General chat thread... Links, pictures, banter etc

Hotblack Desiato · 12-09-2019 2:16pm

Just did a deal on an SV1000, should be picking it up tomorrow

Wonda-Boy · 12-09-2019 2:24pm

Nice one, make sure the 1st thing you do is buy a fender extender on the front to stop the water flying into the spark plug (or is that just the 650s)

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-09-2019 5:10pm

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Nice one, make sure the 1st thing you do is buy a fender extender on the front to stop the water flying into the spark plug (or is that just the 650s)

I've never heard it happen on the thou but good advice none the less.

My son had an SV650 a few years back which was unrideable in wet weather.

blade1 · 12-09-2019 8:55pm

https://www.mandp.co.uk/clearance?q=&p=0&dFR%5Battributes.p_brand%5D%5B0%5D=Michelin&fR%5Bcategories.lvl0%5D%5B0%5D=Clearance

Cork Trucker · 12-09-2019 8:56pm

blade1 wrote: »

https://www.mandp.co.uk/clearance?q=&p=0&dFR%5Battributes.p_brand%5D%5B0%5D=Michelin&fR%5Bcategories.lvl0%5D%5B0%5D=Clearance

Tinypic's no longer available?

blade1 · 12-09-2019 9:00pm

Cork Trucker wrote: »

Tinypic's no longer available?

Nope they have packed up.
I use post image now.
You saw the link above it though???

Cork Trucker · 12-09-2019 9:07pm

blade1 wrote: »

Nope they have packed up.
I use post image now.
You saw the link above it though???

I seen the link after i posted the reply

Hotblack Desiato · 13-09-2019 10:15am

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Nice one, make sure the 1st thing you do is buy a fender extender on the front to stop the water flying into the spark plug (or is that just the 650s)

Pretty sure that's only the 650s, but I'm going to get one anyway.

svrider.com looks like a pretty good forum, I've already downloaded the workshop manuals from a link there

Does anyone know if it's still possible to get a disc lock with a bracket that attaches to the bike. I can't find one online... Edit: Cotters do them

macplaxton · 13-09-2019 3:30pm

Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »

I've never heard it happen on the thou but good advice none the less.

My son had an SV650 a few years back which was unrideable in wet weather.

How so? I had a 2002 SV650 for eighteen months and rode it daily without any mudgard extension. The lacquer chipped easily on the front forks and they looked terrible after 6 months but it was always rideable.:pac:

honda boi · 14-09-2019 7:00pm

blade1 wrote: »

https://www.mandp.co.uk/clearance?q=&p=0&dFR%5Battributes.p_brand%5D%5B0%5D=Michelin&fR%5Bcategories.lvl0%5D%5B0%5D=Clearance

What them tyres like?
There's a 10% code somewhere so can get them for even cheaper.
Very cheap tyres.

horse7 · 14-09-2019 7:27pm

Where can you get them fitted in Dublin near blanchardstown?

Hotblack Desiato · 15-09-2019 9:45pm

There are two little triangular plastic side covers on the SV1000 (650 should be the same) each held on with two plastic prongs and a bolt

Problem is, on one of them the thread is completely stripped. I've put a cable tie on it for now just to make sure it won't fall off.

This is a low torque fastener so I'm thinking fill it up with epoxy resin or something and then drill and tap?

Any epoxy glue I've ever used has never really set hard, was always kinda springy, so does anyone know of a product which will set rock hard and is drillable / tappable?

Not a huge issue but it is bothering me!

PCeeeee · 15-09-2019 9:52pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

There are two little triangular plastic side covers on the SV1000 (650 should be the same) each held on with two plastic prongs and a bolt

Problem is, on one of them the thread is completely stripped. I've put a cable tie on it for now just to make sure it won't fall off.

This is a low torque fastener so I'm thinking fill it up with epoxy resin or something and then drill and tap?

Any epoxy glue I've ever used has never really set hard, was always kinda springy, so does anyone know of a product which will set rock hard and is drillable / tappable?

Not a huge issue but it is bothering me!

HeliCoil? Use them in work all the time and they're brilliant

blade1 · 16-09-2019 5:43pm

Got this Bluetooth set today.
For under €30 delivered it seems great value.
It's an BT-S2.

