Ian Frog

Why not just twist the wires together with the ones that go into the plug for you 2 bar electric fire and use an extension lead to get them both to beside the bath for maximum luxury. Cheers Ian

I must confess we aren`t heading anywhere this year by bike. However in our defence ferry for next year Plymouth to Santander and return 14 days later booked the other day. Plan is Picos and into Portugal as last trip N260 and over Pyrenees into France and then trek North to Calais for ferry was great. Cheers Ian

Welcome aboard! Don`t forget to keep us posted with photos as the restoration gets going. Looks tidy enough hope that extensive bodywork doesn`t hide any nasty surprises. Cheers Ian

Hi @fastbob good to hear the Harley still going ok. Ullapool is a lovely place. Cheers Ian

To be fair a lot depends on "how far down the line" will actually be ? I wonder what happens to values once we are told to stop using squashed forests and dinosaurs in the tank? Cheers Ian

@Steve_M Good choice ! Enjoy. Cheers Ian

N260 by any chance? Dead jealous to be honest. Cheers Ian

Agreed I have used a lot worse then that ! Cheers Ian

I have a suspicion it's to aid the passing if emission regs. But you are right most modern exhausts are fookin ugly and usually huge. Cheers Ian

small weight saving exercise ! The standard enormous can joins my growing redundant exhaust collection. Cheers Ian

Tsk Tsk creases in the tape reveals a shoddy job ! (what passes for paddock humour lol) Cheers Ian

I hope you don`t mind me chipping in my opinion? I would leave the restored bike exactly as it is ! After all you have spent a lot of time and done a fantastic job so why risk damage by disassembling a perfectly good machine. If the one you have tracked down is your original why not examine it and treat it to a usable light restoration and use it keeping your current machine for best. If space is a major issue personally I would part with one of the others to finance and provide necessary space/funds. Or do what most of us would ! Buy it and worry about space and funds afterwards. Either way good luck. By the way I currently have 7 and supposedly 2 are for sale but doesn`t stop me looking at ebay regularly lol. Cheers Ian

Black Widow was once called Sandy Bike Spares and I have visited their place and seen the lengths they go to to get downpipe fitment correct even to borrowing customers bikes if an enquiry comes in for something they have not done before. Unlike Kerker I might add that after many years still require major amounts of faffing about to get to fit. Cheers Ian

That`s correct the proximity to the side wall is what decides whether it`s safe or possible to repair. I have ridden over 4000 miles on a repaired tyre on my ZRX including a fair amount of "Spirited" riding with no problems. Cheers Ian

When you watch it think about the distance between your drive sprocket and the pivot point of the swingarm. For years many manufacturers and specialist race and custom builders have tried to make that gap as small as possible for the reasons he mentions. Cheers Ian

Yes mate You tube and whilst he gave the road bike a right slagging the off road machine has a hidden gem in the engineering. It was posted a few days ago. Cheers Ian

Watch the review by Ryan Fortnine and see what they have got right in the drive chain and what it implies for off road machinery going forward before you condemn it too harshly. Cheers Ian

The beauty of that solution to the problem is it`s simplicity and I dare say you will be able to remove it and apply it to any subsequent bike easly. Well played sir. I will shamelessly nick that idea when I need something similar. Cheers Ian

Yes that's what I had in mind but losing the white background and possibly leaving the mechanism on view . Just a thought. Cheers Ian

Hi mate Just a thought, what would it look like if the perspex was big enough to allow you to mount the logo at the top preferably with all the lettering losing the white background for clear? Feel free to tell me to fvck off if you are busy trying to sort it lol. Cheers Ian

Some of the values and figures you use so casually because you are used to them are proper impressive and the atmosphere around 22,000nm doesn`t bear thinking about. Cheers Ian

You work in a chip shop in Bingley !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am surprised it`s not already at work with you working on a specials blackboard advert. Cheers Ian

A cheery shout of "Oi mate don1t worry I`ve got all bloody day would probably get you an unwanted lecture from said twat but it`s almost worth it ! Cheers Ian

Whilst in general I agree with you I recently owned a 2019 Harley Fatboy with solid wheels. Whilst it weighed somewhere near what @S-Westerly drives for a living the influence of sidewinds was surprising and disconcerting. One of the reasons I was happy to trade it in for another Dyna (2008 immaculate FXDL ) . Cheers Ian