fastbob
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Making progress .
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If anyone has a good Polish deli nearby , I heartily recommend these more exotic variations on the Jaffa Cake .
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What's your favourite biscuit ?
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I can't get enough of this at the moment . It's just so intriguing to listen to Charlie Watts doing what he loves rather than the "Work" that he did with the Rolling Stones .
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I think this topic ends here .
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It doesn't matter really . Just replace both halves . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4pc-kit-2-pin-way-car-waterproof-electrical-connectors-plug-with-wire-/112233499255?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
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The fact that I've never heard of it might be a clue . I'll do a little research .
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It's very very far gone . It would cost far more to restore than anyone would ever get back for it . I like the challenge of restoring bikes that have seen better days but there is very little of use left there . Stick it on a Hipster / Cafe Racer FB page and ask a grand for it .
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I thought I'd try something a little more advanced next . A Tamiya 1/48 Beaufighter .
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Triumph Trophy Engine Strip
fastbob replied to Mickly's topic in Old Motorbikes, Projects and Restorations
The spring will be fine . It's not there to exert a lot of force . If the spring ceases to be effective then the cam chain should have been replaced ages ago . Having said that , I did fit a manual tensioner to my last ER5 just for a laugh . -
Triumph Trophy Engine Strip
fastbob replied to Mickly's topic in Old Motorbikes, Projects and Restorations
That's the one ! It's amazing how inadequate the small amount of torque feels but that's the way it is . -
Going through my photos again .
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That's very nice indeed but I feel duty bound to inform you that you appear to be in a carpark .
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I have never seen anything like that either and I cannot even offer a theory about how that could happen . Once maybe, but you are saying that this has happened repeatedly . There are no forces that I can visualize that would do this except maybe something being done wrong when the plugs are being fitted .
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Well worth a read ..https://www.wearyourvoicemag.com/christmas-pagan-roots-winter-holiday/
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Run them through the bars . That's what a lot of Sportster riders do on Bobbers .
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In a godforsaken , fly blown , scorching wilderness so grim that all the inhabitants , excluding the midgets , have abandoned the buildings to the cruel sun .... etc etc etc
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I used to make exploding amunition by gluing the domed portion of a match head to the nose of each pellet . Looks great in the dark .
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For no reason at all the thought came to me to start making plastic model kits again . Rather than buy expensive and super accurate Japanese kits , I decided to buy some very cheap kits from former Soviet Bloc countries . The smaller ones are reasonably accurate representations of a Mig 15 and a Mig 17 . The bigger one seems to have been designed from memory .
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Take it easy , progress at your own pace . Riding often is probably going to be more beneficial than riding far to begin with . Make sure you are in the right frame of mind and if nothing is going right just turn around and go home . There's always another day .
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I think the most unbalanced , lumbering , roaring , ugly four cylinder bike I ever had was my GSX1100 . And that's what attracted me to it .
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Here you go , take yer pick . They all look the same to me .
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I had better luck with the weather a couple of months ago . Although it was a little way back from the road , this was still technically a lay-by in the traditional sense of the phrase .
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I must agree with some of the earlier comments . It doesn't matter how efficient these modern takes on the UJM * are , you have still got to have some sort of emotional connection with your motorbike . * UJM , Universal Japanese Motorbike , a phrase from the 70,s when the main difference between the top bikes from the big four Japanese manufacturers was the name on the tank .
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Things on the road, you keep seeing that aren't there.
fastbob replied to PaulCa's topic in Motorbike Chat
It all looks different now but I've ridden straight into this farmyard in the dark .
