Well, Last Post Wins is locked, and LPW 2 is locked. :technical:
Lets try Last Post Wins - V3. :cheers:
Here we go again on my own, going down the only road I've ever known.
I reckon that means you won Slips... John's post don't count :flipoff:
My last car was a 1984 Mazda 323 Deluxe wagon... I seem to recall it had well over 340,000km's on the clock when it got traded on my house mate's Daewoo ute thing (I never drove the Mazda any more) and it still went like a champ... air con... 1488cc motor... 5 speed... that thing was great! Hardly used a scrap of oil too, was just a little tired is all.
Now just for you Yankee fellas... here's what it was like yesterday:
The view from the Pitstop Cafe at Mt Mee:
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And 5 troupers parked ready for action:
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Looks like a good ride Pete!
You got it Jester! First good weather ride since fettling with the needles, springs, and going back to the biggest mains I've got too. One particular stretch of windy good fun was sooooooooo much better than ever before! It was by far the most fun I've had on the 450 yet :thumb:
I still need bigger mains though... :dunno_black:
Tapatalk works again. My life is complete.
Need a new battery since I've limped along for 6 months with this one. Thinking of an AGM version this time. Yuasa water level driving me batty.
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How bout a motobatt?
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It's on my eBay watch list slips. Heard good things about them. 4 terminals.
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Great. Another cat thread.
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Quote from: jestercinti on March 17, 2013, 02:31:15 PM
Great. Another cat thread.
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Finally an animal you can sink your teeth into
Funny.
Watching family guy. Season 1. Entertaining.
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Funny. at first i couldnt stand family guy. But its grown on me. btw jester. do you call the exterra "lemon" because of its color? or?
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Internet f%$king win
A young Catholic girl went to confession and said to the priest, "I'm pregnant."
He asked, "How did this happen, my child?"
She said, "I think it must have been the second coming."
The priest, shocked by this reply, asked, "What makes you think this has anything to do with the Second Coming?"
She replied, "Because I swallowed the first one!!"
A chicken farmer went to a local bar ... sat next to a woman and ordered a glass of champagne.
The woman perks up and says, "How about that? I just ordered a glass of champagne, too!"
"What a coincidence," the farmer says, "This is a special day for me, I'm celebrating."
"This is a special day for me too, I'm also celebrating!" says the woman.
"What a coincidence" says the man.
As they clinked glasses the farmer asked, "What are you celebrating?"
"My husband and I have been trying to have a child, and today my gynaecologist told me that I'm pregnant!"
"What a coincidence," says the man .....
"I'm a chicken farmer and for years all my hens were infertile, but today they're finally laying fertilized eggs."
"That's great!" says the woman, "How did your chickens become fertile?"
"I used a different chicken," he replied.....
The woman smiled and said, "What a coincidence"
Dentist walks in the morning and greets his receptionist hi gene
Looks like I'm probably up for a new battery too... hasn't wanted to crank real well lately, particularly when hot which is a PITA if I stall at the lights. Have to wait 10 seconds or so before she'll crank.
I suspected starter motor but it's now starting to do it when cold as well and my charging indicator is flashing with undervoltage when it happens so I'm really thinking battery...
Got it on trickle charge overnight so I reckon if she fires up nice and easy in the morning straight after disconnecting the trickle charger it will tell me it's the battery.
Motobatt's ain't cheap though! Gonna be near $120 from what I can see... I can get a good old acid one for less than $60...
:woohoo: Thank you John! :woohoo:
Made it to the Farm real quick. :cheers:
Fun times are back. :thumb:
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Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 17, 2013, 06:25:24 PM
Funny. at first i couldnt stand family guy. But its grown on me. btw jester. do you call the exterra "lemon" because of its color? or?
Both the color (it's yellow) and the fact that it's had the following problems in it's lifetime:
** Gas gauge failure. Like our GS, had to rely on the trip odometer. Unfortunately, no reserve. Later a warranty extension fixed this. Ran out of fuel 3x.
** Transmission coolant ran through bottom of radiator. All good until internal cracks cause a $5000 paperweight in a 4x4 transmission. Replaced radiator and bypassed transmission line through said radiator.
** Countless sensors dying causing a BLINDING SES light.
** Endless heat shield rattles.
** Substandard timing chain guide plastic causes annoying engine "whine". An $8 replacement part, and 8 hours of labor. Ended up living with issue.
** Spark plugs under intake plenum. a 30 minute job takes 2.5 hours and 3 socket extensions and a universal joint swivel. Replaced with Iridium. Do not want to do that again.
** Airbag sensor corrosion caused system to fail. A recall fixed this later on.
Aghhhhhhhhhh the feeling of normality
Buy a good battery.
Not so good batteries have drama.
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Amen maintenance free to that
Quote from: jestercinti on March 18, 2013, 10:11:41 AM
** Gas gauge failure. Like our GS, had to rely on the trip odometer. Unfortunately, no reserve. Later a warranty extension fixed this. Ran out of fuel 3x.
** Transmission coolant ran through bottom of radiator. All good until internal cracks cause a $5000 paperweight in a 4x4 transmission. Replaced radiator and bypassed transmission line through said radiator.
** Countless sensors dying causing a BLINDING SES light.
** Endless heat shield rattles.
** Substandard timing chain guide plastic causes annoying engine "whine". An $8 replacement part, and 8 hours of labor. Ended up living with issue.
** Spark plugs under intake plenum. a 30 minute job takes 2.5 hours and 3 socket extensions and a universal joint swivel. Replaced with Iridium. Do not want to do that again.
** Airbag sensor corrosion caused system to fail. A recall fixed this later on.
My Son... a Nissan lover, and a mechanic by trade.
I have seen him toil endlessly under the hood of his vehicles while I cruise by in my completely trouble-free, ten year old Jeep TJ.
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Quote from: jestercinti on March 18, 2013, 10:11:41 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 17, 2013, 06:25:24 PM
Funny. at first i couldnt stand family guy. But its grown on me. btw jester. do you call the exterra "lemon" because of its color? or?
Both the color (it's yellow) and the fact that it's had the following problems in it's lifetime:
** Gas gauge failure. Like our GS, had to rely on the trip odometer. Unfortunately, no reserve. Later a warranty extension fixed this. Ran out of fuel 3x.
** Transmission coolant ran through bottom of radiator. All good until internal cracks cause a $5000 paperweight in a 4x4 transmission. Replaced radiator and bypassed transmission line through said radiator.
** Countless sensors dying causing a BLINDING SES light.
** Endless heat shield rattles.
** Substandard timing chain guide plastic causes annoying engine "whine". An $8 replacement part, and 8 hours of labor. Ended up living with issue.
** Spark plugs under intake plenum. a 30 minute job takes 2.5 hours and 3 socket extensions and a universal joint swivel. Replaced with Iridium. Do not want to do that again.
** Airbag sensor corrosion caused system to fail. A recall fixed this later on.
my frontier was like this. wont buy a first generation anythign ever again. btw jester, im thinking yours is a v6, does it rattle when you first start it? ( oil filled lifters knock until they fill. usually a second or so then quiet
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Jester...
Pour a jug of this stuff in the crankcase with your next oil change.
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If that doesn't quiet things down in there, then carefully mix in exactly 6 scoops of this stuff...
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That maxima was my second Nissan, my first was an Australian built skyline.
Nissan has gone to the CVT now. It's not the most reliable.
Like most married men, I inherit the pos Xterra while the wife gets the new car next year. The Mazda has 199,000 miles on her now (324,000 km). It chugs like an evinrude outboard.
This is why I drive a GS.
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Yama, it does rattle.
Lifters, heat shields, and hood latch.
Seat rattles too. Can't tell which is which LOL!
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So, where the he11 is Mister? :dunno_black:
since john went batshit crazy and neutered lpw, mister went btl err batshit lost hell be around
Quote from: Toledo Jim on March 18, 2013, 08:44:28 PM
So, where the he11 is Mister? :dunno_black:
Hes around :thumb: Just busy.
yeah fapping does take up ones time lol . how is he busy? he claims to not work hardly ever yet get paid for it. so he should have enough time to make john cancel this one too lol
Its not up to me to elaborate. I am sure when he logs in he will if he so chooses :cool:
Quote from: codajastal on March 18, 2013, 10:53:07 PM
Its not up to me to elaborate. I am sure when he logs in he will if he so chooses :cool:
im quite sure of that :). jus seems kinda odd w/o his antics lol
He'll be round soon enough
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Depressing
Haven't replaced the battery yet... not really sold on another maintenance type battery but I don't want to shell out $120 and have to wait for it to get posted from Victoria either...
Trickle charged it overnight last night and it seemed a bit better when cranking today so I suspect it really is the batter that's the issue though...
Oh, and our new senior engineer started last week while I was on leave and he's a rider too :thumb:
Sometimes ya just got to
Screen door in rear of house stuffed. Wind blew it against the deck railing.
Tempered glass shards everywhere. Needed a new door anyway.
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Least your cleanup will be easier.
[color= green]Run this a few times for cleanup[/color] (http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/game/boob-cursor-1159)
dammit hell, up too long
lets try that again
Run this a few times for cleanup (http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/game/boob-cursor-1159)
High speed bike chase down the coast today
And Mister's MIA... hmmmm...
Yama, I don't click on links with a .nl extension. Sounds naughty :nono:
Same with .ru... :dunno_black:
Dirty deeds done for me
Keep this thread rolling, boys.
I'm don't think my heart could stand another lock-out.
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Still Traumatized by LPW-1000
It's a swinging like a freshly hung death row inmate
Guys, although we live in free respective countries...sadly LPW is run by the military junta.
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Mister is still gone. He'll return, or maybe I'll move to Australia incognito, get Slips to be my linguist, join ozbikea, and say SURPRISE!
Or I can just stay in Ohio and taunt EJ with my weight loss challenge. BTW, 2.75 percentage points ahead and #1. #2 gained weight for the first time.
Still winning and kicking ass in this game and LPW.
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Um... jseter,
About putting your fist through this door...
You been drinking on an empty stomach again? :o :icon_mrgreen:
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Ej is closer to being a ozbikea lol you yanks crack me up
Quote from: jestercinti on March 20, 2013, 06:13:43 PM
join ozbikea, and say SURPRISE!
That will be your first mistake
Whole fuss over nothing
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 20, 2013, 10:53:11 PM
Whole fuss over nothing
would be an interestin name change Eh?
wholefuss overnuthing
Our pollies had a leadership tiff.
Hey John, no fair, it wasn't 3 full days yet, you locked those other threads almost an hour early, one of them 14 hours early. :icon_eek: :confused: >:( :technical:
Oh well, I guess we will just have to stay further ahead on them from now on. :dunno_black: :2guns:
At least we managed to keep the two most important threads here active. :cheers: :flipoff:
Yeehaaa. Ver 3. Times flies when you've eating buns.
Need more sticky date hot cross buns. And yeah what gives ya can't have no fun in this place
Who's buns are you eating?
Quote from: Electrojake on March 20, 2013, 08:05:28 PM
Um... jseter,
About putting your fist through this door...
You been drinking on an empty stomach again? :o :icon_mrgreen:
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Intimidating, isn't it EJ? I'll let you ponder that one for a while.
Yes indeed Pete. Like a boss. HA!
Free pub lunch at work today to thank us for our efforts during a big project... :thumb: :cheers:
Short day Friday. As good as fun bags out Tuesday
bump, just because. :cheers:
Tom gleeson show had me in tears funny bloke and Danny Bhoy tommorow
Want this work day to be over. Enough already. Time for us peeps to leave.
Grammar is important.
Capital letters are the difference between "helping your Uncle Jack off a horse" and "helping your uncle jack off a horse"
well said jester (applause)
Should there be a comma after Uncle Jack? A small break to clearly define the noun and verb. Or is it adjetive?
Oh Jesus, here's Slips with the grammar police like Mister.
But no spell check...
Hey I'm relaxed on the English labguage as anyone but a couple capitals just doesn't do it for me
Friday night Bitches!
NCAA March Madness. Lots of free happy hours for Jester. Lovin it!
Quote from: jestercinti on March 22, 2013, 12:37:39 PM
Grammar is important.
Capital letters are the difference between "helping your Uncle Jack off a horse" and "helping your uncle jack off a horse"
Well said. Never thought of it that way. would rather help my uncle Jack off a horse versus helping uncle jack off a horse lol
Is that what yanks do? Jack off horses or help family members jack off animals?
Quote from: jestercinti on March 21, 2013, 06:35:12 AM
Quote from: Electrojake on March 20, 2013, 08:05:28 PM
Um... jseter,
About putting your fist through this door...
You been drinking on an empty stomach again? :o :icon_mrgreen:
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Intimidating, isn't it EJ? I'll let you ponder that one for a while.
Here ya' go Jester. Find yourself a glazier while I "ponder" your post. :icon_rolleyes: - :kiss3:
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 22, 2013, 07:02:41 PM
Is that what yanks do? Jack off horses or help family members jack off animals?
naah thats the aussie thing ;), i mean yall drink piss. err are on the piss etc. gotta love aussie slang. like uk slang. its like if i told someone i was going to smoke a faggot, ( may have it in wrong context) id be going to have a cigarette.) yet using us slang, would mean a homosexuals life was in danger.
Yes u had the correct slang meaning Yamma. In Australia we had lollies called fags they were mini sugar cigarettes with a red end so it looked like it was lit. Now they call em fads
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 22, 2013, 08:21:43 PMits like if i told someone i was going to smoke a faggot,
Only Poofters smoke faggots. Unless you are in the US then you can smoke them with your 45 :icon_razz:
Quote from: codajastal on March 22, 2013, 10:17:49 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 22, 2013, 08:21:43 PMits like if i told someone i was going to smoke a faggot,
Only Poofters smoke faggots. Unless you are in the US then you can smoke them with your 45 :icon_razz:
cigarettes. not sure if its nancy boy, fags or faggots which one meqans a cigarette. my mind is not doing good right now. been rough :cry: have a long day tomorrow. go to work @ 9am, leave at 3pm, go to north carolina and to casino. friend is paying it all. so i say why not. plus either get to ride in the maserati or the bmw 740 ( 2010 ttv8 lol) love those cars. have driven the maserati over the last few years. i cant legally drive the bmw. but i can in parking lot @ harrahs. then we get home @ midnight. so i will sleep well for the first time in ages methinks
Cigarettes have accumulated a variety of nicknames such as "smokes", "butt", "square" (from the shape of the box), "cigs", "ciggies", "stogs", "stogies", "stokes", "snouts", "tabs" (especially in NE England), "loosey" (a single cigarette), "backwards", "bogeys", "boges", "gorts", "ciggy wiggy dilly's", "darts", "refries" (already used cigarettes being relit and smoked), "straights" (for factory rolled ones), "dugans" (especially in NYC), "hairy rags", "hausersticks", "jacks", "joes" (taken from the "Camel Joe", an old Camel Cigarettes mascot), "grits", "grants" (A common phrase used for asking someone for a cigarette is "Can you grant me a grant?"), "tailies" (short for "tailor made", only in New Zealand) and "fags" (the term "nancy boy" is used more commonly in the United Kingdom and Australia, whereas in the United States and Canada, it is primarily a derogatory term for a male homosexual). Cigarettes have also attracted somewhat fatalistic nicknames related to their effect on the smoker's health, such as "coffin nails", "cancer sticks", "lung darts", "Sweet cancer", "gaspers" or even "black lungs" in terms of the "smoker". In Australia, cigarettes are sometimes called "Doogans" or "Durries". A relatively new term emerged with the release of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones after Obi-Wan Kenobi was offered a "death stick" in a nightclub, even though the 'death sticks' were some form of glowing liquid rather than anything smokable. Self-rolled cigarettes are called "rollies", in the UK they are called "ronnies", "prison rolls"(which are particularly thin, as tobacco needs to be used sparingly) and "gyppo fags".
Too much reading
never too much reading, could always read this site lol
www.gstwin.com (http://www.endoftheinternet.com/)
For a Saturday that's too much reading
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 22, 2013, 11:05:54 PM
Cigarettes have accumulated a variety of nicknames such as "smokes", "butt", "square" (from the shape of the box), "cigs", "ciggies", "stogs", "stogies", "stokes", "snouts", "tabs" (especially in NE England), "loosey" (a single cigarette), "backwards", "bogeys", "boges", "gorts", "ciggy wiggy dilly's", "darts", "refries" (already used cigarettes being relit and smoked), "straights" (for factory rolled ones), "dugans" (especially in NYC), "hairy rags", "hausersticks", "jacks", "joes" (taken from the "Camel Joe", an old Camel Cigarettes mascot), "grits", "grants" (A common phrase used for asking someone for a cigarette is "Can you grant me a grant?"), "tailies" (short for "tailor made", only in New Zealand) and "fags" (the term "nancy boy" is used more commonly in the United Kingdom and Australia, whereas in the United States and Canada, it is primarily a derogatory term for a male homosexual).
Cigarettes have also attracted somewhat fatalistic nicknames related to their effect on the smoker's health, such as "coffin nails", "cancer sticks", "lung darts", "Sweet cancer", "gaspers" or even "black lungs" in terms of the "smoker".
In Australia, cigarettes are sometimes called "Doogans" or "Durries".
A relatively new term emerged with the release of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones after Obi-Wan Kenobi was offered a "death stick" in a nightclub, even though the 'death sticks' were some form of glowing liquid rather than anything smokable.
Self-rolled cigarettes are called "rollies", in the UK they are called "ronnies", "prison rolls"(which are particularly thin, as tobacco needs to be used sparingly) and "gyppo fags".
Oh god not more reading I've just been to a library
It's not just reading... It's an assignment given by Yama.
Now go do your homework.
BTW: Its a lot better than talking about masturbating a horses pen!s. No :dunno_black:
EJ, you do have to admit that was funny...no?
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Lazy Sunday
That it is Slips, that it is. Albeit 1:27am.
Good night.
I washed and polished out the scratches on my car today. I was going to wash my bike as well but ran out of daylight
got back from harrahs. ( something i didnt have to pay for so why not. was invited and funded so hey i enjoyed it. ) lost my ass lol. until i played some poker. then left @ a profit. the ride in the 740 was FUN. that was one agile big car.
Which car? Of ped?
Sorting out the route for the big GSR/Kat Australia run, looks like heading north again just for a change... :dunno_black:
Should be good though, the guys wanna hit Ricks Diner at Palmwoods for lunch.
Also got Foxtel hooked up today... bloody expensive thing just to be able to watch some telly! One thing digital TV is good for in my area... selling more Foxtel... :technical:
Oh, and don't worry, you GS Twinners will get an invite on the June ride too... still air cooled GS' and the successor to my little 450...
Cool
Can us Yanks come too Pete?
Quote from: jestercinti on March 24, 2013, 09:38:23 AM
Can us Yanks come too Pete?
Um.. how the hell you' gonna make it to Aussieland? God put that place on the other side of the globe. Bummer.
BTW: Jester. I may actually swing by Cincinnati on my way to Wisconsin this fall, (it's the long way). Already been to Columbus and Dayton.
Besides, You're on my "A" list of people worth having a beer with. :cheers:
And yeah, the Aussie's are on the list too but if I had the money to go to Aussieland, I'd probably use it to buy a new scoot. (Hell, call me selfish).
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You guys are on GS Twins so sure :thumb:
EJ's right though, it will be an early start... need to be at Samford by 7am :embarrassed:
Man flu! That is all and it sucks. I've had broken sleep since midnight and its like 10 to 7am on a f%$king Monday! Thank f%$k it's my day off.
Pete,
It's good to see that you have a "real" GS bike and you tour on it.
With the hours I work and the family stuff I constantly have to do I'm starting to wonder why I even have a bike. :icon_neutral:
Go Pete Go! :thumb:
Sell your bikes and have your GS ej
The Tard Farm is my life. I need nothing else. :woohoo:
You honorable man you ej
Sometimes it's the thought of being invited.
Nevermind the $2000 in airfare
Or the International Driver's License
Or the fact that I'd have to rent a bike
Or the fact that I'd have to drive on the OTHER side of the road. Did that once in Nassau, Bahamas. About killed myself 4 times. I think the police knew I was a tourist. Hard to believe it's only a 45 minute plane ride from Florida.
Or the fact that all of the toilets flush the wrong way. That may tear a hole in the universe.
EJ, you pass through the 513 from Jersey, and we'll do lunch/dinner/whatever. Wisconsin? Hell, I'll be in Milwaukee next month. How does that one go from Laverne and Shirley...Schamiel Schamazel Haffenpepper Incorporated. What a show. 1976-1983.
Rihanna says "Sticks and Stones may Break my Bones, but Whips and Chains Excite Me!"
Love it!
Yeah hearing excuses jester. Yet to hear a reason
Sorry not a 740 its a 750Li (tt v8/x drive)
Safety first mates!
Slips, hope you feel better soon.
http://youtu.be/o5P5BxpJGxM
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Yes jester ha ha
still gotta get slipperymongoose into the urban dicitonary. simple definition ( australian sexual term) not sure on the complex/detailed definition though
You can add moto vlogger to that soon
Quote from: Electrojake on March 24, 2013, 05:22:05 PM
Pete,
It's good to see that you have a "real" GS bike and you tour on it.
With the hours I work and the family stuff I constantly have to do I'm starting to wonder why I even have a bike. :icon_neutral:
Go Pete Go! :thumb:
Yes indeed EJ! My little 450 gets me to work and back every day plus the odd weekend fang when I have time.
Not sure it's quite in the "touring" range but I try to do a decent day's ride when time allows :thumb:
I did do an overnight rally on it once many years ago when it was still stock but that's about it... the rest is just day rides.
I do definitely want to get a Kat (quite desperately in fact) but the 450 will stay :thumb:
Oooh must double post!!!!!
Forgot the most important thing today... got the fence palings over half way done!
I should be able to finish them off tomorrow which means the old fence can come down and I can start levelling the ground for the concrete base for the shed at long last. This is awesome! :cheers: :woohoo:
cant beat a canatuna :bowdown: the 450s are fun too. bike i really want is a 400
a gsf400 bandit. yeah im a harley nut, and a suzi nut too. when i bought the first of 5 gs' there was a 400 there also. same dark blue colour my gs was. damn me for not having enuf cash on hand lol
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Funnily enough the 450 is enough bike for me day in/day out at the moment... yeah I really desperately want a Kat but if for some reason I could only have one then the 450 would be it. Fun to throw around, enough power for decent rides, but still roomy enough not to feel cramped. I actually felt more cramped on my bro's GPX750 many years ago.
Still gonna get my Kat though, but I want that for a whole different reason... I just love 'em! Haha
Another day another box if stolen pens
Naughty naughty...unless people stole from you...
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No it's not
Quote from: jestercinti
EJ, you pass through the 513 from Jersey, and we'll do lunch/dinner/whatever.
Wisconsin? Hell, I'll be in Milwaukee next month.
Two items Jester...
1.) Now my wife tells me some nonsense about going to Wisconsin this summer by way of Buffalo? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fwtf.gif&hash=75e01d2a04db8a8fc27fe7ba067775b59b1de76a)
This is gonna' be an interesting route... To Buffalo via Ohio on the way to Wisconsin.
2.) No Jester, you go to Wisconsin in August, NOT April.
Trust me buddy, it's still miserable cold up there. :icon_neutral:
EJ,
That's like going to Vermont via North Dakota from Jersey. :cookoo:
Quote from: Electrojake on March 25, 2013, 05:02:46 PM
Quote from: jestercinti
EJ, you pass through the 513 from Jersey, and we'll do lunch/dinner/whatever.
Wisconsin? Hell, I'll be in Milwaukee next month.
Two items Jester...
1.) Now my wife tells me some nonsense about going to Wisconsin this summer by way of Buffalo? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fwtf.gif&hash=75e01d2a04db8a8fc27fe7ba067775b59b1de76a)
This is gonna' be an interesting route... To Buffalo via Ohio on the way to Wisconsin.
2.) No Jester, you go to Wisconsin in August, NOT April.
Trust me buddy, it's still miserable cold up there. :icon_neutral:
easy my friend. hit ohellno err ohio, on way to buffalo then into canada and back to wisconsin. tell the wife you were chekcing out bike carbs and needed a semi long distance run :thumb:
What I really need is a bike trip; Central Jersey to Cincinnati. Um, riding solo of course.
620 miles of straight & flat interstate.
Oh I forgot... for the Iron Butt crowd 600 miles a day is standard procedure. Yeah, right. cough-cough.
Quote from: Electrojake on March 25, 2013, 07:54:57 PM
What I really need is a bike trip; Central Jersey to Cincinnati. Um, riding solo of course.
620 miles of straight & flat interstate.
Oh I forgot... for the Iron Butt crowd 600 miles a day is standard procedure. Yeah, right. cough-cough.
did that on my sportster. rode to work. after shift. changed clothes, went to the dragon rode it twice, back to I75, south into georgia, worked a charity ride, got off that evening, went back north, hit dragon twice again, then rode home. i slept like a baby.
I had something today I forgot what it was
me too. had something yesterday. forgot what it was day before. damned mind goin blank :oops:
It's dark outside indicating a lack of light.
It's boring outside
Its a Tuesday, and I'm drunk! Who else wants a drink?! :cheers:
Yeah sure
Quote from: mister on March 26, 2013, 01:44:46 AM
It's dark outside indicating a lack of light.
Bout' time you showed up. :dunno_black:
specially you not working and getting paid. least you can do is postwhore mate . welcome back
Quote from: Electrojake on March 25, 2013, 07:54:57 PM
What I really need is a bike trip; Central Jersey to Cincinnati. Um, riding solo of course.
620 miles of straight & flat interstate.
Oh I forgot... for the Iron Butt crowd 600 miles a day is standard procedure. Yeah, right. cough-cough.
Did the Iron Butt once. My whole body ached for 2 days. Did it on a bone stock GS.
Indy -> Nashville, TN -> Chattanooga, TN -> Dayton, OH -> Indy.
Why
Quote from: jestercinti on March 26, 2013, 08:58:34 AM
Did the Iron Butt once. My whole body ached for 2 days.
Did it on a bone stock GS.
Indy -> Nashville, TN -> Chattanooga, TN -> Dayton, OH -> Indy.
Jester, that's nuts.
My dressed DL1000 is soft as silk on the highway and after about 5 or 6 hours of road time I'm completely toasted. I couldn't fathom Iron-Butt conditions on a bone stock GS.
You must have been completely limp by the time you got back to Indy. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thereeftank.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fdoh.gif&hash=ae36194f8b1e7e45b3e29b7aea0b0b5c3d7ff5e4) and :cheers:
Range of the tank was usually how far I could ride my GS back in the day
Whilst strolling alongside the Nerang River this morning I noticed a Muslim extremist slip from the riverbank and fall into the water .
He was struggling to stay afloat because of all the explosives he had been carrying.
If he didn't get help he'd surely drown.
Being a responsible Aussie, and abiding by the law of the land that requires you to help those in distress, I informed the Nerang Police, the Immigration Office and even the SES Rescue team.
It is now 4 p.m., he has drowned, and neither authorities have yet responded.
I'm starting to think I wasted three stamps.
Typical Australian post!
This place really doesnt have the same feel as the original?
Not as many posters nor the same post rate? :dunno_black:
Quote from: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 12:02:17 AM
This place really doesnt have the same feel as the original?
Not as many posters nor the same post rate?
I aint complaining. Any port in a storm, mate.
Way better than being homeless.
Besides, some bully on that "other" LPW forum keeps taking all the wins away! >:(
Quote from: Electrojake on March 27, 2013, 12:14:01 AM
Quote from: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 12:02:17 AM
This place really doesnt have the same feel as the original?
Not as many posters nor the same post rate?
I aint complaining. Any port in a storm, mate.
Way better than being homeless.
Besides, some bully on that "other" LPW forum keeps taking all the wins away! >:(
Lol why are you awake? Dont you usually go to bed about now?
Oh and yes I just went there to make sure you had not been :flipoff:
3000 posts :woohoo:
I AM NOW A GOD :flipoff:
Booooo you whore
Your custom title is making me shudder Cods :icon_eek:
We have our route for the June 2nd run sorted, will post it in the appropriate thread shortly...
Nearly got my fence done, just another few palings and some tidy up to do.
Looking forward to the 4 day long weekend too :thumb:
Senility has set in.... I posted the route the other day... I will not post it again... :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 26, 2013, 04:54:00 PM
Why
Bucket list, to say I did it, and bragging rights.
You know me by now Slips...a bit extreme to say the least. My next challenge is coordinating the GS500 Relay around America. Like what Australia did, but obviously on a larger scale.
There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who's d!ck was so long he could suck it,
He said with a grin, as he wiped off his chin,
"If my ear was a cvnt, I'd fvck it!"
3-posts in a row. :woohoo:
EJ, let's just say that after the Iron Butt, I could hardly move the next day. I had to get up and ride home to Cincinnati 125 MORE miles. No throttle rocker, no cruise control, no frills. Just me, the machine, and a sore ass.
It was all good until the sun went down. Temperature dropped 20 degrees. The last 300 miles were the worst since I was not as prepared as I thought.
What does not kill me will make me stronger.
I don't think I was even questioning anyone at all I was in my random I don't give a f%$k moods so ill just say why lol. Now are you all familiar with the expression hammered shaZam!? If not watch blade 2. Don't worry you'll only need like to see the first 10 min. That's how I'm feeling ATM. If one of you shoots me now ill pay you in minties and fantales.
Good to see that we're all in tune her at the new LPW thread. :cookoo:
It needs this. Djspqkdispmedjsomsuspducsmxxspalsuspsmchsjzlcjwo@/$.93!39:'cysoslk&47/029€|+\€%?*]•!*{
Gee - been away and only 2 tards left?
http://www.nosquidding.com/
Adidas, start a cat tard thread.
I'm sure you have a dirty kitty video around like this one:
http://youtu.be/ZteaVIGbsYA
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Quote from: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 03:44:06 PM
Gee - been away and only 2 tards left?
http://www.nosquidding.com/
Quote from: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 03:44:06 PM
Gee - been away and only 2 tards left?
http://www.nosquidding.com/
Two items here...
1.) Not to blow my own horn but...
My protective gear is easily worth more than what a lot of people paid for their bike.
Just sayin'2.) That No Squidding link was cool.
Never saw that one before. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fnew%2Fthumbsup.gif&hash=fb95b01fda3375e9a1116d872694c50c9a2a1448)
Nosquidding.
I like it!
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Quote from: jestercinti on March 27, 2013, 06:11:36 PM
Nosquidding.
I like it!
However...
Squids & stunters can be quite entertaining. Think YouTube! It's squid-vid heaven. :thumb:
Durianshsiskdhdiakbehdldksjdjsoskebdhdoapnabsospsndusioabhsiai
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 27, 2013, 06:40:02 PM
Durianshsiskdhdiakbehdldksjdjsoskebdhdoapnabsospsndusioabhsiai
I think you're overstating that Slips. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fmoresmilies%2Fbom_thinking.gif&hash=e2c741f36c60aba7b77a1dc2eefb93dca74b5510)
Quote from: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 12:37:37 AM
3000 posts :woohoo:
I AM NOW A GOD :flipoff:
after which theres nothing lol. except postwhoring and custom titles. course you already have that one lol. no one can ever meet pandys 10k in one night though. my 1k was pushing it. :cookoo: now its time to join the ranks of the postwhore :icon_mrgreen:
Never understated always opinionated
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I'm iceman
My current Subway Surfers highscore is: 1,130,580 :woohoo:
Mines about 2,460,000
mine is 0 . im too busy postwhoring. course sidewalk surfing could apply to the goped. soooooo i could have a point total. just gotta figure it out
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 27, 2013, 11:20:28 PM
mine is 0 . im too busy postwhoring. course sidewalk surfing could apply to the goped. soooooo i could have a point total. just gotta figure it out
Yea I am bullshitting of course. Never played the game :dunno_black: Never even heard of it till the kids mentioned it.
I'm doing a survey
Quote from: jestercinti on March 27, 2013, 07:07:55 AMMy next challenge is coordinating the GS500 Relay around America. Like what Australia did, but obviously on a larger scale.
Unless you include Alaska the two countries are about the same size (we could include our Antarctic Territories but I don't think there are any GSers down there). Sure to be more potential riders in the US and the distances between them will usually be less.
Bugger it make it a world relay
World relay? last time I heard ours was dead in the water in adelaide.
Watching a Stonehenge thing... interesting...
Wow, I've ignored the forum so long that the LPW thread is no longer in use???
What the hell did you guys do???
...did I miss anything on here btw?
Nope
Sent from my iPad
Yep all the fun stuff... :icon_razz:
Finally got a YouTube account. Turns out it was my Gmail username.
If I would have known that, I would have been lurking and commenting a long time ago.
Subscribed to Adidas, Slips, Yama, and Cods' channels.
Hey hey what about mine? I've got heaps of crap jerky boring ride videos for you to watch... :flipoff:
Actually don't bother... I make all my videos unlisted so you won't see them in my channel... meh...
Quote from: jestercinti on March 28, 2013, 11:27:02 AM
Finally got a YouTube account. Turns out it was my Gmail username.
If I would have known that, I would have been lurking and commenting a long time ago.
Subscribed to Adidas, Slips, Yama, and Cods' channels.
And you're supposed to be a computer genius? Sheez! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Femot-doh.jpg&hash=9331e0198d74f25f805ae242f177fe0104e26b91)
O.K., so now that your in the club, post some vids and give us a link, eh mate?
Quote from: Electrojake on March 28, 2013, 04:44:36 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on March 28, 2013, 11:27:02 AM
Finally got a YouTube account. Turns out it was my Gmail username.
If I would have known that, I would have been lurking and commenting a long time ago.
Subscribed to Adidas, Slips, Yama, and Cods' channels.
And you're supposed to be a computer genius? Sheez! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Femot-doh.jpg&hash=9331e0198d74f25f805ae242f177fe0104e26b91)
O.K., so now that your in the club, post some vids and give us a link, eh mate?
:icon_mrgreen: :cheers:
I am not a computer genius.
I'm in audit and compliance. I know how to use word, excel, and Outlook. That's it these days.
Matter of fact, I had problems hooking up my ps1 to my tv today. I'm an idiot.
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In the days of old when knights were bold
And toilets werent invented,
They just took the load, dumped it in the road,
And walked away empty handed :D
Subscribed to EJ and PeteGS too.
Not all usernames are the same as the board. That's the problem.
And I'm sure our names are completely different on the birth certificate too.
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Quote from: jestercinti on March 28, 2013, 07:01:49 PM
I am not a computer genius.
Matter of fact, I had problems hooking up my ps1 to my tv today. I'm an idiot.
On the contrary my friend, your LPW perfect. :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: jestercinti on March 28, 2013, 07:09:47 PM
Subscribed to EJ and PeteGS too.
Not all usernames are the same as the board. That's the problem.
And I'm sure our names are completely different on the birth certificate too.
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this is true :) cept for my main yt channel. other one i use for storage
I subscribe to those that entertain me
Baron Von Grumble is funny. I think I heard about him on the Tard Farm.
Saw you subscribed to mine Jester... a whole lot of nuthin' there hey? Haha
I might make some of mine public one day... maybe...
And I finally got my fence done yesterday! That means time to rock on with starting on the shed plan and foundation :thumb:
Anyone know anything about legislation or whatever about getting power to sheds here in Brissie? If it needs to be on a separate circuit to the rest of the house I may be screwed...
Pic's or it didn't happen right?
Fence from the front:
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Had to fill up this hole on the side as well or the cats would've had an easy step up and out:
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Yet to finish removing the posts for the old fence but the shed will go from the pillar in the left of the photo most of the way down...
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And in case you're wondering, this is my first fence effort ever so it's nice to have achieved it pretty much on my own :thumb:
The house mate did the first fence...
applause for DW!
Baron is the funniest fucker you will ever watch. I live him. I also watch Itrophyeyes, slysilva78. Those guys are young vloggers starting out and I enjoy watching them. I'm cutting together my next video. F800 in depth review
You didn't sub to My YT channel? I'm saddened :cry:
Of course I'm subbed to you. Can't be unsubbed to my original moto vlogger
Nice cat proof Fence! :)
Meow
Michael. I'll subscribe. New to this YouTube subscription thing.
Need a camera. Just bought a tank bag on Craigslist. Nice smaller Icon brand. Can be used as a backpack, but F that. Only on my bike.
My PC is dying too so little editing for me these days. I'm getting there, albeit slowly.
I could use my work laptop. It's a new Dell Latitude intel I-5.
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Woof woof
Cods, is your gsxr-400 a quick bike? The closest we have here is the bandit 400 or the cb350 four honda <-- older bike.
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Quote from: jestercinti on March 29, 2013, 07:40:28 PM
Cods, is your gsxr-400 a quick bike? The closest we have here is the bandit 400 or the cb350 four honda <-- older bike.
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Yes it is much quicker than the GS500
More HP & Less weight 4cyl of course
Quote from: Toledo Jim on March 29, 2013, 10:35:01 PM
okay, I guess I'm just stupid, how do I go about finding find your YouTube channels so I can try to subscribe to them?
Most of the guys channels are under the same name they use here :thumb:
Some like mine are not
My name minus the 'e' in slippery
Quote from: codajastal on March 29, 2013, 10:44:46 PM
Quote from: Toledo Jim on March 29, 2013, 10:35:01 PM
okay, I guess I'm just stupid, how do I go about finding find your YouTube channels so I can try to subscribe to them?
Most of the guys channels are under the same name they use here :thumb:
Some like mine are not
Oh.... uh... okay... :dunno_black:
I guess I'll go try and figure it out.
Quote from: Toledo Jim on March 29, 2013, 10:48:38 PM
Oh.... uh... okay... :dunno_black:
I guess I'll go try and figure it out.
Heres mine
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQqJsPNwBay8JL34_TSkwyw/videos?view=0
The best can be found here
Mister
http://www.youtube.com/feed/UCaUhIKyY3364x3CuDol_VJA
Adidasguy
http://www.youtube.com/feed/UCfopOgFUP9aRZNHRZ8GAXeg
Thanks Cods. :cheers:
Quote from: codajastal on March 29, 2013, 11:07:23 PM
The best can be found here
Mister
http://www.youtube.com/feed/UCaUhIKyY3364x3CuDol_VJA
Adidasguy
http://www.youtube.com/feed/UCfopOgFUP9aRZNHRZ8GAXeg
definately :bowdown: Donkey-shine ( redneck german)
Playing Easter bunny
1.7 million on Subway Surfers now. Holy cow the game is FAST at that score. Interestingly 6969 coins in that run. Hmmm.... I did feel wobbly legged after... :wink:
Can you ever get over a family member death?
Slips, no pictures of you in a bunny costume please.
What's this new subway game? An I behind again?
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Toledo, I'm jestercinti with no videos.
Need a camera and computer editing abilities first. Getting there, but slowly.
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 30, 2013, 04:04:00 AM
Can you ever get over a family member death?
Interesting post.
I have seen some men distraught by the loss of even a pet dog. I guess that is what makes us "humans".
But in answer to your question: In my 57 years of life I have never lost anyone (human or otherwise) that particularly upset me for more than a logical mourning period.
However, I'll make the assumption that the early death of one of my children would probably crush me. (hope I never find out)
Great... got addicted to Hill Climb thanks to Slips... now looking at Subway Surfer thanks to Mister... the good thing is I'm crap at it, so little chance of getting addicted :thumb:
I'm addicted to Indestructible though... these are all on the iPhone...
Subway Surfers - left to go left, right to go right, swipe up to jump, swipe down to roll, swipe down in mid jump to come back down Real quick.
New highscore... 2.6 million. Thank the game-maker for hoverboards. Curse the game-maker for bouncy shoes.
Everyone starts off crap. But you get better and better as you complete Missions and Daily Challenges. Your rewards is increased score multiplier. Your score increases. The game gets harder quicker.
no way to find out for me lol
Not yet, at least.
Quote from: Electrojake on March 30, 2013, 08:18:57 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 30, 2013, 04:04:00 AM
Can you ever get over a family member death?
Interesting post.
I have seen some men distraught by the loss of even a pet dog. I guess that is what makes us "humans".
But in answer to your question:
In my 57 years of life I have never lost anyone (human or otherwise) that particularly upset me for more than a logical mourning period.
However, I'll make the assumption that the early death of one of my children would probably crush me. (hope I never find out)
Yeah 23 years still hits a raw nerve with me sometimes
still dealing with loss here. sometimes good days, sometimes not so much
99% of the time it's good.
Google's game "Ingress". The insidious way to get people to allow themselves to be tracked at every moment.
Yeah wont download that even though I have probably have enough programs that track my every movement anyway
So now I'm getting addicted to Subway Surfer... score is crap but I'm getting the hang of it slowly... agreed curse on the sneakers and good on the hover board but I keep forgetting to use it... The rocket pack is pretty cool too.
Another day off
Too much video gaming can make you "cranky"
One must be very careful about over exposure, seizures, convulsions, etc... (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fnew%2Fyesnod.gif&hash=60c9fb054265649f4565678706466f634a05ed0a)
That only while watching early episodes of Pokemon
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 31, 2013, 05:12:57 PM
That only while watching early episodes of Pokemon
Well, O.K.... I'll give it a try.
Is there an app for iOS devices?
Probabibababbbalababababy
I hardly use hoverboards at all. I won't start using them until my score is 500k. if I get to 500k then I figure I'm a possibility of a new high score for me and will begin using them. This way I develop my skills.
Ej - depends on the game, me thinks. Things like Subway Surfers teach quick reflexes :thumb:
I dunno for fast reflexes I prefer an old western show down at dusk
Guy I work with knows that I ride bikes.
Comes up to me and says he tried to start his 2006 VL800 Suzuki cruiser (Volusia/C50) and it went raw-raw <click>.
Told him dead battery. He said "What's a battery look like?"
Puzzled, I show him a picture on Google of the stock Yuasa. I then ask how old the battery is. He then replies that he thinks it's original. Point him to instructions on how to remove the seat to check/replace the battery in addition to a good dealer who can probably assist him further.
Told him that a battery is like a parachute. Buy a good one.
Some people have no mechanical abilities.
Yep, similar happened to me at work a little while back.
Go out to go home and find a young fella trying to start his (what looked like) brand new FZ something and it would click and do nothing. He had no idea about the battery etc. so another guy out there ended up giving him a towing guy's number... a few days later the bike was back out there again so I assume he got it sorted :dunno_black:
Coffee the savior of my morning
Fixing what you ride.
An essay by Electrojake.
Most people are better at one particular thing than anything else.
Some people are amazingly good at just about anything they take an interest in.
And some people... are just plain fuken stupid. (Education has nothing to do with this equation)
I love LPW. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2F001_wub.gif&hash=0af770a740ddfaee9c7fef0eff29f73840d02c8b) My source of all that is worth knowing. :bowdown: and :cheers:
Yes a bit of mechanical sympathy is advantages when you own a bike a bit of self diagnosis is necessary
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 01, 2013, 03:48:31 PM
Yes a bit of mechanical sympathy is advantages when you own a bike a bit of self diagnosis is necessary
People that are afraid of heights shouldn't sky-dive.
People that get motion sickness shouldn't work fishing trawlers.
People that cant wrench shouldn't... well, you know the rest. :icon_rolleyes:
True, but people that don't wrench ask Jester a lot of questions. Most people know that a clicking noise means dead battery. It means that the solenoid doesn't have enough oomph to engage the gears.
And then there's people that I work with. I'm at an office where all you need to know is Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel...so it makes sense that not all people are mechanical like Slips and the Narrow Gauge Goald Coast Australian Railroad.
...And EJ and the PATH and NJ Transit or wherever he works.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 01, 2013, 05:03:15 PM
True, but people that don't wrench ask Jester a lot of questions.
...so it makes sense that not all people are mechanical like Slips and the Narrow Gauge Gold Coast Australian Railroad.
Narrow gauge... WTF? Real trains roll on 56.5 inches.
The standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot.
Long story but it's true.
Also... Real locomotives run on 27,500 volts AC.
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... Get constant maintenance & inspections.
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Like old school? See the EMD GP40 below. No catenary required!
A smokey, stinky, noisy, rolling eco-disaster
Something Slips would be comfortable around...
:thumb:
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I think I know where EJ wors now. Took the train once from Basking Ridge, NJ into NYC. Changed trains in Summit I think then the Path maybe into Manhattan? 12 years ago. Been drunk since then.
Got me there on time.
Yeah jester.
You don't remember it but you got off the train at Hoboken Terminal on the Jersey side, walked down a long flight of stairs to the PATH (subway), and then rode under the Hudson River into Manhattan.
It's OK. We specialize in "drunk transport" services. :whisper:
Hoboken sounds familiar. Yep. Me thinks that's how I got from here to there and there to here (or something)
Cool beans man! It must of been one hell of a bender you were on. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Actually jester we now have 5 or 6 gauges in Queensland. Narrow gauge to cover most of the state for its main rail network and the Brisbane suburban network. Standard gauge on the main line south from a place called acacia ridge to link us to nsw it runs in tandem with the narrow gauge network. The Gold Coast light rail project runs on a gauge that looks to be standard gauge width but could possibly be closer to broad gauge. And around nambour, bundaberg and most of north and far North Queensland to service the sugar mills and sugar cane farms we have at least 2 gauges of sugar cane rails which are not much further than a foot between rails.
143.5 centimeters anyone? :dunno_black:
Ugh... Slips said Acacia Ridge... ugh... I grew up there... ugh... :icon_eek:
Don't tell anyone... :whisper:
Is that standard or broad gauge? And first post back after the outage. Where I work we measure the distance between wheel flanges
Quote from: peteGS on April 01, 2013, 01:02:28 PM
Yep, similar happened to me at work a little while back.
Go out to go home and find a young fella trying to start his (what looked like) brand new FZ something and it would click and do nothing. He had no idea about the battery etc. so another guy out there ended up giving him a towing guy's number... a few days later the bike was back out there again so I assume he got it sorted :dunno_black:
I run into the wtf is a battery ppl nearly constantly. you know how hard it is for me to NOT tell them " its beside the blinkerfluid reservoir?"
Oh my god
Keep
thread
live
please
.
Thank
you
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:technical:
Jim
Live? yeah... live...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
win? :dunno_black:
Come on ej we had some good railway chat going on here
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 03, 2013, 04:50:03 PM
Come on ej we had some good railway chat going on here
Sometime after the US Civil War all the railroads agreed (for the sake of profit) to make all of North America 56 and a half inches as the standard gauge so all railroads could (eventually) be connected together throughout the continent.
Unlike Europe & England, the US is all one "standard" gauge.
There are a few other gauges still here but they are small, private, or historical lines.
And yes Slips, I do believe that is measured flange to flange here in the US too.
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WIN :cheers:
Slips, click this link, then once you get on the page, click on the photograph of the train-car and a 16 slide presentation will begin.
It may take about 10 or 15 seconds to load and start.
Hope it works.
http://erausa.org/trips-and-events/2012/04-14.html (http://erausa.org/trips-and-events/2012/04-14.html)
Gold Coast Light Rail.... I'll measure the gauge when I get there next. It appears to be quite narrow.
With all these different gauges I question the Roman Chariot thing.
What roman chariot?
The one your mum rode in on :flipoff:
Say hi to yours from me :thumb:
Quote from: mister on April 03, 2013, 08:40:40 PM
With all these different gauges I question the Roman Chariot thing.
Don't cloud my fantasy with your reality. :2guns:
Cloud cloud cloud cloud cloud
Pick one:
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Fancy pants :flipoff:
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Sorted to get out with the Kat guys in the morning... forecast for today, tomorrow, Sunday, Monday... showers... how frickin typical!!!!
What the hell is wrong with our weather this year? I can't remember the last run of nice sunny days...
Riding in the soup builds character, pete.
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Thank f%$k it's Friday
Correction: It's Thursday. :whisper:
Sucks to be you then :2guns:
Better not piss down in the morning... ride time!
If it's pissing, it's cause I'm standing on your roof pissing :cookoo:
Unless that's Australian talk for rain. Dono
Nothing is wrong with out weather Pete. That's what weather is.... inconsistent. Remember, Wet season / dry season? Seems Qlders have forgotten about this overall trend.
Go back to the '74 floods and you'll find it was quite wet before and after too.
Jester: Pissing down = aussie talk for raining a lot. Light drizzle is sometimes called Weasel piss or angel piss or some such depending on which redneck you talk to.
Hey Pete.
Wet is good for you. You should be thankful for "pissing" down rain. Count thy blessings. :bowdown:
The native people of my country can make it rain at their whim.
Hence the Indian Rain Dance...
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Ask Jester, he knows!
Ohio has lots of Indians, especially in Cleveland.
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A,ya. And when they want to distract you, they do the most terribly slow "chop". Oh that is so lame. :cookoo:
The weekend is born
The "new version of Spiderman with Emma Stone in it and Andrew Garfield sux....
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Quote from: mister on April 05, 2013, 04:30:11 PM
The "new version of Spiderman with Emma Stone in it and Andrew Garfield sux....
Why yes,,,,,,,,,,,,yes it does :thumb:
There's a new Spider-Man? How many are there
Fvck Cleveland. It's the mistake on the lake.
We are Reds fans here.
Is that soft ass crap you yanks call football?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 05:34:06 PM
Is that soft ass crap you yanks call football?
Nine innings of Major League Baseball...
It aint for everybody. That's for sure.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 05, 2013, 05:16:41 PM
Fvck Cleveland. It's the mistake on the lake.
We are Reds fans here.
So Yeah... Does this look like Pete Rose to you? :icon_mrgreen:
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Warm beer in giant paper cups, cold hotdogs, roasted nuts, and lots of drunk Yanks. An American pastime. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fusa.gif&hash=9831b48706c4b984a38b51ac5b71f5b38a1f5280)
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You mean the team that's ahead now 14-0 against the Washington nationals. Yeah, that's them.
I work across the street from the stadium. Good times. Like baseball season.
I would rather watch indoor lawn bowls
If you want to learn the art of TV commentary, listen to the baseball guys. They have mastered the art of talking about stuff like it's important, when nothing is going on. Ditto for US gold commentators. I praise their skill. :thumb:
You wanna see commentary watch v8 supercars when they do Bathurst
Mister's got a good point.
Baseball is either exciting or boring and it takes a good announcer to keep you entertained through the dry spells. :bstar:
Final score ended up being 15-0 reds win
No filler when you are absolutely spanking the other team.
Nothing like a good spanking to liven up your sex life
Quote from: jestercinti on April 06, 2013, 04:37:17 AM
Final score ended up being 15-0 reds win
No filler when you are absolutely spanking the other team.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmlb.mlb.com%2Fimages%2Flogos%2F80x80%2Fcin.png&hash=35c5834335fb97c2bed986a0eb1e70a0d796ca6a) Looks like the Nationals got spanked & put to bed in the seventh!
Must have been fun to watch. :thumb:
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And a lot better than watching the Yanks get their ass kicked (again) plus yet another key player put on the disabled list. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Femot-doh.jpg&hash=9331e0198d74f25f805ae242f177fe0104e26b91)
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 06, 2013, 06:22:10 AM
Nothing like a good spanking to liven up your sex life
Slips...
Aint it a bit late for you Aussies to be up and posting? :confused:
It's not even midnight yet :dunno_black:
Well, if all ya' need are 5 or 6 hours sleep, then yeah, I guess midnight is kind of early. :dunno_black:
Sleep? What's that?
I'm gonna go watch a movie. Y'all have fun now :cheers:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 06, 2013, 06:22:10 AM
Nothing like a good spanking to liven up your sex life
Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me.
Quote from: codajastal on April 06, 2013, 06:42:12 AM
It's not even midnight yet :dunno_black:
Cause you are on the other side of the intl date line.
Tralalalala
Was going to write something poignant but forgot what it was. Save it for later.
Sooooooo where is all this rain we are supposed to be experiencing?
Took the powerful & sporty DL1000 out for a quick 70 miles this morning.
All went pretty damn good mechanically. um... considering it's not a GS500.
Open loop fuel injection on that V-Strom of mine...
The Good: With my cool hand-held Tek-tuner I can make the ECU do anything I damn well please.
The Bad: Jetting carbs is so much easier than all this computer bunk.
The Ugly: Without a $25,000 dyno, changing ECU settings at anything above an idle is a fool's venture.
Admit it. You wankers admire my sexy V-twin. :bowdown:
... It's OK, you may all worship at the font of piss-poor Suzuki fuel injection.
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Serious EJ.... why the Weestrom over the V?
I've ridden the Wee and would take it in a heartbeat of the Versys thou. But am yet to ride the V and wonder about it.
A Suzuki "wee" is the user-friendly 650 powered V-Strom bike.
A similar bike called the "Vee" is the trouble prone SV1000 powered big brother to the wee.
My bike is the 1000cc Suzuki Vee Strom. It is a bug infested, over powered, top heavy, technical challenge, and I need that. I'm a life-long technician.
A soul searching Yank...
I sold the GS500 for the same reason I sold my little Yamaha and before that the Honda...
I buy it, I mod the hell out of it. I research every weakness or idiosyncrasy and address it to perfection.
Then, once perfect, I get bored with the thing and sell it.
You saw my GS500F videos. There was simply nothing else to do to make the bike better. The carbs, valves, intake, exhaust, electrical, add-on gadgets, etc... were all tricked out.
My GS was coming up on 7000 miles too. As pristine as she was, I knew had to sell it soon before I ended up with a charity case.
Ya see... Any bike (other than a Harley) loses about $600 in value per year. She was already 5 years old with a street value of about $2500. In a few more seasons, I would have to pay someone to cart it away.
I had to unload it.
It's not my fault! Please. I had no choice.
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Oh, and as for my DL1000 Vee-Strom...
That thing is so fuked up I'll be tweaking & modding it for the rest of my life and still not have it perfect. So yeah, I'll own that bug infested sh!t wagon forever. :thumb:
Holy dead kitten, that was an annoying post. Eh? :whisper:
Here, try this instead... A kitty at rest.
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My next bike will be a honda nc700x, a CB1100, or a suzuki V-Strom 650 Adventure.
EJ, you tainted this thread again with cats.
My next bike will be whateva the fukk I buy :icon_rolleyes:
Thank you Cods. My lost car keys were eventually found in the last place I left them. :icon_rolleyes:
In your pants in the dirty clothes basket?
Nah...at my mistress' house. I'm skinny and all now, you know.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 06, 2013, 07:21:10 PM
My next bike will be a honda nc700x, a CB1100, or a suzuki V-Strom 650 Adventure.
An NC700x and a DL650adv seem to fit the bill but a CB1100 is on a whole different list, no? :dunno_black:
But it's a retro bike from the 1969 CB750. It's damn sexy.
Final weigh-in to the weight loss challenge in 1 hour.
This morning I was down 40 lbs from the beginning (January 6 2013). Unless the second place person lied, it's in the bg for me.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 07, 2013, 07:20:26 AM
But it's a retro bike from the 1969 CB750. It's damn sexy.
Final weigh-in to the weight loss challenge in 1 hour.
This morning I was down 40 lbs from the beginning (January 6 2013). Unless the second place person lied, it's in the bg for me.
Agreed! That retro Honda is indeed a snazy ride.
The diet...
Man, you got to get done with that sh!t already. Your determination is starting to worry me.
Just sayin' :icon_rolleyes:
Won weight loss challenge by .4%.
6 jan 2013-215.0 lbs
7 apr 2013-175.0 lbs
$500 cash in my pocket.
What to do, what to do...
Quote from: jestercinti on April 07, 2013, 09:20:25 AM
Won weight loss challenge by .4%.
6 jan 2013-215.0 lbs
7 apr 2013-175.0 lbs
$500 cash in my pocket.
What to do, what to do...
I would hit the local buffet. :icon_rolleyes:
Congrats Jester! :thumb:
Buy some bling for your bike...
I got out on Saturday, clouds and an occasional damp road but no rain as such, lots of fun! Got my favourite corners in that haven't done for many months too... just before you hit Somerset Dam going south. I always thought that was Splityard Creek but it's not, apparently that's the open sweepers after you cross to the eastern side of Wivenhoe.
It did confirm I need bigger mains though, WOT in 6th and I run out of steam at 130kph... that sucks! Dropping back to 5th didn't even help... and that's got me smack bang where I get the most grunt out of her now too...
You know why it's always found in the last place you look? Because once you find it you stop looking. :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on April 07, 2013, 12:50:51 PM
It did confirm I need bigger mains though, WOT in 6th and I run out of steam at 130kph... that sucks! Dropping back to 5th didn't even help... and that's got me smack bang where I get the most grunt out of her now too...
Just curious pete...
What exactly would you consider a pleasing WOT speed for a 450cc mill pushing a 199 kilo bike?
Just wondering :dunno_black:
Don't laugh EJ, but I had Taco Bell. Nachos bel grande.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 07, 2013, 03:06:31 PM
Don't laugh EJ, but I had Taco Bell. Nachos bel grande.
As with all things... Moderation is the answer.
Unfortunately, most of us binge and then ban. Be it food, booze, ho's, or 80 MPH GS450 rides. :cheers:
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Well done to jester great stuff now off to maccas for a shake.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 07, 2013, 09:20:25 AM
Won weight loss challenge by .4%.
6 jan 2013-215.0 lbs
7 apr 2013-175.0 lbs
$500 cash in my pocket.
What to do, what to do...
Well done. I've lost about the same amount in the last 6 months. You could easily spend that amount on some new clothes as your old ones are probably a bit loose now.
Quote from: codajastal on April 06, 2013, 06:59:34 AM
Sleep? What's that?
I'm gonna go watch a movie. Y'all have fun now :cheers:
Sleep is for those who cannot handle insomnia of course
Sleep is for the weak. Now I'm going to get some sleep while you look over my notes from 9th grade history.
I once stayed awake for 52 hours straight, had four hours sleep then did another 36 hour stint. I was really quite tired after the 36 stint.
After 72 hours of no sleep, you develop signs of Schizophrenia. Been proven medically.
I just talked on the phone for 3 hours straight. A new record.
Banzai?
WTF, another Aussie here at LPW v3.0?
Ohioites or Australians. That's all that ever shows up here anymore.
Not that it's any problem... I'm just saying, that's all.
Besides, Ohio & Australia, they kinda' look like the same place anyway...
Other than the fact that Austrailia is obviously a lot smaller than Ohio.
<cough-cough>
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:D
Yeah Rich... Nice photo.
Now let's cut to the chase: Are you from Ohio or Australia? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fwaiting.gif&hash=7062135172d0f91b31923b1507ba5494e0a8ee5d)
EJ, Richard Milhous Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, CA. C'mon...a guy from Jersey that has a yard tractor with a car alternator should know that... :icon_rolleyes:
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Quote from: jestercinti on April 07, 2013, 09:20:25 AM
Won weight loss challenge by .4%.
6 jan 2013-215.0 lbs
7 apr 2013-175.0 lbs
$500 cash in my pocket.
What to do, what to do...
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Man, I'm gonna miss making fat-boy jokes and posting food pictures. <sigh>
Cods like the new & improved jester.
Just sayin'
Quote from: Electrojake on April 07, 2013, 06:22:51 PM
Man, I'm gonna miss making fat-boy jokes and posting food pictures. <sigh>
Cods like the new & improved jester.
Just sayin'
Hey you can make fun of me if you like?
Im about 270lbs
Just bought another car :icon_rolleyes:
I thought you were thinning the heard...another vehicle?
Quote from: jestercinti on April 07, 2013, 06:41:15 PM
I thought you were thinning the heard...another vehicle?
Cant help myself :oops:
This one only cost me $280 so I couldnt pass it up.
Gonna tear it apart and use it for parts on another I already have.
No sense in having 2 the same cars registered. :dunno_black:
Quote from: codajastal on April 07, 2013, 06:24:57 PM
Hey you can make fun of me if you like?
Im about 270lbs
Gads! On a posti bike. Yeah man! :bowdown:
I myself weigh just a hair under 200 pounds but at 6 foot three (190 centimeters?) I'm just a tall skinny old bastard. (thats also rides mopeds) :thumb:
Watching some blinkycab
Blinkycab? Is that Australian for Barney the dinosaur?
hell the accepted terms are changed all the time whether warranted or not lol
Everyone - and I do mean everyone - should learn to ride a postie bike Before getting behind the wheel of a car.
Quote from: mister on April 07, 2013, 11:44:36 PM
Everyone - and I do mean everyone - should learn to ride a postie bike Before getting behind the wheel of a car.
I can ride one :thumb:
Everyone should be publically whipped if they cannot indicate and complete various parking maneuvers and keeping to the left side of the road
And learn not to where flat leather soled shoes while driving because you have no grip and can't keep your foot on the damn brake pedal!
Yeah I got rear ended this avo... not happy! Not much damage but still... geeez...
Car I take it? Please say car
car
CAR
Car
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:dunno_black:
Sadly from the other thread it wasn't the car
1982 GS450E vs. automobile? :icon_rolleyes: :dunno_black: :mad:
I had fruitflies in the kitchen. Without using toxic sprays, last night I created a small "trap" for them. This morning they are all dead - all but one who sits on the edge of the trap looking at his dead mates. But he cannot resist the trap and will also soon be dead.
Quote from: mister on April 08, 2013, 02:38:13 PM
I had fruitflies in the kitchen. Without using toxic sprays, last night I created a small "trap" for them.
This morning they are all dead - all but one who sits on the edge of the trap looking at his dead mates. But he cannot resist the trap and will also soon be dead.
I have no doubt.
cough I'm sure it's a fascinating design indeed, sir. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcmtl.com%2Fpublic%2Fmisc%2FTTIWWOP.gif&hash=a9fd489e8581e1d50ab71a8f8b6fe094512ad735)
I saw a giant rat in the Chook shed once. I shot it with my .22.
Ok EJ. I'll get you a pic, sir. And do a full write up. In the meantime a story.....
Alright. Right at this moment in time I am off work due to Piriformis Syndrome - my sciatic nerve has been entrapped by my piriformis muscle (under my butt's glute muscle). This fires off my nerve and tells my brain I have severe pain in my leg. It also tells my back thigh muscles to contract. So in as many as a half dozen places in my thigh and calf my muscles cramp and will not release. Result is, I can stand/walk for about 1 minute only before I can go no further due to pain.
Anyway. I am in the supermarket yesterday. It's a four stop walk to get from the car into the shop. That is, I need to sit down for a couple of minutes at each stop before I can continue. But there are no places to sit In the supermarket. So... I carried one of their baskets with me. Turn it upside down and sit.
I am on my fourth or fifth sitting near the cold juice section and a girl stops and asks me if I am ok and need help. Oh My Fuking God, this girl was absolutely stunning. I see some darn fine looking women in this shopping center but this girl topped them all. I told her I'm resting my sore leg after an intense physio session. We had a small banter and she smiled some more and moved on.
As I hobbled by I again thanked her for Asking. She smiled again. Ahhh.... just her smile her eyes her face - and her body - were almost enough to take the pain away.
