What did you do with whatever else you've got?

[fazersharp]

Leaving work today, got a phone call, took off my new 2 day old €140 anti glare driving glasses and helmet to answer the call, put glasses on the tank bag and helmet over them. Foccing wrong number :rolleyes .
Started the bike, put on the helmet took the bike of the centre stand, put down the side stand, and stood right on top of my foccing glasses FOC, FOC FOC. Never heard them falling, foccing mangled.
Had to ride home with the €5 pair that I have for a foccing year
:'( :'( :'(

Been wearing glasses since I started riding at 17, but only ever really needed them for driving and the prescription is not very strong, consequently I don't wear them all the time which always leads to me.
Sitting on them (my personal favourite )
Standing on them
Kneeling on them 
Running over them
Dropping them/sliding off tank
Loosing them
So I only ever buy from glasses direct - cheap 2 for 1
I have a frameless pair which are actually womens with thin arms that slot nicely in my helmet and a normal pair for every thing else

[nickodemon]

Ordered carbon twill weave satin swingarm covers from Conquest carbon for my v4 tuono. Will report on quality and fit when they arrive   Got a good discount from them also. Nice company to deal with.

[Millietant]

I had an SV650, but it's not in the same league as the kind of litre V twins I'm thinking about. I wish I could stretch to the V4 Tuono though. When I was still living down in Oxfordshire, several times I stood and drooled over one at Blade's in Swindon. Maybe I would find the grunt of the V2 a bit too brutal nowadays.

I've had my RSV Mille for 13 years and while I love it to bits, I'm totally underwhelmed by the "grunt" - compared to my FJ1200 it just doesn't have any ! Even compared to the Fazer 1000 I don't find the V2 grunty at lower revs. BUT, the thing is, it is grunty at what FEELS like low revs, but look at the tacho and its doing 6000 rpm.


I think what people confuse on a V2 is how high the engine is really revving - my RSV can't pull from 3000 rpm anything like as strongly at eith the FJ, or the Fazer - but both of those bikes feel (and sound) as though they're revving much higher because the 4 firing pulses.


I do agree on the V4 compromise - I loved the RSV4 I rode and Liz's old VF 750 engine is a relaxing gem to use, smooth, torquey and sounds low revving, even at 5-6000 rpm.

[Millietant]

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I had an SV650, but it's not in the same league as the kind of litre V twins I'm thinking about. I wish I could stretch to the V4 Tuono though. When I was still living down in Oxfordshire, several times I stood and drooled over one at Blade's in Swindon. Maybe I would find the grunt of the V2 a bit too brutal nowadays.

I've had my RSV Mille for 13 years and while I love it to bits, I'm totally underwhelmed by the "grunt" - it's definitely NOT brutal - compared to my FJ1200 it just doesn't have any low to mid range grunt! Even compared to the Fazer 1000 I don't find the V2 grunty at lower revs. BUT, the thing is, it is grunty at what FEELS like low revs, but look at the tacho and its doing 6000 rpm.


I think what people confuse on a V2 is how high the engine is really revving - my RSV can't pull from 3000 rpm anything like as strongly at eith the FJ, or the Fazer - but both of those bikes feel (and sound) as though they're revving much higher because the 4 firing pulses.


I do agree on the V4 compromise - I loved the RSV4 I rode and Liz's old VF 750 engine is a relaxing gem to use, smooth, torquey and sounds low revving, even at 5-6000 rpm.
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[Robbie8666]

Tuesday took the Biffer from Portsmouth up to York & back for work then went to Plymouth & back on Wednesday

having a rest day today lol

[dickturpin]

11 days ago left my tablet PC on the garden table whilst trimming a plant growing up the house wall. Whilst up the ladder it started to spit with rain.... forgot about the bloody tablet!
Found it later that afternoon.... switched it on.... nothing ???
Put it in airing cupboard for a couple of days with back removed and tried the 'bag of rice ' trick. Nothing....no signs of life. A week later replaced it with new one as still no signs of life.
Yesterday, before binning it I tried one last time and the thing came to life and works fine ?
So....the purpose of posting...if you get your phone or tablet wet, don't give up too soon, you never know!

D

[unfazed]

Secret is to remove the battery and back depending on the type and stand it on edge over a dry heat source, I generally use the immersion tank in the hot press or the rayburn cooker in winter when it is on. :thumbup
I have recovered a number of devices for people that way.

