Nute

17 minutes ago, Catteeclan said:

Sometimes it's just cheap pads that squeal. Get copper slip on the metal contact areas where the pads sit in the carriers. If they still make noise the misses will have to live with it.

I’ve always wondered why copper slip works if anyone can explain it?

5 hours ago, boboneleg said:

Sorry if I haven't been on here a lot but it is mental in chezoneleg at the moment.  This morning I'm trying to make a bit of toast while the plumber hacks the floor up for new pipes , the builders are banging away and now the kitchen lady is here trying to finalise what Ersilia wants.

On top of this I'm trying to find a spot to sit in our living room and eat my toast while I'm surrounded by boxes full of our food , pans, cups etc 

Plus I now have to take the Mother-in-law shopping and fix her heating while I'm there ........., feck all chance of a bike ride at the moment  

I know how you feel. I have MiL here at the moment. She was due to fly home on 2nd Jan but couldn’t as we had to call the ambulance at 2 am on the 1st as she was haemorrhaging blood from umpteen gastric ulcers caused by the meds she was taking. Her dementia has got three times worse, she’s partly incontinent and a full time job for 2 of us to look after. The hospital won’t certify her as fit to fly until the end of the month. I cannot bloody wait, tho my ski trip is screwed

Every day feels like it’s 48 hrs long…. 

10 hours ago, boboneleg said:

Ummmmmm, you’re going skiing when you’ve got a dodgy spine .

What could possibly go wrong ?

It’s pretty much the only sport I’m good at. As I only have a finite number of years left before I’m too decrepit to enjoy it I’m taking every opportunity. The place I go to has empty slopes so you can really hammer along. That said I did bust one of my vertebra 2 years ago, I carried on skiing and didn’t know I’d done it until I went for an MRI for something else a couple of months later only to be asked by the consultant if I’d been in a car crash recently.
 

I’m rebooked for end of feb to get my back done. 

I was supposed to have my spine op tomorrow but it’s been canceled . Too many people with flu and RVS or some such thingy. 
 

On a positive note that does mean I can go skiing at the end of the month which I thought I would miss.

1 hour ago, Clive said:

Excuse my moaning.

It's getting beyond a joke now, Cadent came this morning, did the checks, Meter is buggered, they told us that it was Scotish Powers responsibility to provide and install a new meter.

Scotish Power has just rung and says its Cadents job to supply and fit a new meter, we are getting absolutely fucking nowhere, Day 4, and looks like another (if we are lucky) 5 to 7 days before anything is resolved.........

The meter is the responsibility of the utility provider, as is the connection between the intake head and the meter. The box/ housing is your responsibility as can be the back board. If the utility provider is telling you different they are a bunch of lying shysters. 

Ordered thanks, you only need this stuff once in a blue moon but when you need it you need it … and it’s bloody annoying when you haven't got it. 

45 minutes ago, Buckster said:

If the bolt is cross threaded or something then it is a problem, for the narrow ones you need carbide or titanium. I find a left hand drill bit often does the job better.

I don’t have any left hand drill bits but that’s a good shout, I’ll get a set. Cheers.

Possibly the most inappropriately named tool ever. They never bloody work. Tried to extract a mangled screw this afternoon ( not on a bike), half an hr buggering about with the extractor in the end gave up and drilled it and wound it out with mole grips. 
 

Has anyone ever actually successfully extracted anything with an easy out, if so what brand did you use? Maybe mine are just shit. 

It’s snowing! It’s really chucking it down!
 

Prob a couple of inches so far, tho it feels quite wet so might turn to rain at some point. New doggie thinks it’s great, can’t bloody get him inside, racing around in it like he’s had a triple espresso and a dose of speed. 

If I’d have known it would annoy people I’d have posted photos of it ages ago …

3 hours ago, Clive said:

My 1st Honda was a CB750f2n, it did most thing quite well, a real doddle to work on, the parts (plugs, oil & air filter, disc pads) were comparatively cheap too, and it was from a age where Honda,s finish quality was best.

The VFR had a good finish on its parts too, but it was a bit of a pig to work on, spark plug replacing, I still have the scars from that experience, was a long drawn out affair, but with warping disc, and a exhaust that rotted quick enough to please a Italian...but it was a very nice ride, and it did excel in some area, making a average rider (like me) feel like they were a better rider than they actually were, it was very forgiving. 