I had a word at the check out. They let me keep my spot in line while I sat on the section outside the checkout. Once done I moved on. Walking passed the self-serve I saw her again. I did't have any "thanks for being smoking hot" cards on me. So I told her outright I just HAD to tell her how attractive she was and was absolutely stunning.
It was the funniest thing cause I caught her mid way trying to figure out the auto cashier. Her face turned from puzzlement at the machine, to oh sorry, yes, I am listening now, to OMG that was such a nice thing to say to me I am now blushing and smiling.
I turned and limped away. Good will and happiness spread a little.
Nice story
fruitfly trap pic taken. Sending from phone to computer now...
Quote from: mister on April 08, 2013, 04:48:36 PM
Ok EJ. I'll get you a pic, sir. And do a full write up. In the meantime a story.....
Alright. Right at this moment in time I am off work due to Piriformis Syndrome - my sciatic nerve has been entrapped by my piriformis muscle (under my butt's glute muscle). This fires off my nerve and tells my brain I have severe pain in my leg. It also tells my back thigh muscles to contract. So in as many as a half dozen places in my thigh and calf my muscles cramp and will not release. Result is, I can stand/walk for about 1 minute only before I can go no further due to pain.
Anyway. I am in the supermarket yesterday. It's a four stop walk to get from the car into the shop. That is, I need to sit down for a couple of minutes at each stop before I can continue. But there are no places to sit In the supermarket. So... I carried one of their baskets with me. Turn it upside down and sit.
I am on my fourth or fifth sitting near the cold juice section and a girl stops and asks me if I am ok and need help. Oh My Fuking God, this girl was absolutely stunning. I see some darn fine looking women in this shopping center but this girl topped them all. I told her I'm resting my sore leg after an intense physio session. We had a small banter and she smiled some more and moved on.
As I hobbled by I again thanked her for Asking. She smiled again. Ahhh.... just her smile her eyes her face - and her body - were almost enough to take the pain away.
I had a word at the check out. They let me keep my spot in line while I sat on the section outside the checkout. Once done I moved on. Walking passed the self-serve I saw her again. I did't have any "thanks for being smoking hot" cards on me. So I told her outright I just HAD to tell her how attractive she was and was absolutely stunning.
It was the funniest thing cause I caught her mid way trying to figure out the auto cashier. Her face turned from puzzlement at the machine, to oh sorry, yes, I am listening now, to OMG that was such a nice thing to say to me I am now blushing and smiling.
I turned and limped away. Good will and happiness spread a little.
Well now, It's good to see mister is back in the game.
Been a long time since you've tapped your creative side.
A good read... concidering it all started with a fly-trap. :thumb:
Quote from: Electrojake on April 08, 2013, 05:38:00 PM
Quote from: mister on April 08, 2013, 04:48:36 PM
Ok EJ. I'll get you a pic, sir. And do a full write up. In the meantime a story.....
Alright. Right at this moment in time I am off work due to Piriformis Syndrome - my sciatic nerve has been entrapped by my piriformis muscle (under my butt's glute muscle). This fires off my nerve and tells my brain I have severe pain in my leg. It also tells my back thigh muscles to contract. So in as many as a half dozen places in my thigh and calf my muscles cramp and will not release. Result is, I can stand/walk for about 1 minute only before I can go no further due to pain.
Anyway. I am in the supermarket yesterday. It's a four stop walk to get from the car into the shop. That is, I need to sit down for a couple of minutes at each stop before I can continue. But there are no places to sit In the supermarket. So... I carried one of their baskets with me. Turn it upside down and sit.
I am on my fourth or fifth sitting near the cold juice section and a girl stops and asks me if I am ok and need help. Oh My Fuking God, this girl was absolutely stunning. I see some darn fine looking women in this shopping center but this girl topped them all. I told her I'm resting my sore leg after an intense physio session. We had a small banter and she smiled some more and moved on.
As I hobbled by I again thanked her for Asking. She smiled again. Ahhh.... just her smile her eyes her face - and her body - were almost enough to take the pain away.
I had a word at the check out. They let me keep my spot in line while I sat on the section outside the checkout. Once done I moved on. Walking passed the self-serve I saw her again. I did't have any "thanks for being smoking hot" cards on me. So I told her outright I just HAD to tell her how attractive she was and was absolutely stunning.
It was the funniest thing cause I caught her mid way trying to figure out the auto cashier. Her face turned from puzzlement at the machine, to oh sorry, yes, I am listening now, to OMG that was such a nice thing to say to me I am now blushing and smiling.
I turned and limped away. Good will and happiness spread a little.
Well now, It's good to see mister is back in the game.
Been a long time since you've tapped your creative side.
A good read... concidering it all started with a fly-trap. :thumb:
It's actually a true story EJ. She was mesmerizing. To me anyway.
You know, some (many) good looking girls can be a bit stuck up. And certainly would never ask if someone was ok and needed help. But not her. In all my sitting down in the store and the various aisles, not once did anyone else stop to ask - I didn't expect them to, but not even a staff member??? But she showed genuine concern on her face. Maybe someone close to her recently had a turn, who knows. :dunno_black: Only that, she had me at hello :icon_mrgreen:
It's funny. When a guy Wants something from a woman (let's talk boys here, ok), and specially a good looking one, they get all tongue tied. And yet, they would have no problem saying "Excuse me, you left your lights on" if they saw her leaving her car and entering the store. The sole difference is whether they had an expectation or desired outcome they wanted from her.
I'm past the age of giving a flying fuk what people think. I'll tell them they are good looking if I think it.
I have spent time analyzing the humanity of ugly girl - cute girl.
I try to look past the container the person is housed in and communicate with them on a level plane but it's almost impossible.
I communicate with attractive women "differently" than I do with ugly girls, and different again with typical average looking women.
Wish life was fair... but it's not, its human. :icon_neutral:
Margaret Thatcher dead. Did you know she was a comedian? "tis true.... look http://youtu.be/DQ6TgaPJcR0
Now we know where monty python got their material from http://youtu.be/4vuW6tQ0218
Um, you're avoiding the fly-trap issue. Aren't you' :whisper:
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Tis a sad day. Margaret was a great leader...just like Julia Gillard.
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Um... They're more like opposites, not twins. Yes? :dunno_black:
Where's this fly trap?
Hey Mister, where's the fly trap pic?
I fear saying anything like that to women because they'll think I'm a dirty old man, slap me, file for sexual harassment, or all of the above... therefore I admire your guts :thumb:
Unfortunately for me it was Audi Q3 vs. Suzuki GS450E... on the upside I could still ride to work today...
Quote from: peteGS on April 08, 2013, 08:04:33 PM
Hey Mister, where's the fly trap pic?
I fear saying anything like that to women because they'll think I'm a dirty old man, slap me, file for sexual harassment, or all of the above... therefore I admire your guts :thumb:
Unfortunately for me it was Audi Q3 vs. Suzuki GS450E... on the upside I could still ride to work today...
I do it all the time,
As a matter of fact both Mister and Twisted witnessed me saying to a couple girls at the bike show last year.
They were pretty :kiss3:
One day I'll grow some balls... haha
I even took their photo :thumb:
Hahahahaha in my mind that's jail time! Is that lame or what?
So where's the photo? :icon_razz:
Ill see if I can find it :dunno_black:
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Ok... fruitfly killing time....
As posted on my G+ https://plus.google.com/109666668890837708586/posts/ZHhduyNBqA9....
How To Get Rid of Fruitflies
Ok, so from somewhere we got some fruitflies in the kitchen. Even with all fruit hidden these buggers still hang around. But not anymore thanks to this simple DIY fruitfly trap I made and put out last night.
To a small container I added some Apple Cider Vinegar. I then added a couple of drops of dishwashing detergent (in my case, Palmolive green). Stirred with my finger and let sit. Almost instantly the flies headed to the container - the vinegar smell must draw them. At which point I moved away to leave them be.
Either the dishwashing detergent breaks up the surface tension and they sink as soon as they land on the vinegar - or - they try to drink the mixture and it kills them. Either way, they all end up sinking to the bottom of the container. No more fruitflies.
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 08, 2013, 12:46:17 AM
Everyone should be publically whipped if they cannot indicate and complete various parking maneuvers and keeping to the left side of the road
Keeping to hte left side of road is illegal in us. or would get one a dui sobriety test
It means we drive on the correct side of the road on the right side of a car.
Fruitflies commit suicide in my trap. Fuk yeah.
Cods and Mister... you both get a :thumb: for your posts :thumb:
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mmmmmmmmm
I guess I'll be chasing the insurance company today... no word from them yet.
If I get time I'll order some more mains too, I think my 450 would like a little love after Monday avo...
A full page of good posts here.
The LPW celebrities finally woke up and pleased their fans. Links too. :thumb:
Holy sheet. 80* F. Nice ride, but my winter jacket is hot now.
Is winter gone? Bike started up with minimal choke. You don't see that at 30*.
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I like how G+ allows you to leave reviews for businesses you interact with. Hmmmm..... here I go..... :icon_twisted:
Hear yee hear yee I have posted
Big GC storm, Just missing us. :woohoo:
But later..... :dunno_black:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 08, 2013, 11:48:18 PM
It means we drive on the correct side of the road on the right side of a car.
Very true. or we, ( and other nations, keep to right side of road in left side of car. ) so we all keep on the proper side of said road Eh?
So Jester... (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clipartof.com%2Fimages%2Femoticons%2Fthumbnail2%2F1222_hot_and_sweating_smiley.gif&hash=6f11f328935a8acf825473ab227e0a0e438219d9) Did you go swimming today?
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Just saying
Taking a dump at work and getting paid. Then off later on to the bloodbank to donate plasma and still be paid by work. Just sayin
Dont faint >:(
I'm pepped up on sugar and had a pork roast last night with bacon n eggs for breakky so I'm rarin to go
Last time I gave blood I was denied.
Went to Costa Rica for work. Sadly, not blood bank friendly.
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Ultimate fighter soon. Woohoo
Dammit ej you jinxed me you bastard. Had a cold sweat and they had to stop mid donation.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 09, 2013, 09:12:58 PM
Dammit ej you jinxed me you bastard. Had a cold sweat and they had to stop mid donation.
My perverted mind read that in a totally different light. Ugh.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 09, 2013, 07:03:15 PM
Taking a dump at work and getting paid. Then off later on to the bloodbank to donate plasma and still be paid by work. Just sayin
have a drink or two and get far dizzier
It was a weird feeling ill tell you.
Yep. Been there back in the day. Definitely strange.
Too many meetings yesterday, no main jets ordered :dunno_black:
Insurance company called me back though and someone will be in contact by COB today to tell me how to go about quotes and repairs etc.
Hopefully I get time to order some main jets too...
And the Kat guys are talking about organising a dyno day... would love to see how the 450 is once I get the mains sorted and maybe drill the vacuum holes in the slides...
Yeah, you might surprise everyone and get 50hp :woohoo:
Quote from: Kijona on April 09, 2013, 09:28:33 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 09, 2013, 09:12:58 PM
Dammit ej you jinxed me you bastard. Had a cold sweat and they had to stop mid donation.
My perverted mind read that in a totally different light. Ugh.
Nah...
I been "violated" by this crew in the past. It only hurts for a little while.
And Slips... Glad I could help. :thumb:
Arnotts Shapes - everything a growing body needs :icon_rolleyes:
Ok then, somebody post something clever.
And be sure to stay on topic.
Jester's life is about to change again: Divorce. Very sobering. That's for sure.
Funny how you are on top of the world one minute only to have things turned upside down the next.
It's been building for years, so no surprise. We are very kind to each other, just looking out for the best interest of our son. Hope I can keep the GS. It's a marital asset, so we'll see.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 10, 2013, 08:07:59 PM
Jester's life is about to change again: Divorce. Very sobering. That's for sure.
Funny how you are on top of the world one minute only to have things turned upside down the next.
It's been building for years, so no surprise. We are very kind to each other, just looking out for the best interest of our son. Hope I can keep the GS. It's a marital asset, so we'll see.
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Jester,
Better to go your own way now than live in not so happy states for years and year only to part ways much later after wasting all that extra time.
Hope your custody and support issues stay amicable.
Holy f%$king shaZam!
Sounds like the GS would be safe if you are both amicable :thumb:
Make sure the Number 1 son comes first in all respect though.
Way to keep that on the down low jester. Geez like yeah wow geez ummmmm you ok?
Guys, I'm fine. Actually, relieved. Will there be surprises? Yep. But arguing over a nickel will end up costing $50.
Been building for 3+ years. Turbulent times not good for my 4 year old. Better in the long run.
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Sad but good Jester... my parents stayed together when they shouldn't have and then they recently got divorced... at like 70!
My dad has since re-married... all of 6 months later... turns out he'd been seeing her for the last 3 years!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like you guys have a grip on things with your son's best interests, sounds like the best move forward for all concerned, so I wish you guys all the best.
As for me... bike goes in to Brisbane Motorcycles on Monday for the insurance assessment.
And the dyno day looks like a goer... now I need to get those main jets ordered, still no time today.
Late Thursday night
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Some things can never be unseen... :cookoo:
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Two issues here...
1.) Kind of impressive that we got the Jester marital situation to discuss here. Two thumbs-up for telling us what's going on in your life Jester.
Side Note: I usually have more discussion with you LPW nuts that with my own family. Just saying.
2.) peteGS: Are there any photos of your bike damage?
Could you provide a link to you bike-wreck thread maybe?
-Ej-
Pete,
Two things: Forget Brissy M'Cycles for assessment. Take it to Ozzy - unless you're with SWAN.
My folks split after 28 years together. They had Talked about it some 14 years earlier but didn't split and stayed together in misery for another 14 years. Whereas they Could have not wasted each other's time for 14 years and just gone and done it when they knew it was all over.
Mister...Agreed. It was misery for 3 years. Called it quits after many reconciliations failed. Sad, but at some point there's no turning back the hands of time to fix things.
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We have so many guys at work paying child support it's ridiculous. I stopped counting at 14 when I did a count a few months back.
Difficult to put a positive spin on things such as this however LPW is here for you. :sad:
I think it takes a rather long time to finalize such matters. 18 months?
Keeping communications flowing (even if unpleasant) is going to be the task at hand as things progress.
God Speed Jester,
And keep us posted during this transition.
Mister: Ozzy's miles out of my way and makes a PITA to get back to work etc. whereas Brisbane Motorcycles is a few minutes walk to the train etc. and I can just leave it there, come to work, and pick it up on the way home. It's primarily a convenience thing (hate being without my bike).
I hear ya on the parents, for mine I think it was more like 20 years... they're religious (or supposed to be) so I think divorce was frowned upon, just more useless rules to follow...
EJ: Photobucket library here: http://s594.photobucket.com/user/starpoint73/library/GS450/20130408%20-%20Rear%20Ended?sort=3&page=1 (http://s594.photobucket.com/user/starpoint73/library/GS450/20130408%20-%20Rear%20Ended?sort=3&page=1)
Best (or worst if you like) shots:
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Just cross your fingers they don't declare Frame Damage.
Convenience you want? Yeah, I used to ride my bike to Ozzy and he would drop me off at the train and pick me up again when done. I don't think he needs all day to do an assessment. But whatever works for you. Just that I have Never heard a good story about Brissy M'Cycles and their service/repair dept.
Basically any shop in Brisbane I don't trust with my bike except Ozzy. On a side note my bar end mirrors rocked up today. Ill need to turn up a couple small spacers and I can re use my stock bar end weights.
I hear ya' guys, I'm not keen on anyone touching my bike at all... was bad enough letting someone else put tyres on it...
However, it's gotta be done and while I know Ozzy will be good, it's just way too far out of the way as I'm stupidly busy at the moment with work. Fingers crossed it all goes well.
If they declare frame damage I'll be taking it somewhere else, there ain't nothin' wrong with it as the plastic rear guard cushioned the impact to all the structural stuff.
I haven't heard good or bad about them so we'll see... if I get my way I'm hoping they can sort out the guard and tail light off the bike and I can see if I can get my stock guard and tail light on to keep riding. It will be ugly but I'll still be mobile...
Just ordered some 145 and 150 mains today so I'm keen to give them a go next too...
Quote from: jestercinti on April 11, 2013, 06:46:45 PM
Mister...Agreed. It was misery for 3 years. Called it quits after many reconciliations failed. Sad, but at some point there's no turning back the hands of time to fix things.
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My friend it takes courage on your part, as well as the wifes to realise it isnt going to work, and part company. if the marital property gs is going, can always build another, or like me, hang around here long after the gs has left. i wish you nothing but the best, and your wife and young one as well. :bowdown:
+1 on what Yama said. I just ended 15 year marriage in February. We tried and tried and after so many years it wasn't even a positive relationship anymore. Even at that it was difficult to split. Since then though, I've acquired a new home, re-established loving relationship with 'my' family and gotten a real sense of what I want instead of meandering in a failed marriage and being miserable. You'll definitely come out of it and see things from a new positive perspective. Well I did.
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Lots of LPW lovin' here :thumb:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Pete,
Go to Ozzy's board and find the story of the guy with the Ducati. They charged him $1,700 for a service. All they did was change the brake fluid on the front. Ozzy's got the pics up online. The air filter wasn't touched and looks like it had become a rat's nest. Other issues too. Not bad for a $1,700 fee. There are others as well. So, now you know in advance. Just be prepared to disregard anything they tell you.
I second that.
Quote from: peteGS on April 12, 2013, 04:35:27 AM
I hear ya' guys,
I'm not keen on anyone touching my bike at all...
...was bad enough letting someone else put tyres on it...
However, it's gotta be done and while I know Ozzy will be good, it's just way too far out of the way as I'm stupidly busy at the moment with work.
Fingers crossed it all goes well.
Understood x10 PeteGS.
You don't want other people's hands on any of your machines.
However, sometimes situations arise that force us out of the comfort-zone.
I'd get the damage estimated (and repaired) per your contract, and then just inspect & re-do (if necessary) once you get her back home.
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Sorry for your trouble too.
-Ej-
So what's cracking in jersey ej?
I'm not a happy boy. :icon_sad:
1.) Its Saturday morning and I have to go to work and do about 6 hours of Hurricane Sandy related paper-work.
2.) My pay goes down while the taxes go up and the politicians continue to live like Kings!
3.) My country & its people have deteriorated into a worthless pack of entitlement-mentality socialists.
Any of this sound familiar?
Here's something to cheer you up ej. And I'll have another surprising thing too.
Quote from: Electrojake on April 13, 2013, 06:33:02 AM
I'm not a happy boy. :icon_sad:
1.) Its Saturday morning and I have to go to work and do about 6 hours of Hurricane Sandy related paper-work.
2.) My pay goes down while the taxes go up and the politicians continue to live like Kings!
3.) My country & its people have deteriorated into a worthless pack of entitlement-mentality socialists.
Any of this sound familiar?
yup sat here too 9a to 5p bored shitless. agreed on number 3 lol
Now this blew my mind you yanks (rich ones) have far too much
If I was going to Brissie M'cycles for service work... I wouldn't... then I probably really would go to Ozzy if for some reason I couldn't do it myself.
But this is crash repair, and I'm hopeful that if they'll let me just leave my guard and tail light with them, I can stick my stock ones back on temporarily. That way if they screw it up, I'm still riding. They can't do a worse paint job than I did on the rear guard...
If I can do this, then I'll not bother getting the scratch on the front guard touched up as I can do that myself and I still need to do the one on the other side from before Christmas.
The only other thing is the foot pad on the brake pedal being bent, but that's a 30 second fix...
I have one advantage over a lot of other riders I would think... having rebuilt my bike from the ground up I know exactly what the deal is with every nut and bolt so I will know if they tell me BS...
Now that's an ideas man. Thing is taking a knock from behind you dunno if your frame got tweaked, any bearings got damaged? That's what I've learned about bikes they are much more fragile than you think
BM - I wouldn't let them service a bike, wouldn't let them repair a bike, wouldn't even let them look at a bike cause I don't trust them to not loosen something and then claim it needs Fixing too. Bottom line I do NOT trust them at all.
When I got my GS500 I shopped around. BM was the highest priced and least moving on their price. I spoke to the mechanic who I used at the time and he said "let me get you a price for a GS500". Hey, doesn't hurt to get a price, does it? Well, his price was WAY cheaper than anyone else. So he picked the bike up and let me know when it was ready to collect. As I look over the paperwork I discover it had come from none other than BM. :o
That's right, the same pricks who would NOT budge on their price.
I'm all for giving discounts to your resellers and the like, but to not move on a price even $100 when a buyer is in the store? And to start with overinflated prices to begin with? Man, not good for customer service at all.
The one thing I will grant them, however, is that their accessory people upstrairs have always done the right thing by me.
Do let us know what they say. We are curious.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 13, 2013, 01:30:27 PM
Now this blew my mind you yanks (rich ones) have far too much
My government is made up of "humans"... and these particular humans get to decide what the other 99.99% of us are permitted to own or not own? What?
Translation: The government uses the richest 1% and the poorest 1% to justify their power-grab and the never ending erosion of our liberties.
Read This:
I love rich people. They own factories and corporations that create jobs for all us. Additionally, ultra wealthy Americans are often philanthropists that spend millions of dollars
of their own money to help the needy, (unlike the government that only spends "other peoples" money).
I despise the government. The government produces nothing, absolutely nothing. Well, nothing other than weak minded minions to push their propaganda.
After I left my sucky job at my sucky office this evening I did get in a 60 mile bike ride.
It was nice!
Cool, crisp, fast-paced. Attitude cleansing. :D
P.S. Wonder what time it is in Ohio?
Quote from: Electrojake on April 13, 2013, 07:49:55 PM
..snip..
P.S. Wonder what time it is in Ohio?
11:27 p.m. right now. :cheers:
Depends where abouts in Ohio. Top of the state, Cleveland, east of the state, somewhere near Mother Shipton's cave or...?
Yeah that vid blew me back a bit I mean how can so few have soo much and yet want more? Wonder if bill gates is up there?
Short video with the taller clip-ons
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 14, 2013, 12:16:27 AM
Yeah that vid blew me back a bit I mean how can so few have soo much and yet want more? Wonder if bill gates is up there?
Every day I get up and go to work with the thought of how I can get me a slice of that 1% ultra-wealth...
Not how to be poor, and certainly not how to be a pompous government official.
Let's see? Should I try to be more like Bill & Melinda Gates... Or be like George Bush and Barack Obama.
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And hey... No politics or religion chat here, just cat photos & porn.
Glad to see that Ohio is still in the conversations.
Was in Dallas Texas this weekend for a conference. Good times.
Have to go to the dentist tomorrow. It will not be fun. Drill baby drill.
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Quote from: mister on April 13, 2013, 04:06:26 PM
BM - I wouldn't let them service a bike, wouldn't let them repair a bike, wouldn't even let them look at a bike cause I don't trust them to not loosen something and then claim it needs Fixing too. Bottom line I do NOT trust them at all.
When I got my GS500 I shopped around. BM was the highest priced and least moving on their price. I spoke to the mechanic who I used at the time and he said "let me get you a price for a GS500". Hey, doesn't hurt to get a price, does it? Well, his price was WAY cheaper than anyone else. So he picked the bike up and let me know when it was ready to collect. As I look over the paperwork I discover it had come from none other than BM. :o
That's right, the same pricks who would NOT budge on their price.
I'm all for giving discounts to your resellers and the like, but to not move on a price even $100 when a buyer is in the store? And to start with overinflated prices to begin with? Man, not good for customer service at all.
The one thing I will grant them, however, is that their accessory people upstrairs have always done the right thing by me.
Do let us know what they say. We are curious.
I hear ya' Mister, I have definitely heard bad things about their sales guys, but their parts and accessories guys have definitely been excellent for me too. I've gotten a lot of stuff from there due to the location and they've always been helpful. It was one of those guys who spent the time to help with my fork gaiters... a whole $20 sale.
I will let y'all know this evening what I find out today...
In the meantime I should've had the ground for the shed pretty much levelled out ready to plan out the form work for the concrete yesterday, but of course life can never be that simple...
Came across what looked like a storm water pipe that was running near the fence and almost not in the ground at all. Raked the gravel off the top and there it was... >:(
Couldn't find the bottom end so assumed it went off through the front yard so I looked at the top end... went all the way up to the back of the house then made a 90 degree turn towards the house... and down! Yep, started going down into the ground on about a 45 degree angle or steeper... WTF??!!
Bit the bullet and drilled a hose size hole just near the angle, squirted water down, couldn't see it going anywhere... debated for a while and just chopped it at the start of where the shed base will be. Hose down there, and next minute it's flowing back at me... damn pipe goes nowhere!
So after relocating everything down the side to get to it I lost ages of time but at least the pipe's been cleared and I can get back to levelling again...
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At least I've got the bulk of the river rock out of the way so now it's into the clay... and ain't that fun when it's soaked! Had to get the pick into it to get that pipe out and it just gets clogged up with clay non-stop... I'll be so glad when I have concrete down there!
So someone put in pipe that went nowhere? They must have had intentions of Something but just forgot about it all. HA!
Kinda like the winchester mansion lol
And what the hell is THIS? :confused:
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Looks like black sofa with red cushions. :dunno_black:
with a wooden table in front Eh?
A glass nest of tables?
Awwwwww cutie little kitty cat
Haha that there is my little fluffy man reclining on the bar in the rumpus, his favourite position is near the booze... the couch is actually brown leather but close :thumb:
He actually enjoys a finger or three full of rum, scotch, gin, or sparkling white wine... and doesn't mind a nice red either... in that photo he hadn't actually been drinking... need to be careful of the spirits mounted on the pourers as he's likely to lick them enough to cause the booze to drip a little for his enjoyment...
Brisbane Motorcycles... well I think I succeeded in confusing them today. They need to wait for a panel beating quote now after taking photos because they don't know WTF to do about a bike with non-stock parts on it... I'm not shocked. Wait and see what happens tomorrow... but the good thing of course is that it's highly likely I can do the swap and run the stock guard and tail light while they get the others repaired. Score on that point :thumb:
As for the pipe in the ground, the house mate traced it a little more this avo while I kept digging down the side, and it doesn't go much further in either direction from where we found it. It looks to me like someone stuck it there during construction or renovation and buried it under the soil and river rock... there is no way I can see that pipe being of any use at any stage given it goes *up* at a very steep angle before turning 90 degrees and running down towards the street... weird PO's of this house... not the first weird thing we've found... :dunno_black:
Oh, and got 145 and 150 main jets in the mail today, 145's in, see if my WOT is doing something a little more exciting tomorrow :thumb:
Oh the cheeky alcho kitty
Yep, got that straight! There's another girl who's worse... but she much prefers red wine followed by some Camembert or Brie... which she enjoys chewing...
The dentist is the biggest up-sell/scam out there.
I have all 32 teeth. I do not want/need my Wisdom teeth removed. I have a healthy set of chops minus a few cavities. Leave me alone already.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 15, 2013, 10:32:36 AM
The dentist is the biggest up-sell/scam out there.
I have all 32 teeth. I do not want/need my Wisdom teeth removed. I have a healthy set of chops minus a few cavities. Leave me alone already.
had 3 of 4 wisdom teeth removed. and im dumber for the count lol. 4th one is fine so it stays. ( as well as one on the side. ) health issues and shaZam! causing this.
Had all mine out years ago... dentist gave me valium and I didn't wake up for an hour and a half... he was a little worried. No one knew at the time that things like valium hit me more than other people my same weight... or they used to anyway, haven't had anything like that for years.
just novocaine for me. ( including the wisdom teeth and side one.)
Two items here...
1.) peteGS has a fine kitty-cat. He looks comfy!
2.) I like when people complain here on LPW. Especially people from Ohio.
Nice job boys. :thumb:
Bombs in Boston eh? Fuking hell. Stay safe peeps....
EJ has a thing for making fun of people from Ohio. Just sayin'.
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Was speaking to a girl from the US the other day. I can normally pick accents to within an area. I told her it wasn't LA or NY but sounded a little more north, maybe Michigan? She said, "Close, I'm from Ohio". Cool, not bad for a non American ,eh
I moved to Ohio in 2005 for a soon to be ex's new job.
3 years she asked me what the flag with the 2 points at the end, big Ted dot, and stripes was. How can you not know your state flag?
Preliminary agreements include me keeping the GS. Happy about that.
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Can't sleep. Dentist did a number on me. Starving, but jaw hurts from opening up wide to drill back most molars.
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HTFU Jester. I always got my teeth drilled and filled without the needles. Im hardcore. Used to amuse the dentist.
Good news Jester. Keep the discussions calm and learn yourself the Third Party Law. It's a Scientology link, but it is a Valid piece http://www.scientologyhandbook.org/SH8_1.HTM that provides much insight into why some people become so unagreeable.
Throw in the Rand idea of people being Shells who merely parrot the opinions of others, things they've read and so on, and who can thus not answer questions as the source of their thought is not there to provide the new answer, and you arm yourself with knowledge about these things.
3rd parties can include: co workers, girlfriends, TV shows like Opera, articles in magazines, lawyers (all lawyers say "you'll win" otherwise you will keep hunting until ou find one who will say "you'll win."), relatives, parents, etc., etc.
Story: Guy at work confronted me. Went something like,
"Now listen, I hear you're going to....."
"Who said that Bob?"
"Doesn't matter who."
"Yes it does, who said it?"
"It doesn't matter just that you are going to......"
"Ok Bob, here is why it matters... Two people can always sort out their differences unless there is a 3rd party involved. Right now you are upset at me, NOT because of something I said - but - because of what someone else Told You I said. It is THEM, the third party, that has stirred you up and made you angry at me.
Good news I'm Back!
Yeah, there are some good singers on The Voice.
Quote from: mister on April 16, 2013, 04:02:59 AM
Yeah, there are some good singers on The Voice.
:thumb:
1. Yeah I have a cool kitty cat there and he is very comfy on the bar... he's a bit of a dude.
2. No word from Brissie Motorcycles on the panel beating quote yet... no surprise.
3. So sick of this rain! Digging the clay out to level the ground for the shed is now a nightmare as it's just a big mud hole. It really needs to dry out a bit so I can truly see the lay of the land. Yesterday and today I had about half an hour each day but got very little progress because the clay is just sticking to everything.
4. Jury's out on the 145 main jets... very little opportunity for WOT and a big accident on the way home on Settlement Rd had both lanes up the hill closed, so again missed my WOT opportunity. It seems to be a little meatier again across the throttle range but idle was really bad as it richened up the idle circuit as expected. Mixture screws in 3/4 of a turn when I got home so see how that goes tomorrow... the way it's going I'll need one size *smaller* pilot jets!
5. Boston... man that's freaky... and all those bombs in Iraq today as well... and I thought North Korea was the worry!
Quote from: codajastal on April 15, 2013, 10:46:24 PM
HTFU Jester. I always got my teeth drilled and filled without the needles. Im hardcore. Used to amuse the dentist.
You're like that guy from Little Shop of Horrors. Good for you. Me, nah!
Needle me up in the dentist's chair... I smashed my mouth on a railway line when I fell off my pushy when I was 17... that cured any issues I had with needles... I now have a denture thing for two of my front teeth... fun redneck party trick when I take 'em out...
I tell you the least fun I've had in the chair was when they had to extract what was left of one of my teeth... it had impacted with my jaw and almost become part of it, so the dentist had the assistant hold my head while he grabbed a pair of surgical pliers and ripped in... :dunno_white:
Last time I went to the dentist I had a needle - as he pulled one of my wisdom teeth. But when I have fillings I have nothing. Us Aussies are hard bastards.
Cant see the point of having needles when there is no need as the pain is always minimal. Not a fan when they hit a nerve but I can live with it. :thumb:
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You know, I'm humbled that we talk about dentristry, Ohio, and other things. Some of that I of course started.
I'll be out of the house next week into an Apartment. It only gets better from there. The sh!t that I'm finding out now is completely shocking. :o
Quote from: mister on April 16, 2013, 03:45:08 PM
Last time I went to the dentist I had a needle - as he pulled one of my wisdom teeth. But when I have fillings I have nothing. Us Aussies are hard bastards.
all the meds im on healthwise screw with my teeth. had one pulled the tenth, wisdom teeth ( 3 of 4) were pulled a decade ago. a filling here or there. no needles on fillings. cause its like a tattoo to me, it hurts to a point then, meh not gonna hurt any worse. extractions i get vitamin v. and antibiotics. other than that. its all good
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh blahhhhhhhhhh rahhhhhhhhhhhh
Got myself a Samsung galaxy tab. Using it to check Gstwins while watching tv. My wife is on her tab next to me doing her thing. When battery needs charging the smartphone is the backup. Awesome stuff. Now to figure out how to turn off predactive text,
Quote from: mister on April 16, 2013, 11:19:44 PMAwesome stuff. Now to figure out how to turn off predactive text,
Fucken hat that
Quote from: mister on April 16, 2013, 11:19:44 PM
Got myself a Samsung galaxy tab. Using it to check Gstwins while watching tv. My wife is on her tab next to me doing her thing. When battery needs charging the smartphone is the backup. Awesome stuff. Now to figure out how to turn off predactive text,
if its the swype style thing like on the phones .. you'll get used to it... its handy though just as annoying as iphone at times...
i got an ipad.. and a samsung phone... if i been text a lot on the phone during day.. i go to ipad in evening and spend 15 seconds or so swearing that the 'f*&%g swype' not working on my ipad' :icon_rolleyes:
.. and you can modify the dictionary... its a bit fiddly to start with but once you get most of your 'common personal usage' bits in it works well enough
:thumb:
Yeah, It swipe like the phone but Instead of giving words to choose from and giving option of ignore, it starts suggesting words and won't let choose something not on the list - swipe or type.
If i turn it off i lose swipe. Grrr. I'll figure it out.
Solved. No predictive but do have spell check and swipe. Cool!
Wanted to venture out for fuel but went outside and it's about to storm down
When these tabs first came out I was like :dunno_black:
Now I have one I'm like :woohoo:
I have the ipad and love it
I don't have either and I have mixed emotions on the subject
I have a work provided iPhone that's ok... I have a personal Motorola Defy Mini that I hate with a passion...
Other than that I typically use the work laptop or my home PC...
Hit reserve today while my clutch was pulled in in traffic causing it to stall out... then my bloody starter or battery started playing up again so I'm sitting on the side of the road with a bike that refuses to crank properly and empty float bowls >:(
Ironically if I hadn't leaned the mixture screws out *too* much yesterday, the popping I get as I'm about to hit reserve wouldn't have been masked out by the popping due to the too lean mixture on the idle circuit >:(
Sometimes I really like to screw myself... :dunno_black:
Trickle charging tonight to see if that makes it any better tomorrow... :embarassed:
Had a look down the side today and still puddles of water where the shed will go, then we got more rain from the storm earlier... geeeez can't I get just a few days without rain?
Checked the weather reports this morning and so far this year we've had almost twice the average rain fall up to April... I am not surprised...
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 17, 2013, 02:36:38 AM
I don't have either and I have mixed emotions on the subject
Now THAT is the best post of the day.
More VLOGS please. I need to live vicariously though my Australian counterparts. Enough about Ohio already...I want to hear from YOU!
I just want to ride... would love to go for a midweek ride but a 3pm meeting with my boss, his boss, and the CIO today... that should be oodles of fun...
Working on one now and I have a close call in it. I took some footage before the vlog so I'm snipping out the interesting bits n pieces. Hopefully tonight ill have it edited ready to upload.
Found these chip things that are like pringles But without the msg and with real potato. Mamee is the brand. Can't eat just one.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 16, 2013, 07:38:13 PM
You know, I'm humbled that we talk about dentristry, Ohio, and other things. Some of that I of course started.
I'll be out of the house next week into an Apartment. It only gets better from there. The sh!t that I'm finding out now is completely shocking. :o
We, your LPW family, will expect full disclosure from you. I think Obama calls it "transparency" :whisper:
Yup...
Personal issues.
Dental hygiene.
Psychiatric evaluations, etc...
LPW is here for you, and we're globally approved!
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Things seem more official with timely leaves curved around it.
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Things seem more official with timely leaves curved around it.
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Hey, Jester... You there bro? :icon_neutral:
timely leaves??... wtf?
Tiny leaves. Damn my autocorrect
Greetings Janx. :cheers:
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Flat out day press fitting locomotive gears and wheels
The sun goes down on the Arizona plane
And the wind rushes by like a runaway train...
And another freaking massive explosion in Waco Texas
I'm here. Was at a Reds game. They won against Philidelphia. Good times.
Going to Milwaukee, WI tomorrow with my son. Going to hit some sights and he will get a chance to see his cousins. He's all excited, and so am I. Just not excited about a 6 hour drive to WI.
So, tomorrow I'll be out of pocket. Looking at Apartments in the morning then at 3, leaving for WI. If I find something I like, I'll sign a lease. Wish me luck...it's definitely a step down, but it's for 6 months till I get this settled.
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Where is that EJ?
Six Flags New Orleans, LA. Closed since 2005.
Australia open 24/7
A poem about tomatoes:-
I know a Muslim whose name is Jim,
I really love throwing tomatoes at him,
Now tomatoes are soft and don't hurt the skin,
But these buggars do, cos they're still in the tin!
Winning
Washed (sponge bathed) my bikes today. Discovered the small spacer thingy on the left rear plastic that sits near the front, is missing. Hmmmm.
Any suggestions on a Mcgyver fix?
Bunnings nylon or rubber tap washer? ... And some glue? ... If its the one I am thinking of
Rendering
Sitting here watching what bandwidth the backups consume at work after some changes today... are you as excited as I am?
On the other hand, 150 main jets seemed to be a good thing today, but need a good run to be sure...
Sitting watching old top gear after watching new top gear
Space on the other sides seems to be about 30mm long. Looks to be screwed in somehow or something. Off to the parts fiche to find out what it is...
Looking at apartments.
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I'm thinking new avatar. :cheers:
Two items...
1.) How old is Son now?
2.) Happy apartment hunting. (Keep bike storage in mind) a slot, an alley, a shed, anything will do.
Working on a Friday. Is nothing sacred?
How goes the wheels, axels, trucks, and bogies, Slips?
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Trains parts are darn heavy. So heavy, in fact, that is a train fell on you from out of a tree it would kill you. Who'd thunk it?
they say that a train falling on you from out of a tree is incredibly bad luck too!!!
Yup. Least it would be quick, unlike a dropbear attack.
Yep assembled loco wheelsets gears n wheels. Press force tolerances, measurement tolerances, run out tolerances lots of tolerances to consider its a technical thing this train stuff
If a train fell from a tree could you say leaf me alone?
Unexpected last minute opportunity for a ride with the Kat guys tomorrow... win! :thumb:
I'm really liking these 150 main jets so far but would be good to see how it goes on a decent ride instead of just the commute...
Signed lease. 6 months. No covered parking, but what can you do? I'll get a cover for it. Move in May 1
My son is 4 1/2 years old.
In Wisconsin at the moment.
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That is a rare sight. That sucks jester you couldn't get covered parking. When I split with my young fellas mum I was lucky in the fact she f%&ked off and I kept everything including my son. I made sure to rack up the phone bill which was in her name too.
Lpw Is here for you jester
What the strange guy said jester
So, One guy at work takes a position a 5 Hour drive away. Moves into the new town.
Today I'm walking through my local shopping center. But in front of me is carrying a baby, woman behind him is pushing a pram. They get to the escalator. He hopes on and I'm about to offer to hold one end of the prom in the air when she turns it around, faces up hill and rides down that way.
When the father gets to the bottom he turns to help the woman. It is the guy who moved away 6 Months ago!
30 seconds either way and i would have missed him. Wow, Small world.
Next vlog is up and here is an embed for my LPW mates.
Errrr... slips... maybe stop talking and concentrate on staying on the left side of the double white lines? Might be able to keep up with the group a little better too... and "frick me"???? Did you seriously just say that??? :flipoff:
But seriously, I don't get this VLOG shaZam!...
It's my camera on the helmet and me moving round on the bike that makes it look as if I'm crossing double white but I'm always on the left of the double white with a small buffer. And I seriously said frick me haha I try n keep it clean. And while vlogging I quickly discovered not to try n keep up plus the condition of the road. But I rode my ride and loved it. The way down my camera was off and left them for dead haha.
Slips,
Thank you for posting so we can critique your video production.
I too have a few issues to state...
1.) I'm confused as to where all the other traffic is.
2.) I'm perplexed as to where all the oil refineries, generating stations, factories, warehouses, chemical plants, and run-down buildings are.
3.) Clean, smooth curvy roads? Where in New Jersey (or Ohio) can I find roads that are flat, straight, and NOT packed with congestion?
Thank you for posting that Slips-narrated video.
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Show me the garden...
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EJ, you need to move... when I get some video up from yesterday you will see more bush with no city and no refineries etc... and you will see me being left behind by two Katanas and an SV650... my bike may be much improved but I'm not... :dunno_white:
Pete, you said you don't get Vlogging. I'm with you there. Why would I watch random commentary on random subjects when riding, when I wouldn't watch the random commentary if it was just you in front of your webcam?
The most odd subject I've heard while watching a Vlog was a guy talking about the movie Zombie Strippers. huh :cookoo:
Now, give me a review of a road. Before, a few choice bits during and maybe after. Or even Guy Martin style where the commentary of his run around the Isle of Man was done in Post, that could be interesting. But probably not. BUT... and it's a big BUT here...
While *I* - and even you - don't like them, and plenty of other people don't, that doesn't mean there aren't people who live/love to watch them.
As I always say, as a video maker you should make the kinds of videos you would like to watch, regardless of what anyone else thinks.
I like what I'm making. As any typical Australian says have a go. So here I am having a go. I'm liking it. I'm challenging myself here. Usually I'm as creative as a wet blanket so here I am forcing myself on this to make myself a more creative person. Like the strange man said make the vid I would wanna see. And in that video particular if its not my commentary, it's the road. After that its nothing but I normally hate watching myself or hearing myself and watching the final cut before I uploaded it I was hooked the entire time.
Couple of items...
1.) I can't move until I retire. I, (like most others in the NY Metro area) can't make this much $$$ anywhere else in America.
2.) You fellows all have "different" approaches to your video productions.
I watch em' all. They are always worth the watch.
3.) Aussieland looks mighty nice on video. :cheers:
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wouldnt mind relocating to australia, perhaps canada or even the isle of man. or if i would learn german, live in this austrian town called Fücking. that way i could honestly say im a Fücking resident
Or the island of lesbos in Greece. That way you could be called a true lesbian
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 20, 2013, 11:16:20 PM
Or the island of lesbos in Greece. That way you could be called a true lesbian
this is true lol. theres a tshirt of this place i want.
Greek Lesbo... Can I watch? :icon_mrgreen:
The Voice is on. Gotta go listen to singing now....
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Kentucky fried cat
Mmmmmmmm pine/mango mini pavlova from Woolies! .... Bliss
Don't tempt me janx
Quote from: Janx101 on April 21, 2013, 03:26:08 AM
Mmmmmmmm pine/mango mini pavlova from Woolies! .... Bliss
dogshit?
Wash your mouth Yamma that shaZam! is awesome
Went to Harley Davidson museum yesterday in Milwaukee WI. Interesting history and buy back story from AMF.
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Chicago sink-hole?
I thought that only happened in Florida (and Ohio)?
And what's that vertical plume of fire in the background at the end of the street?
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Hey, Hey... Welcome back to the T-Farm jester!
I was at that Harley museum in August. Love the souvenir shop. It was Tee-shirt heaven.
Was wondering how they would feel if I parked my Suzuki in that giant sized "Harleys Only" parking area. :icon_mrgreen:
I will be in and out while I move and work out an interim financial and child custody agreement with my soon to be ex. Lots to do.
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Quote from: jestercinti on April 21, 2013, 09:59:35 AM
I will be in and out while I move and work out an interim financial and child custody agreement with my soon to be ex. Lots to do.
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Brother i wish you the best. i know it will work out. hoping and praying it is as nearly painless as possible. :cry:
Quote from: jestercinti on April 21, 2013, 09:59:35 AM
I will be in and out while I move and work out an interim financial and child custody agreement with my soon to be ex.
Lots to do.
We, your LPW brothers, are your sanity-check as you venture forward through this hectic interlude.
Keep us posted & stay positive. :thumb:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 21, 2013, 03:41:52 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 21, 2013, 03:26:08 AM
Mmmmmmmm pine/mango mini pavlova from Woolies! .... Bliss
dogshit?
Nah... Woolies = woolworths , supermarket chain ... Pavlova = meringue base and cream top plus (your choice fruit/choc/fruit jelly) top , dessert type thing.....
I woulda thought although pavlova (I think) is an Aussie invent... It mighta made its way around the world by now...... But then it could be like Maccas.... Called a cheeseburger here and in a lot of the USA it's called a sandwich.... Lemme see if I can find a pic.... On iPad right now so this should be interesting.... ... Sigh ... A link will have to do... What I ate was a variant of this... Smaller and ready to eat from shop!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova_(food)
A wee bit complex, no? :dunno_black:
It was just the easiest to link thing I could find on the iPad.... But... C'mon!! USA must have meringue type sweets in the cake shops or something..... Just buy any type individual serve meringue... Dump some whipped cream on top ... Dump some fruit or fruit jelly or choc shavings or whatever sweet/tart thing on top ..... Eat!! ... Easy peasy!! .... Pavlova!! .... Lol :thumb: O0
We're here jester mate. Ill pass on my advice. When it comes to custody with kids remember it's what's best for the kids and leave your personal emotions with your ex at the door. The sooner you both do that and can work together (easier said then done I know trust me) the easier the whole affair becomes. Luckily laws in Australia have changed to recognize that both parents are needed and only in severe cases is sole custody awarded.
eh Slips ... seeing as you a railway wrench monkey...
heard on local ABC radio this morning... $60m to be spent on sydney and south coast maintenance sheds/yards .... which afterwards will be known as...... "Maintenance Centres Of Excellence" .... (very Bill and Ted!!) .... the reasoning is it will be State of the Art equipment, experience levels and training facilities/methods ....
jealous?? :flipoff: .. lmao....
bet QLD bogans dont get tagged up with Maintenance Centres Of Excellence!!! ... you lot just have 'tin sheds where the bits go' and 'that shed over there' dontcha??
on a serious note... what kind of monkey did they let loose in the alphabet bag o letters to come up with the title??!!
bet some of the older blokes in these MCOE are gonna be wearing 'that odd smile/grimace' every time they read the name... bahahahahahahah
maybe thats it though... the acronym.... "Unit 5434 enroute to the MCOE!" ... sounds ever so kewl!!! :icon_rolleyes:
Interesting...
You Aussies can type just like you talk. Fascinating. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fenglipedia.informe.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fsmiley_chin.gif&hash=864c2c670e84618746f4245a66e1900fa8266b28)
I'll be back after I translate that train-wreck of the English language in the post above.
:flipoff: cheeky bugger!!! ... :D ...
Slips will get it!! ..
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We beat you to it years ago janx where I work has been called a centre of excellence since the upgrade we got in the 90's
Makes me think Chopper Read was an English teacher over there, eh? :cheers:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 21, 2013, 08:40:36 PM
We beat you to it years ago janx where I work has been called a centre of excellence since the upgrade we got in the 90's
well sheeeeeit!! :icon_rolleyes: ... and here i thought down here was being all 'wanky' .... bahahahaha
Quote from: Electrojake on April 21, 2013, 09:05:51 PM
Makes me think Chopper Read was an English teacher over there, eh? :cheers:
eh!?!?... Chopper is an Aussie!!.. not a bloody POM!!!!... ;) :flipoff:
Quote from: Electrojake on April 21, 2013, 09:05:51 PM
Makes me think Chopper Read was an English teacher over there, eh? :cheers:
Hey dont dis Uncle Chop Chop or he will cut you ears off. :icon_twisted:
its not the cutting off.... its what he makes you do after that ...... :icon_eek:
Hammer your kneecaps?
no.... i..... i can't say .... its all too vivid!! :sad: ;) :flipoff:
No, no... I didn't mean a teacher in (or from) England. :icon_rolleyes:
Never mind. Didn't mean to stir up a hornet's nest. Carry-on. I'll just watch.
(looks up in the air over EJ head...) ... heheheeh .. bit like an aeroplane really!!.. zoooooooom!! :flipoff:
I like aeroplane jelly! Aeroplane jelly for me
Confused. Please enlighten me fellow Aussie's.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 22, 2013, 12:33:48 PM
Confused. Please enlighten me fellow Aussie's.
Jester,
They only speak in the "local" dialect. :whisper:
We got em confused release the drop bears!!!!!! :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:
A drop bear is an elaborate hoax by Australians to scare tourists.
At BW3s typing up an interim Financial and Parenting Agreement.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 22, 2013, 05:00:19 PM
A drop bear is an elaborate hoax by Australians to scare tourists.
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I know the truth.
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No you do not Jester
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Drop-Bear
http://kelsgonebush.com/2012/11/01/beware-of-the-drop-bear/
If you are planning on back packing around Australia I'm sure you would have done your research on the dangers that you could face out in the Aussie bush. For those of you who have not read up on the local wild life , apart from crocs , buffalo and kangaroos with major attitude problems, you also need to be aware of the vicious Drop Bear ... If you have not done your research properly , please read on ...
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The top warning sign is a bit blurry – the important bits you need to know are :
- Walk quietly through the bush
- Avoid sleeping or parking your car under trees ( or the drop bears may land directly on top of you )
- Dab Vegemite behind each ear and around camp site to deter Drop Bears (they hate the smell of Vegemite)
So you have been warned – beware the Aussie Drop Bear , one of our top ten dangerous animals ( We also have the Bunyip , Hoop snakes and Yowies )
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Cods is a "real" Australian. He knows because he has lived it.
Um... ever been snipe hunting jester? :whisper:
Heart is racing had a close brush with the boys in blue
SCORED THIS OFF GUMTREE
They gave me a choice of tanks for $150 so I got this one
Apparently the damage to this one is the missing rubber stoppers in the last photo
It is otherwise brand new
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Barefoot taking pictures?
I only ever wear shoes at work or on the bike otherwise I am the barefoot bandit lol
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Quote from: codajastal on April 22, 2013, 09:14:14 PM
I only ever wear shoes at work or on the bike otherwise I am the barefoot bandit lol
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afaik hes in police custody
The Arab In The Italian Nursing Home
An Arab family was considering putting their grandfather (Abdullah) in a nursing home. All the Arab Facilities were completely full, so they had to put him in an Italian home.
After a few weeks in the Italian facility, they came to visit Grandpa.
How do you like it here?" asked the grandson"
It's wonderful! Everyone here is so courteous and respectful," said Grandpa.
"We're so happy for you. We were worried that this was the wrong place for you,since you are a little different from everyone."
Oh, no! Let me tell you about how wonderfully they treat the residents," Abdullah said with a big smile.
"There's a musician here - he's 85 years old. He hasn't played the violin in 20 years, and everyone still calls him Maestro!
There is a judge in here - he's 95 years old. He hasn't been on the bench in 30 years and everyone still calls him Your Honor.
There's a dentist here - 90 years old. He hasn't fixed a tooth for 25 years, and everyone still calls him Doctor!
And me - I haven't had sex for 35 years, and they still call me The Fukking Arab.
That's what my tank looked like before I reprinted it
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I'm so confused :confused:
A redneck with a bucket full of live fish, was approached recently by a game warden in Texas as he started to drive his boat away from a lake. The game warden asked the man, "May I see your fishing license please?" "Naw, sir," replied the redneck. "I don't need none of them there papers. These here are my pet fish."
"Pet fish!?!?"
"Yep. Once a week, I bring these here fish o'mine down to the lake and let 'em swim 'round for a while. Then when I whistle, they swim right back into my net and I take 'em home."
"What a line of baloney....you're under arrest."
The redneck said, "It's the truth, Mr. Gov'ment man. I'll show ya!
We do this all the time!!"
"WE do, now, do WE?" smirked the warden. "PROVE it!"
The redneck released the fish into the lake and stood and waited. After a few minutes, the warden said, "Well?"
"Well, WHUT?" said the redneck.
The warden asked, "When are you going to call em back?"
"Call who back?"
"The FISH," replied the warden!
"Whut fish?" asked the redneck.
Local Dialect EJ...
Bahahahah... Cods and cbrfxr ... :thumb: ... Very good both of you! .. Bahahhhanaha
Apparently new law in Qld that you no longer have to wear a helmet on a push bike for religious reasons e.g a turban
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 23, 2013, 03:51:48 PM
Apparently new law in Qld that you no longer have to wear a helmet on a push bike for religious reasons e.g a turban
That's A Fully Sikh law!!!!! Bahahahahhaha
Quote from: Janx101 on April 23, 2013, 04:00:03 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 23, 2013, 03:51:48 PM
Apparently new law in Qld that you no longer have to wear a helmet on a push bike for religious reasons e.g a turban
That's A Fully Sikh law!!!!! Bahahahahhaha
:icon_rolleyes:
There goes common sense
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on April 23, 2013, 02:33:35 PM
A redneck with a bucket full of live fish, was approached recently by a game warden in Texas as he started to drive his boat away from a lake. The game warden asked the man, "May I see your fishing license please?" "Naw, sir," replied the redneck. "I don't need none of them there papers. These here are my pet fish."
"Pet fish!?!?"
"Yep. Once a week, I bring these here fish o'mine down to the lake and let 'em swim 'round for a while. Then when I whistle, they swim right back into my net and I take 'em home."
"What a line of baloney....you're under arrest."
The redneck said, "It's the truth, Mr. Gov'ment man. I'll show ya!
We do this all the time!!"
"WE do, now, do WE?" smirked the warden. "PROVE it!"
The redneck released the fish into the lake and stood and waited. After a few minutes, the warden said, "Well?"
"Well, WHUT?" said the redneck.
The warden asked, "When are you going to call em back?"
"Call who back?"
"The FISH," replied the warden!
"Whut fish?" asked the redneck.
The question that needs to be answered here is. . .
Are there Red Necks in Ohio?
Why yes. Yes they are
There was a Kentucky redneck and an Ohio buckeye, fishing on their respective sides of the Ohio river...
Just as soon as the redneck put his line in the water, he slung a fish onto the bank, and the buckeye was catching nothing, so he yelled across to the redneck, "Buddy, I'd sure like to be on your side of the river!"
"Aight, tell ya whut, I'll shine my flashlight 'cross this river, and you can walk across this little beam of light!" the redneck yelled back.
The buckeye replied, "Hain't no way, buddy. I know you think I'm a fool! When I get halfway 'cross, you'll turn your flashlight off!"
bahahahha.. these are all going into my 'corny' catalogue!!! :thumb:
Face it EJ, you are a buckeye stuck in Jersey.
Bought a bike cover. Should arrive soon. Nelson Rigg. They make good covers.
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I like my beer in a glass
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 23, 2013, 09:44:45 PM
I like my beer in a glass
thats only so you can see how much lemonade to add into it!!
Why yes
Mmmmm crunchy Anzac cookies .. 10" round 4" deep container of... $4 from Woolies on special!! ... Just rights!!!
Making my own ones tommorow then a game of two up
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Ok. New in. But I think I may have forgotten some....
The Running gauge for the new Gold Coast Light Rail is 1435. Although, the "35" bit might be wrong. Double check in a couple days and get back to yous.
That sounds pretty close to standard gauge
What five bikes would you have in your Fantasy Garage - in addition to whatever bike(s) you already have?
Quote from: mister on April 24, 2013, 03:54:25 PM
What five bikes would you have in your Fantasy Garage - in addition to whatever bike(s) you already have?
Five?
Holy scat! I'd be happy with 3. :cheers:
BMW k1300r, BMW s1000rr, BMW r1200gs wasser boxer, Suzuki drz400sm, Ducati monster 1000
And they would be, Ej?
Challenging day.
Tomorrow will be better I hope.
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Remember my tag line, jester
Quote from: mister on April 24, 2013, 03:54:25 PM
What five bikes would you have in your Fantasy Garage - in addition to whatever bike(s) you already have?
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O.K. then, in order of desire...
1.) Late model Kawasaki KLX250S in any color but green.
2.) New Suzuki GSX1250FA with a tall windscreen & a tailbag.
3.) 1973 Kawasaki H2 Mach IV, (2 stroke, 750cc triple).
4.) mister's Ducati, (and all the special tools required to keep it running).
5.) A new GS500E just for the hell of it.
Quote from: Electrojake on April 24, 2013, 07:20:39 PM
4.) mister's Ducati, (and all the special tools required to keep it running).
Mister does not own a Ducati?
Mister / Twisted... easy to mix up for an old fella like Ej. I think he got all excited thinking about his Fantasy garage.
Bikes I'd like to have....
Ducati Monster
VStrom
Triumph America
Bonnville - or W800 (though the Bonnie has more horses)
Postie bike for shits and giggles and doing lappies and cruising the strip :thumb:
Bandit 1250
BMW GS650
... more to come...
Watching ej's videos and loving it. Hahahahahahahaha specially putting the v8 into the glider. Where's the follow up mate.
Found a peanut
No penny's behind my couch
Missed days of LPW... too busy doing other crap... drilled my carb slide vacuum holes but no time for a test ride...
I did however start boxing up the shed foundation today and am finalising the planning so I can get the concrete laid :thumb:
Doing a ride with more vlogging tommorow
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Looks like someone is doing a ride on her.
Quote from: codajastal on April 24, 2013, 07:39:45 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on April 24, 2013, 07:20:39 PM
4.) mister's Ducati, (and all the special tools required to keep it running).
Mister does not own a Ducati?
Hell yeah he does. I've seen the damn thing!
It's red and I would guess that's its an older model... Perhaps late 1990' vintage.
Regardless of the model year... He keeps the thing spotless :thumb:
Changed my telephone number. First new number I have had (other than work) in almost 9 years. Will I remember it?
Quote from: Electrojake on April 25, 2013, 03:15:24 PM
Quote from: codajastal on April 24, 2013, 07:39:45 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on April 24, 2013, 07:20:39 PM
4.) mister's Ducati, (and all the special tools required to keep it running).
Mister does not own a Ducati?
Hell yeah he does. I've seen the damn thing!
It's red and I would guess that's its an older model... Perhaps late 1990' vintage.
Regardless of the model year... He keeps the thing spotless :thumb:
I beg to differ. Unless its not a real bike?
Quote from: jestercinti on April 25, 2013, 04:52:39 PM
Changed my telephone number. First new number I have had (other than work) in almost 9 years. Will I remember it?
Post it here jester.
We'll
all help you remember it. :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:
As for mister's Ducati, I believe it was a 996 but I can't be sure because I'm not a bike aficionado.
He has (had?) one like this in the photo below...
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EJ's Disclaimer: All my life all I've ever owned (or ridden) are cheap, second-hand, Jap bikes.
I'm poor, I ride like an old woman, and honestly never been much over 99 MPH in my life.
Just saying. :dunno_black:
looks like mister is holding out on you cods!! .. i thought you were mates?! :icon_twisted:
You guys are funny, HE DOES NOT OWN ONE LMFAO
On another note
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/drop-bears-prefer-travellers-says-study.htm
Drop bears are less likely to attack people with Australian accents, according to experts at the University of Tasmania.
Drop bears inhabit closed canopy forest in the south-east of Australia. (Credit: Volker Janssen)
DROP BEARS TARGET PEOPLE with foreign accents more often than those who are Australian-born, according to new research.
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The study, conducted in a drop-bear hot-spot in New South Wales, aimed to gather data around the behaviour and ecology of the elusive species.
There has been relatively little scientific research into the drop bear (Thylarctos plummetus), which the Australian Museum describes as a "large, arboreal, predatory marsupial related to the koala." Populations are thought mainly to exist in forested coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, stretching from the Cape York Peninsula to Tasmania.
Tracking drop bear behaviour
Dr Volker Janssen, a research associate at the University of Tasmania, led a research team into Morton National Park, 120km south-west of Sydney, in search of drop bears.
Given that ordinary GPS tracking is difficult to apply to tree-dwelling animals, Volker came up with a new approach to study the animal's behaviour. "It involves tracking the prey, rather than the predator. The location and timing of attacks is then used to map the animal population," he says.
Members of the research team were tracked using GPS devices, and dispersed in the study area. The findings, published in the journal Australian Geographer, have revealed that six drop bears inhabit the study area.
"Drop bears are known to be very territorial," says Volker. "They do not stray far from a relatively small number of trees in close proximity that are used as hunting ground."
Australians less likely to suffer attacks from drop bears
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In a second study sample, a number of Australian-born research assistants were monitored and their data compared to that of assistants of international descent. Statistically, the results suggest that people born in Australia are significantly less likely to be attacked by drop bears.
Credit: Volker Janssen
"The analysis has provided valuable insights into the animal's hunting behaviour," Volker told Australian Geographic. "It has been confirmed that foreigners are much more likely to be dropped on than Australians."
Volker attributes this selective behaviour to a number of factors, the most significant of which relates to Australian people's taste for Vegemite.
"By-products of the interaction between chemicals found in Vegemite and those found in human sweat repel drop bears," Volker says. "Most Australians eat Vegemite at least once a day, so they permanently exude these chemicals through their skin and are thus protected."
Drop bears are also thought to be able to discern Australian accents, and seem to be less likely to attack people who have them.
How to avoid drop bears
"While drop bears are now not as common as they used to be, there have been many sightings of them over the years, mainly by bushwalkers hiking off the beaten track," Volker says.
According to previous studies, drop bears hunt by ambushing ground-dwelling animals from above. Once prey is within striking range, he says, the drop bear will plummet several metres out of the tree, skilfully latching onto the neck of its victim.
"Drop bears do not specifically target human beings, but there have been several cases where bushwalkers have fallen victim to drop bear attacks, resulting in serious lacerations and even death."
Volker suggests several methods bushwalkers can adopt to defend against potential drop bear attacks. These include wearing forks in the hair, spreading Vegemite behind the ears or under the armpits, and even urinating on oneself, to deter the species.
Further study may raise awareness for the species, which is believed to be in decline.
"The drop bear is a peculiar and uniquely Australian animal," says Volker. "A better understanding of behaviour and ecology will allow us to ensure that a sustainable population is maintained by enhancing conservation efforts."
Find more information about the habits and ecology of drop bears, as well as a distribution map here on the site of the Australian Museum.
Volker says he hopes his journal article is a useful discussion of GPS/GNSS techniques in ecology, and also an example for students of how to put together a research paper.
least that he has told you about.... maybe thats why he never wants you to look in 'that little shed' ... where all the precious things are!
:flipoff:
Ask him directly. Mister does not lie as he never sees the need to unlike some others around here. :flipoff:
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bahahaha.. that other seat there taken EJ ??! .. want some popcorn?
ahem!! ... OI CODS!!, yer mate is holdin out on yer!! .. you can deny it all you want!!... but as if he is gonna admit it!!... then it would be obvious that he been stringin ya along all this time!!.. his mere current denial only strengthens the case!!! ... :flipoff:
Quote from: codajastal on April 25, 2013, 05:24:27 PM
Ask him directly. Mister does not lie as he never sees the need to unlike some others around here. :flipoff:
Who who who?
