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Messages - fazerscotty
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« on: 31 December 2023, 06:10:40 pm »
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« on: 24 December 2023, 07:48:55 pm »
Wishing you all a Happy non-Religion Specific Winter Solstice Festival 
And to you, fellow Fazerer.
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« on: 19 December 2023, 09:39:53 pm »
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« on: 19 December 2023, 11:58:14 am »
Take it easy opening the wine and beer bottles this Christmas
Ah, yes, that's why I got married - "in sickness and health" lol.
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« on: 19 December 2023, 11:56:36 am »
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« on: 17 December 2023, 12:34:45 pm »
Good to hear! does the MT 07 clutch arm work with the early FZS 600? The clutch is not that heavy but coming from my sons 125 its night and day lol
That I don't know I'm afraid - this is for a FZS1000. From first looks, it will go on and give a fair bit extra leverage. I did worry that the extra length would mean the arm may clash on something like the cam chain tensioner casing, but having offered it up without the anaesthetic still in the system, I reckon it will be good to go. A total of 18 stitches - as they dug into my left elbow and retrieved a trapped nerve as well (I think this had been like this since I hit a deer in 2014). Healing well - just trying not to do too much lol.
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« on: 16 December 2023, 11:13:15 am »
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« on: 13 December 2023, 10:40:03 am »
Hopefully Tommy will be used to the Irwin level of banter, as he’ll have Andrew in his ear this time on the Honda. So hope Glen wins it next season.
Who?
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« on: 07 December 2023, 03:44:23 pm »
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« on: 07 December 2023, 03:37:18 pm »
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« on: 06 December 2023, 08:56:51 pm »
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« on: 06 December 2023, 01:25:57 pm »
So, an update. Going in on Friday for the op on the left arm.  Trapped nerve in the elbow and carpal tunnel to be resolved (well in one hand anyway!). Haven't looked for any extended clutch arms yet, might just see how this pans out. It's just at the right time for me - two weeks off over Xmas, might as well make it four and come back fighting fit (?) in the New Year.
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« on: 28 November 2023, 09:08:18 am »
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« on: 23 November 2023, 09:06:43 am »
At least two of my tyre fitting experiences were down to lack of knowledge on the part of the fitter - and both times it was on the same machine (Suzuki GS650GT), which due to notoriously porous cast wheels, I had tubes in. Both times (one in a car tyre place and the other in a motorcycle repair garage), the fitters removed the tubes, threw them away and fitted the tubeless tyres to the rims. Then they wondered why I came back the next day asking for my tubes to be refitted. At each event, neither fitter asked why the tubes were there and did I want them refitted.
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« on: 20 November 2023, 08:50:57 am »
Haha yes, tyre fitting companies. Don't get me started on that one.......
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« on: 14 November 2023, 09:03:00 am »
Sounds like a born engineer 
If he shows interest, I'll start with measuring and marking (where to hit) 
Middle of the tank seems quite a favourite with bike dealerships. That’s what gets a lot of bike owners into diy maintenance, as they are quite capable of over tightening the chain and putting a scratch in the tank themselves, without the added expense. 
LOL, I never used dealers for anything, always read the book, spoke to mates and then carried out the task. In 2012, I bought a FJR1300 and it came to MOT time. It needed a pair of tyres. Whilst viewing the work being carried out and a dealer in Cheltenham, I noticed the mechanic/technician/butcher using a breaker bar to tighten the rear wheel axle nut. Most shaft drive bikes don't like that as it overloads any preloads on the drive gear. Anyhow, it came time to settle up and when asked, the guy claimed he was using a torque wrench, however when i asked how much torque was applied he couldn't answer. My one and only experience with manufacturer specific dealers.  [size=78%] [/size]
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« on: 04 November 2023, 06:48:15 pm »
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« on: 31 October 2023, 11:12:49 am »
I'll have to relocate the knives and chisels soon, somewhere well out of reach
Haha - my Granddaughter likes to visit the workshop, hasn't started to open drawers yet. My Grandson isn't allowed in the vicinity of any tools - he thinks everything is either a hammer or needs a hammer
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« on: 30 October 2023, 10:18:04 am »
When I quit working in 2015, I bro8ught home all of my personal tools, 48 years worth. I had nowhere to put them in the garage, so I bought a Halfords tool cupboard (6 drawers) and a top box to go on it (6 drawers). The drawers are all full. Kamasa socket set bought in 1970, a few remnants from spanner sets of the past - Britool/Geodore/Kennedy, all the stuff we made as apprentices, scribing blocks, vee blocks, toolmakers clamps etc, countless Allen keys, plus bearing pullers, hole punch sets etc etc etc. Ive managed to sell some of the measuring equipment recently, micrometres, morse taper sleeves, drill sets, precision squares. My 4 year old grandson loves it, hes straight in the garage and getting stuff out and Im chuffed to bits that he knows what a tool is called what it does, and how to use it (under close supervision)
That's brilliant.
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« on: 25 October 2023, 09:41:41 am »
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« on: 23 October 2023, 09:58:47 am »
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« on: 22 October 2023, 04:36:46 pm »
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« on: 19 October 2023, 11:21:26 am »
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« on: 18 October 2023, 02:14:35 pm »
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« on: 26 September 2023, 08:12:17 pm »
My Mrs not too happy with booking.com after a saga trying to book accommodation for my youngest grandson’s passing out parade at Dartmouth in December. Dealing with the owner is definitely the way to go.
I've come across several instances recently, where dealing with businesses directly, (and with cash) helps the world go round.
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