Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, linuxrob said: A weekend off, battery off the 125 and on the optimiser while the shed struggles to keep above Zero C. Oh and boots to clean too. The Suzuki looks child size?! Can you do my boots at the same time? 1 Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted February 8, 2021 Posted February 8, 2021 Went out to do an oil change. Decided it's far too cold so it can wait. Came back in. Switched on the fire in the living room which made a loud pop Quote
Joe85 Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 Whacked a deposit down on one. Been waiting for my insurance claim to play out since I was knocked off back in August. Got the pay out for the S1000R but liability still in dispute. Anyway, nearly lumped money down for a Street Fighter V4S just before Xmas but decided to go with the 2021 S1000R Sport. Delivers in May - just in time for the start of bike season. Can’t bloody wait. This has been my longest hiatus from riding since passing my CBT! 6 Quote
geofferz Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Joe85 said: Whacked a deposit down on one. Been waiting for my insurance claim to play out since I was knocked off back in August. Got the pay out for the S1000R but liability still in dispute. Anyway, nearly lumped money down for a Street Fighter V4S just before Xmas but decided to go with the 2021 S1000R Sport. Delivers in May - just in time for the start of bike season. Can’t bloody wait. This has been my longest hiatus from riding since passing my CBT! Sweet! Why not the v4s? Quote
Joe85 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, geofferz said: Sweet! Why not the v4s? Was very tempted, but the final cost came in at around £25k which is 7k more than the S1000R. Anyway, hope you are well mate. Edited February 10, 2021 by Joe85 1 Quote
S-Westerly Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 As I walked past the bike (covered) the wind caught the cover and I saw the state of the chain. Horror!. So spent a bloody cold hour cleaning and lubing it. Turned out the Cobrra was empty. Oops. Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Got so bored that despite the weather conditions I did the oil change. By the time I finished my hands were so cold it was agony putting the tools away. Quote
Mr Fro Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said: Got so bored that despite the weather conditions I did the oil change. By the time I finished my hands were so cold it was agony putting the tools away. You need some hot chocolate - that's what it was invented for. 1 Quote
dynax Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, Mr Fro said: You need some hot chocolate - that's what it was invented for. St Bernard with the emergency Brandy flask Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 Still trying to get warm again. The heating is on but the house isn't warming up very quickly. Quote
Pie man Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 On 06/02/2021 at 18:19, TimR said: Loobman... Double sided delivery method . Scottoiler also do a dual injector accessory but its about £25 Quote
onesea Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 On 06/02/2021 at 18:19, TimR said: Loobman... Double sided delivery method . I was tempted to buy a loobman for my gibaldi oiler as I think I can make it fit that as well, being vain it will look better on my TDM. Quote
Pie man Posted February 11, 2021 Posted February 11, 2021 Fitted a Speedo Angels screen protector, hardly a challenging task however, these TFT screens need protecting Quote
geofferz Posted February 13, 2021 Posted February 13, 2021 On 10/02/2021 at 16:19, Joe85 said: Was very tempted, but the final cost came in at around £25k which is 7k more than the S1000R. Anyway, hope you are well mate. Yeah fair! Funny that they didn't increase the power output to keep up with the new crop, but 165 is more than enough. Exciting. I'm very well thanks mate! Quote
geofferz Posted February 13, 2021 Posted February 13, 2021 On 10/02/2021 at 16:19, Joe85 said: Was very tempted, but the final cost came in at around £25k which is 7k more than the S1000R. Anyway, hope you are well mate. Yeah fair! Funny that they didn't increase the power output to keep up with the new crop, but 165 is more than enough. Exciting. I'm very well thanks mate! Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted February 13, 2021 Posted February 13, 2021 This arrived, which makes me wonder where the branded ones are made. 2 1 Quote
Pie man Posted February 13, 2021 Posted February 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said: This arrived, which makes me wonder where the branded ones are made. Probably the same place as this one Quote
S-Westerly Posted February 13, 2021 Posted February 13, 2021 Probably, which is quite disheartening if you are trying to avoid boosting the Chinese economy . 1 Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted February 14, 2021 Posted February 14, 2021 12 hours ago, S-Westerly said: Probably, which is quite disheartening if you are trying to avoid boosting the Chinese economy . Agreed, but trying to source components from Europe is proving to be impossible. In November it took 3 days for things to arrive from Germany. In January I ordered parts from the US, 5 days delivery. On 2 Feb I ordered the oiler from China, 11 days delivery. On 3 January I ordered some parts from Germany, still no sign of them and the company says they're unable to comply with the new shipping paperwork so are suspending all deliveries to the UK. 1 Quote
Pie man Posted February 14, 2021 Posted February 14, 2021 I sent an email to HEED last week enquiring about their products. Below is their response. Hopefully it will get sorted soon. Hello Unfortunately because of BREXIT we had to suspend our offer for UK. We need week or 2 to fulfill law rules to start selling again. Please be back after this time. --- Pozdrawiam / Regards ZPH HEED J. Tokarz Częstochowa, Poland NIP: 9491806489 Tel. +48 663464653 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.heed.com.pl Quote
S-Westerly Posted February 15, 2021 Posted February 15, 2021 Had an appointment in Cheltenham for ears. So rode there and back the interesting way. Have to do the same again on Thursday so what a shame. Might only be 30 miles or so but it's nice just to be out on the bike. 3 Quote
Fish Posted February 15, 2021 Posted February 15, 2021 Plastic surgery is getting quicker by the day 1 Quote
gymwitch Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 Husband fixed the gate and sprayed Betty with dust and shite in the process THENNNN left her out in the rain !!! Fookin furious Sent him the pic and said thats a twats trick with numerous middle finger emojis....he text back ....dont be putting that dirty bike in my clean shed what a cock 1 6 Quote
gymwitch Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 Doing this.....AGAIN !!! At least i can get them off this time. I do hope putting them back on goes as smoothly !!!! Quote
linuxrob Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 Last weekend with the temp outside - 3.8C and the shed at - 2.2C. I decided to take the battery off the GS125 and put inside on the optimiser. Over this winter the 125 has not cranked as fast as it used to. The battery is over 8 years old now but still looks good on the opitimiser. I decided to have a look at my battery terminals. Next step would be the starter motor. Over this winter the battery has been on and off more that usual for taking indoors on freezing weekends. So no surprise really that the posts have deformed a bit, the main thing i s noticed was the posts connection faces were no longer flat. I set about with a small flat file with my best apprentice filing technique and took the minimum material off to get a flat surface. Did the same with the positive post When done i did the same with the bikes wire terminals. With the oil heater on the internal temp was now +4C. I gave up for the day and retired to the living room with a cuppa. Quote
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