Mr Fro

Yeah, I was all set to join my local group. The call went like this: Them: Hello, blood bikes. Me: Oh hi, I'm interested in joining your group. Them: Great, can you tell me about your background? Me: Sure, I've been riding continuously for 20 years, held IAM for car & bike and held advanced police driving & riding permits. Them: Brilliant, that's the kind of thing we need. Do you know anybody in the group? Me: No. Them: Okay. All we can offer you is call handling then. Me: .... I'll think about it. Bye.

Got any pictures?

Dude, I feel your pain. I've only just finished the downstairs shitter and the wife said today over lunch "When are we going to make a start on the living room?". Translation for those who don't speak wife: "Why the f**k aren't you half way through doing it yet you lazy tw*t?" She's already started "thinking about" the bathroom, ensuite and kitchen so I just know that's minimally my summer f*cked.

Or keep the throttle on and take the corner sideways like a boss.

It's coz the air is fikka innit.

Does yours have the L8-4WK door locks? The ones that freeze shut on a cold morning?

My grandad had a couple of C50s in his garage which I used to sit on and then push round the garden once I was big enough. It was a slippery slope from there really!

Very nice!

Don't worry, the rest of us feel the same way.

Have you tried Maggi? It's a bit like runny marmite so you can slather it all over your food.

I used to own one (1970 SE5 for the anoraks). I had to cut away a small piece of bodywork to fit something or other and in the interests of science I lit the bit I chopped out. I was very much surprised by how quickly and fiercely it burned.

It wouldn't be a problem in the UK as the non insulated parts of the L&N plug pins cannot be exposed while touching the contacts in the socket.

You've met my wife then!

Check out my haul of shite: in case you not sure what you're seeing, it's some hair dye, a skipping rope and a bog roll holder.

Yeah, I lucked out and got one with X & Y powerfeed. I fancy something a bit beefier though. Space might become a bit of an issue though! @husoi - do you really need to fix the thread if you're getting loads more engagement? It looks like you're going to have 3 x the amount of thread in there once you're done.

You mean this kind of stuff? What's the diameter of the arm? 14 mm ish? You'd probably need a press or a good bit of heat to get the bend right. Just out of interest - have you unscrewed the mirror end and had a look at the thread on that?

Another (possibly stupid) idea would be to chop off all but 5 - 10 mm of the thread of the arm, weld on a stub to make it maybe 10 - 20 mm longer than it was to start with and then thread it. It's a sod that it's got a bend in it as it would be difficult to fixture & machine. The more I think about it, the more I think remanufacturing the arm would be the best option.

I think we're talking at cross purposes a bit! I thought you meant a tapered thread rather than a parallel thread: I understand what you mean now though! I see what you mean about the collar. Have you seen the Sealey version? They're straight so you wouldn't have to worry about a seat.

It would be unusual to have a metric tapered thread- are you sure they're not parallel? I've used the lumiweld type rods with varying success - with aluminium stock they're fine but castings I've found that often the casting melts to a blob before the rod starts to melt. You can get the Wurth type inserts for a couple of quid each. All you'd need then is the appropriate drill bit & tap. Also, can you reduce the thread depth on the locking nut to give you more engagement on the mirror thread? 5 mm is naff all on an M10!

True dat. Wife wanted some new boots this year. "I'm not falling for that one again!" says I and handed her my credit card telling her to buy whatever she wanted. A few days later 3 pairs of boots turned up which she tried on, mulled over and decided she didn't like and it was still my fault! You just can't win some times!

A firm 18 incher eh?

Last year the wife said she wanted an IPhone so I got her an iPhone. I told her I wanted a blow job... I'm still waiting...

When the wife and I moved in together we debated renting out one of our old houses but decided it would be too much arseache with things getting broken or damaged and whingy tenants. I do have a property in a swanky seaside town in Kent. We could be doing very nicely out of it but the tenant hasn't paid me a penny, even after I fitted her a ritzy new kitchen! ... She is my mum though.

Check out the spannery additions my 2 year old daughter made to our Christmas tree! Fair doos, she did bust a couple of conventional decorations but I think I'm going to nurture her interest in tools.

My nominee today is the lorry driver who drove at 20 mph for a few miles in a single lane 50 zone of the A14. After it opened up to two lanes he sped up, presumably decided it wasn't the lane for him and pulled out in to lane two, hitting a car and spinning it in to the crash barrier. Luckily I was a few cars back so missed the debris field and the car driver was unhurt.