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in reply to: ABS unit repairs #17306
Bypass the expensive paperweight and get used to life without ABS. Cheapest option.BTW, hi Bruce. ACC Traffic 40 here.
in reply to: Tyre Pressure Indicators – kPa to PSI #17302If I was going to be fussy about it, I'd park the bike up and never use it for anything other than playing home-mechanic with.Nah, I actually want to use it, and the dynamic tyre pressure display will not rule my life.Tally ho......
in reply to: Tyre Pressure Indicators – kPa to PSI #17300I'm going to do a severe modification, at least by my non-modifying standards.I'm going to get a label maker, and make a label with the upper and lower limits, and stick it somewhere I can see it.There, problem solved. From what I gather, the majority of users just use the TPI to tell them if a serious problem is developing. Most apparently still use a tyre pressure gauge. E.g. check the tyres with your trusted gauge, then use the TPIs as dynamic monitoring devices.Makes me think of the temperature gauge on my now ex-F800. I used to just know it was fecking cold, then the F800 told me exactly how fecking cold it was. Sometimes it was better not to know.
in reply to: Tyre Pressure Indicators – kPa to PSI #17297The 12 now has a gifted Givi top box, and I haven't been able to ride it at all. Admiring it is about as goof as it has gotten.I'll stick with kPa, just gotta get my head around it.
in reply to: Sertao centre stand alternative #17294Looks good.Just watched a vid of the Sertao compared to a Suzuki and a Yamaha. Looks like BMW has gone back to it's Dakar roots with the Sertao. I guess you'll love it or hate it, but it looks great to me.
in reply to: Pelican top case on 1200RT #17184Thanks. In hospital just now and spent last night googling that stuff.Thanks for the input 🙂
in reply to: Spotlights and CANBUS #15168Where do I go to get those maps?
in reply to: Spotlights and CANBUS #15166Pete's Dodgy GPS arrangement.Its a Garmin Nuvi 1390T. Cost $125 on TradeMe.The mount cost me about $10, bodged from some bits I had lying around from previous car kits etc.Voila !!
in reply to: Spotlights and CANBUS #15165Nope, that why I had to fit another one.The factory one is down on the side of the bike, right hand side.Guessing it's for heated suits etc, as I can't imagine anyone putting a GPS down there.
in reply to: Spotlights and CANBUS #15163YoFound this useful for hooking up my GPS. On my F800ST, which is now for sale.Close to the battery positive lead, not far from the battery, was a spare power takeoff. Use it and it turns on with the keys, and off about a minute after the key gets turned off.Would never have known it was there, but Jimmy Tunnicliffe, the Miracle Mechanic in Christchurch, happened to mention it when we were chatting about something totally unrelated.So, just got my GPS sorted, now the bikes on TradeMe.Go figure.
in reply to: Which 1200RT? #17084I had my reservations about the RT-Ps until I put it all in perspective.I started counting a few things recently, to try to get my head around what we do to the bikes. We use the starter motor maybe 30 to 40 times in a shift, then wonder why we have electrical problems.We ride them mostly in town, then wonder why the accessory battery doesn't hold a charge.We do maybe 30 to 40 U-turns each shift, and accelerate quickly out of them, We brake, clutch and accelerate more than anyone .Once I'd got my head around why we have the issues we have, it's pretty fair to say that I love the RTs. The big seller for me is the wind protection.I commute to work at 5.30 each morning, and in winter, that's a bloody cold, Canterbury commute. The 800 leaves me exposed, and I freeze. Funny, it has a temperature guage on the OBC, sometimes I want to cover it over with electrical tape, as I'd rathe rnot know hoe blooddy cold I was. On the odd occasion when I've had the work bike home for the night, the commute is a pleasure. Soooo much weather protection.I'm getting soft. My first ever bike was a CB250N, and that was the most spartan bike I've ever had. I thought it was just the ducks nuts at the time. Now I value things like heated grips, heated seats, decent screens that actually work, radio, blah blah blah. I know, I'm getting soft in my old age.I rode the DOHC last week and that's what stopped me looking at a Concourse. It has so much bling, and rode beautifully. That new fangled volume controller on the left hand grip is way amusing. Thing is, is it really so much better?Anyway, it's been a self reflection learning process. The Concourse I have parked in my garage just now (belongs to a mate) is now off the shopping list.
in reply to: Which 1200RT? #17082Gremlin……………fancy seeing you here………AKA Rastuscat.Since I've queried, progress has been made. The SOHC may be the bike for me.ESA, Traction, ABS, heated seats, AM/FM, yaddy yaddy yaddy. Cheaper by 10K. Difference is I have to sell mine privately, bit it's probably worth the effort. I've been unimpressed with the trade in offer I've had from one dealer. I'm no different to anyone, I want to get heaps for mine, but pay bugger all for the next one.Loved the DOHC I rode last week, but also love the 07 SOHCs I have ridden. Yes, the new one is probably better, but it's not as if the older one is bad. I don't race, I don't flog my bikes, the extra power/torque would be unused anyway.I suspect my strategy is to buy a SOHC, and then get onto a water cooled one in 3 or 4 years. Must consider my options. Moving house in the next week doesn't help.
in reply to: The S1000RR rocks! #16282Blasted one around Ruapuna a few weeks back. Well, I thought I as blasting it, until I realized I had the thing in rain mode.It's 3 times the bike I need, so won't be owning one, but it' as sure a fun bike to ride. I bet it'd take me 2 years of track days to get anywhere near it's limits.I as in Jeff Grays the other day and the race bike as there. The REAL race S100RR. Not sure what it was in for, but it was an amazing piece of stripped down, Teutonic brutality.Good on you for taking the plunge.
in reply to: Where can I buy stainless steel wool? #15481Steel a sheep and grow your own.Cringe. ::)
in reply to: Curmudgeonly Greetings #15247There are a few airheads where I work. Trouble is, none of them ride motorbikes.
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