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Yesterday, went out for couple hrs on my own. Over Exmoor down into Lynmouth, 18 to 24 degrees.

Panman40 wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 6:17 am Yesterday, went out for couple hrs on my own. Over Exmoor down into Lynmouth, 18 to 24 degrees.

Very nice

Had a day in Welsh Wales

Also in Wales this weekend.

@Pannier Down Elan Valley dams?

Also in Wales.

Glenn wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 7:16 am @Pannier Down Elan Valley dams?

Yes. Did a route through to Devil's Bridge then out to the coast, then back across the country to stay in Hereford. A great day out.

My Sunday afternoon was stripping CB550 Carburettors while feeling crap with man ful

Panman40 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 4:05 pm Bought the Carpuride W702b and the adaptor from eBay that’s needed, fitted well and quite neat. Can’t get pics the right way up….

That is looking realy nice and fits perfect. I also would like to buy one for my '18 RT. can you tell me what adapter you bought please ?

Ruiter wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 4:39 pm That is looking realy nice and fits perfect. I also would like to buy one for my '18 RT. can you tell me what adapter you bought please ?

It was this one,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167152234373

Yesterday, we had another test drive of the Kia Niro EV. Before you say, I know they are not as green as people say. Building an EV uses more carbon than a basic petrol engined car. To put it in context, we use our car very little, only covering 7040 miles in nearly 3 years, and the car before we only did 6700 miles, inc 2 trips to France.
Back to the test, this time they gave me the car at 10 am and told me to bring it back by 4 pm or when the battery is lower than 20%.
After 5 hours of thrashing the car driving on Motorways, B roads, and doing some shopping, etc, I returned the car after 264 miles with 10% charge left. Perhaps I didn't thrash it as much as I thought. I made my wife laugh by making engine noises, as all she could hear was tyre noise. We estimate that a full charge overnight will cost about £4.85. Comparing that it will cost us £29.97 in petrol to cover the same mileage
So we ordered a nice green 2 model, which is due in 3 months. This will be our second EV. The first was an Audi that was out of breath around 190 miles.

Not today, but I took a ride down to Romney Marsh last weekend, when the weather was glorious.

Doctor T wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 2:32 pm Yesterday, we had another test drive of the Kia Niro EV. Before you say, I know they are not as green as people say. Building an EV uses more carbon than a basic petrol engined car. To put it in context, we use our car very little, only covering 7040 miles in nearly 3 years, and the car before we only did 6700 miles, inc 2 trips to France.
Back to the test, this time they gave me the car at 10 am and told me to bring it back by 4 pm or when the battery is lower than 20%.
After 5 hours of thrashing the car driving on Motorways, B roads, and doing some shopping, etc, I returned the car after 264 miles with 10% charge left. Perhaps I didn't thrash it as much as I thought. I made my wife laugh by making engine noises, as all she could hear was tyre noise. We estimate that a full charge overnight will cost about £4.85. Comparing that it will cost us £29.97 in petrol to cover the same mileage
So we ordered a nice green 2 model, which is due in 3 months. This will be our second EV. The first was an Audi that was out of breath around 190 miles.

Personally, I would rather listen to the howl of my Jaguar SVR and watch my fuel gauge drop, but each to their own.

As I said, this will be our second EV. With the first car, I did miss the sound of the engine; my previous car was an Audi 3-liter diesel. After a month, you forget all about that. I know they're not everyone's cup of tea, but having the first one, you start to appreciate them and the lower running cost.
If we were doing 3x of our annual mileage, we would have gone down the diesel route again.
Update
Kia has stopped offering green for the 2025/6 models. So we have gone for a shade of grey.

Today, I learned that tinkering with BMW's is totally different to tinkering with Kawasaki's or Honda's. In a good way.
Ebony still managed to present the odd 'challenge', but over-all things weren't nearlyvas difficult as I had feared.
Dropping the sides off the fairings & getting them back on again is reasonably easy. Especially when you do it a few times. Let's not speak of how I know this.......
High Beams now have a set of Narva LED's installed. I definitely need skinnier, longer fingers. It took the better part of two hours to change over the left one, but once I figured things out the right only took about 45 mins & most of that was related to my stubby fingers & hands not fitting in the available space.
Managed to fit my Quadlock Wireless Charger & get it powered up. While doing this I discovered that a previous 'tinkerer' has managed to run power using red as the earth/ground & black as positive/live. I then discovered that said 'power' intermittently cycles 'on' & 'off'. This isn't to the Quadlock's liking, so disconnected from that supply & started thinking about where I might readily find a reasonably constant supply. As it turns out, BMW have conveniently provided an Auxillary power outlet, the supply to which is easily accessed through the right fairing side panel. I might have saved an hour or so by figuring this out before contorting myself to achieve the first connection, but hey I got there eventually. The power appears to shut down a few minutes after the engine shuts down, which I prefer as it helps minimise my potential to flatten the battery.
So, now I can charge my phone while I'm on the move, & should be able to see a lot better at night, which is my preferred option on country roads.
A solid 5.5 hours, but I had fun.