[Group] Singapore BAJAJ Team (SBT)

[SC Gaban]

In Malaysia, I noticed the 100RM note has Proton as the emblem on it. Wow, imagine how important their own country's car manufacturing is for them.

 

better than d one eyed illuminati symbol on the Us dollar.

[ORen]

@mjbs64: what does "wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk" mean ?

 

I get what "kekekekekekekke" means , but this wkwkw one is a new one!

[revhappy]

@mjbs64: what does "wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk" mean ?

 

I get what "kekekekekekekke" means , but this wkwkw one is a new one!

 

Its the wicked version of "kekekekeke"

[Seif]

@O'Ren how come you are STILL HERE!! thought you'd be on some road in Malaysia!

[fircyber]

@O'Ren how come you are STILL HERE!! thought you'd be on some road in Malaysia!

 

dude she very advanced u noe.... she using satelitte data plan on the go.....:-)

[Seif]

dude she very advanced u noe.... she using satelitte data plan on the go.....:-)

 

really?? she must be @ the edge of current technology

[speedaddict]

Jb tonight anyone?

[SC Gaban]

@mjbs64: what does "wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk" mean ?

 

I get what "kekekekekekekke" means , but this wkwkw one is a new one!

 

 

it means 'waka waka'

[revhappy]

I guess my IU is spoilt. It didn't work at the gantry last time and is not working at my office car park last few days. But it shows the card balance. Wierd.

My bike is Oct 2006 model means less than 5 yrs old. So does that mean IU has got warranty? Tomorrow I am going to JIC inspection center in AMK to get it checked.

[ORen]

Haven't left yet, my green card got burnt (don't ask) - so I have to wait for Monday to make a new one. Hopefully I'll take off on Tuesday if nothing else happens.

The good thing about this delay is that I got to meet with the Vietnamese guide and everything is sorted on that front so we're definitely all set up for getting ourselves into all countries

[-Gu0Zz-]

just installed my NB+ today! not bad! i saw an improvement in my beam and it's definately not placeboo. and when i got home, i realized my old bulb's of the same wattage... wow.

and btw the f**king bulb is harder to change than a class2's spark plugs. -.- i was cursing n swearing at bajaj engineers while doing it.. took me an hr.

[-Gu0Zz-]

btw oren, idk what u meant by fuse box, i tried opening up my seats but i couldn't find any. anyway i hope ur wires doesn't burn again. if not. maybe u can let me have a look at this enigmatic burning wire problem.

[-Gu0Zz-]

btw oren, idk what u meant by fuse box, i tried opening up my seats but i couldn't find any. anyway i hope ur wires doesn't burn again. if not. maybe u can let me have a look at this enigmatic burning wire problem.

[ORen]

Guys, if anyone is interested in riding into Vietnam, you can join me: I talked to the guide today and he explained and clarified a very important point.

While we have to cross into the country together, we can exit at our own time preferences. Meaning If I want to ride for 2 weeks there, but you only have 5 days, no problem, you can exit the country on your own because you'll have your own custom clearance papers.

 

This is excellent news because the riders joining will not have to be bound to my time table or itinerary. Once the crossing done, everyone can do as they please and follow their own schedule if they want to.

I hope this will attract more riders to join in.

For now, the date for the crossing is set to 20th of July. But it might change, I won;t know until all interested riders have replied to me - I just emailed them.

[alvinyansg]

Haven't left yet, my green card got burnt (don't ask) - so I have to wait for Monday to make a new one. Hopefully I'll take off on Tuesday if nothing else happens.

The good thing about this delay is that I got to meet with the Vietnamese guide and everything is sorted on that front so we're definitely all set up for getting ourselves into all countries

 

did not recieve your pic...

did you manage to get the wire?

[alvinyansg]

btw oren, idk what u meant by fuse box, i tried opening up my seats but i couldn't find any. anyway i hope ur wires doesn't burn again. if not. maybe u can let me have a look at this enigmatic burning wire problem.

