what have you done to your "bike" today

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vtwin goody
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after a 3 month lay off i opened the shed turned the key pressed button and it roared into life,not been plugged into the optimate or owt,ya gotta love the honda vtwin :thumbup:
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lloydiecbr wrote:where was it?
On the bottom of the carbs, right in the middle.. Above ALL the metal the engine is made of, nice one Honda!! Couldn't reach it without resting my fingers on the engine metal..
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Virt wrote:Finally managed to raise my idle/tickover. :Woohoo: :Woohoo1:

And majorly burnt my fingers in the process
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Wait untill it's cool :thumbup:
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chric wrote:
Virt wrote:Finally managed to raise my idle/tickover. :Woohoo: :Woohoo1:

And majorly burnt my fingers in the process
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Wait untill it's cool :thumbup:
The service manual said "do it while the engine is running and after it has been warmed up so you can see an accurate assessment of how the idle speed will change"
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Oven gloves then :lol: with finger cut out
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Our oven gloves are crappy, every time I make a nice meal for the family I burn my hands.. I think there's a pattern here :lol:
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And some neon lights so you can see what your doing :lol: :lol:

Just get used to burning your hands. You soon build up resistance. :)

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cybercarl wrote:And some neon lights so you can see what your doing :lol: :lol:

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No tat on my bike thanks :lol: :evil:
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you say that now . just wait till you run out of mods to do :lol:
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I'm sensible :lol: Once I run out of mods to do I'm gonna be a fair bit older and then I'll just get another bike :)
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good to hear it :clap:
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Something sensible.. Like an SP ;)
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Or a turbo busa :-)
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Have run out of tatiness now and had to resort to this :cry:

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Writeing on my super sealed frame :Smoke3: :Worship:

And I got this to test but cant work out where abouts it can go

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As I have not gone down the matt or plasticy bits route

And tuesday im getting sent something very speacial :D
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You could use that on the mirrors, air filter box, number plate and lights, fork protectors, instruments. Anything apart from you paintwork maybe :thumbup:

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