Your Day Today!

[Sir Fallsalot]

  On 13/09/2024 at 18:58, Clive said:

My other job today was the wipers on the Dacia, passenger side wiper is forever juddering I bent the arm this way and that way,  still juddering.

So today I took the arms and plastic cover off that covers the mechanism,  as soon as I did. I saw 1 broken (cast alloy) bracket,  I think Dacia deliberately made it a thin casting so it would break easily  

Bodged a bracket out of a piece of steel which I bolted to the housing,  motor and mechanism solid as a rock now, but the wiper is still juddering, a bit!

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You might have to fit new wiper blades, i done that when mine were juddering the new ones fixed the problem even though the old ones weren't that old, i thought they must have been a shit make. When i looked back at what i bought last time they were the same ones the new ones have been on twice the time of the old ones now and are still good for some reason.

[Clive]

These have been on 5 or 6 months, were fine at 1st, then started the juddering......I have a Halfrauds voucher for £20, that may get me 1 Bosch wiper blade.  

[Catteeclan]

Give the screen and wiper rubbers a good clean with washing up liquid, sometimes helps.

[Clive]

  On 14/09/2024 at 06:59, Catteeclan said:

Give the screen and wiper rubbers a good clean with washing up liquid, sometimes helps.

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Will give that a try I can see it juddering across the screen, the noise it makes drives my wife mad, I cant hear it (obviously ) but my wife complains about the noise it makes..... I will use my Halfrauds voucher and purchase a new one anyway, fit that if the washing up liquid does not stop it.

[boboneleg]

All these dudes stood around me talk like Fred

[busabeast]

  On 12/09/2024 at 23:46, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

Dan is starting to anoy me with his GPS...lol.....never seen someone with no sence of direction...he's got a hard time finding his way out of a parking lot without his GPS  running...lol.  I seldom used the GPS unless I'm looking for a specific adress or something...I always use the compass..it shows up top right hand corner of the display screen...

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my daughter has great pigeon instinct and sense of direction, she only needs to be taken somewhere a couple of times and can then direct you there and back home

[Buckster]

[Catteeclan]

Just had a Suzuki burgman dropped off for me to check over as the owner's just got it. It's fuckin huge.

[Clive]

  On 15/09/2024 at 16:43, Catteeclan said:

Just had a Suzuki burgman dropped off for me to check over as the owner's just got it. It's fuckin huge.

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250cc, 400cc or the 650cc..  

 

[Sir Fallsalot]

Got out early on the XR with Gary today out about 7 hours, but we did manage a respectable 164 miles and a lot less talking. Started to drizzle mid day and didn't let up until we were on the last leg home poor Gary didn't take any waterproofs so was soaked though i was pretty  cold and wet with them on by the time i got home

The red arrows

This was slightly washed out

Our route

 

[Sir Fallsalot]

  On 15/09/2024 at 19:43, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

Just arrived back home....we got greeted by a hord of Flys just has we entered are home province...thank God for the windscreen...lol.

 

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[Catteeclan]

  On 15/09/2024 at 17:41, Clive said:

250cc, 400cc or the 650cc..  

 

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2014 400cc.
I'll get a pic later today

[Saul]

Off over to Davidstow airfield to let Shadow have a couple of hours practice on her CB125F later.  

[Saul]

Here we are again.    I must admit I thoroughly enjoyed riding the CB125F over here.  Something about bimbling around on a small bike.    Lot to be said for it.  
Now I wait . Got plenty of podcasts to listen to.  

 

 

[boboneleg]

  On 15/09/2024 at 18:41, Sir Fallsalot said:

Got out early on the XR with Gary today out about 7 hours, but we did manage a respectable 164 miles and a lot less talking. Started to drizzle mid day and didn't let up until we were on the last leg home poor Gary didn't take any waterproofs so was soaked though i was pretty  cold and wet with them on by the time i got home

The red arrows

This was slightly washed out

Our route

 

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That's a fair old run Fred

[Clive]

Whoo hoo! The new sofa has arrived,  old one had several broken springs, well it was nigh on 15 years old, maybe this new one will help with my back, which has been bad for months.

Both sofas are the same size, got then from SCS when they were on for a sale price.  

 

[Buckster]

  On 16/09/2024 at 11:17, Clive said:

Whoo hoo! The new sofa has arrived,  old one had several broken springs, well it was nigh on 15 years old, maybe this new one will help with my back, which has been bad for months.

Both sofas are the same size, got then from SCS when they were on for a sale price.  

 

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Ride report?

