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Post by Clinton Cool on Mar 7, 2024 0:00:32 GMT
It's not too bad actually. Pretty solid. Unlike the models festooned with Chinese chrome. Plastic may be shite but at least it doesn't rot. The annoying things are an average (at best) front brake and a parasitic draw on the battery. I have a solution for the latter. Oh and a bit of a clunky gearbox which is a bit less clunky if you develop a special style of changing up from first to second. And Wales is like India in that you generally can't go much faster than 50 so it's in its element 😂 I guess so. Doesn't really affect me though because I rarely choose to do much more than 50. That's the joy of bikes, you don't need to go fast in order to enjoy them. The thing I love about this bike is its handling. It feels planted when going round corners. Nice lower end torque as well, you can breeze up hills in more or less whatever gear you choose, rather than thrashing it in a lower one. |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 7, 2024 4:56:31 GMT
And Wales is like India in that you generally can't go much faster than 50 so it's in its element 😂 I guess so. Doesn't really affect me though because I rarely choose to do much more than 50. That's the joy of bikes, you don't need to go fast in order to enjoy them. It's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow.  |
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Post by Aloysius on Mar 7, 2024 6:35:30 GMT
And Wales is like India in that you generally can't go much faster than 50 so it's in its element 😂 That's the joy of bikes, you don't need to go fast in order to enjoy them. For once you've said something I actually agree with. Is your bike the current model or the old one? |
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Post by ianali on Mar 7, 2024 8:04:51 GMT
I guess so. Doesn't really affect me though because I rarely choose to do much more than 50. That's the joy of bikes, you don't need to go fast in order to enjoy them. It's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow. Even more fun to ride a fast bike fast. |
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Post by ianali on Mar 7, 2024 8:07:58 GMT
I think you need lots of mirrors to excite ianali Rog The ones on our ceilings work best for me 😊 |
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Post by Clinton Cool on Mar 7, 2024 8:11:17 GMT
That's the joy of bikes, you don't need to go fast in order to enjoy them. For once you've said something I actually agree with. Is your bike the current model or the old one? Euro 5 model, 2021. The parasitic draw glitch was supposed to have been sorted on this model but sadly not on my bike. |
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Post by Clinton Cool on Mar 7, 2024 8:19:03 GMT
It's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow. Even more fun to ride a fast bike fast. When I was a kid I traded my Honda CB250N for a Suzuki GT250X7 because the former wasn't fast enough. Nowadays I realise that riding a bike fast on our roads is dangerous. I'm happy in the knowledge that riding any bike is more fun than driving any car, regardless of how fast it might be. A little bit of grunt is useful for overtaking tractors etc. and it is nice to feel a bit of power coming out of corners etc, even if not going fast. |
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Post by ianali on Mar 7, 2024 8:32:23 GMT
Even more fun to ride a fast bike fast. When I was a kid I traded my Honda CB250N for a Suzuki GT250X7 because the former wasn't fast enough. Nowadays I realise that riding a bike fast on our roads is dangerous. I'm happy in the knowledge that riding any bike is more fun than driving any car, regardless of how fast it might be. A little bit of grunt is useful for overtaking tractors etc. and it is nice to feel a bit of power coming out of corners etc, even if not going fast. Won’t disagree that riding a bike has an element of danger attached to it. I suppose speed is addictive, although I don’t ride as fast as I did when I was younger, I still ride quickly. Can’t help myself. Others choose to kill themselves slowly by cigarettes, drink or poor diet. I don’t intend slowing down anytime soon. |
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Post by Clinton Cool on Mar 7, 2024 9:20:15 GMT
