"Whats in a Name "

[popkat]

mines simple too

There's one bike I've had since I was 18, it's Suzuki KATana 750, a rare one, the only bike ever made with a flip up head light, affectionately know these days as a POPup.... from there you get PopKat.. If you don't know the bike google

The original one is no longer a 750, it very modified but currently not a running bike. But I do have another that is and is close to mint condition for 29 years old and I'll sell that one

Like that one, Bob, Malc etc! Sorry i missed the ride out! gutted great weather too eh!.

Shame you missed it Paul, you would've really enjoyed the weekend..
Next year


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[Cadbury64]

Well like Popkat I was named by my previous bike, a purple Suzuki RF900. That and the fact that I'm a little partial to chocolate, meant that the bike inevitably became named Cadbury, so for ease of failing memory I kept it as a user name and Gmail address.


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[sirch345]

Mine is nothing to shout about either. Sirch is a anagram of chris, the 3 4 5 bit is from the "3 4 5 Rule" used for squaring something up in the building trade,

Chris.

[fabiostar]

i was kinda given my user name years ago when i was racing supermoto for maxxis tyres. who also happened to have a french rider called fiorstar . so when the boss man from maxxis seen me. i kinda have a habbit of going brown when the sun so much as comes out lol.. when he seen me he said ,jesus look at the irish version called fabiostar and it kinda stuck.

[bigtwinthing]

Well like Popkat I was named by my previous bike, a purple Suzuki RF900. That and the fact that I'm a little partial to chocolate, meant that the bike inevitably became named Cadbury, so for ease of failing memory I kept it as a user name and Gmail address.


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RF 900 a great underrated bike. large butt end though but went very well.

[bigtwinthing]

Mine is nothing to shout about either. Sirch is a anagram of chris, the 3 4 5 bit is from the "3 4 5 Rule" used for squaring something up in the building trade,

Chris.

i use that too all the time, made lots of sets of metal stairs in my time. Youngsters wont know what that is.

[Virt]

i use that too all the time, made lots of sets of metal stairs in my time. Youngsters wont know what that is.

With google you can know what anything is, it's basic trigonometry. Pythorags' theorem

[bigtwinthing]

i use that too all the time, made lots of sets of metal stairs in my time. Youngsters wont know what that is.

With google you can know what anything is, it's basic trigonometry. Pythorags' theorem

woooo get you yoofy. did you have to look though Virt?


Heres one for you then. What does this mean.

a slight incineration of the cranium, is of equal effectiveness as a slight spasmodic contraction of an optic to an equine quadruped devoid of its visionary capacity. Its a famous saying. thats a clue.

[TheGingerBeardMan]

a slight incineration of the cranium, is of equal effectiveness as a slight spasmodic contraction of an optic to an equine quadruped devoid of its visionary capacity.

A nods as good as a wink to a blind horse....
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My favourite sayings are: "it's all perpendicular to the horizontal". And for biking: "it's all in the angle of the dangle". (which I've had on many a number-plate slogan)

We also say when people can't be arsed doing a job...."There's nothing stopping you but the starting of it".

And for aluminium fasteners seizing in casings, the good old: "I'm afraid it's dissimilar metal corrosion Sir....."

[sirch345]

Mine is nothing to shout about either. Sirch is a anagram of chris, the 3 4 5 bit is from the "3 4 5 Rule" used for squaring something up in the building trade,

Chris.

i use that too all the time, made lots of sets of metal stairs in my time. Youngsters wont know what that is.

True, a bit ole skool for some probably The best bit is it's simple and it works

Chris.

[MacV2]

Yeah but does it work in metric ?

I have a feeling you Old'uns are still working in imperial...

[sirch345]

Yeah but does it work in metric ?

I have a feeling you Old'uns are still working in imperial...

why wouldn't it work in metric, just stick to millimeters Anyway Mac, you must have grown up with Imperial

Chris.

[AMCQ46]

mac still works in hands and chains and bushels

[TheGingerBeardMan]

I hate it when I go to buy stuff, like planks of wood, posts, lengths of rope etc. When I ask for stuff in feet and inches, some folk will stand there and glaze over.

And buying a bike helmet? It's either small, medium or large...which is no help to me. And neither is 56cm, 57, 58cm etc. I take anywhere from a 6/78 to 7/8, depending on the make.

Everything's in mms. Does nobody do imperial or "foot n inches" anymore?

I went to help a young guy who tried to be all cool hip and trendy, by buying a british bike to impress his mates, then askedme round to see why none of his sockets would fit....

Yup....you know what's coming.

He went and bought a socket set and spanner set from Argos. Then, set about trying to remove, force, then f*ck up the nuts on the bike. When I got there a lot of it was rounded off.

So, I whipped out my spanners (not a euphemism). "Yeah...and, I have spanners too". Really? So this being a 1/2 inch, and these being 7/16", 3/8", 9/12" etc, what the hell are you doing using metric? You need proper spanners. He too, like the young guy at the wood shop, just glazed over.

I walked away when he said "but MY sockets fitted...it must be the fact that the nuts are old and worn and a "bit loose" in the new socket set. I mean, this is a BRAND NEW set, so I'm gonna take it back and say it's cheap crap and doesn't fit stuff.....he ranted on: bloody Chinese, making cheap sh1te that doesn't fit sod all.......

There are some folk you just can't edjumacate. I fear the continuation of riding old bikes (no, not a euphemism for that 80 year old slapper down the road with the dayglo lipstick, who will "do things to you" for a fiver...) will be a rare thing in 30 years time, as the younger generation have no clue, and are losing interest fast, in "the old ways".

And I ain't that old y'know.

[KermitLeFrog]

Kermit? Seems obvious to me...
http://vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php ... nd#p379240
Toodle pip,
Ian