Sir Fallsalot

Nope i did actually have that hair on my head

I think you are incorrect sir, what you say Saul

Since we are showing off Africa Twins can i show off mine. Me in 93 with the distant memory of hair

Got the clutch out of the XR tonight, i think it has been a little warm at some point comparing it to the new parts. Oddly enough everything is all within spec but it was riding when i started pushing on a bit The clutch change is a 10 minute job if i do it the correct way as there is a small cover to take off on the crankcase cover specifically for changing the clutch plates but i wanted to check the gauze filter in the sump, all clean as it has always been

You somehow look taller in this photo Bob are you sure its you LOL

What happens on tour stays on tour eh Bob

I have been guilty of doing that but it's usually because i have cramp in my thigh

I didn't know you had a bent shaft Bob

The one that hit it home for me was when i was 16 i had to work in a house in the Rhymney valley (not Rhymney in Cardiff). The house was occupied by i teenage single parent, when she opened the door i thought oh aye shes a bit of alright but when i entered the property i had to go back outside to take a breath of air it stank in there. Once inside i could see why there was shit rubbed up the walls actual shit not dirt, half the windows were plastic sheets as the glass had gone and she had what looked like a new born baby in a cot. The job we had to do was only a few hours work and it was horrible, An easy job in a new build but we were scared to touch anything there it was fucking filthy and when we went to tell the girl we were off she was nowhere to be seen. The guy i was with said we cant leave as the baby is still here so we hung around, She turned up about 3 hours later the baby slept through it and didn't know anything about it. The guy gave her a talking to and we left, looking back now i would have been straight on the phone to the police and the social services within minutes

A realistic one for me is doing electrical work on peoples houses no fucking way, i done some domestic electrical work when i was 16 and what i learnt was i never want to work on houses ever again especially with people in them, i might tolerate a new build but that's it. My boss had me price a rewire on a house about 15 years ago and when i gave him the quote i said to him if you get the job i wont be working there, he said you'll have to if we have no other work, i told him no i only have to if i'm working for you put me on that job and i'll be gone and we've never priced a domestic job since.

Well i got one. When i fitted my new boiler a few years ago i only had the old copper pipe for the pressure relief valve going through the wall so i used it for the condense drain from the new boiler with all intensions to change it at a later date. When i came home from work last night i spotted a stain on the ceiling below the cupboard the boiler is in. When i went upstairs to have a look the floor in the boiler cupboard was soaking the pipe had frozen and the condense was now dripping all over it, so i spent last night putting trace heating on the pipe as once it leaves the house it runs about 3m across my kitchen extension roof to the gutter. Got home tonight all the ice has gone but water is still dripping in the bucket below the boiler i found there was a split in the pipe but couldn't understand how it froze inside the house and split. I cut it out and replaced the split bit of pipe and after reconnecting discovered its still leaking, on closer inspection the pipe hadn't split due to being frozen the condense is acidic and had eaten the pipe away along its length so i taped it up with some self amalgamating tape until i can drill the wall of the house to put the right pipe in this is the bit i cut out

You got me worried now LOL

I hope you not like a mate of mine, he bent a valve on his Guzzi and carried it around in his pocket, when we went to bike rally's or party's he couldn't wait to get it out and bore someone to death about it

I'll have to think about this i used to keep things that have fucked up but i think i had a good clear out years ago.

When i was 16 that would have been cool as fuck not quite so cool now though LOL

Shouldn't take much longer than getting it up to temperature. you need to make sure all condensation has gone from the engine if your storing for a while

If your leaving it for a while run it until the cooling fan kicks in that way you know its nice and hot and the fan works

When i was a kid our elderly neighbours dog was ours, it used to go everywhere with me and my brother. Every few months we used to hide in the ferns at the local golf course and the dog would fetch the balls they were driving down to a blind green and then we'd sell them back to the golfers once we got enough

See Pete you always have to see the good in a situation and not dwell on the bad, there's always some poor fucker worse off than you LOL

I think It would be more accurate to say warm and gay

No you don't, you just like it because Pedro doesn't

I sent the wife up to warm my side of the bed half hour before i went up. She's a bit more expensive to run than a leccy blankie but it was nice to get into a warm bed LOL

Problem i have is the only dealer local to me is a total cock and i will never go in there or buy anything from him so i cant get a look at one until i bump into one on the road

I felt the same with mine but if the weather was good i would have forced myself out for the TRF charismas ride as there were plenty there to carry my body back to the van

Do you know how he's getting on with or has he had any issues with it, i never seem to see any for sale second hand so i assume people either love them and don't sell them or there's a lot that go straight to the scrap yard