Mr Fro

Are you sure you're not using old fuel, I've heard that doesn't work very well.

I like the one of the road/cliff top. An easy way of taking pro looking shots is to use the rule of thirds - essentially placing the subject towards the corner of the frame. What cam have you got?

Couldn't be doing with that - they might put my tools back in the wrong place.

Where are you Tukkers?

Not tried the dainese but I highly recommend Racer Hi-Racer (or normal Racer if you like a short cuff). I got my second pair this year - first pair lasted 11 years with a crash half way through. Still use the old ones on track but they look well skanky. Don't smell of piss or anything.

Nothing stopping you asking the shop if they'd price match or at least come close. Besides promoting local business, it gives you somewhere to go if they go wrong.

So buy them in the shop then.

As said, there's no real need to "warm it up" before you get going. Start it, lid an gloves on, ride off. Be friendly to your new neighbours - pop round and say "hi" when you move in and say you like to tinker and tell them to feel free to let you know if the noise is getting on their tits. People are far less likely to get the hump if you're reasonable with them.

I use my outside 2 fingers for braking on road and all for track but that's just me. Clutchless takes the guess work out of it a bit. With closed throttle, apply a bit of pressure to the gear lever then give the throttle a very quick blip. If you crunch it you need more, it you jerk forward you need less.

Get it on a dyno. Sounds like you need to up the main jet and turn in your idle screw.

I think it's easier clutchless. Keep practicing untill it becomes second nature. You don't need to let off the brake.

Good points gents. I'll try him on with the fixed date but I imagine he'll just tack a couple more weeks on. Maybe I'll get wife to give him a call - she gets waaaaaay more annoyed about this sort of thing than me.

Hey guys. For background... I've been re-doing the central heating in my house lately. I got some quotes to fit a new (oil) boiler and cylinder a few months back and accepted a quote from a guy in my village. Mrs Fro asked the guy 4 or 5 times what the lead time for fitting would be and he said around a week to get the job completed as all he had to do was connect the boiler and cylinder and commission it (I've been installing new pipes/rad etc). Every time I've tried to contact him it's taken over a week to get a response. I spoke to him on Monday and was told he'd ordered the boiler and cylinder and that he'd drop them round by the end of the week. The end of the week is here and I have nothing - haven't even had a call! He also said that it would be three weeks to book it in but he might be able to squeeze it in around other jobs if he gets a delay on something else. Basically, I'm pissed off that he's dicking me about and I'm getting it in the neck from the other half because it's cold plus we're off on honeymoon in 3 weeks and I can't take the chance that it'll not be done by the time we go away. So the question is... Can I cancel the guy without any comeback even though he's supposedly already ordered the gear? No contract has been signed although I did send him an email accepting his quote but no money has changed hands. My back up plan is to order the gear myself, fit it and get the wife to sort the building control stuff, in which case I'll have it all done by next weekend. Bear in mind that this guy wants to charge me over 5k to supply and fit this stuff and it'll cost me around 2-2.5k to get it all on trade... Has anyone got any experience on this type of scenario? Cheers, Fro

If it were me... I'd pump it up to 40-50 psi and see what happened. If it holds I'd continue to use it.

If. If you could get in to their house; you could grab their tub of Utterly Butterly, remove the butter stuff, apply turd to the now empty container then replace the butter stuff. They could be scraping away at that for weeks before they uncover the horror of your log sitting patiently in the bottom of the tub.

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I would - should be able to get them by Weds/Thurs. Gives you enough time to get the rest of it sorted.

Dress up as God, pop round to her place and tell her it's all part of your immaculate plan and to wind her f**king neck in.

Handy stuff Arwen - my lappy is all but dead so I'll give this a punt.

Yes, yes, yes. Find an old shitter that's been on the market or recently fallen through and bid them low. Do it up to a high standard and punt it out in a few years. I did just that - bought about 15% below market value 3 years back and sold it earlier this year for 22% over the ceiling price in the area. It didn't even make it to the open market. Now I'm doing it again.

Maybe - sound can travel in very strange ways through an engine/gearbox. You should bring it along to the end of season meet so we can all diagnose the problem.

Generic engine management light reset tool:

Yuasa aren't the best in my opinion - I've had 3 or 4 on the trot that failed to last a year (replaced under warranty). The Current one has lasted a couple of years though. Haven't used any other brands - probably go for a motobatt given the reviews when this one karks it.

OEM are very hard to beat.

Shall we tell him the secret trick?