2012 and all that....

stuartadair · Crazy Courier Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Karma :

No2 Son speaking to me today (9 yrs old) about these latest solar flare headlines.
If we got hit with an EMP similar to the 1859 event, and the one that took out the electrical grid in 1989 then what would be left working.
I said that I'm glad I've got an old ZZR with no complicated electrics, but then I thought more- Its got a CDI which presumably would be fried too.

Car would be knackered as its got more computers than PC world, but I cant live without a bike.

What should I buy and put in my garage for when the revolution comes Laughing

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I've already picked out a space at the top of Portsdown Hill to watch the Isle of Shite blow up!

If the worlds going to end I want a front row seat! Laughing

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The Artist · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Karma :

A pushbike or something with an old villiers engine.

I would modify my gs125. I can't think where and chips would be apart from reg/rec

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Frost · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 May 2004 Karma :

Solar flares have quite a low localised effect, they do their damage as it's spread over a wide area. Things like power grids spread over a wide area pick this up and get screwed. Kinda like how radio waves are very weak, but a large areal focuses this to a single point. Something like a CDI will have some shielding from the EM created from a spark plug. Car bodywork is lightning proof, and that's an extreme force that's highly localised, so i doubt a solar flare could fry anything.

If you want to have a laugh try creating a spark from a battery near someone's TV aerial or wireless card Wink

cyberglass · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Karma :

Line your shed with steel wire making a faraday cage

and buy a peddle n pop just incase Mr. Green

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Gone · Nearly there... Joined: 01 Sep 2010 Karma :

About as worrying as the millenium bug, I reckon.

Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Even if your car still worked, you'd have a hard time putting fuel in it, since all the electronics at the fuel station would be toast anyway.
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Hang on a minute, hang on... we could use a pinch.....
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Not sure I like the idea of joining the lycra wearing push-bikeists - Now, that would be the end of the world Embarassed

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I'll make it a tinfoil hat. Don't be silly of course it will work!

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Some of the fuel stations near here still have mechanical pumps, and I have an MZ!
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ollieholt · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Apr 2010 Karma :

goped.... nah id rather walk.

when you know the worst is coming and when its going to pass just shove all your cdi and other electrical bits in a thick metal safe. should do it. oh and get a massive agracultural plastic red diesel tank and fill it with petrol. all plastic with a nice big tap on it. will keep you foraging for food and water on the bike for months after the apocolypse.

you think points and condensers would be affected? probably not. get yourself a datsun 120y for the lulz Thumbs Up

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truslack · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Karma :

What about a diesel generator engine in a bike and sidecar? They don't have any electrics at all do they? Or a ural truck with a 2 stroke donkey engine?
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