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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2150 on: 02 July 2019, 12:44:11 am »
:D :D
Thanks guys, sometimes life just gives you lemons.


Won't be asking slappy for this weeks lottery numbers, that's for sure. :lol .
Glad you're all fixed up now dude and back on two wheels :thumbup . What blue haze is on your short list.



Would like to get a 1974 RD250 in blue, just like I had when I was 17. Failing that a YDS7 in gold , a mate had one and I always liked it.
Then grow my hair back and lose 3 stone.





and have a rock hard dick  :lol
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2151 on: 02 July 2019, 08:59:56 am »
Yeah the Harpic 10x didn't do a bad job considering the system had been on there over 20 years. :thumbup
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2152 on: 02 July 2019, 05:09:42 pm »
:D :D
Thanks guys, sometimes life just gives you lemons.


Won't be asking slappy for this weeks lottery numbers, that's for sure. :lol .
Glad you're all fixed up now dude and back on two wheels :thumbup . What blue haze is on your short list.



Would like to get a 1974 RD250 in blue, just like I had when I was 17. Failing that a YDS7 in gold , a mate had one and I always liked it.
Then grow my hair back and lose 3 stone.





and have a rock hard dick  :lol


No chance of that with all the medication I am on,  I think they build in side effects  from meds just to piss people off.

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2153 on: 03 July 2019, 12:48:00 am »
or unable to piss people off :lol :lol :lol
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2154 on: 03 July 2019, 06:48:23 pm »
Drive the car to Spa Francochamps
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2155 on: 03 July 2019, 08:01:40 pm »
You gone for the Classic weekend
 Went last year, enjoy. Hope you brought your walking boots. :lol
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2156 on: 04 July 2019, 12:18:42 pm »
We have a paddock bike :)
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2157 on: 04 July 2019, 01:35:38 pm »
We have a paddock bike :)
Oooooh, posh :) . Have a great weekend.

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2158 on: 05 July 2019, 12:33:48 pm »
https://flic.kr/p/2grBEgh

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2159 on: 07 July 2019, 06:43:38 pm »
Took the Virago 1100 to Steel Horse Cafe near Abergavenny and met up with Paul (OGRI48) on his Fat Boy.
A great hour and a half or so spent drinking coffee, catching up and looking at the other bikes that had turned up  8) :)
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2160 on: 08 July 2019, 08:20:28 pm »
was bloody good to see you mate :)

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2161 on: 15 July 2019, 10:57:22 pm »
Was giving my car a bit of a service 'cause we're going away for a week and I noticed the fan belt was frayed and in a bit of a state to be honest ,I went and got one with the oil and filter and couldn't believe how long it was, 90 inches! that's 7ft 6" in old money!anyway I removed some trunking out the way to get a better look and this belt goes around that many pulleys and wheels etc it's a joke,I took a photo of the sequence and looked for an adjuster on the alternator like you normally would....,nothing! so I went on u/tube and found a video and there's a bolt under one of the pulleys that releases the tensioner and voila! the belt slips off easy peasy,then you just work out the right sequence and put the new belt on and at the end turn the bolt again and it automatically tensions it,from what I thought was going to be a nightmare turned out to be the easiest fan belt change I've ever done!My car is an old Merc diesel,just in case anyone has one. :)
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2162 on: 16 July 2019, 08:56:23 pm »
Yeah the Harpic 10x didn't do a bad job considering the system had been on there over 20 years.
I love this trick for cleaning exhausts, wish I had learned about its years ago.

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2163 on: 25 July 2019, 06:46:16 pm »
Rode the ZZR600 from the midlands to near Ghent in Belgium, Dover to Dunkirk ferry. Came back next day. 580 miles over the 2 days.

Oh, and it was 36 degrees as well!
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2164 on: 25 July 2019, 06:57:06 pm »
Checked the plugs and set the tickover on my Virago 1100.
Just need to change the air filter and balance the carbs next to make sure it runs right and smooth.
Love the difference between the silky smooth turbine-like inline four on my Gen 1 thou and this "talkative" vee twin  :lol
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2165 on: 25 July 2019, 10:41:20 pm »
Rode the ZZR600 from the midlands to near Ghent in Belgium, Dover to Dunkirk ferry. Came back next day. 580 miles over the 2 days.

Oh, and it was 36 degrees as well!




You must have a strong back! or are you now on sticks ? :lol :lol
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2166 on: 26 July 2019, 06:49:41 am »
Just ridden the T-Bird to work & don't know if its the weather or what but it felt so hooked up .. was in full hooligan mode! even managed to get hero-blobs to grind (1st time ever on this bike) going around a corner that I normally take gingerly! :eek :D :lol

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2167 on: 28 July 2019, 11:05:50 pm »
met dave at the steel horse then we 'did' south wales. A good day, as always. Also put my minty CB1300 on fleabay.

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2168 on: 29 July 2019, 08:51:18 pm »
More servicing on the Virago 1100.
New iridium plugs fitted, replaced the air filter and changed the shaft final drive oil.
Also extended my garden hosepipe to reach into the rear alley where my garage opens on to and gave it a good wash and then polished the painted bits with MER polish.
Came up a treat for a 21 year old bike.
Just got to change the engine oil and filter and balance the carbs now.
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2169 on: 29 July 2019, 08:55:37 pm »
Forgot to mention I also bought a second hand Mustang seat from the USA for the Virago too.
Costing quite a few quid on postage (£70+) but the seat was cheap in the first place (£100) so, all in all, still a bit of a bargain.
Can't wait to get it and fit it.
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2170 on: 30 July 2019, 12:24:15 am »
Haven't heard of Mustang seats but I had a Corbin seat on an 1100 Honda a while back and when I came to buy another a few years later the build quality had drastically reduced,wouldn't go with them again. :thumbdown
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2171 on: 30 July 2019, 09:45:52 am »
Don't know if this link will work Coffee but here we go:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273945462029



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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2172 on: 30 July 2019, 03:05:42 pm »
Tell you what,never mind the post,that is one lovely seat! just looking at the make up of it it's better than a Corbin,on the underside where the mustang uses proper fixings Corbin uses staples which are ok in some applications but not where there's a lot of strain.I think you've done well there. :thumbup :thumbup
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« Reply #2173 on: 30 July 2019, 03:09:35 pm »
https://flic.kr/p/2grBEgh

Third in class after q1




And with the racing No of a genius,one Casey Stoner,did it give you inspiration? :lol
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #2174 on: 31 July 2019, 05:22:16 pm »
My daughter turned 16 and I wanted to do something memorable with her so....... :D