to the doubters...

....bought a battery for the blade this morning[1], filled it with
acid, on the quick charge for an hour, and then 30 minutes on the
Optimate to get it maxxed up, and I've just been out on my Fireblade.
**** me, I'd forgotten how fucking quick it is.

[1] from Bush Batteries, round the corner from where I live - I know
Cane (I think) said the cheapest he could find a Fireblade battery was
55-60 quid, well, Bush Batteries sold me one for 30.40ukp...

 

Why do you need to charge it? I bought one for the 6R just before I sold it.
Filled it up with acid and used it straightaway.

 

Apparently, lead acid batteries have memories and need a full charge
before use. They don't get a full charge if you rely on the vehicle
system and it sort of 'sticks' at a maximum 75%-80% capacity.

I used to think this as a bit of an old wives tale, but the chap who owns
and runs [1] the local trade battery place said it was VERY IMPORTANT
[2] to charge it before use.



[1] It was some years ago, he's probably dead now.
[2] He was also a bit deaf, I think.

 

'cos the instructions for many batteries tell you that whilst they will
work straight from being filled they will only ever work at about 80%
capacity if they don't recieve an initial 30 mins or so charge.

 

It's to do with making sure the plates get properly soaked in
electrolyte. In effect, yes, if the battery is filled then used straight
away, it might never achieve its full capacity. Another later effect
might be the plates could start breaking down long before you would
expect the battery to peg out.

Yes.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Ah well, sold it anyway, so what do i care ;-)

 

Bush batteries, feck me, haven't heard of them for a while. I used to live
just down the road from they were originally made in Bush Hill Park. My Dad
used to reckon they were the greatest batteries made, years ago.

 

that's what the man in the shop told me, and the literature that came
with the battery stipulated 1 hour on quick charge before use - I did
this, and gave it a final blat on the optimate just to be sure.

 

Yes, that's where I live - Bush Hill Park.

They do still sell own-brand batteries, but the one they sold me was
an Exide. Or was it a Yasua? One of the two.

 

My bike is still sitting in the garage.

Bathroom is painted mind you - and the path sorted out.

But the bike is still unused in the garage

This 'buying a house and being sensible' stuff is a bit of a dampener on the
biking side of things.

 

I painted the below-the-dado-line bit of my office the week before
last - got to do the 1m or so above the line and the ceiling tomorrow,
but it's just white, so should be a one-coat in a few hours job.

Houses do suck up a lot of time, if you want to get/keep them looking
good.

My theory is that it's best to get it all done before May or so, so
the summer weekends can be bike-oriented.

Anyway, **** all this - I'm off out for wine and tapas...

 

Umm... ride the bike for 30 mins then?

 

You'll probably win

 

Haven't been around that way since my Dad died over 2 years ago. We used to
live in East Crescent. I had a flat in St Annes Place, opposite the station.
IIRC Bush Batteries moved to right next the station, from there old place in
Main AVenue opposite my old school.
Small world huh?

 

I've volunteered to replace our bathroom...............
I put a new sink in the kitchen last week along with a waste disposal
unit.
Cost me a cordless phone and no it didn't go down the waste disposal
unit. Tale told on request.

I'll get mine out tomorrow if it ain't raining. Turning up on my bike
makes my mum smile. She starts reminiscing about her and Dad on his JAP
engined Superior SS100.

You need to 'regulate' things a bit more. I moved into this one 19
months ago.

 

I went my fastest ever today on the Thou. And I'm not going to say
what but it's more than the 750 would do. Rock stable as well at
those speeds even without a double-bubble screen to keep me comfy. I
do need one though.

 

I got around the DIY issue buy purchasing a brand new house, rather than
a previous season's model.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Ginge said:

I feel that way about cleaning bikes.

 

..

Says the person who posted about painting a little while back.

Anyway, luckily this house is fairly new and overall there is very little
that needs doing to it - we're changing the decor more then anything.

 

It's important to paint over mucky handprints on walls once every 3 or 4
years IMHO.