20+ years, but where was the peak?
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20+ years, but where was the peak?

Walkman designer and chief Akiraa Tanaka’s position is that “the latest is always the greatest” but I must respectfully and emphatically disagree with him. It’s not always easy to pick a favourite, given features and style along with sound quality, but some fit better than others in one’s life. Happy Tuesday, folks, I’m off to track down some missing CDs…

u/londonskater — 2 days ago

Just remembered that this book actually came with my old 451M from schooldays

Probably the best calculator in the world!

u/londonskater — 12 days ago

X2 Left Button replaced

Yet another annoying job but an opportunity to renew the wire and reinforce the connections. These are standard push-buttons, it’s their mounting and integration that makes everything a pain.

Anyway - touch unlock, code unlock, press wake up and the bell all work again. At least it was all worth it.

u/londonskater — 15 days ago

Rebuilt my X2 kick lock

Been putting off getting my 2019 X2 back on the road but some intensive effort has done it. However, it is plagued by gremlins so having to fix things.

Bike was registering lock coming back on constantly, mid-ride, straight after unlocking, and the root cause was a pair of broken/almost wires in the loom - some things are well-designed on these bikes, but the basics are just not there, like strain relief - so I spliced new wiring in between the connector and components, cleaned the gunk out, and tweaked the springs for the pins a little.

If you’re planning on doing this, and you ought to instead of buying a new kick lock at €140 - there isn’t a component in here worth more than €5 - you’ll need a soldering iron, test equipment, silicone and a bench DC power supply to test the solenoid.

u/londonskater — 15 days ago