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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #800 on: 17 April 2015, 09:28:30 am »
Fixed a hood on a camera lens and saved myself best part of £500 in the process. Then went out and shot these.

_ALB0657 by Adrian Barnard. Trackart, on Flickr

_ALB0655 by Adrian Barnard. Trackart, on Flickr

Crops of above.

247 Kestrel by Adrian Barnard. Trackart, on Flickr

_ALB0655 Crop by Adrian Barnard. Trackart, on Flickr

Beautiful Kestrel there Kosmic!!

makes my day if on my drive / ride I see one of these early on then a few buzzards later!
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #801 on: 17 April 2015, 09:55:35 am »
Cheers Robbie. I kept and flew one of these when I was at secondary school. Inspired by the book Kes. They take an awful lot of dedication and looking after. She is now stuffed and sits on top the book shelf in my music room.

Kessie the Kestrel. She's starting to look a bit raggedy these days.

Some say that he eats habanero chilli peppers dipped in oil of capsaicin for extra bite and that his pyjamas are made from Nomex. All we know is, he's called Ad the Bad

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #802 on: 17 April 2015, 12:52:42 pm »
Cheers Robbie. I kept and flew one of these when I was at secondary school. Inspired by the book Kes. They take an awful lot of dedication and looking after. She is now stuffed and sits on top the book shelf in my music room.

Kessie the Kestrel. She's starting to look a bit raggedy these days.



I was inspired by the book Kes, only ever flown one twice as I heard they were high maintenance, waiting to retire & have a pair of harris to start with.

think it would be cool to have a hawk or falcon flying alongside me as I rode!! lol 
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #803 on: 17 April 2015, 12:59:32 pm »
I've often thought about getting back into falconry and Harris Hawks are meant to be easier going than most other birds.
Some say that he eats habanero chilli peppers dipped in oil of capsaicin for extra bite and that his pyjamas are made from Nomex. All we know is, he's called Ad the Bad

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #804 on: 18 April 2015, 12:57:08 am »
Man I love that movie . . . An absolute classic  :'(



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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #805 on: 20 April 2015, 12:49:32 am »
Went for a little relaxed bimble through the woods and byways of the beautiful Kent countryside.
Good to see the bluebells starting to bloom.Had a little buzz along the sea wall too.
« Last Edit: 20 April 2015, 01:06:56 am by dazza »

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #806 on: 20 April 2015, 12:55:43 am »
Took the helicopter out early this morning, up over Rutland water, down to Peterborough and back to base via Bruntingthorpe.


Then a 25 mile mountain bike ride with my 20 yr old son and his best mate.


Finished off by Ryan and I taking ou the Fazers for a 4hr ride down around the Cotswolds.


Awesome day (especially after watching WSB/WSS and seeing Motogp/Moto2/Moto3 results - c'mon you Brits, and VR46 !!!!!!!!).

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #807 on: 25 April 2015, 05:28:59 pm »
I went to Oulton Park on the XJ600 to watch some friends racing in the Wirral 100 Club event. Sunshine and showers, good attendance. BSB Oulton Park next week.

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #808 on: 27 April 2015, 12:35:03 pm »
Took the MG for its MOT after the long winter of work... and it's back off the road again :(

Front spring is snapped and suspension mounting needs welding. Plus there are various small bits that need dealing with such as some suspension bushes, brake imbalance and the CV gaiter needs a look...

At least I now have a more justified reason for buying a welder... I just can't afford it :\

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #809 on: 27 April 2015, 02:25:00 pm »
Started the strip down and stripped down the throttle cable and lubed as it was sticking. Also started polishing the frame.. You can see the part that's polished... Just need to do the rest of the frame and forks. The rear tyre has a nail in it :( , so will take to bike shop to get a plug put in it. Going to check amount of oil in the forks as the front end is really soft :\
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #810 on: 27 April 2015, 02:28:49 pm »
took the turbo off my x type jag, wow never seen a turbo with so much play on I, no wonder it smoked like an old steam train

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #811 on: 27 April 2015, 02:54:48 pm »
Entered the Nifty Fifty Endurance race in May, got myself a Suzuki TS50 for the job.
Spent two weeks stripping it down, sorting the clutch, brakes and carb, finally got it running Friday evening.
Took it for its first test ride at my mate's farm, got 50 yards down a track and came off, dislocating my kneecap and tearing ligaments and other meaty shit out of place.
I'm now in a brace, looking at surgery and can't ride for at least two months.
  :'(
Broken, bruised, forgotten, sore,
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #812 on: 27 April 2015, 04:37:14 pm »
Ouch! That's making me cringe thinking about it, hope you recover well!

