Fozzie

Glad to hear even if the pay is lower, it's nearer and more convenient hours. Well deserved

It's a lot of bike to slow down, but like I said, it's reports online and might not reflect the truth. They might be just as good, and I've found them on about half of the project bikes I've owned and seemed fine, but I'm not going to stand in the way of a nice little earner for the forum It's a pain for it to hit all at once, but like you say it is under the bike only once. I could never afford to do the lot at once, so I used to stagger it so I would replace the seals (and any buggered pistons) with a set of new pads, and then replace the discs with the next set of pads. One last note you might have already looked at, but I'd change the mounting bolts too. It's a nightmare when one of those rounds off, I usually start by taking a blowtorch to them and letting them cool down naturally.

Basically the tap is vacuum activated, but it fails and allows petrol to the carbs. The OEM float valves seem to be total crap, as they often leak and let fuel past them. Although from my anecdotal experience, it only let 2/3rds of a tank, so it seems to be a pressure related issue. I replaced with non-OEM valves that looked a bit more substantial than the stock ones, and so far it has been happy days. The tanks filters come away very easily as well, so any sediments clog things up on the line. I've fit an inline filter on my project bike, and I need to fish out the filters at some point as they rattle around when the tank is low. @Mareks If they say it is fixed, I would put it back on the bike and fill up the tank from a jerry can. Say about 5 litres at a time, and leave it with the fuel tap set in the on position for several hours. I'd prime it first for a minute to let the carbs fill up, just to prove it won't spill out into the engine, then leave it in the on position. Keep an eye on the oil level glass on the side of the engine. If you don't see any petrol in there, fill up another 5 litres and wait again. If you get to a full tank and there's no problems, I'd take that as a good sign you are in the clear. I'd also crack open the oil fill point and sniff for petrol before you start, and if it gets much stronger that suggests some is still getting in.

I had a quick look on Wemoto, and it's looking like £775 would get you all of the parts, but this includes full rebuild kits for the calipers. If the pistons are in good shape, they will be reuseable, but that could really see your costs sky rocket if they have corrosion that isn't budging without the lightest of polishes. Are the discs actually at their limit? Or just looking sorry due to rust? I've always tried to space out the jobs on brakes due to costs, I replace the seals every 2nd set of pads and replace any pistons. New discs is always a painful expenditure. You can cut the cost of the discs in half by using pattern parts, rather than EBC. People generally have a reasonable experiences with them, but there's a lot of wariness around them. Some reports years back of them warping very quickly for example, but I assume if they are still being sold, that they've done something to iron out the kinks.

Welcome! I lived in Stockport when I was very little, and now I'm only over a couple of towns in Sale. There's quite a few members in the north west. Keep an eye out in the rideout section. The rain has really butchered this riding season. But this week is looking a little better.

Good morning! Sat in meetings again, and I've sent e-mails to chase other bits of work while listening in, which I've run out of and voila. Here I am. Just got a proper desk/chair setup at home, paid for by work, which is a lot more comfortable. It's a mystery how I've avoided back issues, hunched over a coffee table for 3 years, but wasn't something I was going to chance much longer.

9.5%! That makes some of the old Polish beer I used to drink look watered down I've not tried this one, my favourite so far has been "Elvis Juice". How does this one taste?

Seemed to be something in the air yesterday, as there were loads. If they are doing under the speed limit, you are legally allowed to pass them on the inside. As it is treated as your lane making "better progress". Otherwise in high traffic conditions when some lanes move quicker, you'd be liable to be done for undertaking. I was driving back from Wales with my brother yesterday morning, and there were a good 5 or 6 occasions where we just passed a slow driver on the inside. Both on the dual carriageways and the main motorway. I think only 1 pulled in behind us after we did so. I was just on cruise control, moving out for lorries, moving back in when past. My brother chuckled about it, and mentioned he'd not seen that many lane hoggers in a single journey for a while. Is it the school holidays? Fatigue addled parents brains? Who knows. But the standard of driving does seem to be dipping.

Happy birthday!

Only thing I can think of is your damper rod nut isn't adjusted to the right height. I had this issue when I rebuilt a friends R1 suspension, not enough clicks on one of the fork legs. Found the damper rod nut sitting about 5mm higher from where it was supposed to be. Yours at least sounds symmetrical, so if you've had them rebuilt and set up, I'd be asking your last mechanic if it was deliberate.

Wagon wheels are superior But the dark chocolate digestive is king

Good afternoon! On a much needed 4 day week. Only 3 days to go, and I'm in Wales with my brother. It's quite rare we do stuff together, so should be good. Hoping the weather is at least passable!

One thing I increasingly don't like are the sudden pop up businesses, which I guess could be a result of the cost of living situation. It's the cleaners, dog walkers, and home run online shop owners. The latter often just selling cheap Chinese imported plastic trinkets for inflated prices. You get the ones who've been doing it years, who tend to be lovely. And *then* you get the ones who are basically venture capitalist type mindsets. Their advertising is usually such a glowing self-review, you'd think mother Theresa was reborn. But then if they ever get negative reviews, these people have a habit of going defcon 1. Saw an elderly couple having to draw a line under a situation they had with their cleaner. They gave her a 4/5 star review. They are kind, but say they dropped a star as she's often late so it can be an issue for those with tight schedules, otherwise she's perfect. The cleaner demanded the review be torn down, and when it wasn't went into smear campaign mode, claiming they were "attacking a working mother". It was the over reaction of the century. And dog walkers who get mighty touchy when they lose a dog, and it gets found/posted on the local groups. I assume they are trying to hide it from the owner that it got away. Saw one last week that appeared to have been hit by a car. And don't get me started on the tat sellers that get caught with fake pandora stuff, that dissolves in the bath

