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Llama-Farmer
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PostPosted: 01:18 - 09 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd go for an Optimate charger tbh, thats what the folks down at my local bike place suggested when I went in to buy the Oxford charger, they said the Oxford once are nowhere near as good as they used to be.


Great way to shine up the downpipes is with progressively finer sandpaper/glasspaper. Start with a medium grit to get rid of all the surface pitting and marks, then get finer and finer to smooth out the scratches caused by the medium grit.

Once you run out of fine paper to use, wire wool and autosol should finish it off a treat.
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MissBex
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PostPosted: 01:29 - 09 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Optimate 3+, that a good one?

Would I need to completely remove the battery - in a Hornets case?
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Matt B
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PostPosted: 09:10 - 09 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
MissBex wrote:
Would I need to completely remove the battery - in a Hornets case?


If I remember right it shouldn't be a nightmare.

Seat off, right hand side panel off, remove rubber strap holding battery.

Disconnect negative terminal then I think you have to flex the plastic battery cover and slide the battery out a bit to get to the positive terminal to undo that.

Fit dangly dongle connector lead for charger - positive connection first and route it somewhere accessible held with a cable tie.

Put it back together. Half an hour, job done Thumbs Up
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Llama-Farmer
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PostPosted: 14:13 - 09 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Matt B wrote:
MissBex wrote:
Would I need to completely remove the battery - in a Hornets case?


If I remember right it shouldn't be a nightmare.

Seat off, right hand side panel off, remove rubber strap holding battery.

Disconnect negative terminal then I think you have to flex the plastic battery cover and slide the battery out a bit to get to the positive terminal to undo that.

Fit dangly dongle connector lead for charger - positive connection first and route it somewhere accessible held with a cable tie.

Put it back together. Half an hour, job done Thumbs Up


Yep its quite a straightforwards job. Route the lead along the frame through the gaps and then you've got easy access to it under the seat.


I went for an Optimate 4 I think, does everything I could want, and was ballpark £60, but can't remember exactly.
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PostPosted: 14:18 - 09 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wahey, you got a bike!Very tidy and a most excellent colour....
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PostPosted: 17:24 - 09 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got the Oxford for £25 on ebay and works fine but not had it on all the time. Have gone for a couple of weeks without riding and havent had any problems starting so depends how long you are going to leave it standing for. Saying that, the previous owner did put a new battery in before I had i!
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MissBex
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PostPosted: 23:43 - 09 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I went for an Optimate 4 I think, does everything I could want, and was ballpark £60, but can't remember exactly.


SBS are selling the 4 for just under £50 at the mo. Good price, might get that one.
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Ballpien
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PostPosted: 00:52 - 10 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
MissBex wrote:
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I went for an Optimate 4 I think, does everything I could want, and was ballpark £60, but can't remember exactly.


SBS are selling the 4 for just under £50 at the mo. Good price, might get that one.


Nice bike Thumbs Up

Got a link for SBS?
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PostPosted: 03:15 - 10 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Very Happy

Here ya go: https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/78250
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PostPosted: 07:42 - 10 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
Yellow is the fastest colour.


LIES.

It's blue. Everyone knows it's blue.
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PostPosted: 13:22 - 10 Oct 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Slacker24seven wrote:
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
Yellow is the fastest colour.


LIES.

It's blue. Everyone knows it's blue.


Blue is the slowest colour. That's why you can see it in the sky cos the rest have left it behind.
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