Back on the tuna salad for a few days for me, before it all goes back on
You can stop laughing now. Took almost two weeks, but shifted the Dragon Rally bulk plus a bit more, so now a few lbs under my target weight. Time for a curry and a few beers to celebrate………and the vicious circle continues
I've stopped trying, not that I ever started .My problem is (and the Doc agreed), that when I work away, there is very little, easily obtainable, sensible food options and you can easily end up bored of pub grub as the menu's literally the same everywhere you go. (That's primarily due to pubs no longer physically cooking, but nuking pre-prepared food instead).I suppose working away from home on a fairly regular basis, even for short periods, does put the brakes on eating proper food. As you say, most pub grub is batch cooked and then frozen, to be nuked at a later date. You do wonder how so many options can be offered on the menu in some smaller places, as their kitchen wouldn’t be big enough if it was all fresh. But then it would be a darn sight dearer. Is working away from home fairly constant throughout the year for you, or more seasonal?
Very difficult to have a settled diet then. Plenty of work keeps the wolves from the door, so all good in the long run
And there's me trying to get enough time to swap out the inlet valve shims (which are all measuring tight) and that's just the start of the list. Bead Blasting cabinet arrived today, so that's got too find a home on Saturday in the workshop first. Then I can clean off all of the bits and pieces not dealt with properly on previous fettling sessions seasons .Wife's Birthday on Monday, so far I've sorted out a family get together on Sunday and I've suggested a trip to Ikea on Monday - going for maximum brownie points this time - maybe, just maybe I'll get a couple of hours piece........ My list is:Valve ClearancesThe cylinder head coolant tubes are corroded - blast and refinishAll the engine covers - blast and refinish (including valve cover) & new gaskets.Front of engine - clean and repaint (including the engine mounting brackets and bars and the coolant tubes)Exhaust - clean and polish headers - I might repack the baffle (that's only 'a' might)Carbs - adjust mixture screws, balance etc. (A couple of the pots are running rich and I also might do the airbox mod at the same time)New radiator.I've also currently got the sump off - I wanted to see if at 85k miles, the 10w40 car oil I had previously been using has had any negative effects - no it hasn't lol. (I changed to 5w30 last year, so that the Fazer 1000, Yamaha 600 Diversion, Honda VT750, Ford Focus 2.0 TDI and Chrysler 300 CRD diesel are all on the same oil - didn't make any difference to the Fazer, so I think that's the oil of choice for this year - £50 for 20 litres on ebay )I have already upgraded the lamps in the instrument cluster and I have new clock faces to fit if I feel like it.I do want to strip and clean the rear caliper - not that it gets used very much!And I keep looking at the front tyre - I have a new one so it's only an extra hour or so to fit and balance.Anyway here's a picture of the clock faces - I have a spare set for sale if anyone's interested.
There are plenty out there for sale https://gbmotorcycleproducts.com/yamaha-blue-spot-caliper-piston-removal-tool/
Quote from: agricola on 30 March 2024, 03:25:41 pmThere are plenty out there for sale https://gbmotorcycleproducts.com/yamaha-blue-spot-caliper-piston-removal-tool/The one I bought is very much the same - however, I found it a little bit loose in the blue spot, so I have wrapped the tool with heat shrink (and shrunk it) as I don't want to mark the blue (soon to be red) spots when refitting. The replacement O rings are easily obtainable from Bikers toolbox.
All of the outer casings are now sprayed and fitted. I went to fit the sump, then realised that I still had to fit the coolant tube that goes through the sump. Following a read of someone's else's problem when they nicked an O ring, I have decided to fit the tube first, making sure that the O rings are where they should be before wrapping up the bottom end.