Mundane facts about your day...

[Withnail]

My primary spoken language shall henceforth be screaming...

 

[Kickstart]

The joys of tinkering. Often for tinkerings sake.

I wish! If it were for tinkerings sake I would have stayed well clear of the job. Problem is the bike has a beam frame, with a deep cross brace just behind the carbs which blocks access to the clamps for the carbs. Last time I landed up using an allen key bit in a ratchet spanner, undoing them / doing them up one click at a time.

Unfortunately the carbs needed stripping down again (jets cleaning out). But I had bought a long (~2') flexible drive which held the allen key bit. Made the outer ones pretty easy to do, and the inners not too bad.

All the best

Keith

 

[wmrcomputers]

I just drove to Gosport, knocked on my parents door and invited myself in for coffee / something to eat and then drove all the way back again. A long drive for a couple of hours but they seemed pleased to see me

 

[wmrcomputers]

I also learnt something today. Petrol station fuel pumps always show the litres on top and the cost below it. On motorways they seem to all say the price at the top and the litres below it, so not only do they charge you around 11p a litre more for the priveledge of getting fuel on route but then the crafty sods also sell you more than you wanted by the time you realise you've been looking at the litres going into your tank and not the price.

 

[Withnail]

I ... to Gosport...

You have my deepest sympathies...

 

[Trumpet]

I wish! If it were for tinkerings sake I would have stayed well clear of the job. Problem is the bike has a beam frame, with a deep cross brace just behind the carbs which blocks access to the clamps for the carbs. Last time I landed up using an allen key bit in a ratchet spanner, undoing them / doing them up one click at a time.

Unfortunately the carbs needed stripping down again (jets cleaning out). But I had bought a long (~2') flexible drive which held the allen key bit. Made the outer ones pretty easy to do, and the inners not too bad.

All the best

Keith

I remember when you could get the carbs off without even removing the tank, could do the rattlers on my old Norton also with tank in situ. Happy days.
Old git.

 

[tek-monkey]

My old kh100 could be pretty much stripped with the supplied toolkit smaller than a pencil case, my gv125c doesn't even have space for a toolkit!

 

[Kickstart]

Hi

Yep, some bikes are easy for whipping the carbs off. Quite a few I can get apart with the basic tool kit. This one I would struggle to get the fairing off with the tool kit.

All the best

Keith

 

[tek-monkey]

Got a new rabbit

 

[peggy]

I think I've watched too much of the Scottish vote.i can no longer concentrate on the discussion but find myself focusing on peoples noses?! I need sleep

 

[Gadget]

Youngest Spawn turns 6 today! She may burst with excitement yet! She's been counting the days down all week (I've sneakily turned it into a maths and time concept learning experience), we had ''party food'' and cake last night so her sisters could share the fun and this afternoon she and Spawn2 are off to the outlaws for the week At the moment though she is still sleeping, I think that's an excellent idea as later I can see this happening

 

[Trumpet]

My old kh100 could be pretty much stripped with the supplied toolkit smaller than a pencil case, my gv125c doesn't even have space for a toolkit!

Fortunate that my current steed has room for a few extra tools (including a tommy bar & 17mm socket), cable ties, tape, tyre pressure gauge, helmet lock etc in a cubby hole in the fairing. A great use of normally wasted space.

 

[littleme]

Youngest Spawn turns 6 today! She may burst with excitement yet! She's been counting the days down all week (I've sneakily turned it into a maths and time concept learning experience), we had ''party food'' and cake last night so her sisters could share the fun and this afternoon she and Spawn2 are off to the outlaws for the week At the moment though she is still sleeping, I think that's an excellent idea as later I can see this happening

Happy birthday tiny spawn. Hope she has a great day!

 

[tek-monkey]

Spoke too soon on the rabbit front, fight this morning and lola has a cut nose and paw

 

[Noah]

Son finally graduated !!!!!

 

[Gadget]

Well Spawn2 and 4 have gone. The noise difference is astounding lol.

 

[staffordjas]

Spoke too soon on the rabbit front, fight this morning and lola has a cut nose and paw

Oh No, poor lola I'm sure (hope) they will sort themselves out soon and start getting along again.

 

[staffordjas]

Oh Gawd!
Maintenance man just knocked on our hotel room door to fix the faulty shower screen. Me , sitting here in the room more or less starkers as I'd just sprayed sun cream on, panicks as hubby goes to open the door and with t-shirt in hand ,runs out baring all onto the balcony in full view of the full poolside

 

[Kickstart]

Hi

Picked up the bike having had to get a lift home. Having cleaned the carbs out it ran great, until it started throwing out loads of petrol.

All the best

Keith

 

[littleme]

Had my flu jab today, no lurgies for me!