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That's what I should have done that or used my battery powered oneI only use the mini-compressor with the bike running. Gets it nicely warmed up before a ride too!
That's what I should have done that or used my battery powered oneI only use the mini-compressor with the bike running. Gets it nicely warmed up before a ride too!
Too cold this time of year to be riding, I’m normally tinkering in the garage
At the moment tinkering with the nearly 40 year old carbs on my Yamaha YPVS
its still an awesome bike to ride but definitely modern fuel injection technology is much better, got the carbs sorted now hopefully float level wasn’t quite setup right
Yes that’s what I have found , if I leave it standing for any length of time the carbs will gum upi gave up on bikes with carbs after my last 1200 bandit, swore never again, it was my spare bike and never rode it often enough so the carbs gummed up and despite me taking them off and on the bike that many times to tinker with, ultrasonicly cleaned, replace all the jets, the floats etc and looked at by people much cleverer than me ,it was never right it kept flooding the engine , so i had to get rid, i dont like too much modern stuff on bikes, but fuel injection is one of them
I've had mine for a few years now wouldn't be without them. I even take spare batteries with me.Why didn't I buy heated gloves years ago? The one thing that spoils a ride out at this time of year is now eliminated.
I decided to go with wired to the battery option. I did wonder if it might be a bit inconvenient but it's really not an issue.I even take spare batteries with me.
That was pretty much my view all these years. I have always struggled with cold fingers, even when not on the bike, and have tried everything, including heated grips and hand guards.ive looked at heated gloves, for me i dont want to be tethered to the bike, unplugging them every time i get off would be a faff, as for the battery ones i feel they would be too bulky to get under my jacket when its wet so the rain would run into them, fair enough id had warm wet hands but wet is still wet, so its a no from me, i use richa gortex winter gloves and that with my heated grips is great
That was pretty much my view all these years. I have always struggled with cold fingers, even when not on the bike, and have tried everything, including heated grips and hand guards.
I decided in the end the inconvenience would be worth it but it turns out that, in real world use, it's barely an inconvenience at all.
Having said that, I'll be happy when the weather warms up enough to not need them.
wOw fabulous looking machine that CB500X. Have you owned it long..? How do you like it..?Very happy with my new panniers. All set for first camping trip of the year next month.
IMG_20240305_115904_HDR by Simon, on Flickr
wOw fabulous looking machine that CB500X. Have you owned it long..? How do you like it..?