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Pet cats are not starving. If it was a fox with cubs or even a known , hungry feral cat with kittens, that is nature and eating to survive. Simba who was seen taking the first baby is a rather fat cat... Pet cats kill for entertainment. They torment and torture their pray before killing them.

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I have sad news. Within an hour of sleepy leaving the nest, he was on his own and one of next doors cats got him. We had not been allowing the dogs out front because of the fledglings, so a cat chanced its luck. Seenfrom the kitchen window, jumping back over the hedge with a baby in its mouth. Adult Robin was spied in the back garden with two young to supervise. One was near a drain, luckily it had a cover over it. The other was at the top of the garden by our small newt pond, just crouched between a wall and the edging stones. Parent was unconcerned and was bringing food repeatedly. Nevertheless, it was a oh shit moment, our original large pond laid claim to many a fledgling over the years till we filled it in. Why do fledglings always head for water? He moved from the stones, so I went out to make sure he had not fallen in. Nope, no sign. No idea where he went. Heard the second one cheeping and found it round the side of the conservatory with parent sat nearby. Filled the bird feeder and threw some seeds near the chick so mum did not have to work to keep it fed. Checked pond again just before dark and no sign of either chick. Got up this morning and the missus found one drowned in the pond.. Heartbreaking. Meanwhile mum was up by the back gate feeding the last baby. Went shopping and when we checked, there has been no sign of mum or baby since we returned. Doing a little research, it seems that less than 25% of Robin fledglings survive long enough to be able to fly. It takes 10 - 15 days after fledging to be able to fly apparently Both next doors cats are on our shit list now. Its only a matter of time before Astra catches one in the garden. Cats are quick, but she is far quicker and hates cats. I wont be calling her off. Wheres them fecking cats? Astra has their cards marked.

Not dangerous. It is just high frequency vibration by the pads rattling in their mounts. It may go away if the pads are new and bedding in.

From the box by the kitchen window. Mum and Dad have absolutely no problems with us moving about in the kitchen, just business as usual, in and out like clockwork feeding their babies. Rescued one of the parents from the spare bedroom the other day, heard a commotion in there and went to investigate. Adult Robin flew onto the bed and sat watching as I opened a window. As soon as I opened it and held back the curtain for it to be able to fly past, it was away to freedom. It did not show seem to show fear, just the expectation that I was going to let it out. We keep the back door open for the dogs to wander in and out, so it must have got in there, flown through the house and up the stairs. Earlier this afternoon, much fluttering and commotion coming from the box and one fledgling appeared in the opening, sat for 15 minutes and took the leap of faith. It cannot fly and Mum is feeding it seeds from a dish the missus puts on the lawn every morning. A second one has appeared in the opening and has promptly fallen asleep. It has not moved in a half hour. Must have expended its energy flying up to the opening. Of course the way of it is, the battery is dead in my Nikon camera with zoom telephoto lens, so I had only my phone to take a crappy pic. Let me sleep, I will get around to it when I am good and ready.

Certainly the parts are a bit The parts are certainly easier to see in my day job. The pic below is titled "this is what happens when a 900hp diesel engine is driving a transmission with no lubrication". The gears melt. Transmission oil distribution pump failed. Customer ended up with a £50,000 bill after the repair. Big toys come with big ticket repairs.

Appropos the post about magnetic fields caused by houshold objects. I restore mechanical vintage watches and the missus has two tissots bought as non runners. The white strapped one modelled in a tasteful manner on my hairy arm was stripped, cleaned, serviced and regulated abot 2 years ago. The second, even smaller blue strapped one was restored about two months ago. I spend about a week regulating them on the timegrapher after a service to get them to within a couple of seconds a day or better and once reassembled, they are always wound daily. I do not believe in allowing mechanical watches to rest. Both watches have stayed absolutely synched with my master watch for the last two months, requiring only very minor adjustment, maybe 30 seconds at most every couple of months. They live on the missuses side bedside cabinet so I do not forget to wind them each morning. I am one of the few that specialise in restoring ladies watches, most won't get involved with them because they are too small and fiddly. A service at a service centre often involved just removing and scrapping the old movement and fitting a new one as the most cost and time efficient way. I do ladies watches because non runners are 25% the cost of mens size watches and it is not a disaster if it all goes horribly wrong.. Tiny movements. Cannot get any better than those readings. You expect those in a very high end chronometer... Earlier in the week, I noticed the white one suddenly losing 10 minutes a day and the blue gaining 15 minutes. On enquiring what had been going on at the bedside cabinet yesterday, I was given a puzzled look. Nothing, all I did was charge my tablet... Upstairs? Yes. You normally charge stuff in the kitchen... I was charging my phone on the downstairs charger so charged the tablet upstairs.. On the bedside cabinet? Yes. On top of the watches? Yes..oh! Suddenly moist eyes. She loves those watches. Mystery solved. I am going to have to degauss them and regulate again, not something I do lightly. Degaussing can in rare cases go horribly wrong.

My backside is howling in protest at the mere thought. Respect.

