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Bet & Win 250 / Re: bet and win 250 dashboard backlight
« on: February 14, 2018, 08:51:45 AM »
The finished dashboard of my former KYMCO GRAND DINK 250 (a.k.a. GRANDVISTA 250):
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Bet & Win 250 / Re: bet and win 250 dashboard backlight
« on: February 14, 2018, 08:50:29 AM »
To be more specific of the dashboard backlight fix, that i've applied to my former KYMCO GRAND DINK 250 (a.k.a. GRANDVISTA 250):
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General Discussion / Re: New Kymco Grandvista owner - how do i turn the dash lights on?
« on: February 14, 2018, 08:39:35 AM »
You're welcome! I also thank you all for your appreciations!
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General Discussion / Re: New Kymco Grandvista owner - how do i turn the dash lights on?
« on: January 27, 2018, 06:12:40 PM »
Finished dashboard.
Greetings from Hunedoara, Romania.
Greetings from Hunedoara, Romania.
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General Discussion / Re: New Kymco Grandvista owner - how do i turn the dash lights on?
« on: January 27, 2018, 06:05:35 PM »
There is an Electro-Luminescent foil under the LCD display, the foil produces light when an alternative current of 80V at 1000Hz that gets from a built in EL inverter. The built-in inverters tend to fail. So I've managed to bypass and get the dashboard shining again.
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Bet & Win 250 / Re: bet and win 250 dashboard backlight
« on: September 15, 2016, 07:20:48 AM »
Great work! No, i don't have a scooter anymore. It was destroyed in a head-on crash with a left turning van on the 2nd of june 2015 and dismantled it. All i have is spare parts right now. (engine, tires, wheels, tail light, wiring, buttons, brake system, signal light, screws, nuts and bolts) Everything else was scrapped. I also had both my legs fractured (femurs and tibias) in that crash, and i have metallic implants (screws, intramedullary nails, plate, and hip bolt after 4 surgeries). I've recovered nicely since than and now i have a HONDA XL650V TRANSALP motorcycle. 
This is my bike now:
This is my bike now:
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Bet & Win 250 / Re: bet and win 250 dashboard backlight
« on: September 14, 2016, 08:44:21 PM »
You're welcome! You should have connected the + wire (red) of the inverter to the solid brown wire of the dashboard witch you cut away from the PCB of the dashboard, and the - wire (black) of the inverter soldered to the green-black wire of the dashboard without cutting-it, so the inverter would power on as long as the headlights are on.
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Grandvista 250 / Re: Total damage of my KYMCO Grand Dink 250
« on: October 04, 2015, 05:58:12 AM »
This is the most common type of motorcycle accident, when an other vehicle turns left in front of a motorcyclist.
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Grandvista 250 / Re: Total damage of my KYMCO Grand Dink 250
« on: August 19, 2015, 04:21:08 PM »
Thanks, Wolf! I will sue the crap out of the driver that didn't yield to me before turning left, also i can sue his employer. I was comming from the opposite to him so he should have yielded to me before turning left.
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Grandvista 250 / Re: Total damage of my KYMCO Grand Dink 250
« on: August 19, 2015, 08:45:01 AM »This is awesome! A lesson that KYMCO could learn from.
My Burgman AN400 has a beefy frame - but still would not want to hit something head-on. The Burgman does not have an airbag or a seat belt.....
If the scooter front doesn't come to meet me - I'll be going to meet it.
Same diff...
Hope you have a full and speedy recovery.
Stig
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Grandvista 250 / Re: 2008 Grand Vista - should I buy?????
« on: August 19, 2015, 08:32:57 AM »
Careful to avoid a head on collision while riding the Grandvista/Grand Dink. The frame of this model is weak, so in a crash, the front-end will fold on your legs, crushing them.
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Grandvista 250 / Re: Total damage of my KYMCO Grand Dink 250
« on: August 19, 2015, 08:24:45 AM »
To all the drivers out there!
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Grandvista 250 / Re: Total damage of my KYMCO Grand Dink 250
« on: August 19, 2015, 07:09:00 AM »
To sue him or his employer! For now i have to go to a recovery clinic for fizical therapy. At least two more months till i walk again unaided.
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Grandvista 250 / Re: Total damage of my KYMCO Grand Dink 250
« on: August 18, 2015, 04:00:47 PM »
Some of my fracs and titanium implants, double fracture of my left femur, due to compression via frame and deceleration:
Left fibula and tibia fracture:
Compression fracture of my left femur:
Right knee fracture and reconstruction:
Left fibula and tibia fracture:
Compression fracture of my left femur:
Right knee fracture and reconstruction:
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Grandvista 250 / Re: Total damage of my KYMCO Grand Dink 250
« on: August 18, 2015, 05:43:23 AM »
A better view of my wreck:
Temporary external fixation of my left calf from 2nd of June till 10th of July 2015:
Two cuts: the longer one is where they've inserted the intramedullary rod in my left femur the shorter cut is where they cut a corner bone off my pelvis to shape and insert-it in my right knee joint that was seriously busted.
Reconstructed right knee:
The chopper that transfered me from the hospital of my hometown to a specialised hospital 170 km away:
It was a noisy 35 minute flight while i was drifting in and out of consciousness.
After 45 days and 4 operations in the hospital i was transferred home via an ambulance, it was a 3 hour bumpy ride.
Temporary external fixation of my left calf from 2nd of June till 10th of July 2015:
Two cuts: the longer one is where they've inserted the intramedullary rod in my left femur the shorter cut is where they cut a corner bone off my pelvis to shape and insert-it in my right knee joint that was seriously busted.
Reconstructed right knee:
The chopper that transfered me from the hospital of my hometown to a specialised hospital 170 km away:
It was a noisy 35 minute flight while i was drifting in and out of consciousness.
After 45 days and 4 operations in the hospital i was transferred home via an ambulance, it was a 3 hour bumpy ride.