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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - fazersharp - 20-06-17
(20-06-17, 10:27 AM)tommyardin link Wrote: [size=1em]
I was self employed brickie most of my working life -- swinging pic-akes, [/size]
What kind of a brick layer are you !!!
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - kitcrazy - 20-06-17
Took the bike for a front break rebuild and chain and sprocket when I got to the garage there drilling the swing arm because one of the adjusters has snapped and if they can't get it out I'll have to buy another swing arm ffs not happy.?
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - dazza - 20-06-17
(20-06-17, 05:40 PM)kitcrazy link Wrote: Took the bike for a front break rebuild and chain and sprocket when I got to the garage there drilling the swing arm because one of the adjusters has snapped and if they can't get it out I'll have to buy another swing arm ffs not happy.?
I've got a swing arm Mel if you need to go down that road. Bought it as I had a seized adjuster on mine but managed to free it off.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 20-06-17
(20-06-17, 11:02 AM)fazersharp link Wrote: [quote author=tommyardin link=topic=6412.msg262971#msg262971 date=1497950844]
[size=1em]
I was self employed brickie most of my working life -- swinging pic-akes, [/size]
What kind of a brick layer are you !!!
[/quote]
A retired one with no tan lines, :eek
Wouldn't work for you Sharpie at 10 stone the sun would shine right through you :rollin :rollin :rollin
Anyway Sharpie how are things up at the Manor? all well I hope.
I was self employed nearly all my life, if you don't get the bricks down you don't get paid, and at one time (12 years) ran my own company 'Redtherm Builders Limited' had 13 guys working for me, we did everything from the ground works to the wiring, I had couple of Spreads (Plasters) on full time, a Chippie a Sparkie, and a Plumber and we all used to muck in if there was no plastering or wiring to do they all mucked in with the manual stuff and everyone got paid a full week, if they did not want to muck in they got paid for the days they worked at their trade, the beginning of a new build there aint no plastering to do or wiring and very little plumbing, the system I had very soon sorted out the chaff from the wheat.
In the end I had 13 brilliant guys working full time for me and I looked after them and they in turn looked after me.
I always paid about 12 -15 quid a day more than most and the guys were loyal. Back then a good trowel commanded £80 a day I would pay them £95, seems funny to think of that now as a good trowel commands £200 a day, I was getting £180 a day 3 years ago when I retired.
Seems strange a manual trades person with the earning capacity of 52K a year.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 20-06-17
Finished the cleaning job, topped up the oil (overfilled it and had to drain some again :rolleyes ); it used about 300ml on the Euro tour. Then a bimble around The Lakes in what it appears will be the last of the dry, sunny weather here for a few days. Actually, it was quite pleasant today, not too hot.
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 20-06-17
Anyway back on topic:
I went out on the Fazer today up to Whitehill near Bordon in Hampshire and collected a paraplegic guy and drove him to the hospital for a dental appointment, I hasten to add that I drove him in his disability van with a tail lift and not on the back of the Fazer. After returning him back home and making him a cuppa I shot of back to the beach to top up my tan.
The Fazer behaved well, and, with all the work I did on the suspension over last winter my chicken strips are now down 10mm on the rear, and I still feel confident I shall lose them completely.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - midden - 21-06-17
Do fazer1000s burn oil then?
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - unfazed - 21-06-17
They would if they got any :lol
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 21-06-17
(21-06-17, 11:49 AM)midden link Wrote: Do fazer1000s burn oil then?
Not really. I have always found they use a little if caned. Nothing like the old FZR EXUP's though. But maybe it was also something to do with the heat? Dunno.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - mr self destruct - 21-06-17
Properly embarrassed myself this morning!
Playing with a Focus ST along the country lanes on the way in to work, all pretty friendly.
Got into town on a dual carriageway and stopped at some traffic lights. I was in the left hand lane behind an old duffer in a Rover and the ST was in the right, at the front of the queue. He moved over and beckoned me so I filtered in front of the old guy. Then the lights turned green and I dumped the clutch a bit too sharply. The front wheel came up, I shut off, slammed back down which banged it into second without the clutch so it totally bogged down, wobbled and slowly crawled away. I could actually hear the bloke laughing at me!
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - kgjersda - 21-06-17
(21-06-17, 12:18 PM)mr self destruct link Wrote: Properly embarrassed myself this morning!
Playing with a Focus ST along the country lanes on the way in to work, all pretty friendly.
Got into town on a dual carriageway and stopped at some traffic lights. I was in the left hand lane behind an old duffer in a Rover and the ST was in the right, at the front of the queue. He moved over and beckoned me so I filtered in front of the old guy. Then the lights turned green and I dumped the clutch a bit too sharply. The front wheel came up, I shut off, slammed back down which banged it into second without the clutch so it totally bogged down, wobbled and slowly crawled away. I could actually hear the bloke laughing at me!
Haha, thanks for the laugh!
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - midden - 21-06-17
Finally fitted downpipes
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - celticdog - 21-06-17
Looking good midden, :pokefun I see your hero blobs are still intact!
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - midden - 21-06-17
(21-06-17, 09:07 PM)celticdog link Wrote: Looking good midden, :pokefun I see your hero blobs are still intact!
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 21-06-17
(21-06-17, 07:15 PM)midden link Wrote: Finally fitted downpipes
Am I missing something, where are the foccing downpipes then.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 21-06-17
(21-06-17, 09:23 PM)midden link Wrote: [quote author=celticdog link=topic=6412.msg263056#msg263056 date=1498075659][/quote]
Looking good midden, :pokefun I see your hero blobs are still intact!
Ahh! there they are 2 posts later
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 21-06-17
(21-06-17, 09:07 PM)celticdog link Wrote: Looking good midden, :pokefun I see your hero blobs are still intact!
I removed my Hero Blobs AKA Chicken Nipples as I found they stopped my elbows touching down. He he he :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Dudeofrude - 21-06-17
(21-06-17, 10:36 PM)tommyardin link Wrote: [quote author=celticdog link=topic=6412.msg263056#msg263056 date=1498075659]
Looking good midden, :pokefun I see your hero blobs are still intact!
I removed my Hero Blobs AKA Chicken Nipples as I found they stopped my elbows touching down. He he he :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
[/quote]
Yeah but come on Tom you don't need them on there anyways. At your age your testicles must touch the floor in a corner before the hero blobs do :rollin :rollin :rollin
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - midden - 21-06-17
(21-06-17, 10:33 PM)tommyardin link Wrote: [quote author=midden link=topic=6412.msg263059#msg263059 date=1498076618][/quote]
[quote author=celticdog link=topic=6412.msg263056#msg263056 date=1498075659]
Looking good midden, :pokefun I see your hero blobs are still intact!
Ahh! there they are 2 posts later
[/quote]I loaded all 3 together, or so I thought
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 21-06-17
This evening, thinking it would be cooler by then :rolleyes , went to:
Lanercost Priory:
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Hadrian's Wall:
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And at Birdoswald:
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Then up to the Hartside to cool off a bit, where I did see:
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(inb4
top , cars!)Then Solway Firth at Port Carlisle:
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Where the foccin midgies were hungry.