 

her fuse box is DIY one...

on our bike near the battery there is a small fuse holder...

1 bike 10A fuse 1 spare bike fuse...

[ORen]

btw oren, idk what u meant by fuse box, i tried opening up my seats but i couldn't find any. anyway i hope ur wires doesn't burn again. if not. maybe u can let me have a look at this enigmatic burning wire problem.

 

The fuse box I added myself, it doesn't come with the bike

It looks like this : http://edelweiss.smugmug.com/gallery/2787815#185615859_f4oJF

 

My wiring problem is fixed, I think it was a combination of :

- poor wiring on some connectors

- a couple of connectors not tighten enough

- some insulation lacking on some wires

 

Now everything works fine.. tomorrow i might have Ah Teck open the headlight assembly to check my NB+: I asked him to change my rear suspensions so it can tahan more load and bad roads, and now the ride is great on potholes, but I think because of that my beam now aims a bit higher (Rear of the bike lower -> front gets a bit higher?). So I'll ask his advice tomorrow and see if he recommends to readjust the bulb.

 

He worked on my bike for 5h straight yesterday and did a (wonderful) no good job. That and the new coils + air filter + new main jet in the carburetor, and I feel like I'm riding a Ducati

 

As for fixing the bulb: I don't even go there. Opening the headlight assembly just gives me a headache by thinking about it. Next time I do it, I'll have to be lost on a Lao road by myself and paid to do it.

 

The first time it took me 4h to open and close for a 20min job on the wires. I'm not ashamed to admit it, my clumsiness is just too much for this.

After doing it what, 5 times ? maybe 7 ? I can now put back the head together in less than 30 minutes. A miracle achievement if you ask me. And that's when I'm high on Red Bull.

 

So yeah, I agree that whoever engineered the way that thing opens and where the bolts are, and the type of bolt, and also the fat that the electrical unit and the headlight are so heavy, it's impossible with two hands to close the damn thing properly without ever swearing.

Well, unless you're Jackie or Ah Teck of course. But they don't count, they have Bajaj superpowers.

[ORen]

did not recieve your pic...

did you manage to get the wire?

 

Sorry I can never manage to send an MMS - I think it's too old school for me like someone said up there

I think I did, it's a grey wire like metallic one, yeah ? I just put it in the tube going out from the valve ?

 

At that shop where I got the valve, not only did they charge me a bit more, but the seller said he can;t sell me 1m of tube. I must buy 10m.

Sometimes seriously I think some people are convinced people who look white are total ratards. They try to chopp you so bad you just want to laugh and pat their back and laugh again. And then become their bestfriend because they're so funny.

 

Boy I miss not being taken for a tourist...

 

Anyway, in the end he made it sound like he's doing me a favor by selling me 2m instead of 10m. And charging me $2 for them, like it's a great price, he says the usual "This price only for you ah", to which I replied my usual:" yeah right. this price ang moh price, you think I don't know..."

[-Gu0Zz-]

neva been to bbdc b4..should hang out der 1 day..but wad license to take? i got all alrdy..cl4 / 5 onli haven take..n dats at ssdc. sori didnt inform u earlier abt ur rear wheel..it slipped my mind.

 

 

 

eh bro...u sound like an electrical engineer..cn ask u sumtin..my house the toilet bulb always blow leh..change fuse also no difference. everytime need to buy new bulb n fuse..any other things i need to check? sori off topic

 

 

 

yep cn meet up..if tmrw got btwo i cnnt come due to work commitments. if u wan can come my place anytime durin e day b4 6pm. here's my no. 84888544..u usin iphone 3gs or 4?

 

soorrry uh fredd, can't help u cos i'm not an electrician, but what type of bulb are u using, incandescent, fluoroscent or led:X? what do u mean by fuse?

