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What did you guys do on your bikes today?

408
1 month

Quoting Hilly on 10 Mar 2025 01:34 PMedited: 10 Mar 2025 08:33 PM
I did some temp testing on the battery today, oil in the bag was at 107°c, pulled seat, battery was 35-40 depending on where I aimed the temp gun, sat the seat back on and let it heat soak for 10 minutes or so, rechecked and the hottest part of the battery I could get at was 53°c, some of the lithium batteries are 50 max, others are 60, I could see the oil getting quite a bit hotter at times so cutting it fine I'm thinking, reckon a HVT will have to do.

So, after much ado, overthinking and sleeping on it I'm going to try the Predator PRL-12, it has temperature protection built in, meaning if the battery heat soaks past it's allowed temperature limit it will turn off so you can't damage it, its upper limit is 60°c.
It also has overcharge and undercharge protection along with blue tooth connectivity so you can see what charge the battery has on your phone! Fancy but it's there, it's the one RJBatt were on about.
It is a Lithium Iron Phosphate battery so it is much safer than the Lithium Ion types or so the story goes. $380 delivered, fingers crossed.

The temperature protection would have been a 'must have' in Townsville, might still be useful on King Island.

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408
1 month

Quoting 408 on 08 Mar 2025 07:00 AMedited: 08 Mar 2025 07:01 AM
Still got the HVT-1 in the bike.
The lithium is still sitting in the corner.
I didn't check the voltage when I got it, but it sat in the corner for 2 months. I checked it a couple of weeks ago and it was 13.2v. Says you are right to wack it in the bike at 13v or top it up if under.
I topped it up then and just checked it at 13.44v

Quoting speedzter on 10 Mar 2025 08:41 AM
Any plans on fitting the Lithium in the bike any time soon ?

I grabbed the Lithium because it was on special.
The HVT-1 is still going well and I wasn't inclined to pull it out but I am getting curious.

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tussuck
1 month

Did some painting the other day and it was really annoying to find somewhere to rest the paintgun so printed out some brackets making sure they were a custom fit for my brand of guns. Came out really well in the end. Also printed some block risers for the bike which clip onto the frame and sit on the top of the jack unit. They help by keeping the bike level without having to shove 4x2 wood under the dam thing.

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Hilly
1 month

Printer is coming in handy, useful knickknacks that make life easier, it's the little things as they say 👍

Stuart
4 days ago

Made a routine job a pain in the arse last night.

Changing the fork seals on the Dyna - sheared off one of the pinchbolts in the lower triple tree bracket nipping it up to hold the fork leg while removing the fork plug. Looking at the bolt, it appears to have been partially fractured for some time.

I guess today I'll be removing the triple tree and heading to the workshop. Where I'm thinking I'll first try and remove it by drilling it out with a left-handed drill bit. And see where I end up.

speedzter
4 days ago

Quoting Stuart on 25 Apr 2025 10:47 PM
Made a routine job a pain in the arse last night.

Changing the fork seals on the Dyna - sheared off one of the pinchbolts in the lower triple tree bracket nipping it up to hold the fork leg while removing the fork plug. Looking at the bolt, it appears to have been partially fractured for some time.

I guess today I'll be removing the triple tree and heading to the workshop. Where I'm thinking I'll first try and remove it by drilling it out with a left-handed drill bit. And see where I end up.

I'd consider it lucky you found it this way .
Should be easy enough to remove.
At the worst, just weld a nut on the end .

Now is a good time to replace the other bolts !

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Stuart
3 days ago

Quoting Stuart on 25 Apr 2025 10:47 PM
Made a routine job a pain in the arse last night.

Changing the fork seals on the Dyna - sheared off one of the pinchbolts in the lower triple tree bracket nipping it up to hold the fork leg while removing the fork plug. Looking at the bolt, it appears to have been partially fractured for some time.

I guess today I'll be removing the triple tree and heading to the workshop. Where I'm thinking I'll first try and remove it by drilling it out with a left-handed drill bit. And see where I end up.

Quoting speedzter on 26 Apr 2025 12:44 AM
I'd consider it lucky you found it this way .
Should be easy enough to remove.
At the worst, just weld a nut on the end .

Now is a good time to replace the other bolts !

No room to weld a nut on - or to get a socket in there even if I could :-(

Definitely going over the other bolts :-)

speedzter
3 days ago

If you remove the chrome cover under the headlight, you may be able to get to the broken bolt from the front ?
You can use a standard drill, and a square shank bolt remover .

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Stuart
3 days ago

Quoting speedzter on 26 Apr 2025 11:35 PMedited: 26 Apr 2025 11:40 PM
If you remove the chrome cover under the headlight, you may be able to get to the broken bolt from the front ?
You can use a standard drill, and a square shank bolt remover .

You are correct :-)

Wound straight out as I was drilling it.

I'd like to think I would have realised this if I had gone ahead with removing the trees - though I was already thinking 3 steps ahead, so maybe not.

The bolt on the other fork looks fine - but I will replace it anyway.

Thank you.

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Hilly
3 days ago

Hope this as close as the bike gets to a wallaby, needs a wash.......

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