XTreme Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 Just paid Paco for the electric and water that was owed on the flat up to 11th May.....€250. Finally the slate is wiped clean 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 1 hour ago, XTreme said: Just paid Paco for the electric and water that was owed on the flat up to 11th May.....€250. Finally the slate is wiped clean You mug 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 On 19/05/2023 at 10:25, XTreme said: Here's something that may be of interest to you Yen. When they did a hole somewhere here, they always get an audience of locals that just stand around the hole and watch them work. They'll stand there for hours just looking in the hole! The unions would be straight on to that and nip it in the bud, that's my job that is! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 This is mad weather......24 hours of torrential rain, now the temps have dropped! We've just had to put the electric radiators on......and it's the last week of May! 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Just back from a few days away. Back to work (on site) tomorrow and my paid for fork seal cleaner had arrived whilst I was away. As I said before, my home made one didn't really sort the leak, just reduced it a bit so I paid out for the Sealmate. The bike was already up in the air with the dust seal pulled down from before I went away so I have just been out and had a scrape. First attempt wasn't too good, I really struggled to slide the thing around. Then I removed the mudguard to give a bit more room and it all got easier. The trick is to get the bit of hook ended plastic shoved up past the seal, wrap a cloth around the bottom part and squeeze really hard and then just twist your hand around the fork leg. Went round three times then wiped off the film of oil that had run down whilst using it. Then I was bouncing the forks up and down till no more oil appeared, which took about 3 x 10 goes till it stayed clean. refitted the dust seal and put the fork cover and mud guard back on. I'll see how that is by the time I get to work tomorrow. Whilst away I called into a very small village to look inside this cupboard which is in the church there. There was nobody else there, had the place to myself, no signs saying what is there either. The square section between the grooved pillars opens completely up. What is inside to be revealed in a future write up. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 58 minutes ago, yen_powell said: Just back from a few days away. Back to work (on site) tomorrow and my paid for fork seal cleaner had arrived whilst I was away. As I said before, my home made one didn't really sort the leak, just reduced it a bit so I paid out for the Sealmate. The bike was already up in the air with the dust seal pulled down from before I went away so I have just been out and had a scrape. First attempt wasn't too good, I really struggled to slide the thing around. Then I removed the mudguard to give a bit more room and it all got easier. The trick is to get the bit of hook ended plastic shoved up past the seal, wrap a cloth around the bottom part and squeeze really hard and then just twist your hand around the fork leg. Went round three times then wiped off the film of oil that had run down whilst using it. Then I was bouncing the forks up and down till no more oil appeared, which took about 3 x 10 goes till it stayed clean. refitted the dust seal and put the fork cover and mud guard back on. I'll see how that is by the time I get to work tomorrow. Whilst away I called into a very small village to look inside this cupboard which is in the church there. There was nobody else there, had the place to myself, no signs saying what is there either. The square section between the grooved pillars opens completely up. What is inside to be revealed in a future write up. Spoiler alert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 Got to do 6 replacement sites for a client......so I'm going to be working flat out for the next few weeks! I'm fine with that as I've got to pull a load of dosh back with all the recent outgoings we've had! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 1 hour ago, yen_powell said: Just back from a few days away. Back to work (on site) tomorrow and my paid for fork seal cleaner had arrived whilst I was away. As I said before, my home made one didn't really sort the leak, just reduced it a bit so I paid out for the Sealmate. The bike was already up in the air with the dust seal pulled down from before I went away so I have just been out and had a scrape. First attempt wasn't too good, I really struggled to slide the thing around. Then I removed the mudguard to give a bit more room and it all got easier. The trick is to get the bit of hook ended plastic shoved up past the seal, wrap a cloth around the bottom part and squeeze really hard and then just twist your hand around the fork leg. Went round three times then wiped off the film of oil that had run down whilst using it. Then I was bouncing the forks up and down till no more oil appeared, which took about 3 x 10 goes till it stayed clean. refitted the dust seal and put the fork cover and mud guard back on. I'll see how that is by the time I get to work tomorrow. Whilst away I called into a very small village to look inside this cupboard which is in the church there. There was nobody else there, had the place to myself, no signs saying what is there either. The square section between the grooved pillars opens completely up. What is inside to be revealed in a future write up. It’s stationary isn’t it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 