Needing help any ideas?

[green_leeroy]

Hello everyone I have a bit of a problem with my bike that I'm wondering if any of my bretheran can help me with.
My bike has just failed the complience test again first of all because of my indicators flashing to fast I'm now running led indicators fr and rear I think I need resistors but not sure where or what to get and if it will (electric not one of my strong points) any ideas on this would be handy to save me taking it to a shop and it costing.
The second problem I have is the main reason it failed and a major pain in the arse type of problem. They won't pass my brake lines as there is no plastic coller with new zealand standards on the lines.
I've spoken to goodridge and they have said the lines are fine for use over here but because I didn't tell them they were for use in NZ they didn't find the collers before assembly. Aperently they can only be fitted pre-assembly so goodridge expect me to buy some new line off them just for these plastic collers. As the lines are well less than a year old I really don't want to replace my lines and I can't afford to anyway even if I thought that was a good idea :weep:
If theres any one out there with any ideas how I can get around this it would be a great help.
cheers:brick:

[imdying]

Get a non load based flasher relay... it'll flash the same rate regardless of the bulb type :)

If you send me the hoses, I'll make some rubber ones that look the same for $60 + gst + freight. They'll be stamped with all of the SAE codes that are relevant in NZ, and I'll use low expansion hose so they'll actually feel not too bad. Sure it's ghey that you'll have to change them for warrants, but I can't offer a better suggestion. Yes Goodridge lines are legal, but yes, only if they're got the stamp. Sadly, yes the tags need to be fitted by Goodridge, and before assembly.

[Hellraiser]

Get one of these for the Indicator make them flash properly.

http://www.greenlaser.co.nz/ledflasher.html

As for breaklines the words sux 2 b u come to mind as there is NOOOO way they'll let it trough without those magic numbers. Just bite the bullet and go buy a cheap set with the numbers on and then change them afterwards.

But Good Luck

[Motu]

If the hoses had been supplied by a NZ company they would comply - the pitfalls of internet shopping.Now you know,don't try and skimp,get it right first time.Find out what wattage the original bulbs were,then using the formulas W/A x V and V/ A x R you will be able to figure out what resistor you need.

[imdying]

Oh, here's another trick, but you didn't hear it here....

Get some coloured heatshrink that'll fit over the fittings. Print SAE J1702 (or is 1703, I forget) on them by manually feeding them into a dot matrix printer. Slip em on, heat the heatshrink up, job done ;)

[Zapf]

If theres any one out there with any ideas how I can get around this it would be a great help.cheers:brick:

Any chance to get Goodridge write a letter stateing the lines on your bike are made by them and have thoes standards required? Its something people do when they go thru LVVC I think.

[The Pastor]

go to dick smith and buy 5 bucks worth of resistors, all differnt types, and just play around with them, you'll get it sorted, you can get variable resistors too so you can adjust the rate of flashing to what ever you want.

[imdying]

I don't think the VRs from DSE would be of sufficient wattage.