Shire meet, 22/09

[ogden]

Prace bets now

[Warthog]

You are an immediate no?! Hahaha. Loving the l33t gamer option ;)

I'm in if people are up for it. Phill, Andy?

[sv650nutter149]

will be down on the gsxr and its a promise

[walkaboutandy]

Yup, I can make it.

I bumped into Phil today and he said yes too.

See ya usual time, usual place, Nick?

[sv650nutter149]

what time ppl get down there for?

[FG1]

OK you smooth talking barstards, you talked me into it.

[sandman]

i will try and make tomorrow
see what time i finish work

[walkaboutandy]

what time ppl get down there for?
Us Oxford lot will get there for about 7.15.

[Warthog]

Yeah mate, I'll see you and Phill at 6:30 at Sainsburys dude :)

[philbut]

Yeah mate, I'll see you and Phill at 6:30 at Sainsburys dude :)

Not if I see you first (You'll see what I mean when I arrive lit up like a HID Christmas tree \\:D/

[Warthog]

Oh dear. I was happy being able to distinguish you from Andy cos he had bright white lights! If yours are too bright, you cans tick that stupid ZZR dark headlight sunglasses thing over them :-P

[Stig]

Nope.

[DanAbnormal]

Not tonight, I just have to get my huge chopper in the air. Nick will know what I mean. :rolleyes:

[Warthog]

Not tonight, I just have to get my huge chopper in the air. Nick will know what I mean. :rolleyes:

Apparently they do Viagra as a cream now.

[Sosha]

prob ab ly

[chiefrick]

Yeah, I'll pop down for some grub...

[sv650nutter149]

sorry all cant make it now been put on call

[chiefrick]

Good night again, hope you all got back safe :)

[philbut]

Woooooohooooooooooo, i love my new lights. apparently motorists travelling in the oposite direction aren't so enthusiastic, but stil wooohooooooooooo.

[sv650nutter149]

what lights u got phil?

[philbut]

These:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150373275512&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

they are fookin bright, but I need to drop the angle a bit to not blind people.

[Warthog]

Those lights are ridiculous! I went ahead at one stage and my mirrors lit up like two suns! I couldn't even see forward! I just had to wave Phill past straight away. He had something like 40 flashes on the way home?! Phill, sort it, those are proper hooligan.

And now that he can see at night he rides twice as fast, it was a crazy ride home...

[philbut]

:smt096:smt096:smt096


EDIT - look, its just like my avitar!

[Stig]

Stupid question time. How easy are they to fit? Do you just replace the bulbs and the rest of the gubbins is located outside of the light?

[walkaboutandy]

Ha ha. I thought it was a crazy too (so I left you guys to it), and I got wet as it rained again between Oxford and Brackley (second meet in a row!).

Theose lights are chuffing bright and you will never be able to not dazzle people by 'adjusting' them. You have 55 watt, mine are 35 and my reflectors/lenses can't really cope. You got no chance!

[philbut]

Stupid question time. How easy are they to fit? Do you just replace the bulbs and the rest of the gubbins is located outside of the light?

Swap the bulb for the standard H4 (or whatever bulb you have). You then wire a relay box to the standard headlight connector and battery (you only need to connect to one, even if you are fitting two lights, and then this operates the ballast(s) - one ballast for each bulb. The balast just ups your 12V to about 20kV and this goes direc t to the bulb. If you opt for a Hi/Lo bulb there is also another connector going from the relay box to the bulb, which is simply a 12V feed that operates a solenoid - Hi/Lo is achieved by moving the buld relative to your reflector.

EDIT - that sounds complicated - it's really not if you have a basic grasp of electronics and can use a cable tie!

[philbut]

Theose lights are chuffing bright and you will never be able to not dazzle people by 'adjusting' them. You have 55 watt, mine are 35 and my reflectors/lenses can't really cope. You got no chance!

Well at least no one will miss me ;-)

[Stig]

Complicated stuff...

EDIT - that sounds complicated - it's really not if you have a basic grasp of electronics and can use a cable tie!

Bugger.

[philbut]

What I meant by that is you know the red wire goes to the +VE terminal and the black one goes to the -VE. All the other connectors will only fit together one way so you'd be pushed to go too far wrong...famous last words :p

[Warthog]

Ha ha. I thought it was a crazy too (so I left you guys to it

I think I vote we do it a bit slower next time. I'm going to drape a towel over Phill's head so he slows down, like what you do to a horse to calm it down.

[walkaboutandy]

I think I vote we do it a bit slower next time. I'm going to drape a towel over Phill's head so he slows down, like what you do to a horse to calm it down.
Ha ha! They do that with crocodiles and kangaroos too!

I've turned loads of animals into roadkill with my car so I get a bit paranoid about hitting stuff in the dark on the bike, especially when we go through that wood with no fence and the deer warning signs.

[philbut]

Nah, at that speed we'd just slice through em ;-)

[Warthog]

I've had a deer run across my front at that bit! Scared me a lot. I do wonder what would happen if I hit one. I like to think I'd hunker down, head on tank, and blow straight through it haha. Realistically, I'd probably just die.

[Stig]

I've had a deer run across my front at that bit! Scared me a lot. I do wonder what would happen if I hit one. I like to think I'd hunker down, head on tank, and blow straight through it haha. Realistically, I'd probably just die.

I have hit a deer on the SV. Hit it hard enough and right in the middle and it'll explode. All you need to do is be ready to wipe the blood and guts from your visor. It gets everywhere. I was still pulling bits out of the radiator weeks later. If you are going to hit one, aim for the middle bit. ;)