Hey janx I'm in your country. In kyogle checking my map out. Heading off searching for coffee. Great day out it is today. And filming and talking about it.
513-555-0190
Call it EJ. I'll be right over!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 25, 2013, 06:11:39 PM
In kyogle checking my map out. Heading off searching for coffee. Great day out it is today. And filming and talking about it.
shudder ... Kyogle... locale of one of the most feral pods of dropbears!!! .. take care if you go on the Ettrick road loop!! :icon_neutral:
A drop bear is an elaborate hoax to scare tourists from coming to Australia.
Been scientifically proven.
Quote from: jestercinti on April 25, 2013, 06:40:42 PM
A drop bear is an elaborate hoax to scare tourists from coming to Australia.
Been scientifically proven.
show it!!!!
Jester is speaking like a man who believes the liberal media, a nice 300km loop. To tyalgum via lions road and kyogle. Home via the Gold Coast ill check out misters new Ducati lol :p. Beemer running like a champ. Had a close call of sorts, poor road positioning on my part on the road from kyogle caused me to run off the end of a curve but my brakes stopped me nicely, took a good 5 min to chill and gather myself before going through the same corner again with better positioning with much better results. I have concluded that I will never be lightning fast on a road bike and that sits just fine with me.
Quote from: Janx101 on April 25, 2013, 05:17:26 PM
least that he has told you about.... maybe thats why he never wants you to look in 'that little shed' ... where all the precious things are!
So Janx,
Ya' mean to tell me that Cods doesn't have roaming-rights to... "The Shed" :whisper:
Quote from: Electrojake on April 25, 2013, 07:57:35 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 25, 2013, 05:17:26 PM
least that he has told you about.... maybe thats why he never wants you to look in 'that little shed' ... where all the precious things are!
So Janx,
Ya' mean to tell me that Cods doesn't have roaming-rights to... "The Shed" :whisper:
:whisper: yup!! .. and i'm now wondering what else he hasn't been told about!!! .. that there mister bloke is a bit of a dark horse it seems!! .. who knows what .. or who .. he could be hiding in that shed!! :D :flipoff:
Whateva? Too busy to care.
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Janx is welcome in my bike cave and ej is an automatic life member. And how son is a handy bloke to have round too.
Jester,
In my city a person is murdered every 7 to 10 days. Hardly any of those murders make it into the newspaper - it's tourist town, we don't want to scare the tourists.
If visitors were allowed to think Drop Bears were real, their number would be smaller. So, the govt plan, just like in my town, is to keep the bad news from seeing the light of day - and - just like all politicians, DENY. As Drop Bears cannot be denied, the easiest thing to for the govt to claim they are made up by hoaxers - yeah, like the entire country is in on it.
Don't believe the govt spin man......
Drop bears make me shudder... I'd rather cuddle a possum and try to clip its claws...
Man we talk some shaZam!!
Amen to that Pete
BTW, I don't own a red Ducati motorcycle.
Quote from: mister on April 26, 2013, 04:27:42 AM
BTW, I don't own a red Ducati motorcycle.
Okay, what color is it then? :dunno_black:
I heard tamborines
thought drop bears were lol nvm
Hmmmm need to wash/policy the little beasty this weekend...
Slips, can I come to the Australian bike cave? I'm American...I'll attract the Aussie women and bring them by.
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How could I forget jester. Of course but its gettin crowded haha
Well, I do own a white ducati MODEL. Let me get a pic and show yous.....
Uh oh cods will not be pleased
Quote from: codajastal on April 25, 2013, 04:59:53 PM
Mister does not own a Ducati?
Quote
Unless its not a real bike?
Well I seem to remember saying this before
Ok, here it is in FULL size mode http://i.imgur.com/ueUhHFX.jpg
And this is the smaller thumbnail of the above ...
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I believe I posted a pic of this bike OnTop of the model Matchbox Jaguar car I had, titled, "I saw a crash between a Ducati and a Jaguar" with the bike on top of the car. This forum? Another? Don't know.
Oooooooooo burn
A 72-year-old man goes for a physical. All of his tests come back normal so the doctor says,
"Royston, everything looks great. How are you doing mentally and emotionally? Are you at peace with God?"
Royston replies, "God and I are tight. He knows I have poor eyesight, so he's fixed it when
I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, poof!, the light goes on.
When I'm done, poof!, the light goes off."
"Wow, that's incredible," the doctor says.
A little later in the day, the doctor calls Royston's wife. "Barbara" he says,
"Royston is doing fine but I had to call you because I'm in awe of his relationship with God.
Is it true that he gets up during the night and poof! The light goes on in the bathroom,
And when he's done, poof! The light goes off?"
"OH GOOD GRIEF!" Barbara exclaims,
"He's pissing in the fridge again!"
Ancient aliens, mib , It's all connected ...
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Lol..... Funny! .. But ODD!! :thumb:
Far out ... That is the calmest cat on the planet!!
Cooooooffffffffeeeeeeee
Cheers Cods, that was hilarious...
Now if only they make a moving device thing like that with enough Oomph to take the weight of a person. We could all just stand on one and bounce into each other on our way through the office/shops each day :thumb:
What we need are those springy stilt things that plasterers who put up your roof sheets
Anyone here dabbled in Esperanto?
Is it that Spanish thing?
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New pants for me
Just about finalised the shed plans and got a proper start on the boxing for the concrete today at last.
Looking like 0.75 cubic metres or thereabouts now which is gonna make Concrete Taxi a little exxy... probably do it myself now I think.
More fiddling with the carbies tonight too so see how they go tomorrow...
What a weekend
Quote from: peteGS on April 28, 2013, 04:17:19 AM
Just about finalised the shed plans and got a proper start on the boxing for the concrete today at last.
Looking like 0.75 cubic metres or thereabouts now which is gonna make Concrete Taxi a little exxy... probably do it myself now I think.
More fiddling with the carbies tonight too so see how they go tomorrow...
Shed you say????
http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/showthread.php/146566-Build-to-Fail-Fail-to-Build.-What-is-this-I-don-t-even...
Pave........ That les for dropping by how's life in the west?
Quote from: jestercinti on April 25, 2013, 06:20:18 PM
513-555-0190
Call it EJ. I'll be right over!
Yeah right... It's either a Police Station or a Whore House. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fwaiting.gif&hash=7062135172d0f91b31923b1507ba5494e0a8ee5d)
Quote from: mister on April 26, 2013, 04:27:42 AM
BTW, I don't own a red Ducati motorcycle.
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Good weekend for me. Was supposed to have a night out with the little guy. Soon to be ex wife never shows back up. She texts me later to say that she'll be home by the time I go to work on Monday. Who thought a 3 hour night out with my son would end up to be the whole weekend?
Win-Win for me.
A definet win on that
Greetings jester.
Good to see your weekend is a plus! :thumb:
Here's another win...You take them when you can these days.
So my boss at work goes to the flea markets down on the river. These people buy storage lockers, and sell stuff out of their trucks/vans. A Midwestern version of storage wars, but without Brandy and Jarrod's drama. Saturday at 6am, I truck down there to have a look-see before the crowds get there.
Need dishes, flatware, basic stuff that I cannot take with me to the new place. Put on my gloves, and start rooting through everything. Find a few dishes that look nice, set them aside. Find some other stuff, and set that aside too. Pay something like $15 for my pile-o-crap including dishes, knives, trinkets, trash, and a thingamajig. Take it back to the car, and sift through it when I get home.
Ended up getting some high-end Italian dishes from Pier-1 Imports at $16-$25 a piece when bought new, and they were new! I got 5 bowls, 4 medium plates, and 3 large platters. Enough for Pork Rinds and Nachos Bel Grande. The bowls come in handy for Cherry Garcia ice cream.
Completing the set now by bidding on some of the same model on E-Bay. Not bad for $15 'starter set'.
Life in the west is tolerable, if a tad boring work wise.
That's a tad meloncolly. It would be starting to cool down over your way now too wouldn't it?
It is, though it can't seem to make up it's mind.
Getting reasonably cool overnight but still pretty warm during the day, though predictions I saw said supposed to be rain most of this week.
No sign of cload at the moment though.
EJ, 555-0100 through 555-0199 are reserved for fictitious use such as tv, and movies.
Remember tommy tutone...867-5309? How many people have that number, and get Pranked? That's why 100 '555' numbers will never be issued.
Http://www.lincmad.com
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Back on the shift editing movies
Pave... that shed's mad! I have high hopes mine will be at least a little better than that... it will at least have a concrete floor anyway...
You should never underestimate the stupidity of an idiot, tell ya what though it baffles you sometimes just how stupid some of them are.
Slips, try working in Audit and Compliance. I work idiots every day. Just plain dumb.
I was in the meeting the other day with someone and I said, "Just hit Control+Alt+Delete". They seriously had no idea what I was talking about.
It was then that I realized that this project was going to be a bit stressful.
Oh god upon reading that yep. I consider myself an eagle soaring amongst gallahs
Quote from: jestercinti on April 29, 2013, 05:44:39 AM
Slips, try working in Audit and Compliance. I work idiots every day. Just plain dumb.
I was in the meeting the other day with someone and I said, "Just hit Control+Alt+Delete". They seriously had no idea what I was talking about.
It was then that I realized that this project was going to be a bit stressful.
along with being a watchmaker @ this shop, i also get the computers ready for sale. most of their former owners should be nowhere near a pc or even a mac. either spend hours removing porn and viruses or just spend 40 minutes running recovery. i choose the latter option.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 10:56:00 AM
along with being a watchmaker @ this shop, i also get the computers ready for sale. most of their former owners should be nowhere near a pc or even a mac. either spend hours removing porn and viruses or just spend 40 minutes running recovery. i choose the latter option.
That there is why I don't work on PC's any more...
Got sick and tired of fixing the same people's PC's constantly because little Johnny shaZam! went and got more virii on it or started downloading porn or whatever... I kid you not that I would see the same customers two or three times in a month for exactly the same problem...
I'll stick to my infrastructure stuff now...
Quote from: peteGS on April 29, 2013, 12:56:19 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 10:56:00 AM
along with being a watchmaker @ this shop, i also get the computers ready for sale. most of their former owners should be nowhere near a pc or even a mac. either spend hours removing porn and viruses or just spend 40 minutes running recovery. i choose the latter option.
That there is why I don't work on PC's any more...
Got sick and tired of fixing the same people's PC's constantly because little Johnny shaZam! went and got more virii on it or started downloading porn or whatever... I kid you not that I would see the same customers two or three times in a month for exactly the same problem...
I'll stick to my infrastructure stuff now...
i cured many of them by charging low first time, then it went up. ( for same job ;) )
Glad I'm not the only fellow here that gets frustrated with other peoples incompetence.
I work alongside technicians that have been doing the same task for ten years and still don't know their job.
I expect the boss to be a moron, but NOT the technicians & craft workers. >:(
Remember not to mistakenly superimpose your own abilities / high expectations onto other people.
Quote from: mister on April 30, 2013, 02:21:00 AM
Remember not to mistakenly superimpose your own abilities / high expectations onto other people.
There are definitely times when I do this... however mostly it's just expectation of basic competence and basic ability to think for themselves... common sense isn't so common any more... :sad:
On another note... very happy with my current jetting and slide mod's on the 450, she definitely is a little snappier on the throttle response :thumb:
And I started pricing up the concrete and timber for the shed today... :cookoo:
Nearly $200 just in materials for the concrete and that's mixing it myself... and doesn't include steel reinforcing either. Timber is going to be closer to $300 and that's just 70 x 35mm framing pine. I haven't even looked at cladding for the inside or outside, insulation batts, or the roofing material yet... and of course there's all the fixings like nails, dyna bolts, brads, etc.
So, you Brissie and South East folk... who's comin' on the 2nd June?
Oh, and Mister... feel free to say I told ya' so... Brisbane Motorcycles are quoting InsureMyRide "total loss" based on the fact they're too lazy to go source pricing on a replacement tail light and to get a panel beating quote on repairing the rear guard. So I'm back to the drawing board, wonder if Ozzy's workshop is ready for him to do assessments yet...
Call utility company to get electric in my name for my new place. Electric company says that my new place doesn't exist.
Call property management company. Tell them the story. Property management company calls electric company. Same result. My place does not exist, but it does.
I was then told in not so many words that I will have free electricity. Someone is paying the bill...not sure who. The guy upstairs maybe? :dunno_black:
Quote from: jestercinti on April 30, 2013, 10:47:23 AM
Call utility company to get electric in my name for my new place. Electric company says that my new place doesn't exist.
Call property management company. Tell them the story. Property management company calls electric company. Same result. My place does not exist, but it does.
I was then told in not so many words that I will have free electricity. Someone is paying the bill...not sure who. The guy upstairs maybe? :dunno_black:
AWESOME LOL
Sent while taking a dump
Quote from: jestercinti on April 30, 2013, 10:47:23 AM
Call utility company to get electric in my name for my new place. Electric company says that my new place doesn't exist.
Call property management company. Tell them the story. Property management company calls electric company. Same result. My place does not exist, but it does.
I was then told in not so many words that I will have free electricity. Someone is paying the bill...not sure who. The guy upstairs maybe? :dunno_black:
That's what I call a win! :thumb:
Until the lights go out one day anyway...
Gopro be a hero
Go jester, go! :woohoo:
Go pickachu go!
Sounds like a disease...
Looked at my tyres while washing it on the weekend... hmmm... front's a little low on tread, hopefully another 1500km's out of it to get me to June's pay packet... then it'll be both tyres replaced.
What to get? Commuter + weekend fun bike... pure road tyres this time rather than dual sports... I seem to wear the middle first as usual when commuting so I'm thinking some sort of dual compound would be the go... must be good in the wet of course.
Any suggestions? 100/90-18 up front, 110/90-18 on the back...
I've been told Pirelli City Demons for the sizes... but I'm not sure... really haven't looked at tyres for a looooooong time...
I guess that means temporary win for me... no posts overnight since my last :thumb:
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I was busy looking at apple refurbed MacBook pros.
Hmmm... tis very quiet...
Yup, so you can ride around on the bike, but BM says "Nope, total loss". Prob cause one of Them would have then bought it from the Insurance Co for whatever and scrored a nice gem.
Don't wonder about Ozzy, call him and get the words direct :thumb:
Really, the bloke who did it should just anti-up the money from his own pocket and then you both go your sep ways.
All quiet on the posting front
New Phone!!!!!!!!
Whatcha got?
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 02, 2013, 04:49:31 AM
All quiet on the posting front
Been busy moving and dealing with baby mamma drama. I'll post up later on this weekend when I finish up everything.
Hope the move goes well Jester... always has to be a drama doesn't there?
Quote from: mister on May 02, 2013, 04:27:27 AM
Yup, so you can ride around on the bike, but BM says "Nope, total loss". Prob cause one of Them would have then bought it from the Insurance Co for whatever and scrored a nice gem.
Don't wonder about Ozzy, call him and get the words direct :thumb:
Really, the bloke who did it should just anti-up the money from his own pocket and then you both go your sep ways.
Yep will give Ozzy a call next week and organise it. Says on his website he's approved for InsureMyRide as well which I forgot to ask him...
I'd let the guy pay me but after the one before Christmas where I'm *still* waiting for money for the saddlebags and hand guards I ain't doing that again... he now isn't even returning calls/messages the little shaZam!...
We need to attract a couple more regular posters to our LPW inject some life in this place
A heartwarming Lawyer Story
One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the road-side eating grass.
Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and got out to investigate.
He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"
"We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "We have to eat grass."
"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you," the lawyer said.
"But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree."
"Bring them along," the lawyer replied.
Turning to the other poor man he stated, "You may come with us, also."
The second man, in a pitiful voice, then said, "But sir, I also have a wife and six children with me!"
"Bring them all as well," the lawyer answered.
They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limousine.
Once under way, one of the poor fellows turned to the lawyer and said,"Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you."
The lawyer replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really love my place. The grass is almost a foot high."
C'mon...did you really think there was such a thing as a heart warming lawyer story???
Yes
good one Cods!! :D :thumb: :cheers:
Dear Dorothy Dix,
My partner has a long record of money problems. She runs up huge credit-card bills and at the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, she shouts at me, saying I am stealing her money. She says pay the minimum and let the next lot worry about the rest, but already we can hardly keep up with the interest. Also, she has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbours that most of them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch, to whom she has been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more. Also, she has gotten religious, even though she denies it. One week she hangs out with Catholics and the next with people who say the Pope is the Anti-Christ, and the next she's with Muslims. Finally, the last straw: She's demanding that before anyone can be in the same room with her, they must sign a loyalty oath. It's just so horribly creepy! Can you help?
Signed, Lost.
---------------------------
Dear Lost,
Stop whining Tim. You're getting to live in The Lodge for free, travel the world, and have others pay for everything for you. You can leave her any time you want. The rest of us are stuck with her until September 14, 2013!
Signed, Dorothy Dix.
What no iPhone? I'm slightly saddened
Going for a ride tomorrow.
Those that give a damn can text me tonight if they wanna come with.
iPhones are bollocks.
and not the Dogs Bollocks!
The ducks nuts they are.
Quote from: pave_spectre on May 03, 2013, 04:59:03 AM
iPhones are bollocks.
and not the Dogs Bollocks!
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
iPhone rules the rest suck on the dust of previous generation iPhones
New apartment complex repaved the parking lot. Bike was sitting at a 45* angle this morning, but still upright!
Whew! I have some side stand plates...Looks like I need to start using them!
Quote from: jestercinti on May 03, 2013, 07:33:46 AM
New apartment complex repaved the parking lot. Bike was sitting at a 45* angle this morning, but still upright!
Whew! I have some side stand plates...Looks like I need to start using them!
Glad she didn't slam the pavement jester!
I'll betcha' your F bike is spotless.
Just saying.
EJ, I have a Nelson Rigg cover, so it is.
First night in a bed in almost a month. Couch and floor have royally made my back hurt.
Biggest surprises so far? Losing iTunes/iCloud/app store ID. Have to re-download apps. Annoying. Every time there is an update, I have to delete and re-download to re-associate with new ID. Well, that and getting socked with an AT&T ETF. Ouch!
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Quote from: jestercinti on May 03, 2013, 07:42:42 PM
First night in a bed in almost a month. Couch and floor have royally made my back hurt.
Good to see you getting settled-in. :cheers:
And the beat goes on...
A bed? Luxury, sheer luxury. When I was young we used to sleep in shoe box...
:bowdown: :thumb: :dunno_black: :woohoo: :cookoo: :whisper:
The off night on the floor or ground whilst camping is ok to do
Quote from: mister on May 03, 2013, 09:21:57 PM
And the beat goes on...
A bed? Luxury, sheer luxury. When I was young we used to sleep in shoe box...
You had a shoe box!!!! ... Pffft lux'ry!! ... We used to dream of havin a shoe box! ... Our da' had to make t' lean to 'gainst tree!! ... AND all he had to work with was t' old newspapers from floor of local dog pound!!..... You don't know poor matey!! :flipoff:
You were lucky!
When I say show box I mean a paper bag. There were 150 of us living in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a handful of gravel, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a month, and when we got home our Ma and Da would would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah...
I feel like chicken tonight
You look kind of avian too.
Quote from: mister on May 03, 2013, 11:25:33 PM
You were lucky!
When I say show box I mean a paper bag. There were 150 of us living in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a handful of gravel, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a month, and when we got home our Ma and Da would would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah...
OoooooOOOOOOooooeeewwww!! Look at Mr Nobby McNob living it up at Nob Hill Quarry!! Gravel you say?! ... Bet it was all washed and graded too!! ... We used to beg our parents for just a teaspoon of gravel at Christmas! .. But nooooooo... Never even a sniff of it!... And work too!! Well Laa DEE daaa!! .. We used to aspire to working class... Back in them days The Lord of the Manor would have us all dragged through t' brambles down to the Tar pits... We'd stumble around with the bent forks he gave us trying to make the tar stick to the prongs just enough so we could fill his barrow.... And then t'rotten mongrel would just tip the tar back in t' pit and laugh!! .. We'd be prayin on t' way home that just a few pebbles would stick to the tar specks on our feet!... Then we could suck on the wee stones and pretend we was rich an had boiled sweets like your folk! ... You an your sixpences an your multiple graves! Lap o' lux'ry! ... Six generations of my folk have all been buried in t' same shallow pig wallow.... Still it gives The Lord of The Manor's swine something to eat!!...
:flipoff:
I had chicken tonight
Was it a live one? .. Or frozen?
It was alive at some point
Aaaaaah Monty Python... love it! Always! Don't know enough to quote though except... "it's just a flesh wound!"
Quote from: Janx101 on May 04, 2013, 01:20:26 AM
Quote from: mister on May 03, 2013, 11:25:33 PM
You were lucky!
When I say show box I mean a paper bag. There were 150 of us living in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a handful of gravel, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a month, and when we got home our Ma and Da would would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah...
OoooooOOOOOOooooeeewwww!! Look at Mr Nobby McNob living it up at Nob Hill Quarry!! Gravel you say?! ... Bet it was all washed and graded too!! ... We used to beg our parents for just a teaspoon of gravel at Christmas! .. But nooooooo... Never even a sniff of it!... And work too!! Well Laa DEE daaa!! .. We used to aspire to working class... Back in them days The Lord of the Manor would have us all dragged through t' brambles down to the Tar pits... We'd stumble around with the bent forks he gave us trying to make the tar stick to the prongs just enough so we could fill his barrow.... And then t'rotten mongrel would just tip the tar back in t' pit and laugh!! .. We'd be prayin on t' way home that just a few pebbles would stick to the tar specks on our feet!... Then we could suck on the wee stones and pretend we was rich an had boiled sweets like your folk! ... You an your sixpences an your multiple graves! Lap o' lux'ry! ... Six generations of my folk have all been buried in t' same shallow pig wallow.... Still it gives The Lord of The Manor's swine something to eat!!...
:flipoff:
We used to long for the day a lord of the manor would let us sniff a tar pit. Course, the gravel we ate was really road grime we scraped off the bottom of the horse hoofs we had to clean with our tongue. That was after we had to get up six hours before we went to bed and pay for the privilege of going to work. And tell this to kids of today and they don't believe you.
Well use thy holy hand grenade
Hardly any kids walk to school any more. What's up with that?
Note to self: Don't argue with idiots.
Nice video to remind me
You just figured that out?
Quote from: mister on May 04, 2013, 05:10:53 PM
Hardly any kids walk to school any more. What's up with that?
Thats cause its too fucken dangerous :dunno_black:
Quote from: mister on May 04, 2013, 05:54:34 PM
Note to self: Don't argue with idiots.
Nice video to remind me
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Nice vid.
And I am a bit wiser now. The ox on the left did prove his point though.
Um... that was an ox, right?
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No comment. :icon_eek:
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Now at this point I wanna have a go at jester and reference that pic but that's just mean lol so I'll say that's ej's portrait in 20 years lol.
new trailer vid guys enjoy
I see the same childish little f%$king retard is still here disliking my videos f%$k off you prick and get a life
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No comment. :icon_eek:
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Haha that looks like me :icon_rolleyes:
Nahhh .. He got bigger 'guns' :flipoff:
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Pizzas
I do't know, The Voice wasn't so crash hot tonight. The word Lame comes to mind.
I don't bother watching it after auditions
All moved in with minimal drama. Had a friend help, then in turn, I helped him do a clean out across town since I had the truck. He'll be helping me change my drum brakes on the Mazda cage next month once I get some more money.
Bike is out in the open with a cover, so all is not lost. Went to the flea market and bought an electric roaster oven. It's like a crock pot, but better. Testing it out today.
All in all, I think life will slow down a little now. My back feels better cause I am in a bed again. Lost the so-called friends in this process, but realized who the true friends are: the ones who run in while everyone else is running out.
Mister, I found my bicycle in the back of the garage. Dusted it off, and time to go riding. There are some hills around here and bike trail friendly.
I'm back, and better than ever tard farmers! Lets raise some hell.
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Lets stir the pot with religion
Lets raise hell jester!
http://youtu.be/GfPg5LjGYz8
Lets do the dance of joy!!!!
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Jester's on his "A" game. :cheers:
EJ, I'm not a 'C' student.
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Happy dance happy dance
Glad to have ya' back Jester! Yeah times like that sure do sort out the real ones from the "real" ones...
Me thinks we need some of this:
Quote from: jestercinti on May 05, 2013, 06:36:40 PM
EJ, I'm not a 'C' student.
I consider myself an "expert" at being mediocre. ;)
I'm very experienced in debating topics. So does that make me a master debater? :dunno_black:
Quote from: jestercinti on May 06, 2013, 08:48:39 AM
I'm very experienced in debating topics. So does that make me a master debater? :dunno_black:
..... Naah ... Just a wanker! ;) :flipoff: :thumb:
Much calmer at my new place. Like it already. Using the AT&T hotspot on my new cell phone as Internet access.
Got some smaller size valve shims for steezin, and he let me keep some too. Win-win.
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Saw the best concert last night ranking number 2 of all time behind Soundgarden.
An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned
to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you... strike
up a conversation with your fellow passenger."
The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total
stranger, "What would you want to talk about?"
"Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why there is no God,
or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he smiled smugly.
"Okay," she said.. "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask
you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same
stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns
out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?"
The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence,
thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which
the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss
God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don't know shaZam!?"
And then she went back to reading her book.
Ya know what?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 07, 2013, 01:59:55 AM
Ya know what?
Sometimes yes - - - - -
8)
Sometimes no - - - - -
:dunno_black:
Other times maybe - - - - -
:technical:
But do you know what I know
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Selling houses Australia. So many ideas for my house. My goal is within reach. Home ownership
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Rare moments are like steak. Perfect
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Cool as ice
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Think of your Vlogs this way slips...we are all living vicariously through you every day.
As soon as I get a camera, I'll be there too mate.
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Thanks jester. That is a great way to think of it. What should I vlog about next?
Talk about your homeland...You know, things in Australia that can't kill you. It'll be a quick Vlog.
Or, just talk about funny happenings to Slipperymongoose this past week. I know I have very funny happenings to myself every week that I need to share.
And while holding a kitten? (What - too soon for cats again?)
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As soon as I saw you were the last poster addy I was expecting a barrage of feline entertainment. However you surprised me haha.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 07, 2013, 02:53:37 AM
Selling houses Australia. So many ideas for my house. My goal is within reach. Home ownership
you could ask me about affordable possibilities on that eh?!... can put you in touch with some people on the GC area that do house deals for 'those that are nearly there' .. which is what i am starting to do down my way also..
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:icon_eek: .. awesome reaction time there!!??
Too many druggies, gangsters, and fuckwits down the coast. Plus it sends people strange.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 07, 2013, 06:24:20 PM
Too many druggies, gangsters, and fuckwits down the coast. Plus it sends people strange.
ok .. let me re-phrase and expand (wasnt sure which bit you are in) .... from border at tweed to gympie and maybe further... out to kingaroy and toowoomba... roughly that 'rectangle' ... the people i know live around the GC and SC .. but they have properties available in quite a range of areas
To break into the market you need to be on the fringes of the major centers. So gympie, toowoomba, Ipswich, Logan.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 07, 2013, 08:13:27 PM
To break into the market you need to be on the fringes of the major centers. So gympie, toowoomba, Ipswich, Logan.
if you follow the traditional method .. yes probably fringes are the go...
these methods myself and the others use (i should add there are people doing the same deals as i am trying to.. from the same training... all over Australia... over 5000 of them now i have been told) .. are not traditional...
Basic rules are...
#1 You must have regular paid employment (the more $ the better, but there are budgets for everyone)
#2 You usually should have some 'getting started money' .. kind of like a deposit but a lesser value (lots of new buyers save 20k and think lets go!!.. but the banks want more like 30-40 to start... we 'mostly' work on less than 20k.. sometimes less than 10k upfront)
#3 You start this system without a bank... but usually you will be in a position to transfer to normal bank finance within 5 years (depends on the deal .. each is different)
#4 You will have paperwork still prepared by a solicitor and it holds legal status.. so you are protected and seller is protected .. like normal
... about 6 weeks ago one of the brissie people put a buyer into a house near capalaba .. for $597 a week... they will likely transfer to normal bank finance and properly own the house at the end of 2016 (well own part of it as far as the bank is concerned ;) ) .. it cost the buyer 12k upfront .. they pay 397 'rent' per week and most of the extra money gets credited to their 'deposit/equity' numbers when it comes time to go to the bank... (its more or less like going to Harvey Norman and having your home cinema pack now... just paying it off) .. interest is a little higher than bank .. which also encourages buyers to get stuck into it and transfer to bank asap... point is.. they are in 'their home' now.... and not 'nearly there' for the next few years whilst trying to do the circus tricks the banks want!
:)
..... wow .. how impressed am i right now?!?!? >:(
brand new dedicated fax/broadband line installed to office.... internet may as well be dialup!!!... speedtest.net reports 86ms , d/l of 0.24 and upload of 0.04
>:( >:( >:(
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... my red highlight ... wow .. member data says since halfway through last year .... and still not a post... hardcore!!!!!! :bowdown: :thumb:
Yeah he is who he says he is wonder if he has the same name and attitude across more forums?
its the phantom of the forums!!!!!! :woohoo: ....
does that mean we are officially haunted in a cool way?? :D
Dunno maybe
Hey cods what's your f%$king problem I know it's you, you c@%t!
well its not me... but Cods did say wasnt him?...
no one else denied... but you've only fronted Cods on it...
not defending anyone!!! ...
just sayin.... there are other who have issues yeah?
just sayin... :dunno_black:
Just saying his the one who made up a bullshit problem to hate on me. Just saying whenever I put a vlog up on here I know who's online and very soon after a dislike arrives. And just saying every time I upload his online at that time his the only one with a known reason.
Quote from: Janx101 on May 08, 2013, 02:19:06 AM
well its not me... but Cods did say wasnt him?...
no one else denied... but you've only fronted Cods on it...
not defending anyone!!! ...
just sayin.... there are other who have issues yeah?
just sayin... :dunno_black:
What have I done now?
I'm guessing if I go back two or three pages I'll find what the problem is... but I'm far too lazy for that...
In fact I'm too lazy to go down and stick the 145 main jets in to see if it's any better than the 150's... too lazy to make some 10mm PVC spacers to add some pre-load to the forks... too lazy to measure my jet needle for some fellas on the GSR...
Actually I might log into work and do some stuff... playin' with some cool stuff for a nice change :thumb:
Been too busy to ring Ozzy and get the bike assessed again too, but must do that very soon!
What can't read a post back?
Ok so I'm blind as well as lazy :dunno_black:
Not you Pete. Cods! Thinks his a smart fucker but people know the truth
Found a hunstman in the kitchen this morning. He has now moved on to a higher plane of existence to be reborn into a higher level creature.
So you recruited him to scientology? Gonna be Tom Cruise's pet spider?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 08, 2013, 04:13:30 AM
Not you Pete. Cods! Thinks his a smart fucker but people know the truth
What is your fucken problem you cocksucking little c@%t?
I haven't even seen your fucken posts up until 10 minutes ago as I have you in my blocked list.
WTF ARE YOU TRYING TO BLAME ME FOR NOW. I THINK YOU SHOULD PULL YOUR HEAD IN BEFORE I KNOCK THE FUCKER OFF
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Your the f%$king problem! Whenever I upload a video here very quickly I get a dislike and guess who is online at that time? YOU! Dunno what funny retarded game your trying to play but it's as plain as day grow up! I confirmed my suspicions when I didn't upload a video here and guess what? No dislikes. Yeah funny that. Just cause you go out and road rage all over the place and stupid enough to put it on YouTube!
You wanna knock my head off? Try it! see what happens you won't get far!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 08, 2013, 05:06:55 AM
Your the f%$king problem! Whenever I upload a video here very quickly I get a dislike and guess who is online at that time? YOU! Dunno what funny retarded game your trying to play but it's as plain as day grow up! I confirmed my suspicions when I didn't upload a video here and guess what? No dislikes. Yeah funny that. Just cause you go out and road rage all over the place and stupid enough to put it on YouTube!
You wanna knock my head off? Try it! see what happens you won't get far!
YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FUCKEN FACTS STRAIGHT YOU LITTLE c@%t, I HAVE YOU FUCKEN BLOCKED DICKHEAD SO I DON'T EVEN SEE YOUR STUPID LITTLE VIDEOS SO GO CRY TO SOMEONE THAT'S GIVES A FUKK.
IF YOU THINK IM DISLIKING YOUR STUPID VIDEOS THEN JUST FUCKEN BLOCK ME AND SEE IF YOU STILL GET THEM COCKHEAD, USE YOUR FUNKEN BRAIN. FURTHERMORE IF I CAME UP THERE TO KNOCK YOUR FUCKEN HEAD OFF YOU WOULD shaZam! YOUR PANTS LIKE THE LITTLE kitty cat YOU ARE c@%t.
AGAIN I AM NOT DOING ANY OF THE shaZam! YOU THINK I AM. I NEITHER HAVE THE TIME ALL THE FUCKEN REASON TO BOTHER WASTING MY TIME ON YOU.
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Yeah I call bullshit to all of that! Get f%&ked!
Welcome back to my blocked list c@%t. I've told you I didn't do it so FUKK you. I am not lying like some other people round here which is the reason I blocked you in the first place. Get it through your thick head. I DIDN'T DO IT. You better hope we don't run into each other on the street boy. I'm done.
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People. We live in a democracy here. If I don't like you, I can say so.
If I don't like Julia Gillard...well, there are scary dungeons for me in Sydney.
Oh please don't kid yourself. You have never given me a reason to believe a word you say. And if you saw me on the street you wouldn't do shaZam! and you know it so stop the threats you look stupid. You've shown your true colors
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 08, 2013, 05:30:09 AM
Oh please don't kid yourself. You have never given me a reason to believe a word you say. And if you saw me on the street you wouldn't do shaZam! and you know it so stop the threats you look stupid. You've shown your true colors
Try me. Come for a visit anytime you like. I have NEVER lied to you from the day we met. Unlike you, I don't feel the need to lie to make friends. I am now blocking you again so feel free to have the last word you big fairy.
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Word.
Ohio LPW posters worry me. :whisper:
My reasoning?
1.) Columbus to Manhattan is only about a 9 hour ride, 7 hours if their angry.
2.) Having resided in Ohio, I know that the further west one travels the more unstable the inhabitants become.
(and wandering south is no bargain either).
For instance;
Cambridge = OK,
Zanesville = Sketchy but humane,
Columbus = Frequent mood swings & OSU riots,
Springfield = UFO sightings are the norm.
Dayton = It's where all the UFO's actually come from.
Ohio Fun Fact: UFO hunters waste all their energy on Area-51 when anybody from Ohio knows that the government keeps all the UFO stuff in a little-known off-limits patch of territory between Fairborn and Dayton.
3.) And finally, as far southwest as you can possible go is Cincinnati. The place is beyond UFO's. :icon_rolleyes:
Jerry Springer and a whole lot of sausage eating - beer guzzling German pig farmers can help you understand why NOT to mess with Cincinnati.
NOTE: The Top Secret photograph below is of actual Cincinnati mutants being sworn-in to the Cinci cult...
Scary stuff!
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How long did that take you to research all of that EJ?
You want to be like us, and that's admirable.
But I'll warn you. Like Slips says, if you want to hang around here, you need a rock-solid linguist or prepare to get an old fashioned country ass-whooping. We can smell out a Jersey resident like a fart in a car.
So is that the Ohio version of the suicide bombers? Heads like baseballs so a great big baseball bat machine can hit them over to neighbouring states and cities to explode on impact?
Right now you yanks are a fare more honest decent lot than alot of Aussies I have interacted with and seen on Telly
at risk of upsetting the applecart once more....
Slips... do you remember you challenged 'someone' to upset an Aussie?... or that you were not able to be upset by a yankee?.... and it was quite the thing for them to try and get you going...
what if those 'trys' are just more subtle now... like... negative feedback on vids?... :dunno_black:
just a thought i had.... if it was that situ .. i would then expect at some point a "ta Daaaa" moment...
just sayin
I do remember that but Id say John has forgotten or given up.
Wednesday is dads day.
Go to the house. Soon to be ex hands me a birthday party invite to a b-day party for one of my 4 year old's classmates.
I ask what gift I should by, to which she replies, "Don't know, this little girl does not speak."
What do you buy a little girl that does not speak? My son picked out a my little pony. I think it's a safe bet.
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Good stuff jester that's great.
And in other news: ya just couldn't stay away could you?
Quote from: jestercinti on May 08, 2013, 08:36:40 PM
Wednesday is dads day.
Go to the house. Soon to be ex hands me a birthday party invite to a b-day party for one of my 4 year old's classmates.
I ask what gift I should by, to which she replies, "Don't know, this little girl does not speak."
What do you buy a little girl that does not speak? My son picked out a my little pony. I think it's a safe bet.
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a good buy my friend. stuffed animals are a safe bet also. gave my friends little boy a GIANT stuffed animal ( nearly 5" tall) he at the time MAYBE 2ft tall. stlil has the thing. i found it at a local resale shop. i strnasported it to his home on my gs.
Oh how I love analysis it gives you so much information. Seems as though some common sense has come about but hey once you do something on the Internet it can be tracked, so its locked in and my suspicions are still confirmed!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 08, 2013, 11:19:35 PM
Oh how I love analysis it gives you so much information. Seems as though some common sense has come about but hey once you do something on the Internet it can be tracked, so its locked in and my suspicions are still confirmed!
except for those mythical drop bears Eh? btw took a short ride today ona bmw 1200. OMFG was sweet. sicne i had htat old bmw ages ago, never realised how much i enjoyed them. thank god i cant legally drive one. ( around here i pretty much am friends with all leo's so can almost get away with things. ive got a twoonie ill give to someone who can get an actual pic of a drop bear in action, a loonie as a bonus if on video. Ill even send it the second tuesday of next week from the basement upstairs. A smartass i am. truthful i am as well
And somewhat Yoda-esque at times! ... WTF is a twoonie and a loonie? .... Money?
No myth Yamma they are real and I am prepping for the drop bear apocalypse
Slips, like a bad STD rash, I keep coming back.
Carnival problems again. This time in Australia...
http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/world/2-carnival-cruise-passengers-missing-off-australian-coast
dropbears
oh and yama.... why cant legally drive a Bimmer 1200?? .... :dunno_black:
Oh you can always come back jester
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 09, 2013, 04:19:39 PM
Oh you can always come back jester
Jester has no choice...
He's addicted. :whisper:
I too tried the 12 step program for LPW rehabilitation, but I couldn't get the monkey off my back.
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Admit it Jester.
You caught the LPW bug from close-contact with the Aussies here.
Hey man, I'm addicted too.
I feel your pain brother.
No ban can keep me away
Thanks for the heads up on the block list, Cods. Cool!
Twoonies and Loonies and $1 and $2 coins in Canadia. :icon_mrgreen:
Hear bloke telling other bloke, when he rides and he needs to lock up a tire (huh?) he prefers locking the front cause he has more control :cookoo:
Slow night
The "I don't post" guy.... yeah, no point logging in cause he cannot send messages and stuff I don't think. Who knows such things? Only the Oracle.
Which oracle from which movie? We talking matrix here?
Holy hell, what a night. Made it into the office by 8:15am. I attribute that to the huge Gatorade I drank before hitting the sack.
Quote from: jestercinti on May 10, 2013, 06:36:30 AM
Holy hell, what a night. Made it into the office by 8:15am. I attribute that to the huge Gatorade I drank before hitting the sack.
And the details are? :whisper: :dunno_black:
A "1, 2, no more than 3..." happy hour turned into 2am like usual. Good company, good brew.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 09, 2013, 01:10:05 AM
No myth Yamma they are real and I am prepping for the drop bear apocalypse
So are the supposed bigfoot/sasquatch/area51 alens. :thumb: funny the signs pics resemble that of a koala
a seal walks into a bar, barkeep asks, " what will it be stranger?", seal says, ANYTHING but a canadian club"
Quote from: peteGS on March 17, 2013, 12:28:53 PM
You got it Jester! First good weather ride since fettling with the needles, springs, and going back to the biggest mains I've got too. One particular stretch of windy good fun was sooooooooo much better than ever before! It was by far the most fun I've had on the 450 yet :thumb:
I still need bigger mains though... :dunno_black:
reminds me of the restaurant view at mccloud mtn restaurant
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Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 07:30:08 PM
a seal walks into a bar, barkeep asks, " what will it be stranger?", seal says, ANYTHING but a canadian club"
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Editing more vlogs, I have to do a new one one and shoutout W79 for his response it was great.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 07:30:08 PM
a seal walks into a bar, barkeep asks, " what will it be stranger?", seal says, ANYTHING but a canadian club"
Finally!
A post worth reading.
Canadian Club. That's perfect!
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You may think this guy's a Britt, but actually... He's a Yank!
Details? Not here. It's a long story...
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We gots time
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 10, 2013, 10:01:54 PM
We gots time
Ha, Slips... You called my bluff on that one.
Now I have to think of something clever.
Or just post a photo of some hot babe!
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Oh crap. It didn't post. >:(
No but I have posted
:woohoo:I wanna play too
Welcome
Here john sits in stinky vapour
Cause pandy stole the toilet paper\
should he sit, should he linger, should he use his index finger?
He must use a fist and it still flaps round in there
Armageddon Outfitters TV show gives plain wrong advice sometimes. Misinfo at its finest.
tv for ya Eh?
Armageddon?
I'm thinking such things only apply to humans.
Also thinking Armageddon may be an "earth only" affair since it would serve little purpose anywhere else in the cosmos.
Eh? :dunno_black:
Quote from: Electrojake on May 11, 2013, 07:49:29 AM
Armageddon?
I'm thinking such things only apply to humans.
Also thinking Armageddon may be an "earth only" affair since it would serve little purpose anywhere else in the cosmos.
Eh? :dunno_black:
Well we cant be there to watch or participate in it yet, SO for the time being i agree. An earth only affair
Ajhhhhh great Mexican dinner last night now Mother's Day today
Mothers Day <gasp> but I got it covered.
Thanks for reminding me Slips. :whisper:
Win.
Here to help ej. For my LPW mates my latest creation. Only those with the link can view. Sending an olive branch to mister too.
Visiting mom on Mother's Day. And doing my laundry for free too. Ran outta quarters.
Win win for me.
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Got my laundry done in the nick of time
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 11, 2013, 04:28:30 PM
Ajhhhhh great Mexican dinner last night now Mother's Day today
:(
Don't worry Yamma, Father's Day is a bad day for me, same reason for Mother's Day for you.
What a day.
Went to my moms house. She had 3 of everything I needed and started filling up my car full of stuff. Toaster, check. Ginsu steak knives, check. I came home with everything I lacked for my kitchen, bathroom, bedroom. My kitchen cabinets are FULL of groceries!
Oh, and my laundry got done with my shirts ironed. I haven't gotten that much attention since Jr High. She must feel sorry for my situation.
Either way, thanks mom!
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Mothers Day in reverse, eh?
Sounds like things are working out.
Good to hear! :thumb:
Wow go jester. Parents are great for that
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 12, 2013, 09:46:24 PM
Wow go jester. Parents are great for that
Indeed they are. those things and many MANY more :cry:
Yes they are
Another fine Vlog from Slipperymongoose. I need a camera now. Holy hell.
I have some stories to tell, that's for sure.
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Thanks jester. Sure has slowed down here
Got another insurance assessment today... a quote this time instead of a total loss quote by bloody Brisbane Motorcycles... >:(
Now the fun begins... telling the insurer to take the cheaper fixing quote rather than the more expensive total loss quote... apparently even though that's logical it's not that straight forward...
Didn't go to Ozzy after all that, went to Quality Bike Repairs at Lawnton, very happy to go there too after talking with them today. They're more interested in keeping good happy customers than making lots of profit (their words not mine), so when they get something like mine that's had a lot of effort and custom work put into it, they will do what they can to keep it on the road. :thumb:
So now it's a fight to save the 450 from write off?
It's all up to the adjuster. I have seen repairs that should be total losses and vice versa.
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Yeah I think so... emailed the quote through to the claims guy and will call him today.
From what he said last week there shouldn't be an issue, but when the repairer spoke to them yesterday they didn't mention the extra $1500 for modifications, only the $1900 agreed value... not sure what's going on there!
Pretty sure it will turn out ok now, quote is less than $1300...
Fingers crossed then
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Man it's a slow week
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 14, 2013, 06:37:32 PM
Man it's a slow week
yeah it is. kinda felt sorry for people who dropped 2k on an ar15, prices are coming down now. for the time being lol
2 things about America I'm envious of. It's cheap to buy stuff and live. And the gun laws and ease of access to cool guns
Called the insurer this morning, quote is good to go and approved, gotta ring the repairer tomorrow to get it underway :thumb:
On the down side... 450's been cranking badly lately, tentatively ruled out battery based on the fact that immediately after an overnight trickle charge there is no difference and it just doesn't want to crank normally. Gets worse when hot.
Pulled the starter out tonight and two of the four magnets that are supposed to be stuck in place are loose... dammit! Guess I'm push starting tomorrow although will try a jump start from the car as well... could be combination battery/starter...
Slips, America is the best country, bar none.
Nah sorry Jester, Australia's still the best :thumb:
So WTF's going on here? No Mister, no Cods, a brief bit of others... no Twisted...
I have a feeling it's going to be an interesting trip to/from work today... I couldn't even get an entire crank out of the starter motor at the end of last night :oops:
At least I have some tips on repairs now... JB Weld to the rescue apparently :thumb:
It is quiet dunno what the go with mister is. And have to agree straya rocks
Quote from: peteGS on May 15, 2013, 12:49:40 PM
Nah sorry Jester, Australia's still the best :thumb:
To hell with Austrailia
AND the US of A....
I'm moving to a place called Southwest Ohio!
I hear they got their own river there.
Just saying, I could water ski for a solid hour and never lose sight of land! No damn sharks or crocks to worry about either. :thumb:
If you water ski in the Ohio, you are a brave sole. It used to be more polluted than the cuyahoga river that caught fire in the 1960s.
In other news, no longer legally or financially responsible for a 2007 Nissan Xterra. Saved $80 a month in insurance and headaches. Good riddance.
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Quote from: Electrojake on May 15, 2013, 05:39:48 PM
I hear they got their own river there.
Just saying, I could water ski for a solid hour and never lose sight of land! No damn sharks or crocks to worry about either. :thumb:
Quote from: jestercinti on May 15, 2013, 06:01:07 PM
If you water ski in the Ohio, you are a brave sole. It used to be more polluted than the cuyahoga river that caught fire in the 1960s.
a River that catches fire!!.. thats gotta have some serious cacko-munga in it!! :icon_eek:
but the river in ohio... maybe what he means is that he could 'water ski' for an hour.... on the SOLID Ohio River!? ... kinda just bumping and jumping from lump to lump of flotsam? ;) :flipoff: ... and keep sight of land .. main difference is that the river does move and ooze?... :icon_twisted: ... and of course there no sharks or crocs/gators ... they got too tired from the thickness of ooze and left for easier swimming waters!! :icon_rolleyes: :icon_lol:
got sick of the mini-micro-teensy-crappy speakers hidden in the office laptop.... didnt need a massive $ system though... so i just lashed out a whole $29.88 AUD on these ..
Logitech LS21 .. a mindblowing 7w RMS!! ;) .. 4w 'subwoofer' and 2x 1.5w satellites .....
surprisingly good sound for such low numbers.... and only about 2000% better than the mosquito fart sounds that came out of the laptop stockers...
i know they just little 'fluffy bunny' speakers .. but for my office... perfect :D ... now to check out some bike vids with nice/r sound!!
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Quote from: jestercinti on May 15, 2013, 06:01:07 PM
If you water ski in the Ohio, you are a brave sole. It used to be more polluted than the cuyahoga river that caught fire in the 1960s.
In other news, no longer legally or financially responsible for a 2007 Nissan Xterra. Saved $80 a month in insurance and headaches. Good riddance.
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and a brave bass, cod, tilapia, carp. could always polarbear the river Eh? i did on the st lawrence one december. aka blue balls w/o lol
Nothing beats barramundi
Janx,
You got a way with words. :icon_rolleyes:
You should write the script for a Logitech TV commercial.
Just say in'
And who knows, john might give you a free ( just pay postage and handling) chinese banana hammer clone
Quote from: Electrojake on May 15, 2013, 09:49:02 PM
Janx,
You got a way with words. :icon_rolleyes:
You should write the script for a Logitech TV commercial.
Just say in'
nah... i already knocked back those tosspots over at Hallmark .... me being such a friggin people person and all cuddly an shaZam!...
logitech would not understand somehow.... when i got real descriptive an stuff ;)
Try it on camera saying stuff. I mean look how much I suck
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 16, 2013, 01:12:15 AM
Try it on camera saying stuff. I mean look how much I suck
you do ok slips....
i'd be similar... just probably more swearing :icon_rolleyes: :icon_twisted:
new vid for my LPW peeps. Why not to overtake on double lines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, I actually just watched that vlog thing Slips... only because of the title... and yeah, stupid knob! I'd *never* do a thing like that... and admit it... :nono:
Actually just ask the guys I ride with... if I'm leading a ride I always miss gold legal overtaking opportunities because I'm too afraid of breaking the group up... so usually someone else just goes bugger this and overtakes me... and then I go doh! And overtake...
Got the magnets in the starter motor JB Welded in tonight, one actually broke in half today during the one and only crank I got out of it this morning... I hope it cures ok and the broken one is still serviceable... I stuck it the two halves together as best I could... push starting isn't fun!
Magnets on who what? Huh? I'm tired.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 16, 2013, 01:12:15 AM
.............................. I mean look how much I suck
TMI my friend, TMI
With videos Yamma mate haha
FART
Oh, Ej, the gauge for the city's new tram system is British Standard Gauge. Um, what's that, like 4 foot 8.5 inches. Yeah, we rock the standard....
So that's standard gauge then. Cool thought it looks very standard.
You know why British standard gauge is that size? ... Do you want to know? :icon_rolleyes:
Oh yeah, no more push starting for me! :thumb:
EJ, you got your Powerball ticket? Big money.
If I win the lottery, y'all ain't never gonna see or hear from me again. Some addictions, LPW included, can be broken with enough money and fame. My name will be in lights someday. All the ladies will be screaming "Jester, Jester, Jester!"
Call it a pipe dream, call it a Black Swan, call it what you will. It will happen some day.
Quote from: Janx101 on May 17, 2013, 03:49:16 AM
You know why British standard gauge is that size? ... Do you want to know? :icon_rolleyes:
Yes I do. Please tell me
Ah, the standard gauge of 4 feet, 8 & 1⁄2 inches.
Janx... Is it the width of a horse's a$s? Or was it a horse-v@gina?
Jester, Power Ball? No. I didn't buy crap, (yet).
If I win the $600,000,000.00 prize, I plan to put heated grips on all the motorbikes in Ohio.
And finally...
I learned two things from peteGS today...
1.) That gluing broke magnets together is indeed possible.
2.) Incredibly short YouTube videos are always fun to watch.
BTW: What have you Aussies done with Cods? Or is it some sort of secret. :whisper: ? ? ?
EJ is right ... Horses arse ...kinda ..
First British railway carriages designed off previously existing horse carriage wheel spacing... But that wheel spacing designed off previously existing grooves for carriage/chariots that the Romans built into their roads when they were busy conquering Europe waaaaay back in the day .... That wheel spacing on the chariots (war type) was deemed to be the most stable with the 2 horse pulling team the Romans also wanted for speed and endurance ... So the grooves were spaced to accommodate the war chariots ( and most chariots were eventually all that spacing) ... 2 horses ass is wider than the wheel track when in the pulling harnesses .. But the wheel track was also setup to run between each horses hooves on each side ... Horse usually wont straddle over over too many obstructions .. Leaving clearer path for wheels....
So is born the railway spacing
I called the c@%t out every time I stuck one of my vids up here miraculously dislikes start rocking up on it. And guess who was online on the forum when that happened? And using my analytics I drill down to where they were coming from and guess what? South east Queensland. So who do I know in south east Qld that is on the forum and has a beef with me only 2 names pop up and only one of those ppl has been on here regularly since I put videos up. And magically since he has been away no dislikes on videos. Just clearly saying
Cods is a good guy, just takes things personally.
I, for one, am equal opportunity. I hate all of you fvckers.
Just wait till I have a camera. I will make epic Vlogs.
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Spiteful
Yep the spineless c@%t is hanging round I mention my vid and boom few seconds later guess what 5 dislikes arrive GET f%&ked YOU f%$king c@%t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR BETTER YET HAVE THE BALLS TO COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS RIGHT YOU DONT HAVE ANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DONT CARE WHO IT IS ANYMORE GET f%&ked EAT shaZam! AND I HOPE YOU GET HIT BY A f%$king TRUCK ON YOU BIKE WITH YOUR FAMILY WATCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay children if i have to stop this minivan, yall arent getting a f%$king happymeal k? :flipoff:
btw for our anticlockwise toilet flushing neighbours, heres a TRUE australian road "train"
Stop the minivan Yamma!!!!!!!!! This c@%t can eat shaZam! and die! What have I done? Nothing. Nothing ever to anyone ever!
But cool vid we get stuff like that all the time search for mega truckers on YouTube and watch them move a few of our locos over a mountain range and over to west Australia.
Quote from: jestercinti on May 17, 2013, 03:48:52 PM
Cods is a good guy, just takes things personally.
I, for one, am equal opportunity. I hate all of you fvckers.
Just wait till I have a camera. I will make epic Vlogs.
Fuk-you Jester. You love us all. Admit it! We are the international dysfunctional family that warms your heart. :flipoff: :kiss3:
BTW: Janx... I didn't know you were a rail-fan. Interesting!
Interestingly enough the two industries that are expanding in Queensland are the ports and the railways.
OMG this is painful to read. i thought typing ghetto was circa 2009 onwards. this was back in teh day lol
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 17, 2013, 06:57:31 PM
Stop the minivan Yamma!!!!!!!!! This c@%t can eat shaZam! and die! What have I done? Nothing. Nothing ever to anyone ever!
But cool vid we get stuff like that all the time search for mega truckers on YouTube and watch them move a few of our locos over a mountain range and over to west Australia.
never said you slips have done anything. if ANYBODY has done nothing it is mister. he brags about doing nothing and getting paid for it lol. love yall like a huge dysfunctional family. please dont piss off cods :cry:hes a good guy like most of yall are :). mister i think is eating viagra like candy and fapping to harley pornography. ( or whas that john?
Ill be a nice guy when the gutless piece of trash admits it and stops! But can't see that happening
:o :cry:
Ahhhh watching the new ATeam while the missus has a girls night out. Now that's Internet win
OR could watch the missus and her a team :D
Not really there ugly I got the good lookin one haha
even if ugly, use eyes and imagination. aka close eyes and use imagination Eh?
btw dug up one of my quotes from GPN ( gopednation) from its admin one of them:
Originally posted by Dean
Hi Sue ! I am from Banspamia . We are a small but proud country
Quote from: Electrojake on May 17, 2013, 02:56:40 PM
And finally...
I learned two things from peteGS today...
1.) That gluing broke magnets together is indeed possible.
2.) Incredibly short YouTube videos are always fun to watch.
BTW: What have you Aussies done with Cods? Or is it some sort of secret. :whisper: ? ? ?
Glad I could edumacate you some EJ! :thumb:
Not sure what's happened to the Cods-monster... but perhaps in hybernation waiting for the slips-machine to ease off?
Slips... dude you need to get a good dose of HTFU... something I think you're missing is that you're posting something on the Internet... it's not real... people will do shaZam! just to piss you off because they can... and when you react, they win!
If someone started disliking my videos (and I could understand why, they're shaZam!), then I couldn't give a rats arse... it's the Internet!
Never ever take anything posted online seriously... unless it's in LPW of course :cheers:
Soon to be ex has a new boyfriend. That was fast. Came home to the house to man the Saturday morning yard sale, and she and he walked out.
Ballsy since she knew I would be there. Son witnessed it since he was with me. She has no class.
I, for one, have class. And yes EJ, I love LPW. It's my guilty pleasure.
Sorry to hear Jester, major insult and bad form! Was not happy when it was revealed my dad had been seeing the sheila he married for *years* before he divorced my mum :mad:
If you want it over, man up and deal with it... anyways...
Divorce in process, but not over yet. I am teaching my son right from wrong, just sad that I have to double time since he gets more wrong from his mother.
Watching goodfellas, my favorite movie.
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Quote from: jestercinti on May 18, 2013, 06:52:40 PM
Watching goodfellas, my favorite movie.
Ah yes, the Goodfellas. My boys from Jersey. :icon_razz: - :2guns:
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Great day out to chillax
More carby work tonight and trying to round up numbers for our June 2nd run...
Why is it that EBay users refuse to pay? And I am not allowed to slam them when they waste my time regarding feedback. I have to wait a minimum of 6 days to get my final selling fees credited back to me.
Worthless.
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Gen Y Jester... no concept of responsibility coz they've been wrapped in cotton wool since birth... :dunno_black:
Looking forward to the commute today with the jetting changes and the fact I can push the button and start her right up :thumb:
Man this weekend has been great ive had 4 days off plus another half day tommorow. Need to ring my accountant. Oh and for all my Yankee mates here I give you 2 minutes in Australia. Suprisingly accurate
It's New York EJ...You are confused with the Sopranos.
Quote from: jestercinti on May 19, 2013, 09:42:33 AM
Why is it that EBay users refuse to pay? And I am not allowed to slam them when they waste my time regarding feedback. I have to wait a minimum of 6 days to get my final selling fees credited back to me.
Worthless.
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yup. its a pain in the ass sometimes. depending on how it was listed :S
My newest vlog for all to see.
And a challenge for all to try.
Had to buy a whole new wardrobe. Everything was mc hammer parachute pants big. Man, that was $$. Especially work clothes cause I need to dress nice.
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thats a good challenge Slips.... but ... uhm.... just what were you doing in that parkland as the camera started?..... you making those relieved type noises :icon_rolleyes: ... bike was still running in background?.... so you cant have been there for that long.... 30-60 seconds maybe?...
now what would slips be doing near some trees in a grassy area... mid ride.... and then making sounds of happy.....
Slips you dirty bastige!! ... you are a closet birdwatcher arent you!!
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Lol yes janx. Yeah was trying a new way of starting. Mixing it up a bit.
i like the looking for the sunnies one! .. only needs a voiceover.... the "looking for an object mantra" .. in this case .. 'sunnies sunnies sunnies' lol :thumb:
Yeah I like doing little bits and pieces like that. Need to do an end board now with a link to the previous video etc etc
Geeez you Brissie lot are slackers... no interest in the June 2nd run and not even a reply to my PM to say not interested piss off... sheeeesh... :dunno_black:
AussieChick's coming along though so she'll show you all up :flipoff:
I dunno yet so that's why I havnt replied
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Quote from: jestercinti on May 20, 2013, 05:23:34 AM
It's New York EJ...You are confused with the Sopranos.
Jester... This is the internet. Arrogance trumps fact every time.
And even when I am wrong, I can out-argue any fact you could possibly post.
Quote from: peteGS on May 19, 2013, 12:57:53 PM
Gen Y Jester... no concept of responsibility coz they've been wrapped in cotton wool since birth...
E X A C T L Y ! The entire group expects someone else to do their laundry and if no one carries their water for them, they get their free lunch via government hand-outs at taxpayer expense. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffun.resplace.net%2FEmoticons%2FAngry%2FBangHead.gif&hash=b200cc200c945a35b3079c1395181e943802ef6e)
I seem to have a few that reside in my home.Makes me feel sorry for the handful of our citizens that truly do need assistance and continually get stigmatized by the lazy, illegal, and dishonest amongst us.
Gee pete, it sure was nice to have a bit of a rant there.
Thanks for bringing that up. :cheers:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 21, 2013, 04:44:57 AM
I dunno yet so that's why I havnt replied
See that's not so hard is it? Next time just hit reply to my PM first :flipoff:
Quote from: Electrojake on May 21, 2013, 09:16:46 AM
E X A C T L Y !
The entire group expects someone else to do their laundry and if no one carries their water for them, they get their free lunch via government hand-outs at taxpayer expense. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffun.resplace.net%2FEmoticons%2FAngry%2FBangHead.gif&hash=b200cc200c945a35b3079c1395181e943802ef6e)
I seem to have a few that reside in my home.
Makes me feel sorry for the handful of our citizens that truly do need assistance and continually get stigmatized by the lazy, illegal, and dishonest amongst us.
Gee pete, it sure was nice to have a bit of a rant there.
Thanks for bringing that up. :cheers:
Good one EJ, spot on! There are a few good ones at work but most expect hand holding to do the most basic tasks and like to call me at 2am because they haven't learnt how to use their frickin brain!
Lol that requires doing stuff I don't usually do hahaha
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Lol.
Not sure i understood that gif... :confused: But thanks for posting.
1am b!tches. Still awake.
3:12pm sluts, at work
3:24pm ... err lacking semi insulting word , trying to resist just browsing the web instead of chasing up phonecalls at work.. :confused:
3:46 ballsacks wasting time and getting paid.
3:53 ... oooh look!.. belly button fluff!! .. waiting waiting waiting... please customer for tmw morning ring soon and confirm you have funds available... i need to let the labourer guys know!!
Finally this place is rolling a bit. 4:20 paperwork
4:34 ... mutter mumble .. so Miss Customer, you are going to do it yourself eh?... i know this, if you ring me at 6:30 in the morning and try to re-book it... i might be a tad ... abrasive!!
Paperwork requiring signature in heptuplacite. Train wheels are important things
Technical too!! ... "the wheel on the train go round and round, round and round, Round and Round!! :icon_twisted:
Funny
Janx, I was in "the game".
One time guy calls, makes a booking. I turn up at the address at the set time and am told by someone there, "he moved out already." I tried calling him. Nothing.
Two weeks later I get a call from the same guy. Wants to make a booking - same address as before, same job details. WTF?
Told him to go annoy someone else. After, I thought, fuk, should have taken the booking and then done a no show myself.
Wish I would get called into work more often
Quote from: mister on May 22, 2013, 02:35:40 AM
Janx, I was in "the game".
One time guy calls, makes a booking. I turn up at the address at the set time and am told by someone there, "he moved out already." I tried calling him. Nothing.
Two weeks later I get a call from the same guy. Wants to make a booking - same address as before, same job details. WTF?
Told him to go annoy someone else. After, I thought, fuk, should have taken the booking and then done a no show myself.
Lol.... Yeah ... Sometimes get phantoms ... One lad who kept making a booking for 'next week' ... Then cancelling last minute.... 3rd time he forgot to block the number he was calling from.... I reversed it on Internet... Gave me a different name ... Checked... A new competitor who thought if I was booked then I wouldn't be able to do jobs and he might get them... So I sent his 'office' an invoice ... For booking fees .... No reply ..... No more hassles either! :thumb:
We got heaps of work tmw... Just the one that dropped out woulda meant 2nd crew and 2nd truck for arvo.. Ah well.. :thumb:
This one time at work I washed my hands
That's gross slips. You should always wash your hands.
