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« on: 20 April 2021, 04:39:40 pm »
"As a Spurs fan I should welcome guaranteed European football every season  " What's a Spurs fan? I've got a radiator fan, heard of a ceiling fan, but never a Spurs fan...........
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« on: 20 April 2021, 04:36:02 pm »
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« on: 19 April 2021, 08:45:26 pm »
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« on: 14 April 2021, 08:36:10 pm »
Saw a Yellow/Black Fazer Thou on a '04 plate outside the Fish Bank chippy in Sherburn In Elmet this evening at about 5:15. In the company of a Honda CBR thingy.
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« on: 14 April 2021, 08:34:07 pm »
Picked up another Caberg flip front - the Duke II. Just go to transfer the intercomm over from the old one. Then finish the fettling on the Thou. Then keep fingers crossed for the good weather. Then hopefully get a day off to myself.......
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« on: 13 April 2021, 08:03:16 pm »
Maybe they’ll set up one of those crowd funding requests. People seem to do it at the drop of a hat nowadays.
Talking of which - I need a new helmet............
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« on: 07 April 2021, 03:49:40 pm »
Sitting in a hotel in Lincoln - just had this come on the player, The Exploited - "I hate Cop cars". It's in my head now, and probably will still be there on the next ride out on the  .
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« on: 07 April 2021, 03:46:34 pm »
Specsavers....... Now that's another expensive hobby .
Anything, absolutely anything, spelt in the English language is expensive, or so it seems.
Exactly. I've a pal who lives in France, and as an experiment we booked return eurotunnel trips for the same date/time/mode of transport(motorcycle). His ticket price was far less than mine.
It'll be more expensive to use the Eurostar from that side soon!
Why, what's happening?.
It's asking for British taxpayers to bail it out of financial trouble - but it's still putting € buy the billions into another infrastructure scheme elsewhere in Europe and still wants to pay-out to share holders.
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« on: 05 April 2021, 06:56:59 pm »
Fitted the l/h footrest hangars after my first attempt at polishing  R/h side next week.
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« on: 28 March 2021, 07:44:41 pm »
Specsavers....... Now that's another expensive hobby .
Anything, absolutely anything, spelt in the English language is expensive, or so it seems.
Exactly. I've a pal who lives in France, and as an experiment we booked return eurotunnel trips for the same date/time/mode of transport(motorcycle). His ticket price was far less than mine.
It'll be more expensive to use the Eurostar from that side soon!
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« on: 24 March 2021, 07:52:44 pm »
Specsavers....... Now that's another expensive hobby .
Anything, absolutely anything, spelt in the English language is expensive, or so it seems.
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« on: 23 March 2021, 07:51:11 pm »
"I've found its sometimes an advantage to be a short arse (sorry, vertically challenged). Often find good quality gear in the sales rack at dealers, just because its a small size and they've not managed to sell it during the season. I picked up a brilliant leather jacket some years ago, I looked at it in the rack and decided that £299 for a jacket was way too much. The wife was with me that day, and a few minutes later, she walked over to me with the jacket. "Try this on" she said. "**** off" I replied, "I'm not paying that for a jacket". Turns out it was £29.90. Still got it and it still looks superb. In the sale rack because it was unsold for a while. I guess my brain couldn't accept that such a garment could be sold for such a low price, so represented the price to my brain at what I expected to see."
Yeah, yeah, we've all done it - visit to Specsavers on the cards maybe?
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« on: 19 March 2021, 07:56:03 pm »
When you’re on a tight budget it’s surprising what can be managed. If you’ve got to ride in the rain without waterproof boots, a couple of carrier bags, not the ones with holes in, and a few elastic bands to hold them in place, before putting your boots on. Waterproof boots sorted . Had to do that on a particularly wet TT in the ‘90’s. Then along came Gore Tex to make life a lot easier, although more of a threat to the wallet.
A long time ago, in a galaxy very close, I had a winter job in a quarry. All of us had carrier bags inside our boots, everyday, irrespective of weather. No trench foot reported!
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« on: 18 March 2021, 12:00:25 pm »
For years, I bought my waterproofs from a Farmers supply shop. Two piece, with pockets in the jacket. They were brilliant in the rain (obviously!) and only cost about £6 each time they needed replacing.
