Tiggie

So I've been clearing my garage out in a state of lockdown infused boredom and have found several bottles of half full oil from years past. The question is what to do with them? Seems a waste to just take it to the tip for recycling but I cant think of any further uses for it

[mention]Stu[/mention] I did get the hoover out! Wife was not impressed I think what really annoyed her is I was more bothered about my cat getting cut than her or the kids

I'm liking it too. And as a bonus it won't take forever to clean if it flips over again You really wouldn't believe how many bits of black safety glass I'm still finding out there!

Back during the storms I found my small glass garden table had flipped and smashed everywhere (not my table but gives you an idea of what the damage looked like. In fact worse than this picture as half the sodding glass went on my lawn and i'm still finding little black squares of the stuff ) As i'm a lazy b@stard the frame has been sat in a pile of things waiting to go to the tip. Yesterday I had the thought of just making a new top for it. Wood is from an old pallet I swiped from loading bay at work for last years bonfire (overestimated how many I needed to burn so just shoved one down side of garage for a rainy day i.e. was easier than disposing of properly ) Thought I'd give it a stain with an old tin I found in back of garage And there you go,at the very least it kept me entertained for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon

Nicked from someone else : He entered the church as a sinner and left a holey man

I'd adjust it to whats comfortable for you

HD riders do seem to be amongst the most ignorant. It can depend on where you are though, when riding snakes pass for example, you see that many bikers that it becomes a chore to keep nodding

One of my favorite work memories was sending our saturday boy to B&Q for a lightbulb repair kit 30 minutes later I got a phonecall from the manager of B&Q to say that he found our lad and his saturday boy looking up and down the aisles for one

RSV for me too.

Me My car is due its mot in a few weeks and the front right wheel has been squeaking for some time Jacked car up and had a look under to make sure it was bearing and not cv joint (I know its usually clicking from cv rather than grinding but thought I'd double check) Not CV so ordered new hub for £35 (they come as an all in one unit, hub, bearing, abs sensor) and proceeded to fit it when it came. Noticed when I was removing old hub that there was a metal shield that was bent and would of been rubbing on the brake disc causing the grinding noise Confirmed this by bending it out of the way, refitting wheel and no noise I decided to fit the new one anyway ( yes I know you should do in pairs but as this is an a to b car that does barely any miles I thought might as well) as I had everything ready to come off. Fitted and all was fine, started engine and abs light came on. double checked all connections, light still on . Took whole hub out, cleaned up sensor ring (not that it was dirty being brand new) made sure it was all fitted in correctly and in right position, rechecked wiring plugs again and started car, still the light was on I even got out my OBDII reader thinking it might be a code that needed clearing but no codes were showing Came to decision that I'd have to play with it another day as it was getting late. Went for a quick drive around the block to make sure all sounded nice, got about a minute from my house and the light went off!! As I have since found out, after fitting a new hub you usually need to drive a bit before the car registers a reading Lesson learned

This came up on my facebook the other day. Hoping it ends the way I'm wanting it to

[mention]MarkW[/mention] I genuinely did not know that and have thought all my life that bumblebees had a barbed stinger and would die after stinging you. I'm guessing they are still pretty passive as opposed to wasps though

There used to be a pretty good show called Bikes Aloud back in the early 2000's. I'm one of the few in this country who doesnt mind Henry Cole so I'll watch his shows In general this country doesn't do anything to promote biking in my opinion. You never see any tv ad's or billboards for the latest bikes for example. Plus getting a license (especially for the under 24's) is a lot more complex than necessary, especially in comparison to a car license.

No video shows for me but I have a lot of adblocking, flash disabled script killing type things running

Here is a picture of the tyre in the link [mention]Smithers[/mention] posted. I'd probably give them a go. It seems i'm forever dealing with slow punctures on my vehicles

I'll be working Hope plenty come and you have a great time though

sorry [mention]Bender[/mention] the mob has spoken, best if you just leave quietly

Any dot-4 will be fine. I didn't know they even had special motorbike only brake fluid. When it comes to oil you just need to look out for friction modifiers. These are what cause the slippage in wet clutches on bikes. Regular Castrol GTX is absolutely fine but keep away from Castrol Magnatec

Please tell me you're not riding like that I did for a couple of days until the new cable came Only about a 3 mile round trip to work and back

I have been mocked for some of my repairs if that counts Clutch cable snapped so this was my solution until I got a new one p.s. and all done with things I carried in the bikes tool kit

Out of curiosity how do you feel when doing the CBT? I know its not a test as such but it is a similar environment. Having to redo and payout +£80 every 2 years would be motivation to pass my test Do what works for you though. It's all that matters in the end

what [mention]megawatt[/mention] said. I had it the other way round and had removed my seat and left the pegs. Tester said If the seat wasn't there it couldn't have pegs on.

It'll be fine I used to work in a petrol station and loved it when this happened as the guy that came out used to give a tenner to whoever was working on the till to encourage us to get customers to ring them

[mention]BIKERDAD[/mention] how dare you! she only drinks out of the tap its me that pisses in the sink

Heres my namesake