S-Westerly
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OD'd on Netflix have we? My lockdown vice is PC games doing which I have wasted days of my life. Saddo that I am.
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Welcome back. Never rode an MT09 but had a test ride on the GT900 once. Decent bike and I believe performance wise the MT09 is way better?
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Even in the smaller towns the moped riders have been riding like mad nutters on speed for ever. The legality or otherwise of it doesn't seem to matter.
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Yep, I've got the tinnitus as well. Though I never have burst an eardrum. I've regularly had my ears syringed / vacuumed without any issues but the amount of gunk that emerges is amazing.
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Bought it as well as the other raffle ticket for new Triumph. -
I've tried all these and to a degree it works. However apparently my ear canals are odd so they've a kind of kink in them that stops wax from doing what it should do and also causes it to get jammed up. It also prevents me from scuba diving. Any depth more than about 4 metres I cannot clear my ears.
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Tried it, repeatedly. Apart from making a horrid mess on my collars or pillow it didn't have any effect at all. I had mine vacuumed last week after a week of olive oiling and what came out was about 1 cm3 from each ear of a tarry glop. Took a lot of hot water irrigating first as well.
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To be honest I really don't care. Government has completely shut down my life by decree. When anybody can find something in it to be excited about please let me know!
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The reason my audiologist told me never to stick anything down my ears. Having serious wax problems have also made the mistake of googling for "how to clear it" (short answer you can't). The consequences are as you say gross!
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It's under a cover so not totally bare to the elements. I see it every day when I pass so it's survived quite well for 2 1/2 years. When I'm at sea it's garaged at my daughter's place.
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When I returned to biking after many years away from it they were the most reasonable insurance I could get but I never made a claim. I believe if you do have to make a claim they are not very good. As always its a case of pays your money, takes your chance.
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“Casual” jacket
S-Westerly replied to Keeper96's topic in Clothing, Luggage, Accessories and Security
There are quite a lot of decent leather jackets around for bikes that don't look like power rangers. However most of them are on the pricey side. -
Must weigh a ton?
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Ditto nothing. It's tipping down with rain and mine lives outside so not good for owt.
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That's a proper yorkie- none of these effete little round things!
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I carry the toolkit that came with the bike, a puncture repair kit inc. 12V pump (Dynaplug), and maybe a small can of chain cleaner / lube if I'm away for any time. Otherwise it's Bennett's bike recovery. That said I don't think there's anywhere in Western Europe where you are 250 miles between places!
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Some marine crankshafts are rather large but there's a shed load of smaller marine diesels around.
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When we had a boat I was discussing Seagull outboards with someone and we came to the conclusion they were really good emergency anchors but effing useless as engines. Really liked my Honda outboard on the dinghy. Started first time every time.
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I'd say he was a candidate for the Darwinian Awards.
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Do you stop if you see a biker at the side of the road?
S-Westerly replied to Throttled's topic in Motorbike Chat
Well in Weston super Mud you're lucky he didn't piss off on one of yours while you were working on his! -
California has some of the best food on the planet especially if you avoid the obvious tourist traps. The scenery is to die for. I've done the Pacific coast highway 1 three times - fantastic. Further north towards Oregon and Washington State also great. I've skied Mammoth a few times but wouldn't go back as they've sanitized it a lot. Lake Tahoe ski resorts are really good with fantastic scenery to boot. I'd not want to live in the US although my brother does but I love it as a tourist.
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And they say honesty pays.....
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Rode to Cheltenham again for getting my ears de-waxed and the moulds made for the fancy hearing protectors. Now have to wait for them to arrive. Today was a good ride though as the weather was positively spring like. For an hour or two I could pretend lockdown was just an unpleasant dream.
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Is your Tyre Plugger the best?
S-Westerly replied to raesewell's topic in Clothing, Luggage, Accessories and Security
One of these things you hope you'll never use but if you haven't got one you'll be buggered. Probably on a Sunday afternoon somewhere with no phone signal in the pissing rain. -
I know you can install a Tesla home charger for a fee. But where's all the power going to come from?
