What was the last thing you bought?

[panrider_uk]

Just ordered a water flosser to try.

Anyone use one?
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Current bikes: Honda ST1100 Pan European. Moto Guzzi V85 TT Travel

[UncleFester]

Rtx3090 and some more water cooling gubbins plus a niew main board and PSU.

Going to be AM4 for a while yet
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2017 Z1000SX

[thx1138]

A house. Monies moved, contracts exchanged, insurance sorted etc moving Thursday.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[panrider_uk]

[to v or not to v]

a 10kg bag of basmati rice and a Teng 1/2" to 3/8" socket reducer, because i broke my old one tightening wheel nuts.
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Moto Guzzi V7.

[Ste]

A shiny new titanium bike frame and assorted parts for building the bike.

[RhynoCZ]

Today, I got a new set of lights for my bicycle. As a long time Sigma user I checked my local bike stuff shop and saw the Sigma Buster 1600 + Buster RL 150 kit on sale, so I got it. I got the last set in the store, right after that the price of the kit went up and by order only.

Now, my previous bike lights kit was the Sigma Buster 700 + Sigma Nugget II. My only complaint, after 6+ years (25K+ km) of very frequent use in all sorts of weather, plus I used the headlight as a flashlight whenever I needed one, is the micro usb port for charging. The headlight is still alright but the rear light's micro usb port is quite loose and to charge it some trickery must be involved. It's all plastic so, something holding down the circuitry/micro usb port broke inside. I also had to carry a short usb-a to micro usb cable, just in case.

Anyway, new lights. Both are USB-C, which is great , and the rear light is sort of silly as it has got a brake light function. There is a accelerometer inside. It also has got improved battery life.

As for the headlight, I only got the 1600lm version to get a bigger battery. I never even used my previous 700lm light at full power on the road. I mean 1600lm is as bright as a premium H4 bulb is. With the 700lm light I kept the light at the lowest possible brightness switching to the medium brightness when necessary. The new 1600lm light does 500lm in the "low mode" which is brighter than the "medium mode" of the old headlight + with the bigger battery I can "low mode" now means up to 6.8 h of use, which is great.

What is not so great and I didn't even think about this when buying the light, unlike my previous bike light there is no overhang of the lights housing which means it shines everywhere even when lowered down. I'm going to have to figure out some sort of a cover to cut out the top portion of the light beam to make it a bit more acceptable for the cyclepaths and roads.

QUESTION: Would a piece of black insulation tape melt on the lens of the headlight?
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[to v or not to v]

[WD Forte]

They can get very hot,it depends on how much current is flowing through them and if/how well they are heatsinked.
LED headlamps dont run at 55/60W or produce as much heat
but a typically 15watt H4 led bulb can easily get too hot to touch.
that's why you see so many with fans, heatsinks or both.

Mind you a bicycle headlight wil probably only run on say 6v or less and
say 2-3 watts at most so wont produce very much heat,any it does
would mostly get absorbed by the housing and hardly any felt as radiated heat so the tape should cope.
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bikers smell of wee

[RhynoCZ]

Not sure about the heat output, but even at 700lm (the old light) it was enough to burn my finger.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[Easy-X]

An Ibanez bass guitar.

At one time I owned so many musical instruments I can't even comprehend where they all fitted. So many the word geography could be invoked At the moment all I have is a concert uke and an ocarina*

* and some USB midi keyboards, drum synths, loop machines, etc. but they don't really count.
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter