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Johnnythefox
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PostPosted: 14:04 - 02 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have an ebay one like the OP is thinking of, but with a white face to match my speedo and tacho cos OCD.

Been there 18 months, survived a winter, on second battery which are pennies ebay. Little bit of grease on the rubber seal keeps moisture out.
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PostPosted: 14:52 - 02 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
Unlike some chinese trash that won't even keep proper time.


How many did you buy and how many failed your testing?
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PostPosted: 14:59 - 02 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
ScaredyCat wrote:
MarJay wrote:
Unlike some chinese trash that won't even keep proper time.


How many did you buy and how many failed your testing?


Really? You're going to call me out on not doing an extensive product test when the reputation of the Casio is so good?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13194733
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PostPosted: 15:12 - 02 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:

Really? You're going to call me out on not doing an extensive product test


So, you just made it up that the ebay one wouldn't keep time?

I'm just trying to establish the validity of your statement that the ones at half the cost must be trash.
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PostPosted: 16:40 - 02 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I'm just trying to establish the validity of your statement that the ones at half the cost must be trash.


I've had plenty of devices purchased from China, and they all had bugs. Seeing as a clock doesn't have to do a lot, and you can get what is considered to be one of the toughest and most reliable digital watches for about 8 quid, why would you quibble about saving four quid?
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PostPosted: 20:19 - 02 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
ScaredyCat wrote:
MarJay wrote:
Buy a waterproof Casio for ten quid, fasten it around the handlebars, job jobbed.


Your advice is to buy something at nearly twice the cost?


We can't all be baller like schumacher and Obama


EDIT: also, if you do go down the F91W route, I wouldn't get anything off ebay. I'd get it from Argos. As silly as it sounds, the F91W has countless fakes for sale, and I'd say it's nearly impossible to tell, even with the holding the button until Casio shows on the screen test.

https://imgur.com/WhwejOr.jpg

https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/10/Casio_F-91W_terrorist-002.jpg
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PostPosted: 20:29 - 02 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 20:49 - 02 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
I used to have one on mine and took it off. Constant distraction when I had to be somewhere at a certain time and often caught myself speeding. Took it off in the end and don't miss it one bit.
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PostPosted: 19:58 - 04 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Went with the Chinese clock in the end. Finally put it on last week:



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PostPosted: 22:50 - 04 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
The test will be when it rains!! Or does it come with a RainPal: The timepiece edition!
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PostPosted: 06:34 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
It was out in the rain the other day, and seems alright so far...
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PostPosted: 09:17 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's all about the ammeter (and casio digital).

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PostPosted: 09:32 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
It's all about the ammeter (and casio digital).

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/cimg2158_zpssgt8c7uo.jpg

That milesperhourometer is begging for a <trollface.png>
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://s19.postimg.org/vxrvthstf/IMAG3960.jpg


Another vote for the 'decent' casio. I've taken the straps off and 3M'd it to the top yoke. Has been through many many a rainy ride without issue.
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PostPosted: 13:04 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
You are all basic, I used a Patek Phillipe Nautilus - you know... just to be sure.

Are we arguing that the casio digital is not the greatest watch of all time?

Its up there with facts like the Sea is wet and the sky is blue - surely it is just an accepted fact?
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PostPosted: 13:26 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Re: Bike mounted timepiece? Reply with quote
Ted wrote:
It never used to bug me, but now I really could do with knowing the time while I'm on my bike.

I wasn't sure if anything existed, but eBay came up with these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142349683506


Has anyone got one, or similar? Any good, or do they stop working when they get damp?


Late to the game, but I've had a few of these. One I spent about £15 on, worked fine, stayed waterproof, kept good time, got torched along with the rest of the Electra. Spent £7 on another, stopped working first bit of rain. Spent another £14 on a black one for the YBR, ran slow, died after first damp morning.

Think I'm just going to put a plain Casio on this one. Think it was a Casio I had on the CB500.

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PostPosted: 14:31 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
useless info, but i bought a casio digital watch for my Bandit (no it doesn't even have a fuel gauge) an the watch turned out to be a fake an would lose minutes per week

who the funk fakes an already mega cheap watch!?
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PostPosted: 16:26 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
I use (worn-out) solar powered G-shock on brake fluid tank. Problem is it's not easy to push light button at night with the gloves on. Also solar powered one isn't nice. So I think conventional battery powered clock with luminous paint seems to be better (if with water proof).
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PostPosted: 20:57 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
dodsi wrote:
You are all basic, I used a Patek Phillipe Nautilus - you know... just to be sure.

Are we arguing that the casio digital is not the greatest watch of all time?

Its up there with facts like the Sea is wet and the sky is blue - surely it is just an accepted fact?


Well the one in my pic is on its original battery and i bought it well over a decade ago, has seen many many a wet excursion, a car crash, a bike crash and its still going strong. The beep every hour annoys the piss out of the missus so it would get my vote even if it broke Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:14 - 05 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
How about £1 Waterproof Digital LED Silicone watch?

Zip it to the bars.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/wUgAAOSw8GxZjDaq/s-l500.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unisex-Fashion-Waterproof-Digital-LED-Sports-Silicone-Bracelet-Wrist-Watch-/253088148163
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PostPosted: 03:53 - 06 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
barrkel wrote:
Rogerborg wrote:
What will you do differently depending on what the time is?

The most common thing is figuring out whether it's safe to enter bus lanes or not.


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PostPosted: 06:33 - 06 Oct 2017    Post subject: Re: Bike mounted timepiece? Reply with quote
The Shaggy D.A. wrote:


Think I'm just going to put a plain Casio on this one. Think it was a Casio I had on the CB500.

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How do you find the handling with that bit of wood there? Wink
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PostPosted: 09:17 - 06 Oct 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
You get used to it. It's handy for maps and newspapers, too Smile
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