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[Scalyback]

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Rattlebattle, maybe it's where you live?



In NW kent, everyday is an adventure. The streets are overcrowded, people get annoyed and late and sometimes take chances, or are just too pissed off with the congestion to think about good driving.


I had 5 or 6 days with Kevin before we were shipped out to France, here's some of the fun... (I'm really impressed with the brakes!)



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[papasmurf]

Rattlebattle, here in West Cornwall during the tourist season your life expectancy would be measured in minutes.
(Even outside of the tourist season the driving skills of the local population are next to zero.)
I even wear a yellow reflective coat when I am a pedestrian.

[Mark M]

This could be another application for Scaley's trafficator mounted to the handlebars and suitably sign written in red! Just like those old AEC buses that had a "Stop" tell tale that flagged above the driver.

REgards, Mark

[jefrs]

When the side stand is extended it breaks the feed to the ignition. So if you remove it one must re-make that connection. Simplest method I can think of is simply to join the two wires together.

I have been guilty of coming off the centre stand with the side out and then wondering why it doesn't start. If you do manage to ride off on a bike with the stand down you soon notice, ouch! One result is a broken stand. So I think the switch is quite a good idea.



I now have a pair of really, really loud Bosch fanfare horns as fitted to german taxis and some emergency vehicles, at least I can warn idiots I'm making evasive action. You can't risk being aggressive on a bike or you end up in hostipal.

The 'slightly blue' LED pilot lamps seem to help eliminate smidsys for some reason.

[papasmurf]

In the tourist season I could do with this:- http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/up ... n-bike.jpg

[Scalyback]

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Jefrs, you ain't kidding!No idea why, but they do seem to scare the other vehicles away.

[Scalyback]

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Sorry Papasmurf, forgot to add your tourist solution








[papasmurf]

Cheers, I really cannot get the hang of posting pictures on this forum.

[Rattlebattle]

Nice video. Nothing too drastic really; have a look at some of the Russion video footage on Youtube for near misses and spectacular crashes by morons. It's all about maintaining a safety bubble and treating every other user as if they are an idiot; lots are. TBH I only ride my old Triumph around the lanes because, frankly, the brakes are appalling. It's easy to wind up you lot..
Jefrs, to remove the sidestand switch I simply cut both wires at the sidestand end and disconnected the cable at the socket and removed it. The engine starts fine irrespective of the position of the sidestand. When I join the two connectors at the socket where the sidestand cable plugs into the wiring loom it behaves as if the sidestand is down. I'm not sure why you need to join two wires together, unless you are meaning to achieve some other result.

[jefrs]

Rattlebattle - I've had another look at Scalyback's diagram and you're right. The kill switch 'on' powers the normally-open 'power relay' closed which it cannot do if the side stand is down. The 'side stand relay' appears to be 'normally closed so the 'power relay' is grounded to operate its contacts, the side stand switch must break contacts thus de-powering the 'side stand relay' and hence killing the ground on the 'power relay' and hence the ignition is cut. That sounds complicated but if you pull the plug on the side stand connector, you disable it. And there's no need for any additional wiring, you can just leave it hanging loose. My bad.