Adventure Bike Rider Forum

...but some of us have knees that work JB..

It do seem a bit strange the amount of power it drained from the Battery in such a short time. I would want to look at the bikes charging & battery as a in case, something on the way out?
I would of fitted a switch any way as a matter of course.
I got a Marine USB & Socket for SWMBO SV 650
Was quite cheap £4.99 to go on the bars.
This was intended for her Twat Nav, Aldi had some Garmin £45.00 & funny enough Lidl had some Solar power packs, £8.99 used it the other day out of interest, didn't take as long as I thought it might to charge a Samsung, from dead.

johnnyboxer wrote:Another good reason to stay in air conditioned luxury of a decent hotel room then :whistle:

Plus none of that crawling around on your knees nonsense either

I like being in a tent or a hammock

None of those annoying hotel guests stealing all the croissants or rogering away all night in the room next door :woohoo:

I enjoy the sounds and odours of my fellow campers and the freedom to urinate against a hedge in the moonlight
(thumbs)

Africa John wrote:Not an option if you're a camping fan

I must be doing something wrong as I can manage to access the "caravan" power hookups on most campsites for a mere £1/€1 a day or for free if I can do it stealthily. If I know I'm going to be on a campsite for a few days I may even take a short fly lead to connect to the mains. I also have a strange 2 pin cigarette style socket that plugs into the (euro) mains then I can plug in the car charger for the phone.

anyone used these chargers that u charge from a laptop when your at home etc then take it with you, i can get the phone to charge 2/3 times with that

steve

Thanks power banks seem like a good idea solar is also good downside to that is if it's dull weather . And horn is good idea as I never use it anyway lol it has an inline fuse allready as was a direct fit job I'll let you know how I get on

I forgot to point out this was when I first got the bike but had no problem starting the bike that day and had no problem since ! I am looking to go further for a few days in August so would like have some way of keeping charge in the phone my son has medical issues so need to be able to be contactable

Get yourself one of those aldi/lidl solar changers, they can be used to charge satnav or phone. Mine was about £10 and it can be charged of my bike accessory socket or usb converter at any campsite with mains in laundry or toilet block

Peirre wrote:

Africa John wrote:Not an option if you're a camping fan

I must be doing something wrong as I can manage to access the "caravan" power hookups on most campsites for a mere £1/€1 a day or for free if I can do it stealthily. If I know I'm going to be on a campsite for a few days I may even take a short fly lead to connect to the mains.

Had a mate that always did that, he had a very short lead and used to pitch the tent close to the Outlet, but some sites seemed to have remote "Off" controls :whistle:

Sleepy wrote:...but some of us have knees that work JB..

Give it a few years, you'll join us ancient Ones sometime.... :S