Dangers of installing HippoHands 20.05

**Winston001** · 16th May 2008, 12:30

As some of you know I recently upgraded to a new mainframe, Ducati /ST4 20.01. It runs somewhat exotic hardware such as DESMO-CAM but the processor speed is blindingly fast. So much so that I'm thinking of adding further hardware like Microwave Link Detector to avoid other conflicts with government mainframes - and to detect Spyware.....

Anyway, I recently went to the Cold Duck Rally and a fine time was had by all. There was an element of trepidation involved because I'd only run the machine for a hour at a time previously so wasn't sure about its stability on a long run. Or rather my stability as the operator....

So, given the cool weather I migrated HippoHands/AllWeather 20.05 from it's previous installation on BMW 19.85 (where it worked brilliantly) to Ducati. Adding the hardware was simple and initially the correct drivers seemed to be installed.

However - and this is the point - I hadn't factored in the new mainframe's profile. It has a sufficently different operating system to the BMW that HippoHands was required to deal with far greater air pressure.

So when running the processor at 140kph, performance became variable and unpredictable. Sometimes responsive, others as if a virus was hogging the cache. It was at some point in the McKenzie Country that I discovered HippoHands has a previously unknown extension - AutoBraking!!

While clever, this addon is completely unwanted but cannot be uninstalled. Apparently it is a safety feature which responds to air pressure and automatically activates the front brake lever above 110kph in increments until forward motion is halted.

So any geeks out there - what do you suggest??

**jim.cox** · 16th May 2008, 12:32

Originally Posted by Winston001

As some of you know I recently upgraded to a new mainframe, Ducati /ST4 20.01. It runs somewhat exotic hardware such as DESMO-CAM but the processor speed is blindingly fast. So much so that I'm thinking of adding further hardware like Microwave Link Detector to avoid other conflicts with government mainframes - and to detect Spyware.....

Anyway, I recently went to the Cold Duck Rally and a fine time was had by all. There was an element of trepidation involved because I'd only run the machine for a hour at a time previously so wasn't sure about its stability on a long run. Or rather my stability as the operator....

So, given the cool weather I migrated HippoHands/AllWeather 20.05 from it's previous installation on BMW 19.85 (where it worked brilliantly) to Ducati. Adding the hardware was simple and initially the correct drivers seemed to be installed.

However - and this is the point - I hadn't factored in the new mainframe's profile. It has a sufficently different operating system to the BMW that HippoHands was required to deal with far greater air pressure.

So when running the processor at 140kph, performance became variable and unpredictable. Sometimes responsive, others as if a virus was hogging the cache. It was at some point in the McKenzie Country that I discovered HippoHands has a previously unknown extension - AutoBraking!!

While clever, this addon is completely unwanted but cannot be uninstalled. Apparently it is a safety feature which responds to air pressure and automatically activates the front brake lever above 110kph in increments until forward motion is halted.

So any geeks out there - what do you suggest?? :D

Remove the brake lever :)

**Big Dave** · 16th May 2008, 13:08

HTFU

ten :-)

**Skyryder** · 16th May 2008, 13:13

Originally Posted by Winston001

As some of you know I recently upgraded to a new mainframe, Ducati /ST4 20.01. It runs somewhat exotic hardware such as DESMO-CAM but the processor speed is blindingly fast. So much so that I'm thinking of adding further hardware like Microwave Link Detector to avoid other conflicts with government mainframes - and to detect Spyware.....

Anyway, I recently went to the Cold Duck Rally and a fine time was had by all. There was an element of trepidation involved because I'd only run the machine for a hour at a time previously so wasn't sure about its stability on a long run. Or rather my stability as the operator....

So, given the cool weather I migrated HippoHands/AllWeather 20.05 from it's previous installation on BMW 19.85 (where it worked brilliantly) to Ducati. Adding the hardware was simple and initially the correct drivers seemed to be installed.

However - and this is the point - I hadn't factored in the new mainframe's profile. It has a sufficently different operating system to the BMW that HippoHands was required to deal with far greater air pressure.

So when running the processor at 140kph, performance became variable and unpredictable. Sometimes responsive, others as if a virus was hogging the cache. It was at some point in the McKenzie Country that I discovered HippoHands has a previously unknown extension - AutoBraking!!

While clever, this addon is completely unwanted but cannot be uninstalled. Apparently it is a safety feature which responds to air pressure and automatically activates the front brake lever above 110kph in increments until forward motion is halted.

So any geeks out there - what do you suggest??

Go watch Back to the Future.............all three. Gota be a solution in there somewhere.

Skyryder

**Hitcher** · 16th May 2008, 13:25

Tried upsidedown forks?

**megageoff76** · 16th May 2008, 14:19

Originally Posted by Skyryder

Go watch Back to the Future.............all three. Gota be a solution in there somewhere.

Skyryder

Thats probably it....the Flux Capacitor just needs balancing.

**Winston001** · 16th May 2008, 14:21

Yeah?? Thats a novel thought, worth a try....

Actually it occurred to me that maybe HippoHands has Law-Abiding Rider also written in but unfortunately the operator doesn't.....

**jim.cox** · 16th May 2008, 14:29

Originally Posted by Winston001

Actually it occurred to me that maybe HippoHands has Law-Abiding Rider also written in but unfortunately the operator doesn't

Any good Duc hacker should be able to bypass that for ya...

**vifferman** · 16th May 2008, 14:54

Run a strip of flat aluminium bar inside the HippoHands from the bar-end to the switch block bracket?

**madbikeboy** · 16th May 2008, 15:53

This is a tough one. Did you try restarting? Just as well you didn't get any fatal errors, or any major system crashes.

You might want to try adding small spring 4.2 - it's hard to download, perhaps you can google for a licence?, but it's not expensive at any rate. I'm surprised that you would go from the safety of the BMW OS; Ducati, like any MS OS, can be problematic, and can sometimes cause problems depending on the hardware installed - especially pillion 6.4 (assuming that it's the wife plug in, and not hot chick 6.9).

If you decide you need more performance, and you would like to really improve throughput, try downloading GSXR vk6 or higher.

Kind regards, techsup.

**martybabe** · 16th May 2008, 16:06

. bless, I don't have the faintest idea what this is about and I don't care,it's funny.

What the heck are hippo hands anyway.

**Skyryder** · 16th May 2008, 16:32

Originally Posted by martybabe

. bless, I don't have the faintest idea what this is about and I don't care,it's funny.

What the heck are hippo hands anyway.

Try wiping ya arse after binning on the ashphalt with no gloves and some sod has not refilled the toilet roll.

Skyryder

**martybabe** · 16th May 2008, 16:46

Originally Posted by Skyryder

Try wiping ya arse after binning on the ashphalt with no gloves and some sod has not refilled the toilet roll.

Skyryder

Also very funny

but I'm still none the wiser.It's some sorta kiwi code to confuse the poms eh. Yees.

I fitted some razor back elephant trousers to my sub division the other day,it's nearly airtight but nassa don't like it!

Crazier than a box o frogs on crack you lot. Funny though.