When I was a kid I traded my Honda CB250N for a Suzuki GT250X7 because the former wasn't fast enough. Nowadays I realise that riding a bike fast on our roads is dangerous. I'm happy in the knowledge that riding any bike is more fun than driving any car, regardless of how fast it might be. A little bit of grunt is useful for overtaking tractors etc. and it is nice to feel a bit of power coming out of corners etc, even if not going fast. Won’t disagree that riding a bike has an element of danger attached to it. I suppose speed is addictive, although I don’t ride as fast as I did when I was younger, I still ride quickly. Can’t help myself. Others choose to kill themselves slowly by cigarettes, drink or poor diet. I don’t intend slowing down anytime soon. I guess we're all different. I don't need speed to enjoy riding a bike. I'm not averse to danger but I don't get enough out of riding a bike fast to make it worthwhile. Slow will do nicely. It's not a buzz for me, it's more of a gentle pleasure. Riding bikes in third world countries, that is dangerous. No buzz about this for me, it's a necessity in order to do the things I want to do. I get my thrills from surfing, the dangers of which can be mitigated by staying on the very long road of gaining technical ability and physical durability. The dangerous are there but it's mostly all down to you, not someone else. I like that. |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 7, 2024 13:51:37 GMT
Won’t disagree that riding a bike has an element of danger attached to it. I suppose speed is addictive, although I don’t ride as fast as I did when I was younger, I still ride quickly. Can’t help myself. Others choose to kill themselves slowly by cigarettes, drink or poor diet. I don’t intend slowing down anytime soon. I guess we're all different. I don't need speed to enjoy riding a bike. I'm not averse to danger but I don't get enough out of riding a bike fast to make it worthwhile. Slow will do nicely. It's not a buzz for me, it's more of a gentle pleasure The Clockwork Banana only does 25mph and that's as much fun to ride as any two-wheeler I've ever had. |
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Post by on Mar 7, 2024 13:59:39 GMT
I unintentionallymisread the title as 'my love of scissors'
I actually have a very high class pair of scissors which are entirely of stainless steel. None of the mickey mouse plastic handles.
One thing I have always struggled with is the concept of having one scissor.
Is it just a knife?
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Post by Aloysius on Mar 7, 2024 15:39:27 GMT
For once you've said something I actually agree with. Is your bike the current model or the old one? Euro 5 model, 2021. The parasitic draw glitch was supposed to have been sorted on this model but sadly not on my bike. Try removing one fuse at a time, each time measuring current draw across the battery with an ammeter. ETA bet it turns out to be related to the crappy instrument arrangement. Not a dig at your bike, just modern bikes in general. |
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Post by Clinton Cool on Mar 7, 2024 16:13:08 GMT
Euro 5 model, 2021. The parasitic draw glitch was supposed to have been sorted on this model but sadly not on my bike. Try removing one fuse at a time, each time measuring current draw across the battery with an ammeter. ETA bet it turns out to be related to the crappy instrument arrangement. Not a dig at your bike, just modern bikes in general. The problem is well documented on the forums. You can buy a fix, not too expensive but fitting it is well above my pay grade. My solution is to fit an isolating device to the negative of the battery. Unfortunately this won't fit to the wiring loom but an extension length of suitable cable will solve that. This will double as an anti theft device. All for under a tenner. |
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Post by Aloysius on Mar 7, 2024 16:48:38 GMT
Or, heaven forfend, pay someone to fit the well-documented fix for you. I never understood why dunderheads would gleefully chop up the wiring loom. Still, it's your bike. Incidentally being unable to start it won't stop a thief from taking it. There are a couple of u-locks which make life diffic for those going equipped with angle grinders but cheap they are not. Disc locks are still reasonably effective though. www.litelok.com/products/litelok-x3hiplok.com/product/hiplok-d1000/ |
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Post by on Mar 7, 2024 17:54:26 GMT
It seems odd that someone has not invented a product which lifts one of the wires off a terminal by turning a screwdriver or something.
Not familiar with bike batteries so there may be an obvious reason why that can't be done.
Of course another product which could work if they are blade fuses and the issue could be isolated to one fuse would be to wire a switch to the terminals for that fuse and have an inline fuse.
The blades on fuses are basically the same as a blade crimp connector but you would need insulated versions.
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