[ORen]

@-Gu0Zz- I think back a few pages you asked me about the relay I put between the fusebox and the battery. I use it to prevent the fuse box to be ON (hot) all the time, even when the bike is off. Just an added protection, not really necessary but it feels safer..

[ORen]

‘S’poreans are tremendously crazy’

 

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/poreans-tremendously-crazy-072852792.html

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZtHnJu9p74&feature=player_embedded#at=525

 

 

hmmm what's the morale story here? ... anyone?

 

we just have to accept for in each country have their own way ... we have to bear with it like it or not!!! ....

 

CHEERS!!!

 

Watched 30sec and I'm amazed at the pejorative tone and ignorant generalities..

Like Germans could give any advice on food what so ever. (See, me too I can generalize.)

[-Gu0Zz-]

The fuse box I added myself, it doesn't come with the bike

It looks like this : http://edelweiss.smugmug.com/gallery/2787815#185615859_f4oJF

 

My wiring problem is fixed, I think it was a combination of :

- poor wiring on some connectors

- a couple of connectors not tighten enough

- some insulation lacking on some wires

 

Now everything works fine.. tomorrow i might have Ah Teck open the headlight assembly to check my NB+: I asked him to change my rear suspensions so it can tahan more load and bad roads, and now the ride is great on potholes, but I think because of that my beam now aims a bit higher (Rear of the bike lower -> front gets a bit higher?). So I'll ask his advice tomorrow and see if he recommends to readjust the bulb.

 

He worked on my bike for 5h straight yesterday and did a (wonderful) no good job. That and the new coils + air filter + new main jet in the carburetor, and I feel like I'm riding a Ducati

 

As for fixing the bulb: I don't even go there. Opening the headlight assembly just gives me a headache by thinking about it. Next time I do it, I'll have to be lost on a Lao road by myself and paid to do it.

 

The first time it took me 4h to open and close for a 20min job on the wires. I'm not ashamed to admit it, my clumsiness is just too much for this.

After doing it what, 5 times ? maybe 7 ? I can now put back the head together in less than 30 minutes. A miracle achievement if you ask me. And that's when I'm high on Red Bull.

 

So yeah, I agree that whoever engineered the way that thing opens and where the bolts are, and the type of bolt, and also the fat that the electrical unit and the headlight are so heavy, it's impossible with two hands to close the damn thing properly without ever swearing.

Well, unless you're Jackie or Ah Teck of course. But they don't count, they have Bajaj superpowers.

 

hahaha okay u seriously made my day by cracking me up. nice way of describing you having a similar experience with the diy~ well actually i was already alittle pissed cos all it took was to undo the two hex nuts below and give that thing a shake, then i realized that some shyt was blocking, and after medding around to no avail, i took out the screws, and lol yes, the signal and Iu(no way would the bajaj engineers forsee that tho. lucky them.) was in the way. then after lots of tinkering n pulling trying to reach for idk where, i gave up and just decide to remove n unscrew everything that's in the way, including XXXX wind shield just so to lift the speedo pannel up to access the fugging side nuts securing the head night to the suspension. Damn. i reckon UM charging u $20 labor to do all that is justifyable.

but i love diy, and i dont like waiting. so i'll rather do it myself. Travelling, waiting and spending vs getting down and dirty n personal.

[-Gu0Zz-]

Sorry I can never manage to send an MMS - I think it's too old school for me like someone said up there

I think I did, it's a grey wire like metallic one, yeah ? I just put it in the tube going out from the valve ?

 

At that shop where I got the valve, not only did they charge me a bit more, but the seller said he can;t sell me 1m of tube. I must buy 10m.

Sometimes seriously I think some people are convinced people who look white are total ratards. They try to chopp you so bad you just want to laugh and pat their back and laugh again. And then become their bestfriend because they're so funny.

 

Boy I miss not being taken for a tourist...

