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First Weekend in February!


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Rode home from work with one less layer on and in flimsy motocross gloves with no heated grips on. It's like summer today, in February.

Whilst at work I couldn't be bothered to put gloves on at all between sites.

A nice man in the I.T. department loaded my sign design software for me, well I did it, he just put his password in at the critical moment because I'm not allowed any more. Test below.

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Working, with two great clinicians in my favourite base, all good apart from we got the company cunt on control Sunday night.   His nickname is Carbon Footprint as he gets the cars going randomly all over the county all fecking night.   

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The seals have arrived for the XR today and not the kind marcel goes clubbing with so hoping to put it back together tonight. My father is 89 tomorrow so will go up and see him may take the xr and i now have the bits i need to automate the trace heating on my condense pipe so its not burning leccy 24 hours a day. Maybe get a ride in Sunday but not holding my breath there's still time for things to stop that LOL

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15 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Got a lot of catching up to do after being away so mostly working but if the forecast is correct (I won't tempt fate by believing it is) then at least there will be.... 🏍🏍🏍

will there be any 📸📸📸

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1 minute ago, Marcel said:

Would you believe it's-39 wright now...just got home....it's even to cold to go seal hunting...

that's probably the equivalent to -3 in UK temperature wait until it gets to -6 in the UK then that will be cold and i still work out in it now stop your whining :classic_laugh:

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5 minutes ago, Marcel said:

I've been saying for years...toughfer climate builts better genes...just think for and instant - 39 c in Spain for 24 hrs....99% of the population would die off in matter  of hours...

Pete would be one of the first LOL its snow that would bugger us up here we just don't have the equipment to deal with it and nobody knows how to drive in it or when not to drive in it, Its all steep hills here. Last time we had any significant snow fall here i had a 4x4 and was coming down the steep hill to my house which was covered in snow i was in low range coming down on the engine about 10mph when another 4x4 overtook me doing about 40mph. i stopped waiting for the crash but he was lucky no one was coming up so he got away with it the hairs on the back of my neck still stand up when i think about the dopey twat
This is where he overtook and the right hand side was full of parked cars from the houses down making it single file, the hill is a lot steeper than it looks in the picture

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Food shop and got the multi band gig on again tonight.
After dealing with a hangover, Mandis taking me to the pictures to watch the new Avatar film. Then round No 2 sons to see the grandkids and have a Sunday roast stuck in front of us.

Weathers not to bad here being dry and close to double figures but no time for bikes this weekend.

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Didn't get much done on the XR last night changed all the seals which was a two minute job put the clutch plates in oil to soak and painted a bit of the frame that was rusty and can only be accessed when this cover is off or the engine is out so i suppose i better get on with it this morning.

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2 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Didn't get much done on the XR last night changed all the seals which was a two minute job put the clutch plates in oil to soak and painted a bit of the frame that was rusty and can only be accessed when this cover is off or the engine is out so i suppose i better get on with it this morning.

Well that's the bike back together started second kick after about 3 months of being laid up i don't know where people get the idea that XR's are a pain to start LOL

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4 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

I have so many jobs to do today and next week but this can’t be arsed mood I woke up in isn’t  good 😆

If I’m not on here much today dandy, if I am then I’m sabotaging future me.. as bloody usual 😂

I think the answer must be more tea…

and nothing wrong with more tea 👌

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7 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Well that's the bike back together started second kick after about 3 months of being laid up i don't know where people get the idea that XR's are a pain to start LOL

Wern't the early ones a bit of a pain when they got hot or went over on their side ?  I know the early DR350's could be a bitch to kick sometimes but mine was always ok with the decompressor lever.

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50 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Wern't the early ones a bit of a pain when they got hot or went over on their side ?  I know the early DR350's could be a bitch to kick sometimes but mine was always ok with the decompressor lever.

Not sure about the early ones but the one i got can be like that but only if you don't know the correct start procedure after a fall, no problem if you do. Most of the problems i read about are poor carb set up or the owners not knowing their own bike, there's a knack to it not everyone gets.

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15 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Not sure about the early ones but the one i got can be like that but if you don't know the correct start procedure after a fall, no problem if you do. Most of the problems i read about are poor carb set up or the owners not knowing their own bike, there's a knack to it not everyone gets.

I never had a problem kicking over any DR350 but out on the trail I've seen plenty that can't do it.  Tony's XR600 definitely had a knack to getting it started but the worst bike I cam across was the very first WR400's , they were a feckin pig to kick over when they were hot.

 

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1 minute ago, boboneleg said:

I never had a problem kicking over any DR350 but out on the trail I've seen plenty that can't do it.  Tony's XR600 definitely had a knack to getting it started but the worst bike I cam across was the very first WR400's , they were a feckin pig to kick over when they were hot.

 

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Mine doesn’t like to start after you switch it off when it’s laying down and hot. If I was a smoker that would be the time to light one up, just wait a couple of minutes and it’s good again

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