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2,840 · October 1

On 29/09/2024 at 15:56, pilninggas said:

+ pukka 80s giffer numberplate made in work with the vinyl cutter and a bit of yellow acrylic (one in bike cracked)

+ Headlight fairing false lens (also cracked) replaced with a bit of 2mm acrylic shaped on the bandsaw.

The flying-giffer is close to being ready to mot. Swing arm repainted and refitted. Fairing refitted with fresh fittings. Frame corrosion removed and painted, out of sight locations under sealed. A few odds and ends and it it's good to go.

125,050 · October 1

These look suspiciously like a slightly more modern Lifan LF1200, only about 3 times as expensive because it's a Honda.

Honda EM1-e | eBay

19,634 · October 3

New lid. Supremely comfortable and much lighter than the nitro it replaced.

19,634 · October 3

Insurance up in a couple of days. I had been with the AA ( now Europa). It auto renewed but my card had expired so I attempted to renew on line as there is only a phone number for claims.

Unfortunately there only appeared to be a " chat" and no means of making payment. My patience ran out so I gave up and renewed with Carole Nash.

18,617 · October 3

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/202408303461495?sort=relevance&advertising-location=at_bikes&make=BMW&model=F800R&page=1&postcode=M171tr&fromsra

nearly bought one of these 10 years ago

apart from the mileage (which still scares people) which makes it cheap

cheapest autotrader one is 2700 with 23k on it

not scared of miles current 16 plate honda has 40k on it

2,840 · October 5

On 29/09/2024 at 15:56, pilninggas said:

+ pukka 80s giffer numberplate made in work with the vinyl cutter and a bit of yellow acrylic (one in bike cracked)

+ Headlight fairing false lens (also cracked) replaced with a bit of 2mm acrylic shaped on the bandsaw.

PASSED THE MOT

So got it all up together. Managed to get an AM mot today at TNR in Fishponds [nowhere local doing Sat mots for bikes].

Bit tentative as quite a lot has been done but off I went.

Silky smooth at 60-70mph on the motorway. The odd false neutral. Cheng shin tyres are a bit sketchy. Feels great overall.

4,446 · October 5

6 minutes ago, pilninggas said:

PASSED THE MOT

So got it all up together. Managed to get an AM mot today at TNR in Fishponds [nowhere local doing Sat mots for bikes].

Bit tentative as quite a lot has been done but off I went.

Silky smooth at 60-70mph on the motorway. The odd false neutral. Cheng shin tyres are a bit sketchy. Feels great overall.

Maybe a bit far from you but I have just go me and my sons bikes MOT’d at Parsons in Radstock today. They are open until 4pm on Saturday for MOT’s

2,840 · October 5

1 minute ago, andyberg said:

Maybe a bit far from you but I have just go me and my sons bikes MOT’d at Parsons in Radstock today. They are open until 4pm on Saturday for MOT’s

Yep, im in Monmouthshire.

The bike was fine, I'd rather not have to do the shakedown on the way to the MOT but I took some spanners and rechecked all the keys nuts and bolts before I rode the last 500 yards to the MOT station [everything was fine].

4,446 · October 5

1 hour ago, pilninggas said:

Yep, im in Monmouthshire.

The bike was fine, I'd rather not have to do the shakedown on the way to the MOT but I took some spanners and rechecked all the keys nuts and bolts before I rode the last 500 yards to the MOT station [everything was fine].

Yeah I didn’t think you were in Bristol 😂 glad you got a pass on the bike.

10,417 · October 10

More bike recovery for work mates who fall off.

Easy at this end. Hard work lifting that lump on at the other end.

18,617 · October 10

roadtrip

saw the weather

using the car 😶

125,050 · October 16

Not been on any of the bikes in a while, so had a short spin on the Honda the other day. It actually ran really well (must be to do with the colder weather) but after a few months lay up, it was the usual bastard to start.

It still leaks fuel from the carb if you don't tighten the float bowl screws every sodding week, but will hopefully stop doing that if I ever get round to replacing the screws and/or using thread locker. REALLY must get round to taking it green-laning soon.

19,634 · October 16

On 10/10/2024 at 17:17, Matty said:

More bike recovery for work mates who fall off.

Easy at this end. Hard work lifting that lump on at the other end.

I have to manhandle mine into the garage - busa's are heavy bastards.

10,417 · October 16

2 hours ago, Bren said:

I have to manhandle mine into the garage - busa's are heavy bastards.

Took 3 of us to lift it on. It's our old bosses, he highsided it somehow pulling into a petrol station. He's done a couple of ribs but otherwise OK. Silly bugger hasn't ridden owt in years, that's been sat all this time.

19,634 · October 16

3 minutes ago, Matty said:

Took 3 of us to lift it on. It's our old bosses, he highsided it somehow pulling into a petrol station. He's done a couple of ribs but otherwise OK. Silly bugger hasn't ridden owt in years, that's been sat all this time.

