So, finish work on time, lock up at 6pm...

[Bolty]

Walk round to the back of the shop whilst having a smoke, stash my bag in the top box and start the bike up, finish my smoke and put the helmet on then set off and then I heard the noise.

I forgot to take off the Almax series 3 and Squire SS65CS lock off and wrapped it around the forks and got the lock tangled up in the spokes and couldn't untangle the mess so I had to open the shop again to get a collection of tools (Hammer, drift & bar) 40 mins it took to get everything untangled.

Interesting ride home in the slushy mess left over from the snowfall earlier, when I got home I got the pump action sprayer out to rinse the salt off the bike and then had my tea, I had a sudden brain wave, had I switched off the heated grips? (Yes, they are wired up so that they will come on when the Ign is off, no idea why but it is on my list of things to sort out)

NO!

Flat battery now on charge.

I'm off to bed now just so's I can't make any more uck fups.

Goodnight!

[621andy]

Walk round to the back of the shop whilst having a smoke,

Smoking is dangerous

As a mate of mine says...'sometimes you get chicken, sometimes you get feathers'

[Bolty]

a mate of mine says...'sometimes you get chicken, sometimes you get feathers'

Aye, and sometimes you just get stuffed!

[Lulu]

'Tis always the way I think. One stupid c**k up and it all goes t**s up! I either get it all right or things go from bad to worse. On a bad day, I'm capable of putting my keys in the fridge and trying to lock the door with a pint of milk . There are just some days when it makes better sense to go back to bed and start all over again...

[foz1969]

me.... 2 new batterys later, i loop a lanyard from my keys to the grips controller..... & i still forget!!! not wired up this year, it's too warm.

[Snaphappy]

Maybe time for a how to thread on relays, really not as daunting as people may think then you only have to remember your locks

[AlanH]

There is already a thread on relays.

[Bolty]

I'm confident about how to use/fit a relay for this and it is part of my masterplan for this bike which includes a fuse box with 5 positions but what I'm looking for is a relay like this one:

Motorcycle Horn Relay Kit, cheap Worldwide Shipping

I'm not bothered about the pigtails it's just the small size that appeals to me, has anyone seen this kind of relay for sale in the UK rather than the big cube shaped ones that are everywhere?

[winxp-master]

I stopped using disc locks because i kept forgetting when i had the Thundercat and one day i knew i'd go through the front fairing rather than scratch it. They are bloody lethal!

Could be worse, Barrowload (of this parish) put his disc lock on his bike for the night when he was in Spain and when he went to unlock it the next morning he realised the key was at home! lol

[Snaphappy]

Hi Bolty, not seen any that small, but Vehicle Wiring Products do have a mini relay on stock

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VWP - relays