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Oh I do hope not , I think she is looking at my mate Timmy standing next to me
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WTF you talking about, you going a bit post truth Trumpy on us.
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Of friends. We all know each other that's the point.
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Sort of, the Regatta is in Fowey so we all went over to Polruan for a bit of relief from the crowds. It happens every year.
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I don't think I have mentioned it but it is Fowey Regatta Week at the moment. Tis sort of a big deal for us Yokels. Anyway spent my day across the water in Polruan yesterday with some life long friends. Good day if a little pissed and sung out by the end of it.
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I totally get that mate and we all know very little about what happened in that instance. Personally I have noticed a plethora of fuck nuts on bikes this year. And yes I see plenty of terrible driving, especially this time of year as the Duchy is overrun with Holibob's in unfamiliar road conditions. A 70 year chap was killed down at Marazion a couple of week ago on the way to bike night. Turns out a tractor and trailer (harvest time) coming out of a field he was tearing around a bend on his Panigale (according to his mates), had no chance. Whose fault? Whatever, it is very sad. This chap sounds like a rugged individualist. https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/19556398.motorbike-crash-marazion-police-appeal-dash-cam-footage/
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3 x 50's plus guys on Ducatis doesn't sound like a good proposition. Tis sad though a tragedy that will touch many lives.
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Yeah I have been following him for a couple of months. He makes me laugh how he gets distracted and waffles on. Clever and interesting guy though.
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Shadow managed to pick up a head cold at work, now passed it over to me. I know it's just a cold but feels like I may expire in the next 30 mins . Pissed me off as I wanted to put up my field shelter thing today. Hopefully the snot waterfall will pass by tomorrow and I can do it then.
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Can you do one of Slowly in the Gravel trap ?
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You go with whatever you feel comfortable in.
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I think you have more chance of pigs flying past Bob.
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I wish, field shelter to keeps my bikes in in front of the house.
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Shouting at the traffic, pinning their bikes bouncing off the rev limiters, attempting burn outs until they were told to stop, just being childish gobby cunts.
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Well I got my CBF back in June and it had a manual cam chain tensioner fitted. I wasn't worried as I heard it running before I bought and it sounded pretty sweet, no rattles that I could hear. Anyway I have been catching up with different things over the last 2000 miles and I though it was time to adjust the Cam chain and set a datum of it being done. And yes I have have given some thought to getting a proper Honda replacement Auto tensioner, as the originals have a reputation for failing and there is a upgraded part available from Honda for £60. In the mean time I thought I could hear a very faint cam chain rattle when the bike was cold. I watched a few Youtube vids on adjusting the manual tensioner and it was all pretty straight forward. So I did just that. Basically the consensus said that you screw the tensioner bolt in finger tight then back it off a quarter turn then tighten the lock nut. Easy peasy. Set about doing the deed and to my surprise the tensioner needed 6 full turns in before i could set it. It looks to me like the previous owner fitted it but never adjusted it. Now at this point I think I have dodged a bullet by not trashing the motor, I have done 2k miles at all speeds even a prolonged 40 mile run at 80-100 mph. Not real sign of cam chain noise and pretty healthy power to be fair. Also good mpg. Not sign of distress but then again the bike was new to me I thought all was good. Anyway post adjustment the bike shows noticeable improvement. Sounds much sweeter than it did, revs up quicker and is noticeably less rough at high revs. Also the bike feels much more responsive in the higher rev range. Obviously it's a matter of small improvements overall but still noticeable. Feels like a newer fresher bike. I just thank my lucky stars I didn't find out the hard way. Testament to the overall quality of these Honda fours. As an aside I reckon I have used up about half the available adjustment in the manual adjuster now what that indicates in terms of the life of the chain I don't know but I am not going to lose any sleep over it while the bike is running so well.
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App for your phone. Clever stuff, can produce images like your fork pirate for you. Answer questions do almost anything.
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