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after that collision id say yes
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 22, 2013, 05:53:04 AM
This one time at work I washed my hands
so what im hearing is.... you had to wash your hands once while at work... presumably cos they were dirty .... extrapolating from that .. you have had dirty hands at work once only... also implying that you've only ever actually done anything workwise... once!!! ..... and you get paid for that!! ..
you lucky lucky bastard!! ;) :thumb:
She agreed to take timeshare. One less thing in my name.
First the Xterra, now the timeshare. Things are looking up.
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Bout time jester. Got a great video in the pipeline hopefully soon
Bike's running well after the jetting changes that the dyno run showed me... nice :thumb:
Really looking forward to the 2nd June run... but the 28 day weather forecast keeps changing from no rain to medium chance of rain... I wish they had a clue what they were talking about...
I swear sometimes they pick numbered balls out of a bucket or something.
Good to see that Slips has the old Avatar back.
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28 day forecast? Screw that. They cannot even get it right with a few hours forecast, no way they gonna get anything right in a 28 day forecast. #WhyBother
Quote from: mister on May 23, 2013, 12:24:03 PM
28 day forecast? Screw that. They cannot even get it right with a few hours forecast, no way they gonna get anything right in a 28 day forecast. #WhyBother
Yeah exactly... last time for the March run they were saying it was great weather... I've never been so constantly wet on a ride in my life!
Hooooray it's Friday
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slowing down again
Early mark today. Only worked 10 and a half hours :cookoo:
Waiting for work to arrive
Heading to Chicago after work. Taking the GS :thumb:
Out on the road you hardcore biker you. Slap Oprah if you see her
Looking forward to the ride next Sunday...
And I need to do some wet weather gear repairs by the looks... duct tape maybe? Inside of the left leg at the ankle has started coming apart at the seam where it got melted by the exhaust on the famous hail run last year.
I'll have to take a look and see what I can do... not worth a new suit for yet, just makes the cuff of my pants a little damp really.
Quote from: mister on May 24, 2013, 02:21:21 AM
Early mark today. Only worked 10 and a half hours.
10.5 hours work? Every day? :cookoo:
No Sir. Ten point five hours would make a good night's sleep.
Work should be limited to 6 hours per day, occurring on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. :cheers:
Saturday morning coffee
Quote from: mister on May 24, 2013, 02:21:21 AM
Early mark today. Only worked 10 and a half hours :cookoo:
¿DWHA? you worked? sorry my friend.you always talk about not working and getting paid. course i 'sposein jobs like that an eventual work day will arise Eh?
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Quote from: mister on May 24, 2013, 02:21:21 AM
Early mark today. Only worked 10 and a half hours :cookoo:
¿DWHA? you worked? sorry my friend.you always talk about not working and getting paid. course i 'sposein jobs like that an eventual work day will arise Eh?
Well, I didn't actually Work Work, but you know, you call it Work so people understand. :thumb:
I'm calling Myth/Urban-Legend on the width of the Standard Gauge track being due to Roman Chariots. Wikipedia is truth, tells all about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_gauge
I don't work that many hours in a day... but when I'm on call it becomes a long week with late night/early morning phone calls and so forth...
On call sux, unless you are paid anyway even when nothing happens. Then it's good.
Sunday morning ride kick ass
We get an allowance for the weeks we're on call, and TOIL if we actually have to do any work... the allowance is just for having to be available to answer the phone 24x7 and staying sober...
The bugger for me is I get to answer the phone 24x7 regardless of on call in addition to on call because they consider me to be some sort of... well... experienced type person...
Do you get extra for permanent in call?
Well... short answer is no... but I'm negotiating... I "acted" this role for 8 months before becoming permanent which was in the middle of a restructure, so technically I missed an opportunity that the then team leads (now technical leads) got offered... and I'm still trying to get that sorted... I just changed managers this year and he's going to try again for me.
Bosses are playing tight arses at work they don't wanna pay acting rates for ppl who step up
Quote from: mister on May 25, 2013, 03:20:02 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 25, 2013, 01:44:26 PM
Quote from: mister on May 24, 2013, 02:21:21 AM
Early mark today. Only worked 10 and a half hours :cookoo:
¿DWHA? you worked? sorry my friend.you always talk about not working and getting paid. course i 'sposein jobs like that an eventual work day will arise Eh?
Well, I didn't actually Work Work, but you know, you call it Work so people understand. :thumb:
I'm calling Myth/Urban-Legend on the width of the Standard Gauge track being due to Roman Chariots. Wikipedia is truth, tells all about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_gauge
Ahh c'arn on mister! .. Don't let belief in Wiki ruin a good story!!....
On the other hand ... I have noticed you have this 'thing' where you have to be righter than anyone else... So carry on! :icon_rolleyes: :flipoff:
No one is more correct than me on a Saturday night with a dozen or so pints of Hahn super dry
Quote from: Janx101 on May 26, 2013, 04:06:14 AM
I have noticed you have this 'thing' where you have to be righter than anyone else... So carry on! :icon_rolleyes: :flipoff:
Hmmm.... denial makes what you say seem correct, admittance does likewise. Hmmmm..... what a predicament. Think I'll go eat some worms and contemplate the lint in my navel. Thank you for the inspiration. Carry on chaps....
I watched house husbands tonight yeah ummmmmmm
Slips...bosses not paying are part of the "non monetary incentive plans" now instituted by most companies.
Welcome to 2013.
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My place is under somewhat of a thread from big international hosting companies at the moment so being tight is the name of the game... come to think of it that was the name of the game before the big companies came to town :icon_confused: :confused: :dunno_black:
Quote from: jestercinti on May 26, 2013, 09:14:40 AM
Slips...bosses not paying are part of the "non monetary incentive plans" now instituted by most companies.
Welcome to 2013.
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Yeah that concept can suck my left testicle. Thing is they tried it with me and I told them its written in the EBA (enterprise bargaining agreement) (it sets out the terms and conditions of our work) and if its written that I am entitled to have the higher rate for acting I will claim it and if you try to stop me ill get the union in and you can explain to them why I'm being denied to what I'm entitled to.
Just returned from Chicago. 700 miles in 3 days on the GS.
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was it dark and you wearing sunglasses?... ;) :thumb:
Updating my music library at work
My future's so bright I gotta wear shade - but - I wear my sunglasses at night so I can so I can....
I stick to the clear variety at night to see what's ahead
Uh oh... I feel an '80's moment coming on... can I hear you say "lame"?
Good series about the 80's on national Geographic
I'm recording it on the IQ, haven't watched any of it yet...
I have iq but it's not enabled. Really should but CBF
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 27, 2013, 02:23:30 PM
I have iq but it's not enabled. Really should but CBF
your IQ is turned off slips?.... and you only just noticed!?.... well of course if its turned off... you would be slow to notice eh!! :flipoff:
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :cheers:
Gold comment of LPW by Janx :thumb:
No just don't have it enabled. When they installed it they didn't have a standard box so they gave me an iq.
Back to work, but food in crock pot should be ready when I get home FTW!
Just about to clock off for the night.
Early morning coffee then off to work in more showers today... got the running repair on the rain suit done yesterday in time to get pissed on while riding to work, held up well :thumb:
The showers are supposed to clear up by the weekend, hope they're well and truly gone before Sunday!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 28, 2013, 04:35:28 AM
No just don't have it enabled. When they installed it they didn't have a standard box so they gave me an iq.
So you born with an IQ then .... Hmmm must be a Queensland thing .... :icon_rolleyes:
(Acknowledge them or don't ....this is too easy matey!)
Just you wait till we smash use for the 8th time janxy!
Noooooooooooooo not more origin crap! Bad enough to hear the neighbours carrying on without getting it on here too... yes I'm anti-origin...
I hearby declare you enemy of the state!
In other news I cleaned and dubbined my leather jacket smells pretty and feels so soft now loving it
Quote from: peteGS on May 28, 2013, 07:14:01 PM
Noooooooooooooo not more origin crap! Bad enough to hear the neighbours carrying on without getting it on here too... yes I'm anti-origin...
YO!! ... Another Brother!! ... I'm also anti football watching mostly.... Come to think of it.. Anti most sports on tv... Unless it has a motor....
Cept wingsuits ... There should be more wingsuit stuff!!
Fan of jeb Corliss then?
:D :thumb: ... Jeb!! .... Hi intensity MOFO!! :bowdown:
Did you see the interview he did on Sunday night?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 29, 2013, 05:41:49 AM
Did you see the interview he did on Sunday night?
Nah .. What chan/show was it? .. I might be able to catch it online archives or something
Channel 7 Sunday night, it was like 6 months ago I think
ahh k.. was it the one pre-accident in africa .. or post recovery from that accident?
Post recovery
k ... yeah have seen bits of that one online.... every time i try to watch it the bloody office phone rings.... or someone drops in to pickup something.... reckon im gonna have to sneak into office at 3am to see it all way through.. :icon_rolleyes:
Um... Can acupuncture be used to tame hemorrhoidal flare-ups? :whisper:
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Also...
Welcome back Jester.
700 miles on a GS500F. That's a damn nice trip!
-Ej-
I dunno bout you ej but I wouldn't want a pin stuck into my anus.
Yeah janx he's fricken intense in this interview
Quote from: Electrojake on May 29, 2013, 04:10:52 PM
Um... Can acupuncture be used to tame hemorrhoidal flare-ups? :whisper:
they say so.... http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=32524
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the du4 mingmen is recommended for the shy folks, but as in the first link text .. du 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the traditional targets
i've had acupuncture on shoulders, legs, elbows, neck etc .. i think it is effective for what i have had in most cases..
not had it for anything like h'roids though' !! ..
Never had acupuncture, but tbh I'm a bit hesitant about needles in general
its pretty much zero drama slips.... hardly even mozzie bite going in.... can feel a little weird as they wiggle them a bit.... and when i had a severe muscle/nerve lockup in my neck/shoulder one time... when he pulled one needle out it felt like a mini hammer on thumb sensation...
but the guy i go to has been doing it for over 20 years ..
its not like flipping a switch or waving a magic wand ... and maybe its all 'power of the mind' .. whichever it is though .. i have had some hellish and hectic muscle spasms and back pain relieved by a visit to the man with the needles... about $65 for the hour... but i also get about 20 mins of deep tissue massage for that price too .. :thumb:
Was it a happy ending massage :eek:
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Well as I age I suspect ill be going in for some then
Quote from: jestercinti on May 29, 2013, 06:08:28 PM
Was it a happy ending massage :eek:
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:icon_rolleyes: ... nah... no matter how many times i ask his pretty young lady assistant!! :icon_twisted:
Ok should I build a Facebook profile? Did MySpace but abandoned.
Is Facebook all that? Slips, EJ, anyone?
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There is so much social media out there now I can't keep up. You still have MySpace, google +, Facebook, twatter, tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, snapchat. But yes my main one is my Facebook. I have a few of the twinners on it such as janx, aussiechick, and Adidas. But no longer have cods or mister
I use FB mainly for family - and some others. Also Google Plus has higher level people there.
Eg. Typical comments to comething on FB: Lol, yeah, right on. HA, etc.
Comments on G+ are actually full sentences :o
Make both :thumb:
Stick with facey it's just easier
Or avoid them altogether and live in reality with real people :thumb:
I get the face space thing for friends/family overseas or interstate that it helps keep in touch with, but I don't get the commenting on every little thing you do and like or dislike or whatever... these forums are enough for me...
And looking at the forecast for Sunday... looking like yet another ride in the rain... I think someone has cursed my rides... every one I organise lately gets wet...
It's all good Pete and as for the weather it's been fricken stupid lately hey
Indeed it has Slips... in fact this year's been pretty shitty for it... seems every time I want to do something outside it starts raining... riding, working on the shed, sitting out the back...
Will be building a FB profile tonight. I'll test the waters and see how it goes.
It can be very addictive at first jester but it settles down after a while
Started out with 3 friends...now have 15.
A bit overwhelming. Holy hell...the people I thought would just disappear have returned. The horror! :o
HahhahahahahhHhhhahha
Quote from: jestercinti on May 30, 2013, 04:22:12 PM
Started out with 3 friends...now have 15.
A bit overwhelming. Holy hell...the people I thought would just disappear have returned. The horror! :o
thats what unfriend and/or block is for... :icon_rolleyes:
few people i know get all anxious about unfriending people .. its all "OMG .. if i unfriend them then they'll know i dont like them or dont want to see their crap" ... :confused: ... but .. thats the idea!! .. 'man up' and tell the truth to the people 'you know' ... no point going through life stressing over social network anxiety!! .. sheesh ;) :thumb:
Going out for a quick pre work ride
Quote from: jestercinti on May 29, 2013, 09:01:58 PM
Ok should I build a Facebook profile? Did MySpace but abandoned.
Is Facebook all that? Slips, EJ, anyone?
I don't do any of those social media internet sites. No time for that crap right now.
Besides... LPW provides all my "social" needs. :thumb:
Ahhhh the faithful ej
from a reference elsewhere ...
tac·i·turn
/ˈtasiˌtərn/
Adjective
(of a person) Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
Synonyms
reticent - silent - uncommunicative - reserved
reminds me of ...
aspergers
Web definitions
Asperger syndrome or Asperger's syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder that is characterized by significant difficulties in social...
.... an Aussie.... taciturn?!?!?! ... nahhhhh!!... :cookoo:
Speak English man!
:icon_rolleyes: ... ok ... 'I say chaps!, What-ho! .. shall we be progressing along the motorpath with our motorised bicycles on the morrow then? .. splendid! .. afterwards we could perhaps call in at the ale house for a plate of chops and onions and a healthy draught of cider!'
hows that?! :flipoff:
Finally someone who speaks the language
I detest 'social' situations where strangers are thrust into each other's 'space' and forced to interact - it's all so fake (eg. going to Bob's party and the only person you know is Bob and are now forced to mingle with a bunch of people playing stupid "what do you do for a living" small talk games).
I'd rather talk to someone in a 'get to know more about you' kinda way when it occurs through happenstance. It's like an adventure that way. :thumb:
There's nothing like a bit of social awkwardness to keep you on your toes
Pass... either something is in common or not... if it's not... move on!
At least we all have something in common here... LPW! Oh, and a love for all things GS of course... :thumb:
Apparently Sunday now is some late light rain... sounds more promising but we'll see... shall be packing the rain suit regardless...
I'm packing leather tonight
Ummmm... not sure what to say to that... guess I'm glad it's not PVC... or lycra...
Oh that's later Pete haha
Gaaaah ok now I didn't need to read that... :nono:
Hey everyone is curious
So this girl that I have not spoken to since 1983 contacted me on FB. I was 7 then. Oddly, I remember her.
Not used to these things. I guess it's normal in the year of our Lord 2013.
Quote from: jestercinti on May 31, 2013, 08:24:24 AM
So this girl that I have not spoken to since 1983 contacted me on FB. I was 7 then. Oddly, I remember her.
Not used to these things. I guess it's normal in the year of our Lord 2013.
Were you friends with her?
Yes. Grew up together from birth to about 1983 or 1984 I think then moved away. I have a near-photographic memory with certain things, so I knew who it was immediately.
Forecast still looking ok for tomorrow :thumb:
Might see if I can get time to do a spit and polish today, that will guarantee rain :cheers:
Quote from: jestercinti on May 31, 2013, 08:24:24 AM
So this girl that I have not spoken to since 1983 contacted me on FB. I was 7 then. Oddly, I remember her.
Yo Jester... Now this is interesting.
One acquaintance, once established (or re-established) as is the case here, often leads to many other additional acquaintances.
May the floodgates now open upon you Sir. :thumb:
Quote from: mister on May 31, 2013, 02:17:45 AM
I detest 'social' situations where strangers are thrust into each other's 'space' and forced to interact - it's all so fake (eg. going to Bob's party and the only person you know is Bob and are now forced to mingle with a bunch of people playing stupid "what do you do for a living" small talk games).
Agreed Mister. However...
When I'm thrust into one of those situations (usually via my dear wife), I look forward to telling people that I'm a professional idiot that works for the railroad. I then expound, telling them that I love my job and the rest of the pin-headed morons I work with in the Electrical Engineering Dept.
I'm always most comfortable with the truth rather than a bullsh!t story about my <cough-cough> wonderful career.
Back to you LPW. :cheers:
I wish it was that easy EJ... I tell people I work in IT... and that's where the conversation stops... unless you speak with someone else in IT then game over... hard to explain to Joe Blow that I work on back end infrastructure rather than desktops and that when they ask me about something on their PC I'll look at them blankly and say NFI... :dunno_black:
Quote from: jestercinti on May 31, 2013, 08:24:24 AM
So this girl that I have not spoken to since 1983 contacted me on FB. I was 7 then. Oddly, I remember her.
Not used to these things. I guess it's normal in the year of our Lord 2013.
That's what Facebook is perfect for. One if my first friends was my girlfriend from when I was 6 years old she was my bestie.
Jester: Quick question.... you set up a FB account and nek minute, BAM, she's requesting friendship? If so, she must have been searching for you at Just the right time. Synchronicity my friend.
Pete, don't tell them that mumbo jumbo. A confused mind says "no" and they fog over. Tell them you repair broken circuit boards for ASIO and saying anything more will have you both in jail :thumb:
Ej, one guy at work tells people he works as a laborer in a furniture factory :thumb: :thumb:
Pete (yeah I know I already addressed you once in this post).... stop obsessing over the darn forecast. The only half decent one is the one issued at 4:50am on the day - and even that is wrong often, but it's really the only one you should pay any attention to. I'd say, view the radar yourself and make your own judgement. You'll be right as often as they are.
I have shiny nails
Gotya Mister, never thought about the ASIO response... hmmmm... haha
As for the forecast yeah I really should learn to ignore it until the day, just damn frustrating that it seems like every ride I organise has ended up rather damp in recent times... meh I'll get over it... in fact I already am! Haha
I'm going regardless of the forecast anyway... have rain suit... will ride :thumb:
Oh, very important that I double post because I forgot to share this with y'all yesterday... believe it or not it made the front page of www.news.com.au as disturbing as that is... I will let you digest and respond... if you're capable... I couldn't watch it all...
Ok, can't edit/delete posts here and embedded Youtube ain't working... I'm sure you can all click a link :dunno_black:
I replied without reading
Quote from: peteGS on May 31, 2013, 02:23:49 PM
I wish it was that easy EJ... I tell people I work in IT... and that's where the conversation stops... unless you speak with someone else in IT then game over... hard to explain to Joe Blow that I work on back end infrastructure rather than desktops and that when they ask me about something on their PC I'll look at them blankly and say NFI...
Exactly pete.
"IT" means "can you help me fix my ten year old PC"
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And Jester...
After all this posturing and Facebook stuff is over, Please... just let us know when you
<ahem> "close the deal" :thumb:
OMG Pete that vid was shocking
70 friends now. Wild.
Back to LPW. Slips, get a nail brush. You can shine em up nice.
EJ, how's Jersey? I hear your buddy Chris Christie got the stomach band.
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And EJ, with a face like this, I have no problems dealing the deal. All business. Ohio style.
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No a nail polisher basically finer and finer grades of sandpaper and my nails have never felt so smooth
Hmmm used to be able to delete your own posts in the farm but not edit them. In the rest of the board, edit but not delete.
Quote from: mister on June 01, 2013, 10:49:57 PM
Hmmm used to be able to delete your own posts in the farm but not edit them. In the rest of the board, edit but not delete.
Just checked.... yup. can still delete your own farm posts.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 01, 2013, 09:02:34 PM
No a nail polisher basically finer and finer grades of sandpaper and my nails have never felt so smooth
You better mean a friggin belt sander or orbital sander at the very least bud!!!
Anything less than that .... Might be considered ... Effemi ...... Oh wait .. You ride a Bimmer.... Carry on then! :icon_rolleyes: :flipoff:
1.) Jester, I'd say your ready to close the deal. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
2.) Slips, don't worry about your nails... You work for your money. No whimps on the rxr,
Wel the girlfriend did it and she used a vigorous orbital action. Does that count as orbital sanding?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 02, 2013, 12:19:53 AM
Wel the girlfriend did it and she used a vigorous orbital action. Does that count as orbital sanding?
.... So lucky we know the context here... OOC that would be highly suspicious!!! :D
You sure you would be suspicious instead of jealous?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 02, 2013, 01:04:27 AM
You sure you would be suspicious instead of jealous?
Oh don't sell tickets on yourself just yet... I remember vigorous orbital action from the dim distant past ... Now it's different..... Too vigorous means you wear out early .... Low and slow is the way to go!
It's a season subscription with me
Remember, slow and steady wins the race. Joey the jackhammer wears out fast.
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Hey you gotta use it or lose it, why do you think the erictile distinction industry does so well? But a few open star tricks and a chicken ring helps. Hahahahahahahaha so you going to request you LPW buddies jester?
Quote from: mister on June 01, 2013, 01:34:47 AM
Ej, one guy at work tells people he works as a laborer in a furniture factory.
Yes, I like that. It's a lot more graceful than telling em' I'm a typical drunken railroad idiot.
Besides, I'm an electrical worker. I don't know any cool train stuff.
Hell, they don't let us near the train, or anything else expensive or dangerous. :dunno_black:
Just sayin'
Hey... anybody know if Jester got any "trim" yet?
They let me play with expensive dangerous stuff all the time.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 02, 2013, 03:24:08 PM
They let me play with expensive dangerous stuff all the time.
You could get hurt! Maybe pinch a finger. :mad:
Do they make pinch-proof gloves?
No they are focused on taking away all of our non retractable blade knives ATM :cookoo:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 02, 2013, 04:15:55 PM
No they are focused on taking away all of our non retractable blade knives ATM :cookoo:
Thank god for upper-management decisions. :technical:
Oh yeah they're a real brains trust haha
Man it's weird riding without a fly screen now... look down and it's Acewell gauge, top of headlight, nothing... weird... gotta make some new brackets soon and get it back on I think :thumb:
Embrace the nakedness Pete! Looks like I ignited a government conspiracy debate about GPS haha.
Hmmm... nah I like that little bit of extra protection... I couldn't believe the wind buffeting I got yesterday with it not sitting right when the bracket broke!
Yeah I just replied to the thread too... haha
Now I need to start a tyre thread... NFI what to get but I need tyres real soon!
EJ, you don't need to worry about me. Who's round on both sides and high in the middle? That's right. O-H-I-O.
Why yes, I do have some "friends" that are you guys. I won't say their names since they are international men of mystery, but I'll find you. I always do.
I would go with round black ones Pete as a starting point lol.
Can't afford round black ones... but even though they're ridiculously cheap the square black ones tax the suspension too much.
I'm going to compromise and go for the octagonal grey ones instead...
Hmmm...I expected to see 5 pages of posts when I awoke this morning.
To my surprise, I saw 1.
Sad isn't it Jester? Is LPW dying?
Nah it ain't dying but it has slowed
the nazi keep killing its predecessors. and the 3 word games. ohhhh the humanity :cry:
Yep
Quote from: peteGS on June 03, 2013, 04:37:59 AM
Hmmm... nah I like that little bit of extra protection... I couldn't believe the wind buffeting I got yesterday with it not sitting right when the bracket broke!
You even HINT at whining about wind buffeting again and I'll personally revoke your Aussie Man card :2guns: OMG, I cannot believe how much you sound like a yank with that comment. HTFU Pete, we are Aussies, we revel in unprotected wind riding - and hail riding and thorn bush riding with only a singlet on - and a pair of g strings - in the dark in winter and... oh hang on, maybe that last bit is just me. Ok, never mind. Just HTFU and don't mention the wind again.
Mister
You forgot riding with leads from the battery to the mini clamps on the nipples riding!!! ...
Oh wait.... You don't like exposing yourself to unnecessary electromagnetic radiation! ... So forget that bit.... Or shrug and accept its inevitable ... And HTFU!! :flipoff:
Never fear Mister... I'm starting to enjoy the wind now... makes me feel like I'm going even faster!
The only downside is the crappy thin chrome plating on my headlight that is starting to flake has become more obvious...
Slips is not here tonight there in an important footy game on standby
Footy and important in the same sentence without a "not" in between? That's just wrong...
Now bracing for impact...
A bit gutted but have to give the southerners a wisp of hope
On the 157th day of 1976, I emerged into this world Purple, Passionate, and Pissed Off.
37 years later, little has changed.
Happy Birthday to me.
Happy birthday Jester, glad to hear you're still purple! :thumb:
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Happy birthday jester my birthday is tommorow (Friday) on that day at 2 in the morning I was dragged out kicking and screaming.
Happy Birthday Slips!
Happy birthday Slips... but I'll be keeping your birthday present... new tyres for the 450 this avo :thumb:
But I had absolutely no use for those tyres Pete and I still need them haha thanks guys I shall be having quiet alot of fun today at work lol but the real fun starts at paintball Saturday morning
Quote from: peteGS on June 05, 2013, 04:35:27 AM
Footy and important in the same sentence without a "not" in between? That's just wrong...
Now bracing for impact...
footy or footsy?
A real mans game where men punch eachother and we throw the ball backwards and we tackle eachother and pack a scrum
Happy birthday you famous LPW Aussie :woohoo:
Quote from: jestercinti on June 05, 2013, 07:10:55 AM
On the 157th day of 1976, I emerged into this world Purple, Passionate, and Pissed Off.
37 years later, little has changed.
Happy Birthday to me.
Jeez, Jester... Your an old codger. Now I understand why you have whit and some charisma.
You're kinda' at the
perfect age; old enough to have some character, but young enough to still enjoy a long bike ride, Then a few beers before you go out and get laid. :cheers:
Just sayin'
Your no child at 37... which in my opinion, is actually a good thing.
Thanks my favorite new jersian. Lol. Hey the bloke you sold your bike to gassed his way on here too. He was on the look out for fellow jersians and I threw up your name and he said it was your bike. :thumb: so more karma for ej.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 06, 2013, 04:49:22 PM
Hey the bloke you sold your bike to gassed his way on here too. He was on the look out for fellow jersians and I threw up your name and he said it was your bike. :thumb: so more karma for ej.
Yeah Slips... But it's kinda' sad that he blew it up. :icon_sad:
I'm supposed to stop at his house tomorrow to take a look at it.
It's supposedly stuck in 2nd gear and has (or had) a low oil issue, and now also has an issue that cuts out the motor on left turns. I think? :dunno_black:
Either way...
He seems to be a fine young lad so I (or we) shall repair it and post the results in the forum.
I have a mesh bungee net on the passenger pillion of the GS. Know what's between it and the bike? A quart of 10w40 oil. Used 1/2 quart of oil on my 700 mile trip to Chicago. I check every other fill-up. Good insurance.
DUH! Air cooled engines eat a little oil by design.
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WD-40? O.K., I'll bite... For what :dunno_black:
Silly EJ, WD stands for water displacement.
In other news, this is for those married guys: http://youtu.be/-4EDhdAHrOg
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Winning like a boss
No, you mean taking all the credit like a boss.
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Your birthday tyres are great Slips, cheers! :thumb:
37yo and still batshît crazy :bowdown: :bowdown: congrats man heres to at least one more year Eh?
Few bruises from paintball. Couple guys got shot in the neck
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 07, 2013, 09:32:00 PM
Few bruises from paintball. Couple guys got shot in the neck
Yargh!! ... That stings! ... Anyone use chilled ammo?
Nope but was epic
:thumb: ... Almost as much fun as a chainsaw therapy session ... Lol.... Got stuck into some stumps and dead tree limbs today with a husky chainsaw... Pleasant hour or two tidying up the yard with my favourite 'gardening' tool ... :D
Oh and a Belated Happy Birthday Slips... Saw mention of it here and FB but was busy at office and kept on getting diverted to other thoughts :icon_rolleyes:
Long weekend. Rain the entire time. Figures...
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Typical, so damn typical... plans to go to the pub for dinner tonight, tomorrow I'm hoping to get time to put a new horn on and swap the stock rear guard and tail light in as all the parts have arrived at the repairer :thumb:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Took the GS for a 20 spin around town. Ah... such a good bike they are. :icon_mrgreen:
I'll second that :thumb:
Gotta do some stuff on mine today... put the horrid stock rear end back on so I can get my customised one repaired/replaced... got a new horn to go on... need to adjust the rear brake lever too actually.
Perfect weather for hangin' in the garage too :thumb:
Perfect day for just lazing around with comfort food
... Slight overcast but no 'weather' due ... I ain't sayin the R word! .. Nup! :icon_rolleyes:
Lubed chain, checked oil, pumped tyres..... Found out horn isn't working? ... Oh well :icon_rolleyes:
Goin for a nice sedate ride ... Double demerits y'know .... Gonna go see if the top of mountain pie shop still has awesome coffee and apple strudel! :D
Enjoy your rain QLD Biatches!! :flipoff:
Blow me janx haha I did paintball Saturday and took the Gopro so gotta sort through the footage
Watching classic Clint Eastwood...Magnum Force. VHS even. So old, pop in the movie, and it starts. No promos, no commercials.
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VHS? Wow people still have them. Hats off jester. My legs are killing me.
VHS? bah...
Beta! :cheers:
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What is this beta you speak of? Hahaha :cookoo:
We used to have a Beta. Great format, hardly any movies available for it though.
This is where porn is king. Whatever format gamers and porn go with, that becomes mainstream
I stuffed up ... Realised in the going riding post ... I ended up mentioning the damn rain anyway ...
All good and smooth ... Till 10min from home... Then cloudburst!! .... So I decided to 'count' that as washing the bike!! ...
Wasn't hooning it .. But front tyre was skittery as in the roundabouts... Was glad to pull back in under the carport!! :thumb:
Ej, at the library sale they were selling Betamax format. No joke. Wanted more per tape than DVDs. Of the selection: Kramer vs Kramer and Oh God You Devil!
Sadly, do not have a Betamax player that works. Jumped the shark in what, 1984?
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 07, 2013, 09:32:00 PM
Few bruises from paintball. Couple guys got shot in the neck
doesnt that just suck when one gets slapped in the neck with edploding balls?
One copped a beauty on the side of his windpipe and other guy copped it right on his windpipe, knocked the wind out for a second but he was fine
id say so. have taken spills where my windpipe hit the corner of a car ( was on bicycle)
All good fun gotta re download my software to edit it all together
I'm in spicy lamb curry coma at the moment.
Wolfensteined it down fiercely. Like the jimmy johns JJ Gargantuan, I can't believe I ate it all in 1 sitting.
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Bacon, eggs, sausage, cheese, BBQ sauce in a wrap! Sex in the mouth that was.
Man-wich!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
'twas a very manly wrap.
lol ... similar to me last week ... went lunch shop .. asked for Sanger with Steak, Bacon, Cheese + Chilli sauce... they asked me want salad?.. said NO!!, none of that 'salad nonsense!, this is a Man-wich!' :D
You don't make friends with salad
:D :D :D
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But you do make friends with bacon
http://www.amazon.com/Sadies-Sizzling-Bacon-Candle-Scent/dp/B004FS1S9U
you know what i wish?? ... i wish that you could block the f&^$&g ads on youtube!! ... sure they 'raise money' ... not my money though!!.. they just hack me off...
actually .. i reckon i'd almost be happy to 'pay a small fee' TO youtube .. just so the ads went away!!! .. if i want to watch a f&^$^&g ad about car insurance then i'll search for a f&^$^$g ad about car insurance!!!! :mad: :icon_rolleyes:
I find it hard to skip the billy Moore xxxx queenslander ads
Sounds more like a heart attack wrap to me...
Man I'm digging my new Sport Demons... already feeling real good :thumb:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 10, 2013, 10:36:00 PM
You don't make friends with salad
Sometimes you do if it's tossed :o
See I dunno if I could have my salad tossed that's ummm yeah out there haha
Salad is salad ... At times to be tolerated... But on the man scale .. Classed as 'non delicious filler' ... And hence to be looked at squinty eyed and suspiciously! ;)
Janx is not up with modern urban lingo
Oh yes he is.... And modern? ... Pfffft! ... Recycled! ....
My point on salad still holds thogh
I had onion on my steak sandwich does that count as salad?
That is classed as condiment ... And allowed! :thumb:
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It's too early for this working shaZam!
Jester, LOOK-OUT! The Derecho is coming!
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No really, Jester...
I heard on the news today that this super-storm is coming to Cincinnati in the next 48 hours and will sweep eastward.
The weather girl said it's called a "land hurricane" but usually throws massive hail instead of rain.
Do me a favor buddy... take pictures and post them here... if you survive the Derecho! :icon_eek:
We had a super cell in seq last night. I heard a clap of thunder while watching breaking bad. In other news I have an immediate hate of today and wish it would be tommorow instead
I have no garage...only a cover for the GS. This cannot be happening.
I have a relay to run dammit!
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Quote from: Electrojake on June 12, 2013, 02:15:24 PM
Jester, LOOK-OUT! The Derecho is coming!
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No really, Jester...
I heard on the news today that this super-storm is coming to Cincinnati in the next 48 hours and will sweep eastward.
The weather girl said it's called a "land hurricane" but usually throws massive hail instead of rain.
Do me a favor buddy... take pictures and post them here... if you survive the Derecho! :icon_eek:
Almost reminds me of the Haboob I went through in phoenix ( 2001 while at mmi )
btw this is a haboob
close to minute 9 FUN to drive thru a Buddha Loves You to clean up after. these were why I quit washing my truck ( black) while in AZ
Guaobsuspwnehowmenkapnwhelwmsbxioqmdhsps shape grow duals duspndhspamhzisksndkdmdndisl shsk
thats hectic Yama! .... and you said boob! :D
Two questions for Yama...
1.) How often do you change your air filter?
2.) On a bike, you would simply ride into the dust cloud? Or would you retreat?
.. be like this .. and Create the Dust Storm!! :icon_twisted:
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:icon_eek: :thumb: ... awesomer!! .. and a nice rain to wash all the mud off again!!...
Aussie one yeah? ... maybe Misters cousin!!??.. cos they already HTFU! :icon_lol:
I was born hardcore my Beemer has made me more humane just sayin
looking for vids... found this .. :icon_eek: :icon_sad:
http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/211233671.html
Before I would set it on fire and let it burn. Now i set it on fire piss on it then shoot it cause I'm more humane like that
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 12, 2013, 06:38:43 PM
Before I would set it on fire and let it burn. Now i set it on fire piss on it then shoot it cause I'm more humane like that
:icon_eek: .. wassup slips?.. someone knock off the last pineapple donut? .. ;)
No just envolking the wrath of Satan hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaahhahahah
Quote from: Janx101 on June 12, 2013, 06:35:53 PM
looking for vids... found this .. :icon_eek: :icon_sad:
http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/211233671.html
Makes me glad I live in Jersey. We get a hurricane and some flooding once every 100 years. Not much else.
I cant complain.
Cool vids. :thumb:
Sorry but jersey? The butt of nearly every joke from a movie or TV show filmed in New York? Yeah nah ej lol
You're in jersey? What exit? Bahhhhahaha!
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Me? Hell no haha
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 11, 2013, 12:38:55 AM
I find it hard to skip the billy Moore xxxx queenslander ads
had to look this one up.... :icon_rolleyes: ... such a well spoken chap! ;) :flipoff:
It's a great ad hey
Lol...... It's a perfect performance for a QLD footballer I guess :flipoff:
Says the new south Welshman who's lost the LAST 7 SERIES!!!!!!!
Sigh .. I understand your passion Slips ... And yeah I know the blues usually choke at Origin..
But I am one of those that actively avoids watching NRL on the tv.... Normal style, city/country or indeed Origin....
AFL is same...
I'll watch a little Union ... And most of a super 7 match ...
Maybe some Yankee footy highlights...
But I'm a motorsports man! .... If I can stay awake late at night when the good stuff is on...
WRC and Drag cars!!!!
And wanna GO to Isle of Man TT one year ...
But footy? ... Rather mow the lawn with nail scissors! :dunno_black:
No offence bro... But your obvious excitement on it is wasted on my behalf
:thumb:
Origin is the only nrl I will actively watch. Ill see the odd broncos home game at suncorp. But like you I'm a Motorsport man with the same IOM TT aspiration. A shame the troll wasn't left to boil over
Lets leave that alone shall we? .
But ... I wonder ... Group booking prices/savings for a IOM trip one year!? ..
Hmmmm
No I want festering here like a gangrenous wound. Yeah I would be Interested but not till at least 2015
I'm with ya' Janx... unless it's got two wheels and a motor I'm not interested... I don't like playing with balls or watching guys playing with balls...
Here's a vid...
But imagine the size of the balls on the blokes who ride the TT
Our O'Seas friends might need to read this a couple times to get it?
The Aussie Helpline
"G'day mate, Aussie Helpline...What's the problem cobber?"
"I'm in Darwin with my sheila and she's been stung on the minge by a wasp, and now her pu$$y has completely closed up."
"Bummer mate!"
" Thanks mate, I hadn't thought of that, Bye."
Too many toys not enough daylight
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Quote from: codajastal on June 13, 2013, 10:34:18 PM
Our O'Seas friends might need to read this a couple times to get it?
The Aussie Helpline
"G'day mate, Aussie Helpline...What's the problem cobber?"
"I'm in Darwin with my sheila and she's been stung on the minge by a wasp, and now her pu$$y has completely closed up."
"Bummer mate!"
" Thanks mate, I hadn't thought of that, Bye."
Bummer, that's a good one!
That is funny. At first I did not understand but the I got it. It is very naughty but I can understand it. It's a good play on words, the play is on the word "bum".
Yes... Naughty indeed. :whisper:
Typical... weather turns on this weekend for awesome sunniness and I have other plans than riding :sad:
Oh well, at least I didn't get wet yesterday!
Morning batches
Hello my mama
There's a Angry Birds cartoon on tv these days!? ... WTF!
Is it "Father's Day" in Austrailia too?
What a PITA. :technical:
But then again...
Mothers day would be a lot worse. I guess I shouldn't complain.
No Mother day in May, fathers day in Sep. Kids day, never.
Yeah it's funny they always get the pigs
Quote from: Electrojake on June 12, 2013, 05:55:18 PM
Two questions for Yama...
1.) How often do you change your air filter?
2.) On a bike, you would simply ride into the dust cloud? Or would you retreat?
about once every 3 mos give or take. at the time I averaged 3k miles every 5 weeks. I drove a lot lol. tbh if I saw this coming and could outflank it, I would try. this shaZam! is abrasive and can wreak havoc on electrics. I was dumping sand out of my taillight lenses in texas lol omw back from az. kept blowing bulbs. had very little time to do it. ( tornadic storm behind us and closing lol. ) had enough time to do it, but that was it.
Nothing like relaxing in a pool then peeing yourself for that touch of warmth
:icon_rolleyes: .. as Bill Cosby would say.. "like school in summertime..... NO Class!!!" :icon_rolleyes:
Wow, the last 7 or 8 posts were quite satisfying.
:bstar: BTW... What the hell's a morning-batch? :bstar:
Saying hello to the morning bitches
typed it on my phone at work. dang keyboard has a mind of its own. Was supposed so be....
Morning biatches
That's how it came out
My translation...
Either means "good morning" or...
Is code talk for "getting laid". (Sex).
It's good morning in a cheerful insulting way.
My dad has a zero turn lawn mower. I said let me try. They are fun and fast. Never been on one before.
This one had a 650cc twin engine. More CCs than a GS, but lower rpms.
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Did u feel the power?
Quote from: jestercinti on June 15, 2013, 03:12:01 PM
My dad has a zero turn lawn mower. I said let me try. They are fun and fast. Never been on one before.
This one had a 650cc twin engine. More CCs than a GS, but lower rpms.
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A vlog or 2 in the pipeline
test my post
Win
Slips,
I do believe your in the lead. :thumb:
Why thanks
Spicy Sauce is spicy...
Hey ... I'm green! ... :D :thumb:
With envy? Rage? Poop?
Nah .. 2k post ... Green name in user online .... I must know more stuff now eh!
Quote from: Janx101 on June 16, 2013, 03:28:10 AM
Nah .. 2k post ... Green name in user online .... I must know more stuff now eh!
Is that what that means?
Apparently.... Only difference from last week to this week is the green ... And over 2k ... :dunno_black:
Either that or the forum has sensed that I have man-flu at the moment and adjusted the list to reflect the colour of stuff I cough up?! .... Amazing thing technology :laugh: :icon_rolleyes:
It's what keeps me hard in the sack
:icon_eek: ... Technology does? ... That's too much info Bud!
Hey I put it out there to help you older fellas just so you don't have to resort to that little blue pill
Jazus! ... If I took one of them I'd get no sleep at all!! .... Tough enough trying to control the 'beast' as it is!! :D :icon_rolleyes:
This is a road I need to do more often...
Turn the volume down and watch it with good music, the road really is awesome fun! I'm going to have to experiment with music in my videos I think...
Bwahahahahaha your funny
I know, I laugh at myself all the time... :cookoo: :D :technical:
But do you tickle yourself as well?
Quote from: Electrojake on June 15, 2013, 04:58:28 AM
My translation...
Either means "good morning" or...
Is code talk for "getting laid". (Sex).
I thought it was aussie slang for morning wood :icon_lol:
Nah that's morning glory
Hi crack whores, The Voice final on tonight. Quick pop in to see what the plebs are up to. Later.....
Ermmagherd
Quote from: mister on June 17, 2013, 01:35:52 AM
Hi crack whores, The Voice final on tonight. Quick pop in to see what the plebs are up to. Later.....
If that dickwad that doesnt smile wins I will never watch it again
I dont watch it at all. Even better
Quote from: mister on June 17, 2013, 01:35:52 AM
Hi crack whores, The Voice final on tonight. Quick pop in to see what the plebs are up to. Later.....
Slightly underwhelmed so far ... Up to just now... I didn't realise Joel could not sing?! ... Only scream it out apparently ... Like his normal performances
Mythbusters is much better
Yeah I know ... It's not my tv choose night though
Tsk tsk tsk janx man up and take what is rightfully yours
Enjoyed Ricki Martin and Thingo's version of Roxanne.
Joel and Co sucked it.
Delta and Co sucked it.
Overall, quite underwhelming. Even the fake cheering seems subdued.
On the plus side, I did see an ad for Big Brother - I watch it for the drama, not the girls getting around in their underwear, I swear....
We should all check out psy's wiki Korea
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 17, 2013, 03:35:57 AM
Tsk tsk tsk janx man up and take what is rightfully yours
Can't ... I'm sick.... My arms hurt from shoulder to fingers.... I had to get her to open a jar awhile ago.... :oops:
It sucks... I feel like a run over rubbish bin!!
I don't watch any of that crap... watched MotoGP replay tonight :thumb:
Don't give us weak excuses
Also trying these 2 products ...
http://www.wescobee.com/products/apple-cider-vinegar-honey/apple-cider-vinegar-honey-500ml
http://www.vitaustralia.com.au/product-olive-leaf-extract-200ml
.... They a bit ??? When you swallow them ... But seem to help with the chest congestion :thumb:
Ha! I'll pass on "reality" TV... it ain't reality if you know the cameras are recording... and I was over those "talent"shows after the first episode I attempted to watch... can't even remember the name of it now but the one that fuzzy headed Guy dude won...
Usually not a fan either... But been some good singers! ...
My fav is the Aussie Idol blooper reel from try outs time..... Some truly atrocious voices there! .. With friends that lie their asses off and say "oh yeah you're really good! You should do it!!" ... :icon_rolleyes:
Aussie friends 'gotcha' at its finest! :icon_twisted:
Vitamin c is my cure
I used to take Vitamin R ..... Well .... Vitamin Bundy Rum to be precise... But a heavy night a few years back on Captain Morgan spiced rum and redbull at home has wrecked that! ...
And I can't afford Louis Trey!
Jesus should be your high janx
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 17, 2013, 05:01:01 AM
Jesus should be your high janx
??? Don't need that crutch for life!... Never have!!
Lol I love throwing that line out there
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Tried, but my dad kept hitting the "home" button on the iPhone 4s. He's not that technologically advanced.
I also can't drink rum any more after a night out years ago... scotch is the way forward :thumb:
I have been on legal age for 10 years now and yet to try jack Daniels. All because I can't drink spirits. But damn after watching mega factories jack Daniels I'm thirsty
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 17, 2013, 03:23:16 PM
I have been on legal age for 10 years now and yet to try jack Daniels. All because I can't drink spirits. But damn after watching mega factories jack Daniels I'm thirsty
... in a rare moment of not actually having a stir! ... why cant drink spirits?.... medical or dont like it? ..
so just beer in total?... not even any West Coast Cooler?
At my formal after party I downed a half a bottle if bundy and since then spirits have never say well with me I havnt enjoyed drinking them. I can drink vodka and the odd Bacardi n lemonade but I have graduated to gin n tonic
half a bottle ... ? ... only half a bottle? ... :icon_rolleyes: ;)
watch out for that Gin though... i still drink it from time to time... just one with cheese and jatz or something... but i got wrecked hard on a bottle of Gin one night .. its bad karma .. well known for being the 'crying/maudlin drink' .. and while smashed i remembered a dog i used to have when i was a kid... that set me off... in the back of my head i was kinda watching and going WTF!? .. but i was all snot and tears about "poor ole 'Rusty', he was a good dog!" boooo hoooo hooo... :icon_rolleyes: ... its weird!!!!
Mixed with other drinks like a noob I was it was my first time drunk. I also smoked a pack of winny reds and as a consequence smoking to me feels like someone is taking 30 grit sandpaper to the back of my throat so that's why I don't smoke. But that's probably a good thing anyways
ahhhh .. now it comes out... and a pack of winny reds... lol... harsh on a new throat! .. and mixed drinks too.... funny how its the bundy that gets remembered though eh!! .. spewin up bundy has its own particular edge! .. lol ..
ah well, think of all the money you savin! .. :thumb:
Good morning arse lovers...
Morning haemorrhoid!!! :flipoff:
If I didn't already love in Oz and had to migrate here, I wouldn't be allowed in. hmmmm.
Ps, love the sig line, cods.
Pps think I'll go talk about knitting patterns now....
Hahahahahahahaha money hahahahahahahaha saving. Nah I'm
Gettin there I found expensive hobbies to take its place
well.... all the money you not wastin on spirits and tobacco then ... thereby allowing you to indulge in 'higher pursuits' :thumb:
More heated grips
mister is a clean machine. No dope, no booze, no tobacco or fried foods.
Yup. :thumb:
I am not. I will die with a full stomach of tasty food and rare red meat.
Quote from: Electrojake on June 17, 2013, 05:17:20 PM
mister is a clean machine. No dope, no booze, no tobacco or friends or fried foods.
Yup. :thumb:
wow!! .. and no wonder!! :icon_twisted:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 17, 2013, 05:18:46 PM
I am not. I will die with a full stomach of tasty food and rare red meat.
speaking of tasty items... get down to Coles and pickup a pack of the Lamb and Wild Lime sausages !! they are GOOD!!! :bowdown:
Watching some old man triple. Guess what he subbed me!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: he likes the vids.
yeah he seems a good lad!!... got some hectic sketchy burnouts in the drag vids too!! lmao
Yeah makes me wanna get out there on the Beemer
Tomorrow night, Willowbank, gates open at 5.30 ... GO!
http://www.willowbankraceway.com.au/events/detail.aspx?EventGroupID=45
Yeah no leather pants plus I'm doing Arvo shift so not for 2 weeks
far as i know ... unless you gonna break 10 secs you dont need leathers ... kevlar pants, jacket , helmet and gloves ... aint no way that bavarian tractor of yours is gonna break 10!!!!
Ill find a drag run vid
Quote from: Janx101 on June 17, 2013, 05:53:10 PM
... aint no way that bavarian tractor of yours is gonna break 10!!!!
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This bloke did a 12.2 first run so with some practice and soft tyres mid to low 11's would be achievable. Then with some power mods who knows. And if I drop 20kg then sheesh who knows then eh?
I was thinking more along these lines... its been up before but always good for a chuckle! ... and no i dont care about model designations... unless you talking S1000RR they are tractors! :flipoff:
Yeah I seen that but lucky mine is chain drive hahahahahahahaha :flipoff: :flipoff:
Here we go 11.5 stock. There's a longer vid where the drag a 1200gs and a s1000 too and the 800. So my Bavarian is nothing to be sneezed at
yeah ... admittedly they run good times... but the difference between 11.5 and 10 .. in the drag world... is a SHITLOAD!! .. just sayin...
so apart from work arvos .. you have no reason to miss the drags... want to see what a Slips can do for the 1/4 times! :thumb:
Count me out on this drag-strip stuff...
Both my other bikes are bovine sleds too.
A fully dressed DL1000 and a bone stock Harley?
S L O W wins the race mates.
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BTW: Where the hell is Jester from Cincinnati?
He's a drag race guy.
Nope just lazy is what I am. And yes it is a huge leap in a car but a bike surely not? But hey what do I know? Not alot. But dropping into a high 10 wouldn't be that hard
Ummm..speaking of dragging, had a brake problem in the cage. Seems the drums were binding. Why this car still uses drums is beyond me. That's where I've been. Tending to the cage.
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Cause it's cheap to make
So many springs, gizmos, levers, leading this, return that.. Like the disc brakes better.
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hmm .. ok im not a drag expert either slips.. but... 'most' street bikes at the end of a 1/4 .. are travelling 160-220 km/h? ... big variation but big difference in bikes available too! ... ok... you think how far you travel in 1 - 1.5 seconds at even 100km/h ... its gonna be about 27metres per second .. so at 200kph at a steady rate you travel 54metres roughly... or the length of a olympic swimming pool plus a little..
so .. if that bloke is doing a 1/4 mile in 11.5 seconds... to do it in 10sec or less means he has to make up 75 metres of change..... kinda... only that 27m/s @100k- 54m/s @200k is a value for average while moving... in a drag you have to start from a standstill and spend the first third(roughly) of the track at under 100km/h ...
gaining time on a bike or car still has to follow basic energy rules... (which i dont know squat about) ...
but an example... mate of mine has a Yammie R1 , 2011 model .. stock he ran a 11.72 (with good reaction time but newish to drags) .. a few months later and over $12k of 'power mods' later, he had gained about 18hp IIRC .. and with more practice at his reaction times and track technique .. ran a 10.68 .. he said it felt a hell of a lot faster.. and it looked a lot faster .. but only gained 1.04 seconds ... or around 60metres roughly?
thats with a R1 !! ... not hacking on your tonka ... which is still faster than all of 'our' GS500 .. but yes .. there is a LOT of work and such to be done with gaining time on a drag track .. or circuit track... :D
and seeing as you mentioned it somewhere today... take note of OMT's drag times.... before and after he changed the pipes.... his reaction times and technique .. i know he is not a pro dragger .. just normal like you and i and the rest of us... really small errors can add up to relatively 'large' changes in 1/4 mile times.
Wow that's intense when you put it like that then yeah make the thing lighter Apply any candy if you'll tell cool Brody old J and some soft toys to give me some traction and then you just work on direction times and lunches
That's what Siri just wrote for me. What I meant to say was ill probably do a system and a k&n and work on my launch and reaction times and that will probably be like like omt
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 17, 2013, 07:59:32 PM
Wow that's intense when you put it like that then yeah make the thing lighter Apply any candy if you'll tell cool Brody old J and some soft toys to give me some traction and then you just work on direction times and lunches
That's what Siri just wrote for me.
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It is simple but needs saying... To catch a vehicle in front you Must be traveling faster than it. If you are both accelerating, you need to accelerate faster. If everything is equal it depends on retraction time and gear change speed. Fall behind 20 meters then apply the above rules.
Only hope for a gs to win a drag against another more powerful bike is to invoke three heathen god Visue. He will then smite them with wheel slin, or a sudden case of the runs...
or this... not a GS500 .. but .. valid perhaps?
in a different train of thought... yes possibly derailed! ..
the diff in my ute had been howling more and more... but was hoping it would hold together a wee bit longer .. then over weekend it started making hideous clashing noises .. had to bite the bullet and get a 2nd hand complete LSD centre .. which looks ok...
the mechanics pulled out the old one today and putting in 'brand new second hand' one at the moment...
can the eagle eyed amongst us pick out what may have been the issue with the old one?? :icon_rolleyes: ;)
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Well theres ya problem.
Its fukked :dunno_black:
yeah .. the pinion had about 20mm longitudinal freeplay in it, the crown bearings were also sloppy.. so every time i backed it off the pinion was eating the centre bit... :icon_rolleyes:
mechanic said if i had reversed at any kind of speed and backed off it might have caught in that casting point... jammed... and BOOM!
.. i'll be able to turn the stereo down again!!... the howl from the thing was getting a bit much to drown out!! ;)
Hit 100 subscribers today :woohoo: :woohoo:
I just had a thought....
Figured you might like to know. Carry on.
Quote from: mister on June 18, 2013, 01:57:31 AM
I just had a thought....
Figured you might like to know. Carry on.
Is that what that clattering noise was? ... Though my hard drive was failing :flipoff:
Clattering noise? You mean, there could have been TWO thoughts floating around bumping into each other? Hmmmm....
In other news....
Last night I thought my feet where hanging over the end of the bed. I got up to check. They weren't.
Ahhh ... Crap.... Stop it... I'm trying not to laugh ... I start coughing and make noises like a Fergie tractor trying to start without any choke......
.... Or perhaps Slips Bavarian tractor?! ... :D
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh baaaaahhhhhhhh cahhhhhhhh
You doing the marshmallow alphabet slips?
Probably
There ain't nothin' wrong with drum brakes... my rear one on the 450 works just fine :thumb: I can even lock the rear if I try real hard... but I prefer not to :dunno_black:
I prefer my abs brakes
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The W800 has rear drum brakes. At first you're like "WTF, no disc on a brand new bike". But then, after your first engine braking experience, you're like "Why have a rear brake at all?"
Popped a wheelie
Not as good as popping a wheelie in a gsxr.
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Get it done on a GS then we start talking
Sigh ... Slips .... Man talk dictates ... Git-R-Done !! ;) :flipoff:
Hello possums - and fuktards - as the shoe may fit..... :icon_mrgreen:
I'm a honey badger
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 18, 2013, 03:13:15 PM
Popped a wheelie
Do you go to jail for that?
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No I just went faster in the cold
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Yeah totally
Good to see that you boys still do a bit of wrenching on automobiles too.
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Not as much as I used to but the odd day spent wrenching on a car is good fun if you ask me.
And by the way. . .
Good morning Slips, and good night Jester. :D
Just sayin'
Good day to you both just sayin. Where the hell is janx?
I had appointments,.,,, what's your beef princess?? !! ;) :flipoff:
A rare rib fillet steak is my beef
A bit after 2:35 in here is entertaining... although was more entertaining at the time...
Apparently old Honda's don't brake as well as my old Zuk...
Most Hondas brake often
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Ahhhhhhhhh finally my computer finally has some HDD breathing room. 2TB external should do me for a while.
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Yep I saws that
lmao ... bike says .. "c'mon c'mon its ok!!! have another go!!" :D :thumb:
2TB external for my computer workings
Slips, I have a 1TB USB 3 drive for my work laptop. The pc guy says it has to be encrypted. Took 2 days to encrypt. Jesus tap-dancing Christ that was a long time.
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Makes sense now.
http://youtu.be/bKgf5PaBzyg
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Quote from: jestercinti on June 20, 2013, 07:47:58 PM
I have a 1TB USB 3 drive for my work laptop. The pc guy says it has to be encrypted. Took 2 days to encrypt. Jesus tap-dancing Christ that was a long time.
Faarrrk
Glad mine don't need to be, I am currently running 8TB off my laptop.
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Quote from: jestercinti on June 20, 2013, 07:50:27 PM
Makes sense now.
http://youtu.be/bKgf5PaBzyg
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Now that was funking hilarious Bwhahahahaha
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Who the hell needs 8TB?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 21, 2013, 12:19:54 AM
Who the hell needs 8TB?
Seem one who want to download endless 3D HD porn? :dunno_black:
Quote from: Janx101 on June 21, 2013, 03:11:03 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 21, 2013, 12:19:54 AM
Who the hell needs 8TB?
Seem one who want to download endless 3D HD porn? :dunno_black:
I store all my music and old TV shows and my wife is a photographer and all the photos are stored on the externals as well.
I am looking at getting another 2TB shortly as am running out of room
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Lol ... Fair enough ... I don't need to store old tv shows... We got Foxtel ! .. Which means you gets to see all kinds of old crap ... Again ... And again.... And again!! :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: Janx101 on June 21, 2013, 04:21:27 AM
Lol ... Fair enough ... I don't need to store old tv shows... We got Foxtel ! .. Which means you gets to see all kinds of old crap ... Again ... And again.... And again!! :icon_rolleyes:
I mean old TV shows from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80 that they dont seem to play anymore like Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, Viper, Knightrider, Fantasy Island, Land of the Giants etc etc
Fair nough. But f%$k me that's alot if space. I just put all my vlogs plus tutorials plus photos and its not even 100gb
Land of The Lost?
Fantastic Journey?
Quote from: mister on June 21, 2013, 11:33:29 AM
Land of The Lost?
Fantastic Journey?
Yea I got them too :)
Wow! 8 terabyte of porn and running out of room?
Impressive. Damn impressive.
Not sure i could polish the bishop that much though. :confused:
That McAfee vid was hilarious :thumb: :D
I've got 160GB HDD space and don't need it all... :dunno_black:
I work with IT crap all day, other than remote access for on call, forums, online parts fiches, and video editing I don't really care when I get home... don't want to look at a screen any more...
8TB of porn you'd be able to tell which hand was dominant
Quote from: Electrojake on June 21, 2013, 02:53:51 PM
Wow! 8 terabyte of porn and running out of room?
Impressive. Damn impressive.
Not sure i could polish the bishop that much though. :confused:
Get your mind out of the gutter. My kids use the laptop so P0RN is a :nono:
OK, no porn.
But is spanking the monkey banned too? :icon_sad:
Quote from: Electrojake on June 21, 2013, 05:33:40 PM
OK, no porn.
But is spanking the monkey banned too? :icon_sad:
Not in your house! :flipoff:
I have no need for that :dunno_black:
Ahhhhhhhh Saturday morning
No Slips... Its not Saturday morning for 19 more minutes, but it is a full moon on a nice cool Friday evening.
Now please excuse me... Time to let the monkey out for its evening walk.
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Don't go spanking it ej
No spank, just a quick walk.
Just bought a new continental radial front tire 110/70/17 at the swap meet. $15. Worth about $85. It's a Conti Motion. Still has all the chicken strips. Never used.
Quote from: Electrojake on June 22, 2013, 04:56:25 AM
No spank, just a quick walk.
thats a new way to call ti Eh?
Kind of reminds me of my ex-wife and her current husband's wedding shot on Facebook.
Quote from: nutmunk on June 22, 2013, 12:24:41 PM
Kind of reminds me of my ex-wife and her current husband's wedding shot on Facebook.
Clever nutmunk... Clever.
Jester,Seldom is a swap meet worth a sh!t. People want a million dollars for junk.
So what I'm leading up to is: Glad you were able to make a good score on the tire. :thumb:
Been wandering around house and shed this morning looking for blasted multimeter! ..... I'm even using the 'lost things mantra' ... In this case .. "Multimeter multimeter....... Where did I put the FRAGGIN multimeter!!??" :icon_rolleyes: .... Gotta have it to test if the horn is dead ... Or the circuit is dead somewhere...... Mutter mumble grumble ... :icon_neutral:
I shouldn't tell you this Janx, cause it's real powerful... but....
So, your subcon knows where it is BUT it will not tell you while you are consciously trying to figure it out yourself. So, you have to stop trying so your subcon can give you the answer.
It would appear my subcon is AWOL though .... I left it alone and been doing other stuff.... Had a few ahah! Moments.... But in vain...
Think the rain has washed my subcon clean for now :icon_rolleyes:
Well what a day
Quote from: Janx101 on June 22, 2013, 07:10:48 PM
Been wandering around house and shed this morning looking for blasted multimeter! ..... I'm even using the 'lost things mantra' ... In this case .. "Multimeter multimeter....... Where did I put the FRAGGIN multimeter!!??" :icon_rolleyes: .... Gotta have it to test if the horn is dead ... Or the circuit is dead somewhere...... Mutter mumble grumble ... :icon_neutral:
Jan, just take the two wires off, touch them to your tongue and push the button. Always worked for me and only minimal long-term brain damage...where am I again?
Oh well, you're fukked then. Means you're going to wake up at 2;30 in the morning - THAT'S WHERE I PUT IT!!!!!
You found the farm
If all else fails, look in your underpants drawer...I find all manner of weirdness in there...hey, look a hundred bucks!!!! :woohoo:
I found my long lost knife in my underwear draw then I remembered why it's there
Quote from: nutmunk on June 23, 2013, 12:52:57 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 22, 2013, 07:10:48 PM
Been wandering around house and shed this morning looking for blasted multimeter! ..... I'm even using the 'lost things mantra' ... In this case .. "Multimeter multimeter....... Where did I put the FRAGGIN multimeter!!??" :icon_rolleyes: .... Gotta have it to test if the horn is dead ... Or the circuit is dead somewhere...... Mutter mumble grumble ... :icon_neutral:
Jan, just take the two wires off, touch them to your tongue and push the button. Always worked for me and only minimal long-term brain damage...where am I again?
Yah funny!! ... But that could be problematic in itself.... I got the fairings on ... I can reach down through the gap and disconnect the wires .. Then use the meter ... But to touch them to my tongue I'd have to put my face right down there.... Then reach up behind my head and hit the horn button... If the bugger works I'm gonna get a shock to my tongue!! ... Which means I could react by jerking my head up and hitting the bars!! .... I hit my head on enough crap already!!! :icon_rolleyes: ;)
Chicken by Kiev
Eaten with fingers
Style by Cavedude!
Fragrance by dolche and gabbana
Lay off the paint chips bro! ;)
Been looking up various info on the Yammie FZ09 ... I think as more info comes out about it ... I will probably have a James May moment .... And get all fizzy in my underpants! ;) :icon_rolleyes: :D
Sounds exactly the same as the striple. And fizzing behind your pee pee hey janx?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 23, 2013, 04:22:10 AM
Sounds exactly the same as the striple. And fizzing behind your pee pee hey janx?
Yes... Fizzing.... Unless I need to go to the doctor :icon_rolleyes:
.... Sounds same? ..... You have sound clip? ... Not the with old mate twisting it a little in the room with the jap execs... I mean out in the world type clip? ... If so.... Give it!!!!!!! :D
Three day week this week... Thursday/Friday off... mid week ride Thursday, ride with the Kat boys Saturday... awesome :thumb:
Lucky you Pete! ... Me? ... Nah I'm not jealous! :icon_mrgreen:
Here ya go janxy. And thanks for friending 'me' on Facebook. Bit of trial to see how I like it.
