Marino

Clean it, changed oil and oil filter, cleaned and lubed chain, put it on ABBA stand, chain it to the ground anchor, covered and instructed guard dog what to do in case someone is around.

it’s time to go back on board, I hate myself

3 hours ago, Bender said:

Kids get presents, every one else can go jump for me  

 

My biggest concern before Xmas, did we really get enough beer and wine.

I am with you on this one

And I panic if I didn’t ride for 3-4 months,

great go for it

1 minute ago, S-Westerly said:

In my working life I had one colleague  called John Thomas from North Wales  and another called Richard  Head. The latter was aptly named as he really was one.

Than I am not biker. When I had BMW I did enjoy their service system, plus I owned it from new and had extended warranty, by the end of it I got Ktm with extended warranty, so still enjoy service hospitality. Before I had Japanese bikes, newer long enough to go for a service after warranty period. I do oil, filters, brakes and fluids change but nothing more than that. Luckily so far I didn’t have to do anything serious. 
I wouldn’t put my hands on wires, I am bad with electrics almost as water.

I don’t really enjoy doing repairs,just use it as excuse to get out of house jobs which I hate.

3 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Greek is pretty impressive as well.

It must be all Balkan languages plus all around Mediterranean.

5 minutes ago, TimR said:

Intentional Pun or not 

 at least someone is reading carefully 

For years I believed that Croatian language is champion in swearing and bad, rude words. But checking on English, I am amazed how many synonyms just for small piece of extra skin 

6 minutes ago, geofferz said:

Weiners? Yes, correct. 

I could not write wieners, so it’s winners ( my keyboard is politically correct)

40 minutes ago, Trooper74 said:

Very successfully ... we where fighting them off with shitty sticks but now they are no more ... not proud of killing ,, but needed a rat poo free garden for my children ...

Some casualties are necessary for better living

Big bikes with lot of torque and hp’s are for us with small winners 

4 hours ago, Bender said:

Haha ok I concede  

 

 

AlthoughSpanish, Italian, German and Danish studs were used and later studs from the orient.

And Lipizzaner is the Italian name

I'm jus waffling to cover my tracks  

 

I don't know what dobbin is in Slovenian, mind you I don't know what it is in Italian either  

Not that I know something more, I am just born near there in Croatia, 40 min from Lipica and remember going horse riding with my parents .

56 minutes ago, Bender said:

Now get 4 of  their Italian stallion cousins you now have 4 Lipizzaner dobbins

Just to correct one small mistake, Lipica (Lipizza) is in Slovenia, but close to Italy 

11 hours ago, Trooper74 said:

Drill 20mm hole in decking ... purchase a quantity of wheat or oats,  farm supplies shop or horse supplies ... soak in neat anti freeze for 4 days ... with a funnel pour mixture under decking ... dogs will be fine .... no more rats ... or dead rats under the decking ... they will seek out water ... and die ... 

that sound genius, just curiosity, have you test it ?

It is just a way not to pay off for any damage. So insurance is mandatory to have but it is not mandatory to pay off in case of damage. That is the way to go for, 

10 hours ago, bonio said:

What happens at 3-5000 rpm and 5-7000 rpm is going to affect normal ride a lot more.

Fully agree, for regular rider 3000 to 5000 rpm are important figures. Those are most used rpms and then up to 7000 where you loosing driving licence and ur savings.

Kawi z1000sx has more hp at 4000 rpm than zx10r (those are figures for few yers old models, not newest ones). 
 

my 1290 gt at 5000 explodes and rip your arm’s off 

2 hours ago, onesea said:

Problem is we have 2 dog's or we would continue with poison.

One dog would leave dead rats alone, the new one has some ratting instinct.

Although is being defeated by rat runs under decking and behind/ in log stores. These are probably 1/3 of the garden area.

I have blocked the gap under the gate so if caught in open dog might have a chance. Also removes easy entrance/ escape run for the rats.

Tonight after work I will be lifting some decking to check lid of see drain through back garden. Not certain if they are getting in through there.

Have ordered 5 more traps. I think I will be spending some time in my next days off making decking liftable so we can check easily.

Poison is not good idea if u have a dogs. U will poison your dogs and rats will stay, except if you continue to poison them for a long time.Traps are good solution, as many u can get, rats are multiplying by geometrical progression.

Air rifle is ok if you have nothing else to do and stay there all day long.

Anyway I believe u should remove decking because they probably have nest or hiding place for winter. U have to destroy it and also remove the sent by chemicals so other rats will not come to use it.

Hilarious 

Just now, Marino said:

Great report, eep going 

Keep

Great report, eep going 

I did it every day, bike out of garage, pushed on driveway, driven to the road and than back to garage. Just to keep myself fit.

It looks great, almost as street fighter, and 14k is not so much for new. After a year it will be 10k

Took a year or more to get used to previous forum layout and options. Lets see how long will take this new one. Hope it will not change in next 2-3 years