 

Anyway, in the end he made it sound like he's doing me a favor by selling me 2m instead of 10m. And charging me $2 for them, like it's a great price, he says the usual "This price only for you ah", to which I replied my usual:" yeah right. this price ang moh price, you think I don't know..."

 

lol!! u really replied that? or only in your imagination? btw, i dont think you need a fuse box since you're only powering low power, non critical loads.. oh well.

[ORen]

lol!! u really replied that? or only in your imagination? btw, i dont think you need a fuse box since you're only powering low power, non critical loads.. oh well.

 

Yeah I really did. Now I do it on a regular basis. Here's how it goes:

- I speak proper english, and see what happens : if dishonest, the shop owner will give me a huge price

- I then switch to singlish - he/she can't hide his/her surprise, but of course, cannot loose face lah, so keeps on with the incredible price - or some it makes them smile and laugh, and they become more friendly (= better price lah!)

- I either pay or leave, I only bargain if from the start the owner is straight forward and gives me a price close to what I know it's worth or if very polite/helpful.

- If I pay, I always make sure they know I know that's not the right price, and I agreed to pay the ang moh price.

 

That's for Singaporean chinese, because I can't speak any sort of chinese for the life of me.

Malays on the other hand, if I can place some malay words (The only stuff I learned in Malay are to either convince someone to give me lower price or to tell them I'm not THAT stupid - MJ & Ah Teck know haha) I do, if not, I speak arabic. There's some things in Arabic all Muslims who studied Arabic understand.

A little bit of that, and the look on their face (cannot connect white woman with arabic speaking muslim - the brain just enters a blue screen mode) it just makes up for all the exaggeration on the price they gave me

 

It's just a small way of feeling better when you know you're being played for a fool. If some of you speak a language that's not expected from you (example you understand/speak chinese but don't look the part) then you understand what I mean. It's impossible to resist the temptation to say something.

I was born and raised in a country where I looked like a europeen, yet the national language is my mother tongue. Lots and lots of fun especially on the bus ride to school.

 

It's like that ang moh kid who grew up in China and lives in in SG, who says in an interview on youtube, sometimes in his HDB, the anties are talking about him and his family in the lift while he's there, and when it's time for him to exit the lift, he turns and says in Mandarin " you know, you should be careful who you talk about, you never know they could understand you!". Priceless and oh so gratifying in a strange way.

[ORen]

hahaha okay u seriously made my day by cracking me up. nice way of describing you having a similar experience with the diy~ well actually i was already alittle pissed cos all it took was to undo the two hex nuts below and give that thing a shake, then i realized that some shyt was blocking, and after medding around to no avail, i took out the screws, and lol yes, the signal and Iu(no way would the bajaj engineers forsee that tho. lucky them.) was in the way. then after lots of tinkering n pulling trying to reach for idk where, i gave up and just decide to remove n unscrew everything that's in the way, including XXXX wind shield just so to lift the speedo pannel up to access the fugging side nuts securing the head night to the suspension. Damn. i reckon UM charging u $20 labor to do all that is justifyable.

but i love diy, and i dont like waiting. so i'll rather do it myself. Travelling, waiting and spending vs getting down and dirty n personal.

 

 

For anyone who will attempt to open the headlight assembly because they saw some screws on the dashboard they think they can unscrew in a heartbeat, here's how it will REALLY go down:

 

1. You'll take off all the screws on the dash board, and you'll even catch the little ones on the side under the signal lights. You'll be silently congratulating yourself about seeing those. You'll notice all the screws don't have the same size, and maybe if you're the unlucky type like me, you'll have a mini panic attack thinking "Do I know which one goes where - is the long one for the deepest or does it go on the side?". But you'll shrug it off thinking you're smart enough to figure it out when you'll screw them back in 20 minutes.

