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Jazzzzz posted:Hate to break it to you Slavvy, but those aren't fisher price bullshit. They work loving great for low voltage accessory wiring, which is what they're targeted for, and they're simple enough to use that people who couldn't make a decent crimp to save their rear end in hell can make a good connection with them. I mean, this is just a long way of saying doing things clumsy and ugly, but functional, is better than doing them like an absolute raging muppet on pcp which, yeah no arguments there. But if you want to do things properly you use crimps, they are neither expensive nor complicated and anyone reading this thread has both the brains and resources to do it. Ratcheting crimping pliers are $15 on aliexpress if you're really skint, I've got both that kind and the very fancy narva kind and switch between them on a per-terminal basis because they're different sizes but they're both equally well made and functional. Sagebrush posted:Soldering is real and good and strong and my friend but it has to be done correctly and used in appropriate places. It is totally appropriate to make a soldered splice in a place where the wires carry a reasonable amount of current, do not need to flex at the joint, and do not need to be disassembled. A lineman's splice is strong, permanent, and no larger than the wires themselves. Yeah soldering rules if you want to repair a harness or lengthen something and you don't want any bigger profile than the wire, it looks a treat and is super handy for doing stuff like internal handlebar wiring. Using it on an actual component is either lunacy or electronics repair depending on the situation.
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Sagebrush posted:Soldering is real and good and strong and my friend
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I don't need this overpriced crap, I have a crimping tool already! Just never got around to buying more than a handful of spade terminals. e/ I guess I shouldn't dunk on soldering too hard, because it is good when done right, and I do enjoy doing it! I just had this moment yesterday afternoon where I realised my half remembered process from getting taught soldering in school 20 years ago has almost completely left my head. I don't know why I'm doing any of the things I'm doing, my technique sucks, it takes ages because I'm out of practice and it's a miracle that I can make something even approaching a functional joint. Renaissance Robot fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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Slavvy posted:Yeah soldering rules if you want to repair a harness or lengthen something and you don't want any bigger profile than the wire Sagebrush posted:A lineman's splice is strong, permanent, and no larger than the wires themselves. See this is how I know I suck and need to go back to school because this does not describe my splices at all They're strong enough to work and aren't in a position where they'll come apart or be subject to flex, but pretty they ain't.
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Renaissance Robot posted:See this is how I know I suck and need to go back to school because this does not describe my splices at all Same. They are definitely fatter than the original wire and don't look aesthetically pleasing, but they are strong and watertight.
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I bought a crimping tool with removable teeth for different connector styles, and it came with a great stripper. I tried loads of different connectors but the brass bullet style in different sizes with optional insulation, properly crimped and finished with cloth electrical tape, are absolutely excellent. All of the above in a quantity enough for a whole bike can be had on eBay for <£30.
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I don't know poo poo about wiring but CA recommended bullet connectors and I got this crimper, which worked out really well. I used it for the lights on my fairings because they got disconnected any time I'm doing anything on the bike, but I found other uses for them like making various attachments to my spare bike battery. I attach a cigarette lighter then use it to air up tires without having to start the car.
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Just give the wires a little twist and a dollop of hot glue and send it
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Ah, the “vintage video game console” method
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Coydog posted:dollop of hot glue Do I look like I'm made of money?
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Gorson posted:Do I look like I'm made of money? You look like you're made of something.
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A mate just bought a cb1000r predator. He's a reasonably good rider but it's his first stupid fast bike and he's been complaining about the handling for a while, I dismissed it as not being used to big bikes + lovely touring rubber that he's replacing ASAP. Today I went for a ride with him, I was mounted on my other mate's vfr400. He couldn't keep up at all so I smugly offered to swap bikes and discovered I could barely keep up with him despite being a better rider and on a bike with twice the power. No confidence anywhere, no idea what the wheels were doing, just terrible all around. Got back to check the setup and sho nuff, the PO had wound the front preload adjusters as hard as they would go, rear preload on double the setting recommend in the manual as a baseline. Ten minutes of fiddling and it's now an absolute weapon.
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What is a cb1000 predator? I mean, I know what the cb1000 part means
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:What is a cb1000 predator? I mean, I know what the cb1000 part means  ?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:What is a cb1000 predator? I mean, I know what the cb1000 part means That's how they were marketed/badged here so idk, it's the model in this post though: I use the term often because it differentiates them from the newer neo cafe model that shares the same underpinnings. Also I'm impressed if you made that image.
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Slavvy posted:That's how they were marketed/badged here so idk, it's the model in this post though: On my phone, with my finger. Ikr! I'm surprised I was even able to do it!
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Finger Prince posted:On my phone, with my finger. Ikr! I'm surprised I was even able to do it! You really ARE a finger prince 
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Listen, when you’re out of room to store your rock salt and barbecue sauce, you have to get creative!
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Honey's one weakness- crystallization.
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Try smoking it
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I didn't know master cylinders could get kidney stones
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This is why you gotta fill the bowls with distilled water before putting away for winter. Leave no room for crud.MomJeans420 posted:Try smoking it 
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MomJeans420 posted:Try smoking it It's an 80's interceptor so snorting it would be more appropriate I think.
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hey folks just wanna give a I bought a new bike goddammit! I shouldn't need the dremel and a trip to the hardware store 
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FBS posted:hey folks just wanna give a Non-JIS screwdriver spotted 
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It's so weird how much difference it makes. PZ heads too, I can't visually detect any difference from phillips in the bit that actually fits into the screwhead*, but a phillips slips out constantly while a correctly sized PZ doesn't. *yes I can see the extra little ridges toward the back, but those don't actually engage with anything as far as I can tell
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breaking news, using right tool for job makes job easier who could have predicted this!?
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Coydog posted:This is why you gotta fill the bowls with distilled water before putting away for winter. Leave no room for crud. That’s a brake master cylinder. 
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:That’s a brake master cylinder. In that case, don't use distilled water.
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I've never seen DOT4 do that and I've seen stored gasoline do terrible stuff. That is amazing.
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Coydog posted:In that case, don't use distilled water. Mineral water is fine. Sparkling or still. If it was a KTM, you need to use Gasteiner and San Pellegrino or San Benedetto for a Ducati, but because it's a Yamaha you should be fine with whatever.
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me dodging the motorcycle tax by ordering compatible bolts from a trade store instead of pro-bolt: haha gently caress yeah!!! yes!! me having to buy a second set of bolts and pay shipping twice because I ordered the wrong size the first time: well this loving sucks. what the gently caress. Measuring twice doesn't mean poo poo if you measure wrong both times! 
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me, a genius: bolt length doesn't matter when you've got a die grinder 
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Galaxy brain: buying a metal lathe to make your own fasteners with.
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Universe brain: zip ties
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Transcendant Cosmic Being brain: two part adhesives and speed tape
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right arm posted:me, a genius: bolt length doesn't matter when you've got a die grinder They were too short 
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Universe brain: zip ties I see you also ride dirt bikes.
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Renaissance Robot posted:They were too short Die grinder the hole
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