Hi all
Just got back from drillers funeral. Lashed it down all the way to his house ( 75 miles), mini feat of endurance. GS was well up to it though , this is its element. The house was full of family and friends, he knew a lot of folk along his life. Met his son alexander, over from the states, a tall spitting image of John for sure. 5 bikes came, including myself, matty , jase, debs and steve pring , one of the longest serving fazer owner. He travelled from Tunbridge Wells. Amazing .
The service was preceeded by us revving our bikes up while the hearse slowly moved past ,a fitting tribute to John on his final journey. The service itself was very personal, and very moving. We all struggled to stop the eyes leaking I can tell you. We learned so much about John from the eulogy , like he was European Hang gliding champion , before he got into bikes in a big way.It was one of the most apt funeral services I have ever seen, and whilst we all were so sad at his passing , it was very fitting.
The wake was held at the house, and John had always complained about " funeral food"...so we had a pig roast ! Fantastic food, best wishes to the family for their incredible hospitality.A dear friend , he will always be remembered . RIP

I am thinking of getting a dremel multi tool, primarily to experiment with cutting some screens to size...has anyone tried the cheaper alternatives from the likes of silverline etc...or is it best to stick to dremel ?
I ask since I have existed without a dremel for the whole of my life up to now, so may not use it much in future....but do want a tool which does the job.
 
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I still cant quite believe this has happened, especially after all my glowing tributes to K Tech.....but the shock which was refurbished in march has failed !  ...after just 3 hours on the road!
I only had the bike back together late  last sunday , didnt want to try it in the  evening rain, so only rode it first time on saturday, a quick 50 mile run, albeit at road legal pace , where it felt fine if a tad firm...now the rebound damping has gone, oil is leaking from the shock, and it makes a funny sheeshing noise when the back of the bike is bounced.The bike just bounces straight back up, not retardation at all of the movement... I still am gobsmacked at this.
 You know I am even now suspicious if my forks have had the full treatment too. I was a bit unhappy at how firm they were yesterday,kicking off bumps, pretty much how they felt before the work....I backed off all damping , to see how the forks feel  , but the forks dont compress and rebound very fast at all...so much so I now wonder if they are still full of old oil !! Just how do I check if it has been done ?....at the moment I feel like insisting they open up the forks so I can see the oil is fresh ...at least that will prove somethinghas been done.
The real pisser is the time I have wasted stripping out the bike, taking the units to Ktech etc...at the moment , all for nothing. Luckily I have a spare OE ( refurbished ) shock which I can put on to keep the bike on the road, but I feel totally pissed orf !
 

my plastic hugger  has cracked around two mounting points.One bit ha scome off, the other about to do so... I reckon its either fatigue cracks or my dealer overtightened the mounting nuts last year after replacing my rear brake hose , as its only after then that  the cracks appeared ...but how do I prove such ?
 
Its an ermax hugger, color coded, so I was wondering if there is anything which would glue the bits back on.? A new one is at least £80 + painting...
 
The pieces are not small, about 30mm across, so I can get a decent amount of glue onto them.
 
any ideas ?
 
cheers

It now does appear mrco simoncelli has died after that horrific crash at sepang . I am totally gutted and overwhelmed by this tragedy...
 
RIP you crazy diamond....