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

[robbo]

Is that 70ish mph or years :lol . Old guys rock :thumbup .

[Robbie8666]

Is that 70ish mph or years :lol . Old guys rock :thumbup .

70 in number bikes!
of course we stuck to legal speed limits
as for age I couldn't possibly comment as some look older that they actually are, I'm 52 but haven't weathered well! (our oldest club member is 77!)

[red98]

Changed a CV joint on the car.
Bastard youtube videos give the impression it’s a 10 minute job… well, I knew that wasn’t going to be the case ‘cos it takes me that long to get the car jacked up to my satisfaction, but it was a 4 hour of fight with corroded bolts, immovable nuts, retaining clips that wouldn’t budge, a buggered thread on the new stub axle and a couple of hundred ml of moly grease, half of which ended up over my hands, tools and the brake disc.
Finished just as daylight faded, haven’t had time to test drive it yet.. hopefully the weird clunking noises have now gone, but next time I’ll just pay someone else to do the job. The novelty of DIY on cars is wearing off now.

Sorted the rear , sticking/dragging calipers on mrs reds vw golf , helpful you tuber said its a 30 min job for one side including 2 cups of tea and a plate of biscuits ..........did it in 45 mins , no mess and no seized bolts and had time for 3 cuppas and a test drive    :pokefun












:lol

[Frosties]

Changed the front discs and pads on the Mrs Mondeo. No seized bolts, buggered threads or even misplaced tools.


From opening the garage to shutting the garage all done in 1hr 


Took it for a drive to bed them in and cleaned out the shopping trolley's engine Italian style


Mrs always says it drives better after I've driven it  :lol

[Fazerider]

Frosties/Red98, cheers guys!    :2guns


FWIW, the car has improved… a bit.
Think I should have changed the whole halfshaft, but that looked as if it’d be an even more awkward job. This’ll have to do, it’ll probably fail the next MOT for rust anyway.

[coffee]

A few years ago I had to do a ball joint on a mini we had,I knocked the day off work to do the job in the morning and go to the caravan and camping show when I'd finished.Did the job in no time,cleaned up,hurried my wife up and set off really chuffed,made it to the motorway where we proceeded to dig a trench for about 1/2 a mile shitting myself when the wheel came adrift because I hadn't tightened the big nut up properly,by the time we'd paid to get us off the motorway and get us and the mini home we could have paid the most expensive mechanic in the world and still have had some change! :'(

[slappy]

Got T boned on my MT09 yesterday,  an arrogant stupid blind bitch in a Range Rover ignored the give way and drove straight onto the roundabout right into the left side of me.  As I was lying on the floor wondering what the foc had just happened she walked up to me , looked at me and said " you don't seem hurt much, I"ll move my car",  Then I just heard a  man shout at her " leave your frigging car where it is".
Next thing I knew I was in back of ambulance on my way to hospital.
Got of lightly I think, mild concussion from my head hitting floor, no broken bones but left knee and ankle look like a pair of turnips.
Helmet is buggered with massive scrapes along right side, no idea about bike yet, it was recovered by a local garage.
If it wasn't for my helmet and decent boots and armour in my leathers I would have been a injured a lot worse.

[ogri48]

jesus! glad your ok dude..

[agricola]

If it was a hospital trip, the police must have been called. Get the details from them, witnesss statements etc, and do whatever you can to make sure she is prosecuted. Get an independent (not one associated with your insurance company) solicitor on the case.

Really pleased you havent got any serious injuries

[Old-Git]

I had a Total Knee Replacement. Anyone wanna see the pics? :eek

[tommyardin]

I had a Total Knee Replacement. Anyone wanna see the pics? :eek

NO

[fatbloke62]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours  :rollin

[coffee]

Changed a CV joint on the car.
Bastard youtube videos give the impression it’s a 10 minute job… well, I knew that wasn’t going to be the case ‘cos it takes me that long to get the car jacked up to my satisfaction, but it was a 4 hour of fight with corroded bolts, immovable nuts, retaining clips that wouldn’t budge, a buggered thread on the new stub axle and a couple of hundred ml of moly grease, half of which ended up over my hands, tools and the brake disc.
Finished just as daylight faded, haven’t had time to test drive it yet.. hopefully the weird clunking noises have now gone, but next time I’ll just pay someone else to do the job. The novelty of DIY on cars is wearing off now.

It was a u/tube video I looked at before taking off the gearbox sprocket,"just tap the socket while pulling on the bar and hey presto!" what a crock of shit,they'd probably took that nut off 10 times before showing the video,WANKERS!!!

[tommyardin]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours  :rollin

NO

[Old-Git]

[quote author=Old-Git link=topic=11414.msg285808#msg285808 date=1540281550]
I had a Total Knee Replacement. Anyone wanna see the pics? :eek

[size=3.95em]NO[/size]
[/quote]
I'll take that as a maybe..... :eek

[unfazed]

Been there, done that, wore the t-shirt. 

[tommyardin]

[quote author=tommyardin link=topic=11414.msg285818#msg285818 date=1540306029]
[quote author=Old-Git link=topic=11414.msg285808#msg285808 date=1540281550]
I had a Total Knee Replacement. Anyone wanna see the pics? :eek

[size=3.95em]NO[/size]
[/quote]
I'll take that as a maybe..... :eek
[/quote]


Please don't ......  :eek

[tommyardin]

[size=1.35em]If this is in the wrong place please move it or delete it if you choose. I tried to create a new post but somehow it got lost in the system.[/size]

[size=1em]Here some food for though and I would appreciate others ideas on the topic.[/size]

[size=1em]I have been thinking about the topic of forks and cornering.[/size]

[size=1em]I have heard tell that raising the fork stanchions up through the top steering yoke by 20mm improves the turning in (Steering) on a motorcycle, doing this lowers the front of the motorcycle by that amount, now does lowering the front of the bike by 20mm improve the handling? I can't see it myself, what else it does do is effectively shorten the bike by that amount because of the rake angle of the forks, now I can see that making a difference to the turn in on a motorcycle, a slightly shorter wheel base.[/size]

[size=1em]I have also read that by raising the forks (Lowering the bike) by 20mm causes the bike to be a little less stable on the straights at higher speeds. If this is true there is a trade off going on here, slightly better steering for sightly worse straight line stability. [/size]

[size=1em]Now when approaching a bend we knock the bike down one or maybe two cogs and gently brake to reduce our speed to a safe pace to take the corner, now very gently, and I mean very gently hold the front brake a little longer into the bend this will cause the bike to dip slightly on the front forks, effectively lowering the front of the bike, or if you prefer shortening the bike as we approach the apex of the bend. It seems to me that has exactly the same effect as raising the fork stanchions (or lowering the bike) but that shortening it is recoverable as soon as we let go of the front brake lever so there is no compromise to the straight line handling or stability, so as I start to apply power coming out of the apex let the front brake lever go as well, at that point, bike rises with the power and bike is now at it's maximum length and straight line stability is returned in full.[/size]

[size=1em]Wot-ch-fink ? Or is it bollocks?[/size]

[agricola]

I lowered the rear on the S2 fazer by 30mm, to suit my stature. Did the same at the front through the forks, I certainly feel it turns in quicker than it previously did. Im not sure so Id want to be applying front brake while leant over though

[agricola]

Fitted new drive and timing belts to the Pug 206. Reminded me of why I prefer bikes