Todays - What Grinds my gears

[hellkat]

Oooo, zombie aftershave, perhaps!
Was there a topnote of blood and rotting flesh?

Real answer:
Its probably something with oakmoss, there are a family of fragrances that smell "ferny" (fougere)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foug%C3%A8re
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[hellkat]

I've finally had a more gear-grinding moment.

I had a call about the Snarley and there are a lot more things wrong with it (of course) than originally anticipated.
Not unexpected, considering all I've really done is put petrol and oil in it, occasionally air in the tyres
I'm expecting a quote for the price/ish on Monday *sigh*
I would probably have spent [however-much] on proper maintenance and care by now anyway

Might have to work harder at putting the Milanese Falcon (Suzuki) back on the road instead for a bit.
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[Weisse Schlange]

Rain, and chrome.

Can see this bike being hard work lol.
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Hing Oan

[to v or not to v]

clutch slip
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[Easy-X]

So the old fella's bought himself a Harley. I started with "...so I'll be buying you arse-less chaps for Christmas?" and kept on winding up the pressure but to no avail

"It really shifts!" [on a test ride] I should hope it does with a 103 cubic inch engine
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Ribenapigeon]

[1198]

Why do folk insist on getting angry and waving fists / flashing lights when they are incapable/ unwilling to pass a slower moving vehicle in a NSL area? If you’re not to pass then fine but don’t get annoyed when I do from behind you. There’s been lots of spaces and opportunities for you to go, just because you’re happy pottering round at 40mph on a lead straight dry bit of road doesn’t mean I want to keep you company you morons!

[Easy-X]

[Weisse Schlange]

I like your father in law.

Mine is loud and slow and handles like a boat but it's fucking magic.

Seems to be a lot of folk with arseless chaps in their heed on this forum mind lol.
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Hing Oan

[hellkat]

[hellkat]

I went to get my eyes tested (been maybe 4-5 years) - turns out I need 3 weeks of treatment with moisturizing eye drops before I can get contact lenses cos my eyes are so DRY.

But she mentioned that she could see the early signs of *gasp* ... cataracts.

At first I freaked, then she explained that they are only "signs of it", but that it takes ages (years) for them to get bad enough to do anything about, and even then its relatively easy to get rid of them.

But cataracts ... wow, eeek! Scary territory to suddenly be stumbling into .
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Bet the drip tray was more for you than the snarley.
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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."
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[UncleFester]

At this point i'd like to throw in my 3 favourite words.

Moist.
Seepage.
Discharge.

Always fun working out the crossover points where one runs into the other .......
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Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800.

[Nobby the Bastard]

The little bastard is on his way to hospital for suspected appendicitis.
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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."
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[Ste]

[to v or not to v]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Surgeon has cleared him to come home because it stopped hurting at about 1 o'clock and hasn't started again. The recovery was aided by calpol and nurophen but they would have worn off by now.

Fever has gone as well.
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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."
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[to v or not to v]

thats good news
so what was causing the pain?
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[Nobby the Bastard]

There are many things from the mundane to the exotic but most of them aren't as quickly lethal as appendicitis. Mrs Bastard had many names of illnesses mentioned when they said 'It could be this, this, this or this, but we don't think it's appendicitis.' He'd seen the paramedics 8 and a half hours before hand and had been in the ward for a good 7 and a half hours by then (paramedics arranged for him to go straight in bypassing A&E so clearly did think it was a strong possibility.)

It was my first thought when I was woken at quarter to five this morning because of where it hurt.

Paramedics thought it was likely (I didn't mention it as the reason why I'd called them) and the hospital seemed to think it was likely up until it stopped hurting and didn't come back after 3 hours. He left the hospital 5 and a half hours after the pain went away.
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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."
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[Islander]

Excellent news Nobby.

That must be a huge relief for you all.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Yes, absolutely. It's been a very long day and I'm, for once, very happy that I was wrong.

On the plus side, the paramedics behaved impecably. I'd actually rung back on 999 to cancel the call because he started to feel better (it's a known sypmtom that I didn't know about) but they insisted on coming anyway AND arranged the bypass of A&E.

Can't speak about the hospital side, I stayed home cause 2 others (that should be able to look after themselves) simply because if Mrs Bastard needed something I could just jump on the bike and take it in.
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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."
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[grr666]

One of the blokes from work had a bad smash on his bike on his way into work this morning. The guy was supposed to
be doing my forklift refresher next week. My manager called me into the office to tell me about it today. Poor sod only
just got back off his honeymoon last week, his legs are proper fucked and he's fucked up an eye socket too. Can only guess
from the crash pic, but it looks head on.
I do hope he recovers, have chatted bikes with him a few times and he's a sound fella.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/avonmouth-traffic-live-air-ambulance-7204100
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[P.]

For a motorcycle, that looks like one hell of an impact. My friend died head on with a similar sized van and the van didn't look nearly as fucked as that, I hope he pulls through and gets fixed up.