[dickturpin]

Secret is to remove the battery and back depending on the type and stand it on edge over a dry heat source, I generally use the immersion tank in the hot press or the rayburn cooker in winter when it is on. :thumbup
I have recovered a number of devices for people that way.

Didn't know about the 'on edge' part but was convinced that after several days in the boiler room with the back off it had died.....

[seangee]

Left it in the bike park and went to play

[dickturpin]

11 days ago left my tablet PC on the garden table whilst trimming a plant growing up the house wall. Whilst up the ladder it started to spit with rain.... forgot about the bloody tablet!
Found it later that afternoon.... switched it on.... nothing ???
Put it in airing cupboard for a couple of days with back removed and tried the 'bag of rice ' trick. Nothing....no signs of life. A week later replaced it with new one as still no signs of life.
Yesterday, before binning it I tried one last time and the thing came to life and works fine ?
So....the purpose of posting...if you get your phone or tablet wet, don't give up too soon, you never know!

D








Bit of an update....the tablet worked fine for about a week then suddenly died.. :'(  I found that if I removed the battery then reconnected it the boot process ran for a couple of seconds then it died. Each time i disconnect the battery and reconnect it it starts to boot then dies.
Any ideas anyone?
I have tried with two different batteries with the same outcome.

[dickturpin]

[quote author=dickturpin link=topic=11414.msg238162#msg238162 date=1469720786]
11 days ago left my tablet PC on the garden table whilst trimming a plant growing up the house wall. Whilst up the ladder it started to spit with rain.... forgot about the bloody tablet!
Found it later that afternoon.... switched it on.... nothing ???
Put it in airing cupboard for a couple of days with back removed and tried the 'bag of rice ' trick. Nothing....no signs of life. A week later replaced it with new one as still no signs of life.
Yesterday, before binning it I tried one last time and the thing came to life and works fine ?
So....the purpose of posting...if you get your phone or tablet wet, don't give up too soon, you never know!

D





Bit of an update....the tablet worked fine for about a week then suddenly died.. :'(  I found that if I removed the battery then reconnected it the boot process ran for a couple of seconds then it died. Each time i disconnect the battery and reconnect it it starts to boot then dies.
Any ideas anyone?
I have tried with two different batteries with the same outcome.

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Oh... feeling like a daft twat now....the thing has just come to life with a combination of buttons pressed!!

D

[pilninggas]

Rebuilt the carbs on my RG250 Gamma, new mains, pilots, needle jets and seals. Wow, just went out and did 25 miles on it, it feels good as gold once more. Love riding

[nickodemon]

Always liked the rg gammas, i had yam lc's

[nickodemon]

Fitted titanium caliper bolts to my gen 2 tuono

[pilninggas]

Always liked the rg gammas, i had yam lc's

I had a ypvs [i miss it], but the gamma handles much better. It's a great piece of kit.[/i]

[nickodemon]

There ain't many rg's left...

[unfazed]

Changed the rear discs and pads on the Mazda 6. Set of discs and pads were the same price as a set of front pads alone for the fazer.  :eek

[dazza]

Nice gentle ride on the MT10 this morning...360 miles covered so far and really starting to gel with it. Backed off some front and rear preload to soften the suspension to eliminate some of that jarring, worked a treat.
Picture of the bike in it's natural habitat.....It's all about the twisties.

[downey]

worked on my little project i got recently ,tw 125 2004 been lying up for over a year ,gas tank is rusted from the inside out so awaiting one from the uk ,,easy bike to work on tbh, really enjoyin cleaning  it up ,,all parts off and sanded primed and painted with rattle cans,,,,and then went to barley cove the most south westerly point of Ireland on the fazer cause the apprilla is in the shop waiting on a new stator from the uk

[Frosties]

Nice gentle ride on the MT10 this morning...360 miles covered so far and really starting to gel with it. Backed off some front and rear preload to soften the suspension to eliminate some of that jarring, worked a treat.
Picture of the bike in it's natural habitat.....It's all about the twisties.

Dazza - that is simply stunning but seems to be crying out for a tail tidy IMO.


When I say stunning, it is..really - just not as stunning as this, my precious which will be mine one day. I give you (yet again) the MV Agusta Brutale