by Chris Wiltshire | Jan 10, 2018 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
I can’t help think that I’m tempting fate by laminating it. There’s bound to be further changes. It took me 8 10 revisions to be happy with the planned route. Here are the highlights: 1633km in the first 22:48hrs, 2508km in the first 34:49hrs, 2600km overall back to...
by Chris Wiltshire | Jan 3, 2018 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
Our 2017 efforts were successful, the bike prep, fundraising, and ride all went very well. It was a lot of fun. I seriously enjoyed what Jon and I achieved, so much so that we decided we’d do something similar in 2018. In August 2017, there was the NI1600 (North...
by Chris Wiltshire | Nov 8, 2017 | Computing / Electronics
This builds on my previous post: http://www.wiltshire.net/2017/10/29/flicker-lights-for-the-r1/ The auxiliary lights project on the R1 continues, tonight I’ve completed the transition from the physical relay unit to a MOSFET power transistor – the relay...
by Chris Wiltshire | Oct 31, 2017 | Computing / Electronics
Ok. So our first night in Rotorua this year happened to be Halloween. So there were a few people in fancy dress out tonight. Guess who I spotted?? You might need to open the full sized original image (click) and zoom in to see 🙂 My Facebook post of this was a Fail...
by Chris Wiltshire | Oct 29, 2017 | Computing / Electronics, Motorcycling
So. Watching the Iron Butt Rally riders depart on their huge rally earlier this year inspired me to want to build an electronic controller for my auxiliary lights which I had already fitted to my R1. In prep for my Saddle Sore 1600k ride in March this year I...