So... What oiled your gears today?

[hellkat]

I was too exhausted to post yesterday, but this was because I spent ALL of Sunday (from 8am - gone 11 pm) being a waitress in a music video,
I got to meet Paul McGann as well, who was a surprise extra
Nice bloke, smaller than you expect him to be
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[yen_powell]

[grr666]

Added the Spacker to my cheapo scoot policy today which runs until mid October.
They charged me £78 in total, £30 of that was the usual B/S admin fee but still, under 50 quid to add a 850 triple to
a comprehensive policy for a 125 scoot for best part of six months riding.... A chuffing bargain I tell you.
Having moved to a less secure postcode since last insuring that bike I'm pretty happy, was prepared to pay a lot more.
Just gotta get it MOT'd/taxed now.... Might as well get that done while I'm off work with Covid for the next few days.
I'm so excited to be about to ride that thing for the first time in just under 3 years, it's gonna scare the shit out of me...
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Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[yen_powell]

[hellkat]

Grr666, hope the covid isn't as bad as last time, sweetie
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[hellkat]

Today, the Italian mentioned that he thought he might put up his "tariffs" .
So I think I will put up mine, at the same time.

In the 18 months I've been with him, he'll have put his up twice, and I've not put mine up at all.
I'm being far too helpful for not nearly enough readies.

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[hellkat]

[grr666]

[UncleFester]

Bought some hozelock stuff off Amazon, all arrived fine and then 3 days later they refunded me for 1 of the 3 items. It's only a tenner but that's fine

Thanks Jeff - Happy days.
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Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800.

[UncleFester]

[mentalboy]

My nearly empty chest freezer has just been replenished with about 150lbs of beef from my brother in law's farm, which begs the question of just how did my wife and I manage to get through the last 150lbs that landed in it back in November. #mightbeacarnivore
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Make mine a Corona.

[struan80]

Hope your all having a good Saturday. Me I'm in bliss talking on biking forums and the like. What else matters?

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Footy result on Sunday
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[ThunderGuts]

Bizarrely, Blackpool. I was there on a stag do over the weekend (not my stag btw). We knew it would be pretty sh*t so maybe that helped temper expectations, but it was actually pretty hilarious. No way on earth I'd go there for a drink with the Mrs, but as a group of lads it was actually pretty funny and the number of genuinely bonkers people we met made the whole experience pretty priceless.
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TG.

[hellkat]

The Esteemed Daughter has arrived and I am a happy mummy
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[grr666]

Got the Spacker safely to the MOT test centre, first ride in 3 years and of course it had to be raining. Had one moment
where I unwisely decided to give it a generous squirt of throttle on a clear stretch and nearly lost the back wheel,
the rear was at about 20 degrees to the handlebars but gassed off and got her back in line mainly by using the force.
Can't be damaging my part exchange , had a great offer for it from the dealer. Pick the Spacker up tomorrow and then,
finally, she's coming home.

Edit... She passed, clean sheet. (I should hope so with less than 3k of use since new) the handgrip I was worried about
seemed to fix itself after this mornings run to the test centre on full heat, my other "will it pass" concern was the ludicrous
and entirely not road legal race exhaust system... Not even mentioned. Collecting tomorrow AM, might try and squeeze
in a little run somewhere before work. If not I'm off on Saturday so I'll go out then, had the oil and filter changed while it
was in. The bike really needs a damned good clean. looking forward to getting her back up to her sparkling, minty fresh best.
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Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[ThunderGuts]

A colleague being inventive on the theme of "birthday edibles" in the office. Rather than the usual spread of Mr Kipling at 11am, today two trays of Costco Pain au Chocolaits and Danish pastries appeared at 8am. That, washed down with a mug of fresh coffee, made for a rather fine breakfast and a damnsite better than the floury muesli I was originally going to have to contend with.
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TG.

[pepperami]

Funny how things turn out when you least expect.
Our little close is arranging a little low key picnic on the local green for the Jubilee.
I was chatting to a neighbour that I’ve never spoken to before.
It turns out that he’s into his bikes and is fairly competent at electrics.

He was enthusiastic talking about a wide variety of bikes from old Brits, Jap, & Italian.
You never know, a second pair of eyes and a second opinion might help with ‘Project Scrappy Hyosung’
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[grr666]

The Spack is back!!!





That is all.
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Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[blurredman]

I always thought you were referring to a relation.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.

[Skudd]

Being proved right by the most unexpected way.
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Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[grr666]

[Easy-X]

A short diversion to Box Hill turned into an informal meeting of the XSR Appreciation Society

My "light tourer" vs "faux scrambler" vs the new 2022 model. Interesting to see the differences.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[pepperami]

Again it’s the little things in life that make you smile.
Speaking to my newly acquired motorbike loving neighbour, it turns out that he doesn’t buy any bike mags (limited budget).
So I gave him a pile of my old bike mags.
He was as pleased as a pleased thing , and he’ll then pass them on to his friend who is into bikes.

Three people get the benefit from one magazine.
I get rid of a pile of magazines and that makes my missus happy yay!
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[recman]

My little RC car arrived a couple of days ago and yesterday I got the chance to properly test the speed in the works car park.
The claim on the box is 40mph plus and I see no reason to argue.
Outrageous little thing and huge fun.