 

2. You'll pull the dashboard up. Joy, it's moving. Excellent, you feel like a mechanic already - pfff, anyone could do their job, easy peasy. Wait. Something's stuck. You shake it a bit. But your bike is new, and in your heart you know you don't know jack about being a mechanic so you gently pull up and shake a bit. Gently. You don;t want to have to pay for someone to repair a broken plastic thingy. Nothing happens, it's stuck.

 

3. OK, we've established that you're smart so you'll have a look below the headlight assembly. AHA ! There they are ! Two bolts ! You almost want to laugh at yourself of relief. "What was I thinking not checking below, I must be tired..!". You change tools, get the right thingy to unscrew the bolt (number 10 - Trust me, I know EVERY single bolt size on the bike just by looking at it. It took me about 100 times of changing the wrench head to the right size, so what. Now I know.)

 

4. Ok so the headlight assembly is loose, well, more loose. You get up, grab the thing with both hands, shake it and pull. It has to be pulled right ? Maybe I have to pull horizontally, you'll ask yourself. Yes, only 10min in and you're already doing some space physics. Don't worry, it gets better and better, in 30min you'll be doing black magic to invoke the Bajaj dark spirits. Anyway, nothing happens, the damn thing is still stuck.

 

5. You do a complete check of fairing. You MUST have missed something. Ok so from left to right, screws, ok, taken out, ok this one is empty too, ok...let's have a look again below, yep taken out too. This is where you curse in English. Something cool like "What the hell !". While you're squatting to have a look below, and feel a little bit of stretching going on around your knees because that's not the kind of position you spend your whole day in (Remember, you're not really a mechanic), you happen to see another set of bolts. You can't believe your eyes. Why does this thing need 4 bolts to do the same job ? Should I really remove them ?

 

6. You get up (knees start hurting), to test your theory : you pull the thing a bit more to see if the newly found 2 bolts are responsible for holding it down. You do it twice because you can't really tell the first time. (This is where a buddy or friend is utterly useless because he'll tell you he's not sure either).

You decide to unscrew the 2 bolts. You tell yourself "More is less", because you're so cool and smart. Plus, what's 2 bolts to screw back, right ?

 

7. Once done, you get up, grab the headlight assembly this time with care because you're sure it's gonna get loose somehow and you'll have to carry it and put it on the floor. But IT'S STILL STUCK. You now curse in your native language. Something I am too bashful to write here.

 

8. You wipe the sweat off your face, your neck. It feels like it's 65 degrees in here. Damn it. If you thought about it, you have some cold water with you (or if this isn't your first time doing this). If not, you stay thirsty and get a bit more frustrated.

 

9. You breathe slowly and tell yourself : "Ok this CAN'T be so complicated. I see them at UM do this stuff ALL the time ! Every time I go there, there's a Pulsar's mouth wide open ! Com'on, it has to be like a clip, or something I must unlock by turning the thing the right way..". You look again, this time with a torch light. You pull the dashboard, that thing really hurts, it's so hard and sharp on the edges, ****, you can't see anything. You pull again and you notice there are some sort of little plastic "fins" attaching the dashboard with the outer shell. Well, you're not sure, but a voice inside your head tells you to get rid of them somehow.

 

10. You can't find how. After 10 min looking in vain, you are again dripping. This T-Shirt is now good for the washing machine, hello shower when you get back upstairs. And you don't know it yet, but your face has black marks all over it, because the headlight assembly isn't the cleanest part of your bike and your hands are doing a great job at sharing the love every time you wipe the sweat.

 

11. The buddy/friend shows up again (he left when you started getting really frustrated), and by asking a simple rhetorical question "you still haven't opened it yet ?", he turns you into a soon-to-be psycho serial killer. He adds, trying to make it better when he sees the dark look you gave him: "Or is it you're done and closing it back?" - that's it, your first homicide.

 

12. Completely out of ideas on what to do, and pretty sure your friends on SBT will laugh at you when you'll tell them you couldn't open the headlight assembly after..(check your watch)..more than 45min trying to understand how to get it open, you sit down on your knees, and just pull everything every way to see if something happens. Screw gentle, maybe this thing needs some force applied to it.

