Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)

[AutoshiteBoy]

More FWD BL tin

What more could anyone want?

[brandersnatch]

R1100RT 00 update

Being lazy and much to the annoyance of Mrs H, I borrowed the Jizz yesterday to get to work. Couldn't repeat that today because Honda Jr swimming, so started scrabbling about sorting the tyre on the bike at 2.30pm.

No during pictures, but just robber the decent wheel from the 99RT. Which is easy to say, but more difficult to do. The 99 callipers were a bit stuck and that bike is only on a sidestand at the moment. Both bikes needed jacking up and only one jack available. Both bikes wobbly as fook when on said jack. Still easier to lift them than beat the seized/rounded/bollocksed fasteners of the front mudguard.

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Had to throw the old one back on the 99 to keep it from falling over.

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45 minutes late to work, but nobody died.

That’s better. I’ll sleep soundly tonight.

[Eddie Honda]

That’s better. I’ll sleep soundly tonight.

You should have been sleeping soundly anyway as both shoulders were evenly worn.

[Eddie Honda]

More FWD BL tin

What more could anyone want?

Less rust?

[Eddie Honda]

Postie delivered this today, 10 days from Germany. The Chinese, great bunch of lads.

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So lets have a play. First off connected to a 012 290CCA battery, I think it was the M-i-L's i10 which I replaced some time ago. It's been on charge in the last couple of days.

Connect the clips to get a voltage reading - 12.71V

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Go into the test menu item 1.

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Select the CCA rating

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initial default was 500, so use the down key to wind it down to 290 as per label (subsequent tests show it remembers last rated setting)

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There's another screen menu to tell it what sort of battery it is standard wet flooded / AGM, etc. Now the results

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Next up, an 054 270CCA from a Jizz that lasted about 4 years.

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Yep, that was recently charged too. Computer says fooked.

Finally, that nearly ten year-old Volvo / Varta that belongs to the dizzler 096 / 600CCA

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Big success!

Aliexpress, €29 delivered. Bargain.

[Hooli]

I'm used to drop testers having massive prods not little wires.

[paulplom]

Have you got a link. Handy bitnof kit that.

[Eddie Honda]

I'm used to drop testers having massive prods not little wires.

So am I

The battery was located sat on a bench in the main barn, so I dragged it home

and it's showing no load @ 12.05 volts. I might be in with a slim chance of getting charge into this. Earlier I popped it on the Ultimate Speed too smart for it's own good charger and SHOCK without having to get the tin box dumb charger fired up, it slowly charging. We'll see what the Davenset ray guns say tomorrow.

Battery update. Left it sitting for a few hours, checked no-load reading of around 13.0V. Dug out the ray guns and zapped the battery for about 30 seconds. Needle shot up and stayed firm. Stuck the battery back on the charger until this morning.

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Old and new tech here.

[Eddie Honda]

Have you got a link. Handy bitnof kit that.

I got mine from DIGI OBD Store on AliExpress. Chinese, drop-shipping and sent from Germany to Ireland, so no duty and VAT for me.

Ebay UK, Chinese seller, shipping from UK (allegedly) with GB VAT number. Should be okay.

Topdon ArtiBattery AB101 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154465187473

They was an auld fella singing it's praises on one of the BMW bike forums, so I took the plunge off the back of his recommendation.

[LynehamHerc]

Thanks Eddie.
I tried to order one earlier but being a Technocripple couldn't find one that would be delivered to the UK at a decent price.