Mine lives parallel to the garage doors because my SD1 takes up most of the garage. I have to lift it by the rear frame and drag it which is no good for my back or scrotum.

10,417 · October 16

3 minutes ago, Bren said:

Mine lives parallel to the garage doors because my SD1 takes up most of the garage. I have to lift it by the rear frame and drag it which is no good for my back or scrotum.

His son in law (big fucker) was with us, pivoted it on the sidestand and span it 360 degree. Can't imagine that being too good for the stand mind.

9,114 · October 16

1 hour ago, Matty said:

His son in law (big fucker) was with us, pivoted it on the sidestand and span it 360 degree. Can't imagine that being too good for the stand mind.

It’s easy and will do no harm, I’ve used that method to turn everything from Hayabusa’s and R1’s to GS1250 adventures around.

3,954 · October 16

I spin my SV on the stand quite frequently. I'm neither big nor strong.

Leverage and weight transfer are wonderful things.

15,769 · October 16

30 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

It’s easy and will do no harm, I’ve used that method to turn everything from Hayabusa’s and R1’s to GS1250 adventures around.

Place I worked at doing bike MOTs used to do it, I refused and glad I did. I remember a very nice Ducati going down, then lying in a rapidly growing pool of oil. Snapped the alloy bracket clean in two.

10,417 · October 17

8 hours ago, Sham said:

I spin my SV on the stand quite frequently. I'm neither big nor strong.

Leverage and weight transfer are wonderful things.

I'll not lie I was a bit awestruck 🤣

6,556 · October 17

Sidestand tricks a goodun. I do however own a gs1100 with a snapped one. Have never missed it in fairness as it has a great centre stand and I still vividly remember tipping it into a roundabout hearing a grinding noise and going straight straight straight. Thankfully there was recovery time given the slow entry so bringing it back upright and frantic leg swinging saved a dukes of hazard yeehaa moment over the roundabout.

I never did fix the cut out switch on the stand or indeed stop swinging it around on the thing. Fault for this instance I out down to the many times it's been racheted down on cross channel ferries. Yeah that will be it.

125,050 · October 17

Got reasonably good at foot peg grinding on corners and roundabouts on my first bike (Honda C70) and watching sparks come off after the rubber had worn away. All fun and games until it (foot peg) sort of dug into a pot hole and I got catapulted off and bounced down the road. Lost consciousness and my left arm looked like a braille library. It was a right laugh and I got an amazing sympathy shag out of my then girlfriend when I got back from hospital.

26,581 · October 17

39 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Got reasonably good at foot peg grinding on corners and roundabouts on my first bike (Honda C70) and watching sparks come off after the rubber had worn away. All fun and games until it (foot peg) sort of dug into a pot hole and I got catapulted off and bounced down the road. Lost consciousness and my left arm looked like a braille library. It was a right laugh and I got an amazing sympathy shag out of my then girlfriend when I got back from hospital.

I feel like this piece of constructive dating advice belongs on the single and sad thread.

125,050 · October 17

10 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

I feel like this piece of constructive dating advice belongs on the single and sad thread.

Perhaps a small caveat to say if someone deliberately pulls a wheelie off the side of Snowdon on a Hongdu Elephant Crazy LGBTQ+-G8 Summit 125 so they get some post-accident horizontal jogging action with their missus, then it's entirely at their own risk.

4,015 · October 17

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Got reasonably good at foot peg grinding on corners and roundabouts on my first bike (Honda C70) and watching sparks come off after the rubber had worn away. All fun and games until it (foot peg) sort of dug into a pot hole and I got catapulted off and bounced down the road. Lost consciousness and my left arm looked like a braille library. It was a right laugh and I got an amazing sympathy shag out of my then girlfriend when I got back from hospital.

I can confirm this maethod doesnt always get you a good go in the jolleys department.

I did the same on my fizzie when i was at college in front of a mini bus half full of females, none of them offered a pity/bravery shag

3,954 · October 17

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

I can confirm this maethod doesnt always get you a good go in the jolleys department.

I did the same on my fizzie when i was at college in front of a mini bus half full of females, none of them offered a pity/bravery shag

They do say you can laugh a woman into bed - obviously not all of them 😁

13,217 · October 17

10 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Perhaps a small caveat to say if someone deliberately pulls a wheelie off the side of Snowdon on a Hongdu Elephant Crazy LGBTQ+-G8 Summit 125 so they get some post-accident horizontal jogging action with their missus, then it's entirely at their own risk.

Even if I bought it from you?

October 22

Going to have a look at one of these tomorrow, anything (apart from clutch) I need to be aware of?

18,617 · October 22

anything to do with the rear wheel/swingarm - all flat bmw twins eat bearings and seals - really unlucky it can kill the driveshaft

check if the abs is working if fitted throw it away if it is (fitted)

6,556 · October 22

45 minutes ago, Alfaisti said:

Going to have a look at one of these tomorrow, anything (apart from clutch) I need to be aware of?

Melting your boots when resting your legs on the cylinder heads on a long ride.

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