When laying bricks/blocks/ e.t.c i use about a 10mm mortar bed (cement & builders sand). if you make the bed higher it becomes weaker as there's no aggregate in the mix...is this correct? As you've guessed...I'm not a trained builder!

i ask because i need to put some slabs down in my garden. There steps and half of each slab will be seated on concrete. So i was going to lay them how i always have, normal mortar mix with around a 10mm bed.

but i messed up one of the steps when i was at the shuttering stage.(made it too low) So to even it out i need to lay one of the slabs on a bigger bed.....40mm would be perfect, 25mm would do.

If i mix up my mortar as usually but add say 1/2 builders sand and 1/2 sharp sand, will this allow me to use a larger bed but maintain the strength?

Hope that makes sense  :o

cheers

Has anyone ever bought a bike that they just did not get on with?


I have a '00 FZS600 which I bought from the guy who bought it brand new, he only managed to put 3.5k on it in 12 years. so I was chuffed to bits when it came up for sale as it is in really lovely condition. However every time I ride it I cannot wait to get back home and stick it back in the garage.
I feel that it cants me forward and puts all the weight on my wrists and after a while my hands start to go to sleep. Also I find the seat / footpeg distance too short so that my legs are bent up. As far as I can tell the bike is standard, forks have not been dropped in the yokes and the dogbones on the rear suspension are standard length: 135mm


I tried renthal low bars and that improved it a bit, I went for an 80 mile ride and after 30 odd miles, same problem with my wrists and me arse joined in! Total misery! :'(


I next tried renthal highs, back to square one. I have had Bandit 600s, a ZRX1200R, Bulldog, Freewind and Breva 750 in recent years and I cannot recall ever being so uncomfortable. I know I could go on and get the seat refoamed and all that but I have had enough and will be putting the bike up for sale.


Its such a shame cos its a fantastic bike, handling, brakes, engine etc. Just does not seem to have been built for me: 5' 10" with 29" inside leg!!! 


     

Having got a belly pan fitted I was told that the Yamaha bars would not fit and crash bungs were the only solution.


Is there any other bars that would do the job with out modifying the belly panel?


Are crash bungs a good solution?


I am thinking of doing gymkhana with the bike so low speed spills are highly likly.

My youngest (13) is nagging for me to take him out on a weekend :eek , so I've bought him a lid (New) but being from Yorkshire I'm reluctant to spend loads if he decides he'd rather be on his Xbox. So does anyone have any unused gear they would like to sell?
Jacket 34/36
Boots 9
Trousers 30/32
Or any suggestions of where best to look.
Cheers
Andy

I've recently fitted some r&g crash bungs to my fzs600.

Had a problem when replacing the m6 and m8 engine mount bolts.

there is a metal spacer in the m8 tube which doesn't line up properly which meant the new m8 would not go through without pushing the spacer out. so I have left out the spacer.

is this bad? If so, any suggestions?

Before the recession came along, I didn't even know the price of petrol. But boy, I do now! I've become one of those sad price-watchers. It's ridiculous!

At weekends (weather permitting) I tank up 2 or 3 times and that now means £40 - £60! PER WEEK!! The other night, I pulled into a petrol station, stuck the nozzle in the tank, squeezed the trigger and turned around to look at the pump display - it was already at £2.30 and I had barely blinked! FFS

Stainless Steel Goodridge Yamaha FZS600 FAZER 98-03 Brake hose kit front & rear


I bought these to put on my Fazer, but have now sold it on





Brand new in the boxes £55 including postage to your door 

I got a letter with a link to a photo of me doing 51 in a 40. Grrrr after all these years of being holier than thou, I guess I'm in for a bit of payback.

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Hello everyone I'm Ian from Kent (nickname of bozboz...its just stuck!), thought I'd join the forum as I have just bought a 1999 Fazer 600. Its black, a little tatty, with a Stainless exhaust and bad paint but has its test certificate with a few new bits and I thought was a bargin for £850! I've not long left the world of despatch riding and always liked the fazers after riding a mates in town -its good to finally have one of my own! Anyway look forward to cleaning her up over the coming weeks and shouting out for help on this forum when I get stuck!

Cheers! Bozboz 

One of those Ebay "I'll stick a cheeky offer in, you never know" type affairs, boom, now the owner of a 2000 DRZ400 SY.

Only slight issues was it was in London, so flight booked yesterday at half twelve, flew down at half two and met the dude at the airport, bike mine by half five.


After bungeeing the original exhaust system, my backpack, laptop and spare gubbins to the back off I popped up the road.

Was great fun zipping through London, which I seemed to spend a fair bit of time doing...
:o

Found the A1, bimbled along at a pleasant 70+ and all was good with the world.
Until just outside Derby when she decided that she was spitting her dummy out and anymore than a 1/3rd throttle was gonna result in no fuelling and some rather loud farting from the gutter masquerading as an exhaust.
:\

So, 47MPH and a bottle of Redex from Derby to Scotch Corner where I lost patience and kicked her, to my amazement she cleaned her throat and we had great fun on the A66.
Some of those bends don't have sneak up on you in the dark mind you.

M6 and she choked again, another 46MPH run from Penrith back home to the 'Weeg, so about 12 hours from finding the A1, one numb arse but still a grinning Mel.
Work on an hours sleep wasn't so much fun mind you, but hey.

So, any of you other fine buggers got such a toy lying around in the shed?
If so, anything to watch out for or must do mods?

Aegis