thegreatestben

Much appreciated update, I dream of an LS3 for the Z4 coupe. Holmart?

Hard work always pays off in the end! Well done mate.

Just have to find someone who is on board with older cars. The old man has had the same experience once or twice with his Austin Seven. He normally loves to argue the point but in this instance he just moves on haha.

That's a pretty sweet bike, really makes my sportster look like blunt object. Glad to hear you came away from that off reasonably well all things considered.

Giving claude ai pro a whirl: Given this new information about the components being MOSFETs (BUK2 50Y), the purpose of this circuit board is likely: Intelligent Trailer Interface: This is a solid-state control module for managing trailer electrical functions. Load Switching: The MOSFETs act as high-efficiency switches to control various trailer lights and electrical systems. Signal Amplification: It likely amplifies low-current signals from the car's computer to drive higher-current loads in the trailer. Circuit Protection: MOSFETs can provide fast, reliable overcurrent protection for both the vehicle and trailer electrical systems. PWM Control: Possibly enables pulse-width modulation for advanced lighting control or power management. Multiplexing: Could allow multiple trailer functions to be controlled over fewer wires between vehicle and trailer. Diagnostic Capabilities: May include features for detecting trailer connection status or lighting faults. This design represents a more advanced approach to trailer wiring compared to traditional relay-based systems. It offers better efficiency, reliability, and potentially more sophisticated control options for modern vehicle-trailer setups.

“I almost had you”

Maybe one day we can have a drag race and see how a Leaf goes against the E208

Pretty sure they said the first one of those they had made shat itself in quick order and it was horrendously dear.

I really thought you had it that time. Fucking roller coaster of emotions this rattle. Can you take it somewhere with a suspension checker that shakes the shit of out the car for while you’re in it or under it?

Baffles I bought are very restrictive but I could easily make them into the less restricted ones by adding some more holes. Or I could delete the part which makes them not straight through. It’s fine with decent headphones but it’s bloody loud for everyone else so wouldn’t be surprised if I got a ticket one day. the bike came with standard pipes, the original mufflers and a set of screaming eagle slip ons. The more I ride the bike the more I like how rowdy it is though… it does go quite well when giving it the beans.

Yeaaahhhh that is balls man.

Lol. I think it had only done 500km since 2020 I think I've done double that already. It is a nice bike, especially for the money. I ripped the baffles back out and the solution is definitely to wear noise cancelling earbuds It is so much fun to hoon with the loud pipes.

Thanks Joe, bikes are definitely rad. It's not super comfy despite being a unit. I think a single seat would be good but also things are crazy money. I did see a peanut tank listed and they do look a lot nicer but also you don't look very cool stopping for gas every hour. Maybe smarten up the rear guard and a set of better rear shocks, can't see shit out of the mirrors when they are undermounted.

First ride - SLOW Did make it alot quieter, smoothed out low end considerably but it's dulllllll. It's super slow up top, Might keep these for WOF's and just invest in some better noise cancelling headphones. These are the quiet versions of the baffle, I can modify the existing ones to have more speed holes:

Baffles come in two flavours, quiet and super quiet. I didn’t find too many examples or reviews at first but helpfully I ended up finding an old forum post where someone bought the quiets and ended up going for the super quiets and even those were rowdy. Looking at the pics you could probably add some more holes to the super quiets to make them into the quiet baffles. They’re not cheap but convenient and fit is spot on. The cheeky buggers at Boyd’s sent me a lightly used one which wasn’t ideal but to their credit they have sent me another new replacement. Didnt realise there’s technically already a baffle in them when I went to get the job done. You have to partially remove the heat shields to access the button head screw securing each baffle in place. Existing noise makers: Super Quiet: Pretty easy job once I had both new ones in hand. This is the “lightly used” one I got at first: stripped threads on screw and baffle to boot! Quick change of the flash tune to update it with the baffles which is super easy in the App! Haven’t ridden it yet but already noticeably quieter and the tone is a bit nicer but that might just be due to the fact my eardrums aren’t bleeding. The Mrs reckons it’s way quieter from the kitchen haha Have bought a couple new bits of gear to stay safe as well. Carbon fibre helmet has been a great purchase, at 1.2kg it’s much lighter than any other I’ve previously had.

It’s not old but it looks old right? I saw this baby while I was in Greece having dinner and thought it was one of those deals which is almost too good to be true. Facebook marketplace, located in Fielding. Mutual friend: @CaMpylobacter. Hmmmmm that could go either way tbh…. As it turns out the dude was a punishing boomer but also a decent guy which CaM backed up. In fact the WOF’s happened to be issued by Adsett Heavy Diesel and the bike was described as minty mint and the price was <$10K with not even 10,000Km on the clock. Arrived back in the country and headed up to the ‘ding. Bike was as described and a background check came back all good too (bike is ex Aus, thought maybe dodge but nah just came over with the previous owner. Rode it home and almost went deaf. Has been fitted with some short shots and you just couldn’t escape the sound. It’s also got some extra goodies in the form of a Bluetooth FP4 fuel tuner, k&n drop in filter and a upgraded h-d gauge cluster. Boy howdy it goes like a champion when you give it the beans but it’s pretty agricultural at regular speeds through out the 5 speed box. Main use is to commute so I really would like it to ride a little more civilised and my 2008 sporty was a lot slower but lovely to chog along without much fuss. Getting in touch with V&H who make the fuel tuner and pipes, they recommended fitting some optional baffles to quiet the thing down but would also give it more low end power at the sacrifice of the top end - Ideal as that solves two problems with one stone! So the tweaks begin:

Agreed, I’m currently in Italy and this is one of the sexiest things I’ve seen lately.

More like right nut is bigger than the left one

You don't think it's electrical supply to the pump being iffy? Over supply of voltage can cause excessive wear to the commutator.

Spicy leaf! I reckon it will be hard to go back to a non ev for a daily appliance, suspect you'll agree. I'm hoping I'll be rich soon enough so I can buy a new 5 series EV wagon <3

When I sold the 2gr out of my blade the buyer was replacing a motor that had snapped a cam and ate itself. I wonder if this happened to him too?

Bmw B58 will be a goodie, it’s in pretty much every platform they make. Just wait for the rest of the car to depreciate around it. 10 years old in 2025. What’s peak depreciation? 15 years? Edit wow pretty light too - 139kg. The 8hp trans they are attached to looks like a really well supported thing too. https://youtu.be/n5hSrXZ18cA?si=sE7ImVMGbkfQbYox

I’ve got a much smaller but very stout homebuilt compressor and that’s got the flexi braided hoses. Has lasted well and it’s worked pretty hard for me at times. the guy who built it also added a large pc fan to the compressor head to draw air across it. It’s an IR head so has quite nice castings so I’m sure the air flow helps keep it happy

I remember pulling apart the motor that was in the ride on mower I bought off @Nominal a number of years ago and thought the plastic components were surprising and you can’t help but think that can’t be good, but in saying that the reason that motor had given itself an upper cut was due to a metal (cheese) part giving way. I think if any of the plastic gave up it wouldn’t run but unlikely it would have ventilated the case either. Was the little pivot arm 757 in this diagram that let go.

should have left a magnet that doesn’t go rusty in your pocket.