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Motorad in finglas have some interesting used bikes for sale, I can send them pics of my bike for trade in, but they will only let me view a video of the bikes ,and deliver to me after payment. Has anyone else come across this?
That's very strange - surely if they want to encourage you to buy they send the video before hand ???
Mate of mine bought from Kearys recently. He was sent videos of a couple of different bikes he was interested in before hand. Which is what I would think is the logical way places do business.0 -
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Well by the sounds of it that's all the squirt you'd give it would doHotblack Desiato wrote: »Cleaning the sideplates isn't the same thing as cleaning the chain... that's all a squirt of anything on a cloth is going to do
It's like anything, the more you keep on top of it the the less it takes to maintain it.0 -
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Well by the sounds of it that's all the squirt you'd give it would do
It's like anything, the more you keep on top of it the the less it takes to maintain it.
A man after my own heart. My thinking is the chain should never need a 'deep clean' because it will always be clean. A wipe every couple rides and it'll look after itself. Not as easy on a commuter bike I know0 -
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knucklehead6 wrote: »Stupid dumb ass question, but if you are using the bike regularly (ie commuting to and from work 2 or 3 times a week) do you need a charger?
Bike is stored inside, in a garage attached to the house
Depends very much on the bike and how you use it.
I used to commute every day on my Triumph Sprint ST and the charging system on it was always a bit marginal. Commute about 11km each way but hard to get the revs above 2 or 3k for most of it. Plenty of time spent at red lights with 42W of stop lights on. Add on heated grips and an alarm and hardly ever any weekend spins
and it was only just about putting back what was being taken out. A long weekend (never mind a week off) in winter could leave it struggling to start. Automatic headlights on really doesn't help here :rolleyes:
Bike had the optional relay added to give two dipped beams also, standard dipped beam on just one headlight was crap! Came with spotlights from the previous owner too, but after getting caught out early on in my ownership I never used them again because of the battery drain.
So that bike really benefitted from an overnight trickle charge every few weeks. After a few years the rec/reg went, and the new MOSFET unit connected directly to the battery was better than the standard one, but it still needed a charge every now and again.
The SV1000 has (or had!) the same usage pattern, twin headlights and automatic headlight on, and heated grips, but no alarm and LED stop/tail lights save a good bit of power too. Since Covid (and busted fork seals) I've left it idle for weeks without a run or charge and never any problem starting it, and when I do stick it on charge the charger always says full after 15 or 30 minutes.Life ain't always empty.
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200 quid?
I think I'll go for 2 Aldi ones for €26 instead.
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