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Bet it'll look smart. If you were buying it again, how much do you think you would be happy to pay more to have it looking like it does now after all the little improvements? All together, they must make a big difference in looks.

Just gotta wait for it to dry properly now and can put the bike back together. I have really missed it being out of action in bits. Not gonna win any prizes but is much tidier than it was. I used the same paint I did to do my mirrors backalong so should all blend in once cured.

Dip beam stopped working after the bike was out in the rain for 3 days. On inspection I found the clutch side switchgear was full of water I suspect was because the bike was on the side stand. I check the fish and the power was going into and out of the headlight relay so thought the switch was ruined. So I got a replacement from EBay. Guess what it wasn’t that . It was corrosion between the headlight loom and the bikes loom. So put new connections in the headlight loom and all is good now. Pain the the arse but fixed now. Anyway now it’s all apart I thought it was time to deal with the faded black plastic face of the bike and dial surrounds. I tried the blow lamp trick but wasn’t happy with the results so got the Matt satin black out. Waiting for it to dry now.

Yes you can rotate it. There are airbox delete kits or there used to be that had a 90 degree bend pipe that also required the sensor to be rotated.

Thanks, it’s on a BMW K100 so bike not a car. It’s big and ugly so was looking to get rid but changing its orientation will help. I’ll just try it and see I guess.

It's measuring the amount of air being drawn into the engine. It sends a varied voltage to the ECU which can adjust the fuel trim and timing. Not something you can do without. It could influence the running but couldn't say how much. This a kit car project or something?

Mrs. Hook's birthday is on the 21st, but she's having a knee replacement on the 17th...so I'm glad I got that task completed today. We usually make a trip over to her sister's place in ID for a birthday/Christmas bash visit...but that's been postponed to sometime in January.

I've come to the conclusion that I can't delete this thing. I think it's made by Bosh, it's on my BMW, originally housed in an ugly plastic box between the intake filter and the induction manifold. Appears to have a spring loaded metal flap in it which is opened progressively as airflow increases, I assume to vary the timing. It was originally mounted so that the pivot spindle around which the flap rotates was vertical, so the flap thing moved on the horizontal plane - not influenced by gravity. Any idea if I can rotate it so the spindle is horizontal and the flap thing will move in the vertical plane? The flap thing doesn't have much mass and it still closes against the stop when rotated.

We don't bother with that till after Mandis birthday which is the 9th Dec. And then sometimes we don't bother at all.

Anti social behaviour order.

This thing is fly , heated and cooled seat , electric pre-load rear adjustment, don't think you could possibly add more options...and it's 20 g less than a Harley cvo roadglide...and no...its not CF moto...

Well its kinda like a big vespa...I'm really tempted...

Well spotted

As the bare minimum for an entry? Yes I like that idea

Twat !!...

Apparently he wanted a power upgrade

What's is the meaning of Asbo , is that somekind of Mexican slang ?

I just heard that @Marcel has traded his Indian in for a Vespa.

21f & frozen fog on everything this morning.... Mrs. Hook has given me my marching orders for today....out to the garden shed/attic I go to retrieve the Christmas decorations...fortunately, they're all for the inside of the house.

You obviously stand a better chance than my bike w/ Pedals ....

murphy calls to see his mate paddy, who has a broken leg. paddy says, "Me feet are freezing mate, could you nip upstairs and get me slippers?" "No bother," he says, and he runs upstairs and there are paddy's two stunning 19 year old twin daughters sat on their beds. "Hello dere girls, your Da' sent me up here to shag ya both." "Fook off you liar!" "I'll prove it," murphy says. So he shouts down the stairs, "Both of them, paddy?" "Of course, what's the use of fookin' one?"

I voted for "Everyone Enters 1 photo"........... but I won't, not that any of my photos had any chance of winning, but do you seriously want a photo of a scooter as "Bike" of the year?

OK, 8 votes. That's a surprisingly low number considering the whining last year. The decision has been made then, unless the vote changes dramatically.