Don't you love when you finally get your bike up and running perfectly...and the weather man tells you oh so cheerily that the weather for tomorrow when you leave for work is going to be a breezy minus 2? What's to smile about minus 2. Thanks a tonne mr accuwaether...hope you choke on your chicken kiev dinner. I'm definitely driving past your house at 4am so you can enjoy the breezy minus two. If you have some, throw some tupperware at me...I need some more for my collection (preferably a pasta container...I don't have one of those yet). :flipoff:
Nutmonk again, eh?
Not an Aussie, eh?
Not from Ohio either,eh?
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Hahaha yes indeed Janx!
And for once... now this is like a mircale... and nutmunk is gonna love this...
They predict the weather to be... mostly sunny!!!!! Saturday's a possible shower which could be shite but at least Thursday should be good... that'll make one of very few good rides since last year where I had no rain...
Sunny south Africa my big hairy bung hole! I'm moving somewhere warmer ... Like alaska.
Not that i'm the jealous type at all...when january rolls round i'll get the last laugh, just you watch me. :icon_mrgreen:
Slips, I friended you on FB too.
... It's raining again this morning .... That must be why I am off to Armidale in the truck! ... Where apparently it might snow tonight!? :icon_rolleyes: ...
Back on tues night lads.... I'm hoping nothin drops off in the cold :icon_eek:
Quote from: Janx101 on June 23, 2013, 02:40:10 PM
... It's raining again this morning .... That must be why I am off to Armidale in the truck! ... Where apparently it might snow tonight!? ...
Back on tues night lads.... I'm hoping nothin drops off in the cold
Doesn't getting spanked with rain & snow take just a bit of the joy out of the ride? Oh, and golfball sized hail-stones too.
Good thing you blokes are durable. :icon_rolleyes:
Carry-on then.
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Quote from: jestercinti on June 23, 2013, 02:12:24 PM
Slips, I friended you on FB too.
Yaaaaaaaay jester is by friend lol.
Sooooooo nutmunk do you have diplomatic immunity?
And ej in that situation I just pop my grip heaters on continue to smile and ride on.
So I hear FaceBook got hacked. :whisper:
Social media... mft
Double posting is a no-no :nono:
Monkey-shines is O.K. though...
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I can't decide
Psst... Slips, take the one the monkey "didnt" do. :whisper:
Trying to get back into the vlogging swing. I recorded a couple on the way to work today and though I covered my topics I jump from one to the next and I get distracted easily. Might have another go tonight on the way home. Think ill keep it short to the point of 100 subs and my pc issues.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 23, 2013, 04:19:18 PM
Sooooooo nutmunk do you have diplomatic immunity?
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I don't know ... never been bitten by one...
Obviously never seen lethal weapon 2?
Forgot all about it that :icon_mrgreen: Made me laugh ... mostly because they had to be the second worst South African accents I'd ever heard ... close second only to old Di Caprio's line from blood diamond in an Australian accent "can you score me a loose, bru" (not to mention the German names given to the Characters ... I mean Rudd and Vorstedt .... REALLY?!). I mean, the one is Irish (AND SOUNDS IRISH), the other is English (AND SOUNDS ENGLISH). Why don't we just shoot a movie with Crocodile Dundee as Tony Blaire ... because the Australians sound like the English, don't they? :icon_mrgreen:
I hated it back in the nineties when Americans gave us all British accents
well with your anticlockwise toilets, and the mythical drop bears without real pictures, we felt we had to give you something lol
The only reason there are no drop bear pictures is because they will rip the camera out of your hands before ripping your face off... they work in pairs... one will distract you and make you photograph it... the other will drop on your head, rip your camera out of your hands, then rip your face off...
Quote from: peteGS on June 24, 2013, 12:35:16 PM
The only reason there are no drop bear pictures is because they will rip the camera out of your hands before ripping your face off... they work in pairs... one will distract you and make you photograph it... the other will drop on your head, rip your camera out of your hands, then rip your face off...
And Saffers think we've got issues...all we have is the tokoloshe...but you can fool them by putting your bed up on bricks...aha...get me now you tokoloshe bastards!!! My bed is a veritable fortress...unless he finds the ladder in the cupboard under the stairs... :icon_eek:
IMHO: Aussie's rank well above the Brits in situation management...
If I was feeling down, a Brit would offer me a sugar biscuit and tea. :kiss3:
However, if I mentioned I was feeling blue to an Aussie, he'd tell me to HTFU and stop acting like a spoiled fukin Yank. :flipoff:
Just an observation.
EJ, all this ape business reminds me of any which way but loose and any which way you can. You are old enough to know what I am talking about. Right turn Clyde!
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One of my favourite yank memories was when I was 19 and did the whole 'camp america' experience thing...first day there we had a computer orientation day...pretty much it was like "this is a computer...you can get emails on it which is kinda like regular mail, but electronic. This thing is called a mouse...."
We were all like "really?! That's amazing!!! So where do you stick the postage stamps?!"
We also had a whole cabin of kids convinced the first time we put on clothes was when we landed in america..."hey, we're from africa man...what do you need clothes for? We normally just wear loin cloths and a bit of animal hyde around our heads...to show tribal rank."
Maybe it was just because we were in texas...but still.
Now if you excuse me, my giraffe's gotten stuck up a tree...again.
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Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on June 24, 2013, 11:34:25 AM
well with your anticlockwise toilets, and the mythical drop bears without real pictures, we felt we had to give you something lol
We were happy with the croc Dundee image and the yahoo serious images.
Quote from: jestercinti on June 24, 2013, 02:58:45 PM
EJ, all this ape business reminds me of any which way but loose and any which way you can. You are old enough to know what I am talking about. Right turn Clyde!
How about Bed Time for Bonzo w/ Ronald Reagan... Circa 1951.
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Quote from: nutmunk on June 24, 2013, 03:06:48 PM
We also had a whole cabin of kids convinced the first time we put on clothes was when we landed in america...
"hey, we're from Africa man...what do you need clothes for?
We normally just wear loin cloths and a bit of animal hyde around our heads...to show tribal rank."
Now if you excuse me, my giraffe's gotten stuck up a tree...again.
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He brings a certain type of nuttiness to it all.
EJ, I was too busy listening to his record on socialism.
http://youtu.be/qzvStfDHkG8
I'm busy eating
Label this, Dynamo.... :flipoff:
Enjoying the kings speech.
Mid week ride now end of week ride on Friday... some low life scumbag son of a bitching bastard kicked our front door in last Thursday night while we were home... yeah that was fun... not... getting an alarm installed on Thursday now so Friday is ride day and then again Saturday with the Kat boys...
Quote from: peteGS on June 25, 2013, 05:09:48 AM
Mid week ride now end of week ride on Friday... some low life scumbag son of a bitching bastard kicked our front door in last Thursday night while we were home... yeah that was fun... not... getting an alarm installed on Thursday now so Friday is ride day and then again Saturday with the Kat boys...
just seeing if you we're home ;)
Sent from my iPad using a big stick
Please tell us you kick boxed that prick in the head?
I think I'm confused as to why slips has a knife in his underwear drawer...
My underwear drawer has... just regular normal usual typical stuff in it... :icon_rolleyes:
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- Bboy
To stab the boogie man under my bed of course
Quote from: jestercinti on June 24, 2013, 07:19:05 PM
EJ, I was too busy listening to his record on socialism.
http://youtu.be/qzvStfDHkG8
Jester my good man,
Did I ever mention that I was an ex-military, gun toting, right leaning, constitution thumping, moderate?
Or is that description self conflicting?
Anyway, anybody that can do a brake job at a stop-light and ride 700 miles on a Gs500 and still go to work in the morning is good people in my book. :thumb:
Quote from: codajastal on June 25, 2013, 05:12:57 AM
Quote from: peteGS on June 25, 2013, 05:09:48 AM
Mid week ride now end of week ride on Friday... some low life scumbag son of a bitching bastard kicked our front door in last Thursday night while we were home... yeah that was fun... not... getting an alarm installed on Thursday now so Friday is ride day and then again Saturday with the Kat boys...
just seeing if you we're home ;)
Sent from my iPad using a big stick
Errr... cheers Cods... I think... maybe... not...
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 25, 2013, 05:21:35 AM
Please tell us you kick boxed that prick in the head?
Unfortunately not... the car was driving fast up the road as I opened the rumpus door to see the front door wide open... man it makes me :mad: but of course I was a bit :confused: :sad: :o at the time... called the :police: who did the right thing and helped me secure the door again before they left... couldn't shut it...
Jester? Slips? Crew?
What is this a post boycott?
Reminds me of the old days when mister broke the world record for longest held WIN at LPW.
Yo!!... here.... but just hectic busy in office..... last week was tumbleweeds blowin out the phone.... this week is STAMPEDE!!!!!!! .. i like this week better
:thumb:
Sorry had the battery replaced in my iPhone today. I recieved a cable in the mail that will allow me to record video and audio on my Gopro without needing a seperate audio recorder for my voice
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 24, 2013, 06:54:03 PM
He brings a certain type of nuttiness to it all.
Glad I meet the GSTwin sanity stamp of approval. Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday ... was busy trying to unstick my other nuts (other than those in my head) from where they froze to my tank ... I really have to get that Alaskan transfer.
Or a pair of underpants. That way I can actually use my underwear drawer for something useful. Besides my knives, cats and money.
Incidentally, if your nuts ever get frozen to your tank ... I DO NOT RECOMMEND HOT WATER ... a spatula, however, works great with only minimal skin loss...
I usually wear pants when I ride stops my nuts getting frozen to my fake tank
Nuts ... Frozen ... Gas tank ..... :icon_eek:
There's a combination of words you don't see often!! ;)
There aren't many words that you don't expect
Glump.
Didn't expect that did you?
Flolest Glump? .. :D
I don't think I have ever heard of glump... unless its some Aussie slang?
However, there is a word spelled 'glomp' ... slang term meaning to attack someone with a hug...
Feel free to use that in your daily vocab, or use it in action to display your deep affection toward your coworkers :icon_rolleyes:
In other news: Lightning took down a tree in my back yard last night. Split it darn near down the middle and layed it open like a (insert inappropriate simile here) Didn't damage anything that I am aware of yet. But I am not looking forward to the cleanup... Might try to leave it till next week, after the Relay weekend...
- Bboy
Gives you an excuse to buy a chainsaw. Which by the way is a tool every man should own and it should be petrol powered
Yeah, I don't have one... was planning on borrowing one, but you make a good point... maybe I'll check CL...
Btw, if you tell your boss that you were just glomping your coworkers, he might toss the sexual harassment papers you were about to sign in the shredder... :dunno_black:
- Bboy
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 26, 2013, 07:11:05 AM
Gives you an excuse to buy a chainsaw. Which by the way is a tool every man should own and it should be petrol powered
huskqvarna or stihl FTW. own a 55 rancher. and a craftsman. want to buy a husqvarna and transplant a stihl powerplant into it. a stihlvarna or a husqvihl lol
Glomp... interesting... no sexual harassment suit there... :cookoo:
Still prefer glump because it makes no sense... just like me :thumb:
Chainsaws have to be one of the most obnoxious tools known to man... used to live next door to a knob who decided to start cutting up firewood to supplement his income.
Get home from work, around 6pm just as you were relaxing after work, chainsaw starts up 10m from the window... runs for half an hour while he chops wood...
One day he asks us... does it bother you? We say yes, next day back to it again as normal... we sell the house, he says why are you selling? We say... want to move closer to the city and your chainsaw is too loud... he says... why didn't you say something earlier? :cookoo:
Moral of the story... Bboy... if you want your neighbour to sell their house, buy a chainsaw :thumb:
Wearing loincloth in cold weather?
Scrotum froze to fuel tank?
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Yeah I'm a stihl man myself Yamma as yet I don't have a chainsaw but am skilled in its use and sharpening them haha. I have no big trees in my yard so I don't have a bed for one but I have money allocated for its purchase.
21 guests online just now? ... Wtf?! ... Snooper city! ;)
Hell yeah
...... Chuckling quietly .... Seems I have another fan ..... Funny though ... His 'spelling mistakes' are irregular and inconsistent ... His grammar decidedly designed to appear "foreign" ... And his overall intonation not consistent with his supposed origin ... How many people can fit in one head? ... Or possibly a close crony? ... And the choice of name ?. .. Oh come on!! :icon_rolleyes:
..... Sniffs the air ..... I smell Troll!!
Eh?
Don't worry nutmunk ... I think my 'stalker' is back in disguise again ... :icon_rolleyes: .. Or a number of disguises perhaps..
Things will probably resolve themselves soon enough ..
I seem to have a talent for attracting them :dunno_black:
Dw janx I still have my hater who gives me a hard on every time he watches my vids and sees an add. So very hard
Ah ... I must be ugly or something ... never had me one of them ... maybe I'm ugly or something ... I want a troll now. :cry:
Best start thickening up your skin then
My neighbors are all quiet retired folks... good people, you know?... and I don't want some random people moving in next door... so I guess that means I shouldn't buy a chainsaw?
Anyway, a guy who owns a landscaping business down the street saw my tree and stopped by. We have chatted a few times here and there, so he always seemed like a real good guy. Offered to do it for $100 cause they want the wood for a big fire this weekend... Figure its cheaper than any tree service could do it by far, and I can't beat that, and I'll keep my neighbors ;) ...It'll be gone before I get home today. Then I'll walk down the street and pay up.
- Bboy
And a fire to keep you warm?
LOL
His name is Chet!
...Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire... :icon_lol:
- Bboy
Quote from: Janx101 on June 27, 2013, 04:47:28 AM
...... Chuckling quietly .... Seems I have another fan ..... Funny though ... His 'spelling mistakes' are irregular and inconsistent ... His grammar decidedly designed to appear "foreign" ... And his overall intonation not consistent with his supposed origin ... How many people can fit in one head? ... Or possibly a close crony? ... And the choice of name ?. .. Oh come on!! :icon_rolleyes:
..... Sniffs the air ..... I smell Troll!!
You gotta appreciate the persistency... :icon_rolleyes:
I don't follow anyone that closely, so I can't figure the issue, but it must be deep to go to such lengths?
- Bboy
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 27, 2013, 05:34:04 AM
Best start thickening up your skin then
Guess I shouldn't care...got a wife that is the apple of my eye already. And she let's me indulge my whimsical bike fantasies with hard financial backing...what more can a man ask for? Doing a 500k ride to the coast with her and my yellow lightning this weekend. Can't wait...
Cool. What name is the troll
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Tree is gone! They took the stump out and even laid mulch down! I go down there to pay him, preparing to give him more than we agreed... He shows me the tree in his trucks and says The job took an hour and half and was no sweat, we needed the wood... $100 bucks and just tell everyone about my business. The dude was mega insistent and wouldn't take anymore... What a crazy nice thing?!
Before:
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- Bboy
A wife that will share you with her best friend?
I kinda' sorta' like the tree where it was. :whisper:
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Has a treehouse quality to it
thats a good result Bocky! .. and now you have to be a 'good and proper person' .. and do mention him to locals around there.... he sounds like real good people!! :thumb:
Putting together a music ride vid
gonna break out your collection of Pavarotti cd's eh?! :flipoff:
Lol, EJ. I'm gonna miss the shade it gave us. Gonna' plant something to replace it, just trying to decide what type of tree. Needs to be a shady one, but I want it to be a cool lookin' tree... Its a good spot for a medium-sized tree.. I don't want anything plain or ugly like a locust tree or something lame like that... Something my future kids could play in someday...
Janx, I'll definitely be following through with his 'payment'... want to help keep people in the business that are like that for sure.
Slips, I'm not sure what kinda music vid thing you are goin' for... but, I'll heed warning on music covering up the sound of the bike... lotta' viewers seem to get all hateful over that... depending on what you are doing, you might consider throwing up the edited music version, and the less edited plain version for your followers? :dunno_black: Just a suggestion is all, but again I don't really know your intentions with the vid and everything anyway... :cheers:
- Bboy
Plant a Maple tree!! ... naw .. not to go all canadian... so you can send the grandkids out one day to harvest the maple syrup! .... or a chestnut tree!? .... some kind of tree that also gives you an edible item for future generations! :thumb:
Yeah my engine tone doesn't inspire alot but I will have it on faintly
Cods, I believe the inferred new user troll thing is username "Vindicate". The broken English is totally inconsistent. The use of the minor words like "a" and "an" and the like, is likewise inconsistent. While spelling is good and overall sentence structure remains obviously English. Sherlock Holmes says.... fake broken English writing.
Yea I already figured that out and quoted him in another thread with a little stab :icon_twisted:
Yeah him
John Lennon's advice comes to mind.... Let It Be..... he should Let It be :thumb:
It's speculation.
Reasonably decent ride today... some roads were a bit cold, wet, and slippery but all in a good one... rode through a few clouds too which were a bit chilly...
Quote from: codajastal on June 28, 2013, 03:23:55 AM
Yea I already figured that out and quoted him in another thread with a little stab :icon_twisted:
Must find...
- Bboy
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64706.msg773115#msg773115
Found it... :icon_lol:
His comment there only supports the allegations...
I'm just lost on the lengths this guy has gone.. worried where it will go, frankly...
- Bboy
Bloody noobs think they can push weight round here.
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LMAO indeed sir. were but one planet in the vastness of well, infinity. odds are pretty good there are more postwhores than i :icon_mrgreen:
Another ride today... showers predicted... what a shock! I think we found who the rain curse is in our group... :icon_rolleyes:
This guy gets an honorary citizenship from me.
hell yes :D :bowdown: ... in fact .. he can marry one of my daughters!! ..... 3 is too many in the house anyway!! ;)
EJ, you sell mulch?
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mulch is a manly pursuit!!..... what the hell is the sewing all about though?!? :icon_eek: :icon_lol:
.... and .... ahhhh ... a quiet morning in the office.... bugger all phone calls.... catching up on invoices and tax paperwork... fresh Maccas coffee & carrot/walnut muffin.... life is smooth! :thumb:
Yeahs what's the sign all about jester?
Gs500 relay around America. Look in general discussion.
Not the one on you bike the road sign.
Dono. Locked em up and snapped a pic. EJ has mulch!
How much mulch does he have?
... as much mulch as a mulch guy mulches if a mulch guy could mulch mulch ??? :D
Yeah, I do mulch, sewing, and laundry too.
My prices are reasonable too. :thumb:
Discovered head lice on the young fella today. So now at the laundromat hot washing everything
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 28, 2013, 11:01:26 PM
Discovered head lice on the young fella today. So now at the laundromat hot washing everything
Can rub a light amount of clove oil into his scalp too mate .... Critters don't like it so much ... Plus kid will smell a bit like baked apples :icon_mrgreen:
Oooooo I like baked apple
Ah...off to the coast for some warmth today. First long trip by bike...580 km from Johannesburg to durban. Ok...not exactly a westrider trip to Alaska, but a pretty good ride none-the-less. Chain retensioned and lubed, new engine oil, a full tank of gas and we're off.
And to make petegs jealous...not a cloud in sight. :thumb:
Watching the Sweeney
Watching POC Curse of the Black Pearl....
... Eating Coles brand Mango & Lime ice cream .... Eminently satisfactory!!
Damn I want I've cream
Got choc/choc chip too!! ... 2 litres .. Or is it 2.5? .. Those new taller than wider bucket thingies ... $5 a pop on special .... Very good creamy-ness level too ... Not too icy! ...
Admittedly not as rich as homer Hudson or Ben & jerry's. ... But very good for the price!! ... :thumb:
I hate you now
.... No point mentioning that I also added a mix of peanut m&m's and plain m&m's in with the mango lime ice cream then ..... :icon_twisted: :flipoff:
Jesus will punish you for your hate crime
Quote from: nutmunk on June 29, 2013, 02:38:12 AM
Ah...off to the coast for some warmth today. First long trip by bike...580 km from Johannesburg to durban. Ok...not exactly a westrider trip to Alaska, but a pretty good ride none-the-less. Chain retensioned and lubed, new engine oil, a full tank of gas and we're off.
And to make petegs jealous...not a cloud in sight.
Take a few pics and report back here at the end of your journey.
There are those,of us here that don't tour... Ever. :icon_neutral:
I tour my local drive throughs regularly
No ride again yesterday... got to the meeting point, coming down in buckets, noone else turned up and too slippery to have any real fun... wonder if I'll be able to get out next weekend? Four day weekend this weekend, not one chance for a sunny ride... typical! :dunno_black:
Vindicate is at it again
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64814.msg773494#msg773494
It's 1115 am and I've been in bed for 11 hours.
Quote from: codajastal on June 29, 2013, 05:59:18 PM
Vindicate is at it again
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64814.msg773494#msg773494
Read it .... :icon_rolleyes: ... If it really is 'old mate' then I don't get the concept overall .... Is it a OCD thing where all posts must be technical and dry info and as brief as possible... To suit the preference of 1 user? ... All the 'fluff' posts should be removed and we should all just communicate in as few syllables as possible? ... Apart from flames/fights which I have previously participated in and since sworn to do my best to avoid ... Part of the reason this site IS so successful , is that we all exchange ideas, info, jokes, thoughts and friendly jibes with each other ... :thumb: ... We are a community of what I like to think of as mates/buddies from all over the world ...
There ARE forums around that frown on anything but super-geek dry data and factual info .... Which I read sometimes to have a laugh at the users trying to out-data each other without getting too nasty..
Apparently the whole world has to be like that! :dunno_black:
Quote from: Janx101 on June 29, 2013, 07:07:50 PM
Quote from: codajastal on June 29, 2013, 05:59:18 PM
Vindicate is at it again
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64814.msg773494#msg773494
Read it .... :icon_rolleyes: ... If it really is 'old mate' then I don't get the concept overall .... Is it a OCD thing where all posts must be technical and dry info and as brief as possible... To suit the preference of 1 user? ... All the 'fluff' posts should be removed and we should all just communicate in as few syllables as possible? ... Apart from flames/fights which I have previously participated in and since sworn to do my best to avoid ... Part of the reason this site IS so successful , is that we all exchange ideas, info, jokes, thoughts and friendly jibes with each other ... :thumb: ... We are a community of what I like to think of as mates/buddies from all over the world ...
There ARE forums around that frown on anything but super-geek dry data and factual info .... Which I read sometimes to have a laugh at the users trying to out-data each other without getting too nasty..
Apparently the whole world has to be like that! :dunno_black:
lol couldnt have stated that better myself. :thumb:
Yep leave this sleeping dog forum lie.
I'm cancelling today due to lack of interest and sun...
Back in jozi...1000k's + some change on my yellow lightning and some valuable lessons learnt:
1) stock saddle is NOT designed for long runs (my butt is still numb).
2) saffer trucks apparently don't have indicators.
3) do not leave your wife in charge of your toiletries bag or it WILL get left in durban...along with your camera and credit card.
4) brasso is the most amazing tar remover i've ever encountered in my life. My rims look like they're brand-new!
Will post some pics for all to see when my old man posts my camera back to me.
Yellow lightning is almost a nonagenarian! And still kicking like a mule and waking up the neighbours. :woohoo:
Good ole brasso? Really? Your kidding? Wow. Now this ill have to check out.
Quote from: nutmunk on June 30, 2013, 02:13:24 PM
Will post some pics for all to see when my old man posts my camera back to me.
You must post pics! :police:
What the guy above said
Sweet sweet rain....
Need more of this weather
After a busy and hectic day in office.... Nice to be chillin on the lounge ... Hot cuppa tea :thumb: ... Honeycomb timtams :thumb: ... COPS tv show :thumb: ...... Bad boyz bad boyz wotcha gunna do!! O0
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Arai or shoei?
Looks like a rjays!
Got to work and home dry for a change yesterday... pity the ride home was in full dark at 7pm... gotta love an 11.5 hour day...
Not really Pete hey.
Riding the bus.
Putting the polish onto a special vlog
Quote from: jestercinti on July 02, 2013, 04:51:02 PM
Riding the bus.
Still too sore to ride the bike? Lol
Joking really... But I wouldn't blame you either! My right hand is still twitching and cramping when I rest it, and I used a cramp buster too... Wasn't bad at all while riding all weekend, it was the aftermath lol
- Bboy
Needing to re shoot my hundred subs vlog as the one in working on sounds too ghey
I get a new neightbor. Haven't met her yet, but did meet her brother "Casper"....???
... Is he a pale dude with a round bald head? ... Likes to stay up nights? ...
Bahahahhahahaha
Sounds familiar janx?
... On reflection ... Yes like the one off my head! :icon_rolleyes: ... Yeah I do resemble a big grumpy Casper ....
Just a odd name though ....
Another thought ... I wonder if the sisters name is Cassie ? .... Bears a strange resemblance to Bro Casper .... Even same Adam's apple ... But with 'curves and long hair' ...
Just make sure you check her for face stubble Mister ... I would advise against the squirrel grip check though ... People get funny about that nowadays ....
Casper ..... Still chuckling! .. ;)
Quote from: BockinBboy on July 02, 2013, 10:51:45 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on July 02, 2013, 04:51:02 PM
Riding the bus.
Still too sore to ride the bike? Lol
Joking really... But I wouldn't blame you either! My right hand is still twitching and cramping when I rest it, and I used a cramp buster too... Wasn't bad at all while riding all weekend, it was the aftermath lol
- Bboy
Serious rain lately. I have had my fair share of rain this weekend.
I havnt been bothered to ride my bike to work at all this week
Slips, life lately has been in the way if viewing your Vlogs.
I caught up this arvo (see, I speak Australian...call Julia Gillard!). Keep up the good work!
Yeah I havnt uploaded a proper blog for a while but I have a 100 sub video plus another special video in the works
eh slips ... lookit i found on the fz forum site?... maybe you heard it already ... but :D
Havnt seen that one
theres couple of them on the fz site ... forum i mean ... including one that seems to imply ABS ?
Quote from: nutmunk on July 02, 2013, 09:52:51 AM
Arai or Shoei?
Obviously a man that understands quality.
Sjsiwndispndywpndhale duslso&&2&/'xupandisp&38+!7;8'uiamsyjNauudlz@&28:'choked I!/$:&8/Â¥@/$&3'ehsosmeh
you phantom posting from the pocket again slips?
Pocket dial... Pocket post.
Hey I got it. Hot-digity-dog, I got it!
No I couldn't be bothered posting anything significant
... and that makes a change from normal how?!?!? ;) :flipoff:
Normally I form legible words
Oh yeah I guess.... I was thinking more semantic content .. ;) :flipoff:
Or Adriatic content. Maybe even electro schematic content.
Day off. Independence Day here in America for the win.
Helmet face shield issues again. Tell me they last more than 13,000 miles.
Looks like I'm in the market for a new helmet again.
Quote from: jestercinti on July 04, 2013, 05:26:39 AM
Day off. Independence Day here in America for the win.
Independence ?
Yeah right. Free from England and choking under the weight of our own self-serving, power hungry government.
BTW: What kind of helmet you looking at? Shorty, 3/4, full? Price range? Etc...
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 03, 2013, 08:14:52 PM
Sjsiwndispndywpndhale duslso&&2&/'xupandisp&38+!7;8'uiamsyjNauudlz@&28:'choked I!/$:&8/Â¥@/$&3'ehsosmeh
I think you just declared your undying love for the feel of a warm sausage with mayo in sotho...slippery, I didn't know you knew an official saffer language...truly multi-talented.
Had good luck with HJC until recently with the face shield on my CL-16. Was thinking modular since I wear glasses.
How bout a shark one with the built in sunnies? Yes nut boy I'm very talented you should see the feats I'm capable of on a night on the town.
He is very talented, as most proper Australians are.
Mister has mastered HTFU
Slips has mastered Vlogs
PeteGS has mastered the GS450 and keeps it running after all these years
Codajastal has mastered owning many GS's and still deliver the mail on time, and without delay.
I'll have to get back to you on Janx...
Janx is a mast debater
F T W :cheers:
No
uh oh.... the rule :police: are here!! :flipoff:
Yes me as the ruler
so if we hold your skull on the edge of a desktop and flick your legs up and down you make a "donk ... a ... donk .. a donk-adonkadonkadonkadonkadonkadonka noise??
No that's what happens to my minions like you
Quote from: jestercinti on July 04, 2013, 12:07:27 PM
Had good luck with HJC until recently with the face shield on my CL-16.
Was thinking modular since I wear glasses.
I have an Aria Profile that's my daily wear and a Shoei Multitech that usually sits on the shelf.
Got an HJC for my daughter that I consider very well built for a budget helmet.
Son uses a $49.00 Bell Shorty, sheesh!
Lots of modulars to choose from in today's market. I like the ones with the built-in sun glasses device.
Cool stuff!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 04, 2013, 08:23:08 PM
No that's what happens to my minions like you
errr.... minions huh ... you might want to ease on on the gas pedal there turbo!! ;)
... some of 'us minions' might seem harmless .. but like a Wookie will pull your arms clean out their sockets and knot them behind your head if 'stirred up' ;) :flipoff:
just sayin!! :D :D :icon_twisted:
Well...i'm furry...but only5"7'....think i'd be more like an ewok.
Quote from: Electrojake on July 04, 2013, 09:26:13 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on July 04, 2013, 12:07:27 PM
Had good luck with HJC until recently with the face shield on my CL-16.
Was thinking modular since I wear glasses.
I have an Aria Profile that's my daily wear and a Shoei Multitech that usually sits on the shelf.
Got an HJC for my daughter that I consider very well built for a budget helmet.
Son uses a $49.00 Bell Shorty, sheesh!
Lots of modulars to choose from in today's market. I like the ones with the built-in sun glasses device.
Cool stuff!
i'm going for one of these most likely ... got a n102 now ... and apart from a bit of wind noise near the ears i love it!
http://www.nolanhelmets.com/nolan-n104-helmets.htm
But you are harmless
yeah .... the rabbit was harmless too!! ;) :icon_twisted:
Yeah but I'm The holy hand granade
you're wet behind the ears is what you are!! :flipoff:
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Fun police
Dream police.
Fixed the helmet for now. But I'll need a new one soon I imagine.
Need to put a pcv and catch can on breather hose. Have a lunchbox, and oil vapors are fvcking everywhere!
Quote from: Janx101 on July 04, 2013, 05:04:59 PM
uh oh.... the rule :police: are here!! :flipoff:
Funny hadnt seen bîtching betty in a while. mister is kinda scarece lol
6 hours of double time Saturday work.
Nothing to post... sunny Saturday predicted but I'm on call so no way can I go riding... :mad:
Jester.... PCV valves are probably overkill on the twins, but Pegasus Racing sells a nice little aluminium catch can for about $20... got one on mine and it's nice :thumb:
Solved my spray everywhere situation nicely... well... my 450's spray everywhere situation anyway :flipoff:
Quick somebody rejet
Well, for now I got a PCV (1 way OUT...didn't want anything to get IN) and 2 foot of hose extension to route away from everything. Before I had a shop towel, which was covered in soot and oil.
Will get a catch can in a few weeks. These attorney fees are killing me.
Slips, I may need to rejet. I'm still a tad lean at 20/65/142.5. I need to go +1 on the main I think. I'll need 22.5 pilot if I continue to ride in -10* C weather!
I don't think the Aussies bikes are shipped stupid-lean from the factory as ours are.
They don't have Al Gore. :technical:
Nope we had a ranga but she got taken care of
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Just thinking out loud here... and helping Janx spend his $$$. :thumb:
yeah i like the wine cherry (whatever they call it) ... but im also liking the yellow with the graphite decals.... i dunno ...
spose it depends on what colour i might think about getting when i can get a Yamaha FZ09/MT09 (as a 2nd bike) ... (well as a 4th bike really seeing as i have a project CR250 sitting in the dust and the missus 70's vintage Vespa to retrieve from her mums farm sometime :icon_rolleyes: ) to go with the new lid eh! .. havent been able to determine what colours they gonna come out in....
so many decisions.. so few dollars right now!!! ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on July 05, 2013, 08:30:32 PM
so many decisions.. so few dollars right now!!! ;)
Yeah but it's good to see ya' keeping busy.
And... Been doing some reading on that new FZ09 triple. Nice!
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awwww EJ !!! ... now i gots to go clean up again!! :icon_rolleyes: ;)
Unless its BMW or mv Augusta or triumph your wasting your time janx
EJ, Australia does not have Al Gore, Obama, or Donald Trump.
What they go have are drop bears, killer kangaroos, Tasmanian Devils, and worst of all Julia Gillard. I hear she's out in September.
It's raining again. I feel like Australia in the rainy season...from what I hear.
Ok, wait a minute.
Kevin Rudd is now the leader? Did I miss something?
Yes he challenged the leadership and got his old job back
Was there rejoicing in the streets?
On the contrary, Julia did relate quite well to the end of the world last December. I saw her address the nation.
There was a ticker tape parades in the streets
They got tired of searching for the invisible dropbears. so they6 picked a random politician Eh?
Could be worse...you could have a president that didn't even finish high school, spends 47 million out of tax coffers on his house, thinks a shower will stop aids, just married like his 8th wife, who was nearly convicted on corruption charges just before he was elected and looks like a ninja turtle. He does...he really does.
Which one is that? And I'd you say Obama wash your mouth out his cool. He makes the best parodys
Could be worse, could have Mugabe :o
Is he still Alive?
Good evening mister. :cheers:
Good evening/afternoon/morning whatever the case may be now :icon_mrgreen:
John Carter was entertaining. Wondering if it could have been given another name and what that name might have been. Any offerings?
What was it about?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 05, 2013, 09:53:47 PM
Unless its BMW or mv Augusta or triumph your wasting your time janx
Hush in the 'peanut gallery' please ... The grown ups are talking! :flipoff:
Quote from: mister on July 06, 2013, 08:43:13 PM
Good evening/afternoon/morning whatever the case may be now :icon_mrgreen:
John Carter was entertaining. Wondering if it could have been given another name and what that name might have been. Any offerings?
Just checking ... Do you know the name is from an old sci-fi novel series by Edgar Rice Burroughs? ... Ummm written early to mid last century I think? ... They could have called it Barsoom I guess but that may have copyright issues? ... Plus it seems so 'nouveau cool' lately to make some movies with only a partial reference to the origins.... John Carter WAS a well known 'name' years ago ...
I nearly forgot it was out and about .. The movie I mean ... Must make an effort to see it! :thumb:
The peanut gallery has the floor
Like at Lone Star steakhouse?? ... Peanut shells all over the floor .... Ahh those were the days! , grinding the empty useless husks under my iron shod heel ... As i quaffed Tequila from a pint glass ..
.... Yes indeed ... Now seeing as you 'the peanut' ... And by the looks of it the husk also! ... Are on the floor .... All I need is some firewater and some solid footwear! ....
These Ugg slippers I'm wearing right now just won't do! ... Well ... Apart from the paint eating smell! :icon_twisted:
I remember lone star. I also remember when they got rid of the peanuts. Too much of a health risk. And the half hourly line dancing.
I'm winning :thumb: :woohoo:
Not for long
Oil on the floor of the garage this morning.
Right front caliper looked wet. Oh no! Is that brake fluid? Nope. Front shock seal is leaking. Aw horsecrap! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.websleuths.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Femotbanghead.gif&hash=dc90411c8a68c6a7bb550e3767c5f4dfd209aa46)
I know... it's an easy rebuild but damn-it, I just want to ride. :icon_sad:
Better a leaking fork seal than paint stripping brake fluid
Oh no .... :cry: ... The dreaded "Aussie Monday Night International Post Sag Because America Is Still In Sunday!" .... Or A.M.N.I.P.S.B.A.I.S.I.S.
Heeeeeeey .. That nearly makes sense! ;) :D
Monday night... of call... but work to do at 10pm...
On the plus side, I'm supposed to be riding Saturday and they reckon there's only a 40% chance of rain... hahaaahahaahahahahahahaha
My rain suit will be strapped to the bike and I've warned everyone of my rain curse...
You don't have much luck with sunny ride days do you Pete?
Slow Monday, after a very nice, long weekend...
- Bboy
Yes it is
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EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW :icon_confused: :icon_lol:
Walking Dead FTW!!
- Bboy
Which one?...
I thought Walking Dead was only AMC, and Game of Thrones was only HBO?
- Bboy
Walking dead is all that and a tube of Pringles.
My cousin works for the CDC. I asked her if the Zombie Apocalypse could really happen. She said that it could :icon_eek: :o
Good afternoon jester.
Looks like it's just you and me because the Aussies are all caught in some kind of a Monday evening time warp.
Go figure. :dunno_black:
Figure this im over pc I want a MacBook Pro
Mac is the shizz. $$$ though. MacBook Air is awesome. Light, powerful, sleek hardware.
You are a video editor. The movie Napoleon Dynamite was edited all on a $6,000 Macintosh pro.
I have an iPhone 5, and cannot imagine a better hardware in a phone. Have a dell latitude for work. Rubbish.
Just need someone with Final Cut Pro to let me play with it for a few hours
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 08, 2013, 07:44:39 PM
Just need someone with Final Cut Pro to let me play with it for a few hours
is that some kind of Jewish ceremony reference? :icon_eek: ;) :flipoff:
Yes yes it is yes
I have a friend who does not work in the weather bureau. He reckons they will get a forecast right one day.
Dead bodies coming back to life walking around eating people? I. Don't. Think. So. The logistics of reanimated the flesh make it impossible. Good for movies though.
I have a skynet clause in my relationship agreement with my girl as well as a zombie clause.
Anyone hear about that crazy stuff in Brazil the other day? I'm really not sure how to describe it... here is the brief fox news report on it...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/07/brazil-soccer-referee-killed-during-match-his-head-displayed-on-stake-midfield/
- Bboy
Crazy
Quote from: BockinBboy on July 09, 2013, 01:02:31 PM
Anyone hear about that crazy stuff in Brazil the other day? I'm really not sure how to describe it... here is the brief fox news report on it...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/07/brazil-soccer-referee-killed-during-match-his-head-displayed-on-stake-midfield/
- Bboy
FARK ME :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo:
2 days 4 1/2 hours
:icon_eek: .. hmmm... watching a south american soccer game live.... i might just remove that from the bucket list i think!! :icon_eek:
... thats taking fanaticism for sport just a few steps too far perhaps!? :dunno_white:
I love the commentary it always sounds so exciting
:technical: :technical: :technical: :technical: :technical:
is it just my internet today?... or is the site having repeated indigestion and brain farts!!
:technical: :technical: :technical: :technical: :technical:
The site is having problems I think
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 09, 2013, 08:59:25 PM
The site is having problems I think
yeah it is ... but can you prove you think? :icon_rolleyes:
... John!! .. this lagging of the board is unsatisfactory!!! .. be a good chap and put some more banana grease around the bearings will you?! .. its somewhat tedious for one of my limited attention span! ;) :D
there.. i've had my little vent!! .. and he probably wont look in here and do anything alarming to me!! :D :icon_lol:
Quote from: Janx101 on July 10, 2013, 12:33:13 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 09, 2013, 08:59:25 PM
The site is having problems I think
yeah it is ... but can you prove you think? :icon_rolleyes:
... John!! .. this lagging of the board is unsatisfactory!!! .. be a good chap and put some more banana grease around the bearings will you?! .. its somewhat tedious for one of my limited attention span! ;) :D
there.. i've had my little vent!! .. and he probably wont look in here and do anything alarming to me!! :D :icon_lol:
Fixed it for you :thumb:
:icon_rolleyes: .. Err thanks buddy!? ... You're a champ?! :icon_rolleyes: :icon_lol:
Lol
Lol
Shows you how slow internet is here...I didn't even notice . :icon_mrgreen: we get all our zombie gore on fox in sa. :woohoo:
I hate my computer, that is all
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My dream to be that dentist
Hey forum seems to be working tonight... gave up last night...
Ordered a R1 throttle tube yesterday, supposed to be a direct replacement for the stock 450 one and give me much less throttle travel to WOT... nice!
Out riding on Saturday with the Kat boys too... even nicer!
They rekkon Sunday is the money day for sun.
Needs blinkerfluid in its waterpump
Nah...it's the manifold bumper flap Eisenhower purge solenoid. :nono:
Quote from: jestercinti on July 11, 2013, 12:16:25 PM
Nah...it's the manifold bumper flap Eisenhower purge solenoid. :nono:
Thought that was only for the exhaust fluid pump? ill be damned :cheers:
Who what huh?
What slippery...you mean you don't know about the reverse centrivical brake valve bumper filter? You gotsta get one of those. Look for one with an adjustable rear cooling valve overflow...
Even a moron knows it's the frata-stat valve. :cookoo:
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I'm not a moron I'm slipperymoose
The defibulator was cross-wired to the RS-232 handshake line.
But I fixed it cause (like most railroad workers) I'm a Damn Genius! :woohoo:
I dunno I rekkon a rejet is needed there ej
So,,,,,,,cannot access forum on my laptop again.. Keeps telling me the site has moved WTF?
Sent from my iPad using a big stick
And now it works??????????
Sent from my iPad using a big stick
It's been sporadic
A soldier ran up to a nun. Out of breath he asked, 'Please, may I hide under your skirt. I'll explain later.'
The nun agreed. A moment later two Military Police ran up and asked, Sister, have you seen a soldier?'
The nun replied, 'He went that way.'
After the MP's ran off, the soldier
crawled out from under her skirt and said, 'I can't thank you enough
Sister. You see, I don't want to go to Iraq ....'
The nun said, 'I understand completely.'
The soldier added, 'I hope I'm not rude, but you have a great pair of legs!'
The nun replied, 'If you had looked a little higher, you would have seen a great pair of balls....I don't want to go to Iraq either !!
I want to go to Iraq and kill every man woman and child. Name that movie.
Hey site's working... finally! Been a bit painful...
I don't want to go to Iraq either... and don't want to hide under that nun's skirt :icon_eek:
chicken and bull.
In other serious internetweb related whatnot and such.
Eurithmics playing on the radio for the mother trucking son of a beach ball winner winner chicken dinner.
Raining in Central Jersey :icon_neutral:
Sunny, warm, nice 83*F in SW Ohio. Neener Neener Neener....
It's so nice and sunny here brilliant winters day
Winter? Oh yeah...Southern hemisphere.
What's new in Australia? I feel like I've been disconnected for a while in the land down under. Slips, Janx, Cods, Mister, Pete, Pave, et. Al....What's going on down there?
Are the drop bears still dropping?
Is Kevin Rudd still practicing Socialism?
Is Paul Hogan still acting?
Is Fosters really pi$$ beer?
Can every animal really kill me there?
Cods, is the mail still being delivered on time?
Slips, is the narrow gauge still narrow?
Mister, are you still HTFU?
Pave, where you been? Didn't you move to the other side of the continent? Perth maybe?
Janx...Where are the Memes?
Ok...I'm done. Let's kick things up a notch. Jester's back...and he's fired up!
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Jeez jester... It's kinda' tough to follow-up a post like that. :confused:
Nice work though. It shows your paying close attention to LPW details.
Your new profile picture jester?
Paul Hogan is a dork... Oh hang on, that might be Lleyton Hewitt I'm thinking off. Yeah, he's a dork.
Noone drinks Fosters down here. Oddly, Queenslanders drink a beer called XXXX which is marginally better than piss - on some days only. While the rest of Australia with taste buds drink other things. And the yups drink Crownies or Jager Bombs and brag how many they drank - as if drinking until you puke is some skill, forgetting any dickwad can do that.
Had to tell a mate top HTFU the other day when he didn't want to concrete his footpath in the weasel piss. He hardened up and got her done alright.
Even the feral mice can kill you down here. Like the scared weird little guys sang, come to Australia you might accidentally get killed.
Ok, enough for now, got to go to the dunny...
XXXX???!!! Mate I hate that shaZam!... even more than I hate VB!
Broke my rain curse today, perfect sunny ride with the Kat boys and finally got to properly christen the Sport Demons after over 1000km's... every other ride (aside from the commute) since putting them on has been wet >:(
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You allowed a POS Triumph to ride with you guys. OMG, what were you thinking :flipoff:
Guahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Think I might go riding tomorrow?
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Gag
A random postwhoreish post
sent from work pc using internet. tapacrash is non existant
Sent from my private orbiting space station using a computer OS downloaded from a visiting Alien's interstellar craft when he came by for a cup of gravity-free grown Chamomile tea.
Hey Pete looks like you picked the day to ride. The weather man was off by a day in terms of sunshine
Quote from: mister on July 13, 2013, 04:15:24 AM
You allowed a POS Triumph to ride with you guys. OMG, what were you thinking :flipoff:
Haha yep, that's AussieChick's new ride :thumb: First ride with us in a very long time...
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 13, 2013, 03:13:30 PM
Hey Pete looks like you picked the day to ride. The weather man was off by a day in terms of sunshine
I reckon my rain curse is banished... yeah! :D :woohoo:
Looking a bit dodgy weather-wise this week, wonder if the Laverda show will be postponed again like last year? Would like to go but not sure yet...
Motorbike shows.... like taking a walk down Moss St, or Lawrence Dr
Went for a ride :) No rain, plenty of sunshine :thumb:
Went shopping. Bought milk
Epic party. Now time to sleep.
Burning it at both ends eh jester?
I didn't go for a ride :cry: On the plus side, finished a little project I've been working on :thumb:
A week of joyous time off child free thanks to my mother. Oh the sex to be had
GPS poem...
I have a little GPS
I've had it all my life
It's better than the normal ones
My GPS is my wife
It gives me full instructions
Especially how to drive
"It's sixty k's an hour", it says
"You're doing sixty five"
It tells me when to stop and start
And when to use the brake
And tells me that it's never ever
Safe to overtake
It tells me when a light is red
And when it goes to green
It seems to know instinctively
Just when to intervene
It lists the vehicles just in front
And all those to the rear
And taking this into account
It specifies my gear.
I'm sure no other driver
Has so helpful a device
For when we leave and lock the car
It still gives its advice.
It fills me up with counseling
Each journey's pretty fraught
So why don't I exchange it
And get a quieter sort?
Ah well, you see, it cleans the house,
Makes sure I'm properly fed,
It washes all my shirts and things
And - lets me have a shed.
Despite all these advantages
And my tendency to scoff,
I do wish that once in a while
I could turn the damned thing off.
Just a volume control needed eh Cods! .... ;) :icon_twisted:
And to shaZam! her up we just push this button
Got a link to this in an email ... http://www.ozstock.com.au/8374/2-x-Solar-Powered-Snake-and-Rodent-Repeller
... I prefer the non solar powered version ... Works all thru the night!!
:icon_twisted:
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... Glass of Cold milk with Milo ... :thumb:
Modern take on old classic
Just thought I would throw this up for your viewing pleasure.
I took a little ride over Springbrook today and recorded it with the GoPro on the front fork brace.
No music or any of that shite, just sounds of the bike etc :thumb:
Hope you enjoy it and feel free to subscribe to my channel and watch my other crappy videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCodajastal
Think ill have milo to janx
Got a new non stick frypan today ... And thought I better get some of those silicon ended tongs so as to not scratch it up ... The old tongs were some sort of hi temp nylon and looking manky ...
The new tongs.... Slightly a let down .... Oh they look the part! .... Solid handles and good hinge ...
But the silicon ends ... Too thick and too soft ...
Was cooking some sausages for dinner (lamb with mint and rosemary) ... The new tongs were clumsy and awkward .... Much like trying to have a wank while wearing welding gloves :icon_rolleyes:
Done that have you Janx?
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Well slips, up at 6...to bed at 1
Sometimes the stranger just doesn't cut it ya need to mix it up
Watching Fat Albert. Classic.
Quote from: jestercinti on July 14, 2013, 08:31:06 AM
Watching Fat Albert. Classic.
First the motorcycle, then the partying, and now cartoons?
Jester... You've turned into a wild-man!
Please, Slow down a bit or this may be your future!
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A public service message from a concerned boring person.
Quote from: codajastal on July 14, 2013, 06:06:21 AM
Done that have you Janx?
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Nah ... Slips tole me ... Said it was one of the most frustrating 30 seconds of his life :flipoff:
Holy cap...you log off for one weekend and miss like four pages of posts...I feel like a stranger again...
EJ, you can live vicariously through me.
Just keep inundated that you have one hell if a lawn tractor. And for that, I am envious.
*keep in mind. Auto correct at its finest.
Cool...
I'm popular because I have a turbo-charger 1974 tractor/snow plow. I'm coming to Ohio for sure.
We drink a few beers... then I go home. No problem. :thumb:
And Ohio... a hell of a lot easier to get to than The Gold Coast!
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And I always liked living in Ohio cause it fit my budget.
Just sayin' I'm good with it.
Test rode the mv Augusta brutale 800
What's the matter ej?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 14, 2013, 07:23:06 PM
Test rode the mv Augusta brutale 800
..... and?!?!?!?!... you're kidding right?! ... just casual "oh yeah right i just happened to go for like a quick spin on a hot streetfighter style bike .. but screw you guys!! .. no photos forthcoming so nyah!!!" ....
:flipoff:
pics, vids..... sigh .. even ..... if you must! .. your opinions!!? .. on the machine? ...
i dont want one of those.... they look too $$$ to fix ... but some info would be handy ..
no give it up you tightass info nazi!! :D :flipoff:
What kind of half ass Motovlogger would I be if I didn't do some kind of a video in the ride.
I really don't know!! ... What sort of half ass Motovlogger are you? :flipoff:
Had a brief ride on a Katana 1100 with something like 1366cc's due to Hayabusa pistons on Saturday... oh the torque!
I did insult it though... owner said to take it over 6K RPM as that's when it really wakes up... but I surfed the torque instead which was an insult... I believe I will have another opportunity at a later date to sample what awaits above 6K RPM...
A half arsed Motovlogger
Sat on a land mine?
I am The land mine
Quote from: peteGS on July 15, 2013, 04:52:21 AM
Had a brief ride on a Katana 1100 with something like 1366cc's due to Hayabusa pistons on Saturday... oh the torque!
I been riding pre-owned, low power, Japanese thumpers and twins my whole fukin life and I'm proud of it. :2guns:
Here ya' go boys... Can ya' find my new "project bike" hidden in this photo? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.websleuths.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fffj%2Ffloorlaugh.gif&hash=248764e420d3d2baf5c2e0d8ee8a016c1a1c061a) Welcome to Jersey :2guns:
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Mad max?
anyone handy to their bike? .. i need the mm internal of the batterybox .. side to side :icon_neutral:
Yeah nope
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i should know better than to ask in here!! :flipoff:
.. so i did a thread asking everyone!! :icon_razz:
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 05:43:05 PM
anyone handy to their bike? .. i need the mm internal of the batterybox .. side to side :icon_neutral:
142mm x 96mm :thumb:
Quote from: codajastal on July 15, 2013, 06:28:45 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 05:43:05 PM
anyone handy to their bike? .. i need the mm internal of the batterybox .. side to side :icon_neutral:
142mm x 96mm :thumb:
now you see!!! .. thats proper!!... thanks brother Cods!!
.. unfortunately it also means that the Deka batteries... at 150mm wont fit... :technical:
wait... !!! hold the phone!! .. there is one that might!! :icon_twisted: ... checking checking!!! .. (scuttle off to measure old battery height)
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 06:29:54 PM
Quote from: codajastal on July 15, 2013, 06:28:45 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 05:43:05 PM
anyone handy to their bike? .. i need the mm internal of the batterybox .. side to side :icon_neutral:
142mm x 96mm :thumb:
now you see!!! .. thats proper!!... thanks brother Cods!!
.. unfortunately it also means that the Deka batteries... at 150mm wont fit... :technical:
Shoulda just asked me first. I have a battery box not in a bike so was easy
Rendering
Quote from: codajastal on July 15, 2013, 06:32:57 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 06:29:54 PM
Quote from: codajastal on July 15, 2013, 06:28:45 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 05:43:05 PM
anyone handy to their bike? .. i need the mm internal of the batterybox .. side to side :icon_neutral:
142mm x 96mm :thumb:
now you see!!! .. thats proper!!... thanks brother Cods!!
.. unfortunately it also means that the Deka batteries... at 150mm wont fit... :technical:
Shoulda just asked me first. I have a battery box not in a bike so was easy
yeah true .. but like i know you have a spare battery box out of a bike?? .. cheers though
... the Deka ETX15L ... fits sideways .. but the height is 166mm ... even with removing the foam pad thingy attached to underside of seat .. i dunno... hmmmm
http://www.probatteries.com.au/deka-batteries.html .... halfway down page
... this is getting annoying! .. farken batteries!!...
i got cash for one now.... i can order online for slightly cheaper... but i have to wait :mad: .. dont wanna wait!!!
If I didn't have a spare I would have just measured the one on the bike for you
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
Finally I'm able to process and upload vlogs quickly after filming them
went past 3 different bike shops during lunch ... some had motobatt .. but none had the mb10u ... so i had a moment at the last shop and asked if they had any other AGM batteries .. got one of these http://www.sydneymotorcyclecentre.com.au/batteries/68-vb10l-a2-ssb-powersport-battery.html ... $87.50 online .. i got it local for $89.95 .... still an AGM ... i'll report on it later after some time elapsed
Elapsing
noticed a review online .. says 100+ more light than the crystal vision 4300k ... :dunno_black: ... maybe in the beam spread?... i'll have to have a look tonight on the coffee run with the boys .. its been a week or 2 since i had the 100+ in front of me at night... but im fairly familiar with several 'checkpoints' i use for comparing lightpower on the lead in roads to the meeting point...
in the shop display the 4300k definately looked 'whiter' ... and ive had the 100+ ... and 80+ before so why not! .. plus i like good definition slightly more than i like light penetration for the usual speeds i ride at night... unless its a drastic drop in viewable area i reckon i'll be happy!
until someone figures out how to do a terawatt road legal unit anyway ;)
Huh wha?
its ok slips... you settle back down under your blanky and nap some more...
.. the growed-ups are talking again!! ;) :flipoff: :icon_twisted:
Don't make me come down there and show you what us qlders are capable of
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 15, 2013, 10:37:59 PM
Don't make me come down there and show you what us qlders are capable of
what .. napping under a blanky!!?? .... oh puhleez!! .. flex and puff all you want pudding head!! ;) :flipoff:
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I will affair you with such time
Quote from: Electrojake on July 15, 2013, 02:22:19 PM
Quote from: peteGS on July 15, 2013, 04:52:21 AM
Had a brief ride on a Katana 1100 with something like 1366cc's due to Hayabusa pistons on Saturday... oh the torque!
I been riding pre-owned, low power, Japanese thumpers and twins my whole fukin life and I'm proud of it. :2guns:
Haha mate I love my 450... but I now must have a Kat as well... it's imperative... it's irresistible... it's fate... and it's way out of my reach for the moment >:(
My test if the Brutale 800.
Sock drawer organised and colour-coded...now i'm bored...
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Socks.... ah.... yes... the law of socks states: when presented with more than one single sock, pulling out two socks will Never result in a matching pair.
Quote from: nutmunk on July 16, 2013, 11:43:56 AM
Sock drawer organised and colour-coded...now i'm bored...
...sounds like you were bored before you opened the sock drawer...
- Bboy
Good evening Block. :cool:
We have a block. Reality renovation TV show.
Eating Mediterranean.
About to eat breakfast
Quote from: BockinBboy on July 16, 2013, 12:38:54 PM
Quote from: nutmunk on July 16, 2013, 11:43:56 AM
Sock drawer organised and colour-coded...now i'm bored...
...sounds like you were bored before you opened the sock drawer...
- Bboy
:icon_eek: .. dont you say that!!.. dont you ever say that!!! ;) ;) :technical:
.... having organised socks is vital!! .. VITAL i say!!!!!!! .... it means you can quietly open the drawer early in of a saturday morning .. get your socks out... WITHOUT waking the wife!! ... too much shuffling and bumping of the drawers is bad!! ... then you can slip into your riding gear .. WITH appropriate socks.... out to the bike.... let it roll down the driveway and start it while you roll.... then get up the street and around the corner before she knows whats going on!! ... cant answer phone safely while riding.... so you could then be miles and MILES away before checking the phone... and too far to be called back home easily to do ... the lawns, the gutters, the shopping trip etc etc etc ..
sure she is pissed off and quiet that evening... but thats ok... gives you time to think over the joys of that days ride in peace and quiet!!
... organised socks is IMPORTANT!!! ;) ;) :thumb: :cheers:
Yeah socks need to be correctly paired or you run the risk of offset comfort
Quote from: jestercinti on July 16, 2013, 03:49:39 PM
Eating Mediterranean.
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Tats everywhere, what can I say? Strawberries!
Strawberries are in season
Quote from: jestercinti on July 16, 2013, 06:54:37 PM
Tats everywhere, what can I say? Strawberries!
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Hmmmmmmmmm
So.... we rub chilly on the inside brim of a guy's hat at work. After a short while he begins to sweat, feels ill, is Convinced it's a workplace chemical. While he is laying in the sick bed he is reading through the MSDSs of the chems at work. Whoops, prank gone too far....
Quote from: mister on July 17, 2013, 03:15:21 AM
So.... we rub chilly on the inside brim of a guy's hat at work. After a short while he begins to sweat, feels ill, is Convinced it's a workplace chemical. While he is laying in the sick bed he is reading through the MSDSs of the chems at work. Whoops, prank gone too far....
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Also rubbed it on the part of his glasses that touches his nose. Think he might be allergic to chilly hehehe
:D ... Oooh you are a bad bastard sometimes mister!!
Poor shmo!! ... You nasty!
... Still funny but!
He so needs to HTFU it ain't funny. But this was too funny. We fixed his hat while he was in sickbay. Cleaned his glasses without being seen. He still thinks it was workplace chems. :icon_mrgreen:
Booooyahhhhhhhh 8 in a row! :woohoo: :woohoo: :flipoff: :flipoff:
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The world is a better place
You fukers are all mad.
There can be no other explanation. :dunno_black:
Latest vid is taking off ish
Call Up - Guys Over 60
This is funny & obviously written by a Former Soldier... New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60!
I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing arse -backwards.
Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35..
For starters, researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds.. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry.' We are normally bad-tempered and impatient, and maybe letting us kill some arsehole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while..
An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. Old guys always get up early to pee, so what the hell. Besides, like I said, I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-Buddha Loves You.
If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however... I've been in combat and never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any press-ups after completing basic training.
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too... I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.
These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.
Let us old guys track down those terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off
old farts with bad attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are already behind them.
HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50...in menopause!!! You think MEN have attitudes??
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They'll have it secured the first night!
:D :bowdown: :bowdown: :icon_lol:
Quote from: mister on July 13, 2013, 10:46:07 PM
I didn't go for a ride :cry: On the plus side, finished a little project I've been working on :thumb:
you finally figured out how to work withoutlifting a hand Eh, betty? :cheers:
Gone soft he has
23 hours of no post?
Better save this thread.
I know I was drawing close to breaking my own rule
For cry-sake Slips, every body knows you don't follow any rules. :icon_rolleyes:
he just calls it a rule ... cos he thinks its 12" .... but he got numerical dyslexia and gets his inches and cm mixed up!! :flipoff:
Oh janx you funny fucker I got a present for you
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on July 17, 2013, 06:10:14 PM
Quote from: mister on July 13, 2013, 10:46:07 PM
I didn't go for a ride :cry: On the plus side, finished a little project I've been working on :thumb:
you finally figured out how to work withoutlifting a hand Eh, betty? :cheers:
Why not at all, toe-rag :flipoff:
Django, my new fav movie of 2012
Not a bad one, wished I saw the end. Didn't get to see the whole movie... fiancé decided she hated it so much she wanted to leave :dunno_black:
Played the game long enough to know not challenge that wish... so I didn't ask or make a big deal of it...
- Bboy
Poop...zombie just ate a guy's nose off..legend and I hope you're not lactose intolerant...because the next word is dairy!!!
Be a man BBoy. Stand your ground, tell her who's boss.
And BBoy...
What are you doing here in the bilges of the forum?
Your a respected member of the "real" GSt community.
Posting here in the sespool of bikerdom isn't gonna help your status any.
Just looking out for ya' buddy. :dunno_black:
So my week off work draws to a close. I'm so glad I had it off very relaxing
the cesspool draws em all in. run the zombies off with zombie ammunition Eh?
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Ahhhh the good ole Hornady zombie load
I wonder if zombies are deaf to the music of those shotty shells?
I think any buckshot or BB or AA or maybe even AAA would do nicely.
Nah ... Not unless within 15 metres ... Too light and too close! .. SSG or SG minimum ... ;) :thumb:
Zombie slugs
You lookin in your underpants again Slips? :flipoff:
Someone needs bigger balls so may as well be me
>>hands Slips a couple marbles<< ..
There ya go lil buddy! ;) :flipoff:
I will fuse them with my giant man testes that require I wheelbarrow to transport them wherever I go
Buckshot 00SG - 9 pellets. Yeah, I think that'd work. ;) IMO, the ideal home defense BUT we cannot have guns for self defense in Aust so, lets just say, the best for shooting Yowies in the bush :thumb:
Better yet, Frag 12 would do nicely when the Zombies come. :thumb: :thumb:
:icon_eek: errrr yup!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 20, 2013, 04:07:01 AM
I will fuse them with my giant man testes that require I wheelbarrow to transport them wherever I go
I thought the magistrate ordered you to take them AND the wheelbarrow back to the morgue where you found them!!??
No
Quote from: mister on July 20, 2013, 01:02:36 AM
I wonder if zombies are deaf to the music of those shotty shells?
I think any buckshot or BB or AA or maybe even AAA would do nicely.
speaking of buckshot how 'bout some '00 buck 8 pellets worth of the hornady
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8 Pellets
2 3/4"
1600 fps
Warning: This is Live Ammunition. This is not a toy.
Disclaimer: Hornady® Zombie Max™ ammunition is NOT a toy (IT IS LIVE AMMUNITION), but is intended only to be used on...ZOMBIES, also known as the living dead, undead, etc. No human being, plant, animal, vegetable or mineral should ever be shot with Hornady® Zombie Max™ ammunition. Again, we repeat, Hornady® Zombie Max™ ammunition is for use on ZOMBIES ONLY, and that's not a nickname, phrase or cute way of referring to anybody, place or thing. When we say Zombies, we mean...ZOMBIES!
this is for addys raccoon problem. can dispatch them from oregon
Big bullets, big balls, but might one of you mates be shooting blanks? :whisper:
Down under we use the good ole 155mm howitzer
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 20, 2013, 05:42:45 PM
Down under we use the good ole 155mm howitzer
A bit of over-kill, eh?
Coming from a man in a nation with nuclear and hydrogen weapons
Ancient Aliens....
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But this guy does my head in.... >:(
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Really need to stop blaming aliens.
I'm not a pheasant plucker
On occasion .. When rabid churchies have been hassling me too much about 'coming along to our hall to feel the power of the lord' ..... That's when I advance my theory that ole mate Jesus was an alien, walked on water - (Obvious anti gravity belt under his robe!) , turned water into wine and the loaves and fishes thing - ( simple work of a matter transporter ) , disappeared out of that cave -( again some deft matter transporter work ) .... All Star Trek type abilities.... Or at least advanced alien race ...
