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josephau
Great pics and captions, Ray. Quick question, what is and where did you get that temperature gauge in one of your pics? I've looking for one that would lit up in the dark like that. Also, do you have to hook up to the electrics and if so where? Oh, it looks like you went thru some long gravel trails, how do those stock panniers hold up?
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I got it from Halfords about 6 months ago for a Ford Focus and never used it. The fact that it lit up was important for obvious reasons. It actually has 2 temperature guages (inside and out), a clock and a voltmeter.
I tried initialy to see if I could use it to monitor engine temperature but it maxed out at 80 dec C so was useless for that.
I ran it off the same supply as the GPS and heated grips. It is a relayed and fused supply direct from the battery with the ignition-on live supply coming from the red/white wire under the seat. If you want more info on this I will produce a simple set of instructions as this has cropped up several times recently.
As for the panniers, I was surprised to see that they are actually very strong, the bent in bit was the fixture settling within their bolts (i.e the footpeg bracket bolts etc. as far as I could see there was nothing that was actually damaged. As for the cases themselves, it is apparent that although the aluminium skin is thin and as can be seen dents easily, the internal plastic frame is actually very strong and supported about 2/3 of the weight of the laden bike (about 180kg) without any obvious deformation. They were full up which I suppose must have helped somewhat.
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Last edited by Old Git Ray; 18-10-08 at 09:56. Reason: typo
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