Forum: Idle Banter
06-03-24, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 6,385
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Got my bike insurance quote today from Broker ( they are normally pretty good and offer a couple of different companies ) and it seems that Zenith have decided not to offer me cover this year ( dunno...
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Forum: Idle Banter
06-03-24, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 6,385
Views: 1,455,683
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
I always start high on mower to trim the tops off, and then work down to about 40mm, never cut grass down lower than that anyway with the kind of rye grass mix we have, you can go lower if you have...
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-02-24, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 6,385
Views: 1,455,683
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Bloke next door got a battery cordless mower a few years ago, I asked him how he was getting on with it, he said 'it's OK unless two blades of grass gang up on me at once'.....
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-02-24, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 6,385
Views: 1,455,683
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Gripe and smile in one post. Been noticing that the lawns have been growing pretty long, ( lawns are the original solar powered thing, and just like solar in UK disappears from October to March, so...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-02-24, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 11,265
Views: 5,986,508
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I checked the battery at Tayna as well, their price almost £60 but by the time you add on delivery costs it it is almost the Halfords price, but Tayna do not have stock either. I know Halfrauds...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-02-24, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 11,265
Views: 5,986,508
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Got in touch with MDS and their flippant reply was 'well they obviously don't make them like they used to' - and offered me a tenner off a replacement - but when I checked their price is the same as...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-02-24, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 11,265
Views: 5,986,508
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-02-24, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 11,265
Views: 5,986,508
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Seeker, this country ( and many other western countries ) have lost at least a generation of people who know how to fix things. This country will not be able to expand its manufacturing sector even...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-02-24, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 11,265
Views: 5,986,508
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
My gripe is that I normally buy my batteries from Tayna, but a few years ago when i needed a new Yuasa YT12A-BS AGM battery for my AL7. Tayna were out of stock and could not give me a date when new...
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Forum: Idle Banter
16-02-24, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 11,265
Views: 5,986,508
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
'buying an Ebac 2250e (with a 4 yr warranty if you buy it direct @ £250). The Ebac is made in Durham, the Meaco (a UK company) DD8L (Zambezi) is made in China'.
I had a few Ebac in the past (...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
13-02-24, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 2,785
Views: 499,280
Re: What have you tinkered with today?
The 'water absorbing ethanol contaminated fuel' we get these days had been in SV since October, and although I use petrol stability preservative ( StaBil ) I thought a good idea to get my Sealey...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
11-02-24, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 2,785
Views: 499,280
Re: What have you tinkered with today?
@glang A couple of years after I got my SV650 AL7 in 2016 I fitted an electrex world RR851 'series' regulator ( I had fitted LED headlight bulb and obviously they take a lot less power than the...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
21-10-23, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 2,785
Views: 499,280
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
21-10-23, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 2,785
Views: 499,280
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
10-10-23, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,008
Re: SV650S Headlight Upgrade Opinions
https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/pro...ion-5-15-volts (https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/products/compact-direct-fit-h4-472-476-led-hi-lo-beam-conversion-5-15-volts)
classiccarleds are now doing...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
09-10-23, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 10,290
Re: Osram Night Breaker Laser H4
classicarleds are now doing the 'direct replacement LED H4' means no separate power supply or fan to worry about. They are a couple of mm longer than a standard H4 filament bulb. I have no...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
08-10-23, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,107
Re: Low beam not working.
Corrosion is the enemy on motorbike connectors, it pays to strip and clean any connectors and dose with ACF-50 which is magic stuff..... as it does not damage plastic and actually seems to clean up...
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Forum: Idle Banter
05-10-23, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 6,385
Views: 1,455,683
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
25-04-23, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 683
Re: Spark plus
Yeah only need to count the ones on front cylinder and X2, I assume they put an equal number in each head :)
You need to be wary of fake Chinese NGK plugs with mild steel electrodes, Denso also...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
25-04-23, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 912
Re: Screen add-on for SV650S for touring
Yeah I fitted an MRA screen to my AL7 soon after I got it, problem was all my helmets suddenly became very noisy ( as you pointed out, wind moved from chest to head ), so I took it off and has been...
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-04-23, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 11,265
Views: 5,986,508
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
12-07-22, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 7,569
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
12-04-22, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 2,785
Views: 499,280
Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Well the pin and side plate still take the force even on a riveted chain, all the split link clip is there for is to stop the pins working their way sideways out of the chain... When you get a DID...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-04-22, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 441
Views: 59,734
Re: Electric Vehicles
2030, but the average ICE car lasts at least 20 years so fuel will be available long after last ICE vehicle sold - and have you seen the vast amount of stuff we need every day that is made from...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-04-22, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 441
Views: 59,734
Re: Electric Vehicles
Depends what the synthetic fuels are made from, if they are like ethanol which causes far more emissions and environmental damage than oil does, then they can keep them. There are a lot of smoke an...
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