The just stop oil lot are beginning to make me think they are being funded by pro-oil lobbyists... It would be a clever psyop, as you take an incredibly emotional and irrational bunch of people, band them behind a banner of virtue, and then watch them burn public support of it to the ground. This is a good way to alienate most cyclists, motorcyclists, and indeed any other vehicle owners that has friends who are. As for Nick Buckley... His history looks good until recently, where he's doubled down on being a tool. "Are we supposed to trust these people that they know the science" - I'd offer the reply: Seeing as you repeatedly prove you have no grasp of it at all Nick, why bother wasting calories pointing out these aren't scientists, but activists?

I'm jealous of your bracket fabrication, how did you get that subtle L bend near the mount holes and the smooth curvature on those tangs? I've not been able to do stuff like that since I had all the tooling at college!

As Geofferz posted, a quote from Sir Michael Caine in Austil Powers. A more overt one, I sometimes slip movie/tv quotes into some of my responses. Me and my siblings can effectively talk in movie/tv quotes, often making a game out of finding the best fit/comedic line to use. If I posted what I actually don't like, we'd be here all day Plus people have covered off social media, that's pretty much my biggest gripe due to the increasing conspiracies, degeneracy, and political division it creates.

Good evening! I've officially thrown my hat in the ring, and I'm going after chartership. I'll be CEng by 2025 with any luck. I don't usually like governing bodies like the IET, I've previously fallen out with them for a mixture of things. There's a lot of cronyism, and it comes over as an old boys club sometimes. But by joining, I at least have a chance of affecting change, even if locally to me in my company. I don't think I'll put the letters after my name if and when I get it, too many people do it smugly or as a put down.

Ah, I see you too like to live dangerously... 4. Mooooooole 5. ...MOLE... 6. Moley moley moley moley

Things I don't like 1. Intolerance of others 2. Lists 3. The Dutch

Oof, so we have fleeing the scene, false information is treated as failure to exchange information... She's in a bit of strife now. Make sure witnesses are kept close. People like her tend to double down, rather than give up on the bad behaviour. If you know her name, I might be tempted to see if she's on social media, and make sure she's not trying to thread a story like "he pulled out on me, ran back into his house and then said it was parked, and then he tried to stop me leaving". I've seen a lot of similar stories before, and I know someone who got a molestation accusation, and abuse for years due to a teen girl who went through his garden wall, pissed as a fart. And got colourful with the stories, even though the CCTV showed the entire situation.

... But on a cheerier note, my girlfriend heard this story and the single detail that she prioritised was: "And how did she convince two guys to marry her, but I can't even get one" with a piercing glare. I retreated quickly.

At 19 she married a 31 year old, it broke down within a month because he'd been in the messages of a couple of her uni peers who outed him. She initiated the divorce and wanted it over as quickly as she could, got the paperwork, and restarted her search for a partner. At age 25, she marries, and has two kids. But at age 34 is now splitting from this husband as he's started making silly money, and wants to split time between the UK, USA, and Hong Kong, with the kids being schooled locally. She initially agreed, but changed her mind, wanting to keep her kids rooted in the UK until they are older. It caused a big rift, and she's divorcing him. He's got the money for a good legal team, so they've been instructed to seek a custody deal that allows him to travel with the kids (very unlikely to win), but while doing so uncovered that the first divorce was issued days before the 1 year anniversary of the first marriages anniversary. Legally, you can't divorce until after the 1st anniversary of the wedding, meaning while the court missed it, it's up to you to make sure it's all correct. And the 19 year old at the time, hadn't realised this. So she's technically still married to a guy she's not seen in nearly 15 years. It's looking likely a small custodial sentence will follow now (maybe a few months), and the husband did back off the legal fight as he only wanted to use it to leverage a better custody deal, not land his wife in prison. The wife has approached a member of a group I'm in, who passed it onto me as I know a few legal types who deal with more niche problems. I've read a lot of case law and it seems she's in trouble. Currently trying to see if the original D36 form can have the date amended, it's only 6 days short and cures the whole problem. But in my experience, family law courts are as near to a kangaroo court as it gets. They love to throw the book around.

I think my insurance did similar. The car only went from £750 to £450. But I vividly remember my bike insurance dropping from £1500 to £600, as it was near on £1000 and I went from third party only to fully comp. I did have 2 thefts on record at the time though, a problem I don't have so much anymore out of London! Congrats on the move btw, on a good days riding you're in striking distance of quite a lot of great roads. Up near Lincoln or over towards the peak district on top of those local!

Someone at work ran a water pipe through a HV cable duct, and I thought of this today...

Good afternoon! A good weekend has turned into a weird week so far. Went for a hike with my girlfriend and 4 of her friends, fortunately there was another bloke whose showing an interest in bikes. The conversion has begun. Got to do some rock climbing up Stanage edge. Then back to reality, work is more intense than usual. And then a few relationship dramas landed, a couple in a mental health group I'm part of, and one with my girlfriends friend group. Having to help enlist legal help for what genuinely appears like accidental bigamy, and with the other, they've annoyed me as I warned them about how their situation would develop, they said it wouldn't, and now they are firmly in the thick of it. It's a strange week so far