Photon1k - No problem. I'm glad I could help. :)
And here's what I got today. It's a Maxam that I bought on a whim from PA because it reminded me of the Schrade clone DX sells and, let me tell you, this thing is massive.
Not sure what's up with the warning on the box but it hasn't stopped me from ordering another one. At twelve bucks and some change, it's an absolute steal in my book. I just wish they had spend a buck or two on a beefier liner.
Pardon my ignorance, Oxy, but where did you get this from? I don’t know what “PA” is yet. I did find it here though for $3.95 at what appears to be their wholesale site. I’m sure that doesn’t include shipping. Very few of their knives are over $5 so am extrememly leary of their quality. How about a review of that bad boy?
recieved a '200 mw' laser pointer from manafont today. Just needed another one to have kicking around so I ordered it and it arrived within 2 weeks. Not too bad!
Yesterday I got my very first Maglite. Yes sir, never owned full size Maglite before. Got a Solitaire like a decade ago in my key ring. That's all. In the army I served as military police and there we carried Mags all the time, but they were'nt mine. This is good old incan 2D. Got it from local web-auction. Paid 8 euros for it (and 6 euros shipping...). Second hand but like new.
It's big. It's heavy. It looks funny when but along with my other lights. And the light that it puts out... I'm at loss for words. What was the brightest thing in the world (for me at least) in those days back in the army about 12 years ago is now barely an amusement. Gives just a dim glow compared to anything else I have, including my ITP Eos A3 (1xAAA). Surely it's no surprise to all you guys who have born and raised around them, but I remembered them to be something else.
Well, I did'nt buy it to be used as standard, so there is definitely a brighter future in store for this one. I have some interest in multi-XML madness, but I can also hear an SST-90 call my name from time to time. We'll see...
Today the lantern enclosure from Kai arrived, fits good on my UF WF-501C (modded for 2AA and Solarforce 3-mode LVD). Like it better than the SF lantern which would require to remove bezel rings and not to mention that it is 3 times cheaper. If you own a 501 and need a lantern... buy it.
Kawasaki S1 - the first 250 to hit 100mph. Remove the head gasket, grind the head and barrels flat, put in two base gaskets, open the ports as far as you dare, mirror polish them for extra madness - actually that should have been 15800 now I think of it.
Remove the airbox (and wear hearing protection, it got a bit loud), stretch a bit of speaker grille foam over the carb stubs so you can pretend the air is being filtered. Beef up the 2 stroke oil pump for that wonderful cloud of pollutants.
And never, ever shut the throttle fast - it melted the centre piston on the overrun when you did that.
It was almost usable - unless it was raining. Usually in the wet only one cylinder would light up at which point your average old lady going up a hill using a walking frame could overtake you (This happened to me - a lot of people laughed at me.). When the other two cylinders finally got in on the act, hit the back brake hard before the thing spits you off. Oh yes and change the sparkplugs roughly every time you fill the tank. And use cooler plugs when you go out of town or melt the engine.
Fuel (and sparkplugs) were cheaper then.
Then came the Yamaha YPVS devices which were just as demented (if considerably more rideable) out of the factory but had an engine (if not rider) life of more than 5000km. At the time they were learner legal here and there was a high fatality rate amongst learners.
Yes, people used to race the Norton one. Tip seals were the usual problem - as in new engines rather too often. They were a bit like the infamous VF500 from Honda. "When the oil light comes on, put it on a trailer and take it to a Honda dealer for a new engine"
No I hadn't. Must check it out at weekend when I have some time. Thanks. At a quick glance all the stuff there looked really good and really expensive...
I bought one of the lanterns to but it did not fit my 501B.
Really ? Different threads? Might have to doublecheck with a 501b from a friend. My UF 501C is a SuperFire WF-501c in reality, but I thought all 501 heads are the same.
It does fit an old Superfire WF-501D that I have.
Maybe a Superfire 501b would fit then?
P.S.: UF WF-501B also fits.
Superfire 501C above, Ultafire 501B below
So there are different versions of the 501b?
Mine won't fit a 501B, but it fits fine on a 504B and a (KD) Solarforce L2. I prefer that arrangement anyway as both of those tailstand very well.
Not a flashlight but at least light related:
35W HID kit for my car.
$55 delivered from China in 2 days. Impressive work by DHL i must say.
Bought it here if anyone's interested: http://myworld.ebay.com/mydepots/
Two days?? That’s insane and the price deliverd is pretty damned crazy too!
Clarification:
DHL needed 2 days to their part.
I ordered on Sunday and had the package in my hand at my house on Friday. The Ebay-store (mydepots) didn't have my bulb in stock when I ordered so it took until Wednesday before they shipped. So 5 days in total is good but DHL is the impressive part in this.
Even at 5 days the whole deal is still impressive to me. 