Mickly

Cheers , do you live inside or outside the proposed zone ? I'm in Earlsdon so just inside . I live in Tile Hill, so outside of the zone, however places I frequent eg Machine Mart, Halfords, Wickes, B&Q etc are all inside

I believe that in London it’s £12.50 per day for vehicles that are not exempt. The Motorcycle Action Group ( MAG ) successfully campaigned for ALL powered 2 wheelers to be exempt when it is introduced in Birmingham & are campaigning to get exemption in London for PTW’s over 12 years old, anything younger is already exempt. I’ll be contacting MAG for a statement on what’s happening in Cov in due course and will post the response.

So Triumph use those wretched Torx bolts as well ! Horrible things , especially the button head variety . There's no depth to them to get the Torx bit all the way in . I'd get rid of them if I were you . It shouldn't be too difficult on a metric bike . Absolutely!! I’m replacing with cap head Allen bolts where I can - the bolts in the pic are there to protect the threads while painting the yolk. Worse are the suspension & engine mounting bolts, which although the heads are deep enough are a fine (1.25) pitch, which is making getting suitable flanged nuts to replace the mangled ones taken off really hard, especially at a reasonable price.

So the piece of stainless pipe turned up & is just the right size Mickly’s patented head bearing press. A few whacks later Sorted Thanks for all the advice that I’ll try and remember for next time.

I've got a 3 foot piece of standard scaffolding tube I can pop round this evening . I'm not sure whether it would be too big but if you have something to use in-between the bearing and the pole you're welcome . I don't know the diameter and I'm at work right now. Thanks for the offer [mention]fastbob[/mention] but I’ve ordered a piece of pipe of the correct diameter (34mm and 1.7mm wall thickness so will fit over the steering stem) off eBay for £6 it’s being delivered Monday, not much chance of doing anything before then due to family based shenanigans I’d have taken the rest of the advice as well but .. 1/ I chucked the old bearings away ages ago 2/ Now it’s stuck on I don’t want to risk damaging it taking it off to freeze / heat.

I’m fitting new head bearings to the Trophy. Having got the outer bearing cups seated in the head stock, I can’t get the lower bearing race seated on the steering stem. Haynes says use a piece of metal pipe ( which I haven’t got ) I tried a piece of plastic pipe which got it far as ‘stuck’ but started to crumple. Any smart ideas? It’s on square - looks on the piss due to where I masked the steering stem when I painted the lower yoke.

Didn't last five minutes as Minister for Work and Pensions . Not exactly a champion of the more vulnerable in society . Im vulnerable , she could help me for 5 minutes . That 5 mins would include foreplay & a post coital cigarette

They maybe, but the Highway law is enshrined within acts of Parliament, the Highway Code reflects the law, and like I said, it’s a good reference, it also serves to prevent the general public from having to interpret a lot of legal jargon. This is what the RAC quote: “taken alone the Highway Code is not the law. But many of its instructions are backed up by law and so have legal muscle behind them. Those points supported by the law are clearly identified in the document by wording like 'MUST', 'MUST NOT', rather than 'should' or 'should not'.13 Mar 2018”

I’ve been using the bike boxes since they were physically invented ( unless there is a police car in the queue ) doesn’t mean I’ll never get done, just been lucky so far I guess. Btw - the Highway Code is a ‘code’ not Highway Law, it is a useful reference, but don’t try and use it in court of law.

A heads up before hand would have been nice. Looks like a good do.

Jesus ... who farted??

Ouch!! Hope you’re not too beaten up How did you manage to do that?

As long as it’s heavily loaded with ice.

Nigel says “ Look you really can polish a turd” & smoke it apparently.

I got rear ended at a traffic island in a brand new car ( by a KA ... oh the shame) It was in the wet and didn’t hear a thing ... it was such a big impact it wrote my car off, I was hugely paranoid every time I rode my bike after that as I reckoned if I’d been on my bike it would have been lights out. Unfortunately they didn’t take psychological trauma into account in those days - just got compensated for my sore neck Even today If I can’t filter in a queue I pull beside the last car so I’m less likely to take the full brunt of any impact. I was also quite traumatised by the state of the guy in the KA passenger seat who hadn’t been wearing a seatbelt...

I’m a Mickly, always have been, always will be. A Mickly born & bred Although apparently my surname is Yafukkah As in “what’d ‘yer do that for Mickly Yafukkah”

And thus begins the well trodden path of trying to make a Harley handle, brake & otherwise perform as well as any other bike built since 1960.

Farage has the kind of face I could quite happily punch.

If the missus & kids hadn’t been with me, Bambi would’ve been in the boot and no one any the wiser.

I killed Bambi A few years ago on a family holiday on the west coast of Scotland. Set off home to Cov in the dark at about 05:00, travelling along a Military road, Bambi hurdled the Armco from bushes, no time to react and BANG ....... kids screaming / missus shook up I stopped and went back hoping it wasn’t in pain, luckily it was dead so I lifted back the other side of the Armco so it wouldn’t be a hazard ( bloody heavy ). Then had to use boot laces to tie the front bumper and headlight in place ( still working ), kicked and bent the wing off the tyre. Kids still upset and missus looking at me suspiciously, I drove really slowly to a garage in Helensburgh, bought a load of gaffer tape to get things sorted and it lasted until we got home. Woman behind the till asked what happened, I told her and she was straight on the phone to someone telling them where to find it, so at least it didn’t go to waste.

Been meaning to post these for a while, so quite a few. Westonbirt Arboretum Did this yesterday - had an epic trip back up the Fosse to Cov. Rising Sun Pub - just out side of Winchcombe Court Barn - Chipping Campden ( Not bloody Chipping Norton - which I had in my mind and went to first ) H cafe - ( return trip from there was where a Lorry driver pissed me off - see knob of the day ) The Kings Arms The Rose & Crown ( candidate for worst photo - but I was dying for a leak and had to get away quick) The White Swan ( or W??te Swan - another great pic ) The Plough The Chequers The Hare & Hounds More to come, but apparently I’ve got more urgent things to do than dick around on my phone !!

What about the Wolf Run? https://thewolfrun.com/

It's nothing more than a fashion thing. It could have been a precaution against the combined effects of forward controls and ass-less chaps singeing the riders bits ?