Today I acquired...........

[Shox Dr]

Some info on it if you are interested or bored

Honda Global | suspension

At the beginning of the 1990’s, when engine power was the vogue for every sports bike, one sports bike with a brand new concept, “allowing anyone to savor the joy of riding,” was born. It was the CBR900RR, or “Fireblade” in Europe. The concept was accepted by many bike-lovers, changed the...

global.honda

Yup everything a well setup traditional suspension can and does. at a fraction of the cost. Marketing BS, sorry

 

[Hood]

Yup everything a well setup traditional suspension can and does. at a fraction of the cost. Marketing BS, sorry

Not really as for the different settings on a normal setup you need to adjust the compression and rebound damping (usually screwdriver and spanner) and preloads manually and if you are honest with yourself you will set the suspension up once to suit your most common riding roads and live with it not being optimal on the other roads.
With this it can be done at the push of a button in a fraction of a second so if you come off a fast road onto a bumpy single track road or go up a dirt road or farm track or whatever you can adjust the suspension to match the conditions at the push of a button instead of making do.
I was a disbeliever myself but on the way home from the dealers I noticed the suspension felt much better than my 2021 model and then when I looked down I saw it was the ES version and it is brilliant

 

[Shox Dr]

Not really as for the different settings on a normal setup you need to adjust the compression and rebound damping (usually screwdriver and spanner) and preloads manually and if you are honest with yourself you will set the suspension up once to suit your most common riding roads and live with it not being optimal on the other roads.
With this it can be done at the push of a button in a fraction of a second so if you come off a fast road onto a bumpy single track road or go up a dirt road or farm track or whatever you can adjust the suspension to match the conditions at the push of a button instead of making do.
I was a disbeliever myself but on the way home from the dealers I noticed the suspension felt much better than my 2021 model and then when I looked down I saw it was the ES version and it is brilliant

So long as YOU are happy with it mate. thats all that matters. And its in warranty

 

[Hood]

I am, it is and if it ever goes wrong out with the warranty I can always just disable it and fit normal suspension if I can't afford to get it fixed.

Anyway I am away out to test my lovely new seat and twiddle with my settings whilst I am at it

 

[Kram]

Can shorties push a button to lower the bike for getting on and off?

My brother has problems with his dl650. He cant walk it backwards for example, that would help him!

As for noticing the differences, I tried lots of adjustments on the cbr6 without really being able to feel it and I was not riding slow. Unless your on a track, chasing lap times I think its an extra complexity to maintain that I wouldnt want.

Motogp has a ban on active suspension, I think they should allow it and remove the silly manual lowering devices before an accident happens.

 

[Shox Dr]

Biggest improvement you can make to a bike is get the suspension set up. Plenty suspension builders these days around the country. Yes it might cost, if you need a different spring or spring, or even a rebuild. But as a percentage of a bikes value its peanuts.

 

[nickk]

These have just arrived.
I had previously bought similar F Clamps from Zoro and really liked them so was going to buy more but saw these on Rutlands at a much better price so decided to give them a try, feel just as good so far, so here's hoping. £40 plus £7 delivery for the 6

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Last week my 0-25 Quantumike wouldn't switch on, tried another battery but still no go. Can't complain too much as I have had them quite a while and I only paid about £100 for them, maybe slightly less. I was going to send them in to Mitutoyo to see if a repair was economical but then saw the guy I got some from before had some again so bought one, arrived last week and it was £110.

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Those clamps were a bargain,let us know if their any good.

 

[daleyd]

Those clamps were a bargain,let us know if their any good.

I crumbled and bought a set

They look pretty decent to be fair, haven’t had chance to try them yet but first impressions out of the box seem good

 

[MattF]

Yup everything a well setup traditional suspension can and does. at a fraction of the cost. Marketing BS, sorry

You're overlooking one simple fact: Boys & their toys.

Reason, need & excuse are 3 things which bear no relevance to the above.

 

[W.olly]

Well.have to show it again. In place and waiting to be used. As soon a si sort power out.

And picked up the vu e this morning.

Time.to.collect gear for it

 

[Hood]

Can shorties push a button to lower the bike for getting on and off?

