Decided last weekend that it was about time I serviced my EXUP valve.

After 2.5 hours stripping it down and getting the fecking bolts out I finally removed the external plate (that was all connected up to the cables and everything) and found there's no bloody valve in there. 

Oh well, I've bought some stainless bolts for it today and I'm going to get a peice of 4mm thick stainless plate and make a blanking plate for it. That will do until (or If) I  can get a valve off Ebay.

Justys kit. (Please don't tell me off for the state of my engine, it's been cleaned a bit since this photo was taken and will be cleaned more soon)

Pentium 1 with Win ME?

That thing should be in a museum (or a skip).

You must be some kind of masochist to use that. 

You could choose to turn off the real-time scanning and stop it loading up at the beginning and simply perform a scan manually every month to ensure you have no nasties.

You could if you don't mind it getting infested to hell and gone in the meantime. All depends on the sites you visit of course. An alternative would be to invest in a nice lightweight AntiVirus solution like ESET Smart Security (http://www.eset.co.uk/Home/Smart-Security ) or an even better option for speeding it up (which the XP re-install would do pretty well) would be to change to Linux. If you only use it for surfing and Email then LinuxMint is a pretty good option.

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

I'd only really recommend Linux though if you have a friend who knows computers. It's pretty user friendly these days (even the wife uses it  ) but can still be complicated when you want to do certain more advanced things.

When I first got my Fazer I was playing with Photoshop and came up with this,



A bit bright perhaps. 

So I came up with this,



I may actually get it done some day. 

Quote from: dazedandconfused on 15 October 2011, 01:03:33 pm

Quote from: bludclot on 14 October 2011, 08:02:47 pm

only ask as my insurance company asked this year: 'any changes to the bike from when you last spoke to us?' i said no so they said 'in that case we can no longer insure you as there's a maximum of 3 modifcations policy now in force.' they lost my business from that moment.

I had that with quite a few companies this year. Finally went with H&R insurance who seemed quite happy with the 6 mods I have.

thats who im with

When did you renew?

Did mine at beginning of August.

Simplest way to tell. Ride on a steady throttle just a smidges below 3000 rpm and repeat at 4500rpm. If it surges at 3000 and vibrates at 4500 then it's not been done. If it's smooth all the way it almost definitely has.

I've been using it for months at work and it's fine. I use Firefox at home so although IE9 is installed it rarely gets used. If it's screwing your firewall and Anti Virus Oldgit then I suggest you get a decent Security solution. I use ESET and have no troubles at all.

Mike (Falcon 269) is definitely the man for Ivanising. It was fun to watch him work. 

Always use them. I'd like to still hear when I get old.

I fond these good, not too effective like some of the foam ones but cut down on the wind noise decently.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Pairs-Howard-Leight-Quiet-Ear-Plugs-FREE-UK-P-P-/330391201255?pt=UK_BOI_ProtectiveGear_RL&hash=item4cecd9a5e7

Is it just me or have most of us had shitty cars in crap colours?

Let me put it this way.

It's not just you! 

An Orange 1978 Opel Kadett 1.2

Get a Kriega tailpack. Comes with it's own straps and dead easy to take off to carry with you.