different in UK - No import duty paid as Jason kindly marked it as below the duty threshold and he also included full instructions. Easy to do as the only special tool I had to get hold off was an 'Open Barrel' crimper. Time taken for swap = 1 hour.

YAMAHA SHINDENGEN FH020AA REGULATOR W/CONNECTORS /REPLACES FH012AA > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-SHINDE ... 0705241034

Or MOSFET FH020AA From Germany > http://mtp-racing.de/index.php?a=5427

Link Lead connectors from Triumph > https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/view/T2500676 Part no.T2500676
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R1/R6 Regulator/Rectifier Swap > http://www.superhawkforum.com/forums/kn ... wap-14380/

Useful primer on Open Barrel Crimping on the connectors that came with it > http://www.xj4ever.com/crimping%20my%20style.pdf

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All fitted and indicator relay moved aftwards

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Open Barrel Crimps and pesky connector

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:01 pm
by VTRDark
Nice job wicky and good to hear they get past customs. :thumbup:

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