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[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Cold and sunny today which is perfect in the mountains.

Got out and ski’d atrociously leading to the dubious pleasure of a providing the entertainment, a double somersault with ski’s still attached (bindings too tight) then sliding down the mountain sprawled upside down like a starfish.. style and grace personified.

Reasting my bashed up self with a vin chaud like a lightweight

Quirky little pub with no windows we had a bit of apres at yesterday. The largest bellows I’ve ever seen.

 

Back now for fine wine and another 4 course meal, just call me Mrs Creosote. 
 

Soup with a lump of what I think is Gruyère that you break into chunks into the soup, yum  

[Six30]

46 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Cold and sunny today which is perfect in the mountains.

Got out and ski’d atrociously leading to the dubious pleasure of a providing the entertainment, a double somersault with ski’s still attached (bindings too tight) then sliding down the mountain sprawled upside down like a starfish.. style and grace personified.

Reasting my bashed up self with a vin chaud like a lightweight

Quirky little pub with no windows we had a bit of apres at yesterday. The largest bellows I’ve ever seen.

 

Back now for fine wine and another 4 course meal, just call me Mrs Creosote. 
 

Soup with a lump of what I think is Gruyère that you break into chunks into the soup, yum  

did you land in some gravel ?

[DesmoDog]

I'm working on building a metal version of the chain guard off of an alleged pre-war prototype Ducati that was found in a barn after someone's grandfather died. He was married to an Italian woman he called "Fantsasma" who was related to or maybe dating the guy who had Taglioni's job before Taglioni did so it was probably stolen or at least hidden by someone she knew before the factory got bombed. The grandpa died before I was born so I can't ask about details.

 

 

Rumor has it Ducati was working on a big single before the war broke out, but got distracted by bombs going off and stuff. When the war ended there wasn't a market for a big single so they started out producing smaller bikes, then broke out the old drawings and got back to the bigger singles later on. Of course by then a hard tail wouldn't sell so it had a rear suspension when it reached production, but you can see the similarities between it and the production bikes. Obviously being a prototype a lot of the original parts are unobtainable, so I've used later parts where they fit and fabricated details and parts where nothing was available.

No color pictures exist of the bike so it's anyone's guess how it might have looked if it had ever been built. In fact not much info at all exists on the bike, so a lot of what is being said is open to conjecture. Another opinion is it's a bike that started life as a joke but that's just crazy talk. Who in the hell would start building a bike just because someone offered him a free, damaged frame after he joked he had almost enough spare parts to build a counterpoint to the over sized, under braked, over priced choppers that were so popular in the US for a few minutes back in the day? That's just stupid. No one would do THAT. Pre-war prototype is the only thing that makes sense. 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

1 minute ago, Six30 said:

did you land in some gravel ?

My first thought was I preferred the gravel

Nice purple bruises have appeared but the mild concussion has receded and I think its a medical fact you can proceed with drinking loads of red wine.

[Pedro]

9 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

its a medical fact you can proceed with drinking loads of red wine.

 

But only if you don't complain the next day.

[Pedro]

10 minutes ago, DesmoDog said:

Who in the hell would start building a bike just because someone offered him a free, damaged frame after he joked he had almost enough spare parts to build a counterpoint to the over sized, under braked, over priced choppers that were so popular in the US for a few minutes back in the day? That's just stupid. No one would do THAT. Pre-war prototype is the only thing that makes sense. 

 

That's very cool, to make your interpretation of what it would have been.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

3 minutes ago, Pedro said:

 

But only if you don't complain the next day.

Nope no guarantees.

Being tolerant of alcohol which is a toxin is not necessarily a good sign.

Intolerance of alcohol is called ‘crapulence’ 

Crapulence here I come

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Intolerance of alcohol is called ‘crapulence’ 

Sounds about right

[Tango]

2 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Nope no guarantees.

Being tolerant of alcohol which is a toxin is not necessarily a good sign.

Intolerance of alcohol is called ‘crapulence’ 

Crapulence here I come

[XTreme]

The old XBox finally packed up today! I used to connect this to an old TV to watch Netflix etc.....so it was time to get something modern.

Bought a 40" JVC Smart TV Full HD this evening.....€250. Lot of technology for the money.

Hell of a difference in picture quality and sound compared to what I'm used to.

[boboneleg]

What's a X box ?

[yen_powell]

10 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

What's a X box ?

It's what I've just put out for tomorrow's recycling collection. You have to flatten them to get them in the clear sacks.

[Buckster]

1 hour ago, XTreme said:

The old XBox finally packed up today! I used to connect this to an old TV to watch Netflix etc.....so it was time to get something modern.

Bought a 40" JVC Smart TV Full HD this evening.....€250. Lot of technology for the money.

Hell of a difference in picture quality and sound compared to what I'm used to.

Full HD? Wow, it’s like living in the future.

[Sir Fallsalot]

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

 

 

[XTreme]

[boboneleg]

At least it's a metal gear driving the oil pump on that bike Fred, some bikes use a plastic gear which often fails over time with that hot oil surrounding it.

The splines on the kick-start shaft look good as well

 

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

think it has been a little warm at some point

[XTreme]

BOTM submissions start this evening and will run till Sunday night.

Not sure how many are going to be in this one given the weather we've all had.

[Clive]

4 minutes ago, XTreme said:

BOTM submissions start this evening and will run till Sunday night.

Not sure how many are going to be in this one given the weather we've all had.

Should I post my only 1 photo ....... maybe not.  

[XTreme]

3 minutes ago, Clive said:

Should I post my only 1 photo ....... maybe not.  

We need numbers.....throw it in Clive!

[Clive]

3 minutes ago, XTreme said:

We need numbers.....throw it in Clive!

 

 

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[Six30]

Trying to buy some cars ….prices are fucking eye watering 

[busabeast]

10 minutes ago, Six30 said:

Trying to buy some cars ….prices are fucking eye watering 

It's going mental now eh what with fewer new cars being made 2nd hand prices are definitely going up 

[Six30]

1 minute ago, busabeast said:

It's going mental now eh what with fewer new cars being made 2nd hand prices are definitely going up 

Been like it for a couple of years but now gone proper stupid

[XTreme]

Just to advise that the recent misunderstanding has now been cleared up and normal service will now be resumed.