Mr Fro

To the off licence? Surely he'd be off to get some tabs from the off licence.

You remember that climbing frame/slide I made? Well the boy loves it which is great. Now I have to paint it...

Must be. You should see the planning and equipment that goes with their group trips - 4 guys in a motor with the boot heaving - mainly stealthy camouflage and climbing rope (the choice of which was another source of arguement). I did most of my stuff on my own and if it were something a bit naughty in the middle of town or something, I'd stick on a Skanska or Babtie high vis & a hard hat. Not once did anyone ask what I was doing.

It's all flooding back now... The arguments they had about which tripod is best. I took a camera, my £20 tripod, a lenser torch and a bunch of batteries. Done.

Yeah, they are a really weird cliquey lot. I used to be on 28dayslater - it's fair when someone finds something unique and wants to prevent the world and his wife tramping round the place. Some are tight lipped about very easily found or common knowledge stuff which is odd. Plus, there's an expectation to post a massive wall of text about the history of the place you're reporting on. Just show me the f*cling pics! P.s. anyone want to know about anything in SE Kent, just hit me up.

Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley

Please, please, please do this XT. It would bring joy to the world. Please. OK Fro........next opportunity I'll put a voice-over track on it! Like!

Please, please, please do this XT. It would bring joy to the world. Please.

The country wide driving standard is always going to drop so long as the Lahndaners continue to leave the capital. I had to suffer the M25 the other week and the amount of driver who clearly had no idea how driving works was staggering. I was forced to flick through the complimentary "How to drive like a c*nt" handbook in the BMW's glove box in order to make any decent progress. Either Londoners should not be allowed past the M25. Ever (preferable). Or they should have to undergo an advanced driving test with an examiner who discriminates against people from London.

Some of that look grim Bob. Have you thought about cafe racering it?

I thought the red line was just an advisory thing like speed limits. Is it not a target? f**k knows, I just go everywhere at 40 mph. I wish TC were here to tell us how to do it properly.

I thought the red line was just an advisory thing like speed limits.

Ha! Yeah, it is quite a fast slide. The plan is to move it somewhere grassy. I need to make up some sort of transportation device because it's bloody heavy!

Finished up making a slide thing for the boy's 3rd birthday: Wife got the slide second hand so I had to make the rest to match. The platform is 1.5m high and the thing overall is 3m. So far he's made it to the 4th step.

I'm pretty sure I once counted thirty something consecutive upward gear changes during the chase scene. Some people whinge on about having six!

You're not going fast enough On a 125?! Tops I can get is an indicated 75mph... Down hill with a trailing wind!

Bloody heck, and it didn't backflip as soon as you put any weight in it?! Nah, it's fine, I upped my pie count to weigh the front down.

Thanks [mention]Trace[/mention].

I put a Ryde Cardon 32L on the back of the CG. It cost £25 and holds a lid no problems. It came with a detachable base thing and I welded up a Billy basic frame for it out of some scrap stainless tube. It looks absolute gash but it's mega convenient for slinging the work bag in.

I found the same thing when I replaced a busted mirror with a pattern part. Everything was great but it got a right old shake on at a particular rev range. I took it off and added a bit of weight to the mirror case (araldited a nut or two in there) to change the harmonics and it's fine now.

I noticed it on the run up to a corner as I was positioning myself. It was my fault really, I slapped them on the day before and didn't check the peg was tight beforehand. Luckily I had a tool box and some Loctite with me.

How are you finding the SES stuff? I've got their hangers on the zxr750 and quite like them even though they came loose half way round Snetterton! I get all my machine screws from RS Components - they're reasonably priced with free next day delivery.

I think it depends. Those with "advanced" riding/driving qualifications who go just go about their business might see a benefit from louder pipes. Those with "advanced" qualifications who bang on about it ad nauseam are likely to get little benefit as other road users will see the all encompassing glow of their self righteous smugness from some considerable distance, thus rendering the loud pipes superfluous.

Here you go . Little bit of choppy-choppy, weldy-weldy and you can lose the box and have a nice straight through system.

After plenty of fiddle arsing around, much sweat and plenty of swearing, this is palletised and on the lorry ready to make it's journey to my hovel: