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Weebl

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    Kawasaki GPZ500s - now sold :(
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    Feilding, New Zealand

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  1. You hear all sorts of horror stories when you look at doing a test, like 'they will fail you for blinking twice in a five second period' or 'they will fail you for not running over old ladies' If you stop in the middle of the road to wave old ladies across you will be obstructing the highway, so will probably fail, if you stop because they are halfway across or waiting at a zebra crossing then you are in compliance with the law and will pass. Personal, fairly recent experience tells me that they are pretty damn good, all they want, is to see you ride safely in a number of different situations. A 'slight' hesitation at a roundabout or while your brain processes which lane you should be in etc will not fail you. I know this because I did both on my test. It is natural for you to ride differently than you normally would while being tested, you are trying to show how safe and good you are and that makes you hesitate a bit or even sometimes make the wrong decision. They know this and won't leap on the first minor thing they see and use it as an excuse to fail you, from what I saw they certainly are not looking to fail people. Just remember, the last person who had your bike sat at home waiting for them to come back from MOD 2, passed (and I thought I had failed when I got off the bike, I had a massive list in my head of major f@£k ups I had made, 1 of them was written up as a minor, 2 others were mentioned but not worth putting on the paperwork, the rest were not even mentioned) Good luck
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    testing a bAttery :D

    2500rpm idle way to high The bike would be a nightmare to trickle along in traffic burn't clutch def be on the cards. Dip beam has the wattage output as high beam both normally 55 watt just the angle of beam is change. Best to find a route where you give the bike some work if possible and get some charge back in, or stick an optimate charger onto the battery as and when. PS Most important, make sure you use a correct charger, a high powerd car type charger will cook your battery if left on for to long. Yes, 2500 RPM is stupidly high to have as idle when riding, but if you read the thread we are talking about leaving the bike idling to charge the battery, not permanently changing the idle to 2500 RPM, The idle as set is perfect for the bike to ride with, but not enough to leave idling and have the battery charge properly, I know this because I set the idle. I said to put the headlight on dip because if you are leaving it on for an hour on main beam you are likely to annoy people driving past much more than if you leave it on dip, not because I think it draws less current. I also did not suggest going for a longish ride which would be the easy option as he does not have a full licence.
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    testing a bAttery :D

    Charging system was not podged the last time I used the bike. I had not ridden it any distance in the 2 weeks leading up to the couriers collecting but it was at 12.5 volts when it went on the wagon. I know you have had it turning over a fair bit and have probably given the battery bit of a shoeing and as said, a 5 mile bimble ride won't do a deep ish cycle recharge. The advice given about not leaving a bike idling for an hour is good, however in this particular instance, with that bike you can do it as the cooling system is excellent and it will be ok as long as it is a cool day, dusk would be my recommendation. As counter intuitive as it sounds put the headlight on dip as well. You can tweak the choke up a bit to bring the idle up (even better would be to reach under the tank to the carbs and tweak up the idle on the idle adjust screw to about 2.5k)
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    oh frak...

    Mate, the couriers have broken something dropping it. Have you been in touch with them yet? I am really annoyed, I handed over a fully working, non fairing smashed and fully indicator attached bike and that is not what you have received.
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    What oil?

    10/40, halfords motorbike oil is fine. The stuff in it is exactly that and only about 800 miles old
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    wont turn over

    It's definitely the later engine out of the mark 2 mate, and like I said, I can only apologise for the hassle you are having, she always started on the button for me. I also think you should name and shame the courier company, the more I think about our last conversation the more annoyed I am getting. I would push them for compensation. The pictures in the ad were very recent and she was in exactly that condition when he wheeled her into the van!
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    wont turn over

    [if its been sat] Is fuel getting through to the spark plugs? Try and start it a few times, then take the spark plug out and see if there is a trace of fresh petrol in there Spark plug - is it firing? Black? - clean it/replace it, but i doubt its the plugs are the HT leads worn? Is the battery flat? - we will find out once you have charged it lol was it working ok before? As for it not changing gear, has the bike been sat for months? I know with my bike, it will only change gear once the engine is running, but it will go into neutral alright It's my old bike that Luke just bought. Fuel and sparks are good. It will be a sticky bendix. I have already suggested the rocking back and forth. She has not been ridden for about 3 weeks but was started the day before collection so she should not be too jammed up.
  8. First off, well done for taking it on the chin, standing up and admitting you ballsed up. And like others I won't judge you because I am sure that I have driven some mornings and with reflection if I was not over the limit I was close. With regard to the insurance, it's not insurance as such, HM Forces 'self insure' so they don't actually go to an insurance company, they just pay out any claims from a pot of money. It works out cheaper that way rather than insuring a couple of hundred thousand people on a multitude of vehicles in all sorts of situations with a standard insurer. Like your recruiter says, while the military will frown on a DD conviction, if you can get something like a fine and a quick ban, it is not necessarily a stopper. Good luck.
  9. Thanks Weebl -is that not connecting it to the battery though or do I splice it into the brake/horn wire? Would prefer if it turned off when ignition off. You connect it to a power line. If you want it on the horn line find the power line going to that and connect it there. Don't inline it unless you have to, odds on that one of the power connections for something like the horn will be a terminal screwed on, screw it on there with the existing line. Don't stick it on anything like the lights, ancilliary stuff like the horn is OK but don't mess with a power draw that is fundamental to the bike. Realistically, you are best off getting a mate who knows wiggly amps to help you out, if you really are clueless with electrics, you should not mess with them, at least until he has shown you some basics.
  10. Positive wire goes to a power line, earth goes to earth (random bolt on the frame should do) it does not really get any simpler? Red is power, black is earth, not a lot more to say really?
  11. Weebl

    Emigrating

    Thanks for all the good wishes guys eastanglianbiker, not sure about camping yet as we will be renting for a while and not sure how much room there will be, but any forum member who is coming over will be welcome to pop in and if I can help out, I will rennie, I shall be staying on the Forum Remy, yes it is, lots of hoops to jump through and if they don't want your skills and experiences you won't get in. OhJay, pretty sure I won't be making the Rally, the flight might make it a little expensive (not to mention the 24 hours plus you have to spend airborne and the 12 hour time difference might make me a little grumpy) geoff90, I will be working at Ohakea and living initially in Feilding, although we may end up nearer Palmerston North.
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    Emigrating

    Right, We are off to NZ It has been a while getting all the ducks in a row but it has now happened and we are flying out to start our new life and new jobs on the 20th January. That does mean I have to sell my bike And my son has to sell his (which he is more upset about than leaving his friends I think) so if anybody wants a GPZ500s or an Aprillia RS125 keep your eye on the for sale section. My lovely wife has said I can get a R6 when we get settled though
  13. You haven't done something really silly like turning the petrol tap off to remove the tank for the work you have been doing and forgotten to switch it back on? Or knocked the kill switch to the off position while fiddling with the headlight? Easy done, I know, I have done both before
  14. That is one of the points I am trying to make mate, you say you don't use conspiracy websites but Google various pictures and videos. But depending on your slant of research then you are just googling up conspiracy theories. You also say you watched 'too many' programs about Area 51 (which in reality is just a US eyes only research Facility at Edwards Air Force Base) where they state they 'Shoot to kill' trespassers (Shoot to kill is another misnomer, firearms are only used as a last resort ergo you have to really, really mean it and have no other way of preventing somebody doing what they are doing, so you aim for centre body mass, it's either shoot, or don't shoot. All this tosh you see on films about people aiming to hit people in the arm or leg is just that, tosh) but the people doing the filming, and trespassing are getting arrested and/or are posting their videos online and making documentaries, not being shot for walking over a line. I understand you have it in your head it is all a conspiracy and is subject to the worlds biggest cover up, but use some evidence already in your own head. If it was a multi thousand person cover up which killed hundreds, why are documentaries still coming out, why are videos still getting released, why are the people doing it not being killed? Russia in on the conspiracy? Rubbish, I take it you are younger than 23? Look up what the US/USSR relations were like back in the Cold War (not on a conspiracy website, do some independent research) Simply never would have happened, the USSR would have dearly loved to embarrass the US back then by any means possible, having proof they lied about winning what was one of the biggest moments of the Cold War would have had them having heart attacks with excitement. Step back slightly from the arguments, pick up on a few of the things people have posted to refute you, and have a good, hard, long look at them subjectively, with INDEPENDENT research. (independant so you don't quote figures like -200 straight off a conspiracy website when it never gets that cold on the moon)
  15. I have been on Edwards Air Force Base, lots of bits of it including some very restricted bits. BTW they don't shoot first as soon as they spot you if you should trespass. They arrest you, which is a good job because lots of conspiracy theorists like to go poking around it and if it was strict shoot to kill they would all be dead. They post videos on YouTube and men in black helicopters don't come to get them. The standard retort of the ridiculed conspiracy theorist. No, we have seen the same evidence as you but we interpret it differently, from different viewpoints and using different life experiences. It's not that we are blind but we don't solely use conspiracy websites and videos as source materiel and take everything written as fact. I went to one site recently which had a whole page dedicated to RAF Fairford and what one particular hangar contained (it went on about how it had eyewitness accounts of super secret experimental aircraft in it) I was in and out of that hangar for about 6 months over the timeframe the site was discussing. It contained aircraft ground support equipment (normal stuff, not experimental super secret support equipment either)
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