My brother has problems with his dl650. He cant walk it backwards for example, that would help him!

As for noticing the differences, I tried lots of adjustments on the cbr6 without really being able to feel it and I was not riding slow. Unless your on a track, chasing lap times I think its an extra complexity to maintain that I wouldnt want.

Motogp has a ban on active suspension, I think they should allow it and remove the silly manual lowering devices before an accident happens.

Tell him to get a Harley Pan America with the optional lowering suspension

On a road bike I am not sure if it would be such an advantage or even have such differences between suspension settings. On a long travel suspension bike that is meant for two extremes of touring and off road there is a big difference between the settings and they are very noticeable and work very well but every one to their own heck some people even like gear shifts on the right and total loss engine lubrication.

 

[Hood]

Those clamps were a bargain,let us know if their any good.

Used them the last day and so far they are as good as the ones I got from Zoro, not sure how long they will stay at that price however as I think normally they are about £70

 

[Gragson]

A full compliment of different hardness heads

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Also from the "Thursday treasure" of a fortnight ago, but today acquired operational readiness without risk to life.

Part of the electrical wiring as I got it:

I don't follow every letter of the VDE ("Verband der deutschen Elektroingenieure" = Association of German Electrical Engineers) for safety, but these plugs are no longer allowed and the cables didn't seem quite up to date to me.



I got a new cable and a new plug for the "little one" and attached them:

Just now I noticed that it looks like there are three individual pulleys and not a common component ...

As I said, this was the "small" one with 1.5 kW, there was also a "big" one with 3 kW:

The cable was OK, must have been replaced once, the switch with reversal of rotation works and is looped in, I still had the plug lying around.

Shaft 25mm, keyway 8mm.

The running smoothness is phenomenal, but it is definitely too heavy to carry around - nevertheless: when switching on from a standstill or changing the direction of rotation, the thing jumps up a bit, is briefly in the air. Torque is present!





And then some measuring stuff came today too:

A nice big angle gauge.

A zero level finder, heavy lump.

And a dial gauge for 1µm over 5mm.

Funny was, when I opened it immediately fell an "important certificate" toward me and I think whatever, another slip to throw away.

But in this case it is actually the sheet to the gauge, the number on the paper matches the lasered number in the case ... and also dates from this year ...

Never happend before (to me as a private tinkerer anyway)


Carsten

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[Craig-SM]

Same 12” Carver clamps. Saves melting the ends of my Irwin quick clamps

 

[paulmitchell1984]

These have just arrived.
I had previously bought similar F Clamps from Zoro and really liked them so was going to buy more but saw these on Rutlands at a much better price so decided to give them a try, feel just as good so far, so here's hoping. £40 plus £7 delivery for the 6

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Last week my 0-25 Quantumike wouldn't switch on, tried another battery but still no go. Can't complain too much as I have had them quite a while and I only paid about £100 for them, maybe slightly less. I was going to send them in to Mitutoyo to see if a repair was economical but then saw the guy I got some from before had some again so bought one, arrived last week and it was £110.

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Don't suppose you have a link to the clamps do you, I cant seem to find them

 

[paulmitchell1984]

Arrived this week only just had chance to post,

A little welding helper for me at workand some plier storage for my ever increasing tools, will get a pic of the pliers once there in my drawers and sorted.

 

[daleyd]

Don't suppose you have a link to the clamps do you, I cant seem to find them

Joinery Clamps | Next Day Delivery

Premium performance woodworking joinery clamps, including heavy duty panel clamps, lightweight one hand bar clamps, strong iron F clamps, G clamps, edge clamps, ratchet clamps & spring clamps

www.rutlands.com

 

[Hood]

For some reason when you click on the link it is in € and set to Belgium, no idea why but just change to £ and UK mainland and you will get the right price etc.

 

[Barking Mat]

Joinery Clamps | Next Day Delivery

Premium performance woodworking joinery clamps, including heavy duty panel clamps, lightweight one hand bar clamps, strong iron F clamps, G clamps, edge clamps, ratchet clamps & spring clamps

www.rutlands.com

You so and so.

I got really excited then, till I tried to order some, and they post to France.

But at what cost ?

Delivery is rather expensive....