Mickly

Just enquired at Blade Triumph Stratford for a 12000 mile service for the mighty Speedtriple .... £1000 !! Looks like it’ll be a oil change at Chez Mickly & that’s it !!

Let’s see if this does the trick

I am also in the unfortunate position of refurbing a down stairs loo for the step daughter. I’ve ripped the basin out and capped the pipes, I can find no sign of a leak but there’s a small puddle every morning. The top pipe ( cold ) seems to have water along the underside of its length, could this be condensation rather than a leak? She wouldn’t have noticed before as it was behind a built in unit.

@James in Brum ensure you buy motorcycle specific oil, not car oil of the same grade otherwise you may well end up with clutch slippage issues.

That’s a duvet

Some times the oil filter screws into an oil pipe within the pan.

Have you made sure there are no sneaky fixings, you may have missed? Have you removed the oil filter? If you are confident that all fixings have been removed the tapping with a hard rubber hammer around the sump can do it, it you can see anywhere you can get leverage to prize it off - use a piece of wood not a screwdriver as if you damage the surface the sump mates to you will have a never ending oil leak.

Me & a mate stopped for fuel at Morrisons Weston Super Mare on the way back from a bike show, spotted an old guy having trouble starting his V-Twin cruiser, it was turning over with very slow asthmatic wheeze. We offered to give him a push, it was difficult to get him to understand what to do as he was deaf as a post & had never bump started anything before. Bloody bike just kept locking the back wheel until we were breathing through our arses, eventually managed to persuade him to let me jockey it while my mate pushed, he seemed a bit worried we were gonna f*ck off on his old knacker & leave nearly a new Speedtriple & 750 Gixxer behind We found some gripper tarmac as the garage forecourt wasn’t the best, I found 3rd gear and with the help of a third random bloke, we got it started, the old duffer got on his bike & f*cked off without so much as a cheers, leaving the 3 of us just staring at each other in silence until my mate just said “C*nt” and we pissed ourselves laughing.

Or a nearby lamppost

Weirdo

Me too

‘Av a goodun

Giving Jaguars legendary reputation for reliability, I’d say it’s an improvement in that respect. However it is sad to think that this is another step along the road to soulless motoring that will be controlled at all levels by the powers that be

On the bright side, it’s less to go wrong

Changed the a Headlamp bulb in Stepdaughters Clio:- I’d like to meet the fiendish French f*ckers who thought this was a good design and shake them warmly by the throat !! Supposed to remove bumper which means jacking up both sides, removing wheel arch liners & under tray .... to change a fuggin bulb!! Decided it was easier to remove battery box, fuse box cover and skin my knuckles trying to furtle it out & in, it was a complete git !!

I’m don’t normally bother with Valentine’s Day, but as I’ve been the designated supermarket shopper I was able to buy & secrete a prezzie for Missus Mickly, nothing special, just a box of her favourite chocolates - Thornton’s Continental...... Funnily enough these are also my favourite & Missus Mickly is on a diet, whereas I am not

Guilty

As a Manager I was a complete B*stard over the booking of holidays. I made the holiday chart available on line so the team could see who was off when & introduced some rules: ‘no more than 3 off at any one time unless the whole company was shut down’, ‘demonstration of an agreed plan for covering workload while away’, ‘No holidays spanning key delivery dates’, ‘Holidays cannot be cancelled within 4 weeks of the intended date ( unless for a bloody good reason) & no more than 2 weeks at a time. I greyed out any refused requests to ensure no sneaky sickies taken. The power of presiding over those requests was intoxicating I used to leave them sweating for days.

Isn’t the oil supposed to be beef fat?

I had to have a lumbar puncture a few years ago, the lad in the bed opposite had it 1st & screamed the place down. They came to me next & asked if the trainee could do it, I asked if he’d done the other guy the boss said “yes, but practice makes perfect” It was a little uncomfortable and stung quite a bit but I wasn’t going to show any weakness to the gorgeous nurse holding my hand.

Couldn’t you sheet off a section of the garage? You can buy cheap plastic dust sheets I’m looking to do something similar to paint the Trophy engine before re-assembly

What? You didn’t wince once?? god you are hard as nails

Alternatively could be an oil cooler pipe or oil cooler, either way still not a biggie.

Might be that you’ve ripped out the sump plug? Cost would be a 2nd hand sump, new gasket, oil & oil filter .... so not so bad, relatively easy DIY job to check & repair. Lucky you spotted it before hooning off & finding no grip on the rear tyre, so be grateful for small mercies hey?