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« on: 16 March 2021, 07:45:23 pm »
No doubt on eBay you’ll be able to find a Lextek copy for a third of the price, that’s come out of the same factory. A pal bought an Akra copy with the link pipe, hanger and exhaust springs for £37 a year ago from China. It took about a month to be delivered, but is still going strong showing little signs of ageing. When you know it’s Chinese and is cheap, it’s sometimes worth the risk, because if it’s no good it’s in the bin. Rukka is always associated with Scandinavia, people believing that’s where it’s made. Their latest suit, the Kingsley, is £2,399.98 RRP. It does have a long guarantee, 5years I think, but it’s made in China. Imagine what the mark-up is on that
Who the f*** pays that much for a set of waterproofs?
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« on: 15 March 2021, 07:53:53 pm »
So, last night, started to put the carbs back together. All was going well until I went to put the top and bottom through bolts in.
One was shorter than the other!
I took a look in carb #4, to see the remaining bit of snapped off bolt seized.
Simple fix - drill out the snapped bolt (carefully), drill out the good thread in the lower bolt hole with a clearance drill and fit some M6 threaded rod with dome nuts on.
I have placed some thin wall silicone tubing over the threaded portion which is in the carbs and spacers - this will reduce or eliminate any resonance (if there is any) caused by an unsupported rod in an enclosed tube.
These long bolts are no longer available, either from Fowlers or CMSNL in Holland. My fix came to £3.50 (ish!).
Next job, at the weekend, will be to start polishing the footrest hangers and heel guards - nearside first.
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« on: 15 March 2021, 07:31:28 pm »
The trouble with China, purchasingwise, is that so much known brand stuff is made there,
The difference is that, if you're buying direct from China, you've got very little comeback if the product is faulty.
You might get a refund, but you've no legal right to it.
Can I send Covid back then? Not bothered with a refund
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« on: 14 March 2021, 07:47:32 pm »
The trouble with China, purchasingwise, is that so much known brand stuff is made there, even though you may believe you're buying a european/us product. It's quite disheartening when you've paid good money for a branded product, only to see Made in China, when you open the box. 
I read an article earlier, where somebody had bought a "Lectek?" exhaust system. U.K. based company, but the product had been produced in China, on the cheap, then shipped halfway round the world to be sold as "British".
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« on: 14 March 2021, 11:31:49 am »
Are you changing the throttle cables just as a precaution, or have you had a problem with them.
One had started to fray, so, both are being changed. Not sure of the history of the cables - I've had the bike 7 years and 40,000 miles, so to be on the safe side.......... The last thing I want is to be stuck somewhere waiting for recovery, when I could be riding. 
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« on: 13 March 2021, 08:03:12 pm »
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« on: 13 March 2021, 08:02:07 pm »
Fitted new Throttle cables. Along with the new Clutch cable and the ultrasonically cleaned carbs, oil & filter change.
Carbs going back together this week, ready to be fitted next weekend.
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« on: 13 March 2021, 08:00:10 pm »
R.I.P.
I only referred to Murray and the "Jinx" the other day.
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« on: 13 March 2021, 07:59:00 pm »
“Needs a track record”. Exactly. I remember, a good few years ago, a racer, an Arai fan, receiving a paid sponsorship to wear a little known make that no other racers were wearing. Having no knowledge of how it would perform, and not wanting to be a celebrity guinea pig, he logoed an Arai with the other brands signature logo. He felt safe and the sponsor got their tv exposure. Only problem would have been anyone wanting to buy that model of helmet, which obviously didn’t exist. Personal recommendation tends to go a long way with me.
If only there were more like us - I'd be surprised if China would exist!
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« on: 12 March 2021, 09:51:26 am »
Caberg, flip front, in grey.
Just a matter of looking for the best deal if you know your size then. My Arai, although coming up for 5 years old, is only used for pleasure riding, so doesn't get the constant use like when commuting. Being a staunch Arai user, I'd consider the new Quantic, when a change is due.
have you seen the new Ruroc?
Wow, had to google that as had never heard of that make. Reminded me a little of the Simpson Bandit. I must admit there are quite a few good quality little known helmet makes, outside of the mainstream Arai/Shoei etc.
If it wasn't the cost/unknown history, I would be going for one. Needs a track record really.
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« on: 11 March 2021, 07:40:14 pm »
Caberg, flip front, in grey.
Just a matter of looking for the best deal if you know your size then. My Arai, although coming up for 5 years old, is only used for pleasure riding, so doesn't get the constant use like when commuting. Being a staunch Arai user, I'd consider the new Quantic, when a change is due.
have you seen the new Ruroc?
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