08-03-15, 09:05 AM (This post was last modified: 08-03-15, 09:06 AM by red98.)
good for you kosmic for getting out there :thumbup .....as a complete contrast i took my son out on our push bikes yesterday...started at boulters lock.maidenhead.followed the thames path under brunels rail bridge.onto bray and then cycled around dorney reach home to the rowing events at the 2012olympics............all in shorts and t-shirts
Put the RX-8 up for sell as I just can't afford to run it along side the MG and the Fazer and I really need the cash right now. Sad to see it go, but realistically I never fell in love with it as I did with the MG
(01-04-15, 02:22 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Put the RX-8 up for sell as I just can't afford to run it along side the MG and the Fazer and I really need the cash right now. Sad to see it go, but realistically I never fell in love with it as I did with the MG
01-04-15, 03:58 PM (This post was last modified: 01-04-15, 04:02 PM by dazza.)
Taxed the DRZ and hit the country lanes and dirt tracks. Totally different riding experience to the Fazer which I'm loving.
Elevated riding position allowing me to see over hedgerows, punchy out of the corners and I can't seem to get enough of that rear wheel stepped out and spinning malarkey.
Took the Husky for the MOT, passed,,minor on the rear wheel bearings,,theres a job i will try,,
20 miles each way,,vibration nation through the pegs with them knobblys :lol , a good laugh really,then jumped on the FZ1s and went for a spin,a bit different, forks working a treat.
Some say that he eats habanero chilli peppers dipped in oil of capsaicin for extra bite and that his pyjamas are made from Nomex. All we know is, he's called Ad the Bad
Makes my efforts at watercolours seem pretty crap. I haven't done anything in quite a while, but hoping to get back into it one day. Never tried oils, but I wonder if I might find it a little easier than watercolours, as those are one-shot things; get it too wrong and there's no recovering it, whereas with oils you can rescue mistakes? Not to take anything away from yours, that's pretty bloody good.
Can I make a suggestion though? What it needs is....................................black. Yes, black, lots of lovely black all over the place, splash it on, black, BLACK I TELL YOU! :lol
(04-04-15, 05:21 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: Can I make a suggestion though? What it needs is....................................black. Yes, black, lots of lovely black all over the place, splash it on, black, BLACK I TELL YOU! :lol
:lol :lol A Fast Show classic!
Great looking painting :thumbup. Wish I could paint like that :'(. I struggle with Cuprinol on a fence panel :lol
Took Wug the Pug for a little bimble down the back lanes. Used to do this on the Fazer, much different in the car. It's not particularly fast, but it is challenging - I suppose green laning is similar for bikes? The roads are barely wider than the car, and often, the hedgerows mean you can't see much until it's on top of you. You end up driving between 2nd and 3rd gear a lot, often on the brake more than the throttle. The mud on the road means you have to be very ginger around corners, less because of speed, but because of making sure you can stop safely if someone appears in front and you need to stop sharpish (which I did have to do a few times. And on that surface, you only have to look at the brake for the wheels to lock up).
Course the clear straights mean you can then give it a little more welly. But still way under the national limit (which all these lanes are). Great fun, only lasted half an hour or so, but cleared out a few cobwebs.
(04-04-15, 05:21 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: Excellent work Kosmic. Oils I think?
Makes my efforts at watercolours seem pretty crap. I haven't done anything in quite a while, but hoping to get back into it one day. Never tried oils, but I wonder if I might find it a little easier than watercolours, as those are one-shot things; get it too wrong and there's no recovering it, whereas with oils you can rescue mistakes? Not to take anything away from yours, that's pretty bloody good.
Can I make a suggestion though? What it needs is....................................black. Yes, black, lots of lovely black all over the place, splash it on, black, BLACK I TELL YOU! :lol
Nick. They're not oils it's acrylic paint on canvas. You can get them to look like oils or watercolours depending on how much water you use. I don't really use oils any more because I hate waiting for it to dry.
Some say that he eats habanero chilli peppers dipped in oil of capsaicin for extra bite and that his pyjamas are made from Nomex. All we know is, he's called Ad the Bad
(04-04-15, 08:32 PM)Kosmic Kartman link Wrote: Nick. They're not oils it's acrylic paint on canvas. You can get them to look like oils or watercolours depending on how much water you use. I don't really use oils any more because I hate waiting for it to dry.
Oh right. I did dabble briefly with acrylics, but not long enough to start getting the hang of it really. I used a canvas effect paper designed for acrylics. Maybe I'll give it another shot sometime.
100000 mile service on the Mazda 6 today, plugs were surprisingly good (just a few deposits) considering they had 50,000 miles on them.
All gaiters intact and no play in any of the bushes.
Going to have to change the rear disks&pads and all 4 shock absorbers, no leaks just that the damping is not what it was. :eek