Re: Two best upgrades ive made!!
 

You're only a nob if you hit something. :p

Anyhow define excessive speeds.......I'm no courier but i took a Domino's ped 'down to china town' in Kingston a few weeks ago. :smt003

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Where did the filtering on full beam come from??? I dont filter on full beam i dont filter through any traffic at night it just stupid in my opinion.

I am offened at what some of you guys have said about me and i joined this forum to get abit more knowledge of biking and tips to improve my riding and SAFETY! I am only 17 on a restricted license and consideringyou lot have never met me i dont think it is accpetable to say some things that people have said.

I have taken 2 ROSPA training sessions and have been told to put forward for my test and my instructor thinks any less than silver i should be dissapointed with my self..... How many 17 year olds would even think of doing ROSPA??

I only want to be more safe on the road and make the best of what I have so you cant have ago at someone for wanting to improve there safety and being seen.

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Believe me, although you probably have me down as one of the ones attacking you - and to be fair, some of what I said was a bit harsh, you dont do yourself many favours with some of what you have said.

You comment on the fact that people are selfish by blocking you filtering, but then say its ok that you can selfishly blind people as long as it makes you more visible.

You also say this is ok, because its selfish people that have made you selfish.

I am really glad that you are doing ROSPA, but at least half of what keeps you safe is attitude, not technical capabilities.

Just chill out, and when somone cuts you up/causes you to take avoiding action, dont go off on one, just let it go and not affect your riding.

Please see the positive in some of the harsh words that have been said.

This IS a good place for help and advice - but as with everything on the internet, expect people to have extreme views on things and sometimes things are typed in haste etc.

Here have this big pinch of salt until you get your own stock - it helps :)

Re: Two best upgrades ive made!!
 

One thing no one has mentioned about aim, is that the lights need to be set with you on the bike, in kit so that they are set correctly with the bike at it's 'riding attitude'. Just a thought that this might be the source of the problem.

The other thing that might be causing a problem is the location of the light source (filament) within the lamp. To this end you need to make sure that the bulbs are correctly seated in the lamp (not easy on a curvy unless you have small hands). Also the quality of the bulb is paramount as the brightness increases, since these are manufactured to finer tolerances than a cheap Chinese knock-off. Therefore I would personally only fit Phillips or Osram upgrade bulbs to ensure that the filament is in the correct place to minimise glare.

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I think some were saying that the high intensity bulbs that are badly adjusted are like riding with full beams on. Plus I probably didn't help as I used to do it many moons ago. The thing with this site is that sometimes these posts end up as ranting matches. We are pretty used to them and they are never meant seriously. To new folk it can put them off, I think people need to remember that when posting (me included). I have to admit upon reading the posts some people sound rather overly aggresive and judgemental, which if you met them I'm sure they would not be. This forum is much freindlier and more tolerant than the likes of other online bike forums. The best thing would be not to take anything on here personally. Usually people just get a bit over excited and end up posting something that comes across worse than if they had been saying it to you in person. I wish people would just excercise a little diplomacy sometimes, I'm probably even guilty myself from time to time. Anyway, hope you stick around and meet some of us. We're a great bunch all in all. Well done on your training, you sound like you're on your way to becoming a seasoned rider.

Dan

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I'll put it down to being young and inexperianced... Just dont knock me for wanting to be a safer rider.

I personally think being 17 I am extremely sensible on such a capable machine unlike SOME (dont want to cause another rant about branding all other 17 year olds now would i) the kids that ride Cagiva Mitos and RS125s.

I think its just no way to tell a youngster there opinion it could have been said a different way.

But being a biker we dont hold grudges ( i learn things quickly about respecting other bikers and elder people - ive always been tuaght to respect your elders) i aint going to hold a grudge..... as this forum has taught me alot of things and i have picked up alot of valuable information.

So i think end of this topic lol!

SORRY ITS CUASED SUCH AN UPROAR!

Re: Two best upgrades I've made.
 

I had a Mito and two RS125's when i was that age. Apart from the reliability/servicing they trump the SV. Now they are sweet handling bikes.

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Going back to the iridium plugs from the start of this thread (!)-

Does it really make that much difference?

I'm interested as, reg/rec aside (getting replaced soon), my bike can be a bit of a b*gg*r to get started first thing.

Also, using CR9's instead of CR8's- what difference does this make? My morning journey is often done at 9k or more revs for most of it- though this is only for about 15-20 mins on the A3. Would changing the plugs to CR9's extend the life of the plugs? Would it affect starting the bike first thing?

From my last service, the front plug was nastier, but that's due to being in the way of all the cr@p from the road I would have though, rather than overall riding/wear & tear.

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If you're only using it for 15-20 minutes then CR9E's might not even get upto temperature and you could possibly get problems with fouling.

If it ain't broke don't fix it, if you start to hear pinking then think about it.

The cooler plugs won't, IMO be any different to start it, but apparently the iridium ones do help.

Re: Two best upgrades ive made!!
 

I bought them because I thought the name sounded cool! The old plugs needed changing anyway.