Mickly

Thank you all for the advice. I am notoriously heavy handed, so try and use torque settings when I can, e.g. the engine cover bolts have a 9Nm spec, when I did them up it really didn’t feel enough and I’d have probably gone another 1/2 turn if left to my own devices. I have reduced flat pack furniture to near match wood through having all the finesse of a Rhino.

I used white spirit and a toothbrush. You can get 10 child’s toothbrushes for £2 at B&M so use them for cleaning stuff then chuck away. If they are soft enough for their teeth you won’t have to worry about scratching your wheel rims.

It’s item 1 in the picture

Almost as good as Speed Triple

Can anyone point me in the direction of the correct torque value for the oil filter bolt on a 1994 Triumph Trophy 1200 ? It’s not in the Haynes manu, which seems a bit of a basic omission. Also in trying to find out, I’ve come across a post that says the 22mm oil drain plug should be tightened to 48Nm and that the 28Nm referred to in the Haynes manual is for the 14mm plug used on some models .... is this true or am I gonna end up with a stripped thread? Thanks.

From what I remember in the dim and distant olden days when I was an apprentice- In metal casting, it’s called the ‘lost wax’ process - complex shapes that cannot be removed from a mould are created in wax, when the molten metal is poured/injected in not the mould the wax burned off and dissipates.

I did this when I dropped a microfibre cloth on the exhaust ( who knew microfibre cloths were made of plastic? - not me!! ) Any way - the way I did it was by taking the worst of it off with wire wool then Autosol and plenty of elbow grease.

I suppose this is an alternative to ripping off their head and sh*tting down their neck then realising it was your own fault.

Always enjoyed your columns in ‘The Road’

I killed Bambi on the military road between Coulport and Helensburgh. Been on holiday and was leaving early hours to miss the traffic. Bambi hurdled the Armco at the side of the road right into the front of the car. Luckily Bambi was dead ( not sure what I would have done if it was twitching ) Kids and current Mrs Mickly were in the car so absolutely no chance of chucking it in the boot to sort out later. It wrecked the front LH side of the car. Had to pull the wheel arch off the tyre and use some boot laces to tie the bumper and headlamp inplace ( indicator was bollox’d) Drove very slowly until finding a petrol station open in Dumbarton - purchased some gaffer tape and effected a repair that lasted the journey back to Cov at 70mph. Bloody menace locally apparently -Bambi not me

Once ran over a squirrel in the car, girl friend at the time insisted I stopped and checked, which I did. Had a massive row when I got back in the car - apparently when I opened the boot she thought I was getting a cloth out to wrap it up and take it to the vet - she didn’t realise I was taking out the jack handle to put it out of its misery She put me out of my misery by sacking me the next day.

BTW Did you get it this cheap? Courtesy of this months Bike

Have a look on the back of the plate, that’s where the BS number is on mine. The suppliers name ( Dealer that sold the bike new ) is on the outside of my plate but covered by a red reflector as I’ve fitted a tail tidy, so it is on the plate, just not easily visible. No pics as I don’t want my plate cloned - although anyone can see it when out and about there’s no need to publicise it quite so widely.

I'll have a look. Thanks FFS - don’t look - Ichiban Moto is published by an American pen pusher, who (along with his acolytes) jerks off into his mother’s knicker drawer while thinking about the anguish he has caused to poor sods who may inadvertently follow his advice.

You know where you can stick your itchybum stickers !! Side panels or up my arse , I haven't decided yet . I’ll give you a clue .... it’s not your side panels.

I pulled up behind a car yesterday that had a rear view camera in the centre of the rear window, putting aside the problem of it partially obscuring the view, I got the feeling that I was being spied on and resented it, is there any thing that could be done apart from driving around in a balaclava? (Although some might say hiding my ugly mug would be a good thing)

I'll mention it to the owner, there hasn't been much progress I'm afraid because the poor chap has been ill for a week . By the way I've just ordered myself some Ichiban Moto stickers, badass ! You know where you can stick your itchybum stickers !!

Enjoy. Let us know what you think. I’m off out in half an hour but I don’t know where because it’s the Weston beach race today so 50-75,000 people head into Weston! I’m usually one of the thousands going to Weston, we make a weekend of it and go home Monday (once made the mistake of leaving on the Sunday after the racing, took 6 hours to get back to Cov) Today though we’re going to a wedding - I’ll put on a brave face as I’d much rather be at the beach race.

Don’t mean to alarm you but some unscrupulous people have been known to loosen but not totally disconnect the end of the speedo cable at the clocks end. This means it doesn’t flap around and is easily tightened at MoT time in order to pass. This scam means that the speedo / odo would not usually work, however as it is not totally disconnected it can sometimes catch and give a reading. However the same can happen if it’s not quite tightened up properly after being removed for a totally innocent reason.

Chocolate topped cow biscuits are the grandkids favourite.

Never trust a hippie

Granted.... but Bungle will sit on your face for nine hours a day , George will lick your nipples for another seven and keep catching them in his zip .... and for the rest of the day Rod Jane and Freddy will constantly sing the theme tune to you . Also you have to be friends with someone called Geoffrey And Geoffrey’s dead !!

Busy is a real understatement- took my 5 year old grandson last year - it was absolutely rammed. Unfortunately mostly full of grumpy old men with questionable hygiene who thought nothing of barging the young guy out of the way to get a better view and tutting when I prevented it happening again. Still, don’t mean to put anyone off, it’s free and there’s loads of good stuff in the car park as well as the museum - just sharpen your elbows!!

Bloody Politically Correct Brigade, always after special treatment!!

Also means the home zinc plating vid is b*llocks. I hope the creator of this shite dies a horrible death, choking on their own vomit as the flames from the car crash that has claimed the lives of his family burn his bollocks to a crisp. What a complete and utter C u next Tuesday. I’d call him a w**ker but being a merkin he wouldn’t understand !!