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I fixed the blinkers =D

It was quite easy, when it came down to it... Unfortunately this was a "spur of the moment" thing, so I actually FORGOT to take pictures, save for once.

Inside the housing for the back light and blinker wireing there was plenty of faulty connections. There were three cable leading to each of the two back bulbs, and on one of them one of these were mounted on all three wires:

These power thieves were mounted but the wires attached were cut but not insulated... I stripped the wires and attached proper cable shoes, and hoped that remedied the problem. Alas! it did not =(

After some more fault searching I realised that the problem most likely was grounding.

I found common ground (pun intended) for the wireing in the back, and went to work:

These two were the culprits.. Or rather: the ground they were connected to. the cables disappeared into the bowels of the bike, so I made a new ground connection, and voilá! I have working blinkers =D

SRC-Upgrade

Before first time use it is recomended to upgrade the SRC unit from Schuberth.

It is one file to download and run from the website, and it provides this interface on first time startup:

I will connect the SRC, and see what happens!














The unit auto-installs in Windows 7, and the programs starts up!

First impression: Impressive!

Apparently you can do more than just update the headset. Let us, however, try that first!

Luckily (?) I had the newest version, so not that much fun.. Let us see what else we can do! At least we can set radio frequencies...

These are the channels I have in my car.. I put them in, and we'll see if I'll change it later =)
















I also activated RDS and VOX audio enhancer, and I am VERY eager to test this in the future, but ALAS! winter has not yet let go =(

Winter update #3

Do you guys remember my Preliminary winter Todo-List? If not, here it is:


* Fix blinker issue

• The blinkers aren't working properly. Most likely a grounding fault. Nothing done about this yet.

* Buy and install new battery

• Battery picked out, but still awaiting the buy. I am going for a gel battery

* Fix more rotten hoses

• Again: Nothing done as of yet. This is fiddle work, and I don't want to do that in the cold. I have, however, bought the replacement hoses =)

* Buy and mount top box break light

• I have ordered this, and It is something I can do a lot of the work on indoors. I will probably do the mounting on the bike at the same time as I fix the back blinkers.

* Buy a loud-ass horn

• I need this after being backed into. The horn I have now sounds like a small bird farting under a thick blanket, so I was in need of a replacement. Again: Roger to the rescue! I got a horn from his collection of BMW-spares!

Apparently it is loud. It looks like a siren, hopefully, looks aren't deceiving this time!

* Change oil

• Probably get someone to do this for me!

* Change oil filter

• Probably get this done for me too!

* Clean properly

• As soon as spring hits!

* Buy new helmet

• Going to germany. I hope I can buy a decent helmet there cheaper than in Norway!

* Buy new trousers

• Going to Germany for this as well!

New items: Changing the break hoses and break fluid up front. Had a look at it last week, and boy is it brown :p

Winter update #1

Yes, WINTER has hit Norway.

This morning I was met by a horrible sight

I put my bike away three weeks ago. She got a quick wash, and nothing more. She is stored in a dry and ventilated, albeit a bit cold, place. The room is big, and there is room for me to work on her there, but I think I will bring an oven and some more light...

Night frost hit us about three weeks ago, and there was a lot of rain. Driving was not really appealing, so I decided to put her in storrage.

Two days after, I got a lovely present from my mothers friend:

It is a Halvarssons Shadow Leather jacket, and it is quite nice. I haven't had the opportunity to test her yet, but it is a near perfect fit, and a present. He bought it for himself after his own jacket got torn this summer, but realized that it was too big after riding with it a couple of times.

Very lovely present, and completely unexpected =) - Thank you very much!



And what are my plans for the winter-season?
Well.. The season is long here in Norway.. I seldom get the bike out before April first. Damn snow!

However! I do plan to fiddle around a bit with my XJ!

Preliminary winter Todo-List:

* Fix blinker issue
* Buy and install new battery
* Fix more rotten hoses
* Buy and mount  top box break light
* Buy a loud-ass horn
* Change oil
* Change oil filter
* Clean properly
* Buy new helmet
* Buy new trousers

86352km

Bah!

I apparently did not change all the bulbs, the clock is in the dark.

I bought four new bulbs, and changed the bulbs behind the neutral/head beam/oil, but no difference. Still VERY dim light.
Any ideas?

At least the clock is illuminated, but not running correctly. Taking the main fuse (when I found it) at midnight did not help, the clock resets to 01:00 =/