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i remember Harris telling the story of how someone tried to nick his bike in broad daylight in front of tons of witnesses, somewhere like covent garden. It seems rife down there and there is one way to deal with it but the law aint on our side atm
this guy should have been given an award imho, instead he gets jail
Got some new detailing gear for mine - will be having a tinker over the next few days but early signs are good - got the black plastics coming up a treat!
Never been a fan of carbs but i will perservere. Trying to figure out which is the correct size by internet trawling, reading the JD Jetting stuff and listening to how it runs / pulling the plug is.. well.. tedious and covers my hands in a petrol smell i can't shift (gloves next time)
Still trying to make the 450x into a 450L essentially (without the power restrictions of anyone caring about emissions)
i need to figure if i can power the headlight off the AC - the bike produces both AC and DC power off the stator, it is apparently 40W AC / 20W DC and hence the headlight on drains battery (used for headlight and tail light plus speedo) which is ok for short hops but not ideal for anything else
so..
rewire
carbs
valve clearances
bodywork
none of which bar the last should cost much and it stands me for just over £3k with new wheels and tyres currently so about the money of a CRF250L but with the power of the uncorked 450L
Why wiring.. like your project car because it keeps me busy and fiddling. The SC car doesn't need much at the minute bar a good blast and raising the ride height and my XSR has had its only real issue, rusty swingarm, sorted permanently. I hope.
I found a much more powerful stator option but that says you have to leave the headlight on all the time (or it will presumably **** your battery?)
I did ponder finding an LED bulb for the headlight as an alternative.
My gut is that I will be commuting come autumn and that is what this is for, shitty weather traffic avoidance
In that case i'd want something that runs through a projector, probably a 35WHID to get a decent output. I'd deffo not want some chitty fake LED in a reflector unit - candle power is for those loons doing the Brighton run on motorised carts.
My temptation would be either to mod a CRF headlight and retro fit a projector in there .... or fit two of those things you see on cafe racer things, the ones that adventure bikes use as 'aux' lights and have one for dipped with an HID in and one for main with a filament lamp in it.
Spent an hour upgrading the cable to my outside socket. Even though it would take 19A I found some 2.5m2 stuff used for ponds which is good for weather exposure. Good for charging the e and the S2 trickle haha
might tax the XS next month if things continue to look up
02-24-2021, 04:21 AM
.. I have new carb jets by comparison 
