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Nice one ymv

Had a good rideout today too

got some petrol came home and mended the nibs on my scottoiler.

did ferk all on my bike, but I did spend 8hrs working on a friends taxi, getting it ready for it's yearly overhaul...
we even rubbed down, prepped and painted the lower half of all 4 doors, i'm knackered now, but I have to go to work....doh!!!!

Took the bike out, did about 200 miles, trip on a ferry too, felt like a small holiday. Up for a ride out tomorrow

bigtwinthing wrote:Took the bike out, did about 200 miles, trip on a ferry too, felt like a small holiday. Up for a ride out tomorrow

I could be up for a ride tomorrow too, are you heading to covent garden still?

I went for an awesome blast today with some new biker buddies, the adrenaline has been non-stop!

Ok, I also got bored when I got home...

So, after a long winter and eager to see how my newly modded airbox lid would work, I decided today was the day to fire the old girl up.....

well, a great f****in' day it was!!!!! So, I put gas in the tank and open up the petcock... surprise, gas is pissing out under the bike!!!! So, pull carbs, check the float bowl screws, could use a bit of tightening, do so and re-install. Re-open petcock... still gas pouring out &^#$@!! Pull carbs out, put new jetting set-up in old carbs and re-install everything (found the source of the leak: spent fuel bowl gaskets). Go to start and..... battery is dead! &^$#@(*^%%

So, gave it a boost to start it, runs good, has wicked throttle response but there is no way I am heading out anywhere with a battery that is screwed. So, a ride will have to wait for a new battery....... Talk about an anticlimactic day.......

Jamoi wrote:

bigtwinthing wrote:Took the bike out, did about 200 miles, trip on a ferry too, felt like a small holiday. Up for a ride out tomorrow

I could be up for a ride tomorrow too, are you heading to covent garden still?

I went for an awesome blast today with some new biker buddies, the adrenaline has been non-stop!

Ok, I also got bored when I got home...

they look better Jamie....
it's looking like lunchtime at covent garden.

Virt wrote:Thought I'd go out for a ride for 30 minutes or so... 2 hours ago. Just got back. I absolutely love these Road Pilots. Gone from chicken strips that yell "NEW TYRES" to ones I'm rather proud of (even though they're probably 10000000x the size of most of yours ), within those 2 hours. Plus I haven't been able to ride like that since the Hornet was my daily commute Feels good.

I'm a Michelin convert now

It helps having Alex play with your suspension too :-)

Had new super corsa's fitted .
Scrub in time tomorrow :-)

lloydie wrote: It helps having Alex play with your suspension too :-)

This is true! Although my front end is still carrying water rather than fork oil

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Virt wrote:

lloydie wrote: It helps having Alex play with your suspension too :-)

This is true! Although my front end is still carrying water rather than fork oil

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Won't take long to swap the oil :-)
Get yourself some 7.5w and pop over .
Alex did say your forks needed doing :-)

Said I'd go to him as he'll help with resetting the suspension and he was such a sound guy

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Bugger you then :-(

Use and abuse me then abandon me hay

He is good and one of only a few mechanic's I would go to

I said I would and I don't intend to go back on my word. Plus I wouldn't have actually noticed it otherwise!!

I'll still use you and abuse you for other things. Maybe I'll get a TDM850 and abuse you on that around corners

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Lloydie, would changing the fork oil & setting air gaps be something we could do to my bike on the ws day? I have new bushes & seals too.

And you'll be able to see the sexy gold valves as per Rogers race tune ;)