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

**crashe** · 3rd January 2005, 12:47

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 ?

**Indiana_Jones** · 3rd January 2005, 12:57

no one told me too :unsure:
I went over the road to pick up a cycle trader and my local retailer was shut

-Indy

**crashe** · 3rd January 2005, 13:18

Im gonna cruise on down the motorway into the city... and head over to Mission Bay.... I have been over there in yonks.... I shall park in the car park near the fish n chip shops at the end...... any one wannna join me and I am sure that we can find a place for a cuppa.... heading there now.... ..

**Indiana_Jones** · 3rd January 2005, 13:34

I would, but alas I have a borken bike and only a learners

-Indy

**Zapf** · 3rd January 2005, 14:12

crashe,
I think the bulb u need is a "H4" type bulb. You can find them an any automotive shop... E.g Repco (RIP Off) or Super Cheappie auto.

**Motu** · 3rd January 2005, 15:56

How old are you people? - it's always been this way...Xmas and New Year fell on the weekend,so the public holidays are carried over into the week.Get a life and enjoy it,don't moan that some poor buggers having a day off instead of going to work!

My work number is transfered to my mobile after hours,I've been having calls every day since Boxing Day,some one even rang wanting a WoF on New Years Day!! Funny,but they all have a foreign accent,and only one call has been a real emergency.When I first started in business I used to work over the Xmas break,chuckling to myself about all the work everyone else was missing out on,then I had a look at who my customers of that period were,all the dramas about not getting parts - then thought...''get a life!!''.Dec25 to Jan9,these are my ONLY holidays all year.

**crashe** · 3rd January 2005, 16:03

Originally Posted by Zapf

crashe,
I think the bulb u need is a "H4" type bulb. You can find them an any automotive shop... E.g Repco (RIP Off) or Super Cheappie auto.

Yep it is a H4 bulb.... but I did get one at Motomail.... but should it happen again, I shall try those other places.... Most places were shut today.... and didnt want to get caught if I was going to be riding at night time with no lights...
Thanks for ya help...much appreciated...

**crashe** · 3rd January 2005, 16:11

Well it was fasinating sitting there, people and car watching....lol
The same cars going up and down the road so many times, trying to get attention....and the girls in their cars, trying to be hoons.... it was like what ya see in Queen St without the night-time life.... Not so many young kids in cars but still the boys trying to show off their wheels...

I was quite surprised how busy it was..... considering it wasnt a hot sunny day. At the ice cream shop the customers were waiting in line right up the street. The bars were full, and a few were drinking in the park... the more they drunk the more louder they became.... so many out on their in-line skates and trying out their new pushbikes...

It was just nice to sit and watch the world go by...

A couple of bikes did cruise on by.... and a number of scooters were out and about.

**WINJA** · 3rd January 2005, 17:33

IVE DONE WORSE AS A YOUNG APPRENTICE I TURNED UP TOO WORK AND WAITED OUTSIDE FOR 2 HOURS B4 THE PENNY DROPPED, DOH

**Bonez** · 3rd January 2005, 17:36

Originally Posted by crashe

Yep it is a H4 bulb.... but I did get one at Motomail.... but should it happen again, I shall try those other places.... Most places were shut today.... and didnt want to get caught if I was going to be riding at night time with no lights...
Thanks for ya help...much appreciated...

If y'd look hard enough your local gasso probably had one.

**crashe** · 3rd January 2005, 17:45

Originally Posted by Bonez

If y'd look hard enough your local gasso probably had one.

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.

**Bonez** · 3rd January 2005, 17:56

Originally Posted by crashe

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....

Thats the way. My other stepson had a radiator hose go yesterday so I tried the gasso's for a generic piece of suitable hose. Everyone had a selection of of at least a half dozen H4 lamps. No hose but.

**crashe** · 3rd January 2005, 18:07

Originally Posted by Bonez

Thats the way. My other stepson had a radiator hose go yesterday so I tried the gasso's for a generic piece of suitable hose. Everyone had a selection of of at least a half dozen H4 lamps. No hose but.

Buggar.... have you managed to get another hose yet????

**Coyote** · 3rd January 2005, 18:31

Originally Posted by crashe

Well it was fasinating sitting there, people and car watching....lol
The same cars going up and down the road so many times, trying to get attention....and the girls in their cars, trying to be hoons.... it was like what ya see in Queen St without the night-time life.... Not so many young kids in cars but still the boys trying to show off their wheels...

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