.... They lose interest in me for some reason after that :dunno_black: ;)
Quote from: mister on July 21, 2013, 01:45:24 AM
I'm not a pheasant plucker
I'm a pheasant pluckers son!
I tell the god botherers I'm a Scientologist
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 21, 2013, 01:56:05 AM
I tell the god botherers I'm a Scientologist
What are you doing!?!?!?!! ... Now they will see your comment on a search and come to gather you in!! ....
They don't like people claiming to be one of them ... Without being one of them! .... So they rectify it by making you one of them!! ....
DONT EAT THE PIE!!!
Ill tell them TC and I have but sex and his on the bottom lmfao
I'm only plucking pheasants.
I'm eating food
till the pheasant pluckers comes.
Then ill have that rooster meal from river cottage Australia
Fuzzy wuzzy was a woman?
Where did fuzzy wuzzy lack the hair? :icon_twisted:
60 minutes f%$king shaZam! up yet again
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 21, 2013, 03:43:59 AM
60 minutes f%$king shaZam! up yet again
Yeah I just watched that also.... :icon_rolleyes: ... Oh Lizzy! ... You were so careful to be politely horrified and disturbed for the viewers ... Trying to play it all up for the camera...
It really shits me when a supposedly 'seasoned world reporter' acts the doe-eyed and fearful debutante! ...
That whole team sees themselves as 'saviours of humanity' .... They are reporters! ... So report the FRAGGIN report! ... Give the facts whether good or bad! ... Don't setup scenes and then spin them differently in editing! ...
They have prostituted themselves for the popular ratings! :technical: >:( .... As always!
Failed to mention you can be 11 years old here and be shooting on a range like those kids were
Not failed to mention so much ... That story was NEVER going to be about any benefits ... No reason to expect the 60minutes team to include them! ... Wouldn't advance their brand of bullshit at all!! :icon_rolleyes:
I left my thoughts on the Facebook page.
Their FB page? ... Cool .... Wait for the spin on it though! ... Hope you didn't go all swamp and mountain man on them!
Yes I did
Sunny day yesterday... nice! Nothing exciting though, side of the yard is still a mud puddle where the shed is supposed to go so still no progress... :dunno_black:
Wonder if we can have a week without rain so I can do something this weekend? I can wish right? :cookoo:
I did get the garage tidied up a fair bit though :thumb:
I gave the inside of my car a good clean
Getting back to God and his sidekick Jesus...
Well of course they're aliens. Their world is not our world. Jesus specifically mentioned that in the bible (mister knows).
I could give chapter & verse, and expound but I'll spare you silly mortals. :nono:
No do please teach us your bible book
what i always wonder about ... is what are the lineups for the annual competition... 'Heaven' vs 'Asgard' ... an do they ever field their B teams - 'Hell' vs 'Jotunheim' ?? ;)
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 21, 2013, 03:32:05 PM
No do please teach us your bible book
The line between superstition and religion can be quite thin at times. However...
See "John 18:36" where Jesus clearly mentions that he is not of this world.
Elsewhere in scripture Jesus tells the apostles to stop trying to figure out what God is thinking or planning to do. He explains that his father is from a completely different world and it would be fruitless (for earthbound humans) to try and figure out God's actions.
Look at it this way Slips...
To a prehistoric caveman, "God" could be a typical 21st century man with an iPod and a Bic lighter.
See my point? It's all relative to how advanced one being is as compared to another.
So ole mate Jesus had them fancy water walking shoes, dehydrated wine, a defibrillator for ole mate lazaa, ability to perform cataract surgery.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 21, 2013, 05:24:47 PM
So ole mate Jesus had them fancy water walking shoes, dehydrated wine, a defibrillator for ole mate lazaa, ability to perform cataract surgery.
Exactly!
An incredibly more advanced version of what we are, and certainly advanced enough to NOT be stuck on this stinky little planet like we are.
Beam me up Scotty! :thumb:
Quote from: Electrojake on July 21, 2013, 08:22:04 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 21, 2013, 05:24:47 PM
So ole mate Jesus had them fancy water walking shoes, dehydrated wine, a defibrillator for ole mate lazaa, ability to perform cataract surgery.
Exactly!
An incredibly more advanced version of what we are, and certainly advanced enough to NOT be stuck on this stinky little planet like we are.
Beam me up Scotty! :thumb:
;) ;) ;) ... maybe its Stinky where YOU are boyo!! .. but over here in Aussie-land .. the weather is perfect, the sun is ideal, the beer is the tastiest, the women are the sexiest, the BBQ is the best........ AND .... the Roads are the best riding roads anywhere in the multiverse!! ;) ;) ;) :flipoff:
Hear hear Janx! :cheers: :thumb: :bowdown:
I concour
bible speaks in parables at times, so does koran and other holy books. as said it is fruitless at times to COMPLETELY understand it.
Quote from: Electrojake on July 19, 2013, 04:29:10 PM
And BBoy...
What are you doing here in the bilges of the forum?
Your a respected member of the "real" GSt community.
Posting here in the sespool of bikerdom isn't gonna help your status any.
Just looking out for ya' buddy. :dunno_black:
Glad I fooled somebody...
I'm touched.
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on July 22, 2013, 07:44:45 AM
Quote from: Electrojake on July 19, 2013, 04:29:10 PM
And BBoy...
What are you doing here in the bilges of the forum?
Your a respected member of the "real" GSt community.
Posting here in the sespool of bikerdom isn't gonna help your status any.
Just looking out for ya' buddy. :dunno_black:
Glad I fooled somebody...
I'm touched.
- Bboy
LOL gotta mess with ya sometimes :D
Y'all now telling me, things in books might not be real?
So that story about a human girl falling in love with a vampire made of stone and a shapeshifting wolfman isn't real?
Next y'all be saying the story about the girl getting taken from her village to compete against children from other villages in a fight-to-the-death in a computer controlled arena isn't true either.
But don't ever tell me about the boy who falls in love with a princess, loses his hand, has a kid, gets the hates on everyone and kills them with his laser sword and becomes half machine and all. I know that Has to be true cause it starts with "A long time ago...." so it MUST be true, right?
Quote from: mister on July 22, 2013, 12:30:05 PM
Y'all now telling me, things in books might not be real?
So that story about a human girl falling in love with a vampire made of stone and a shapeshifting wolfman isn't real?
Next y'all be saying the story about the girl getting taken from her village to compete against children from other villages in a fight-to-the-death in a computer controlled arena isn't true either.
But don't ever tell me about the boy who falls in love with a princess, loses his hand, has a kid, gets the hates on everyone and kills them with his laser sword and becomes half machine and all. I know that Has to be true cause it starts with "A long time ago...." so it MUST be true, right?
Has to be, just like dropbears :thumb:
Quote from: BockinBboy on July 22, 2013, 07:44:45 AM
I'm touched.
- Bboy
Who touched you? If it's one of this lot I'd be worried!
You are right... I do feel dirty...
:icon_eek:
- Bboy
Welcome aboard mister.
And...
Look closely at the painting of the last supper...
Third guy from the left seems to be clutching a pikachu doll in his right hand, so don't tell me about time travel. I already know it exists!
-Ej-
Hey Yamma drop bears are real don't be fooled
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That's right
I have to admit, this is brilliant. Ive never heard it put this way. Its plain and simple!!!
Many Muslims today are not happy!
They're not happy in Gaza ..
They're not happy in Egypt .
They're not happy in Libya .
They're not happy in Morocco .
They're not happy in Iran.
They're not happy in Iraq .
They're not happy in Yemen.
They're not happy in Afghanistan .
They're not happy in Pakistan.
They're not happy in Syria .
They're not happy in Lebanon.
So, where are they happy?
They're Very happy in Australia ..
Theyre happy in New Zealand.
They're happy in the UK .
They're happy in Canada .
They're happy in the US .
They're happy in France .
They're happy in Germany ....
They're happy in Italy .
They're happy in Sweden .
They're happy in Denmark .
They're happy in Norway .....
So, they're happy in every country that is not Muslim.
And who do they blame?
Not Islam.
Not their leadership.
Not themselves.
NO!!! THEY BLAME THE WESTERN (Christian) COUNTRIES THEY ARE HAPPY IN!
AND THEY WANT TO CHANGE THEM TO BE LIKE THE COUNTRY THEY JUST CAME FROM? WHERE THEY WERE UNHAPPY?.
Well, have I missed something here??
lol true!! ... :thumb:
I haven't ridden the Harley in so long I do believe she's rusted solid to the damn floor of the shop! :confused:
Just saying.
like this?! ;)
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Just just about any Harley left to sit for any amount of time
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Hey look everyone.... a british Royal has had a kid, something no other woman on the face of the planet has ever done for the last 200,000 years. All those kidlets popping out in Ethopia and other similar nations, yeah, they're not like this at all. All those other women who had kids (oh sorry, THOUGHT they had kids but didn't really), well...
.... can't even be f%&ked writing more about it.
Next...
HEY! Big Brother starts on Monday the 29th. Woohoo.... more scantily clad girls walking around a house in just their knickers :thumb:
Be happy for once
18+ million in Subway Surfers... beat that bitches :flipoff:
Royal baby trumps all
Can I get a W00T W00T?!?!?!
- Bboy
Woot woot woot woot
That's what I'm talkin' bout!
Good news is that I got back into my house without damaging anything after locking myself out...
Bad news is that I got back into my house without damaging anything when EVERYTHING was locked... I think I need to secure it better, but short of a state of the art alarm... I'm not sure what else I can do...
If someone really wants in, they will get in... I really wanted in, and I got in... why couldn't someone else, you know?
- Bboy
Either that or your in the wrong line of work
Quote from: Janx101 on July 22, 2013, 07:18:29 PM
like this?! ;)
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That is exactly the situation Janx. :thumb:
Might need a bit of tectyl
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 23, 2013, 04:45:07 PM
Might need a bit of tectyl
No problem!
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Quote from: Electrojake on July 23, 2013, 07:01:45 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 23, 2013, 04:45:07 PM
Might need a bit of tectyl
No problem!
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.. you sure? .. i was thinking ..
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 22, 2013, 11:51:14 PM
Just just about any Harley left to sit for any amount of time
any bike really. including bmw's
A BMW does not understand the concept of rust yammma
I seem to recall a sig line....
BMWs are 50% plastic and 50% useless idiot lights.
Nope. Everything you need nothing you don't need
Ultimate Fighter 18.... hurry up and get here....
Get into the Mandingo fighting
That'll buff right out...
Got my R1 throttle tube finally yesterday, will have to get that on this weekend I reckon... no more 180 degree wrist movement to get to WOT :thumb:
One of the best upgrades out there!
Its a 10/10 for sure...
Super Cheap ($10). Super Quick (10min install).
- Bboy
Video it Pete
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 24, 2013, 04:11:56 AM
Nope. Everything you need nothing you don't need
ehh abs? not a NEED perse, still a nice bike. I prefer the boxer engine like my old one. it dribbleld a TINY bit of oil. but hell had almost 280k on the clock.
It's the 21st century we should all have been in flying cars like the jetsons by now. So yes abs essential these days on bikes
TimTams....
1 = :woohoo:
2 = :)
3 = :icon_neutral:
6 = :confused:
7 = :sad:
11 = ???
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 25, 2013, 01:27:13 AM
It's the 21st century we should all have been in flying cars like the jetsons by now. So yes abs essential these days on bikes
Essential? ... :dunno_black: ... A nice feature certainly ... And a good addition by all means ... But essential? :dunno_white:
Yes
I would presume its one of those things where you don't fully appreciate the value to you have it yourself... likewise, its also probably one of those things that once you have had it, you wouldn't (or maybe can't even) go without it... :dunno_black:
- Bboy
Slips .. Just askin ... Your Bimmer has ABS obviously .. And you love it.. No drama there :thumb:
But .. (Cos I can't remember ) .. Have you had a moment yet on the bike where the ABS has cut in? ... And definitively enough that you feel certain that you would have been seriously munted up otherwise? ....
Also ... And again I'm curious .. If you have had 'a moment' ... Have you since ridden another bike with no ABS ... And ... Noticed any difference in your braking habits? ...
.. Not hacking at you ... If I see a bike I want sometime that has ABS on it then I'm happy to have the ABS ... Just I don't see that it's a thing where 'it should be law that every bike has to have it/or essential' ...
What about the next step after that ... Traction control? :thumb:
Have it. Have used it. Saved my bacon and the bike (mostly) and won't go without it again
thats cool. it DOES work great on gravel roads or on crappy road surfaces. ( rain , snow, ice etc and mud)
Never ridden a bike with abs...but to say it's ESSENTIAL...nice, sure...kinda like dual discs ...but ESSENTIAL, I'm not convinced. I mean, isn't the idea to drive safely so you DON'T need to pull off an emergency stop rather than to have to rely on anti-lock functionality and use good proper braking technique (loading the front properly etc)...or maybe sa weather and roads are just...better. To me it's just a complex extra for amateurs who don't know how to read their ride properly. Just saying....
This same remonstration was done when abs was put on cars... both sides of this sound the exact same as it did then. However, cars are indeed a different animal... and plenty of studies discount that ABS truly reduces accident incidence and severity. This reason alone was why the U.S. has not mandated its presence on light vehicles as the EU did 4-5 years ago. That data is only true for cars though!
The IIHS had a study just about a year or so ago that found motorcycles with ABS were 37% less likely to be involved in a fatal crash than models without ABS... take that stat however you want, but numbers have never been close that in ABS studies for cars. So I do believe there is something to be said for it on motorcycles.
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on July 25, 2013, 05:13:12 AM
I would presume its one of those things where you don't fully appreciate the value to you have it yourself... likewise, its also probably one of those things that once you have had it, you wouldn't (or maybe can't even) go without it...
- Bboy
Well silly me...
I thought we were talking about Slip's heated grips again. :bowdown:
Studies in Europe have shown that introducing ABS had a marked decrease in accidents to start with, until people got used to it... then they levelled out as people started driving differently in accordance with the build in safety margin of ABS... so in other words it works for a while, then people get used to it and just push things further... so the accidents start happening again.
And of course now with new drivers starting to rely on driving aids like ABS, traction control, power steering, rear view cameras, etc. to learn how to drive... what will happen when those things inevitably fail? They won't be able to control the car...
People should be forced to learn to drive and spend the first 3 years in a 3 on the tree HK Kingswood... a big boat, no power steering, four wheel drums, no ABS, no traction control, no distractions of fancy schmancy blue tooth thing-a-ma-jiggies...
Hell it just might make drivers a little better than they are these days :thumb:
And on another note, finally edited/uploaded another video:
Quote from: Janx101 on July 25, 2013, 05:28:04 AM
Slips .. Just askin ... Your Bimmer has ABS obviously .. And you love it.. No drama there :thumb:
But .. (Cos I can't remember ) .. Have you had a moment yet on the bike where the ABS has cut in? ... And definitively enough that you feel certain that you would have been seriously munted up otherwise? ....
Also ... And again I'm curious .. If you have had 'a moment' ... Have you since ridden another bike with no ABS ... And ... Noticed any difference in your braking habits? ...
.. Not hacking at you ... If I see a bike I want sometime that has ABS on it then I'm happy to have the ABS ... Just I don't see that it's a thing where 'it should be law that every bike has to have it/or essential' ...
What about the next step after that ... Traction control? :thumb:
My crash almost 1 year ago like I explain in this is where my abs saved me and kept the bike upright in the dirt.
Quote from: nutmunk on July 25, 2013, 12:24:30 PM
Never ridden a bike with abs...but to say it's ESSENTIAL...nice, sure...kinda like dual discs ...but ESSENTIAL, I'm not convinced. I mean, isn't the idea to drive safely so you DON'T need to pull off an emergency stop rather than to have to rely on anti-lock functionality and use good proper braking technique (loading the front properly etc)...or maybe sa weather and roads are just...better. To me it's just a complex extra for amateurs who don't know how to read their ride properly. Just saying....
I'm a bit 50/50 on abs on the learner bikes, I learned proper roll on four finger braking which I was told if you do that it's almost impossible to lock the front. But we've all been there in that panic brake situation where despite our best intentions we grab that front brake, abs would help keep things upright, however i agree learners shouldnt be relying on it, so like I said 50/50 on it.
Now you get to the more expierenced riders where I rekkon abs is a compliment nice to have just in case again not relying on it but its there if needed. I only used my front abs once and I'm half I had it, kept me upright in the dirt and scrubbed off alot of speed.
And yes ej the grips make the ride more enjoyable.
Damn, you rich kids got all those nice features... :icon_neutral:
I betcha Slips got a leather riding suit that matches his bike's color scheme perfectly.
Just sayin'
BTW, I had no idea that your Beamer had ABS. Nice!
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word on the street is Slips leather suit is similar to this style ;) ;) ;) :icon_twisted: :flipoff:
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Slips has quite a lot of followers on that YouTube channel of his.
Perhaps they're interested in more than just his riding skills. <ahem> (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fwhistle.gif&hash=021903d8ed28a2eb20a00a680fbcf8c0e42c2b43)
At 10 secs you get a gret shot of me haha. We filmed this as a spur of the moment thing. This was the first time these bloke saw this road and I took them over it and their reaction was nearly the same as the first time mister took me over it.
Another nice vid Slips. :thumb:
1.) Looks fast.
2.) Riding for the sake of enjoying the road, not just for transportation from point A to B.
3.) In Jersey, every road look a lot like this...
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Almost doesn't make sense to ride here.
Just saying.
Aussieland is bike country!
It's not my vid ill be putting my own one together just with me footage.
yup Aussieland IS bike country ... :thumb: ... then we also have .. Tasmania!! .. i havent really ridden much there .. just a few quick jaunts on a mates postie bike when i was there... but driven quite a lot of it over 18 months i lived there ... look up some YT vids of the place... :D
yeah they have freeways and such .. but some of the country roads .. rival The Dragon or Mulholland ... but with less d ickheads and traffic!
i always get the feeling that waaaaaay back in the day ... the blokes that designed some of the roads.. knew motorcycles were coming! ..
theres great riding roads all over the world .. but i reckon we have over our fair share .. probably 80% on the east coast + 95% of Tasmania!
only one thing to remember about tassie... if you hear banjos ... dont stop! ;)
True dat. Now squeal like a pig boi
Yanks can't drive "lefty" worth a damn.
We always keep to the right and only go to the left side of the road to pass a vehicle.
We drive on the wrong side of the road over here. I'd be dead in a week! :confused:
Oh course not
ABS don't save you riding into Armco - so I heard. Traction control won't stop you hitting a tree. The only things those technologies do is make you crash safer :flipoff:
My first car was a Kingswood Station Wagon. No power steering in that sucker. Vinyl seats to really scorch the skin in summer. Had flow-through AC (AKA "4 & 60" - four windows open at 60 kays). Didn't even have a tape deck :o
I look at shopping center car spaces these days and am amazed how they have shrunk to accommodate the smaller cars of today.
It saved me alot actually :flipoff:
My bikes don't have traction control or ABS. Haven't needed them. If a rider Needs them they are obviously NOT in full control of their machine.
ABS is in my right hand and right foot... traction control in my right wrist and left hand... rear view camera is in my neck... we got born with all these fancy schmancy gadgets built in :thumb:
My (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2F2cents.gif&hash=763092e2e971775d572c3376a83e63ab219c58ed) worth...
When ABS on motorcycles first started appearing several years ago, I was frightened that soon we would be FORCED by government regulations to have it on all bikes.
But now that it's been getting better reviews and showing up on cheaper bikes like the V-Strom & Bandit, I'm thinking I could live with it, especially on the heavier bikes.
BTW: I still hate the government with a passion, but ABS is something I'm warming up to.
Clearly blokes from different eras. I embrace all the modern tech, fuel injection especially. Have yet to own a bike with traction control but the abs is nice to know its there but not rely upon. I kick in my rear abs all the time on purpose which takes a bit of fun out of a skid but meh. Now onto my double blind multi brand fuel test. Bloke still couldn't answer my question. I pissed in my fuel tank now the bike won't start should I dilute it with 95 or 98?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 26, 2013, 02:46:47 PM
Clearly blokes from different eras. I embrace all the modern tech, fuel injection especially. Have yet to own a bike with traction control but the abs is nice to know its there but not rely upon.
I hang with a group of V-Strom riders that have upgraded to the Yamaha Super Tenere. They tell me the selectable, 3 position traction control is great. Especially when you bring that big V-twin in the soft dirt with a heavy right wrist. :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on July 26, 2013, 01:50:04 PM
ABS is in my right hand and right foot... traction control in my right wrist and left hand... rear view camera is in my neck... we got born with all these fancy schmancy gadgets built in :thumb:
:bowdown: :bowdown:
Couldnt have said it better myself.
My one and only off was in 1987 and it was my own fault for thinking my CB250T Superhawk was a superbike and lowsided in a corner from leaning too far over.
My inbuilt ABS couldnt save my ego :dunno_black:
Is it just me or is everyone stuck in the 1900's?
of course we all were born then. unless weve got 13yo's here lol
Oh well more room to play with the gadgets of the 21st century
ABS and Traction Control do not replace Good Judgement.
Never need to get close to the skid area of a bike anyway, so no need for ABS even if it came on the bike as standard. Meaning, its presence is negligible.
Learn proper throttle control and smooth gear changes and to read the road better and none of that stuff is needed. Like Pete said "ABS is in my right hand and right foot... traction control in my right wrist and left hand... rear view camera is in my neck... we got born with all these fancy schmancy gadgets built in "
Seems us old timers might know a thing or two... but really, what would we Really know, only been riding for like 30+ years!
Yes all of those do
Quote from: mister on July 27, 2013, 03:05:40 AM
ABS and Traction Control do not replace Good Judgement.
Never need to get close to the skid area of a bike anyway, so no need for ABS even if it came on the bike as standard. Meaning, its presence is negligible.
Learn proper throttle control and smooth gear changes and to read the road better and none of that stuff is needed. Like Pete said "ABS is in my right hand and right foot... traction control in my right wrist and left hand... rear view camera is in my neck... we got born with all these fancy schmancy gadgets built in "
Seems us old timers might know a thing or two... but really, what would we Really know, only been riding for like 30+ years!
damn skippy ;)
Sent from my iPad using a big stick
Everything replaces everything. Make way old timers time to buy a Harley
Girls walking around in underwear Big Brother in two days :woohoo:
Back to work in 2 days
Old man riding Harley Every Day. :flipoff:
almost 99 pages
:woohoo:
There is no ABS, traction control, nor any other fancy schmancy gadgets in this video... except for the camera itself of course...
I may not have 30 years riding experience... but I do have a few more than Slips I would say ;)
Actually there is 1 modern bike in the vid, AussieChick's new Street Triple... sounds good :thumb:
Ahhhhh out for a ride using my abs for every turn and traffic light cause that's what's it's for and how it should be used for according to you guys. Gotta say its a bit dangerous but meh I'll blame it on you lot
GS500s rock, man. Just telling like it is. Carry on....
I crashed again........... Onto my couch
Quote from: mister on July 27, 2013, 04:39:59 PM
GS500s rock, man. Just telling like it is. Carry on....
Yes they do and mines for sale :thumb:
Which one? Both? Or did you already offload one?
Quote from: mister on July 27, 2013, 07:01:07 PM
Which one? Both? Or did you already offload one?
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=65095.new#new
Sadly, mine will be for sale soon too.
Quote from: jestercinti on July 27, 2013, 07:41:04 PM
Sadly, mine will be for sale soon too.
Couple of items Jester...
First of all, where the hell you been man?
Next issue; Your going "bikeless" then?
Even if you sell the 500, you still have responsibilities here at LPW.
Just saying :icon_neutral:
Once you have had a GS500, whether you still own the bike or not, the GS lives on in your blood.... :thumb: :thumb:
Come on jester don't give up on her just yet
Quote from: mister on July 27, 2013, 10:36:59 PM
Once you have had a GS500, whether you still own the bike or not, the GS lives on in your blood.... :thumb: :thumb:
AMEN betty. been w/o since 2007 or 8. yet im still here. to the point I think john wants to pimp me out or something weird
Hmmmmmmm 3 way with the twins
450's rock just as hard :thumb: :cheers:
Mine's not for sale though under any circumstances :nono:
I would sell mine if someone made me a ridiculous offer I couldn't refuse.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 27, 2013, 11:53:13 PM
Come on jester don't give up on her just yet
And this statement coming from a guy that abandoned his Suzuki GS for an 800cc Nazi built farm tractor? :nono:
And no, I don't have a GS500 any more either, but my V-Strom is a lot like a 1000cc version of the GS500... only real difference is, the DL1000 is a bit slower and a tad unreliable.
And top heavy.
And a fuel hog.
And runs like sh!t in hot weather.
And goes thru tires twice as fast as the GS used to. :confused:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 28, 2013, 04:16:13 AM
I would sell mine if someone made me a ridiculous offer I couldn't refuse.
Someone making you an offer on a Bavarian generator with wheels ... Would be ridiculous eh! :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on July 28, 2013, 05:42:37 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 28, 2013, 04:16:13 AM
I would sell mine if someone made me a ridiculous offer I couldn't refuse.
Someone making you an offer on a Bavarian generator with wheels ... Would be ridiculous eh! :flipoff:
BMW has their Rotax engines is manufactured in China. :whisper:
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EJ, was ordered to sell to meet absurd financial obligations set forth by the court. Appealing as we speak, but that takes months.
When over, I will rebuild bigger, better, stronger. Until then, have to focus on what is important.
Quote from: jestercinti on July 28, 2013, 09:29:31 AM
EJ, was ordered to sell to meet absurd financial obligations set forth by the court.
That's funny...
I always thought that a GS500 was the epitome of a poor man's transportation. :confused:
Tell the lawyers "it aint no Gold Wing!"
Good luck with the proceedings. I know it must be a PITA!
Stay frosty.
Bugger Jester! I have confidence all will be well in the land of GS for you again though :thumb:
I hate when you make a tea, forget about it and then have to drink it cold #FirstWorldProblems
Quote from: Electrojake on July 28, 2013, 06:06:08 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 28, 2013, 05:42:37 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 28, 2013, 04:16:13 AM
I would sell mine if someone made me a ridiculous offer I couldn't refuse.
Someone making you an offer on a Bavarian generator with wheels ... Would be ridiculous eh! :flipoff:
BMW has their Rotax engines is manufactured in China. :whisper:
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:icon_eek: ... A Chinese generator with Bavarian wheels then?! ... Good grief! ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on July 28, 2013, 02:31:43 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on July 28, 2013, 06:06:08 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 28, 2013, 05:42:37 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 28, 2013, 04:16:13 AM
I would sell mine if someone made me a ridiculous offer I couldn't refuse.
Someone making you an offer on a Bavarian generator with wheels ... Would be ridiculous eh! :flipoff:
BMW has their Rotax engines is manufactured in China. :whisper:
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:icon_eek: ... A Chinese generator with Bavarian wheels then?! ... Good grief! ;)
I know some bits are made in India.
So we have a Chinese / Indian made tractor stamped with a Bavarian label?
Almost as good as British Triumphs made in Thailand where workers are paid a bowl of rice a day mixed with stir fried gravel and have to get up before they sleep to clean road wit tongue before going to work. Seems our humble GS is the only true European built bike left :thumb:
I'm sensing alot of jealousy here toward me. And resorting to nit picking? Tsk tak tsk tsk tsk. And if I could be bothered in sure we'd find a few bits made in china on the gs. Now what's that saying about pots and kettles? Glass houses and stones? He who be without sin?
And jester that sucks about the forced sale.
Quote from: mister on July 28, 2013, 03:27:00 PM
Seems our humble GS is the only true European built bike left :thumb:
Exactly! :thumb:
Correction your gs's WERE a European assembled bike after it was assembled in Japan, then South America.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 28, 2013, 07:09:37 PM
Correction your gs's WERE a European assembled bike after it was assembled in Japan, then South America.
Exactly! :kiss3:
Just like my bike but with the difference being that its STILL in production.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 28, 2013, 03:34:47 PM
I'm sensing alot of jealousy here toward me. And resorting to nit picking? Tsk tak tsk tsk tsk. And if I could be bothered in sure we'd find a few bits made in china on the gs. Now what's that saying about pots and kettles? Glass houses and stones? He who be without sin?
not all about you Slips!! .. its our general antipathy towards that nobby marque you riding! ... granted you may be a bit of an ass ... but thats no reason to go and prove it by actually buying a bloody BMW!! .. ;) :flipoff:
you did save yourself a little recently with that review of the Brutale 800 .. which IS a bike that while still 'wanky' .. has old school cool connotations...
'he who be without sin'?!?!?!?!...... you bought a Bimmer!! ... you already going staight to the firepit!! :D ;) :flipoff:
With a hot chick on the back. And yes she is a chick I made sure beforehand.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 28, 2013, 11:09:11 PM
With a hot chick on the back. And yes she is a chick I made sure beforehand.
yeah but does she know you a dude?! :icon_lol:
;) :angel:
Quote from: Janx101 on July 28, 2013, 11:57:31 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 28, 2013, 11:09:11 PM
With a hot chick on the back. And yes she is a chick I made sure beforehand.
yeah but does she know you a dude?! :icon_lol:
;) :angel:
I would so like to comment about the comments but I think I will bite my tongue instead.
I love it when someone is quoted so I can see the BS that is going on :thumb:
Diggers is on tonight :woohoo:
Going for Juice hell yeah!!!!!
Ditto Cods :thumb:
Quote from: codajastal on July 29, 2013, 12:17:49 AM
Pick up my new bike tomorrow :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Remember.... pics or it didn't happen :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: mister on July 29, 2013, 12:19:33 AM
Quote from: codajastal on July 29, 2013, 12:17:49 AM
Pick up my new bike tomorrow :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Remember.... pics or it didn't happen :icon_mrgreen:
I removed that post goofy. You are too quick off the mark.
Will post pics as soon as I bring it home :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
I ain't payin her to talk hahahahahah how you like that bs.
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Dammit too broke for popcorn atm. but nothin like free drama Eh?
Nothing like a bit of bs for the ultimate bs thread.
My GS is all Japan... well, maybe some of the bits I put on during the rebuild aren't but the original stuff definitely is :thumb:
And when I get my Kat, it will also be all Japan :thumb:
Thank you Pete a break from all this euro clap trap. A bit of jap crap haha jks. In other news im ticking over 20000 so first major service for me soon. Rear tyre holding up well after 10000 no sign of flat spotting in the middle yet. I'm putting that down to fastidious attention to my tyre pressures. Aaaaaand new shields for my arai. I gots myself a chrome one now for the sunny days.
2 hours to go :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
I have nothing to add I just post just cause
The time has arrived :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
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What year
Very nice.... I want :icon_mrgreen:
Help yourself
I like it Cods :thumb:
And I like my R1 throttle tube... nice to have that quick to WOT feeling... getting used to the stiffer throttle now too... was a bit unsure at first but now fiddling with the throttle free play and getting used to it... I like it :cheers:
Ninja Turtles that eat Pizza
Samurai Pizza Cats.... what a rip off!
Quote from: mister on July 30, 2013, 04:39:39 AM
Ninja Turtles that eat Pizza
Samurai Pizza Cats.... what a rip off!
:dunno_black:
Quote from: Electrojake on July 30, 2013, 10:34:07 AM
Quote from: mister on July 30, 2013, 04:39:39 AM
Ninja Turtles that eat Pizza
Samurai Pizza Cats.... what a rip off!
:dunno_black:
Yeah what he said... :cookoo:
Is it snapping straight back to closed after you let go Pete?
Just got a FREE box of VHS movies.
Ain't too proud to watch me some VHS!
Rockin it old skool I like it
I just convinced my parents to finally get rid of their VHS rewinder... Told them American Pickers were gonna pick their living room...
Getting them set up with a flat screen and dvd/blueray since their old stuff died... Then my mom asks, well do I need to buy a DVD rewinder now?
:cookoo:
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on July 31, 2013, 05:14:53 AM
I just convinced my parents to finally get rid of their VHS rewinder... Told them American Pickers were gonna pick their living room...
Getting them set up with a flat screen and dvd/blueray since their old stuff died... Then my mom asks, well do I need to buy a DVD rewinder now?
:cookoo:
- Bboy
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Question: How old do I have to be to be considered an Old Fart, rather than the hip, bike riding youngster that I truly am?
Don't worry ej a month or so back my 6 year old son asked me if the world was black n white when I was his age! God it was only 1990. The wall had just recently fallen and bush was after sadam dor the first time.
My Dad was born in 1919. I cant imagine.
So yeah... I'm old but I still ride, and I still drink beer.
Hell, I even get laid once in a while! :whisper:
Define while? Lol
Old guys always buy a Harley so they can feel young again, (mid-life crisis).
But it doesn't really make sense...
If I wanted to feel young I'd buy a GSX-R, not a damn Harley. Eh? :dunno_black:
You sure your body could put up with it?
Quote from: Electrojake on July 31, 2013, 08:38:15 PM
Old guys always buy a Harley so they can feel young again, (mid-life crisis).
But it doesn't really make sense...
If I wanted to feel young I'd buy a GSX-R, not a damn Harley. Eh? :dunno_black:
if i wanted to feel young.... i'd grab a cheerleader!! ;)
Nah grab tehaan from big brother
oh no ... not another BB groupie! :icon_rolleyes:
Missus watches it so meh. It's a good perve, we do it together.
I told you Janx.... you get to see girls walking around in skimpy gear. That's all that matters.
Sex, it always sells and attracts attention
Yeah the skimpy gear .... But the vapid conversations?? :2guns:
The Jester police have arrived. Now see here...there will be no talk of Alcohol, Motorcycles, or Fornication!
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Oh My! Look at the old Jester hooked to the belt! Like 50 lbs ago!?!
- Bboy
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 30, 2013, 01:08:43 PM
Is it snapping straight back to closed after you let go Pete?
Sure is Slips! Turned out I had it a little tight yesterday... let the throttle go a couple of times and didn't idle normally... loosened her a turn or so and spot on :thumb:
Lovely just bloody lovely. I'm excited this weekend my son turns 7 and I'm going go karting as well
Quote from: jestercinti on August 01, 2013, 10:07:30 AM
The Jester police have arrived. Now see here...there will be no talk of Alcohol, Motorcycles, or Fornication!
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Smexy boy :cheers:
Oh great!
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was thinking the FBI look.... new movie opportunity... Silence of the "Hams" ... :D :D ;) :thumb:
Nearly could double for Simon Pegg and what's his name played wolverines half brother in the first movie. Also played the double double baddie with Angelena in salt his names on the tip of my tongue. You'll like this jester I've started to elimate as much sugar from my diet as possible. So far it's nearly been a week without fizzy drink and 3 days actively reducing my sugar intake
Liev Schreiber apparently
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Yeah him good one janx you proved your worth. Now jester get a weeks growth and a bit of makeup and let's do a comparrasion.
you gotta 'thing' for schreiber eh Slips? ... you cruisin the web lookin for some man candy?! :flipoff:
Seems like a guy you would want to go to the pub with
In November there is a contest for testicular cancer where you grow a beard.
I tend to look like Hershel from the walking dead.
Actually bboy, that was yesterday. I'm down to 170lbs. Picture makes me look fat. Camera always puts on the pounds.
I have a professional job. Have to dress nice and all.
Good ole movember
Yar. You would be correct sir. Didn't know that they did that also in Australia.
We do all kinds of things in Australia.... you'd be surpised. It's not all just Yowie and DropBear hunting you know.
Quote from: jestercinti on August 02, 2013, 01:09:27 AM
Actually bboy, that was yesterday. I'm down to 170lbs. Picture makes me look fat. Camera always puts on the pounds.
I have a professional job. Have to dress nice and all.
Uhh... Inserts foot into keyboard... :oops:
That's so odd though, because you definitely look the 170 in the actual pic.
You know how they say camera adds 10 lbs? Does that double for a pic of a pic?
- Bboy
Es OK BBoy...They must put saturated and trans fat in the Ohio water. In Illinois, it's just Fluoride. :icon_lol:
LOL.
Note taken: Ohio water is probably nice for your hair, but don't drink the water!
...There is a lot of fluoride in Illinois water though...
- Bboy
Post for the sake of posting.
Love the pic of your boy on the gs jester. It's my sons birthday today. So spoiling him
Enjoy today since tomorrow he will be one day older.
He told me on the way to get a hot chocolate that he runs faster than he did yesterday when he was 6
At Dreamworld with the kids
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Ill take 3
Cod's heading to Alaska to ride with Sara Palin? :dunno_black:
Quote from: Electrojake on August 03, 2013, 09:36:36 AM
Cod's heading to Alaska to ride with Sara Palin? :dunno_black:
lol that would be fun. Especially on the Triumph :woohoo:
Ask her if she fists?
I'd like Ms Palin to come down here and we can go hunting together :thumb:
She might shoot you by accident and get away with it.
Plain can field dress a moose AND see Russia from her back porch!
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Her daughter can get pregnant faster than her and the father of the kid is just as dumb as her.
Bit of wind noise
Good stuff Cods... how goes the Wee strom?
My camera took a dump on Saturday so no more video for me... at least I got the footage off...
Wouldn't mind a Contour or Go Pro but don't want to spend any $$$ lest it interfere with the shed build or Kat fund... and speaking of Kats... a cunning (long term) plan may be afoot to acquire my Kat...
I Wents go karting and took the gopro
Quote from: peteGS on August 05, 2013, 04:07:24 AM
Good stuff Cods... how goes the Wee strom?
My camera took a dump on Saturday so no more video for me... at least I got the footage off...
Wouldn't mind a Contour or Go Pro but don't want to spend any $$$ lest it interfere with the shed build or Kat fund... and speaking of Kats... a cunning (long term) plan may be afoot to acquire my Kat...
Wee Strom is da bomb :)
Sent from my iPad using a big stick
Glad to hear it :thumb:
Hands good now?
Any thoughts on joining us for part of the 7th September run?
It's too early for this post
indeed it is lol
But that's the life of the railways
Eating at the cafe. There is a girl playing the violin next to me and some random guy on a MacBook Air.
Only in Cincinnati.
Hipsters?
Quote from: peteGS on August 05, 2013, 01:00:17 PM
Glad to hear it :thumb:
Hands good now?
Any thoughts on joining us for part of the 7th September run?
Hands ok.
Too early to know what Im doing then. I dont even know what Im doing tomorrow. :dunno_black:
In need of coffee NOW!!!!!!
Quote from: codajastal on August 05, 2013, 04:43:16 PM
Quote from: peteGS on August 05, 2013, 01:00:17 PM
Glad to hear it :thumb:
Hands good now?
Any thoughts on joining us for part of the 7th September run?
Hands ok.
Too early to know what Im doing then. I dont even know what Im doing tomorrow. :dunno_black:
.... :cookoo: :icon_twisted: .... I know what you did last summer!! :icon_twisted: :cookoo: ...... ;)
Lmfao
Hipsters, yes. I live near that part of town now. Never a dull moment.
You gonna Mac the place up jester?
Naw. I don't make slips money. It's a Dell for me.
In other news, bike loan satisfied as of 9am. When I get the title, it goes up for sale. Should go quick since I paid almost nothing for it.
I'll get another bike. Just gotta take care of business.
That's nuts!
You gotta' sell the bike you got for "legal" purposes so you can go and buy another bike "legally" next month?
Ain't lawyers fun :technical:
Good to see you moving forward with the process Jester.
Stay hip!
EJ,
Legal system is jaded. Nobody wins except the lawyers. If Casey Anthony can walk, a lot can happen.
No one is happy until everything goes. Easier to split a check than stuff.
shaZam!
yeah man!! .. split the cheque!! .. hit the bus to splitsville and peace of mind!!! .. aint no known upper value for peace of mind and serenity! :thumb:
I see even M13 is having a trial separation from his wife
The WeeStrom rocks.
In case you have never read it, check out this guys 5,000km ride on a Weestrom and his trip from Brissy to Sale (Vic) in one straight hit :o http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=467557
Quote from: codajastal on August 05, 2013, 04:43:16 PMHands ok.
Too early to know what Im doing then. I dont even know what Im doing tomorrow. :dunno_black:
Glad to hear it :cheers:
Just let us know if you can and we'll sort somewhere out to meet up :thumb:
On another note... most boring fricking course for three days this week... first day today, tomorrow will be longer... I wanted to do this :2guns: to myself by about 10am this morning... didn't finish until nearly 4:30 this avo'... :sad:
Quote from: peteGS on August 06, 2013, 04:38:43 AM
Quote from: codajastal on August 05, 2013, 04:43:16 PMHands ok.
Too early to know what Im doing then. I dont even know what Im doing tomorrow. :dunno_black:
Glad to hear it :cheers:
Just let us know if you can and we'll sort somewhere out to meet up :thumb:
On another note... most boring fricking course for three days this week... first day today, tomorrow will be longer... I wanted to do this :2guns: to myself by about 10am this morning... didn't finish until nearly 4:30 this avo'... :sad:
Harden up, princess...
Quote from: mister on August 06, 2013, 11:26:39 AM
Harden up, princess...
Yeah what was I thinking? I missed my bowl of gravel yesterday... having it with my coffee beans in a mug this morning... and that's beans with no water... just beans... :thumb:
My travel mug split in the cup holder on the way to work. Not happy jan.
Being envious of you sporty fellows taking your sporty rides and posting your sporty videos...
I think I shall post a video of my mundane, boring, traffic infested daily ride to work.
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I actually enjoy your vids ej specially the v8 in the rc glider plane thingo
Yeah, I haven't posted a video in a looong time.
Its fun to make a video, edit, and post it, but I need some slack-time to make it happen.
I need to make my wife, kids, and the damn railroad go away for a while. Then I could get creative. :icon_neutral:
Until then... you guys keep riding & posting. :thumb:
If you sub me ej you'll be in before the gs twin crew.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 06, 2013, 08:35:14 PM
If you sub me ej you'll be in before the gs twin crew.
I should hire you to do the video shoot on my next ride.
That would solve the problem. I'd get instant results!
Cool. :cheers:
Pay for flights and food and accommodation and well talk lol.
Don't worry EJ... my normal riding is traffic infested commute... I don't video that! Mind you I don't video anything now at all... :cry:
Laverda Concours is on in a week and a bit... man I hope this weather keeps up! Looking forward to a nice ride down and a good perve at some nice machinery :thumb:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 06, 2013, 09:07:57 PM
Pay for flights and food and accommodation and well talk lol.
How about a metre cube sea freight crate with a couple air holes ... Some straw bedding and a bunch of bananas ?? :flipoff:
Geez you're generous... I'd be giving him a shoe box!
Nah ... He could break out of a shoe box too easy .... Get discovered early on and never go .... With a crate he could get there ... And maybe not find his way back here for a long time!!! .... Hear the serenity!!! ;) ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on August 07, 2013, 04:25:33 AM
How about a metre cube sea freight crate with a couple air holes ... Some straw bedding and a bunch of bananas ??
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In slips Australia I would post you both in obscure Chinese boxes that have been coughed in by tb interested workers
Oh dear Pete ... I think we've upset him now :icon_rolleyes: ... Maybe he don't like bananas? ... How about a couple Four and Twenties and a six of Fosters?
The weight loss journey has started, had a hiccup over the weekend but I have successfully eliminated as much sugar as possible from my diet and have been almost a week without soft drinks. I have seen a result too dropping from 98.7 to 97.3 kg in a week. I'm still in the midst of my sugar detox. I feel
Lethargic but I know this is the right thing to do. Next in the hit list is caffeine, next week ill switch to decaf coffee. I have noticed my appetite for water has increased and I don't feel as down on stuff as I used to.
So no fosters and four n twenty for me. Give me steak bacon and eggs.
Good man! .... :thumb:
I been talking bout it for ages and finally reached a point where I'm sick of buying xxl shirts plus on that video you see me I look like a blimp. So time to change I don't wanna finish my 20's being classed as overweight
Wow, 98kg. :o ? ? ? Makes me feel skinny.
I guess Jester is the role model for healthy weight loss at LPW.
And Slips, we need before & after photos of you... and naked of course. Dont worry, you can trust us... Just post em' :icon_mrgreen:
Yeah might do that ej lol not naked maybe in a g banger though
I have NFI what I weigh... but have started cutting out a lot of processed foods... eating a heap of fruit and nuts and it seems to make a bit of a difference... feeling better for it and enjoying it so far :thumb:
Yet I'm still drinking a beer as I type this :dunno_black:
I'm about to have coffee
I just ate a TimTam....
Nah that'll keep me awake all night...
I've pretty much cut out the Pepsi Max though, just one very occasionally, probably 95% of my liquid intake now is just water...
RedBull promo girls turned up at work the other day. They offered me a Redbull. I declined with "No thanks, I don't drink softdrink". She offered again saying it wasn't softdrink. Again I declined. She said, "You'll drink coffee but won't have a redbull?". I told her I didn't drink coffee either. She tried some more and in the end just said "Well, where do you get your energy from?"
I walked away.
They're not hired for their intelligence... :cookoo:
Munching on some Macro brand raw mixed nuts from Woolies... and gonna log off and watch Under the Dome :thumb:
Pity they've completely butchered the storyline from the book but it's not a bad show...
I eat whatever I want and drink whatever I want and dont fucken care what anyone thinks :flipoff: :flipoff: :flipoff:
Yeah Cods! ... I'm an Omnivore too!! ... Cept eggplant .... Don't like eggplant :dunno_white:
mom used to make eggplant,...used to smell like spaghetti,.....'woooo hoooooo we having some spagh- ah mannnnn eggplant again?' blech
When did EJ get a custom title?
And yes, I am the diet police.
I like his custom title hahaha he gots a good one. Doesn't beat mine though lol. I actually can't remember the last time I had eggplant. Will have to give it a go. I see slot of ppl roast it or grill it.
The dome looks like a bad knock off from The Simpsons movie so haven't bothered. The thing im liking foward most is the possibility of a flat stomach and mostly flat chest haha.
Hey, inspired me...
I read a few posts about Jester's work competition, and it made me take a look at myself for sure. When I decided to lose weight in February, I was at 189 and didn't ever want to see that 190 on the scale... kept telling myself I'd start when I hit 165, then it was 170, then 180... when was I gonna stick to my own goals, you know?... so I set a high goal for weight loss and it was 30lbs in 10 weeks. I hit it right on schedule... have kept on the plan, just not as extreme, and still losing slowly along with gaining some of my build again. Down 38lbs total and feel great. Playing sports again, even got on my jumping stilts last week...
:cheers:
- Bboy
Change this to last poster weight loss thread
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 08, 2013, 04:44:57 PM
Change this to last poster weight loss thread
or ... show some initiative .. use a few extra calories by tapping the keys to create a new thread for weightloss...
i should lose weight too.... and im always glad to hear when someone does.... dont need a gram by gram storyline of it though eh! .. ;)
LPW is the 'nonsense and such' thread yeah?? ... where as weightloss is a more dedicated and serious business!? ... so have a Odds and Ends .. "GSTWIN Beefcakes" or something :thumb:
.... now ... with still
absolutely no authority whatsoever to demand such a thing... just do it!! :flipoff: ;)
No I demand we do it here and make others who participate in this thread do it also.
A few items...
LPW is now the Healthy Living Thread. I think Jester started the ball rolling.
EJ, custom title? Obviously some one besides "me" has been tinkering with my settings. :dunno_black:
Is mister allowed to join our health group if he's already living a healthy life?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 08, 2013, 07:42:56 PM
No I demand we do it here and make others who participate in this thread do it also.
.... dont WANNA!
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You must and no excuses from anyone
must?! ...
this is musth
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No it's not.
yes it is! .... or have you come to the wrong room? ... disagreements are in 12b on fri evenings! .. this is LPW!
You will lose weight like many of us are doing and convince others to do the same for no obvious reason than a healthier life
..... And you were turning out to be such a nice young man until now! .... You must resist the temptation to infect others with the 'starry eyed new dieter and health kick freak' virus .... ;)
It's a bit like religion ... I absolutely do not care what flavour of god anyone wants to believe in.... But you cross me up and try to convert me and I'll go all Choppa Reid on yo ass!
Quote from: Janx101 on August 09, 2013, 02:22:46 AM
It's a bit like religion ... I absolutely do not care what flavour of god anyone wants to believe in.... But you cross me up and try to convert me and I'll go all Choppa Reid on yo ass!
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
You both wont your as soft as a 100 year old mans duck
The thing is slips... While I will cheer you on and say atta boy at appropriate moments... I'm not in that thought mode currently... And there is nothing in existence that will force me to change my mind ... Later that may change and then you can go Nyah Nyah told you so etc ... But my choice eh!
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Wow, coda... you tryin' to kill this thread? Those are on top of the strange list...
:whisper: some folks just seem to fall into their custom titles around here...
- Bboy
*using the force to force janx into submission*
Yeah that's freaky shaZam! Cods... Lady Gaga goes gaga! Weirdo...
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 09, 2013, 12:11:53 PM
*using the force to force janx into submission*
*wondering if slips knows about Hutt family ancestry*
*wonders if janx felt the butt plug last night cause it barely touched the sides.*
Don't post for a few days, and here is what we learn:
1. The legend of Jester has, and will always live on.
2. Cods is a crazy fvcker sometimes, but we love him for that.
3. People from Illinois can lose weight too. Bboy, your GS will go faster too. Don't need an Adidas chain guard to add speed. You are light as a feather!
And I'm still batshit crazy as usual
My sister borrows a car from my cousin while she is in the US (lives in Portugal) for a month. Car was prefect a month ago.
Receive car back from said sibling. ODO 4,000 miles higher. Now needs $50 worth of fixing before it can be returned to my cousin.
3 burnt out lights, wiper blades, oil change, and a good cleaning.
Seriously???!!!
Your lucky there jester could have been a lot worse
Quote from: jestercinti on August 09, 2013, 10:30:36 PM
My sister borrows a car from my cousin while she is in the US (lives in Portugal) for a month. Car was prefect a month ago.
Receive car back from said sibling. ODO 4,000 miles higher. Now needs $50 worth of fixing before it can be returned to my cousin.
3 burnt out lights, wiper blades, oil change, and a good cleaning.
Seriously???!!!
My Grandmother always told me "Neither a lender nor a borrower be"
Craving a rare bleeding steak
I just ate a TimTam
Did you slam it?
.... Had a scotch fillet steak Sanger and seasoned chips for dinner earlier... Now lets see... Checklist ... M&M'S check, lamington check , custard check, forest berry jam check, grand marnier check , whipped double cream .. Check! ... It's Eton Mess time!! :D :thumb:
Went to the Sushi Train for dinner and then to Baskin & Robins for dessert :woohoo
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You may believe a man killed 7 flies with one blow.
And you may believe a man killed 7 giants with one blow.
But would you believe a man stopped a thousand charging rhinoceroses armed only with a mouth guard?
I did.
..... Nice! Cods .... :thumb:
Also just sipping on some of that 'new' liptons green gunpowder tea.... It's good!
Was the man with the mouthguard a Furian? ...
Btw ... Went to see The Conjuring last week .... Yawn! ...
But the promo reel.... NEW RIDDICK MOVIE COMING OUT!!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Yup, he was a Furian survivor :thumb: :thumb:
The Missus is gonna be rolling her eyes again eh ...
When I watch Bourne I might have amnesia! , when I watch Jack Sparrow I could be a pirate! ... And when I watch RIDDICK ... All the knives get blunt cos I fudge the spin and drop them on the concrete ;) :icon_rolleyes:
... It's shameful really .... I'm not a Furian :sad: .. I may however. .... Be delusional! :icon_lol:
Classic line: Did you know all your doors were locked - said by Riddick to the home owner, while shaving his head inside the house with the formally locked doors.
Public holiday Wedesday... gotta love it! Will not be going anywhere near the Ekka... in fact the closest I ever get to the Ekka these days is going to work... I ride right past it...
I'll pass on the germ infested cesspool known as the Brisbane Exhibition :thumb:
Another riddick coming out soon
Quote from: peteGS on August 10, 2013, 02:57:18 PM
I'll pass on the germ infested cesspool known as the Brisbane Exhibition :thumb:
Ah, that old chestnut eh? Cause you know, going to shopping centers, sporting events and other places in public, don't have any people at all who carry and spread germs. :icon_rolleyes:
I've been going right next door to the Ekka at the rail yards
Went to Bunnings ... Post ride this arvo ... Picked up one of those Mexican fire pit thingies... Last one on the pallet ... Crushed box ...but un damaged clay pit ... Slight ding in the metal screen lid thingy ... $99 :thumb: instead of 139 :D ... Set it up ... Lit the fire... 3 'late teenage' girls suddenly like under 10's again... Marshmallow roast!! ... Good fun O0
Quote from: codajastal on August 09, 2013, 11:11:42 PM
My Grandmother always told me "Neither a lender nor a borrower be"
The old man that lives next to me, a nice fellow but...
Seems he always needs things from me.
Generator,
Chain saw,
Pressure washer,
etc...
Seems if he's been living in the same house for 40 years he might eventually buy himself a hose, a ladder, a saw, some tools, No?
I'm a Capitalist and he's a Socialist.
I work hard enough for the both of us, and he doesn't have to do sh!t.
Proving that Socialism works! :thumb:
Well said comrade
Quote from: mister on August 10, 2013, 04:11:13 PM
Quote from: peteGS on August 10, 2013, 02:57:18 PM
I'll pass on the germ infested cesspool known as the Brisbane Exhibition :thumb:
Ah, that old chestnut eh? Cause you know, going to shopping centers, sporting events and other places in public, don't have any people at all who carry and spread germs. :icon_rolleyes:
Just not in the same levels of concentration ;)
this is what i know today .... chilli/coconut chicken stirfry ..... will have its revenge... :oops:
Glad there's some 900km of separation
yeah .. you're safe.... just!! ... tweed might feel the fallout though :icon_rolleyes: :icon_twisted:
I care not for tweed or the surrounding areas
thats an interesting twist ... i heard the magistrate said you werent allowed down that end any more! :D
No I'm banned from the USA :flipoff:
La di dah di dah... work to do in 25 minutes... oh what fun!
Laverda show on Sunday, lookin' forward to a nice day out... weather bureau says possible shower but what do they know? Just as much chance of a sunny day as there is hail... :dunno_black:
Ignore the weather man, works for me :thumb:
Yup, ignorance is bliss... :thumb:
Penny ignores her lights. But turns out the Low fuel worked correctly
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 12, 2013, 03:33:31 PM
Penny ignores her lights. But turns out the Low fuel worked correctly
Could you run that by me again? :cookoo:
Big Bang theory reference
Engineers are so dumb.....
Yes they are
Um... Locomotive engineers? :dunno_black:
BTW: They are a strange lot, but not always dumb.
Just saying
Most loco drivers here winge a lot apparently
So I think I need a longer throttle cable >:(
No matter what I do I can't adjust the throttle so there's no free play, and now that it's routed correctly it opens the throttle when turning the bars full left or full right... :dunno_black:
The motorcross 'bars must have just enough extra width to need a longer cable :dunno_white:
Civil/Civic Engineers. They might have a piece of paper but man are they dumb. The "I have no idea how to do what you do, but my book says you're doing it wrong" kinda dumb.
Like criminals looking up a law book in the middle of a crime?
Quote from: peteGS on August 13, 2013, 04:02:18 AM
So I think I need a longer throttle cable >:(
No matter what I do I can't adjust the throttle so there's no free play, and now that it's routed correctly it opens the throttle when turning the bars full left or full right... :dunno_black:
The motorcross 'bars must have just enough extra width to need a longer cable :dunno_white:
.. Just in case... I have standard bars .. But .. Last time I was under the tank ... And 'tidy things up' I tightened up that big loose zip tie kinda thing on the cross member .. That roughly holds the cables central .... And after bolting tank back down .. Had throttle 'control' with left right turning.... Loosened that tie thing back up to where it was and went away! ...
Your wider bars might do same thing... But the whole cable needs to more or less be flexible across the under tank area
Down to my final cut of food. Next on the sugar hitlist is honey. This is gonna be tough me n honey go way back. I love wheat bix with honey. I love a peanut butter n honey sandwich. *sadface*
Like the sands of the hourglass...these are the days of our lives.
,...always changed the channel to watch price is right,.....
Quote from: peteGS on August 13, 2013, 04:02:18 AM
So I think I need a longer throttle cable.
No matter what I do I can't adjust the throttle so there's no free play, and now that it's routed correctly it opens the throttle when turning the bars full left or full right.
Granted, the GS500F is a different bike than yours
BUT! ...I had a similar problem after installing bar-risers and after hours of tinkering with the trotter cables... I found that the
CHOKE was coming on slightly when I would do a sharp turn and causing the bike to idle-up fast.
Tinkered with the choke system and the no more problems!
Just sayin'
Cheers Janx and EJ...
Janx, I know it's routed 100% correctly according to the manual, but I definitely strapped it down to the frame backbone, so will have to loosen that up and see if there's a difference. I'm guessing now that there will be a way to make it work, I just need to figure what it is...
EJ, I made a bracket and adapter etc. so I could use the 'bar mounted choke lever off a newer GSXR 600 rather than the lever directly on the carb, so there's a chance this could be happening too, although it didn't happen until I changed throttle tubes and adjusted the throttle cable...
And on an LPW note... public holiday today :cheers:
Not for me dammit! Damn Ipswich why can't they have an Ekka holiday?
The graduated pitch of the "trick" throttle tubes that are available...
I have a question...
Do they make the first 10% of cranking on the throttle more aggressive?
Or more gentle as compared to a stock (linear) throttle tube?
BTW: Slips... Get back to work! >:(
I will only work when required like now
The throttle tube I bought is the Motion Pro R1 tube... it's not graduated as such, just has a larger diameter where the throttle cable runs around it to make it a quicker action.
I'm now 100% confused tonight as I pulled the stock 'bars out and they're the same width as the motorcross 'bars :technical:
So how the hell do I not have enough throttle cable length? :dunno_black:
This is nuts :cookoo:
Tank is going to have to come off again... :mad:
I get my Public Holiday when our part of town has theirs - or - at any time of my choosing.
Rock and rolls sisoslsjdislhdssuslendisjspndisl dhal shale soap shak'haks zusksbdisnshapsndjd
Quote from: peteGS on August 14, 2013, 03:44:15 AM
The throttle tube I bought is the Motion Pro R1 tube... it's not graduated as such, just has a larger diameter where the throttle cable runs around it to make it a quicker action.
I'm now 100% confused tonight as I pulled the stock 'bars out and they're the same width as the motorcross 'bars :technical:
So how the hell do I not have enough throttle cable length? :dunno_black:
This is nuts :cookoo:
Tank is going to have to come off again... :mad:
Think you said it yourself Pete ... Larger diameter where the cable runs around? .. Isn't that going to eat up just a little length? ... Unless cable starts at 'degree zero/entry point' to the larger diameter bit it's taking a few extra mm per radius section I think...
It takes minimal movement of the throttle to effect rpm change .. So a few mm could change things yeah? .... A graduated version would in theory start at standard diameter and increase sharply after '15 degrees?' of rotation to increase the cable take up ratio ...
Again ... I think?!
Just watching 'Arrow' on TV .... We Aussies with the growly bogus accents are hectic ninja bladesman!! ... FFS ... Can't Hollywood get shaZam! right!??
Craving the sweet. Should have brought some more food to work.
Never seen a yank nail an aussie accent bar Val Kilmer in The Saint
Quote from: Janx101 on August 14, 2013, 04:31:57 AM
Just watching 'Arrow' on TV .... We Aussies with the growly bogus accents are hectic ninja bladesman!! ... FFS ... Can't Hollywood get shaZam! right!??
Wow, just watched this last night too... for the first time... no comment on the Aussie accent, but I think I liked the show... very batman-like for sure, though.
I always wondered how my fake aussie accent sounded to an aussie LOL
- Bboy
I remember when a yank Aussie accent was British with the word 'mate' and 'g'day' thrown in occasionally
I modelled my accent after Steve Irwin... Yur Alroight mate, yur alroight. Luuk at 'er, shees ah byutyifull spoaiduh!
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on August 14, 2013, 05:17:31 AM
I modelled my accent after Steve Irwin... Yur Alroight mate, yur alroight. Luuk at 'er, shees ah byutyifull spoaiduh!
- Bboy
:icon_lol: :thumb: .... Cool ... How about a audio capture of it?
But your not an actor let alone famous haha
Few local gigs :icon_rolleyes:... never needed an accent... always thought I was a good copycat at most things...
but yeah not famous, not even close... will always keep my day job :icon_lol:
- Bboy
Quote from: Janx101 on August 14, 2013, 04:31:57 AM
Just watching 'Arrow' on TV .... We Aussies with the growly bogus accents are hectic ninja bladesman!! ... FFS ... Can't Hollywood get shaZam! right!??
Just imagine if all Aussies spoke pure, boring, unaccented English. :o
Jeez, Maybe you Aussies have just been putting on an act with your horrid lingual butchering!
As for me... "My" English is fucken perfect! :thumb:
"Yur Alroight mate, yur alroight. Luuk at 'er, shees ah byutyifull spoaiduh!"
- Bboy
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The Aussie accent is a lack of accent. Which is why we are able to pick up other accents so easily.
An Australian accent is very sexy on a hot chick :thumb:
That man there knows what his on about
Try the south African accent...americans make us into Brits, the brits make us into aussies and the aussies make us sound...flip...like I don't know what...like russian,cum germans.
Never heard a good safer accent from a non-saffer EVER. And we're always a villian? What's up with that?! Oh...except for morgan freeman playing mandela...nd then he sounds like he's frikken chinese or something....."?hoo...its a lang walka tu fweeedomb".
What's up with that?! I mean, suffers can do the cockney, jordy, irish, scottish, high english, aussie or american (north, south, new yorkian and everything in between like Louisianaian)...and like eleven of our own indigenous accents...how come no-one can do ours? I mean...come on...it's not that hard...
This forum has no accents. Thats why I dig the forum. No matter where you come from or how you sound we all talk the same language here.... :thumb:
:thumb: Karma for that...otherwise i'd have all the brits calling me an aussie, aussies calling me a brit and americans calling me...probably a terrorist. :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: codajastal on August 14, 2013, 05:25:11 PM
This forum has no accents. Thats why I dig the forum. No matter where you come from or how you sound we all talk the same language here.... :thumb:
Oh, yaheh roight mate.. Loik theh arh no ackscents rond erh...
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on August 14, 2013, 06:11:05 PM
Quote from: codajastal on August 14, 2013, 05:25:11 PM
This forum has no accents. Thats why I dig the forum. No matter where you come from or how you sound we all talk the same language here.... :thumb:
Oh, yaheh roight mate.. Loik theh arh no ackscents rond erh...
- Bboy
.... no accents .... but frag all spelling too eh! :flipoff: :D
... from 10 mins ago ... the farken chainsaw just started 1st pull!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: ....
