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Trip
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PostPosted: 21:47 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Telling the time? Reply with quote

How do you all tell the time on your bikes?

I know you can get Oxford sticky clocks.

Any other more ingenious ways?

Anyone got a sundial? Laughing

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PostPosted: 21:50 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got a clock on my digital display Razz
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PostPosted: 21:52 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just don't worry about it and enjoy the ride! Embarassed
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PostPosted: 21:52 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Re: Telling the time? Reply with quote

Rich_simpkins wrote:
I know you can get Oxford sticky clocks.


I've got one of those. Expensive, but I wasn't that bothered...
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Trip
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PostPosted: 21:53 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol am i being a noob with a CG?

Am i the only clockless one?
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PostPosted: 21:56 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

I dont have a clock on my bike and have never really needed one. But if i did need one i would just attach a watch around my bars, simple and cheap.
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PostPosted: 21:56 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ziptie an old casio watch to the bars.
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PostPosted: 22:00 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

a lot of newer bikes do incorporate a clock in the speedo/tacho set up now.
I'd buy a cheap nasty watch, cut the strap and glue it on somewhere.
I have seen a key fob incorporating a watch too but that probably won't want to sit so you can see it properly.

In the film Easy Rider Peter Fonda throws his watch down in the road when they set off on the bike trip - way to go! Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 22:07 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

From an old VW polo, wired straight to the battery with a in-line fuse and the back light is connected to the other clock lights. Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 22:15 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you position your bike in the sun just right you can use your handlebars as a sun dial Laughing
nah i just have my phone in my pocket
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PostPosted: 22:34 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy......

If its light it's day time,
If it's dark it's night time. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 22:41 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got one on my Digi speedo. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 22:42 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

i just use my watch, if i really want to know the time that bad i just pull my wrist out of the jacket so i can see my watch then relax to let the glove/jacket join up again.
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PostPosted: 22:53 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you've got time to look at your watch you're going too slow Wink Mr. Green
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Trip
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PostPosted: 22:56 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

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if you've got time to look at your watch you're going too slow


Again only on a CG! Razz
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PostPosted: 23:23 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

aye was only jesting anyway..

quite like the one above that looks like it belongs on the bike! Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:28 - 18 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

My mobile/PDA sits in my mini-tank bag - one tap of the screen through the window and it shows me my Today screen - with the time on it.

For longer journeys, the same system shows me the time beamed via Atomic Clocks on the GPS birds.
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PostPosted: 01:01 - 19 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheapest waterproof casio digital watch I could find. Popped the strap off and used sticky back velcro to attach it to the headstock. It's not illuminated constantly at night, but there is a big button on the front to light it up if necessary.
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PostPosted: 01:19 - 19 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

cagiva gezzer wrote:
Ziptie an old casio watch to the bars.


Pfff... Rolling Eyes

Blue tack old casio watch unit to top yoke.
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PostPosted: 01:59 - 19 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

ncrn wrote:
i just use my watch, if i really want to know the time that bad i just pull my wrist out of the jacket so i can see my watch then relax to let the glove/jacket join up again.


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PostPosted: 02:31 - 19 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

got one on my dashboard. But my mate glued a watch to the dash Laughing
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PostPosted: 02:43 - 19 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fit one of these........Or buy a bike with a clock!
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PostPosted: 02:51 - 19 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have one of those bicycle digital speedo's on my bike, just above and between the rev couner and speedo.

The actual digital speedo doesnt work as i ended up chopping the wires as i got pissed off trying to get it to work.

But it does tell the time and thats what i use Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 09:27 - 19 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drive past the town hall clock Thumbs Up

But i have a sticky one, but i think the suns fried it, its in the house seeing if it will fix its self.

Not to arsed, got it with the bike.

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PostPosted: 09:34 - 19 Jul 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess what time it is and im usually right Wink
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