London Foccers!!!

[ChristoT]

That photo's now my Facebook cover picture!!  :lol

[red98]

Myself, Exupnut and ChristoT got a bit too excited about he London meet and so decided to meet each other today for a bit of a rideout and good ol' fashion chin-wag before catching up with everyone else next week. Naturally this meant a photo opportunity was in order  :lol

crazy fools,the lot of you  :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin [size=78%].........................great picture,one for the album [/size]

[Farjo]

Excellent :rollin :rollin :rollin

[ChristoT]

How's this for a laugh? A chap was looking round my student house earlier today (the landlord is selling it). I thought he looked familiar, then I twigged: he was the instructor who'd failed me my CBT last February, and had jinxed my Mod 1 in Enfield in May!!! I asked him what he rode, and he replied a Fazer Thou. Whereupon, I gave the correct salute, AND HE RESPONDED!! :lol

He didn't know about either the forum or the rideout, so I told him about both. No idea if he'll show though.

[Dead Eye]

Disaster has struck

Attempted to remove the existing downpipes today which appear to be the originals. Needless to say they are in bad condition and naturally, the god damn exhaust studs have decided to snap  :'(

I've ordered new ones, but they take 3-5 days for delivery so I may be screwed for this Sunday  :wall

[ChristoT]

Noes! That sucks, will keep fingers crossed for ya!

[red98]

is ther enough of the stud left to remove them easily....as a quick fix you could use a 6mm bolt and cut the head off 

[Dead Eye]

There is enough of the stud left thankfully, so I may try and head to good ol' B&Q and see what they have available. Do the studs have different threads for the nuts and the engine head?

[red98]

no ....same size thread mate...look for m6....not sure how long the standard ones are but if you get oversized bolts you could cut them to length...at a guess i would say 70mm.....iunless any other foccer knows different 

[Dead Eye]

Awesome, I'm not too worried about the situation just yet unless I manage to snap one of them off in the head... then I'm completely and utterly screwed

My query about the studs is due to the photo of the item;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140544265329?s...1497.l2649

It looks as though the stud end is M6 but the head could be larger?

[red98]

oh yes.......see what you mean.......thats stumped me,any foccers know the answer ?...........6 / 8 mm parhaps,thats a guess ..........if you can get one of the studs out before you go to b & q,you will be sure to get the right one,but thinking about it you would have to make the hole bigger in the header collar  :eek ...it would still work though 

[Kosmic Kartman]

Thread Hijack  :lol

[red98]

just a matter of time  :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes .....KOSMIC are you coming north of the river on sunday for the london foccers meet ?

[Dead Eye]

Yeah, sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread My original post was relevant at least haha

[Kosmic Kartman]

Sorry Folks.  :'( :'(

Can't do this weekend as I need to take her indoors out for her birthday. Pub, meal then flicks (film with misserable in the title. I know what I'd rather be doing.)

She's letting me out to play for a five day biking extravaganza with some mates in March to Cornwall then Pendine in Wales so I need to keep her sweet as she cooks, washes and irons for me.

Fear not though. There WILL be another time when I will come out and play with you.

[fireblake]

Oh Kos, you'll be foccing miserable after that mate?


Mickey

[EndaF]

I'd love to join you if that's ok me being new here and all 
Sounds like a laugh.

[Dead Eye]

The more the merrier! I'm determined to be there even if my bike isn't

[Exupnut]

u r more than welcome mate. be on here tomoro night and we will make some plans and saturday night make a definite decision once we r sure about the weather. 2 groups will meet, one at the ace cafe and one at blackheath cafe.(which is actually on the heath) if its gonna piss down sunday the group at blackheath will go to the ace where we can talk shit and be inside. if the weather is ok then the ace cafe group will go to blackheath and all of us onto southend. look frwrd to meeting u.

[dazza]

Little bit gutted,    Work commitments took an unexpected turn this weekend. Just trying to work out how I can make it after a 12 hour night shift :b