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I have a pair of RST jeans, can't compare them to textiles, but if the weather is warm-hot, i get uncomfortable, otherwise they're great

I my Xena, my Xena is the best, I really like riding her whenever i can

that might pull out with a vacuum puller

Put the stem in the fridge and the bearing in the oven .

 

How long before the stem sets?, and do you have to baste the bearing during cooking

 

What's your preferred method of fitting bearings then ?

Never fitted any, not had the opportunity, but i'm sure the day will come

I feel your pain. My street is nowhere near as bad, we have one car which goes on our drive and one bike that goes in the garage so we can always get parked just fine. Guests however usually have to go in another street. I normally have a large van outside my front window so I have recently planted some now bigger trees to block it out. It's parked perfectly legally but it's not really what you want to look out of your front window to see.

The grass looks a bit patchy, needs some fertiliser on it, know anyone who does muck spreading

Put the stem in the fridge and the bearing in the oven .

How long before the stem sets?, and do you have to baste the bearing during cooking

Dog shit smells almost palatable compared to cat shit . Bob would be happy to oblige if it's in a worthwhile cause.

 

Cat urine is pretty infuriating as well. Not sure how you could collect a tom cat spray though....

Stick some fish in the grills? Fish anywhere that gets hot would be pretty inconvenient to him?

.......Why is all my revenge childish?

garlic is a good one too

got some quotes last night for the major break down company's, they all want around the same price £120 per year, and that is just the basic roadside and recovery, can't really justify that, even for peace of mind, as i don't venture far from home

Take his wheels and hold him to ransom

Are you sure this is the stairway to heaven?

It is now, Jacob's ladder is out of service.

Simple question about a tight clutch and you lot just turn it into a smutty thread

CLUTCH, ffs i thought it was CROTCH

funny you should mention that, i was thinking of replacing the panniers, with some imitation rocket launchers

Oh, the grand old Duke of York, he had 10,000 men, he marched them to the top of the hill, then he marched them down again.

I was going to do mine over 2 day's, and found an instructor that was willing to accommodate, luckily though, i was able to do it in 1 day, but a good instructor will help you as much as they can, good luck

So got home and was armed with lube (he he he) and as I lean in to begin....

 

 

Well that sounds slippery and fun

 

I rewrote that sentence a few times but there is no such thing as talking about lube without it being one big innuendo!

I didnt want to write 'lean over/bend over' etc etc, just makes it all the more worse....

Lube innurendo, sound's just as bad

, you'll be busy soon enough .

 

Gonna be busy anyway fitting some extra goodies

 

What extra goodies would those be may I enquire ?

When all the bit's arrive, will be fitting a handlebar extender, which will have a camera mount, and a dual 12v/usb power socket, but the best bit, on the brackets for the extender, i will make a panel so i can fit the alarm led, a nice clock ( still looking for a nice one ), and a volt meter, happy day's

Totally pointless, try and fix it when it breaks , or by a Chinese bike your get plenty of practise fixing things .

 

It is a Chinese bike

 

, you'll be busy soon enough .

Gonna be busy anyway fitting some extra goodies

Totally pointless, try and fix it when it breaks , or by a Chinese bike your get plenty of practise fixing things .

It is a Chinese bike

One good way to learn and gain confidence is to buy a project and tinker with that. The only downside is the silly money projects go for these days.

I am looking for one as a winter project, keeping an eye on ebay for what they go for

My biggest fear is getting a puncture, mainly because it has tubed tyres, tubeless no problem, i was thinking about having a go, and see if it would be possible to repair a tube without removing the wheel,

Look's the dog's dangly bit's

@Westbeef Thanks for the link, nuts were delivered today and one of them fitted on the bike. I now have 9 spare M8x1.25 if anyone wants the odd one for a job, send me a pm and I'll post it.

Cheers.

You can never have too many nut's

Repairs will come soon enough without going looking foe them. Haynes manuals and Youtube will give you an insight.

Totally agree, but what if your bike has none of the above, no manual available, nothing online, even putting your reg number, into places like Halford's come up blank

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

That is true, and i myself take that approach, but surely being able to do a repair is all part of owning and maintaining a bike,

Just curious if anyone does mock repairs, basically just practising if the unfortunate happens, and maybe try alternative solutions to problems instead of a more conventional approach