..... oh sorry ... fill in needed ... last saturday i brought the Husky 359 saw into work from home....last 8 months theres been a dead tree in the car park (thats under the height limit i need a permit to cut down) ... had all my safety gear ready ... fresh fuel mix... looking forward to stress relieving couple hours of wood choppery!! :icon_twisted: ... compound was empty of cars and work neighbours... want the wood for the new firepit at home.... lovely!!
... pull the choke ... pull the starter cord.. cough sput!! ... pull... cough cough sput! ... pull ... brrrrgh brrrrgh brrrgh sput! .. smells fuelly .. mutter grumble swear ... remove plug.... clean plug.... check gap ... couple pulls to clear the vapours .. plug in... pull... cough cough sput...
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: ... think evil thoughts about going to get the lump hammer to 'adjust' the saw..... :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: ... remove plug... let whole thing sit in the sun open cylinder for half hour in case that does something.... plug back in... pull .. Pull ... PULL ... PULLLLLLLLL ... nothin!!! :icon_rolleyes: :mad: :icon_rolleyes: :mad:
.... throw hands in air .. practice some 'cultural swearing' ... nearly had first chainsaw in orbit!! ..
.... today ... just for the hell of it.... choke... half assed pull.... starts straight up and purrs like a kitty!! ... well.... a big noisy growly kitty!! ... and of course being a weekday .. carpark is full.... people everywhere ... no chance!!!
.... ive got time this saturday too!! when the carpark will be empty again ... im betting the rotten bastard saw wont start then though!! :icon_rolleyes: :2guns:
Murphy
... and his whole family i think it was... :icon_lol:
Hey, never said I could spell a good Aussie accent...
- Bboy
lol ... valid point :thumb:
checking the junk folder in hotmail..... a particularly good haul this morning... I ... was offered/have won/my deceased relative etc 45.2 million dollars .... sure 5 of the seven emails are all talking about the same funds in the same bank i think... and most are offering me a 30-40% cut if we do the transaction... so say ... 24.3 million for me.... theoretically... :cookoo:
i have to wonder .... is there a core group of scammers/criminals that just keep on sending this crap out to everyone in the internet .. again and again and again.. hoping that maybe after the 15th try we will suddenly forget that its a scam? ... OR ... is there a whole queue of boneheads waiting to get into a internet kiosk because they woke up this morning with spectacular brainwave of how to move money around?? all of them keeping the 'secret to themselves' as they hop from foot to foot with excitement at how fraggin clever they are to have come up with such a brilliant plan!! :icon_lol: :icon_rolleyes:
.... i do have an issue with the deceased uncle one though.... if my long lost uncle was in the motorway accident in spain.... what right has the bloody solicitor to claim over 50% of the will?!?!?!... my uncle!! my cash!!! .. bahahaahahahhahahahaha .. poor old uncle albert!.. he never did get used to those newfangled cruise control thingies!! :icon_rolleyes: :D
Yep place is falling apart first the police looses a Remington AR15 in the post ahem anyone we know? Next for the 3rd night in a row I'm waiting for parts to arrive that don't turn up. Now I don't mind doing nothing as much as the next guy but jeez it's only 5:30
Wait.... What? ... The cops lost AR15 .... In the post?!?!? .... :cookoo: .... That's just ludicrous!! ... I don't mean the post service fault ... And dont mean that AUssie Post does a bad job ..But I would have thought a bonded courier company .... No scratch that ... I know for certain that they send secure boxes with radio equip repairs etc interstate via tracked services ... A farken assault weapon in the POST?!?!?! ...
Ok over in the states it might fly straight... But over here? ... With all the bastard rules that normal owners have to comply with ... The bloody POST?!?!?! :icon_eek:
I ate a pod. Hmmm.... bit too sweet for my tastes.
Quote from: Janx101 on August 15, 2013, 03:21:03 AM
Wait.... What? ... The cops lost AR15 .... In the post?!?!? .... :cookoo: .... That's just ludicrous!! ... I don't mean the post service fault ... And dont mean that AUssie Post does a bad job ..But I would have thought a bonded courier company .... No scratch that ... I know for certain that they send secure boxes with radio equip repairs etc interstate via tracked services ... A farken assault weapon in the POST?!?!?! ...
Ok over in the states it might fly straight... But over here? ... With all the bastard rules that normal owners have to comply with ... The bloody POST?!?!?! :icon_eek:
I seriously doubt its the Post as that would not be sent via mail delivery :nono: :bs:
Also why have I not heard this in the papers or the news?? :dunno_black:
Cause it's Bullshit, that's why.
Yeah I dunno.... Him mentioned it! ... :dunno_black:
Scored over a million in Bejeweled Blitz :woohoo:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 15, 2013, 04:20:43 AM
Yeah I dunno.... Him mentioned it! ... :dunno_black:
huh? Who him?
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Quote from: mister on August 15, 2013, 04:11:40 AM
Cause it's Bullshit, that's why.
oh ok I must have missed something?
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I googled it and found only stateside stuff ... So it's got to be crossed wires somewhere...
Oh, the Omniscient Google spreads thine knowledge wide and far.
- Bboy
I think I will stick with Mister on this one.
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:dunno_black: .. Ok Slips ... What ar15 and where?
Janx, we do not care for more BS from him, please do not ask for me. Not that it matters cause me and Cods see nothing of his stuff cause we block him, just saying is all...
Yeah I know .. I'm asking for my purposes ... I don't watch TV news ... For me 'if its not on ABC radio news then it didn't happen' ... Which I catch up on driving to and from work etc .... Didn't think about it to start with... Then ... 'Hang on.. WTF are the cops doing shipping an assault rifle in the first place' ... Cos they don't! ...
... So I ask again slips .... What ar15 and where slips? ... Or was it just a convenient way to segue into your parts not arriving? :dunno_black:
See you two have your heads so far up each others arses no f%$king wonder use are stuck on your own down there. If you bother to read the paper you would have seen. So both of you wake up and stop acting like fucktards.
Oh yeah there's this: http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/remington-r4-assault-rifle-on-its-way-to-queensland-police-goes-missing-in-post/story-fnihsrf2-1226697309429 (http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/remington-r4-assault-rifle-on-its-way-to-queensland-police-goes-missing-in-post/story-fnihsrf2-1226697309429)
I forgot the name Remington called it but you look at it and its an ar15
... Reads courier mail article... (Cos a newspaper wouldn't get stuff wrong or sensationalise/misreport ... Right? :icon_rolleyes: ) ..
A courier company lost it ... They have an employee who might have been connected with 2 handgun go missing years ago .... Aka Remington gpc .. 'Normally sent via Aussie Post when officers relocate or as a replacement' ... Questioning that!! ...
It is more or less an ar15 .. With the auto function and lever removed and disabled ... Typical redesignation of nomenclature when they do this.. Not hard to convert back again though if you have the bits and know how ..
QLD cops replacing the old mini14 units with these ... 1 was sent from Nioa trading via a courier company.... Supposedly as a test unit? ....
If they really do send stuff by Aussie post... And I'm skeptical ... Why change this time to a courier? ... But ... It just all looks factual enough in the vagueness of reporting for the general public to accept... And handy to draw attention to the fact that 'big bad weapons of any type' might be in the postal service ... So that "Soccer Mum Sandy and Metrosexual Mike can raise a ruckus a little later about 'what if the mailman on a bike' was delivering a hand cannon!!!!!!! ... My kids could get shot?!?!?" .......
???
No doubt them two will nit pick and Buddha Loves You but hey you look at it and fact is the police lost an ar15 in the mail. It is legal to send through the post as I'm sure you would know janx. Long as its registered and no markings to give it away that such package contains a gun.
lost via a COURIER service .. ?! ... the words in your link ..
it may be legal .. for firearms anyway ... its still dumb though... especially that particular unit...
i have seen stuff shipped via post... REGISTERED Post... with positive ID requirements etc ...
... ammo is a no no far as i know now though... (frag!.. thats nearly a tongue twister!) ..
.. and with the amount of inter-station vehicle transfers of officers , equipment and detainees ... i still dont get why they just didnt transport the thing themselves .. yes yes i know QLD and the whole country is a big place .. i wouldn't be surprised either if it came out that someone along the logistics chain mentioned something to someone they shouldnt .. so it went missing... :icon_rolleyes:
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.... might go get tested for those IBS/GORD conditions... i'm getting old ... and reminding myself of Grandpop after xmas dinner!! :icon_neutral:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 15, 2013, 05:40:29 PM
lost via a COURIER service .. ?! ... the words in your link ..
Well there you go :flipoff:
Like I said I call BS on Aussie Post
Courier companies dont GAF about the mail.
If it was sent Aussie Post it would be Registered Post and be tracked right up the the door of the receiver and would be found. :thumb:
hmmm.. was looking for something interesting for the utube finds thread....
the ads... normally annoy me anyway.... but just now... political campaign ads!! .. :mad: :mad: :mad: :technical: :2guns: .. thats going too far!!! .. i YT to escape from stress and reality ... not to fraggin see some suited up twat banging on about how they will save the country!! ... :technical: :technical: :technical: :technical:
Finally found some info on it
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/remington-r4-assault-rifle-on-its-way-to-queensland-police-goes-missing-in-post/story-fnihsrf2-1226697309429
and this was quoted
Sources said police weapons were regularly sent via Australia Post without incident when officers relocated or replacement weapons were required.
However, a different freight company was involved in the recent weapon loss.
Like I said :bs: on Auspost losing it.
yeah thats the same link
Yeah if you bothered to see the link in my post. And hey not my words, words of the courier mail so winge to them. I just repeated them. See still stuck in your apparent Bullshit bubble.
hang on... point of order.... the article said .. a courier company lost it..... you said post lost it.... not same! :dunno_black:
Title of the article says lost in the post which is what I said. The link to the article even says lost in the post. Here I was having a small dig and the fun police rain on it. When did this place become all
Serious and not letting the truth get in the way of a good story?
Quote from: Janx101 on August 15, 2013, 06:20:06 PM
yeah thats the same link
I never saw you post a link? Thats why I went looking for it.
It's like that flat earth society down the coast
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Quote from: Janx101 on August 15, 2013, 06:20:06 PM
yeah thats the same link
I never saw you post a link? Thats why I went looking for it.
nah .. him link... not my link .. i didnt do a link
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Quote from: codajastal on August 15, 2013, 07:10:48 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on August 15, 2013, 06:20:06 PM
yeah thats the same link
I never saw you post a link? Thats why I went looking for it.
nah .. him link... not my link .. i didnt do a link
Well thats why I didnt see it then :dunno_black:
Cool I'm just gonna bag the shaZam! out of them two and they'll never see it :icon_twisted:
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Quote from: codajastal on August 15, 2013, 07:10:48 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on August 15, 2013, 06:20:06 PM
yeah thats the same link
I never saw you post a link? Thats why I went looking for it.
nah .. him link... not my link .. i didnt do a link
Well thats why I didnt see it then :dunno_black:
yeah sorry ... my unique style sometimes... i think a heap ... post like this while thinking other notes about it... get it sorted in my head .. and bam.. forget to clarify ..
speaking of unique...
Q. How do you catch a Unique Duck?....
A. Unique (you 'neak) on 'im!!
..
Q. How do you catch an Ordinary Duck? ...
A. Unique up on 'im too!! ... :cheers:
.. oh and Slips... im not gonna tell you what & where to post... but ...
.. that last of yours... just reminds me of someone else... :icon_rolleyes: ... just sayin'
Well if those two wanna call bs to what I'm saying and block or not look to what I have to back it up they deserve to be called f%$king clowns.
A bloke's wife goes missing while diving off the West Australian coast. He reports the event, searches fruitlessly and spends a terrible night wondering what could have happened to her.
Next morning there's a knock at the door and he is confronted by a couple of policemen, the old Sarge and a younger Constable.. The Sarge says, 'Mate, we have some news for you, unfortunately some really bad news, but, some good news, and maybe some more good news'.
'Well,' says the bloke, 'I guess I'd better have the bad news first?'
The Sarge says, 'I'm really sorry mate, but your wife is dead. Young Bill here found her lying at about five fathoms in a little cleft in the reef. He got a line around her and we pulled her up, but she was dead.
The bloke is naturally pretty distressed to hear of this and has a bit of a turn. But after a few minutes he pulls himself together and asks what the good news is.
The Sarge says, 'Well when we got your wife up there were quite a few really good sized crays and a swag of nice crabs attached to her, so we've brought you your share.' He hands the bloke a sugar bag with a couple of nice crays and four or five crabs in it.
'Geez thanks. They're bloody beauties. I guess it's an ill wind and all that ..... So what's the other possible good news?
'Well', the Sarge says, 'if you fancy a quick trip, me and young Bill here get off duty at around 11 o'clock and we're gonna shoot over there and pull her up again!
Retro cocktail hour rocks... :thumb: :thumb:
The greens can suck my left nut and make the right one jealous
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Sweet Shot!
... and its a GS500
:bowdown: :thumb:
- Bboy
Interesting
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That's pretty cool .... Looks like just a tiny portion of a major fun road too!!
Great shot! In other news today's weigh in 96.5 kg down from 97.3 last week. Ill weigh in every Saturday. I've done nothing else except eliminate as much sugar from my diet as possible. The goal is under 20 grams a day. The real thing that im trying to eliminate is the fructose component of sugar.
But wait you say doesn't fruit contain fructose? Yes it does and when the whole fruit is consumed the fibre contained in the fruit offsets the negative poisoning effects of the fructose
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We're a hardcore bunch we are
Wife and I celebrating our wedding anniversary tonight. 25 years together and 16 years married :))
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Happy anniversary then Cods! ... :whisper: woulda only been 15-20 for murder :whisper: ;)
Yay Cods :thumb: :thumb:.... and it feels like only yesterday you met, doesn't it?
I remember the day like it was yesterday. :thumb:
I cannot merder her now cause I would end upstuck with the kids :cry:
MURDER*
Can always put the kids into Foster care :icon_mrgreen:
And because you have just mentioned it online too! ...
A properly washed and groomed child can bring a lot of $ on the slave market overseas though ;) :icon_lol:
Nah I keep her around cause she cooks and cleans :cheers:
Cods...
Since your so good at domestics, perhaps I can ship you my own wife and kids.
Hell yeah, just think of all the riding time I'll have! :woohoo:
Oh and while your at it, could you take the dog too? It's a Black Lab that likes to dry-hump furniture.
Please? :kiss3:
Quote from: Electrojake on August 17, 2013, 08:31:27 AM
Cods...
Since your so good at domestics, perhaps I can ship you my own wife and kids.
Hell yeah, just think of all the riding time I'll have! :woohoo:
Oh and while your at it, could you take the dog too? It's a Black Lab that likes to dry-hump furniture.
Please? :kiss3:
You can always leave... and make a new life for yourself in Mexico, or Columbia or Ecuador or Thailand.... :dunno_black:
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Quote from: Electrojake on August 17, 2013, 08:31:27 AM
Cods...
Since your so good at domestics, perhaps I can ship you my own wife and kids.
Hell yeah, just think of all the riding time I'll have! :woohoo:
Oh and while your at it, could you take the dog too? It's a Black Lab that likes to dry-hump furniture.
Please? :kiss3:
You can always leave... and make a new life for yourself in Mexico, or Columbia or Ecuador or Thailand.... :dunno_black:
Or even Australia :D
How about Cuba?
Cuba is only cool if you a visiting tourist, mate went there for a week early this year, avoided the' tourism' spots cos wanted the ' real cuba' , nearly got robbed and beat up, only cos he ran like hell till he got back to the popular spots.......
He reported it to cops, who shrugged and said you not local, what you expect?
In syd today with missus, waiting while she does clothes shopping at moment... Just saw a bergman scooter on p plates try drag off a porsche rscs ... Lasted about 3 seconds till the porsche realized they were racing .. Jeez those things move out when you stomp the pedal! :icon_eek: :thumb:
Yeah, almost as fast as a GS500...
Almost like a mini gold wing. A lams grand tourer
Quote from: Janx101 on August 14, 2013, 04:25:55 AM
Think you said it yourself Pete ... Larger diameter where the cable runs around? .. Isn't that going to eat up just a little length? ... Unless cable starts at 'degree zero/entry point' to the larger diameter bit it's taking a few extra mm per radius section I think...
It takes minimal movement of the throttle to effect rpm change .. So a few mm could change things yeah? .... A graduated version would in theory start at standard diameter and increase sharply after '15 degrees?' of rotation to increase the cable take up ratio ...
Again ... I think?!
Throttle cable still starts in exactly the same position when it's closed as stock though, so I don't think that will do it... I have a feeling you might be right about letting the cable move freely under the tank though and that's the first thing I'll be doing when the tank comes off for the service next weekend :thumb:
Quote from: codajastal on August 17, 2013, 12:51:26 AM
Wife and I celebrating our wedding anniversary tonight. 25 years together and 16 years married :))
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Congrats Cods! My wife and I hit 10 years married earlier this year, 13 years together :thumb:
And on other unrelated news I have a rather sunburnt face... Laverda Concours today, didn't realise it would be bloody hot and perfect clear blue skies... d'oh!
Great fun ride over Mt Glorious and Mt Nebo then met up with a few others and down to the show... top day! :thumb:
There was a cafe'd GSX250 in the show and a cafe'd GS450 in the parking lot too...
Cool stuff
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:bowdown: :bowdown: Congrats coda....got some catching up to do...wife and I only hit one year on the 25...next weekend. :woohoo:
You guys' custom titles are making me shudder :-X
John in a sick man :cookoo:
I embrace mine quite funny it's his attempt to insult me. This year makes 4 years with my missus
Wow .... She must have some patience eh !!! ;)
Sure does janxy
Quote from: nutmunk on August 18, 2013, 11:24:41 AM
:bowdown: :bowdown: Congrats coda....got some catching up to do...wife and I only hit one year on the 25...next weekend. :woohoo:
What does that mean?
One & 25? One in 25? :dunno_black:
He hits one year on the 25th.
geez.. thats still 'honeymooning' ... bet its still all coffee and bagels on the table in the morning... 'love you cootchie coo/ honey bear' etc .. :icon_lol:
Every time I say that to my Missus she turns bright red and cannot believe I say that. Still makes her smile though so worth it.
Quote from: Janx101 on August 18, 2013, 05:28:22 PM
geez.. thats still 'honeymooning' ... bet its still all coffee and bagels on the table in the morning... 'love you cootchie coo/ honey bear' etc .. :icon_lol:
Hey the wife and I still do that now after 25 years and 4 kids.
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must be the QLD heat eh ..... :icon_eek:
... either that .. or..... hmmmmm... nah..... couldnt be.... i dont need to lift my game do i? .... :icon_rolleyes:
Thanks for explaining that 1 in 25 thing.
Marriage?
Seems the first few years were the most difficult.
Then the kids start popping out and you're overwhelmed with that crap.
Then the kids finally grow-up so you can catch your breath a little.
Then the reality of retirement...
just as your grown kids start to truly believe that you will support them for their entire life. :flipoff: :cookoo: (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.websleuths.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fffj%2Ffloorlaugh.gif&hash=248764e420d3d2baf5c2e0d8ee8a016c1a1c061a)
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mmm yes... its more and more common too!! ... I dont mind helping ... so long as they contribute funds also.... but as soon as they finish University and start working regular... nope! ... well if they get stuck with car rego or fixes i'll front it... but they will pay it back ..
... if i let the car not work... and then they not work... they might want to move back in!! :icon_eek: ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on August 18, 2013, 06:40:06 PM
... they might want to move back in!! :icon_eek: ;)
I'm still working on getting them OUT! :cheers:
ahhh ... the hopeful suggestion years! ... yeah i am there too!! .. 3 girls ... 20, 18 and 16 ... the eldest is talking of moving to a share house with some friends... she has a summer job lined up too so you never know... the missus gets all damp eyed and quivery of chin each time its mentioned though.... :icon_lol:
Hmmmmmmm to buy a mil surp barrel for my swede or not
about to send you a pm slips
Quote from: Janx101 on August 18, 2013, 07:32:36 PM
ahhh ... the hopeful suggestion years! ... yeah i am there too!! .. 3 girls ... 20, 18 and 16 ... the eldest is talking of moving to a share house with some friends... she has a summer job lined up too so you never know... the missus gets all damp eyed and quivery of chin each time its mentioned though.... :icon_lol:
Understood.
It will indeed be odd if/when my two do leave the nest.
Not quite there yet, but getting mighty close.
Just saying.
i just hope .. when the eldest does move.... that her flatmates like Pasta ... mainly ravioli ... she can cook ravioli! ... lots of ravioli!! ... lol ..
not that bad... she can do several other meals... but .. ravioli is king!!
slightly late lunch ... Ham, egg, pineapple an sweet chilli sauce toasted wrap ... then this happened
:D
yay .. 3 in a row...
... loading the mag on ebay ... pulling the trigger on a Kat rear shock ... :thumb:
I love my Kat shock on the GS
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I love the shock on my BMW
Is that like ...... Holy crap!?!?!?!? .... I'm still riding a BMW??... What have I done?! :icon_neutral:
.... BAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAAAAA
I bought a BMW. I'm 28 and own a late model BMW
I'm 57 and know a guy that owns a BMW. :cheers:
Quote from: Electrojake on August 19, 2013, 03:16:03 AM
I'm 57 and know a guy that owns a BMW. :cheers:
Im 43 and have absolutely no debts and own everything I have outright and will never go into debt to buy anything.. :thumb:
If you dont have the money then dont buy it.
I am not one of those people that has to have the expensive bike so that I can pretend that I am better than anyone else. :icon_rolleyes: Most of those guys will be in debt till they die and then their kids will get nothing but bills.
Wish I had of learned the debt thing early on eh... Not so much a status thing ... Just let it get out of control early on and been fighting uphill last 10 years ... Once you hit a certain point it's hard to catch up .... Or admit you need to.. :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 19, 2013, 03:50:11 AM
Wish I had of learned the debt thing early on eh... Not so much a status thing ... Just let it get out of control early on and been fighting uphill last 10 years ... Once you hit a certain point it's hard to catch up .... Or admit you need to.. :icon_rolleyes:
It took 15 years for my wife and I to get out of debt. We had so much debt it was eating us up so we decided that if we could not pay cash then we went without. Now of course I buy my cars and bikes with cash and have never used a credit card or loan since . My kids all have whatever they want and I get my toys. I dont give a shaZam! that I dont ride a BMW/Street Triple/Ducati or the latest fad because I havent borrowed up to my eyeballs to buy them. My new to me V-Strom is da bomb and cash paid and fully owned :thumb: :thumb:
Yeah I hear ya ... :thumb: ... We are almost through the learning it phase... Me maybe more so... The business bills vs income are killing me right now though... I'm starting to think more and more often of mine haul trucks .... When they start hiring again anyway :icon_rolleyes: .. Either that or professional hitman ;)
... I do always have enough cashflow to keep up..... It's just a complete biatch to get ahead of that! ...
Working in the mines on the trucks will get you where you need to be for sure..
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Mm yup .. Even a year ... Clear the debts ... :woohoo:
... Missus would hate it me being away wise ... But love it for getting ahead wise ...
Periods of solitude suit me .... Not of that lone wolf crap though ... Driving/riding time is thinking time! :thumb:
Totally agree.
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I feel a dig was had at me then
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 19, 2013, 06:12:16 AM
I feel a dig was had at me then
Jeez, I feel a little awkward too, Slips.
If it makes you feel any better... I owe a quarter million dollars on a $350,000 house. <gasp>
Just sayin'...
It never used to be this way here in America. Health care, taxes, insurances, were always rather stable.
But now-a-days the bills double & triple every year!
Pricing the middle class into poverty is Washington's mission and they are doing quite well at it.
I'm broke and in debt from paying strangers for services that the government says I must have but I never use!Sh!t, I don't even get to ride a Beamer or buy cool toys. Just pay, pay, pay. (So yeah, enjoy the bike every day on every ride!) :thumb:
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I Wish I was in broke from toys and NOT supporting politicians lavish habits.
And yes, the topic pissed me off. I want to slap a fukin politician. >:(
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I'm 40 but not quite where you are Cods, but only due to the mortgage though plus a very small amount on a credit card... we just use the cards for their 55 day interest free periods then they're paid off :thumb:
I want to be debt free ASAP! That's why I won't take a loan to get my Kat, I will wait until the time is right and cash is available first.
However I now have to make a donation to the policeman's ball... done for going through a *yellow* light yesterday... FFS!
No amount of explanation re: reducing my risk after being knocked off twice in recent times would change his mind... in his opinion I could've safely stopped and that's that, $330 and 3 points >:(
The law has become a complete load of shaZam! and is not there to make anyone safe, just raise more $$$$
Quote from: peteGS on August 19, 2013, 12:50:25 PM
No amount of explanation re: reducing my risk after being knocked off twice in recent times would change his mind... in his opinion I could've safely stopped and that's that,
$330 and 3 points >:(
The law has become a complete load of shaZam! and is not there to make anyone safe, just raise more $$$$
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Welcome to the good old rs of a ... Wife and I are working off about R60 000 in debts...doesn't sound like a lot (only about $6 000), but in a country where a good salary is about $1000 a month, and where medical aid is a must because government health care is literally a death sentence and an average 40% income tax is paid so our government officials can afford their 28 million rand houses and 7 wives and we pay about a 50% tax per litre on fuel and average increase is about 5% while inflation is about 7%, it's still damn difficult! But at least food is cheap (about $5 for a super-sized big mac meal). :woohoo:
Don't reckon the dig was at you slips ... There is heaps of us that have gone credit crazy in the last decade or more ... You just happen to be included! ...
.. Doing a quick add up in my head .... Credit and business bills .... I'm .... Hmmm ... Just over 50k Aussie is how deep my neck is .... And that's with no actual house ... Just rental .. About a third of that is controllable and works into the weekly budget with little stress .... The rest is ... Well the instalments are paid when they need to be.. Just! ...
If work was there for the trucks to do every day then I could chop the total in half over 4 months and clean the current lot up in about 12 ... But ... Come Dec 2013/Jan 2014 ... I've gotta sign up for another 20k of advertising and 6k of workers comp ... If I keep it going ... Plus ... Out of every fortnight ... 4 or 5 actual days are worth it ...
Hence my hope for a spot in mines ... No sign up for extra bills ... Just higher income than last time I was on a wage ... Mate of mine in WA is a 'all rounder' and can pull $150-180k on mining, he trying to get on a gas project though , for $250k!! ... As a greenhorn I could maybe get $70-80k first year and see where it goes from there eh! ...
For my current business .. Doubt a change of govt will matter a damn.... I know my current 'industry' well enough to have seen where its going ... It'll end up with big groups taking all the main work ... And cut throats working cheap to clean up the trash ... Unless of course the housing situation suddenly disappears ... No people can actually have somewhere to move to easier... :icon_rolleyes:
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 19, 2013, 06:12:16 AM
I feel a dig was had at me then
Jeez, I feel a little awkward too, Slips.
If it makes you feel any better... I owe a quarter million dollars on a $350,000 house. <gasp>
Just sayin'...
It never used to be this way here in America. Health care, taxes, insurances, were always rather stable.
But now-a-days the bills double & triple every year!
Pricing the middle class into poverty is Washington's mission and they are doing quite well at it.
I'm broke and in debt from paying strangers for services that the government says I must have but I never use!
Sh!t, I don't even get to ride a Beamer or buy cool toys. Just pay, pay, pay. (So yeah, enjoy the bike every day on every ride!) :thumb:
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I Wish I was in broke from toys and NOT supporting politicians lavish habits.
And yes, the topic pissed me off. I want to slap a fukin politician. >:(
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See your lucky ej I can't wait to owe a third of a mil on a slice of Australia that's all mine and its what I'm working toward. By my rekkoning ill be in a proper position to buy in 2 years. And yes I hate the lavish lifestyle of the pollies. But if you cant beat em join em. Might join the KAP if he allows a conscious vote on same sex marriage.
Quote from: Janx101 on August 19, 2013, 02:47:48 PM
Don't reckon the dig was at you slips ... There is heaps of us that have gone credit crazy in the last decade or more ... You just happen to be included! ...
.. Doing a quick add up in my head .... Credit and business bills .... I'm .... Hmmm ... Just over 50k Aussie is how deep my neck is .... And that's with no actual house ... Just rental .. About a third of that is controllable and works into the weekly budget with little stress .... The rest is ... Well the instalments are paid when they need to be.. Just! ...
If work was there for the trucks to do every day then I could chop the total in half over 4 months and clean the current lot up in about 12 ... But ... Come Dec 2013/Jan 2014 ... I've gotta sign up for another 20k of advertising and 6k of workers comp ... If I keep it going ... Plus ... Out of every fortnight ... 4 or 5 actual days are worth it ...
Hence my hope for a spot in mines ... No sign up for extra bills ... Just higher income than last time I was on a wage ... Mate of mine in WA is a 'all rounder' and can pull $150-180k on mining, he trying to get on a gas project though , for $250k!! ... As a greenhorn I could maybe get $70-80k first year and see where it goes from there eh! ...
For my current business .. Doubt a change of govt will matter a damn.... I know my current 'industry' well enough to have seen where its going ... It'll end up with big groups taking all the main work ... And cut throats working cheap to clean up the trash ... Unless of course the housing situation suddenly disappears ... No people can actually have somewhere to move to easier... :icon_rolleyes:
Oh I'd love to go to the mines but the stress it would put on the family isn't worth it. The other thing is that when the job finishes and if you have go back to the world of a normal paying the job that could be a bit of a shock to adjust to the pay drop.
Yeah there is that... Right now everything is quiet .. With mostly 'local based' hires.... If it picks up again though ... 2 week on 1 off FIFO ... That's kinda manageable ... One of the contacts I have lives over near Browns Plains up your way? .. He is still doing FIFO for billiton now! ... Iron ore mine up far north west from what he said.... Not as lush as goldfields... But regular and long term and still over the 110k without dramas ...
I just know that while I have gotten reasonable satisfaction from moving furniture for most of 25 years ... It's time to change... Do something that I want to.... Not that I feel stuck/trapped in ...
I am one of natures Truck drivers .... Not a desk honcho !
I hate desks
me too!... i didnt mind it too much just working on the furniture trucks.... but running the business.... i can do it easy.. its just :icon_neutral:
your job with the loco repairs though... least you know its pretty consistent...
business workload is like this ___/TT\________/TTTTTTT\___/T\____ etc etc .. bills are more /TTTTTT\_/TTT\___/TTTT\__ etc ... :cookoo:
Work,
Spouse,
Bills,
Motorcycles,
Traffic fines,
and occasionally roughing-up on Slips.
I feel comfort in knowing that we're all in this mess together. :icon_mrgreen:
True that!! :thumb:
.... "if its got fun bags or tires... you gonna have problems!" ... ;)
We fear to watch yet we cannot look away
ahhh Invoices ... how i do love thy preparation and mailing.... let me count the ways .......... .......... .......... ......... :dunno_black:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 19, 2013, 06:31:27 PM
True that!! :thumb:
.... "if its got fun bags or tires... you gonna have problems!" ... ;)
I dont have any issues with either of those :dunno_black:
yes yes we know Cods ... your farts dont stink and your poo comes out as 24K gold nuggets too :flipoff:
.... bloody nobby QLD'ers with their perfect lives and perfect wives ... Nobby McNob what lives on Nob Hill .. ;) ;)
... they be modeling the old spice guy on you next eh! :D ;)
Look at me, look at janx, look at me, I'm on a horse.
Quote from: Janx101 on August 19, 2013, 11:09:05 PM
yes yes we know Cods ... your farts dont stink and your poo comes out as 24K gold nuggets too :flipoff:
actually they do stink and my shaZam! looks just like everyone elses :nono:
Geez..... Way to ruin a grumpy old man rant! ;)
More of a buzz kill than buzz killington.
Janx, going to the "mines" for $80k is crap. You can get that as a labourer on a construction site and get to sleep in your own bed at night.
What's crap about it?
Going to the mines means I get to drive a big big truck with skill and care ... A construction labourer has to do all kinds of manual crap....
Starts at 80k ... Which even after tax is probably going to be 25-30k better than my current income after tax and bills!!
I'm too friggin old and cranky to be stumping around a building site!
Lets be honest we all want to drive big trucks. Damn you tonka!!!
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couldnt mess up guy's thread so it goes here,...
I've lost my grasp of the topic here. :confused:
How did these two foul rappers get stuffed into the Tonka truck thread?
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... We have a topic? :confused: .... Since when?! .. :icon_razz:
And I see the "better" Cods avatar is back.
I'm good with it.
00 Suzuki Katana GSX-F 600 Rear Shock 39D
Item number: 130967718212
Sale price: $24.99
... mine mine mine ... :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted: .. 1 bid by me .. in total .. no other bids ... like a boss!! :icon_lol:
.... $70 to ship it :icon_rolleyes: .. but thats shipping!! .. dont 'really' count eh! ;) ... i'll just focus on winning a clean looking 2000 katana rear shock for $25 USD ... $27.32 AUD ... :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 20, 2013, 06:27:58 PM
00 Suzuki Katana GSX-F 600 Rear Shock 39D
Item number: 130967718212
Sale price: $24.99
... mine mine mine ... :icon_twisted:
Exactly the reason why some people's GS's are better than other's. :cheers:
Good find!
lol .. yeah... put the bid on other day.. was all blase and offhanded ... looked last night... blase still .... till about 10min before end today.... nearly gave myself retina burn watching the little red countdown timer... 1 min to go... perched over the keyboard like a buzzard!! .... was expecting some wise-ass with a sniper prog to come in... nuthin!.. ah well... :icon_lol:
stock rear end hasnt bothered me in the slightest overall... until recently... been a little more aggressive than normal on a couple backroads near me.... lots of undulating road surface ... started to notice the classic 'cadillac float' moves the back of bike was making... that was enough! ..
... hell ... i might even go all out and bolt the thing in myself!! .. also due for oil and filter .. which up to now i got a mechanic to deal with cos i couldnt be bothered .. chain and sprockets will be soon-ish ...
.. and the valve clearance check ... dunno about that .. i know it describes easy enough to do... might ask the mechanic if he can do it for now... while i watch .. then have a crack myself next time... undecided on that yet though... its got 18k kms on ... and not 'playing up' at all that i can tell...
... i accept that they do need checking... but sometimes i wonder .. do they get 'over-checked/messed with' too much .. and with the action of changing cos its 'xyz instead of abc' .. it becomes a issue simply because of being changed around too often? ... plus... if its not broken then dont 'fix' it .. :dunno_black:
The first valve lash check is important. After that it becomes less critical.
As I recall, the katana shock is not a direct bolt-in. Some minor modifications are required.
I rebuilt my fronts, but never touched the rear. Too expensive.
If that rear you just bought has life left in it, you got a damn good deal. :cool:
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it looks clean ... compared to some of the crusted up units also available...
what mods? ... i'll go looking on here i reckon .. :thumb:
Katana shock is a direct bolt on. I have one in mine and will never go back to stock.
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after a bit of search ... and what Cods just said while i was typing ...
not to disagree with you EJ ... but .. i found references to SV650 shock mods needed.... R6 shock mods needed ... but far as i could see the Katana 600 bolts straight in?.... :icon_confused:
... now looking looking for valve lash/km info ....
.. or shall i shrug and nick off home for the day.... grab the bike and get a shot of it with a towtruck .. before them dang Qld'ers do?... hmmm
;)
So quiet tonight.
hardly anyone on the board.
Even cods and janx are behaving themselves.
What happened? Australia freeze over?
Quote from: adidasguy on August 21, 2013, 12:48:45 AM
So quiet tonight.
hardly anyone on the board.
Even cods and janx are behaving themselves.
What happened? Australia freeze over?
Lol funny you should say that. 4 deg celcius when I got up this morning brrr brrr
Still got on my bike cause Im tough
Yeah was chilly up this way as well. So janx you already have your Kat shock? R6 gives you great adjustability
Quote from: Janx101 on August 20, 2013, 08:46:29 PM. R6 shock mods needed
Not quite correct there?
I installed R6 shock on my 89 without any mods whatsoever.
I believe if you have the alloy knuckle you do not need to mod but if you have the steel knuckle you do :thumb:
Depends on how it all bolts in the spring may clear it may not.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 21, 2013, 01:14:06 AM
Yeah was chilly up this way as well. So janx you already have your Kat shock? R6 gives you great adjustability
Probably get shipped next week... Need time for PayPal to clear into my account from bank .. I don't leave money in it otherwise ... Makes sure I don't pull trigger on crap ... I have to mean it ...
And I like the simple Kat shock ...I like simple things ... That's why I like you Slips .. You're Simple! :flipoff:
Quote from: codajastal on August 21, 2013, 01:18:43 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on August 20, 2013, 08:46:29 PM. R6 shock mods needed
Not quite correct there?
I installed R6 shock on my 89 without any mods whatsoever.
I believe if you have the alloy knuckle you do not need to mod but if you have the steel knuckle you do :thumb:
And yeah I know some of the r6 installs go straight in... But saw several mentions of knuckle dragging and grinding ..... Which also reminded me of Slips!! :D :flipoff:
Double whammy!, woo-woo-WOOPATANG Mofo!! :flipoff:
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You getting all retro and nostalgic there mister? :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 21, 2013, 04:38:51 AM
You getting all retro and nostalgic there mister? :thumb:
I searched for Knuckle Head and this was one of the results - much better than pics of Knuckle Draggers :thumb:
My very favourite Knucklehead scene of ALL time .... The closing scene of Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man .... With that purty cowgirl on the back of the bike.... Ahhh them were the days!!
Don't make me come down there and he man Buddha Loves You slap you janx
Speaking of Tonka...my father in the late 1970s gave me a barbie and ken corvette for Christmas. Loved that thing, and it was my favorite toy for years.
I later found out it was a toy for a girl.
Years of therapy later, I can now learn to accept this and live with myself.
Quote from: jestercinti on August 21, 2013, 08:02:58 AM
Speaking of Tonka...my father in the late 1970s gave me a barbie and ken corvette for Christmas. Loved that thing, and it was my favorite toy for years.
I later found out it was a toy for a girl.
Years of therapy later, I can now learn to accept this and live with myself.
Why pay a doctor when you have the LPW Thread?
We here at LPW are trained professionals, Fully equipped to handle all your latent childhood psychiatric needs.
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When I was six I used to love playing with my best friends Barbie camper every time i went to her house I played with it as it was the most boy like toy she had. It was awesome lol
preview for RED 2... looks good. Another cult classic in the making.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 21, 2013, 03:01:33 PM
When I was six I used to love playing with my best friends Barbie camper every time i went to her house I played with it as it was the most boy like toy she had. It was awesome lol
... yeeeeessss..... :icon_eek: :icon_rolleyes: .. interesting.... thats ... ummm... ..... ummm....
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Quote from: Janx101 on August 21, 2013, 11:33:05 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 21, 2013, 03:01:33 PM
When I was six I used to love playing with my best friends Barbie camper every time i went to her house I played with it as it was the most boy like toy she had. It was awesome lol
... yeeeeessss..... :icon_eek: :icon_rolleyes: .. interesting.... thats ... ummm... ..... ummm....
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Well that explains a lot :cookoo:
Quote from: codajastal on August 22, 2013, 12:21:22 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on August 21, 2013, 11:33:05 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 21, 2013, 03:01:33 PM
When I was six I used to love playing with my best friends Barbie camper every time i went to her house I played with it as it was the most boy like toy she had. It was awesome lol
... yeeeeessss..... :icon_eek: :icon_rolleyes: .. interesting.... thats ... ummm... ..... ummm....
'good for you!' .. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smiley-lol.com%2Fsmiley%2Fdrague%2Fghey%2Fgaypride.gif&hash=517fa1a6eb6ef3ad7b5d044702fdb806253f0e9a)
Well that explains a lot :cookoo:
Pfffffft none of you have heard the half of it.
Service time this weekend, Penrite Every Day Synthetic is on special from Supercheap this week, $46 instead of $50... $4 better in my pocket :thumb:
Switching from the diesel oil this time so keen to see if it makes things better or if there's no difference... cam chain tensioner needs a rebuild too...
Fun times ahead :thumb:
Madeira cake is the best cake ever :thumb:
Now we talkin!! ... Madeira cake ... A drizzle of lime juice ... Scoop of ice cream .... :thumb:
A strong decaf latte is in order
Decaf? .... 'Shovelful after shovelful he dug ... and sank deeper into the swamp of depravity!!'
I know hey this healthy living will be the death of me
Yep. I've been fading in and out of LPW lately. Sometimes you have to focus on life every once in a while.
But.. but... I thought LPW was life... :cry:
- Bboy
I know...I know, what was I thinking? :nono:
I have no life
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Jester, stop screwing around with getting your life in order and check-in here at LPW a bit more often.
I have no choice but to question your priorities. :nono:
Quote from: codajastal on August 22, 2013, 12:47:27 PM
I have no life
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That explains quite a bit.
Yeah jester we can't have the bloody new jersians trying to hold up their end of the flag here
Well.... We have a Federal Election here in Australia on Sep 7. I popped into an Early Voting Center today and cast my vote...
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For those who wonder... Sep 7 is Buddy Holly's birthday. That's why he's at number 7 ;) ;)
Wow bro .. That's some hardcore wasted voting!! ... Even I don't usually go to that length!! :thumb:
Usually I do Homer Simpson, Darth Vader, that kind of thing. Thought I'd go for real dead people this time.... Still won't make a difference to the outcome.
Yup! ... Don't really matter which pack of vultures is in..... Vultures is vultures!
I vote for the vulture with the better broadband plan. :thumb:
Hey I trust that vulture better than the monkey in the suit with Rupert Murdock fist shoved up his arse working his lips like a puppet
You're only young ... You'll learn! .... A red bucket of crap and a blue bucket of crap .... May have different colours! ... Both still contain crap!
Yeah we'll unlike the other 2 clowns I actually vote and take pride in my partaking of the democratic process.
Well admitting you are a clown just now was the first step! ... Can only hope you will realise one day in the future that while the process is valid and has purpose ... The players in that process don't matter a damn .... They are resultingly the same....
... Except for the greens .... Those MOFOS are not right in the fucken head! :cookoo:
Damn straight. Greens can get f%&ked. And why did you just answer the exact opposite to what I said?
Opposite? .... Why? .... Clone I am not!
Clone you are you greenie bastard
Smile when you say that! :nono:
... Green ... No ... Nup .. Negative!
NO!!! Picture grumpy cat saying you greenie bastard
I'm too tired to work that out!
Quote from: mister on August 23, 2013, 03:53:37 AM
Usually I do Homer Simpson, Darth Vader, that kind of thing. Thought I'd go for real dead peopvotele this time.... Still won't make a difference to the outcome.
eh i won't do homer Simpson or vader. This tarzan doesnt swing from that tree. Least betty didnt waste a vote. Way i look at it is if you dont vote, tjem dont Buddha Loves You must i return and and postwhore? I see threads i posted in 3 weeks ago lol
Yeah... Odd N' Ends has been lacking lately :icon_rolleyes:
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on August 23, 2013, 07:36:15 AM
Yeah... Odd N' Ends has been lacking lately :icon_rolleyes:
- Bboy
Postwhoring at work not easy. only so many things i can "research" lol
Donkey vote = vote for whoever's in right now... which is fine by me :thumb:
I don't want a misogynistic idiot who can't make a single public speech without making a fool of himself in charge of our country.
Unfortunately I think come September 7th we will be subjected to his idiocy on a permanent basis :cookoo:
I dont vote. I refuse to vote for someone that is out to suit themselves and not what the public want.
I vote and glad to. Idiots who don't vote or throw their vote away deserve themselves. You want to live in this beautiful country and enjoy its spoils? Then do your country a favor and vote for who leads it. Not happy with how it's done? Write a strong worded letter voicing your concerns or become a pollie yourself to get real change. Can't be bothered or just don't want to do that cause it requires effort on your part? Do Australia a favor SHUT THE f%$k UP WITH YOUR WINGING AND ANTI VOTING SPEECH!!!! Better yet kill yourself make room for others to enjoy the place and not have to listen to you winge. Rant over. Good morning
Why is it that every time I post that dickwad slipperymongoose posts straight after me? Am I missing something here? I don't see his posts so don't know if he's talking to me or just being himself and posting his useless random shore that he use to jcfjfhogcgxhx
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Quote from: codajastal on August 23, 2013, 04:57:30 PM
Why is it that every time I post that dickwad slipperymongoose posts straight after me? Am I missing something here? I don't see his posts so don't know if he's talking to me or just being himself and posting his useless random shore that he use to jcfjfhogcgxhx
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Apart from you eating shaZam! and dying. This is last post wins so............ :dunno_black:
i just remember being told that nothing in here is real..... so im sticking with that thought!
....
just paid for my Kat shock and Mikuni book ... :D
... the happy thought of 'me time' doing bike mods reigns supreme today!!
Oooooooo I do like that bit of news. Now time for slips health update. 3 weeks ago on 3rd August I was 98.8kg today 24th August I'm 95.0kg. That's 3.8kg in 3 weeks.
good job that man! .. you not gonna break? and the missus will find you in the bathtub ... up to your navel in doughnuts? :icon_lol:
... you wont feel it much physically till another 7 or 8kg gone... then it starts to kick in eh.... about 5 years ago i did a 6 month change of jobs .. to a high physical order picking night job ... i didnt notice really till i blew through about 18kg after 12 weeks ... then realised i was getting my order lists finished about 40min quicker per set... and wasnt ready to collapse... we used to manual handle about 4 tons of bulk groceries each per night! ... middle of winter, night time in syd ... working in short sleeves and sweating like in a sauna ...
.. pity i had 'a little disagreement with the shift super' :icon_rolleyes:
There he's still doing it? Has he got a hard on for me or something?
I don't swing that way champ. Find another boyfriend
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On another note just on the home stretch of another CT110 build project. That makes 3 complete and running. 1 more to go
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Quote from: codajastal on August 23, 2013, 06:38:16 PM
There he's still doing it? Has he got a hard on for me or something?
I don't swing that way champ. Find another boyfriend
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Love it how the true colours of some ppl have come out. Is this wanker for real?
Quote from: Janx101 on August 23, 2013, 06:13:35 PM
good job that man! .. you not gonna break? and the missus will find you in the bathtub ... up to your navel in doughnuts? :icon_lol:
... you wont feel it much physically till another 7 or 8kg gone... then it starts to kick in eh.... about 5 years ago i did a 6 month change of jobs .. to a high physical order picking night job ... i didnt notice really till i blew through about 18kg after 12 weeks ... then realised i was getting my order lists finished about 40min quicker per set... and wasnt ready to collapse... we used to manual handle about 4 tons of bulk groceries each per night! ... middle of winter, night time in syd ... working in short sleeves and sweating like in a sauna ...
.. pity i had 'a little disagreement with the shift super' :icon_rolleyes:
Nah doing well so far janx i do miss the sweets sometimes but I read that it passes. Good thing is i still get to eat the food I love and now when I eat a meal I feel full quickly and don't feel the need to snack as often. It's been great. I even like the decaf coffee
errr .. lads.... settle.... remember recently? .. it affects everyone to some degree eh! .. just sayin :thumb:
.. Slips .. i did switch the missus to decaf coffee about 8 years ago ... (moccona seems to be the best one .. expensive but!) ... it does make a 'huge but subtle' change in stress/angst levels.... i can tell now when she been on the real stuff at work too much.... hits the rev limiter easy! ..
Quote from: Janx101 on August 23, 2013, 07:17:51 PM
errr .. lads.... settle.... remember recently? .. it affects everyone to some degree eh! .. just sayin :thumb:
Doesnt affect me cause I dont see his posts :dunno_black:
I just love how he seems to post straight after me all the time so Im guessing hes having his period. :flipoff:
If he was a man and not a big girl he'd pay me a visit and shut me up. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA nevermind that would never happen cause hes a scared little girl with his knickers in a twist for some reason.
Probably to busy telling everyone his bullshit stories :icon_razz:
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Quote from: Janx101 on August 23, 2013, 05:52:41 PM
...
just paid for my Kat shock and Mikuni book ...
... the happy thought of 'me time' doing bike mods reigns supreme today!!
Yes indeed!
I grow weary of this Cinderella gig I been living for the last 20 years. :technical:
In a few more years my 'me time' is gonna' go from 1% to 49%
Man, it felt good to complain! :tongue2:
Thanks Janks. I feel much better now.
'Me time' posts are cool!
I get me time when I want cause unlike all of you my other half does not have my balls in her purse :flipoff:
purse?!?!..... no....
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feels like it sometimes!!! :icon_lol:
.... just wanted to be situationally correct eh! :icon_rolleyes:
....
and i get/got people posting after me a lot too... the whole tit for tat escalation thing though... remember? ... less said, sooner (no not mended but..) ignored? .. for my part i shall try to limit any quoting...
.. still its in TF LPW .. no moderation rules/reporting ... so .. :dunno_black:
Quote from: codajastal on August 23, 2013, 07:47:22 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on August 23, 2013, 07:17:51 PM
errr .. lads.... settle.... remember recently? .. it affects everyone to some degree eh! .. just sayin :thumb:
Doesnt affect me cause I dont see his posts :dunno_black:
I just love how he seems to post straight after me all the time so Im guessing hes having his period. :flipoff:
If he was a man and not a big girl he'd pay me a visit and shut me up. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA nevermind that would never happen cause hes a scared little girl with his knickers in a twist for some reason.
Probably to busy telling everyone his bullshit stories :icon_razz:
Yes that's right you have the problem with me you so I should see you? Yeah right eat shaZam! get f%&ked you inbred dork, go film another road rage video you pansy riding little shaZam!! Learn to ride and pull your head out of your arse.
Quote from: Janx101 on August 23, 2013, 08:49:09 PM
and i get/got people posting after me a lot too... the whole tit for tat escalation thing though... remember? ... less said, sooner (no not mended but..) ignored? .. for my part i shall try to limit any quoting...
Yea yea I get the reference but its sooo much fun when its in the farm. Cause I know I am getting to him by your reaction to my and him posting lol.
Ok dad I will stop having fun with the little b!tch :icon_twisted:
Oh please you little cocksucker your far from getting to me.
I was gonna say something poignant but then though, what's the point it's the tard farm, so wrote this instead.
I choose not to be lorded over. Unfortunately I live in a place where everyone else thinks they need to be lorded over and vote for it.
If everyone on Sep 7th voted for Buddy Holly, the election would be null and void, we would have no actual Authorised gummint, and the country would still run because the businesses and the people in it would still work as per usual.
This looks like a bonza of a movie, fairdinkum ...
Star Wars Downunder - trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJDTMDtc1KQ
Now mister poses a good question. What would actually happen if the election was voided? Would elections continue to run until someone won?
Saturday morning.
Mister, you start a coup yet down under? I feel a "join the revolution" chant right about now.
Volunteered at the Ronald McDonald house yesterday. It was a good day and a good deed.
Good stuff jester. Tonight I worked my way through oblivion, Parker, and my fav movie so far skyfall. Was recommended oblivion by this guy
For the camera that was used that he uses in his uni course and by lighting used in a candlelit scene that is gizz worthy in the film making scene apparently
Interesting thought Mister... don't think we could get the whole population thinking that way though...
I'm staying clear of the Cods + Slips old married couple antics :flipoff: :cheers:
Good lol. So the 450 sorted out then Pete?
Jester, I have no desire to lord over anyone. A coup would entail overthrowing one lord for another. I'm not interested in replacing one ruler for another, nor imposing life-living rules on people or else - as overthrowing one lord would result in forcing people to live their lives under different rules. And so, I let the system be what it is.
If voting in Australia was Voluntary, I don't think enough people would be stuffed to go to the polls to Legitimise the election. That's why we have Compulsory voting under threat of fine - and more than threat of fine as I also received in the mail a threat to revoke my driving license :o - I asked how can not viting result in having no driving license and was told, it was the only way they could enforce payment of fines. Hmmm.... Coercion at its finest :mad:
There's that or a gun to the head
450 seems good, only a short ride around the long block but so far no oil coming from anywhere and the tensioner seems to be doing it's job and hasn't fallen apart...
Gonna be a few weeks before I know if the oil makes a difference somehow.
What to see if it uses oil or not? Cool.
No mainly to see if the Penrite synthetic makes a noticeable difference to gear changes or anything compared with the diesel oil.
I reckon I'll know in the next day or two if there's any weeping...
Cool. I think me n Sarah put semi synthetic in her vtr when we changed its oil. The old stuff didn't look to bad hey. Also found a missing bolt on the side cover of her striple with oil weaping out. Must have been a bit cause she was low on oil as well.
Has she got the VTR going? Last time we spoke it was just sitting there I seem to recall... probably a month and a half ago or something, haven't heard from her for a while.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 23, 2013, 05:54:43 PM
Oooooooo I do like that bit of news. Now time for slips health update. 3 weeks ago on 3rd August I was 98.8kg today 24th August I'm 95.0kg. That's 3.8kg in 3 weeks.
Can you translate that into Pounds, or maybe Stones? We Americans, and those from the UK don't know what these Kilograms are for :dunno_black:.
95kg = 209lb 7.0267oz
I'm at about 170. I don't have a scale, so maybe it's 165? Hard to tell. That's pounds.
For my Australian friends...170lbs = 77.1107kg. 165lbs = 74.8427kg.
Bloody hell jester your a featherweight. Nah it hasn't been started yet Pete I spent a couple months piecing her tail back together. Alls gotta happen is check the valves, plugs, rear brake pads, bleed brakes, check the forks, change fork oil, and change tyres.
I'm thinking 170 Lb. is good for Jester.
All beef, No flab.
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And the mankini
i've got one of them! :D
Oh dear god. Nice and snug is it?
verrrrrrrrrry!! ... rides up my crack something fierce! :icon_lol:
Well exciting night my clutch slave cylinder on the subby decided to pack it in tonight on the way home from shopping. Fingers crossed its still under warranty I only got it rebuilt recently
Subby? ... WTF is a subby?
Pounds to Kilo conversion..... the magic number is 2.2... or use 2 for roughies.
1 kilo = 2.2 pounds.... 2 for roughies.
Halvies roughly going the other way.
Redneck conversion school out.
Subaru janx.
Oh! .... Fark ... BMW .. Subaru .... Do you have a membership to the friggin Pony Club too? :flipoff:
I'll stick with my Zuk's I think :thumb:
No no pony club memberships but I do own golf clubs
Court victory today. About time!
Quote from: jestercinti on August 27, 2013, 09:02:49 PM
Court victory today. About time!
:woohoo: :thumb: :bowdown:
Good Job That Man!!
Great news jester
Daft Punk Get Luck = Very Catchy
Too damn catchy.. hear it once in the morning and it's there when you go to sleep, bugger it!
Not as bad as some....
Nev-er smile at-a croc-o-dile , oh you can't get friendly with a croc-o-dile , don't be tak-en in by his wel-come grin , he's imagin-ing how to fit you in his skin!
:icon_twisted: :icon_twisted: :icon_twisted:
you bastard. haha
:cheers: :woohoo: for Jester :thumb:
Top executives at my work are all heading out the door after the half year financial results were announced yesterday... gonna get interesting at the top! So far us IT staff are unaffected :thumb:
90% of our stuff is moving to "the cloud" by 2016... they've been drinking the cool aid again... the cool aid is good... makes you completely ignore fact, reality, and what your customers actually want :cookoo:
Quote from: Zookmang on August 28, 2013, 04:27:09 AM
you bastard. haha
:D .. Cheers! ...
That sir ... Is known as an Earworm!! .. It's a popular game on the longer jobs at work ... See what the corniest song you can get stuck in the other guys head is ..... ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on August 27, 2013, 03:40:20 AM
Subby? ... WTF is a subby?
am guessing a subaru. also known as a bus. (spell subaru backwards) says
U R A BUS
Anything with 4 wheels is a bus to me... can I hear you say "boring"?
Yes I know that bus joke janx. Turns out it there was a small hole in the hose that sprayed fluid over the slave cylinder and made it look as if the cylinder was leaking. $50 later for a new hose. Clutch feels better now. Old hose must have been ballooning under the pressure.
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Quote from: Janx101 on August 27, 2013, 03:40:20 AM
Subby? ... WTF is a subby?
am guessing a subaru. also known as a bus. (spell subaru backwards) says
U R A BUS
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hahahhaha... awesome!! :D
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 28, 2013, 01:11:19 PM
Yes I know that bus joke janx. Turns out it there was a small hole in the hose that sprayed fluid over the slave cylinder and made it look as if the cylinder was leaking. $50 later for a new hose. Clutch feels better now. Old hose must have been ballooning under the pressure.
who? :flipoff:
It's early I can't be f%&ked reading what from whom. Take it as a compliment
You Aussies have some fun with it cause I'm completely fuken lost here.
Let me guide you through the passage ej
I think you all need to take a stress pill and calm down.
Me, I just lament in LPW and succumb to Internet bliss.
Guy coming to look at bike tomorrow. I think he may buy it. He's been reminding me for weeks that he's still interested and has the cash.
Hate to see it go, but when the judge says sell you gotta sell.
Life is my de stresser lol. So jester by rights if you sold your bike could you turn a round and by another straight away?
not until the court matter is closed and final... 5 seconds after the ink is dry on that though is fine!! :icon_twisted:
YO!!! ZOOKMANG!!
This is the song / La la la la / Elmo's song. / La la la la, / La la la la, / Elmo's song. / La la la / La la la la, la / La la la / La la la la, la / He loves to sing, / La la la la
:icon_neutral: .. my bloody tea mug keeps running out! .. busy with stuff and paperwork... sip ... sip..... sip.... totally forget or unfocused on the sips.... "oi!! wheres my tea gone?" ;) :D
I drank it
... hmmmmm ... even all the backwash huh?? :icon_rolleyes:
Nah left that with the leaves in the bottom
Quote from: Janx101 on August 28, 2013, 09:46:27 PM
YO!!! ZOOKMANG!!
This is the song / La la la la / Elmo's song. / La la la la, / La la la la, / Elmo's song. / La la la / La la la la, la / La la la / La la la la, la / He loves to sing, / La la la la
NOOO!! Two days in a row!!
:icon_twisted:
A Ramones t shirt and new haveananana's
I think elmo's song is catchier than the crocodile one.. can't shake it!
Haha! Elmo's head dance, hilarious. :)
When I first saw that I couldn't stop laughing
Sigh.... They've ruined a classic! :sad:
surely not talking about the song are you? :tongue2:
It's on my iPod! .... Got all the moves down ... My fav mankini dance!! :D
haha! mankini's are nasty..
It's an official Borat lime green one ... I'm 5'11" and 132kg ...... How's that mess up ya mind! :D :icon_twisted:
hmm sexy.. :icon_lol:
And I know it!! ... :cookoo: :D ...
The Missus just giggles and rolls her eyes at me :dunno_black: ... Maybe I should leave the ugg boots off next time! :icon_lol:
nah man. mankini, ugg boots and a trucker hat, winning combination! :thumb:
Trucker hat? .... Baseball cap? .... Nah ... I gots me a fishermans bucket hat! .... Even got fishy skeleton printed on it! :woohoo:
Oh god.
Lures for tassels too!!
I've always found Little Boxes a good earworm... or...
Trains Comin baby, trains comin now... from that movie with Snipes and Woody.
Janx is right. Not after its settled and done.
Bike sold. I'll stick around and raise some hell. That what EJ would do.
Quote from: Janx101 on August 28, 2013, 09:46:27 PM
YO!!! ZOOKMANG!!
This is the song / La la la la / Elmo's song. / La la la la, / La la la la, / Elmo's song. / La la la / La la la la, la / La la la / La la la la, la / He loves to sing, / La la la la
Do what the court tells you and report it for the record.
Lay low. Wait for closure. You are a young stud, time is on your side.
Elmo got nothin' on The Jester! :woohoo:
Quote from: Electrojake on August 29, 2013, 11:04:56 AM
Do what the court tells you and report it for the record.
Lay low. Wait for closure. You are a young stud, time is on your side.
Elmo got nothin' on The Jester! :woohoo:
Good advice. dont buy nothing court can take or she can take. wait a month or year however it takes. i plan on buying another gs at some point. heck ive had 5. whats one more. i goped until then. you, id say will end up on a gs soon. perhaps before christmas. :) :cheers:
Now earworms. check this search i kinda agree
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030227/songs-stick-in-everyones-head
heres the text for those who wont click.:
"Songs with lyrics are reported as most frequently stuck (74%), followed by commercial jingles (15%) and instrumental tunes without words (11%)," Kellaris writes in his study abstract. "On average, the episodes last over a few hours and occur 'frequently' or 'very frequently' among 61.5% of the sample."
Here's the students' top-10 earworm list:
1.Other. Everyone has his or her own worst earworm.
2.Chili's "Baby Back Ribs" jingle.
3."Who Let the Dogs Out"
4."We Will Rock You"
5.Kit-Kat candy-bar jingle ("Gimme a Break ...")
6."Mission Impossible" theme
7."YMCA"
8."Whoomp, There It Is"
9."The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
10."It's a Small World After All"
Stuck song syndrome annoyed, frustrated, and irritated women significantly more than men. And earworm attacks were more frequent -- and lasted longer -- for musicians and music lovers. Slightly neurotic people also seemed to suffer more.
Kellaris hasn't yet found a cure. Women are more likely to try to get rid of the offending ditties. Men are just as likely to do nothing as to fight their earworms.
What helps? Kellaris doesn't know. But he found that when people battle their earworms, nearly two-thirds of the time they try to use another tune to dislodge the one that's stuck. About half the time people simply try to distract themselves from hearing the stuck song. More than a third of the time people with songs stuck in their heads try talking with someone about it. And 14% of the time, people try to complete the song in their heads in an effort to get it to end.
Speaking of ear worms, this one has no words
So I get to go riding tomorrow and next Saturday... oh yeah! Life is good :icon_mrgreen: :thumb:
Jester, hang around, you won't be the same without LPW... and you will have new 2 wheeled transport in no time I am sure :thumb:
Like a bad rash, I always return.
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You don't say CBR....You don't say!
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ha haaa
Hello lampost, whatcha know'n...
interesting link Yama! .. ive noticed over time too that some songs or jingles will work... but are country specific .. or region specific .. or age/era you grew up in specific...
daaa daaa dee dah , daa daaa Dee Dah .....
like if i quoted the little jingle contained in the movie scene in Grease .. Brusha brusha brusha , use the new i-pana , brusha brusha brusha , its better for your teee-eeeth ... you'd likely know it from the movie .. and also because it was primarily a US advert anyway ... but Zooky might know it... maybe not if he hasnt seen the movie... so it would be a fairly loose attempt at an earworm for him... but could easy mess you up for a few hours... ;)
Daa Deee Daa Daaah dadadaDah ... (this familiar yet?) ...
like theres an advert that used to run a lot for my area of South Coast NSW, Australia .. for a holiday/caravan park... (and yes by mentioning it its stuck in my head again at the moment) ... real annoying mnemonic tune ... i hated it after a week of ads! .. but for you it would be pointless... and probably for most other Aussies around here too... just not widespread enough!
