Today was a public holiday and no one told me doh !

[White trash]

But hey you bike shop owners you lost out on a sale... cos these dudes were up from down the line looking to buy a bike... and they had been to heaps of bike shops..

Right. And maybe they should be open every single day of the week. And 24 hours too, while we're at it.

Why weren't you at work today?

[crashe]

Why weren't you at work today?

Reason: I unable to work at the mo.... due to a disablity....
Not that I have to justify myself to you...

[White trash]

Reason: I unable to work at the mo.... due to a disablity....

Fairy-nuff. But let them poor bastards at the shops have a couple of days now and then. Have you seen how hard some of them poor, under paid, extremely good looking guys work?!

And about that disability thing, foot. from mouth? Yeah, I'm removing it now....

[DEATH_INC.]

Fairy-nuff. But let them poor bastards at the shops have a couple of days now and then. Have you seen how hard some of them poor, under paid, extremely good looking guys work?!

But I have to admit you wouldn't have found me at work for the last few days either....

[Zapf]

I asked about that at Motomail..... and they reckoned that garages wouldn't have them in their range of stock.... but nevertheless I shall be checking it thou.... and the prices....

The Standard one cost me $12 around November... so I don't know why it blew out so quick.... this one cost me $25 cos its the brighter light, plus they didnt have the standard light in. They did have the coloured light in but I prefer the white light.

But cos I need it for night time I had to buy it there and then.

ermm bring it back. Bulb should not blow in 2 months. I have had bad runs with some Navia ones in my car, all their Artic blue (blew!) range always burns out. Go to Auto Stop, they usually only do trade. Ask nicely for some philips H4 bulb, they will have some usual ones to some extra bright ones and they do the job so far and haven't blew yet.

Oh and motomail was ing you when they say garages won't have them. H4 is one of the most common head light bulbs for cages.

[Zapf]

Haha, those guys are great. When I go down the main street, if a boy racer is coming toward me, I either shake my head at them or pull in the clutch and rev to 14000rpm (don't often do that that one), and you can see them get pissed and the end up roaring off

The bigger the exhaust, the bigger the asshole I say

I must do that when I get my exhaust... anyone want to come along?

[crashe]

ermm bring it back. Bulb should not blow in 2 months. I have had bad runs with some Navia ones in my car, all their Artic blue (blew!) range always burns out. Go to Auto Stop, they usually only do trade. Ask nicely for some philips H4 bulb, they will have some usual ones to some extra bright ones and they do the job so far and haven't blew yet.

Oh and motomail was ing you when they say garages won't have them. H4 is one of the most common head light bulbs for cages.

I am gonna take it back on Wednesday...

Gonna check out my local BP just up the road... they have just reopened after totally being rebuilt so they should have it in stock if they have it...

[Motu]

I sometimes buy H4 bulbs from Asians who pedal them door to door at garages - $10 for a pack of 20,of those 2 or 3 may fail early.Have a look at the brand on the metal base on the bulb of the expensive 'name brand',most likely it won't be the brand on the packet - but that's not to say they are low quality,the Hella may actualy be a Stanely or Phillips bulb...they are just bought in bulk and repackaged.A prematuraly failing bulb is more likely the result of problems in the system - poor earths and overcharging being most common,with bikes vibration is a big killer of bulbs,more often tail lights - it's a frequency thing....shaking of the tail.Some cars,particualy Hondas always have a stop bulb out - for these I fit a Wurth bulb,expensive,but they say they won't blow,and they don't.Walk up to a 1978 Mercedes and pull out all the tail bulbs...they will still be the original German bulbs - so yeah,quality does count.

[moko]

Apart from Christmas Day,when you`ll still find filling stations open,about 60% of British shops are open on public holidays,I had a "plumbing emergency" and got the tools and bits I needed no problem.If you work public holidays here it`s double time so depends on your priorities I guess,my place had me and a couple of other guys on notice that they might need us at 2a.m. boxing day for 4 hours,pain in the arse but for 16 hours pay and a day off in lieu I was almost hoping for the phonecall.
When I started riding Hondas always used Stanley bulbs and they were as good as anything else.I ride all year round and high-mileage,to be honest I cant remember the last time I had a bulb blow,or a cable snap come to that,both used to be fairly common.

[crashe]

Ok I went up to my local BP garage today... tis all new and rebuilt.... so figured it would be well kitted out... I checked out the bulbs... and not a bulb there for bikes at all... only had bulbs for cars.. (brake, reversing and indicator lights etc).... so next I will and check out repco tomorrow...

May check out other garages - shell, mobil etc.... out of curiosity...
My local BP guy reckons that not many garages would have bike light bulbs....

Oh yeah I just came home in the dark... and the brighter light is sure brighter.... see a lot more of the road as well..

[inlinefour]

Went to buy a new lightbulb for the bike after it blew yesterday somewhere out of Hamilton.... and off I went to Henderson Bikes.... hmmm not open.... strange that I thought.. oh well off to see Mike at Mt Eden's.... two bikes and a trike sitting out front... hmmm Mike's aint open... so chatted with the riders of the said bikes... another dude came along wanting a tyre... I directed him to Kerry's. It was at this point I found out that today is a public holiday... well doh... someone forgot to tell me....lol.... so I then took them over to where Motomail was.... yay motomail was open.... yep I got a replacement lightbulb.....

But hey you bike shop owners you lost out on a sale... cos these dudes were up from down the line looking to buy a bike... and they had been to heaps of bike shops.. As to whether the other guy got a tyre or not, he may be still out there in the car still looking... looked like a motocross tyre.
And it seemed there was many a bike cruising past the bike shops today...

So its still early.... maybe I should go for a wee ride.......but where ?

I think I'd feel like a right twat