GBX · 16-09-2019 6:00pm

My FZ1 is giving more grief. In the past few months I've had to replace the stator (2nd one I've had to do in 3 years), new reg rec and battery. Rode into work this morning, stopped in the garage and had to jump start to get going again and had to bump it again to get home. Gonna put the battery on the oximiser now.
I don't want to keep throwing cash at it but I need it as it's my only transport. Very annoying

listermint · 16-09-2019 9:30pm

GBX wrote: »

My FZ1 is giving more grief. In the past few months I've had to replace the stator (2nd one I've had to do in 3 years), new reg rec and battery. Rode into work this morning, stopped in the garage and had to jump start to get going again and had to bump it again to get home. Gonna put the battery on the oximiser now.
I don't want to keep throwing cash at it but I need it as it's my only transport. Very annoying

Unless you replaced the rectifier at the same time then you maybe pissed money away. You should upgrade the rectifier to a mosfet one.

horse7 · 16-09-2019 10:35pm

blade1 wrote: »

Got this Bluetooth set today.
For under €30 delivered it seems great value.
It's an BT-S2.

What's the range

blade1 · 17-09-2019 11:06am

horse7 wrote: »

What's the range

For my phone to headset?
I only walked around 30m from my phone and it worked perfectly.
The range from one headset to another is supposed to be 800 to 1000m but haven't tested that and probably never will.
I only got it because I seem to miss important calls when I'm on the bike.

GBX · 17-09-2019 1:35pm

listermint wrote: »

Unless you replaced the rectifier at the same time then you maybe pissed money away. You should upgrade the rectifier to a mosfet one.

Yeah that was also replaced - didnt want to leave it to chance at the time. Not sure if it was a mosfet one but it was brand new.

listermint · 17-09-2019 6:47pm

GBX wrote: »

Yeah that was also replaced - didnt want to leave it to chance at the time. Not sure if it was a mosfet one but it was brand new.

MOSFET will handle any higher voltages and is more resilient

Cienciano · 17-09-2019 9:04pm

Great bike chase, stolen from reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmj1s8nD70

Cork Trucker · 18-09-2019 9:10am

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a 360 degree camera i can buy? coming through Killeagh at the weekend the 'fairer' sex in an Audi almost took me out when alighting from Fitzgibbon's garage despite the fact i had my dipped beams on and hi viz gear. All advice welcome.

D3V!L · 18-09-2019 9:11am

Cork Trucker wrote: »

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a 360 degree camera i can buy? coming through Killeagh at the weekend the 'fairer' sex in an Audi almost took me out when alighting from Fitzgibbon's garage despite the fact i had my dipped beams on and hi viz gear. All advice welcome.

There are many on the market who advertise themselves as 360 cameras etc but none are. Have a look at the Innovv K2, its a front and rear camera system with recorder.

LLewellen Farquarson · 18-09-2019 10:47am

Cork Trucker wrote: »

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a 360 degree camera i can buy? coming through Killeagh at the weekend the 'fairer' sex in an Audi almost took me out when alighting from Fitzgibbon's garage despite the fact i had my dipped beams on and hi viz gear. All advice welcome.

Vsys have a fisheye 170 degree camera as part of their dashcams. Look in Aliexpress and search under vsys. It has a rear camera as well
Give me a shout if you want to see their dashcam installed. I'm well impressed.

Hotblack Desiato · 18-09-2019 11:05am

Text is in Portuguese so I'm assuming Brazil.
Some skills the cop has but some massive risks he's taking.
At the end it seems to say that the kid was only charged with dangerous driving and the scooter was seized!
Madness.

Here's one I saw the other day. A bit annoying how he keeps stopping the video so often, but some good points about the bad decision making of the cop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBgV9s8kGoE

Comments about "countersteering" are unintentionally hilarious though.

honda boi · 18-09-2019 12:05pm

D3V!L wrote: »

There are many on the market who advertise themselves as 360 cameras etc but none are. Have a look at the Innovv K2, its a front and rear camera system with recorder.

Have you the innovv?
I remember years ago trying to source one but the price was pretty big.

Richard tea · 18-09-2019 2:31pm

blade1 wrote: »

Got this Bluetooth set today.
For under €30 delivered it seems great value.
It's an BT-S2.

Im in the market for similar. Where did you order from?

Cork Trucker · 18-09-2019 2:47pm

D3V!L wrote: »

There are many on the market who advertise themselves as 360 cameras etc but none are. Have a look at the Innovv K2, its a front and rear camera system with recorder.

Thanks for that D3V!L looks like it could be just what I need. It looks bike mounted rather than to the helmet?

Cork Trucker · 18-09-2019 2:49pm

LLewellen Farquarson wrote: »

Vsys have a fisheye 170 degree camera as part of their dashcams. Look in Aliexpress and search under vsys. It has a rear camera as well
Give me a shout if you want to see their dashcam installed. I'm well impressed.

Is aliexpress like wish? Looked at the YouTube video. Which would people go with? Helmet or bike mounted?

D3V!L · 18-09-2019 2:55pm

Cork Trucker wrote: »

Is aliexpress like wish? Looked at the YouTube video. Which would people go with? Helmet or bike mounted?

it's less hassle than a helmet mounted one and since it pretty much looks after itself you dont have to worry about charging and wiping old videos.