I forgot about the Honda CBR1000f (it was a forgettable bike)  that I had, a very heavy lump, suspension was all but knackered when I bought it, so it did not handle the best,  it was comfy, and the finish, except for the wheels was again very good.....all in all it was a bad purchase on my behalf,  i did not have it for long.

 

My poor 125 had gone through a string of owners and L plates. Someone had fitted shitty after market levers, the clutch basket was knackered and it juddered on letting the clutch out, the back caliper was draggy, it had been dropped at least once … but amazingly it still had the OEM can. I enjoyed it despite 12hp having to drag my 100kg about in slow motion…

I started out on a Honda 125, really liked it , as much as you can like 12 hp

I pitched up at a dealership to test ride a CB1000 but got refused because I had too many points on my licence, buy Yamaha were happy to let me have a go on theirs so I ended up with a Yamaha

On 30/12/2024 at 21:12, JustaPor said:

What about the Tracer 9 GT ? 
Not enough power ? (3 cylinder engine with 117 Hp)
Too similar style to the GS ?

I think it’s  basically an MT09 with extra bits on and a tricked up suspension. I really like my 09 but I did find myself idly flipping through autotrader bikes wondering what I could chop it in for. Probably more of a reaction to the blah blah blah of whatever inane garbage my MIL was watching on the idiot box than a real desire to change it tho. 

…I’m on the edge of my seat … 

Actually in bed because I’m too old and can’t be arsed to stay up another 45 mins. I’ll get woken up in a couple of hrs anyway when my son staggers in and doesn’t turn the lights on as he tries not to wake us up and then falls over the dog toys scattered around everywhere. 

Mother in law staying with us at the moment. She’s stepped on the puppy 3 bloody times so far. He’s laying in front of the fire minding his own business and she seems unable to get from one side of the room to the other without treading on the poor thing.

Thankfully she’s back the US on Thursday. I should be more tolerant but it’s bloody hard at times. 

5 hours ago, Six30 said:

@Nute ... first pic we have ever seen of his bike ..are we sure it’shis ?

Have a really not posted a picture before?  I don’t take many pictures of my bikes so it wouldn’t surprised me.

Must admit I didn’t expect to get any votes and I’ve not voted for myself. I love the way these bikes look but I get they can be a bit marmite with people either liking or hating them. 

We have an invite to a mates party however I will be the dropper off and collector and will be home in between. We have a puppy and I don’t know how he will react to fireworks, and can’t leave him on his own at present. He has a bladder the size of a peanut and the way he chews stuff he’s like a waste disposal unit with legs. 

1 hour ago, Six30 said:

red trousers ..is that a thing down there ?

http://lookatmyfuckingredtrousers.blogspot.com
 

11 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I’ve had stainless and ali bits from my local scrap metal yard usually for free but I do weigh in a lot of copper in with them

There is a scrap place quite nearby but I need 22mm tube or the anti squirrel thing won’t fit. I thought the chances of them having a couple of meters of it might be slim but I will give them a buzz. If I can get a short bit the right size I can weld a bigger bit on each end if needed. 

Our bird feeder is falling apart but rather than buy the same crap again which will last 2 years and rust away to nothing I thought I’d make one. Rooted through my bits of metal that I have and can’t find any suitable stainless or aluminium so will need to buy some. The only bit I want to reuse is the half sphere plastic thing which stops the squirrels getting on to it so the new tube needs to be the correct dia for that. 
 

Cant believe how bloody expensive stainless tube is. There is a metal fabricator by the station 5 mins from me, might go up there after new year and see if I can scrounge some

I don’t often take photos whilst I’m out, this is the only reasonable one I could find, taken beside the river Test.

On 01/12/2024 at 10:02, Six30 said:

He will come out the next morning and the bike will be gone and so will the enclosure thing. 

A customer of the local bike place near me has a V Max which I love the look of. Never ridden one but it does look lovely. 
 

Keep meaning to test ride a Scout but my back is knackered and I am convinced I’d be crippled for a week after every ride if I got one. I’m supposed to be having a bit of bone removed from my spine in Jan which I hope will improve matters so maybe 2025 will be the year … 

Wotcha watching? My 12 week old puppy chewing up a couple of pieces from a puzzle my wife and mother in law have been doing for the last couple of hours. I might give them another hour before I tell them they are going to be 2 pieces short ….

I cleared the leaves in the garden and collected all the bits of branches and other crap after the last storm last weekend. Now the place looks like the aftermath of a small war again. 

we are currently in the process of house training a puppy, poor thing almost gets blown into next doors yard everytime he goes out for a wee.