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #813 on: 27 April 2015, 09:04:53 pm »
Entered the Nifty Fifty Endurance race in May, got myself a Suzuki TS50 for the job.
Spent two weeks stripping it down, sorting the clutch, brakes and carb, finally got it running Friday evening.
Took it for its first test ride at my mate's farm, got 50 yards down a track and came off, dislocating my kneecap and tearing ligaments and other meaty shit out of place.
I'm now in a brace, looking at surgery and can't ride for at least two months.
  :'(

 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Haha , I am in stiches after reading that :lol :lol :lol

bloody bikers ,,,fools or hooligans ? :lol :lol
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #814 on: 27 April 2015, 09:23:54 pm »
 :lol :lol :lol
They don't call him mr self destruct for nothing :b

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #815 on: 27 April 2015, 09:54:37 pm »
Entered the Nifty Fifty Endurance race in May, got myself a Suzuki TS50 for the job.
Spent two weeks stripping it down, sorting the clutch, brakes and carb, finally got it running Friday evening.
Took it for its first test ride at my mate's farm, got 50 yards down a track and came off, dislocating my kneecap and tearing ligaments and other meaty shit out of place.
I'm now in a brace, looking at surgery and can't ride for at least two months.
  :'(


You might want to ammend your profile "declaration" too to keep it up to date :lol


What a bunch of kamikazes us lot are.......maybe its coz we have Jap bikes
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #816 on: 27 April 2015, 10:17:41 pm »
Entered the Nifty Fifty Endurance race in May, got myself a Suzuki TS50 for the job.
Spent two weeks stripping it down, sorting the clutch, brakes and carb, finally got it running Friday evening.
Took it for its first test ride at my mate's farm, got 50 yards down a track and came off, dislocating my kneecap and tearing ligaments and other meaty shit out of place.
I'm now in a brace, looking at surgery and can't ride for at least two months.
  :'(

Bloody typical,  :rolleyes It's all me, me, me, me, me and not one word about the poor old bike. I hope it's all right? :lol

Get well soon  :)

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #817 on: 28 April 2015, 06:57:34 am »

You might want to ammend your profile "declaration" too to keep it up to date :lol


What a bunch of kamikazes us lot are.......maybe its coz we have Jap bikes

Not sure if it counts as it was technically off road?  :b Bike was fine by the way, my mate was pulling wheelies on it afterwards.  :D

Pic of it here: https://www.givey.com/teampinkpuddle

Worst part was I had my daughter's christening Sunday and ended up wearing a suit with cut off shorts, like that fucker in the money supermarket advert! Ever since she was born last December, my folks were asking me to stop riding, to ride safely etc. It's funny to think that every day I rag a 95bhp Yamaha down the M6 and through Birmingham, and it's a poxy 50cc bike at 10mph that actually does me in.  :rollin
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #818 on: 28 April 2015, 10:56:31 am »

You might want to ammend your profile "declaration" too to keep it up to date :lol


What a bunch of kamikazes us lot are.......maybe its coz we have Jap bikes

Not sure if it counts as it was technically off road?  :b Bike was fine by the way, my mate was pulling wheelies on it afterwards.  :D

Pic of it here: https://www.givey.com/teampinkpuddle

Worst part was I had my daughter's christening Sunday and ended up wearing a suit with cut off shorts, like that fucker in the money supermarket advert! Ever since she was born last December, my folks were asking me to stop riding, to ride safely etc. It's funny to think that every day I rag a 95bhp Yamaha down the M6 and through Birmingham, and it's a poxy 50cc bike at 10mph that actually does me in.  :rollin

Heels and all?  :eek :eek :eek

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #819 on: 28 April 2015, 05:20:59 pm »

Worst part was I had my daughter's christening Sunday and ended up wearing a suit with cut off shorts, like that fucker in the money supermarket advert!  :rollin

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #820 on: 28 April 2015, 10:07:22 pm »
Started the strip down and stripped down the throttle cable and lubed as it was sticking. Also started polishing the frame.. You can see the part that's polished... Just need to do the rest of the frame and forks. The rear tyre has a nail in it :( , so will take to bike shop to get a plug put in it. Going to check amount of oil in the forks as the front end is really soft :\


Added 30ml of 10w fork oil to the forks and there is now damping! :eek  Just waiting for the fork seals to explode... :lol
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #821 on: 28 April 2015, 11:40:46 pm »
Heels and all?  :eek :eek :eek

Not quite, Navy blue Docs.  ;)

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #822 on: 02 May 2015, 07:30:08 pm »
Took the 12R out for a ride today.... forgot how big and fast it is...  :lol :lol :lol

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #823 on: 04 May 2015, 01:38:31 pm »
Attempted the kessel run, but with a top speed of about 8mph I don't think I have much chance of breaking the record!
Some say...

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #824 on: 04 May 2015, 07:22:00 pm »
Don't remember Chewbacca wearing a helmet  :D
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