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CHAPTER FIVE - 25
This happens because
the live wire to the horn is also the live for the coil, I just could
not understand why it was doing it, and the only way I could think of
avoiding the problem was to make the horn a completely separate circuit.
I was about to create
another circuit and had to take the wires off the horn to sort it out.
At some stage I replaced the wires on the horn but got the wires
back-to-front, so I thought. Press the button and the horn worked,
surprise, surprise, start the engine and NO BEEP, brilliant!! The wires
were on the wrong terminals and the horn was acting like a resistor and
beeping as the current from the coil was going through it. If I find the
person who crossed the wires in the first place, I’ll give him a right
kicking - ouch!!
Now everything was
working it was time to take it out on the road (on its way to the MOT of
course). I drove it through the village and back again and it felt a bit
stiff but alright and a small smile again came across the face.
Do you remember what
it felt like taking your bike out for the first time? Quite exhilarating
- yes?
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After a few
days of running the bike it was time to get ready for the F2
Madhatters rally, it would be an 87 mile test run for it, or as
I called it the ‘Slug Run’. My top speed would be 40 mph all the
way there and I had to go onto the A34 for part of the journey.
For those of you who don’t know this road it can be nose to tail
all the way at a speed of 70 to 80 mph, and that’s on a weekday. |
The police love this
road when they put speed cameras up, it’s like fishing in a bucket with
a net, and you can’t miss. The trouble is that they can’t just book one
car for speeding as they are all doing the same speed and the poor old
camera can’t pick out individuals, so I expect they book about 10 cars
at a time, easy money.
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I now have a
bit of a problem; with the outfit it is easy to put everything
in the sidecar. You can’t do that with a solo, so I struck upon
the idea of making a luggage rack that could be removed when I
got to the site. I do not want a luggage rack to be permanently
attached to the bike as I think that it takes away the
attraction of the bike itself so, out came the trusty welder and
with some steel strips bought from B & Q, I made a rack that
could be secured reasonably easy. It wasn’t great looking but
practical. I also had one of the ‘Pilot type brief cases that I
don’t use anymore so I attached it to one side of the rack. |
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It took
sometime to figure out how to do the job and make it stable as
well, I didn’t want to use clamps or anything like that so I hit
on the idea of using large nylon cable ties to attach it to the
bike.
To stop it
moving around I welded two lugs on the front bar, as you can see
where my finger is pointing. The rack would be cable tied at
these points and prevent it from moving. |
The weight of the
tent, airbed, and other bits on the top, will keep the rack down, as
well as bungee cords that will be used.
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