[Clive]

  On 16/09/2024 at 11:21, Buckster said:

Ride report?

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Went to Asda in the Dacia, traffic was light.

That OK for a ride report?

 

[Catteeclan]

Must admit, quite nice to ride if I was shorter in the leg, shame Mandis not here.

[Clive]

  On 16/09/2024 at 12:15, Catteeclan said:

Must admit quite nice to ride if I was shorter in the leg, shame Mandis not here.

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It stands very well, the 400cc is the best size, the 650cc Burgman is a heavy old lump, and earlier 650 were a bugger to paddle about.

[Skippy]

My day today went a lot better than yesterday!

Went to the hospital with the missus to have a consultation with the arrhythmia specialist. Proper swanky hospital, first class service and definitely worth the monthly fee.

The cardiologist has said she needs a small operation to stop excess electrical signals being generated and sent to the heart muscles which is what causes the arrhythmia. The way he explained it is that most people have one circuit that sends signals to the heart muscles to beat according to whatever your doing (resting, exercise etc) but some people (the awkward ones ) have an additional circuit that chips in randomly and causes the heart to go mental……hers hit 212 bpm last time it happened.

Anyway, he reckons the operation is pretty straightforward and should be done fairly soon, possibly in the next couple of weeks (can you imagine that on the NHS?) They basically seal the end of the extra circuit to prevent it sending electrical signals.

It’s a case of dropping her off one morning and they look after her all day with the op usually in early evening. She can go home the next morning.

Thank fuck we can get it sorted because it’s really scared her and me too.

 

However yesterday was a complete twat of a day……… had a lovely ride out in the morning, all went well until I got home…………

Pulled up outside the house and noticed coolant pissing out at the bottom of the bike. Traced it to where one of the hoses fits onto the rear of the cylinder head.

I’ve noticed that where the hose clamps to the engine there’s no stud and that’s because it’s corroded and snapped off. It’s probably stuck inside the hose but until I can lift the tank and take a better look I won’t know for sure.

If that’s the case I’m not sure if it can be welded back on or whether I need a new head cylinder! If that’s the case then I think I’ll have to sell it for spares and repairs because the cylinder heads seem to be quite pricey and you never know what you’re going to get second hand.

So now I’ve no working bike and the mountain bike is sitting in the corner of the garage looking smug.

Double fucking bollocks.

 

[Catteeclan]

  On 16/09/2024 at 17:25, Skippy said:

My day today went a lot better than yesterday!

Went to the hospital with the missus to have a consultation with the arrhythmia specialist. Proper swanky hospital, first class service and definitely worth the monthly fee.

The cardiologist has said she needs a small operation to stop excess electrical signals being generated and sent to the heart muscles which is what causes the arrhythmia. The way he explained it is that most people have one circuit that sends signals to the heart muscles to beat according to whatever your doing (resting, exercise etc) but some people (the awkward ones ) have an additional circuit that chips in randomly and causes the heart to go mental……hers hit 212 bpm last time it happened.

Anyway, he reckons the operation is pretty straightforward and should be done fairly soon, possibly in the next couple of weeks (can you imagine that on the NHS?) They basically seal the end of the extra circuit to prevent it sending electrical signals.

It’s a case of dropping her off one morning and they look after her all day with the op usually in early evening. She can go home the next morning.

Thank fuck we can get it sorted because it’s really scared her and me too.

 

However yesterday was a complete twat of a day……… had a lovely ride out in the morning, all went well until I got home…………

Pulled up outside the house and noticed coolant pissing out at the bottom of the bike. Traced it to where one of the hoses fits onto the rear of the cylinder head.

I’ve noticed that where the hose clamps to the engine there’s no stud and that’s because it’s corroded and snapped off. It’s probably stuck inside the hose but until I can lift the tank and take a better look I won’t know for sure.

If that’s the case I’m not sure if it can be welded back on or whether I need a new head cylinder! If that’s the case then I think I’ll have to sell it for spares and repairs because the cylinder heads seem to be quite pricey and you never know what you’re going to get second hand.

So now I’ve no working bike and the mountain bike is sitting in the corner of the garage looking smug.

Double fucking bollocks.

 

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Good new for the misses but that looks a bugga to get your hand in.

[Buckster]

Jap shite.

[Skippy]

  On 16/09/2024 at 17:45, Catteeclan said:

Good new for the misses but that looks a bugga to get your hand in.

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Yeah she’s always been a tight fit

[Buckster]

  On 16/09/2024 at 18:02, Skippy said:

Yeah she’s always been a tight fit

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I'm sending her a link to this.