This is going to be someone on here’s wet dream https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/lamb-found-wandering-field-motorcycle-8462350?int_source=nba 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Just watching a bit of ‘The Two Fat Ladies’ and notice Clarissa isn’t wearing a lid. If you’re a sidecar passenger you don’t have to wear one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specs Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 UPDATE Picking bike up this morning. Apparently fault on throttle assembly- two historical ones, not current. Also fault on exhaust flap valve, three Exup type thing, and a couple of slightly corroded connections that they cleaned up. Said if it happens again they’d need to change the throttle assembly. Doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence. My brother is going to run me down to collect it in the next hour or so. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, Specs said: Doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence. When you lose confidence in a bike that's it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clive Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 25 minutes ago, XTreme said: Perfect summer day here, 21c later, just the right 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specs Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 2 hours ago, XTreme said: When you lose confidence in a bike that's it! Too true. Riding home just felt that everything was off with the bike. Noisy engine, some other noise that turned out to be my visor, bike wandering, and on and on. A simple case of paranoia I imagine but at least it makes me feel better about a change! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 42 minutes ago, Specs said: Too true. Riding home just felt that everything was off with the bike. Noisy engine, some other noise that turned out to be my visor, bike wandering, and on and on. A simple case of paranoia I imagine but at least it makes me feel better about a change! Join the gang Alan! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specs Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, XTreme said: Join the gang Alan! Not so far off the mark! Used to nick my father’s C50 to go down to the pub with my mate on the back. We were fifteen and eventually got caught and made an appearance in juvenile court. I had endorsements before I even had a licence! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 5 hours ago, Specs said: Not so far off the mark! Used to nick my father’s C50 to go down to the pub with my mate on the back. We were fifteen and eventually got caught and made an appearance in juvenile court. I had endorsements before I even had a licence! That's 2 of us then. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: That's 2 of us then. 3 of us and i still have the court documents 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 9 hours ago, XTreme said: When you lose confidence in a bike that's it! when that happens i sell it fast like my zephyr 550 it rode like a gyroscope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 21 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Just watching a bit of ‘The Two Fat Ladies’ and notice Clarissa isn’t wearing a lid. If you’re a sidecar passenger you don’t have to wear one? No you don't. But your pillion and the rider has to. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Today I ground my way at rush hour all the way to Spitalfields, it took an hour and half from home, I parked my bike and barriered it off from traffic wardens. I had a dry fork leg, so all good so far. I went into my little hut (sorry, I mean luxury Shoreditch apartment) and I put on my little yellow trousers (with holey knee from the nail incident), my big steel toe capped boots, my plastic glasses, my hard hat and my gloves and walked with Vas up to the building site gate. The gate guard shouted something in Romanian and Vas translated, "you have forgotten your hi viz vest". I had to walk back and get the poxy thing. Left there an hour later and went to the old Crossrail site at Whitechapel to walk a new job with one of my bosses and a contractor. As we were discussing it a withered old man stood near us shouting "eeeeurghhh" every 2 seconds like an elephant and flinging his arms above his head whilst walking in little circles. I said to the others after a few minutes that they had been working in the area too long as they didn't even seem to notice him. Put my bike inside the Crossrail site fence and walked across to the new town hall only to realise I had to walk right back as I'd forgotten I was doing a measure on another job at the same place. Glad I'd left my bike jacket and lid on the bike as it was a hot day today. Did the measure with Dan Dan the paving man and walked back to the town hall yet again. Then spent a few hours drawing up stuff to ruin people's driving experience before going back to collect my bike and had a very warm ride home. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Catteeclan said: That's 2 of us then. Make that 3 , mine was a car though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Nowadays it wouldn’t happen cos the police would bump your illegal scrote asses off the road with the publics blessing.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Not sure if I mentioned that I won £78 when Rolf Harris died, from our Poppit lottery. Well Tina Turner just died and she was the replacement name that took over from Rolf. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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