 

13. All of a sudden you catch a glimpse of a ...inside... it can't be.. wait.. pull that again...THERE'S A BOLT INSIDE THE BLOODY THING !! WHY IS THERE A BOLT INSIDE ???? WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THERE WAS A BOLT INSIDE !!!!

 

14. You let go of the dashboard plastic side (I told you, its hard to pull, resistant, and it hurts.) and you try to not go into an off-road red rage.

 

15. You grab that wrench thing to unscrew bolts, pull the side of the dashboard, get to the bolt. But you can't unscrew it. Because your knees hurt like you're a 90y old geezer, and you have the worst possible angle of entry and the damn signal light is going to freaking break if you pull on it any longer ! Exhausted, sweating like a dragon boat rower, and the thing is still not opened. You feel like the entire universe is against you.

 

16. OK. You can do this. One hand pulls the signal light to the side. Really hard. Oh, you just discovered a new muscle on your forearm there. The other hand gets the tool to the bolt, and somehow manages to turn it. Inch by inch. Half turn by half turn. Your arm hurts. But you're tough. You keep at it. More, more..it's almost loose ! You fight again the little space you have to reach the bolt, drop the wrench a couple of times, but you almost got it ! Finally the bolt is loose, and drops somewhere. It's not on the floor, it must be stuck in the wires or something, inside. Great. This is getting better and better.

 

17. You fish out the bolt, and go around the bike to get rid of the other bolt on the other side. But because you've loosened the 4 bolts below first, the whole thing is now unstable, scratching your front fender because no one told you to put a cloth on it to protect it when the head assembly will be leaning on it. You try to be gentle. But eventually you will not care anymore what gets scratched. The hell with it, you just want that last bolt out !!!

 

18. Done. It's done, the whole headlight assembly now falls open before your eyes. What a sweet moment. You feel a mix of supreme happiness mixed with way too much shame for taking so long. But you don't care, it's open and you want to dance around your bike like an Apache chief.

Now you can start trying to find your ignition switch wire.

 

19. 20min later: you're done with tapping into that wire, and you feel great about yourself. Maybe after all you will consider that change of career to be a mechanic.

 

20. I'm going to cut the story short here: you thought the worse was behind you and now it's just a matter of putting all this back together. You were wrong. It will now take you 3 times as much as what you took to open it and get to this part of the story. You will only manage to close it back the way it was (minus/plus a few wires not really where they are supposed to be but you'll be damned if you open it again) after being drenched of sweat, fighting with your tools and the bolts and the weight of the headlight assembly for 2h, and thinking at least 3 times that it is scientifically and humanly IMPOSSIBLE to put this thing back the way it was, there must be a magic trick no one told you about.

 

21. You will come to this thread and post about how much you struggled, trying to make it sound like you were cool the entire time, when really you went mad over it. You will not tell anyone that one of the bolts inexplicably lost its ring and you couldn't find anywhere near the bike so now you have one bolt under there that's not really in stock condition, but who cares, it's closed and back together again right ?

Oh, and you will secretly hate anyone on this forum who tells you he doesn't understand what is so difficult about it.

 

So before you attempt to open the headlight assembly:

 

- plan to spend a couple of hours on it. More if you know you're not naturally talented for this kind of stuff.

- get cold water, and a towel, and wear old clothes, not your brand new shirt

- keep the bolts by pairs and remember where they go - mark them if needed

- protect your front fender with a cloth

- don't forget to put back the signal light sensor - and don't put it back upside down please, thank you.

- take breaks. often.

- Get a long 10 size T wrench - a VERY long one

- cross head screws go out first, then inside bolts, then the major bolt at the forks below, then only the last most inside lower two bolts

- consider paying UM to do it for you.

Edited June 17, 2011 by O'Ren