So... What oiled your gears today?

[Islander]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[pepperami]

A while back I spoke to a neighbour and he expressed an interest in bikes.
He’s been through the mill and had loads of different bikes in his life.
He did plant and machinery electrical stuff as his career.
So he’ll have the wisdom and knowledge to understand the problems with my bike.

He’s agreed to take a look at ‘Project Scrappy Hyosung’ and help me banish a few of the electrical demons.
Tea and bacon sandwiches will be supplied

Could I be making a little progress again?
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[Easy-X]

All these years and I never realised X-Wing Starfighters were fitted with a cassette stereo.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[ThunderGuts]

Found an old (?) "Special Edition Classic" guitar by the bins at work. It's got some scuffs, needs new strings and new tuning pegs (a few have stripped teeth, god knows what the previous owner was doing to manage that) but the plan is to fix it up for my nephew's birthday as he wants a guitar and, assuming it actually tunes up and plays, will be perfect for him to learn on.
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TG.

[grr666]

Been out for a little blip on the Spacker after work today, playing with camera mounts this evening.
Got a cracking stillshot as I went under an overpass and gave the customary tunnel revbomb.
Took a few tries to pause the clip on exactly the right spot, but got there in the end.

Gonna miss this stupid ass bike when it goes...
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Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[hellkat]

The local coke-dealer was killed in a car accident three weeks ago, his funeral was today.

The accident also killed off another chap who lived next door to him. That chap *might* have been the scumbag who stole two of my bikes when I first moved into this street. If it wasn't, then it was his brother, sticky-fingered little scumbag.

Earlier intel passed on my another of my neighbours was that the "best mate" of today's dead guy was also instrumental in nicking the second bike from outside my house: a particularly sexy GSX750 with a grunty engine that set off car alarms and didn't even belong to me, it had been lent to me by my fella

So although I tried to feel sorry for their respective families, I wasn't really all that bothered that they had died.
Quite pleased actually.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Did you do a Marm and do a completely pathetic attempt at torching the inevitable lamppost shrine?
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[hellkat]

I did not.
I merely wallowed in schadenfreude instead.
Karma truly is a bitch.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Bhud]

[Polarbear]

[recman]

Today I was disappointed to learn that a friend at work had sold his 6 month old Street Triple stating that he felt disconnected from the riding experience.
He's used to 'raw' bikes without all the rider aids.
My gears were subsequently oiled when I received a pic of his new 20 year old machine, an absolute minter by his account.
Should keep him happy for a while.
https://i.postimg.cc/gJF0fH6y/20220622-201816.jpg

[Skudd]

Cleaned the bike and got a lovely new front tyre.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[pepperami]

Well wtf!????.
My neighbour who knows more about electronically ‘stuff’ than I could ever hope to know , came to my house today.

Literally Two minutes poking around ‘Project Scrappy Hyosung’ and he’d cured the intermittent front brake light issue.
It turned out to be a dirty switch on the lever???., I’d cleaned that once before ? Obviously not well enough .

We now have lights, indicators, brake lights front and rear and a horn, and dash console! .
Oh yeah!
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[hellkat]

I'm finally starting to understand what they talk about in the Chief Executive's senior management monthly meeting.

Probably I should spend more time concentrating on what they are all saying instead of perving on the Ops Director

But I think I am sloooooowly learning how not to waffle in the Minutes.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Easy-X]

So my granddaughter's pet fish died...

"Is it really dead?"

Yes, why?

"'Cos it hasn't got crosses in its eyes."

[confusion, realisation dawns: cartoons]

How many times have we passed the fish counter at Tesco? What did the fish look like?

"Oh yeah!"
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I was riding to work this morning when a woman on the pavement crouched down and put her hand over her dog’s eyes. I don’t think it lessened the dog’s urge to chase me, but good effort.

[yen_powell]

[Skudd]

Nipped from home to St Ives in Cornwall for a Pasty, nice little 710 mile round trip in a day. Something ticked off my bucket list.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[Easy-X]

Once you go east of Saltash the pasties turn to shit.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[chickenstrip]

[recman]

[recman]

Anyway, the flowers on the ever expanding lavender patch are opening and bees are visiting. This makes me happy.

https://i.postimg.cc/CKq9cc2S/20220623-203612.jpg