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This evening she has been given the clean and polish she deserves. Time has been lacking lately more than ever and it got a bit rotten to be honest.
I think she is a bit happier today

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Looking good Rob, and can I just say how much I admire your colour choices, really quite exceptional! Well done :thumbup:
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Kev L wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:14 pm Looking good Rob, and can I just say how much I admire your colour choices, really quite exceptional! Well done :thumbup:
Thanks Kev! :D

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Kev L wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:14 pm Looking good Rob, and can I just say how much I admire your colour choices, really quite exceptional! Well done :thumbup:

If you put your back into it & scrub a bit harder you get that ghastly colour off...Oh no hang on it's yella undeneath ain't it... Jezzus your in trouble there then... :wink:












& yes the Custard Crumble is yella & has a blue bit on it but then it's a pile of poo so do I care ? :wtf:
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Kev L wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:14 pm Looking good Rob, and can I just say how much I admire your colour choices, really quite exceptional! Well done :thumbup:

cause its Blue! eh Kev, a fellow blue biker. :lol:
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bigtwinthing wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:31 pm
Kev L wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:14 pm Looking good Rob, and can I just say how much I admire your colour choices, really quite exceptional! Well done :thumbup:
wrong Kev though Eh
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today i had a lucky escape. if you could call it that :( .. out on the blue one and kinda swifty moving through 4 gear when the bike decided it was time to rip the sprocket and carrier clean outa my nice shiney dymag :confused :confused the wheels kinda fuked... the good news is i didnt end up in a hedge..bit of damage to the axle carrier on the spondon swinger but that can be replaced i hope.....

so for now im gona fit the other swinger and run a standard storm wheel... over the winter il sort a rear6" wheel that can fit the swinger...

lesson of hard knocks is. 20 year old mag wheels can be a danger so im not gona replace with another dymag.

everything was tight,bearings were good,pretty new actually and only 6 months ago both wheels had been xrayed for cracks..... i think my skins worth more than a sticker saying dymag... :thumbup:
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Oops
I hear that carbon ones last longer, tell your significant other they are required under health and safety rules and are an investment.

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Bloody hell mate, first the chain now this. How many four leaf clovers did you find!
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Feel for you and after all the work you've put into it.Have a look at PVM wheels thats the make of the 6"rear wheel i have in mine. :thumbdown:
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Google "Dymag wheel failure". Bit of an eye opener.

Glad you are OK Rob, and the bike!
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lucky escape Rob ... you are also changing the front one I hope
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yeah im gona go standard wheels atm. it was really the swingarm i was worried about more than anything. wheels i can get but that swinger mite be a tad hard to replace lol..

im counting it as a lucky one and i can make a lovly clock outa the rear one :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Jeez, that must have been an ass clencher when that went, glad to hear your OK anyway mate.
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