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From: The Older Gentleman on 7 May 2010 14:23 Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > We can get a new box next day, so no need to bulk buy, and bulbs aren't > fast movers anyway Ah. Not an Italian dealership, then ;-) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools
From: Lozzo on 7 May 2010 16:47 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > > > We can get a new box next day, so no need to bulk buy, and bulbs > > aren't fast movers anyway > > Ah. Not an Italian dealership, then ;-) Haha, we're a Kawasaki main dealer -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: zymurgy on 7 May 2010 18:39 On May 7, 7:23 pm, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > Lozzo <lo...(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > > We can get a new box next day, so no need to bulk buy, and bulbs aren't > > fast movers anyway > > Ah. Not an Italian dealership, then ;-) heh. I was mystified to find both rear bulbs blown on the Armstrong (seriously blackened). Even more mysterious was the fact the bike has a magneto, not an alternator in sight, supposedly so the bike can be started even if the battery is flat ... Cheers, Paul.
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 7 May 2010 19:30 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed >There's a really good such emporium in Tunbridge Wells. Sells motor >bulbs loose, in that the staff open a big drawer, and select one bulb >from a big box of them, instead of you selecting from a rack of those >horrible blister packs. #They come in little plastic packs #In groups of five or ten #I 'aven't seen 'em singly #Since I can't remember when #Inside the little plastic packs #They're easier to sell #They cost you twice the original price #And they don't work half as well -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 7 May 2010 20:56
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> saying something like: >#They come in little plastic packs >#In groups of five or ten >#I 'aven't seen 'em singly >#Since I can't remember when >#Inside the little plastic packs >#They're easier to sell >#They cost you twice the original price >#And they don't work half as well Richard Stilgo? |