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[Grumph]

I had a tiki tour around central city last week there is so much stuff gone, it was bloody hard to navigate at all, with few landmarks.
Where I used to live (The old Para building), where I used to work Whiting's, Where I used to drink, where I used to get my lunch... all gone

Yep, all the places i worked in the central city, gone. Navigation as you say is hard because you didn't look for street names, you turned at such and such a shop....
problem for the last couple of years has been that you'd find where someone had relocated to, get it programmed into the mental directory, then that place would be demolished. i'd like to ask an engineer just why some of them were demolished too...But as we see here you'd do better to ask a politician.

[Reubix]

Heya team

If I want to get a consistent 12v to my motorbike (as all I have is a dead battery and a battery charger) just to test the electrics is there any way I can do this?

IE Can I have my battery connected to the bike then have the battery charger constantly running to keep it topped up while running the electrics of the bike (without blowing anything)

[Grumph]

Personally, if it's a known bad battery, I'd just hook the battery charger on to the wire terminals of the bike's harness. That should let you test most circuits.
It may not be grunty enough to fire the bike so borrow a decent battery - parent's/girlfriend's/own car will do - and jumper lead it in to the harness.

[Reubix]

Personally, if it's a known bad battery, I'd just hook the battery charger on to the wire terminals of the bike's harness. That should let you test most circuits.
It may not be grunty enough to fire the bike so borrow a decent battery - parent's/girlfriend's/own car will do - and jumper lead it in to the harness.

So connecting a battery charger directly to the bike wont do any damage to it? Should I measure anything with a multimeter first or nay?

[Grumph]

So connecting a battery charger directly to the bike wont do any damage to it? Should I measure anything with a multimeter first or nay?

I've yet to see a modern charger which puts out more than about 2 - 3 amps. You shouldn't damage anything at that.

[Yow Ling]

Fort Rubber company, gone to auckland
Rubber mouldings in Walker street , I saw the sign on the building , dont know if they are still there
Thorndon rubber in wellington ( I think thats their name) do alot of printing machine rubber rollers

[Reubix]

I've yet to see a modern charger which puts out more than about 2 - 3 amps. You shouldn't damage anything at that.

This thing puts out 4 apparently...

[Akzle]

This thing puts out 4 apparently...

what's the smallest fuse in your box? 10?

[Grumph]

Fort Rubber company, gone to auckland
Rubber mouldings in Walker street , I saw the sign on the building , dont know if they are still there
Thorndon rubber in wellington ( I think thats their name) do alot of printing machine rubber rollers

Thanks Mike - I should have remembered flexographic printing rollers and mentioned them as a possible vulcanising source. Rubber Mouldings don't seem to be in the book any more. I'd assumed that meant gone - but i suppose I'd better have a look next time I'm past.

[Reubix]

what's the smallest fuse in your box? 10?

Ay, it is indeed littered with 10 amp fuses

[ducatilover]

Is there any reason why I should not run bronze as the wheel spacers on my bike?
It looks pretty

[bogan]

Is there any reason why I should not run bronze as the wheel spacers on my bike?
It looks pretty

I can think of one, but I'm not sure 'cos you should be polishing that guy's frame' is the sort of answer you are looking for Probably not too good for galvanic corrosion with the ali either...

Also, pics required.

[Grumph]

Is there any reason why I should not run bronze as the wheel spacers on my bike?
It looks pretty

If you like bronze, why not use gold ? It's only marginally softer and a tad heavier....

[ducatilover]

I can think of one, but I'm not sure 'cos you should be polishing that guy's frame' is the sort of answer you are looking for Probably not too good for galvanic corrosion with the ali either...

Also, pics required.

Galvanic corrosion eh? lol I need moar corrosions bro

If you like bronze, why not use gold ? It's only marginally softer and a tad heavier....

Jeez I can't afford to be that silly

I like the look of it, had some bronze bushes given to me by a mate and I think they'd look boss as spacers.
If it's softer than the Suzuki alloy cheese I won't use it, and I'll cry a little

[Ocean1]

Galvanic corrosion eh? lol I need moar corrosions bro



Jeez I can't afford to be that silly

I like the look of it, had some bronze bushes given to me by a mate and I think they'd look boss as spacers.
If it's softer than the Suzuki alloy cheese I won't use it, and I'll cry a little

If they're off-the-shelf nominal dim bushes they're possibly sintered bronze. Great for bushes, holds a bit of oil and wears well. Shite compression strength. Probably no worse than the alloy spacers on most modern machines though.