Haha 'Carrier bag in a field' That's the best description of camping i've ever heard! Great work Mr Fish! 👍

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Facts 😂

I've got a Seat Concept seat on my CRF250L. I got the kit and used the original seat base. It's brilliant. I'm 5'10", 31 inch lnside leg, 80kgs, 63 yrs old.... just for reference. The seat is comfy enough for a couple of hours on the road. You do notice it when you first stand up as it's a little wider at the front ( and a lot at the back), but it is not invasive.

Hi Mr Fish. I had the same dead battery in my AT. In the end I charged it up using an old car battery charger that charged it from 2 volts to 12 volts. Then I swapped over to the Optimiser and it recovered it just fine. Have fun mate 😎👍

The "Seat Concepts" Seats are fantastic. The question is always to I want the comfort or the standard. For you I would say get the tall standard. It has the comfort of the comfort. The tall comfort will feel like a sofa for your bum compared to the stock seat.

@Mrfish2015

2 ай бұрын

I don’t need a tall one on this , as the suspension has been done it’s quite tall now (perfect for me)

DataTool... nooo, never again!

Nice garage 👌🏻 love a double

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Oooh

I sent my Beta Alp seat to Tom Hurley Custom Seats in Bathgate ( between Edinburgh and Glasgow). Sent a photo of a Seat Concepts and told him to make it like that. £250 later, and it’s gone from a wooden plank to all day comfortable 👌

Great content as always, you did mention you might go to the ABR on the 2fiddy, it would be an interesting video of how you pack your camping gear on it, I, for one need tips lol. Thanks for sharing and see you on your next adventure ✌️ 🤙 🤟

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

I took it to the 2021 festival.. 2 roll bags bungees and a tank bag .. can’t carry a lot 😂

Brilliant vlog ,didn't richy have a problem with data tool draining his battery on his Africa twin ?

That's 🆒 you have those bikes nice setup bro! I have a 2019 cb500x, 04 Honda reflex, 09 Zuma 125... I'm in the USA tho 🤷🏻 + Original Honda ruckus 2003 1st year available in the states

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Good collection

Seat Concepts are brilliant, had one on my 250L and 450L, way better than the plank of wood that they come with

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Best seat mod for me for comfort has been just a simple what looks like fishnet stocking on your seat. Cool covers are great, take the pressure points away.£500 on a battery why! . Yuasa last about four years on average and with trickle charger fire up every time.

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

I was looking at one of those for the other bikes .. but I really need some squidge 😂

@gazman3568

3 ай бұрын

@@Mrfish2015 Try one .Makes a huge difference. I'm a big lad like yourself and both my bikes got them. Have you removed the strap that they put across the seat. That strap only lasted the journey home with my crf 300 rally.

Had the same trouble with my GSA, bmw told me it was my data tool tracker & said they would check it . They said to rip it out as they always give trouble. So bmw give me a lithium battery at £400 to fit , well twice as the give me the wrong size first time. Fitted it , but wouldn’t start . Got it recovered, so they had it for 2mts trying to find what was wrong. They eventually said it wasn’t the tracker , so they were waiting for a lithium battery to come , I said just stick an ordinary battery in it as it’s a heavy bike so wait saving doesn’t matter to me . Also I told Datatool what bmw said . So after the bike being back for a few weeks I noticed the tracker was still placing the bike in bmw so asked datool why , they got back & said they test it & the unit is now faulty . I ask how much is that going to cost me as I’d just paid the subscription. The told me the unit was under warranty & would send a new one to be fitted by bmw .

Yep go the Seat Concepts game changer (on a 250 Rally)

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

You need to disconnect the battery from the bike and use the correct optimate lithium charger to recover it. Connect charger to battery and then plug the charger into the socket. I had same issue a few times when I forgot to plug the charger into my twin. Battery recovered every time

@Mrfish2015

2 ай бұрын

I used 2 lithium chargers didn’t take the charge sadly

£516 for a bike battery .... 😲 .... thats madness!!! What brand is it??

I had a datatool alarm on my Bandit... it was one of the reasons why I sold the Bandit. Nightmare!

Have a seat concepts on both my drz400 and tenere 700 and they are game changer. But wicked expensive.

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

I bet, that train would have got out of the way alot quicker if you'd have been driving it. Good luck with the Africa twin battery. But if it gets you enjoying your other bikes, then hiho silver lining. (Credit: Cloud).

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

I would have stopped it across the road and gone for a break 😂

516 pounds for a battery! Get rid of the Datatool. Great space, that garage. You've got four interesting Hondas in it: 125cc, 250cc, 471cc and 1100cc. I like little bikes, but I like big ones, too. Some rain in England from dry, for now, northern Thailand. Nick

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Insurance says I have to have the Datatool or some kind of tracker .. you certainly have warmer rain there

@chrishart8548

3 ай бұрын

​@@Mrfish2015 I would try and run the tracker off a separate battery. Save killing the main one. Make the other battery only connect to the bike when the ignition is on.

I found a localish guy that reupholstered my existing rally seat, well worth doing and good value. have seat concept on my klx, again good but pricey. Local guy in Eastleigh if that helps

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

What’s the guys name ? I’m only about 50 miles (if it’s the Southampton Eastleigh)

What tent have you got? I've gone camping with a EuroHike Sandero 4 on my Sinnis Terrain 125 and parked the bike inside. Pez nearly died of laughter. 🤣

My Honda dealership when selling you a bike recommends that you don’t fit one even though Honda advertise it in the sales bumf

This also happened to RichyVida’s ATAS didn’t it? Crazy price for a battery😮 I’ll be at the ABR with my CRF250 Rally, but having never been properly off road before 😅🚑

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

It’s an easy introduction to off roading

You probably know this but put a normal lead acid battery in parallel with the Li battery and then put the charger on, it fools the charger that the battery is good and should work.

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the battery won’t hold a charge at all .. I can start it from another source but would die if i turned it off

2 weeks and dead!!! i hope you dont have to pay anything to get that sorted

I bypassed the datatool off of my bike, got fed up with it killing batteries 🙄 As for the seats, a lot of the beta boys have them, they do various sorts, comfort, low comfort, think they do a wide comfort too. They all rate them👍 Im going to promote your BOS meet in my next video, hope you dont mind👍

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

I don’t mind at all .. the more the better .. thanks for the seat info

Ah, not one of Datatool's trackers is it? I had one fitted for "free" on my NC750X and it was draining the battery to nothing within two weeks. Don't take any BS from Datatool, as it is 100% their fault and they know it! Despite Datatool corporate saying to the contrary, their engineers know that they have a problem. Mine still drains the battery even though I told them to switch it off their end, and the only way to stop it is full removal. A bit silly, really. My bike only has a gel battery, so was much cheaper to replace. I now have it permanently hooked up to a battery tender when not in use. Hopefully you get a better result, but unless you really need that built in tracker I would really suggest removing it if that is offered to you, though!

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

The insurance requires it , if I knew it would do it after such a short period of time I would have trickle charged the bike ..

@Mtthwpez

3 ай бұрын

Ah, sorry Fish, I didn't even think about the insurance requiring one fitted and active on an high value bike.. Insurance companies stopped giving me a discount for my tracker after the first year, so I didn't see the point of paying out half the value of my insurance on it. Would rather pay that money for insurance on a second bike.. 😉😆

Shame about the Africa Twin hope they sort it out for you.

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Me too

I think Richy Vida had the same issue as you with a drained battery.

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

He did

Can you use a cheaper battery ?

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

There are cheaper option .. around 150 I think .. not sure how that effects the warranty though ..

@MotoTourIreland

3 ай бұрын

@@Mrfish2015 It probably does kill the warranty? That's a lot of money for a battery. Hope they sort it out for you.

Roads around here are shocking, just awful.

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Need an adventure bike just to commute in the south lol

He knew the law. Sucide in this case was mandatory.

Good luck with getting Honda uk to replace your battery l removed the datatool tracker from my africa twin after the free period for me it doesn't charge the cost of insurance and if someone nicks it I do not want the b8ke back ps your can simply unplug tracker as they don't even hid it so if I can do it so can the thief so I think they are a total waste of time and money

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t insure it without .. only needed to know and all would be fine ha ha

You really could almost get away with not having the big Africa Twin...

@Mrfish2015

3 ай бұрын

Almost 😂