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In case you have no idea. Toyah needs needs no introduction. My mouth is watering... Fripp is the head of King Crimson, a huge prog rock band. Not necessarily my cup of tea, being more of a maiden fan. However they did a lot of good stuff. Fripp is a seriously cool guy and I love his style... Fripp in his more serious mode....

Very likely. AGM batteries often display good volts and insufficient cranking amps when they fail.

Always a laugh.

Took out the 175 this afternoon. Did a 40 mile or so loop, taking in my fairly local Breighton Airfield and thereby nicely combining two of my passions, bike and aviation. Breighton is a renowned vintage aircraft field and often Spitfires will visit. It was once home to a mk2 Hurricane and a P51 too, but I think they moved on. There are signs at the entrance gate saying no public allowed, but I think the airfield changed hands and as long as you buy a coffee and a sausage roll/ slice of cake in the clubhouse restaurant, they do not mind you rocking up. It is far friendlier than of old. I suppose they just do not want to be rammed by hundreds of joe public with their kids running around the place. Airfields are dangerous places. Mature bikers sipping coffee at the tables, watching the planes 20ft away are no problem. In fact as I was leaving, two guys were stood by their bikes at the gate, a triumph and a velocette I believe. The sign was putting them off entering. I put them right and they were going in for a coffee when I left. So if you are looking for a destination somewhere different, Breighton is the place. Delightful rural ride involving fast A roads and winding country lanes through picturesque villages too. https://www.realaero.com/ DT having a rest. Tiger Moth. J3 Piper Cub. Bucher Jungmester. Bye.

So back in the days of the motorcycle activity center, I was summoned from my lair to see to a caller looking to sell a brace of new Honda XR50 clones. Said caller was Nick Jeffries and he had a couple of bikes in the back of the van. Not to be rude, but adopting a sceptical countenance, I bade him remove one of said motorcycles from van and start it up. They were fresh from the crate, so required we supply a pint of fuel for the demonstration. Luckily, they had engine oil. Fuel in, kick, kick, kick, thrum. He got it warmed up enough to idle and our little circle spent a pleasant five minutes or so, hands in pockets, enjoying the bright sunshine and observing said little bike idling away. What was particularly pleasing was the way all the lovely, shiny, loose, nuts, bolts and screws prettily twinkled and caught the sunlight as they slowly unscrewed themselves... Plop, first to hit the floor was one of the chain adjuster nuts, but it was a close race between that and a front brake lever bolt locknut. I wanted the locknut to win, but it was just pipped at the post by the adjuster nut. Various bodywork screws were giving their all, but in the end ran out of steam before they came right out. A cough, a scratch of the nose and a tiny, almost imperceptable headshake was enough to see said pile of poor quality components, loosely flying in formation back in the van, never to be seen again. It was certainly no Honda, that was for sure.

Are you sure all the linkage springs between the carbs are still in place? Also have you had the carbs balanced since they were apart? The little rubber slip on boots/ screws on the intake stubs used to block off the balancing ports, are they still in place? Does it spit through the exhaust when opening the throttle?

#112 main jet. Kawasaki part number 920631117 around £8.50 ea. #35 pilot jet. Kawasaki part number 920641101 £10.50 or thereabouts. Applicable for European model GPX750R from 1987 to 89. Do not be tempted by cheapo aftermarket jets. Get genuine. Often an aftermarket jet is not an identical jet to OEM. Don't ask me how I know this... It was a very expensive lesson to learn..

A four into one exhaust if less restrictive, will certainly cause it to run leaner. What market is your manual for? Different markets often had different carb settings. What is supplied in the US is often different to Europe or Oceana. The only way to be clear is to have a manual specific to the UK model. Does your carbs have accellerator pumps fitted? If so and they are faulty, that would cause the bogging as would restricted pilot jets. Are the carb slides free and able to open to their full extent? It certainly sounds lean to me. Of course, these are only generalisations. A diagnosis is impossible over the internet.

As said. I have probably done a few thousand miles with motorcycles strapped to the back of my car. Can you say the same or is it merely opinion?

A couple of pushbikes? Really. I have actually done a few thousand miles with motorcycles strapped to the back of my car without issue. Can you actually say the same, or is it merely opinion? Not my pic btw. For illustrative purposes only.

I usually kick myself up and down for being a knob every day. Thats OK because it focuses the mind on being better tomorrow.. Simple matter is that life decrees.. If you do not feel like a knob now and are feeling pleased with yourself, fate will laugh and turn you into a complete bellend tomorrow.

Or a motorcycle rack. I carried my trusty Bultaco SherpaT 350 many miles sat over the rear bumper of my Ford Escort mk3 back in the day.

Apropos this thread. This very day, Black Belt Barrister released a vid about filtering.

Long awaited week off work this week. Really looking forward to getting the VFR out and putting a few miles on her in the warm sunshine. Could not wait for last week to end. The grim reality. Wind, rain, cloud and cold. To cap it off, the missus started with a cough, sore throat and joint aches on Saturday. I started on Monday.... Great holiday. Have I mentioned how lucky I am?

Agree with the point that tyre bead is not seated correctly on the rim.

You changed the coils. Are you absolutely certain you have got the HT leads going to the correct cylinders?