Seriously that Mother F would have had teeth 10mm or 12mm long your gloves would not of helped much. And everything behind it's head is foccing neck lol!  

Oh! A good radiogram, I wanted one for years.
I bought one of those newfangled valve wirelesses its great.
And I still have the change from the 5 guineas.
 

Yes it's not fun. Someone needs to stick a few florins in the meter.

Wow! Celtic you must be really, really old, things have moved on old timer we use half crowns now, this site is running so slow I thing their meter still take tanners or maybe bob bits.

Very nice, who doesn't like Umbrella Girls!
 

That's more like it, sensible attire, appropriately dressed.
and they probably have great teeth to, most likely pop them out and give them a good clean at night time as well

Theres a twat in our town how's always giving it large, focin idiot got right under my skin, I won't slap him (don't need the trouble with the law) but I did yank him off his barstool a couple of weeks ago when he lent into me, his face was a picture, I didn't do anything was all he kept repeating, stares at the floor when he see's me in the street now. Suits me tbh.

Good move Joe, I like it, the twat was no hero just a mouth firing blanks.


Some one once said to me and I quote 'Some guys are like ducks that fart under water, there is lots of noise but absolutely no substance'

Now there's a topic of conversation:
What is a coward?


Some imagine it is a man who backs away from trouble and doesn't want to fight, I personally think if you can walk away (sometimes you can't) it is the sensible thing to do.


A coward and bully can very often be the same person, because both pick on someone they are 95% sure that they can get the better of.
It seems then that a coward and a bully are the exact opposite to a Hero


I think that when the chips are really down and in a life threatening situation that is when true hero's come to the fore, that is also when a true coward and a bully usually back away.


The person who puts his or her life on the line for others are very often the quiet ones in life, they are also the people that look past their own interests and are concerned for others to the point that it can cost themselves dearly.


We saw it during 9-11, the insignificant little person doing paper shuffling in a office back room become a true hero when the towers fell, because he or she led others to safety not thinking of their own safety but that of others.
I imagine that there were hero's on Westminster Bridge the day the car ran amok killing and injuring those people, you know the quiet ones often who tend to others and will often just vanish when the emergency services turn up.


I would imagine your average bully would not put themselves at risk because that is what they are cowards.
So walking away in some situations is cowardly, but at times its the right thing to do.
I have a mate that some 40 years ago now was being picked on by a guy and 5 of his mates at a disco one Saturday night, and as Billy did not respond to these guys taunting's it got worse, they probably thought he is not going to respond so we are not at risk and they upped the piss taking and pushing, there were 3 of us and Billy said to us leave it as he did not want to get involved.


I don't know what was said but one of the guys leant over Billy's shoulder and said something in his ear, Billy was at the bar facing the counter, I can picture it today as if it was just happening, Billy spun around like he had been hit by 10,000 volts and cracked this guy in the face so hard I can still hear the sound of the single punch landing, the police were called the guy was ambulanced away and Billy arrested, none of our pleas to the police made any difference. Billy was let out of the police cell about 3 pm the following day after police had taken witness statements from the bar staff and others at the disco.
We were told that the guy had to have his face wired up because Billy had broken his jaw and his upper cheek and had split his head open when he hit the floor and skidded about 15 feet across the dance floor.
Still to this day I don't know what the guy said to Billy and he will not say. I just hope I never say what it was he said. lol.
Billy is a tough guy and that is why these guys were giving him a hard time, reputation building I guess.     

Quote from: celticdog on 14 March 2017, 06:46:18 pm

Anyway on a different note, can a person’s race indicate their level of intelligence?

Only if they've put it on their Harley

I think some ones having a pop at us Paddys again 

One thing that might be worth doing is to draw the clutch push rod out of its location, just in front of the sprocket (After removing the sprocket cover) and wipe it over with some grease before pushing back, also make sure the clutch mechanism return spring is still in place as the are quite a fine wire gauge spring and can snap where the hook onto the mechanism.
Also make sure the ball bearing is in place in the clutch mechanism.   

He's worried about the pipes what about the rest of the bike!!!

Agrees with Skip what a piece of shite that bike is (In the video) I don't think I would have bothered cleaning the headers anyway.
He does live near thew sea though, you can here the gulls screeching in the background.
Whats with all the electrical wiring and connector blocks hanging down the front of the bike.

Welcome!! I am back myself after a few year gap, I moved to London and that place is horrid for riding!! Finally picked my little boy back up today after he had sometime in storage!


I too love a bit of 4 wheel off-roading at the weekend, or 2 wheel off roading! Or climbing or snowboarding or shooting !!

W/B toni 

Quote from: JoeyMcEssex on 25 March 2017, 08:07:15 pm

Thank feck she isn't on the Forum 

I think that's a sentiment echoed by many of us on here haha

Sounds like no one likes Joey's Mrs 

I will tell you what gets my goat:
It is when I order bits of bling or jewellery for my bike, even if it is none functional bling, like the parts I just bought, and I order the wrong size and the effort and cost of returning it make it almost not worth it.


So up for grabs see picture below first come first served, message me with a postal address and I will send off tomorrow.


They are preload adjusters (I know they will do nothing on the FZS600) and i think they look cool, bling I know, But I ordered 17mm ones by mistake when the fork top nut on the FZS600 is 19mm, don't know what else they will fit, but I know they fit the R6 whether they fit a thou I don't know. 

Fazerider,
I often wonder if one of the problems with the sprocket nut coming undone could be down to a poorly maintained chain, dry graunchy old links that strains to bend tight to go round the small front sprocket and all this happening at an incredible high speed, whether it could causes an effect a bit like a hammer drill/heavy vibration on the sprocket gradually shaking the the damn thing to bits. One indication of that could be vibration in the front footrests.

Slappy,
Thanks for the link it makes interesting reading and puts a new slant on torque and how to apply it and the effects of different lubes on torqued fasteners.

But does the premise still hold then?

That a torque wrench set to XNm will only apply XNm before the torque wrench breakaway point, no matter if it is lubed or not? Because it seems logical that the force of XNm is XNm whether lube is applied or not, its just that the passage to XNm is easier because the lube overcomes friction, because if it is not then I need to rethink all I have ever understood about applied forces.
Thanks for the contributions guys 

I think its all a bit academic in some ways, because i hear some saying never ever apply Loctite to the front sprocket nut because you you really, really struggle to get it undone again. Then I hear people say they always apply Loctite to all their brake fixings, disk bolts and caliper bolts, one guy said to me that he applies Loctite to the pinch bolt on his front axle, that seems like a nightmare waiting to happen if you get a puncture in the front tyre miles from anywhere, is that Loctited allan screw going to come out?
I am aware that you are hardly likely to snap off a steel bolt in the fork leg (Mudguard Mounts) but you could strip out the softer alloy threads in the leg because of Loctie, in some ways the first situation would be better if the bolt did shear at least you would have the option of drilling out the sheared bolt and cleaning the thread with a tapered and then a plug tap, but the threads being pulled out of the fork leg would be a different proposition, it would mean a Helicoil or a new fork leg.
I know that I will continue to apply a dab of Copper Slip to the nuts and bolts that are removed on a regular basis for maintenance.
I have reached a grand old age now and have never had a bolt come out, or, even loose because of lube applied to threads and when I do need to remove the there is a better chance of not snapping or stripping threads, Steel Sparkers in alloy heads certainly benefit from a dab of copper slip, I have heard many times that guys have sheared off sparkers trying to get them undone.

Sorry for my long dissertation, I know it winds up some on here, but I guess the answer is don't read it.
Cheers guys