What was the last thing you bought?

[BanditsHigh]

1) Extra cable combs to try and tidy up the cables.
2) Two USB sticks for Windows 10 and Windows 11 installation.
3) Right angled 19 pin USB cable adapter.
4) Right angled E-type USB adapter.
5) Right angled 24 pin ATX adapter (with a custom AORUS logo and ARGB on top surface).
6) Longer UNC 6-32 machine screws to connect through fan bracket and fans to radiator.
7) 3x reverse fans for case intake and 3x normal fans for radiator ... cheap knockoff version of the Lian Li SL120 Uni fans ... under £50 instead of around £180.

I've moved the original radiator fans to the back of the radiator and will fit the new knock-offs on the front for a push-pull configuration.

[to v or not to v]

a specialist rear paddock stand for the V7, because a normal one wont work. and some titanium exhaust studs and nuts, because they were cheap and Guzzi fasteners can be quite shite.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[A100man]

[Islander]

[A100man]

[Islander]

[to v or not to v]

new boots for on the bike.
the Guzzi gear lever is tougher than my Dr Martens!
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[Easy-X]

Corsair RM750e power supply for my PC.

A while back I had problems with the new "Mechwarrior 5: Clans" game making my PC switch off mid game. I didn't much like Clans so I uninstalled and never had another shutdown until... "Tainted Grail" is doing the same thing

Current psu is an EVGA 850W which should be way over the top for my RX7600. AFAIK any GPU should be able to get 75W from the board and 150W per 6+2 connector. The RX7600 just has the one connector so total 225W and Sapphire say it needs 185W. I was thinking of having the PC apart and rearranging the modular cables but then I read on the Cultists PSU Tier List the EVGA I have is "B-Tier" at best and suffers from issues in transient power situations.

It's not a case of "moar powa, baby!" but better quality, hence the step down to 750W. The nice thing with the Corsair is the dedicated ATX3.1 power for video cards and they have a modular cable in the box to convert it for old 6+2 cards.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[blurredman]

How old are you, Easy-X? I'm just curious.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 39k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 50k.

[Easy-X]

[recman]

The first splooge of my redundancy payment, a pair of Course Wasteland Aramid cargo troosers from XL Moto.
Reassuringly heavy and thick yet comfortable and stretchy.
Loads of leg length so they don't ride up when on the bike.
Nice to have a good fitting pair for once and I think good value at £80.

[panrider_uk]

XNote smart writing set
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3WWC876?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/MEDIAX_1215821-T1/images/I/618w7+tFoIL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
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Current bikes: Hondas - Forza 750, ST1100A

[Easy-X]

[panrider_uk]

[Easy-X]

So what's the future? Humans wandering about with a pet AIs on their phone or AIs being transported about by their pet humans

If we get to the point where AI is doing all our thinking for us, will a clash between Spurs and Liverpool fans be replaced with a riot between ChatGPT fans and Gemini fans? Even simple LLMs have been found to lie, scheme and manipulate.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Easy-X]

A loft ladder... for my loft!

It has one of those "power arms" that counterbalance the weight of the ladder and the whole setup works surprisingly well. Oh, and I converted my loft hatch to swing down.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[to v or not to v]

service stuff for the new bike. i dont trust the dealers to have dont it properly so will do it myself after a few hundred miles for peace of mind.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[recman]

New car.
We were given the choice to purchase company fleet vehicles at the point of redundancy for virtually half price.

[Easy-X]

A Sith Lord dressing-gown. Because:

a) a Jedi dressing gown is lame,
b) a smoking jacket seems pretentious if you don't smoke anymore.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter