Thursday 22 December 2016

Going Home

The last leg - Sidmouth to home, not a direct route, via Lyme Regis, Dartmouth, New Forest.. but not really sight seeing any more, that going home mood takes over and its all about the end result now.

One pause outside Lyme Regis - this view along the coast and early morning sun was just stunning, the photo captures a little of the atmosphere.

The sky was clear and bright today, which also meant - cold, the coldest of the trip.
Fuel stops also now windscreen and headlight cleaning stops and once home mid-afternoon the once clean motor is showing the evidence of its approx. 700 mile journey.

Notes/fixes

  • I think the clutch cable needs adjustment - a couple of times its been a little tricky to get into 1st - possibly cable stretched a little?
  • The new USB power outlet, replacing the old 12v lighter sockets, also need some attention - its crashing the satnav on ignition off and not cleanly cutting power to the camera.
  • Camera is fine for picture, but picking up differential whine rather than nice engine noise - perhaps a mod is required for a remote mic.
  • Noticed at night, the shift light starts to glow, very dimly, about 1k revs under its set come on point. May indicate the Emerald sincs current on the shift pin progressively and perhaps an opportunity to build a sequential shift light based on that - i.e. line of comparators (LM3914) converting the linear current sinc to discrete LED indication.


Otherwise - everything ran fine, cannot beat that open to the sky feeling and a little of that pure escapism from a road trip.

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