always the last mile home...

HeadSmess

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i swapped my rear tyre over yesterday, i finally got sick of the "whop whop whop" because the thing just wouldnt sit on the rim properly!

or, it was seated properly, but something went wrong when they made it cause it had a whole segment that was 1/4 inch higher than the rest of it...(yes, the bead was even, and no, the rim is dead straight) shrug i did, at the time :)
its lasted a few weeks anyhow.

so, changed that...and what did i get today on my way home? oh yeah. a flat. ive almost forgotten how to put on a patch, its been so long!

and things come in threes. my cdi unit failed at the same time. only reason i stopped, dangnamit! then i added the extra 1000 turns to the magneto i didnt wind on the first time, and found the regulator/rectifier for my headlights has fried... theres power before it, but nothing coming out! typical. hmph.

i seriously hate the hill just before my place :) seems its about every two weeks i have to push up it... usually a lack of fuel though, so thats ok :)
 
:giggle:

its been surprisingly well behaved on this frame :) except that flat. hmmph. i just dug a screw out of it :) havent had a foreign object induced flat for some time...

if you saw the cdi i was using...yeah. it had a segment of zip tie stuck in where the blue/black wires enter, cus the insulation had cracked :)

and, as for the regulator...i gotta go add something to another, closely related thread :)

still doesnt stop me riding ridiculous distances ;)


what gets me is ive never had to walk or push more than two miles, ever :) it always just seems to be along the same stretch of road that things go wrong...
 
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ive never had to walk or push more than two miles, ever :) it always just seems to be along the same stretch of road that things go wrong...

That's too much unreliability for my liking.
Whenever i go for a ride, my bike is :gunsmilie: armed to the teeth with reliability
 
"whenever"...

you ride recreationally.

i ride because i dont own a car, i just sold my motorbike, and theres no such thing as public transport around here... its my ONLY transport. unless i gotta carry, say, 5 sheets of gyprock. i get a driver for that one.

read...daily ride :)
 
"whenever"...

you ride recreationally.

i ride because i dont own a car, i just sold my motorbike, and theres no such thing as public transport around here... its my ONLY transport. unless i gotta carry, say, 5 sheets of gyprock. i get a driver for that one

read...daily ride :)
+1, daily-main transportation is an apple to a weekenders orange.
 
HeadMess did you get a new girlfriend? It seems these bikes think they're your girlfriend. They get jealous when another woman comes into the picture and start acting up. If that's the case you have to build your new girlfriend a bike. Then your bike will think you're just going out on a double date.
 
@ HeadSmess

There is no difference between long distance recreational rides and transport, as both require an identical level of reliability.

Prior to my bike becoming a primarily recreational machine, it was used as daily transport with recreation being a secondary function of ownership.

That said, my bike continues to be :gunsmilie: armed to the teeth with reliability
 
HeadMess did you get a new girlfriend? It seems these bikes think they're your girlfriend. They get jealous when another woman comes into the picture and start acting up. If that's the case you have to build your new girlfriend a bike. Then your bike will think you're just going out on a double date.

that cracks me up :) so darn true! of course she gets jealous, all alone out in the rain and the cold, ignored until theres something gone wrong... meanwhile, my bedroom reeks of petrol and is full of tools :) whole house actually...

lucky i dont dismember her and leave her broken body parts on shelves as "trophies" :giggle:

fabian... im not about to come on and talk up how my bike can get countless miles without a mishap, thats just plain normal. (well, ok, sometimes i will... :p) its the breakdowns that i find amusing, and like to share the experiences :) the irony of getting a puncture just after fitting a new tyre...i find that particularly delightful in my twisted and warped view on the world...and dont forget i was running an experimental, handwound magneto and was "testing" it out (for everyones benefit)... still. this particular engine keeps lugging along despite the daily torture sessions. :rolleyes: more trophies in the making one day :giggle: i really want to know what lets go first :)


the things attached to the engine on the other hand...them, i dont care about. are you trying to tell us that you NEVER get a puncture? yeah...right ;)
 
I am averaging a puncture every 10,000 kilometers (6,000 miles) which is a self repeating exercise, considering that the valve stem rips out of the tube; due to running low tyre pressures - front @ 20 PSI and rear @ 24 PSI.

Low pressures allow both tyres to rotate around the rim; partly from hard braking (using a 9" disk rotor) and partly from low drivetrain gearing that places huge torque loads through the rear wheel. There's only so much that the tube can take, but i prioritise comfort over speed.


i was running an experimental, handwound magneto and was "testing" it out (for everyones benefit)...)

I am greatly appreciative of your efforts; messing around to find a more optimal solution to magneto output power.
 
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