I love the way threads get hijacked here. We started off with Chinese solenoids, detoured briefly into tires, then ended up with Shackleton. Btw, welcome to the group!
-Kyle On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 11:05 AM Darin Hatton <[email protected]> wrote: > Incredible story graham, I'll have to dig that one up > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 10:27 AM Graham Rogers <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> They had an Australian photographer as part of the crew. Not only are >> there black and white actual photos but moving 'video' of their ship being >> crushed by the ice. Shackleton's own book is called 'South' but there are >> other books written since and documentaries on TV, absolutely incredible. >> Five of the crew 'sailed' in a 22 foot life boat from Elephant Island, a >> sheer rock of ice where the remaining crew lived for however long, to South >> Georgia, 800 miles away. There three of them hiked overland for 35 hours >> straight to a Norwegian Whaling Station. The interior of South Georgia was >> unchartered and no one had ever crossed overland before. It is all >> mountains and ravines, all ice and snow. Frank Worlsey, a New Zealander and >> Shackleton's ship captain, navigated the lifeboat that 800 miles with only >> a few sightings of the sun. At one point they thought they saw land in the >> distance but it was a 100 foot wave. One man had to be kept leaning over >> the bow to chip off the ice that was constantly forming and sinking the >> boat. He was held on by his boots and had to be pulled back in before he >> froze to death. They did that on a constant rotation for most of the >> journey. The name of their ship that was crushed was 'Endeavour', also the >> name of one of the books written about the adventure. Starting to feel like >> we have it easy now?? >> >> On Jan 30, 2019, at 10:07 AM, Darin Hatton wrote: >> >> Good morning graham. No thanks. E specially not with the crap cold >> weather gear supplied by the army in the 80s. Does sound like an >> interesting read though... >> >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 10:02 AM Graham Rogers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Think it’s cold, try two years of it, in the Antarctic, on the ice, 800 >>> miles in a row boat, Ernest Shackleton and crew. Greatest story of survival >>> I have ever read. His whole crew of 20 something men survived and then >>> fought in WW1 and some of them again in WW2. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 9:50 AM Arthur Sheller <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I'll check it out. 8 for us today and 59 Sunday. Stay warm man. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 8:39 AM Darin Hatton <[email protected] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Negative 4 right now. High of 4 above. They are calling for 60 on >>>>> Monday now. >>>>> If you like to read up on other people’s bike builds or just bike >>>>> questions you should check out cx/gl500 forum and honda twins. ALOT of >>>>> information and a lot of good reading. I'm a member of both and I am >>>>> onewelder on both. >>>>> Put another log on the fire and keep warm >>>>> Darin >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 9:12 AM Arthur Sheller <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> -5 degrees in KCMO this morning. How about you Darin? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 4:01 PM Darin Hatton <[email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Bundle up Bob it's coming. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 5:00 PM Arthur Sheller <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Lol! No kidding! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 3:58 PM Darin Hatton <[email protected] >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Welcome. Sounds like you had a " no such thing as a free >>>>>>>>> education " experience. Grand cayman? Bet your not battling single >>>>>>>>> degree >>>>>>>>> and below zero weather like we are in ohio, usa... good luck and >>>>>>>>> please >>>>>>>>> don't tell me how the beach was today >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 4:52 PM Final Twist < >>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi there! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> New to group, I have a 1993 Nighthawk 750 and live in Grand >>>>>>>>>> Cayman. From what I understand i'm the only one with this bike on >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> island (small island). >>>>>>>>>> One of the connectors was loose recently and the solenoid plug >>>>>>>>>> ended up melting, so I changed the solenoid and the plug - bought >>>>>>>>>> the $10 >>>>>>>>>> solenoid from ebay and all worked well for a few weeks. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Then suddenly when starting the bike the starter motor wouldn't >>>>>>>>>> stop - tried to kill the engine with the switch or turn ignition off >>>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>>> the darn thing kept turning and turning. Took me some time to get >>>>>>>>>> to the >>>>>>>>>> battery and unplug the terminal there... so it was too late. My >>>>>>>>>> starter >>>>>>>>>> motor was completely melted and shot. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I checked all wiring and the only culprit is that darn solenoid >>>>>>>>>> which must have stuck on the on position, sending current to the >>>>>>>>>> starter. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Luckily, a (US) seller on ebay sells bolt-on starter motors, but >>>>>>>>>> it cost me $250 to get the thing. 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