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SwissChap

Member since Aug 2018 • Last active Sep 2024

Fixed gear commuter in London. Honk if you like my filtering.

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    Fucking depressing that even "the left" in this country seems to be dominated by anti trans sentiments.

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    Not like you can ride a motorbike and look at a phone

    The delivery riders I've seen watching tik toks while riding would disagree. Yeah, it's wild.

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    Against that Tory psycho, Khan would look brilliant even if he was a lot worse. Thank fuck for the result - actually less close than first round votes last time, despite the ULEZ hubbub.

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    I really need to find a safe (and unmonitored) place for that. Don't think I'm keen on doing it often but I'd like to see how it feels up there. Maybe I'll have to wait till I make it to the Autobahn one day...

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    Yes. And even on my 600, because it's an i4 the "fun" gear is 2nd - that's it. Go much higher and instead of revving from say 30 to illegal you're revving from illegal to incredibly illegal.

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    What CB do you ride?

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    Yeah one thing I have learned by now is - if it sounds like it could be the battery, it's the bloody battery. No matter how old or young it is. Even if the battery is theoretically new it is still likely to be the battery rather than anything else.

    Of course, there is then the chance of something else being the cause for the battery going flat so quickly, like a broken reg/rec system or something. But in general, replace the battery and ride on.

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    Cheers, I found an online source for a replacement key that is also promising to send me the key code, should be fine.

    On a different note, electronics still hate me and I still hate electronics. Two motorcycles I've bought in my life so far, and twice the indicator relay failed within like two weeks. Yes, it's one of the cheapest* and easiest things to fix but regardless, come the fuck on.

    *if you buy it online, that is. The garage closeby quoted me almost 40 quid, online it's 13. I mean...

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    Cheers, will keep that in mind. I'd like an OEM-looking one too, but it seems a matching blank is currently 25 quid or more, which seems a bit excessive honestly.

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    Anyone got experience with getting an old motorcycle key (without transponder or any of the fancy shit) duplicated? Got two keys with my bike, one of them (the "backup" one) works fine and the other one sticks a lot so I'm assuming it's pretty worn. Any recommendation with regards to a specific key cutting service or something in London?

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