Parked in a regular bay in Brighton for half an hour today and got a ticker for £70 - "Parking in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle" - there is no sign anywhere saying cars only and I have used this spot for years to pop into the shops. There is  bike bay now it seems 500 yards away but it was hidden by cars and i didn't see it as I was walking the other way.
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https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/SAMA+FUN+FACTORY+PARKING/@50.8332788,-0.1389362,189m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x48758577b3beda97:0xe37be328bd84b549

I need a switched live and would normally be busy with a voltmeter a Stanley knife and lots of head scratching. Usually I would foc up one perfectly fine set of wires before finding the right one.  Then I found this post
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/317979-Adding-switched-power-the-easy-way-to-any-bike-car-with-blade-fuses
 which shows one of these

Brilliant idea and a bargain at £4 posted http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251172839612?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Hi all, happy christmas! After years of bodging accessories onto various live wires with gaffer tape and prayers, disconnecting them was interesting. I have a heated vest, grips, autocom, satnav, trickle charger and occasional phone charger. I have decided to add a home made accessory fuse box to the new bike. It will be in its own box and comprise of two busbars- one negative and one positive, and a relay connected to a positive when ignition on wire. The kit will be powered by the battery so there will be no additional load on the loom. I've copied this set up from elsewhere.



This looks ideal but......... I'd like to have some terminals on whether the bike is on or not. (Trickle Charger phone charger). I understand a relay with a fifth pin may be the way forward. What do you geniuses reckon? If I leave the negative bar solid but split the positive leaving these two on their own, is it just a matter of connecting 87a to this end? Or will these are on when  the bike is off - which is probably okay too.

This is the best resource page I could find.
http://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/relay-guide.html

Early morning daft question.......Our bathroom pull light switch is not working every time we pull it. I'm tempted to spray it with WD40 - won't do any harm will it??

My foxeye 600 is nearing the end of her life (60K miles). I've been given some cash and am thinking about trading up. Options are


FZ1
BMW K1200R
CBF1000
Triumph Tiger
 
The BMW K1200R is  a bit random but like the look of them and on paper is what I need (commute 15K  year 3-4K of pleasure riding. Must take hard luggage)


Whatcha reckon?

My Schuberth C2 is knackered - seals gone so it leaks, visor scratched pin lock really scratched.
The price of the schuberth have really gone up so I decided to get a givi xps 08 helmet.

£150 plus £20 for a new pinlock.  £40 mile ride back for a test run.
The vents are great - my biggest issue with the C2 was lack of air flow.
It's also nice and light.
The inner visor is much lower than the half visor in the C2 which is good.
The down side is the noise - I forgot how loud a lid can be. 
Hmm mm I might regret this.

Anyone else had one for a while?

So today I had my Chain and Sprockets changed and the mechanic worked out I had done 49K miles with the last one  . I paid more last time and got the DID Extreme Super Heavy Duty Gold Chain and Sprockets kit- but 49K is about 35K more than any chain I have ever had. The chain itself was actually still fine. I adjusted it once in the first 300 miles and then didn't have to for 20K then adjusted it at 30K and about 40K. More recently it has needed a few tweaks but there were no tight spots and it barely lifted off the sprocets. The reason I changed it was the rear sprocket was knackered and teeth distorted and I could feel it. So whats your record from a chain - and what brand was it?



I went for the DID gold heavy chain this time £97 rather than from memory £150 - but only because I don't reckon I will get another 50K miles from my old Fazer 600.

Right then you foccers - who is traveller up norf friday morning for the spring meet and where do you want to meet?


Zippy pm'd you my mobile no - you heading up from Worthing with us?

This is a non fazer question but I'd imagine the same principals apply. Brother in laws cbr600 - he's fitted aftermarket indicators in the mirrors bug wants to put flush ones in the fairing holes too. Can you just splice the two sets of wires so the indicators both flash? Ta Paul

Hey all, one for the home mechanics - Halfords professional socket sets are half price at the mo and if you use this discount code you get another 10% off 'HCCM01'. So a £120 lifetime guaranteed set works out to be £53. Hope it helps someone.

When I changed my BT023s last time I wanted something different because of road noise in the front. I stumped up £280 for a pair of pilot road twos. I thought I had been had but just worked out I got 18000 miles out of them. I am kind on tyres but that is ridiculous. They were very squared by the end but still grippy and road legal. I've swapped them for Pilot Road 3s at an eye watering £303 fitted but reckon these might be the last tyres the bike will ever have at that rate. Thread pattern is weird and obviously still need riding in but hoping for big things in the wet this winter. Anyone else on them?

......... As mine have developed a hole big enough that the whole of Sussex heard my return from the springmeet. Stainless preferably. Ta Paul

Sorry Admin - wrong place  I


 subscribe to a deal site and was sent this link. Be quick to get the deal its limited.  I just completed the form - no deposits or credit card nonsense. I don't mind getting spammed if they pay me a fiver. I'll just mark their emails as junk. I put my money on Balthazar King 20-1. Here is the link to the form.
 
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