Oldfart

Simplest way Dave is to use a relay. Its like two circuits in one unit, one goes from battery to grips and that copes with the heavy current. The other is like a trigger which is best powered by an ignition controlled circuit and only takes milliamps to operate. If you want any help let me know. Im retired so time doesnt really matter and Im not far away (spent many years teaching low voltage vehicle and plant machine electrics) and dont buy any relays and wiring as Ive got some.

I sure you would have Robbie, but did you check the supply was capable of dealing with the current draw of both circuits? The original plus the draw from the grips?

nice one

Watched it as well. Have also left message on Marks Book. So sad. Will soon be off to the TT and then the Manx GP

We could have a 'trimmed and trendy topbox' competition on Daves rideout

Nice job. Fitted some to a GSX1400 I had. Ran the power lead via a relay so some little wouldnt turn them on and drain the battery

Remember when in Wales that the sheep with crosses are the ones that kick!!

I also have a Schuberth C3 flip and custom ear plugs so can agree with the above

When you said you went up and stopped on a bank. Was it in Fakenham, Norfolk cos its probably the same one where I ended up years ago

Sorry guys couldnt help this!!! Dont laugh I'm a bloody engineer not a poet and it is early. Moto GP So Stoners going to do it and quit the racing game he wants to see his family and turn his back on fame At least he wont be moaning about everything GP He can go into the Aussie bush and whinge at a bloody tree Rossi's still not happy with his motorbike It wont handle in the corners but accelerates like shite Cal has found his Mojo and is lighting up the grid He's battling with the best of them just like dear Marco did Bens not done well lately First with team Tech 3 but now he's in the big boys squad He's still on grid row three Next year will be a shuffle with men and teams and kit but Jorges still a force to beat and Dani does his bit Despite all the changes to the grid and moans and groans galore we wont be seeing Stoner with his chin dragging on the floor!!!

Knew about Brad. Rumour was that Spies was underperforming and could go back to WSB. Its a lottery

Another possibility? Cal to Honda and Bradley to Tech 3? Rossi on Coca Cola Yamaha if they relax 4 bike rule

With Stoner 'the moaner' gone , thats an interesting question

Someone got clever with crossing those supports around the exhausts. Very 'twee'

Sounds as though they made a 'boob' with that name There used to be a new college up north which was to be called the 'South Humberside Institute of Technology' until some one pointed out what the capitals spelt. They sure walk among us!!!!

Respect

Sorry for your family's loss Alan. Thoughts and prayers from all on here

CANNON BALLS!!! DID YOU KNOW THIS? It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannon on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck was the problem. The storage method devised was to stack them as a square based pyramid, with one ball on top, resting on four, resting on nine, which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate with 16 round indentations, called, for reasons unknown, a Monkey. But if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it.. The solution to the rusting problem was to make them of brass - hence,Brass Monkeys. Few landlubbers realise that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. And all this time, folks thought that was just a vulgar expression? You must send this fabulous bit of historical knowledge to at least a few intellectual friends.

Well done Tammy

This comes from 2 maths teachers with a combined total of 70 yrs. experience. It has an indisputable mathematical logic. It also made me Laugh Out Loud. This is a strictly ..... mathematical viewpoint.. and it goes like this: What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions: If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. Then: H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98% And K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96% But , A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100% And, B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T 2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103% AND, look how far ass kissing will take you. A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G 1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118% So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there. Its the Bullshit and Ass Kissing that will put you over the top. Now you know why some people are where they are!

WHEN Soham rider Robert Whiteford won the right to damages after losing a leg in a crash caused by a Lithuanian truck that crossed the central line on a road near Ely, it didn't make the news. But now the truck operator has been sensationally cleared of negligence by the Court of Appeal. Whiteford lost his right leg when the truck struck him a glancing blow back in August 2009. He was on his side of the road and evidence showed the truck had been partially across the central white line. Cambridge County Court last year awarded Whiteford the right to claim damages, potentially worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, from the truck's Lithuanian operator. However, the operator appealed, claiming that it was wrong to “impose so high a standard of driving” on the lorry driver, and saying that the motorcyclist was riding too close to the centre of the road. The Court of Appeal agreed. Yes, you read that right; the HGV crossed into his lane and the court still decided the accident was the rider's fault. Compensation? Zero. The problem was that Whiteford had earlier accepted part of the responsibility for the accident when the lawyers for the truck firm claimed that in the circumstances he should have been riding in the middle of his lane instead of near the white line. In the appeal, Jonathan Watt-Pringle QC argued for the truck operator, saying: “The collision occurred for one reason and one reason only, and that is because the claimant was driving right close to the centre when he accepted that the course should have been a very different one.” In his ruling, Lord Justice Richards said: “A finding of negligence in this case would, to my mind, be to impose an unacceptably high standard on the driver.” The BMF has now written to Justice Minister Kenneth Clarke, asking “how it can possibly be right that a driver licensed to drive the largest and most dangerous vehicles on the road is not expected to stay on his side of the road?”