Budweiser frogs could work! .. for you... for Zooky? .. i dunno his age or the amount he browses overseas jingles... so its a possible fail again... :dunno_black:
daa daaaa daa Dee Dah DeeEEh DaaAAAH DAH Dah Dah ..... by now you might be thinking its Star Wars .. but i've fragged it all up.... most people will associate dahs and dees with Star Wars .. or Jaws!! ... but its still not that .. and becoming puzzling...
its all about the delivery of the info .. getting someones mind to consider the possibilities and be curious and hopeful for a resolution!! ..
Yama .. you can look this one up when i say the ident of it...
but im hoping Zooky is curious by now .. and wondering what the hell it is.... which means theres a hell of a lot better chance that it will hit 'the earworm target' squarely...
it is of course.... Not... Star Wars.. Not... Jaws ...but ... the old Victoria Bitter Beer Advert!!!! .. you can get it workin ... you can get it shirkin!! ... you can get it rollin your car!! .. matter of fact its in Zookys Eaaaarrrr!! :D
.. he might not know it.... or he cottoned on early and skipped the post... or doesnt see this cos it will be a page past by the time he looks... so we might have to quote it!! ..
it might be he was only humouring me with 'admitting' i got him 2 days in a row... which is still cool! .... i love the earworm game!! ... and will honour/announce all successful attempts against me!! :thumb:
anyone?.... anyone??
... and yes Mister ... Simon and Garfunkel is also stuck in my skull.... you bastard!! :D
and Yama .. there is heaps of them .. but probably the most hokey version is the 1988 one .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA1h9h7-_Z4 :icon_lol: :thumb:
De caff coffee with a Crasoint to start the day with a late start to work. Yeah u better stick round jester under threat of drop bear attack
Oh.... push the little daisies and make 'em come up... :thumb:
2 hours to go
:confused: :dunno_black:
:whisper: :woohoo: :cheers:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 29, 2013, 07:27:23 PM
:confused: :dunno_black:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkJPiTIyZ8 :thumb: :thumb:
even looked up Misters song on Ytube... dont recall it .. at all !! .. think i was busy elsewhere that year!?!... doesnt stick in my head really ... i can understand though .. that after having that pissy whiny singers voice in your head for a while... you'd want to punch your grandma in the face eh!! :icon_lol:
Squidding
on what?... something worthy?
Had squid for lunch
thats a bit boring! .. thought you must have been rubbing your nasty sweaty groin up against another demo bikes seat or something?! ... :icon_eek: .. oh damn .. theres a mental image i didnt need :icon_eek: :technical:
Drink vic, vic bitter. the best cold beer, vic bitter. drink it. do it now... too bad it tastes like anus or that ad would have me drinking VB!
Back in the day I drank it down like water. Nowadays yeah no
Pretty nasty stuff. It's only saving grace is the high alcohol content, so after 10 of em you can't taste it anyway!
had some bad karma headaches after a session on the old VB .. even worser than a XXXX headache!!
mm ... salmon and avocado and brown rice sushi roll... courtesy of a mate dropping in!! .. tasty!!
I don't have that problem with XXXX because it's got so much water in it. I find it hard to drink enough of the stuff to get drunk really.
I've never been a fan of xxxx. Right now my fav beer is Hahn super dry
I like me a Carlton Draught. Hahn superdry is one of those blonde lagers isn't it?
back in the day ... up in NT on a barra fishing trip ... wasnt wet season but a storm system rolled in for a couple days.... rivers were too chancy ... we went down to visit the pro-fisher camp a couple miles away... 18 cans in an arvo ... i dont remember getting back to camp...
those dudes though... they drink hardcore... they order a pallet of beer at a time... and drink one week in about 6 ... for the whole week... 7 blokes go through the whole pallet .. i was considered a lightweight! :icon_rolleyes:
and super dry 'anything' .. or cold filtered ... or imports ... pansy beer!!
I cannot stand any beer by Carlton. It tastes worse than xxxx. Give me a low carb beer any day.
Low carb better than full flavour? impossible..
Spent a few days drinking the watershed bar dry down in syd last year. Had all sorts of gormet beers. That was a blurry few days.
There's this bar called the epoque here in sydney, they serve some european beers which are up to 13% alcohol. Suffice is to say when I went there I got a little pissy! :tongue2:
The Belgian or Austrian club had some massive beers too
Yeah this pub was Belgian, most beers were Belgian or German. Awesome beer too.
So... how about Reschs Pilsner or Coopers range?
Resch's pilsener is okay but their draught is nicer, problem is you can't buy it in bottles. only available on tap. Coopers is top notch! Sparkling ale is my favourite from them... I love beer. :D
Must get some coopers n try it. Everyone seems to love it
It's very strong and quite bitter. But one of the best around, and the brewery is still family owned too which is always good to see.
Yeah I remember the ads from a few years back. Another weigh in Tommorow, wonder how much I've dropped. Personally I'm not confident but ya never know.
Only way my fri4end to figure out what youve dropped is to look down Eh?
Holiday weekend peoples. Holiday weekend.
YETH!
- Bboy
Quote from: jestercinti on August 30, 2013, 09:04:50 AM
Holiday weekend peoples. Holiday weekend.
Not really i gotta work :/ but in the sense of the word yes :cheers:
Quote from: jestercinti on August 30, 2013, 09:04:50 AM
Holiday weekend peoples. Holiday weekend.
Way better than a work-a-day weekend! :D
Amen ej. I have no idea what ill be doing this weekend. It's a weekend of nothingness
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errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?
Hey cbrfrx67,
I think I know that guy! He rides a Helix.
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:sad: 95.5 this week half a kg increase. Dammit. That blowout I had last week caught up with me.
Wouldn't worry about .5 bud .... Body can change a kilo or more from morning to night ... Just with fluid intake etc ...
That was as soon as I woke up after the morning piss that's how i always weighed myself cause I would have a mostly empty stomach and empty bladder bowel however lets not go there.
Yeah .... Still same ... Unless you in a 'biggest loser' style competition ... .5 is nothing to worry about ... You could weigh tmw morning and be 1kg lower kinda thing ...
I know you not 'supposed' to for weight loss ... 'Weigh in once a week so you don't get the fluctuations' .... But I often weigh myself every morning for 3 or 4 days ... Just so I am familiar with the overall position I'm in ... And to know what kinda fluctuations I get .... I can also weigh up to 3kilo ish more of a night .... But it's gone again next morning....
As I say .... Don't be beating yourself up or going extreme this week to compensate!! ...
Just stick to your normal program and let it work .... You start going all hardcore and you are likely to get MORE YO-YO effects later
That's the thing, I know staying the course. But of a setback but keep on it. Now to keep
Applying my sanded in finish to my stock plus setup my reloading bench
Slips you silly boy...
Everybody knows that a Kerosene enema once each morning is the secrete to stable weight loss.
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I wouldn't be terribly worried about .5kg either. Your body weight naturally fluctuates. At the gym, I can lose up to 2kg in waterweight only to drink some water and gain it all back.
You guys are right even ej. But no will not partake of a kerosene Enema.
Ring of fire! :)
:icon_eek: ye gods!! ... Kero eh? ... Not on your nelly!!
... I wonder though ... Is that what jester did? :confused:
Nextdoor neighbors had a party last night. Funny as, as a bunch of 60 year olds and their 60 year old friends tried to have a sing along to Build Me Up Buttercup...
A geriatric party! sweet as, that woulda been a wild night i bet. :woohoo:
Imagine the drugs flowing in that place
:D :D :D .. Watching the Attenborough thing on Ten .... Laughing my ass off .... All kinds of little monkeys ... Some seriously cool and hoopy froods!!
Having trouble with this new neck die I've crushed 2 cases the instructions say to take the de capper out and screw the die in till the neck is re sized then install the de capper till it just dislodges the primer. I've done that but it crushes the case neck and yeah it's doing my head in
You lubing the edge of the mouth of neck with anything? ... Graphite powder is good!
Use a deprimed case to start with ... Lube the neck with graphite or Teflon
Run the shell up on the press to full height ... Wind the neck die down to meet the neck ... Then back the press down a little ... Wind the die down a turn or two maybe ... Run the shell up again and see how far down the neck.. Back it off and repeat ... You DON'T want to have it slam the shoulder at base of neck... Once the height is good Lock it in ... Then wind the deprimer in but leave it movable ... Run the case up ... And wind the top of the deprimer rod/screw down till it bottoms on the inside of shell .. Then back it up a few mm ... Lock it in ... Now gently run a few cases through to check ...
Also ... Check your brass length ... It's not always same ... Sooner or later you will need to FLRS and case trim ... You got a trimmer?
Another also.. You got a good de-burr tool? ...
Lube the neck of every 3rd to 5th shell ... You don't want it too slidey or it just wastes lube and gets mucky .. But you definately don't want to get hung up on the expander either!!
Lubing necks ... Half a teaspoon of graphite or Teflon powder in about a meadow lea lid size thing.... Shake it a little so it's 1 or 2 mm deep... Just tap the neck into the thin layer .. Then tap your fingers on the side of shell... Like ashing a ciggie .. You only need a tiny bit.. But you do need it!
Also ... When you eventually FLRS ... DON'T over lube the cases with that clear gel stuff ... It can hydroform a ding into the shoulder or body of shell ... Still usable but a PITA
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Is that far enough down the neck?
The grey line at base of neck? ... Yeah just right ...
If its the """"" marks a third of the way down then no ...
What's the bright line halfway down the case?
... And this is you new Norma brass ... Not yet fire formed yeah?
Yep the grey line from the neck lube. I'm using imperial dry neck lube. And imperial sizing wax for full length. It's once fired Norma brass
Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut just now...
You haven't FLRS them already have you? ... Norma should be ok for 3 or 4 runs ... Unless you got them hellfire hot loaded! ... Like flattened out hard primers ...
Norma is good brass .. But thick ... If you can get PMC brass that's probably the easiest to work with :thumb:
Surprisingly yes I do have pmc brass lol that's the last lot I was using before I was forced to stop shooting. Turns out I've bought a lot of mixed brass Norma and Remington so separated them. I FLRS the Norma cause the neck die wasnt workin out. Anyhooo cheers for your input cause I got the neck die working on the Remington brass so necked those and trimmed the whole lot and just finished de burring it all so back into the ultrasonic cleaner Tommorow to clean out the primer pockets. Then primers powder and projectiles
Think I'll go an eat worms
Quote from: slipperymongoose on August 30, 2013, 04:13:20 PM
:sad: 95.5 this week half a kg increase. Dammit. That blowout I had last week caught up with me.
ive not paid attn to your goings on slips. BUT from what i understand, you lose alot at first due to waterweight. you gain sometimes, when you build muscle mass. that may be something to consider. after all there are no light weight body builders Eh? :thumb:
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The best morning song ever... Feeling Groovy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMDjIbfKcXE
Pop on your bike helmet, feel the air as you ride down the road while Feeling Groovy dances around your head. :thumb:
It's not your usual kinda diet yamma. I've elimated at much sugar from my diet as possible. Which after 3 weeks I lost 3.8kg or 8.6 pounds roughly. Yesterday for me weigh in I gained half a kilo or 1.1 pound. Instead of losing a bunch of weight first up and plateauing out its been a steady 1 kg per week on average. As the guys said stay the course. Sunday morning here in drop bear land and its Father's Day. Which means cooked breakfast with gifts if undies and socks. Missus bought me a pair of Australian safety boots (havviannas)
1st September... that means it's the day I need to pay my yellow ticket fine >:(
What did u get done for Pete? Not on the 450? Well I got myself my first worlds best dad apron lol
:icon_twisted: They see me Ghostin' .. They Hatin' ... I'ma gon' be ridin' dirty! :icon_twisted:
:woohoo: :thumb:
All cases primed :woohoo:
Sounds like it involves firepower. :2guns:
Swedish firepower
Got the GHOST HD this morning .... Got a Sandisk Extreme 32gb Class 10 this arvo from JB hifi
Camera is charged now ... The remote is on charge ... And I'm pretty sure it's going to be tues before I get to test it out on actual riding ..
Playing with settings and making 15 second lounge room clips at moment to compare it all ...
This gon' be FUN!!! :D
Hey sounds like u had a great day janx
How much is it Janx?
My ticket was for going through a yellow light when the kindly motorcycle mounted officer decided I had plenty of time to stop.
Of course the fact that I've been rear ended and side swiped in the last 6 months doesn't matter, and the fact that I have seen too many instances of people diving into the other lane to beat the traffic slowing for the yellow light at that particular intersection... all that means nothing! My choice to reduce my risk cost me $330 and 3 points and as it is his word against mine (and no doubt recorded by the camera on his helmet) it is pointless doing anything but paying it...
Useless fuckwit cops are.
Quote from: peteGS on September 01, 2013, 03:26:46 AM
How much is it Janx?
My ticket was for going through a yellow light when the kindly motorcycle mounted officer decided I had plenty of time to stop.
Of course the fact that I've been rear ended and side swiped in the last 6 months doesn't matter, and the fact that I have seen too many instances of people diving into the other lane to beat the traffic slowing for the yellow light at that particular intersection... all that means nothing! My choice to reduce my risk cost me $330 and 3 points and as it is his word against mine (and no doubt recorded by the camera on his helmet) it is pointless doing anything but paying it...
Exactly!
The government overlords have spoken. Now don't confuse the issue by trying to inject common sense, safety, or reasoning.
Lets not be foolish enough to think that fine is about your safety... Its about revenue.
I feel your frustration all the way from New stinkin' Jersey! >:(
Revenue indeed...
You know in hindsight I get the impression that things would've been different had he not had that camera on his helmet...
I got the impression from his manner and choice of words that everything is recorded and probably some footage is reviewed regardless of necessity to make sure they're "doing the right thing"... if he gave me a warning what's to bet he'd get penalised...
The law has become the most feared animal... an ass...
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Your in the shower and you hear a series of loud thumping noises. You think to yourself there killing my family and now ill have to fight the attacker naked.
Quote from: peteGS on September 01, 2013, 03:26:46 AM
How much is it Janx?
the camera ... "i dont know" cos it was a fathers day pressie (the missus tends to go a bit hardcore and overboard on presents sometimes... i hinted at one for xmas originally.. as a sole present) .. and she bought it online ... but local shops retail for about $450 ish ...
the memory card was $79 .. or $69???.. from jbhifi ..
expect "uncle janxy's vlogs with cynical swearing at cagers ...... sooner or later" ;) :icon_rolleyes:
gotta investigate a microphone for helmet .. and a lanyard (cos im paranoid about the thing falling) ... will be interested to see how much of the air hiss/static that my nolan helmet creates, to get into the microphone... i know the cameras are fairly good with noise reduction... but the nolan ISNT the quietest thing out there.... i still love it for the flip face convenience and comfort though. :thumb:
Check engine light comes on in the cage.
Code says it's some expensive vacuum control sensor. Go to parts store. Buy sensor cleaner for $4. Clean sensor, clear code, good to go.
Now if I could only figure out where the oil is going...drinks a quart every 1000. Think it's like the GS. Lots of blowby, and gets burned through the PCV system.
Now uncle janx's vlogs is something I would see check out motovlog.com janx for all the mic setup stuff u need. As for lanyard do t worry those stick on mounts are damn near impossible to get off lol
Nice pressie Janx :thumb:
:woohoo: :woohoo:
Quote from: jestercinti on September 01, 2013, 04:36:18 PM
Now if I could only figure out where the oil is going...drinks a quart every 1000. Think it's like the GS. Lots of blowby, and gets burned through the PCV system.
Advice to my fellow Yank...
If you would keep the revs under 9000 you would probably blow through a bit less oil. :whisper:
Just sayin'
Where's the fun in that EJ? :dunno_black:
Yeah ej this ain't no clap trap Harley this is a finely tuned motorcycle machine
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 02, 2013, 01:10:54 PM
Yeah ej this ain't no clap trap Harley this is a finely tuned motorcycle machine
Yeah...
There is a Harley 110th anaversery thread on Stromtrooper that predictably turned into a Harley bashing contest.
They think Harley's are over-rated poser bikes.
Imagin that! :dunno_black:
Yeah who here own one? Just sayin
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 02, 2013, 01:39:12 PM
Yeah who here own one? Just sayin
Pssst, Hey Slips, she's got heated grips! :whisper:
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How is that thing still able to operate with heated grips?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 02, 2013, 04:56:25 PM
How is that thing still able to operate with heated grips?
Well actually, I just made that up to be funny.
I'm told that the non-FI bikes such as mine have a rather anemic stator system and could possibly burst into flame and burn to the ground if I installed heated grips.
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They be some hot grips now!
That'll be a totally heated bike. Ill give you that ej the BMW can't do that
The oil is getting burned up in the exhaust bearings :thumb:
only the exhaust bearings? ..... i think it might be leaking on-fire oil out other places too??
I don't see it hurting the dilithium crystal or blocking the erbs from increasing the gigawatts to 1.21 in the flux capacity. But exhaust bearings, yeah, def look there. And also be sure to check the nut that attaches the seat to the handlebar ;) ;) :thumb:
Hey
ZOOKY!!!! .... watch this....
I DARE YOU!!!
Errrrrrmagherd
Man, I used to watch the goodies religiously! My mum bought me and my siblings a goodies DVD and we got hooked right away. Shame the cast is dying off now..
And that chick has massive titties. :thumb:
Ever stop to think why
Why she has massive boobs or why the cast is dying?
Yes big boobs
I just assumed she had big boobs? I'm missing something aren't I?
No but quite
What am I missing? Go on, put me outta my misery.
Oh nothing.
Quote from: Zookmang on September 03, 2013, 01:20:26 AM
Man, I used to watch the goodies religiously! My mum bought me and my siblings a goodies DVD and we got hooked right away. Shame the cast is dying off now..
The Goodies cast is alive and well?
I went to their live show last year and they are touring again. :dunno_black:
Thought bill oddie was dead.. well now i feel like a dork.
Nah his well alive being a green bastard hating on motorists and battery chicken farming
I don't like battery chicken farming myself, but don't think we should be confined to riding triple-tandem pushbikes either. :icon_lol:
The Goodies rock... haven't seem 'em for many years though...
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I always post and when I do it's the last post
Zookmang? WTF, Just what we needed... another Aussie on LPW :icon_rolleyes:
Just sayin'
Did a fairing mount last night for the ghost cam ... Can't find a suitable spot on the Nolan N102 to mount it ... Without extra bits anyway .....
(According to the little camera screen)
Got some reasonable night footage !! :woohoo: .... Including my first serious 'moment' :icon_rolleyes: .... Combination of me and a mate both deciding to be dickheads at the same time :oops: ... I'll work on finding my way thru some editing software on the laptop and show it round .... Maybe not for YouTube though ... It shows ..... Questionable behaviour :icon_twisted:
Yeah! Yeah! Show it up! :cheers:
WMM is a basic start janx then move to pinnacle for a bit more flexibility then you onto you adobe after effects, premier, Sony Vegas, Final Cut Pro etc etc
so is WMM the recommended start? .... or can i move it up a bit?
brought the cam to work with me.. did a firmware update ... that was so smooth!! .. it added a car dvr loop function .. for those russian frag up type videos...
on the laptop screen ... the night imagery is grainy as f%$k! ... it was 1080p 30fps std-exp for some.. and +1 exp for others... the +1 glares out with headlights real bad... but improves the streetlighting reaonably .. still farking grainy though...
gonna have to experiment with 720p and 60 fps more ...
only problem that really niggles me right now .. in 1080p i can select 170, 127 and 90 deg FoV , with only 25 or 30 fps .. in 960 i can only have 170FoV with 25,30,48?,50 fps ... in 720 its 170FoV with 25,30,50,60 fps .... WVGA is 170FoV but 25,30,50,60,100,120 fps
i get that the Higher the pixels the less the other things need to be to make a reasonable size data rate ... but .. 720 woulda been real nice with extra FoV like 1080 .. ah well... i'll have to email-whore them i guess
i do love the camera... and i need to get a mic plus some more mounts.. (following Slips link) .. so many options for mounting stuff... deffo gonna get a waterproof case too.... takin it on the cruise!
i might even be real clever and search up if theres a camera info thread on here... or make one myself... save boring all the people with fovs and fops and winglejammers etc
Have a play with WMM and see how it looks n such
just made a really rough 45 second cut of my 'almost an incident' last night ... i'll see where best to upload.... photobucket? ... or just man up and tube it?
Tube it boy I'm already subbed
lol .. ok... if i get pinged by the law .. i'll say you made me upload it! :flipoff:
"it was slips!"
yup!!... i already had most of it loaded to bucket.... but its loading to tube now... another 5 mins or so
now you can all watch .. poke fun .. i survived!!
I don't reckon you could have predicted he was going to do that. And if I got those wobbles I woulda pooped a little.
What a strange thing to do...
Yeah there wasn't really any good reason for him to pull across and slow down was there? Must have had it in for old mate janxy! :icon_lol:
how so? ... genuinely ... i know i made errors .. but .. tell me what you see as the stuff ups?! ... im treating this as a learning experience because ive been riding road only 3 and a bit years?... if anyone can advise on technical points... then thats cool... its my first moment of anything like this...
i know i shouldnt have been doing the speed and such .. but what about the moves pre wobbles... where/what should i have done?
and .... the bloke that pulled across... i should know better really... i know he can be erratic at times... i just didnt expect him to do it there.... he's more of a burnout and wheelie type ... good lad overall... just a bit excitable! :icon_rolleyes:
farkin TF no edit rule...
i mean how so? .. strange thing to do...
Strange thing for Him to do.
Options for you? Always hard to tell with gopro footage about the road and whatnot, but first thought to mind is, zip by him on the left side without the sudden change in your speed..
I can't comment on better riding techniques as I've only been riding for a year and a bit now. But I reckon I would've had the exact same reaction given those circumstances.
yeah .. the footage makes it look further away ... i thought i was gonna end up in his tail .. was reaching for the front brake... and moving left... but my right foot beat my hand to the anchors... tiny lockup on the rear at the same time it dropped into a slight depression in the lane... which .. i must admit.. the whole crew out last night... knows that left hand lane is wavy... so probably not a good choice by me to try it there in the first place.. :icon_neutral:
if it hadnt started to wobble i intended to be back on the gas and complete the move on the left... the wobbles distracted me for some reason!! :icon_rolleyes: ;)
Because the wobbles are shaZam! scary? :)
Yeah no need to say how fast. Expirement with that mic placement hey lotsa vloggers use the ghost and I'm sure there are lots of setup videos. But yeah very Puckering there mate
I think you did well, Just think if it was Slips, he would have crashed and lied about it.
No external mic .. Meant OEM/internal ... Got a little round bandaid over it though .. Which at least stops that weird electronic shriek the ghosts get with wind noise and internal mic ...
Won't mention speed in other vids ... But left it there for now..
Gonna go late night shops tmw and see what bits I can find ... Need HDMI to mini HDMI cable for TV/camera connect .. Microphone ... Gonna scope out some mounts .. So I can visualise easier what I want/need for mounting on bike etc...
I've sent the link to the gix1000 rider too ... See what he reckons eh ;)
On not crashing ... Thanks ... I know it was lucky .... And it was over so quick ... But I did have time to think a bit in those few seconds ....
Started to tighten up in the grips to 'muscle it straight' .. And it got worse!! .. Had a instant flashback to a comment on here ... One of the Yankees? ... Dirt road/ice/slippery conditions I think ... "Let the bars/bike wiggle as it needs to.. Don't death grip it!! .. You'll likely get through ok" ... Or something very like that?... So I relaxed the tight grip and let the speed wash off a little naturally.... Still heading towards gutter but could visualise the clean getaway without crash... As it was real real close the wobble stopped and a little counter steer brought it back around ....
Don't claim to have thought my way out of it.... Not enough time as it was happening... But I think the whole nervous system/muscle memory/animal instinct type of thing reacted for me somewhat ...
Plus sheer good fortune!! ... Which reminds me... Must sacrifice a chicken!! ;)
Try not to over analyse it as it will do your head in. Just be thankful and move on to the next near miss :thumb:
Oh I'm not gonna stress on it... It's a :dunno_black: shaZam! happens moment...
Just remembering things that were running through my head at time...
Next time I'll keep it pinned and slap his ass as I go past! ;)
I see the bogan dip shaZam! has surfaced welcome back still full of shaZam! as usual get some meds.
But yeah good capture none the less janx. I'm jealous I would love a drift ghost have fun with it hey. Now me personally I record 720 @ 30fps and when I render Make sure my render is 30fps with 5400kp/s and as many bps on the audio too could we a quick day ride to see what your angle looks like?
I took a day vid today and a dusk vid also ... On commute into and out of work ... Just didn't have time to work on those... Will try fit it in tmw... The clarity on the day shots looks good on the laptop screen though.. For the 30secs I watched anyway!
Yeah I'd like to see it
Really hangin for a mic mostly ... That wind noise shits me .. And I'm not 'with' the edit software enough yet to deal with that ...
Got about 5 different locations in mind for possible mounts ... Including, if I'm brave enough .. Under the belly fairing a couple inches from road ... Just for some 'cut scenes' .. Well be wanting the waterproof case for that though ... Mainly for 'armour' against rocks grit and oily debris...
And another helmet .. For less in motion wind noise if I want to talk.... Well ... Swear mainly!
Looks like a good save to me Janx!
Do yourself a favour and don't ride with those who are erratic... one erratic moment at the wrong time and that ending will be very different... or if you do ride with them, keep a very large distance between them and you...
The guys I ride with most regularly I have developed trust with, no erratic unexpected moves but they will blast past and have a play when they want and that's all just good fun :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on September 04, 2013, 04:22:06 AM
Really hangin for a mic mostly ... That wind noise shits me .. And I'm not 'with' the edit software enough yet to deal with that ...
Got about 5 different locations in mind for possible mounts ... Including, if I'm brave enough .. Under the belly fairing a couple inches from road ... Just for some 'cut scenes' .. Well be wanting the waterproof case for that though ... Mainly for 'armour' against rocks grit and oily debris...
And another helmet .. For less in motion wind noise if I want to talk.... Well ... Swear mainly!
take a fabric bandage. the standard size put the pad over the mic port = cheap redneck windsock
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Nice try CBR but no cigar :flipoff:
Post one that works next time :icon_razz: :dunno_black: :cookoo:
worked for me... :dunno_black:
you could always go to the link yourself too tho :cheers:
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- Bboy
Doh,......oh well it was just a chic riding a bicycle with no wheels,....
Downward slide to
Weekend
Update on the vid situ ... There were police with laser unit on opposite side of road ... In the vid as I'm in the left lane and begin to pull right there's a car in right lane ... Well opposite the concrete wall just there on the right is a old parking area of about 1 acre .. The po po like to sit there and catch the northbound speeders throughout the industrial area .. They must have heard us all coming and were pointing the laser at us to try get a reading ... Lasers don't work well when panning across ... Lucky!
I never even saw them! .. All the guys have verified they were there though! .. That's why my mate pulled right and slowed ... He was trying to prevent the laser locking on him ... Yes we both stupid and lucky !
:oops: :icon_rolleyes:
Jebus bloody Christ buy a lotto ticket!
a lotto ticket? ... after using all the lucky up!?! ;)
No bloody way you got heaps left. Now I wanna start seeing janx's vlogs
lol.. cheers bro... my sole subscriber i think... :icon_lol:
should i beep out the all the swearing? ... or just some of the more virulent stuff?... or just leave it in and hope lil kiddies dont get an ass whoopin cos they just leanred a whole heap of new words?! :icon_lol: :icon_rolleyes:
Ummmmm a bit of swearing here n there with the occasional beep
hey when you load to the computer for editing and stuff... you use usb cable connect? .. or pull the card and put that in?... firewire? ...
it takes a while eh!! .. just letting it tickover in the background through the usb cable ..
got a day vid to edit .. and the dusk one... is interesting... about 5.30 thru to 6pm yesterday .. 720p 60fps and -1 on the exposure... its reduced the headlight glare from oncoming to quite an acceptable level!
An Arab, an Afghan and an Australian are in the same bar.
When the Afghan finishes his beer, he throws his glass in the air, pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces.
He says, 'In Afghanistan, our glasses are so cheap we don't need to drink with the same one twice.'
The Arab, obviously impressed by this, drinks non-alcohol beer (cuz he's a Muslim!), throws it into the air, pulls out his AK-47, and shoots the glass to pieces.
He says, 'In the Arab World, we have so much sand to make glasses that we don't need to drink with the same one twice either.'
The Aussie Bloke cool as a cucumber, picks up his bundy & coke, downs it in one gulp, throws the glass into the air, whips out his 45, and shoots the Afghan and the Arab. Catching his glass, setting it on the bar, and calling for a refill,
He says, "In Australia, We have so many illegal immigrants that we don't have to drink with the same ones twice."
God Bless Australia !!
lol!! .. now... if the navy could send a couple frigates out up north for a 'friendly drink' ... that could be effective!? ;)
..... uploading daytime run to YT....
Yeah I just plug it in through USB and dump it in my external and edit from there.
started a Vlog thing in odds and ends ... just for the hell of it :thumb:
Sent Adidas the rest of my GS parts. He's been good to all of us. Needs some more parts.
Little stuff, but hey...needed it gone.
Now alls we need is jester back on 2 wheels and with a camera n mic and let the tri vlogs commence
You're a good man Jester :thumb:
So Pete what's the latest with the 450?
Cods.... :thumb: :thumb:
Posting just cause
So what's the deal with Aussie politics? Something a out vote for this guy, and 20,000 jobs lost?
Latest with the 450? Hmmmm not a lot... still need to repair the rear guard after I had a brain fart while backing it into the concrete wall at work just after the insurance repair :technical:
Trying to stop oil weeping... seems the Penrite fully synthetic is finding all new sorts of places to weep like the head gasket, oil filter cover, and sump plug even though all gaskets should be ok and bolts are torqued appropriately... but still not a drop from the cam chain tensioner after I rebuilt it :dunno_black:
Still to try to sort the throttle out properly, still a slight increase in rev's when at full right turn.
Desperately needs a wash/wax/polish and I should be getting that done today because I have a four day long weekend :thumb:
Aussie politics... federal election tomorrow... it's the government version of biggest loser really...
And has anyone noticed Honda cars and Subaru's are the new Volvo's?
Thought that was pergoet? Bloody hell Pete you need a smoking ceremony or a exercism or so something that's alot of bad luck you get on that thing. Yeah most ppl are over the election. We don't go as crazy about it as you yanks but were on the track to hey. I'm just hoping the monkey in a suit doesn't win
Ok. So I have not had cable TV in 3 years or high speed Internet in 6 months. It was time to upgrade.
Internet is fast, but TV is crap. Reality shows suck. 71 channels and nothing is on.
Lol welcome to the 21st century jester lol. Dw mate I also have cable or 'pay tv' as we know it or 'foxtel'. Most of the time it's pretty good but other times there is sweet f%$k all on not even a decent doco or reality doco tv show like sons of guns. Or just repeats of the same show I've seen 20 times. Actually jeseter what if I told you I could guarantee you 29mb/s by 2019 using copper wire network that you have to pay a big fee to connect to and still pay for the Internet plan?
Yep. The Internets will get faster, but the content will slow it down.
Or super fast fibre optic cable with at least 100-200mb/s with no fee to Connect the wire to your house
NBN :thumb:
Also, I think Toyota Camrys are the new Volvo. Whenever I see one on a sideroad or pass one I cover my brake and horn.
Another week done and dusted
Lucky bugger, I work saturdays. :icon_neutral:
Debating weather I should do Saturday. 6 hours at double time
And i do it at normal pay.. can't wait for my employment contract to end so I can kick it in!
Cool
Uncool.
Cool when you kick it I mean
Yeah it will be a relief. 2 years of it is enough.
Oh f%$k that
Indeed. Picking veggies 6 days a week? thumbs down.
Fixing trains is as nearly laborious but the pay is decent and the conditions are not that bad as per usual it's management
I used to work as a window tinter at a variety of train depots here in Sydney. Looking at what the engineers did I was amazed at how quickly they'd fix major problems. Management used to push them pretty hard, and acted like they knew how to do the job themselves..
Same in Qld.
It's a kind of magic...
Oh you bastard!!! .... Damn!!!!!
What's the bastard done janx? And which bastard
Earworm!!! :technical: :technical: :technical: :icon_lol:
Bugger. Ear candle the bastard out
Have you been napping while ear worms were discussed?
Probibibababably
Lol .. Turn your vibrator lounge off!! :flipoff:
No I like it here its all fuzzy
Reminds me... I should have a go in my massage chair too... It's been a while!! ... It's the full rig... Leg/foot massage , arm cuffs, back and neck ... Even ass shake function ... :D .. Got a control panel like the Enterprise!! :thumb: ... It's covered in jumpers and towels lately though :icon_rolleyes:
Hopefully oil weeps fixed, we'll see tomorrow...
Election wise... that Palmer halfwit needs to go to jail.
We have a private number here at home and are on the do not call register.
Walked in the door today to hear the phone ring, pick it up and there's a recorded message from an overseas private number with bloody Palmer's voice talking about reducing income tax or some other bloody political message. What a hide! Why do people vote for fuckwits who flaunt the law? Do they really think he's going to run this country with their interests at heart?
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Yep so decided to do overtime
holy snappers!! :icon_eek:
that has to be the hectic-est low loader i have seen!! ... tyre fitters nightmare!!
nice find!! :thumb:
Imagine the cost of a full tyre change
Can do better than that... I'll ask my mate who fits tyres! ... Gimme till tmw ... I gotta text him but I think he is busy today :D
How many tyres can u count janx I can't be bothered
Hey Pete... just for the record, the Do Not Call lists do not apply to charities or political parties.
Really bugger
Well Phony Scabbot is now our PM so to all those that voted for him.......you reap what you sow. We are all fukked and I still dont care.
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There is a company. That company has goals that do not change. The CEO follows those goals no matter who that CEO is. The CEO used to be called Rudd. The new CEO is called Abbot. Like all CEOs before him, he is obliged to followed the company policy of the company called Australian Government. In this way, the plebs do not blame the underlying rules of the Government Company nor its true masters but the puppet CEO aka Prime Minister.
The most powerful man in Australia is the Governor General who is the Queen's representative here - making sure we follow the rules.
Now Aboot must fly to England to kiss the Queen's hand and pledge his loyalty to the rules he has to follow as dictated to him.
Blaming him / or crediting him or any other previous CEO, is like blaming or crediting the puppet/messenger.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 07, 2013, 03:34:17 AM
How many tyres can u count janx I can't be bothered
40 axles long ... Just trying to determine how each side would be set up ... Could be inner and outer lines with 2 sets of 2 tyres I think ... Which in total means each 16 tyres per axle line .. So 640 tyres? ...
But if its simpler and just outer lines along each side .. So 8 tyres per axle line .. Then 320 tyres ... Which is still shitloads!!
Haven't heard back from the mate yet ... But ... IIRC .. Those tyres they normally use are approx $600 AUD each?? .. Depends on the actual rating and construction of the tyres .. I've not seen that large a setup anywhere in Aussie.. And buying that many tyres would attract a discount too ...
But yeah lotta lotta $$$$$$ !!
I see our government has changed I need that double face palm clip janx lol.
I find heaps of them.. Google images ...search Facepalm ... Hundreds to choose from!! :thumb:
I can't be bothered lol. But back to that tyre change f%$k that. You'd wanna hire all the f1 and NASCAR and v8 supercar team put crews to change all them in a timely manner.
Lol ... Yeah maybe... They don't blow that often far as I know... Those kinda rigs have all wheel sets hydraulically or mechanically steerable/height control ... They take some hi tech handling... Not that hard to set up the neighbouring axles to raise the flat off the ground for easier removal.. :thumb:
I'd imagine they'd have to break that trailer down into a few parts to move it on the public roads when not in use
Not so much a trailer as a collection of modules... As I say I haven't seen that one before in photos even... But I would guess the blue/white/blue marks 3 separate units all linked in ... With possibly each unit dividable again... :dunno_black:
My thoughts also.
I just made an origami boulder...
Mister... I didn't realise that but I though any advertising the day before an election was a no go? Either way he's a freaker...
And now an idiot in charge... how long before he makes another fool of himself?
And yes, we need to be come a Republic... if Rudd was in I suspect that would happen sooner or later... not now!
Have to say honestly I was a republican supporter but now I'm like meh.
I gotta say I fear for the future under the coalition. Workplace relations and their maternity leave policies scare me the most, and in my electorate they want to demolish our public square (oldest public square in Australia) and put a multi-lane road straight through the historic quarter of our town. No good.
Buncha wankers
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I'm all :dunno_black: about the gummint ... But the missus is labor to the core! ... Her dad (now passed) was also ... Father's Day last week brings him to the top of her mind ... Election this week with 'the big change' ... Well last night was tears and wails and snot bubbles and 'farkin suited up farken monkey farken bat eared farken wanker!!' ... :icon_rolleyes:
I feel for her honestly... :sad: ... But woulda thought one of the kids was terminally ill !! ... It was a definite tantrum! ;)
How funny is this... each time... each and every time... a Liberal/Conservative in Aust gains power or looks like it, the negative memes and hatred spews forth from all corners denouncing how horrible everything will be. I don't see this volume of anti-Labor stuff coming from the conservatives however. So either....
a) Conservatives are generally nicer people and don't engage in as much lowbrow stuff
b) Labor/Left are not as nice people
c) Conservatives are too busy getting on with their life and being productive
d) Labor/Left are unproductive people looking for handouts and have too much time on their hands to create all this anti-conservative stuff.
I don't know. I hate them all - the Libs, ALP, Greens, Socialist Alliance, Palmer Party, One Nation, etc., etc. - it is just something I have observed over time.
Such as...
All through Howard's last term, the media (TV News, Radio, Newspapers) stopped calling him Prime Minister Howard and started calling him Mr Howard. A clear disassociation of the man with the office. As soon as Kevin07 was in, they began calling him Prime Minister Rudd - BUT - At his second go, even the media had deserted Kevin 07 and resorted to calling him simply Mr Rudd.
With the swing of 2010 added to this even further swing, we will now have the Libs for 2 terms unless they right royally fuckup, And let me finally say, with the poorest Labor performance in 100 years, something is obviously agitating the voting public (who was apparently smart enough to elect them in 07 but turn so dumb a few years later to oust them) against Labor. So instead of bemoaning how fuckingidiotic the voters are, take a look and ask Why they might have been motivated to vote the way they did.
I'm pissed cause my candidate didn't even get a mention. Sure, she's been dead for 22 years, but still....
[putting the pot stirring spoon away now] :flipoff: :icon_mrgreen:
PS: Chosing Person A to rule over me or Person B is not a choice as I am still left with someone ruling over me. A true choice would be to be ruled over or not. As we don't have that and only have the illusion of choice, we are left with a polarizing system designed to hide the puppet masters whom we never know let alone elect. Something to think about before you get all agitated over the above ;) ;)
I'm with ya mister! ... Gummint is gummint .... And flavours matter not! ... Assholes!
....
That's a poor effort by your candidate! ... I thought pollies were pollies even after death?!! ... Like '3 life sentences plus 50 years' for badass criminals! ;)
Like I said before I still dont care.
Its not that I dont like Phony Scabbot as our PM its that I dont like him as a person. He is a confirmed lying scumbag and is not to be trusted. He is even quoted as saying "Dont believe anything I say unless it is written down" or something along those lines..Anyway I didnt vote and dont care who is "running this country" as they are all the same and there is nothing I can do about it right now.
Lazy Sunday now time to chill and tank up before the price gets jacked up
Couple fun hours this arvo ... Vid time! .. Tried not to babble too much in at least one!!
Had to trash the first and longest one.. My silly mistake in not checking the camera angle when the helmet was on my head ... Only lined it up straight ahead when helmet was on a table... Which meant I got 30 mins of the bars and gauges and a couple metres ahead of road :icon_rolleyes: plus me bangin on with chit chat ..l wouldn't have left it all in there .. Just annoying that I forgot to check before! .. There were a couple good sections!
Bit of editing to do this week ... I'm addicted to Vlog already!
Im slowly making my way through my YouTube feeds
Just saw Starship Troopers 4 (Invasion). A straight to DVD movie. Bad acting. And that's saying something considering it was entirely CGI - even the "actors".
Never got into that sorta stuff, was it poor acting even for a sci-fi flick? Must've been shocking! :icon_razz:
Well, seeing as takes can be endless when the actor just provides a voice and no need to reset the set etc., then the acting was especially poor.
Not choosing sides here, but I thought Rudd just assumed office, now there's a new guy? Don't you have set terms? Confused.
Jester, we have 4 year terms... in 07 Rudd got elected, then got kicked out by Gillard... then she got kicked out a few months ago and Rudd slotted back in.
Now it's election time, and Rudd was voted out.
Great big joke in the end and Labor screwed themselves over by not having stability in the party... now we have a misogynistic lying bastard in charge because at least the liberals/nationals have kept the same faces up front and the infighting down to a quiet roar...
Mind you, we'll be screwed either way so see what happens for the next 4 years... :dunno_black:
Mister has a point, it would be nice to be able to vote for no one to rule over us...
Wait starship troopers 4? What? They made 3 others? First one was questionable at best
Quote from: mister on September 08, 2013, 04:14:50 AM
Just saw Starship Troopers 4 (Invasion). A straight to DVD movie. Bad acting. And that's saying something considering it was entirely CGI - even the "actors".
Yeah I watched that about a year ago. :cookoo:
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Damn! .. I was in the clear ... Till workplace relations! ... Now what?! ;)
I love political baggage. :D
Just had an awesome day
What happened for it to be so awesome?
Lotsa stuff started with a live round stuck in the chamber ended with a 4" group at 200m
4" at 200 ?!?!?.... did you have your eyes shut? :icon_eek:
Open sights, 107 year old barrel and first time shooting in 7 years I'm stoaked
oh .. open sights .. thats ok then! ..
i was thinkin scope ???
Nah it's my swede. Ill throw a couple pics up in the gun thread
Lucky bugger having a gun licence. I've been wanting to get one purely for target shooting, but spending too much on car and bike to justify it right now.
Don't let it fool you it's alot of work and paperwork and patience
I know it is, which is precisely why I haven't got one yet! Apart from the fact all I could afford would be a crappy sportco at the moment. In due time I reckon.
I bought my swede for 250
That's pretty damn cheap! And I would have thought an antique like that would have commanded pretty steep prices?
No comment :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes:
Uncle Janxy might get angry at me :icon_twisted:
You get the ones with matching numbers in good condition can command a pretty penny but plenty are around for a fair price
I had my 1906 model with a tasco 3-9 scope on it .. 20mm group at 100 .. Just over 50mm at 200 ..
Bought it years ago for $150 ... Got $370 for it recently ..
They are a good unit!
Yep I love em
Off to the Gun Owners section ladies.
Real men dont need to use guns :icon_twisted:
When I was in the 51RAR we shot lots of guns and hit lots of targets
We were the first team to get the Steyr rifles when they came out.
Thats how long ago that was :cookoo:
Thats how long ago it was that I fired a rifle or hand gun.
I was part of the 6 man recon team that was ordered to go home and pack to be shipped off to Iraq (Desert Storm)
Thankfully we were later told we were not going (dodged the bullet there)
Fair call I guess ..
That was about the same time as the dodgy auscam that could tattoo your skin if it got near flame wasn't it?
Quote from: Janx101 on September 09, 2013, 02:41:57 AM
Fair call I guess ..
That was about the same time as the dodgy auscam that could tattoo your skin if it got near flame wasn't it?
Lol thats funny. Never had that problem. Up till now I had not heard that? Im so far out of the loop now :dunno_black:
Had 2 cousins in ... One in mech inf at.... Gladstone? ... One in ... (Racks memory) .. Radar and comms at ... Sheesh .. Can't remember exactly .. It was a little west of Brissie somewhere .. I think?.
.. Anyway .. The first edition was a nice comfy synthetic blend... But IIRC a infantryman stumbled across a campfire up on one of the K exercise in NT and had his left leg trousers melt into his skin.... Which was a little late to test that function... They withdrew them from circulation and went to the cotton blend, not as breezy and light for hot weather but not likely to frag your skin .. But you can still sometimes find the dodgy ones in the disposal stores.. Though its been a while since I looked.
This was as mentioned to me by my cousins .. And my uncle who was a logistics planner in the RAAF ..
Probably the most info they ever mentioned about being in the job too!
Lol thats funny. The ones we wore were the heavy cotton blend. Yes hot as fukk in FarNQ in the middle of the bush but could run into anything and come out unscathed.
I was based in Innisfail but spent time at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville for my weapons training where I also spent a couple nights in the military hospital trying not to die from a reaction to some drugs the Doctors gave me when I was bitten by a white tail spider (assumed this by DRs as I came out in blisters and have a permanent scar on my arm from the bite area)
Will never forget the soldier that I thank for saving me that first night. His name was Cpl Skerritt. God Bless that soldier. Was 20+ years ago now and still have the scar.. albiet its now faded but still visible :thumb:
Lucky with a whitetail that they stopped it!! :icon_eek: .. Heard those bites can ulcerate for bloody years!!
Quote from: Janx101 on September 09, 2013, 03:22:32 AM
Lucky with a whitetail that they stopped it!! :icon_eek: .. Heard those bites can ulcerate for bloody years!!
Yes it did. Every year around the same time it used to flare up into a ugly welt that lasted for a few weeks and got VERY itchy. It stopped doing that after about 5 years and just became a rash and now is just a faded scar.
Never want to be bitten again :dunno_black:
Yeah .. They worry me more than a redback really ... Least with a reddie you can go have a shot, feel a bit crook for a few days and leave it behind.. The whitetails last under 10 seconds around my place once I see them!
Yip
Got a brief question about the katana 600 shock ... Ill thread it for more info if i need to .. but figured id just ask 'the brains trust' ;) ..Been browsing around the web on adjusting the damper dial ...
Got the preload on 5 which seems to suit so far ... But .. Not on sharp bumps so much .. But on the softer wavy/bumpy road bits ... The rear end feels like .... When you standing up and barefoot .. And just raise yourself onto your toes a little ... Just a short flex upwards and back down ...
If you can get that idea ... Is that the normal feeling? ... I've only ridden on the shock for one day and its so much of an improvement! ... Just not sure about that little 'flex' ...
And to push it a little further ... Does it sound about right? ... Or should I dial it up or down? ... I should note that I didn't look yet to see what the setting is ... I know/think there is only 4 possible settings ('00 shock) ... I can move it around easy enough I guess... Just after initial thoughts eh!
Can't offer any help here sorry.
I got nothin' Janx :dunno_black:
I forgot to mention that one of the guys on the run on Sunday is still getting his Kat back together, so he rides his Harley at the moment.
He gave me the keys for the run from Fernvale to Boonah (thankfully the least twisty section) so he could have a run on my 450.
Aside from the huge blister he got from my pipe :icon_eek: he enjoyed it... and that was my first ever taste of a Harley.
So... I found the suspension quite harsh and the front almost felt loose to me, I was not too fussed on the lack of lean angle, and the brakes were very wooden and lacked feel, and over about 90 kph I was finding my feet were being blown off the pegs, so after about 20 minutes my hips were aching from having to hold my feet on the pegs.
However, that motor... ummm wow on the torque front, that was impressive! I now can understand why people like cruising on Harleys with that torque available. Had to do some overtaking and on the 450 it's back a gear or two to get it over 6K RPM and then you can go for it, but on the Harley it didn't matter what gear you were in, just twist the throttle and you're gone...
I still don't want one as that's not my thing, but at least now I sorta get it... I still want to lean in corners and stop with a bit more confidence but if I wanted a mile muncher for the highways, well a big V Twin but with less forward controls would be worth investigating.
The other thing I get now is why people love Buells... that torque in a little bike that handles... yeah that would be a riot :thumb:
Yep! .. They different eh!
.....
I gots a redskin lollie!! ... :D ... Slurp chomp chew!! ... Hahahaha
Katana shock.........best be is to play around till you are happy. With mine I just stuck it in there and left it alone. I fun love it.
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Couldn't help it last night and had a peek at Buell prices... $7500 was the cheapest I saw, think I'll continue waiting for my Kat!
Janx, your starting point on your shock will be found when you set the proper sag... then you can go from there, but suspension dialing/tuning begins with setting sag.
Here is an excellent read from the R6 forum... yeah its geared toward the R6 shock, but most the info is good for bikes all around.
http://www.r6-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80410
:cheers:
- Bboy
I had a play round the bush in cams when I was a cadet all good fun. Even got to shoot the styer with live rounds and the minimi with blanks. 2 seperate occasions though. They gave us the crappy auscam that was single layer with straight pockets, I ended up inheriting and buying the good auscams with double layers over the knees and elbows and angled pockets. Best thing was I was at Samuel hill at shoalwater bay and 2 f111's 'buzzed' us right over the camp doing a terrain following run. The scary thing was even though I wasn't listening hard I didn't hear them coming till it was too late, my god they were good.
Watching ARACHNOQUAKE on Foxtel :cookoo: :cookoo:
Fark me what a movie :thumb:
Saw a flying ant. Looked up and there were the dark clouds
Termite bro. :whisper:
OMFG are you a KIWI Janxy?
errr no ... im from STRAYA!! ...
but .. i have spent several years working around maoris and kiwis .. its an unfortunate subliminal habit i have.. i adopt accents kinda...
leave me talking to a scotsman for an hour or so and i'll start saying 'some' words in my version of that ...
... several YEARS of Unzed people... well :icon_rolleyes: :dunno_black: .. i dont sound kiwi to them! .. just a tiny to Us/We/Aussies...
its more the Bro/Yeeh/U's etc ..
i do need to put my voice for business phone on more.. its more.... 'big brother'? ... not same as him... but clearer vocalisations?
....
ooops... or have you just found that sheep video?? :oops: .. i SWEAR i deleted that bloody thing!! ;) ;) :flipoff:
Quote from: codajastal on September 09, 2013, 11:04:21 PM
OMFG are you a KIWI Janxy?
come to think of it..... WHY?!.... i thought you reference videos .. but...
what the?..
:D
Janx couldn't be a kiwi. Either that or he hides the urges very well to root sheep
Quote from: Janx101 on September 09, 2013, 11:24:51 PM
Quote from: codajastal on September 09, 2013, 11:04:21 PM
OMFG are you a KIWI Janxy?
come to think of it..... WHY?!.... i thought you reference videos .. but...
what the?..
:D
I ask because you sound exactly like my late Brother. He was born in enzed but lived here for many many years. Just sayin :dunno_black:
tole you we was brothers! .. but .. cheers mate! .. i thought after they made me they broke the mold! ... spose there has to be people sound like people .. just as some people look like other people... :dunno_black:
It's bad enough we have to tolerate the yanks but a bloody kiwi
Trouble... :cookoo:
Uh oh it's 9-11
At the risk of angering the yanks here do you believe the conspiracies?
I for one don't think the US government would mass murder it's own people, but who knows?
Stranger things have happened
Haven't you heard Zook... senator or something mentions somethiing about terrorists nuking Charleston harbor. THEN... (or actually before) insiders leak that a nuke has been transferred from Texas to South Carolina (Where Charlseton harbour is) without any paperwork.
Hmmmm.... conspiracy false flag in the making eh?
Wonder if there are any FEMA "practice" drills planned for nuke attacks :dunno_black:
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Errrr .... This should be interesting!! :icon_eek:
Huh what am I missing here? Where n what is going on over there
One group of shouty protesters is going up against another shouty group of protesters ...
Each is claiming they will have a million or more participants ...
Wish I owned a hot food van near there!! .. Be near impossible to keep up with the orders and cashflow!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 10, 2013, 01:14:54 AM
It's bad enough we have to tolerate the yanks but a bloody kiwi
better us yanks versus someone else Eh? idk never had probs with kiwis. might as well try and be neighbourly with em. theyre not goin anywhere. two islands near eachother. ( tbh am envious would like to live in aus for a while. got to find work first though to get a visa)
Grrrrrrr bloody sheep rooters
:icon_eek: ... You want to 'growl' a sheep rooter? .... Pervert! :flipoff:
Bloody new south Welshman
oi oi !! .. Scottish Heritage New South Welshman .. Thank You Very Much .. If You Dont Mind ... Laddie!
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Oh god tight ass bloody new south Welshman
better than a sloppy ass QLDer!! :flipoff: ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on September 11, 2013, 11:46:35 PM
better than a sloppy ass QLDer!! :flipoff: ;)
Qld all the way :thumb:
Born in Townsville :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
I can't remember the last thing Qld lost to a southerner
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 12, 2013, 12:27:23 AM
I can't remember the last thing Qld lost to a southerner
your ass virginity? :flipoff:
No that is intact
well now ... thats not the word on the street!! ;)
Crime Watch Gold Coast
Code 2 , QPS on route to Nerang , at a general store , 4 young males have held up store , all faces were covered with masks , a knife has been dropped at the scene , males have decamped on foot , dog squad on the way
unknown if POI's stole anything or not at this stage
nil further
23 minutes ago
Well that was fun talking to 6 police and 2 detectives.
Guess thats what happens when you live accross the road and hear the screams and render assistance :thumb:
Staff are a little shaken but are unhurt. No money or goods were taken as bandits were chased out of store by owner and his son. Attempted to rob with a knife which they dropped on the road running away. Silly buggers
Ill word you janx
Wow that's pretty hectic Cods! .. All happening on the GC!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 12, 2013, 02:42:10 AM
Ill word you janx
You mean you don't know? .. You haven't heard? :confused:
Quote from: Janx101 on September 12, 2013, 03:04:31 AM
Wow that's pretty hectic Cods! .. All happening on the GC!
Yea I live accross the road from the shop and heard screaming so raced accross to help and found out they were being robbed :mad:
Anyway the bastards got nothing and dropped their weapon as they were running to their getaway car. So no harm done. 4 Police Cars and Detectives as well as the dog squad all for nil :dunno_black:
Friggin ratbags!, ... Hope the dog finds them and bites them on the nads
...
On another note.... How the f%$k does Dynamo do that shaZam!? :confused:
Dynamo....
Some are camera/cgi tricks
Some are staged
Some are slight of hand
Some are just plain true magic
Yeah true .. I can think of different ways (roughly) to do some of the 'big' scene stuff ...
But some of that close up magic stuff.... Well ... Even with careful editing and cutscenes .... I'm f%&ked if I know how he gets a phone into a bottle... Bends a coin in a glass... Gets juice out of a wireframe friggin candleholder ... Cgi? .. And everyone at the table was paid to go ooh ahh!!??
Quote from: Janx101 on September 12, 2013, 04:56:45 AM
Yeah true .. I can think of different ways (roughly) to do some of the 'big' scene stuff ...
But some of that close up magic stuff.... Well ... Even with careful editing and cutscenes .... I'm f%&ked if I know how he gets a phone into a bottle... Bends a coin in a glass... Gets juice out of a wireframe friggin candleholder ... Cgi? .. And everyone at the table was paid to go ooh ahh!!??
yes they are paid to go ooh ahh
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You know the ones.... he says.... think of a number... it is 23? And they go "yeah".
That's just crap.
Phone in a bottle. Yeah, that's odd that one.
Another night another box if stolen pens
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Looks like a handy unit! :thumb:
Ahhh so he catches up finally. I liked mine but the fogging was too much. Everyone I talk to has the same issue. Picture was great and the low light performance was excellent and the ability to use go pro mounting hardware makes it appealing.
Quote from: Janx101 on September 12, 2013, 04:47:36 PM
Looks like a handy unit! :thumb:
I think they are shaZam! but I was made an offer I couldnt refuse :thumb:
No where near as good as my GoPro or my Drift1080P or my Bullet Camera but as I said it was an offer I couldnt refuse. :dunno_black:
Gahhhhhh
Hmmmm...
Haaaaaaaaa
Of course the benefit is I can use my phone to set up the camera angles etc on the fly without having to fluck around :thumb:
Also the ability to transfer files as well as long as their not too big
Smelling like a man, not a lady. Dang it just dawned on me.... the talc that barbers use is Old Spice talc. Fuckyeah! :thumb: :thumb:
Old spice is making a comeback. It's all over the supermarket shelves here
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 13, 2013, 04:13:57 AM
Old spice is making a comeback. It's all over the supermarket shelves here
check the deodorant packs, theyre funny as all hell
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I have Brut classic - before it was diluted to become Brut 33. The chicks are diggin it :icon_mrgreen:
Brut was some strong shiz
How many dyslexics does it take to change a light blub?
Brut eh ... :icon_rolleyes: .. Fair enough. ...
I've just had 2fingers of Cap'n Morgans OP in a schooner of coke .... Ehrmagherd! I'm such a booze lightweight now!! ... Got my cone face on ... :icon_rolleyes: :icon_lol: .... Buzzin away in front o f my head... Bahahahahha
I love my brut ultra dry. Well successful day at the range I came exactly where I expected. Dead last. Lol. But had fun and caught up with good mates. I need to settle down on the mound and work on my hold
Anyone else remember...
Menage... for men?
Menage .. Remember it yep ... Used it once .... Swollen armpits ... :icon_eek: ... So no more of that!! ... Only other one that I ever reacted to like that was Avon 'windjammer' ... :dunno_black:
... How about 4711 Men's?
4711 had a mens? I thought it was just 4711 and men or anyone else used it. :dunno_black:
Yeah me too initially .. The 'mens' had different labelling and wasn't quite as 'volatile/stinging' apparently .... We chaps tend to over apply on the armpits they reckon and so they watered it down or something?
I've got to find me some 4711 now to see... it can wait until tomorrow :icon_mrgreen:
Last time I found the men's one was in a $2 shop ... I remember the smell of the original being part of my nans house 'smell' every Christmas holidays though :woohoo:
Well I'm going riding tomorrow. I have 4 cameras set up on the bike for a little fun :)
I have the gopro facing me, the Sony facing forward off the crash bars, I have the bullet camera facing backward off the crash bars and the Drift is attached to my helmet so I can record where I am watching. This should be an interesting bit of testing.
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and fun to process into a video. ive got but one camera. 2 is minimal for a good ride vid Eh? 4= even better
Quote from: codajastal on September 14, 2013, 07:52:34 AM
Well I'm going riding tomorrow. I have 4 cameras set up on the bike for a little fun
I have the gopro facing me, the Sony facing forward off the crash bars, I have the bullet camera facing backward off the crash bars and the Drift is attached to my helmet so I can record where I am watching. This should be an interesting bit of testing.
Never gave much thought about a camera facing rearward.
That should make for some interesting video.
Good Plan! 8)
Solid day
Quote from: Electrojake on September 14, 2013, 08:52:51 PM
Quote from: codajastal on September 14, 2013, 07:52:34 AM
Well I'm going riding tomorrow. I have 4 cameras set up on the bike for a little fun
I have the gopro facing me, the Sony facing forward off the crash bars, I have the bullet camera facing backward off the crash bars and the Drift is attached to my helmet so I can record where I am watching. This should be an interesting bit of testing.
Never gave much thought about a camera facing rearward.
That should make for some interesting video.
Good Plan! 8)
Unfortunately that footage is not happening as I lost the camera while riding (found it but footage was corrupted beyond repair)
Well today I improved. I came second last. Baptisim of fire today shot at 200, 300 and 600.
Yark!! ... Camera overboard sux!! :icon_sad:
Tra la la, la, la la la....
Banana Splits :woohoo:
:technical: :technical: :technical: .... Sigh .... You bastard!! ... I'm off my game lateoy
Well back to annoying folks in this place
One banana, two banana, three banana four...
Atomic batteries to power ... Turbines to speed! ... Dadaladadadaladadadaaaaa ... Dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner .. BATMAN!! ..... Batman .... BATman...... Batman ... :D
Roger Ramjet he's our man
Hero of our nation
For his adventure just be sure
And stay tuned to this station.
Come and join us all you kids
For lots of fun and laughter
As Roger Ramjet and his men
Get all the crooks they're after.
(Cracks knuckles) ..... Righto!!!
... The original version
What a funny old fellow is Humphrey
He gets in all manner of strife
He leads a very exciting life
And honeys his favourite fare
Which is hardly so very surprising
He's really an amazing old bear
What a funny old fellow is Humphrey
Humphrey the fun loving bear!!
It's good to see mister contributing to the LPW pile of babble. Well done Sir.
Now if Jester would do a little something to support the Yankee contingency here all would be fine. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fwaiting.gif&hash=7062135172d0f91b31923b1507ba5494e0a8ee5d)
You listening Jester? Hello Ohio? WTF? :dunno_black:
Jebus bloody Christ
The weather is finally starting to change.
Getting chilly at night.
Lucky for me I have <ahem...> Heated Grips.
:flipoff: :D
Don't get smart ej
Miserable wet weather.. bugger it..
i was out in it till an hour ago on the truck bro.... the rest of my crew are now headed to marrickville .. they will unload till about 9 tonight .. then head home again....
.. they get day off tmw though :D
I was lucky, it wasn't raining where I was working but it stopped me from riding which sucks. And it would definitely suck to be those boys unloading all night!
Finally watching uncle janx's vlogs I like what I see.
Rain in your time is boss' weather.
All this rain in Sydney. Glad I had the latest ep of Breaking Bad to watch. Intense doesn't begin to describe it.
never watched it to be honest
Every home should have a milk crate or two
Quote from: mister on September 16, 2013, 11:41:35 AM
Every home should have a milk crate or two
and a gs500 e or f :)
Apparently I slept through it all
Rain is OK but work?
I'm not so sure I like the "work" part of the conversation. :confused:
Just saying.
Yep the rain keeps the lawn green
Gah
Been a tad slow. :icon_confused:
Yeah place is slowing down.
random memory of last week .. email reminder that one of the truck rego is due.... for some reason i thought due today ... mad panic trying to find rego paper etc ... need truck on road tmw morning early .... half hour of searching .. (normally in a special folder but it wasnt :icon_rolleyes: ) .. find paper... 23rd .. monday coming... :oops: :mad: :icon_rolleyes:
So.... put it off until then, right?
Nothing like the last minute orrrr the nek minut
Yeah till Monday ... But RTA closes at 5 .. Also knew had to do green slip which normally takes up another 15-20 mins.... Remembered at 4:05 ... Couldn't find paperwork ... Faaaaaaaark! .... Lol
Rego is a pain in the arse and should be outlawed.
See the bloke who paid his parking fine in 5 or 10 cent pieces.
Hmmm yeah ... But how to monitor the real sh-itboxes on the road then? ... There is safety to consider ... No rego with no inspections ..you wanna ride down the road and suddenly have a rusted muffler or exhaust from the cage in front of you fall off and come cartwheeling back? ... :dunno_black:
Yeah I know.. There's good reasons for rego. Just a royal pain to do it each year especially if you're anal about maintaining your vehicles like I am. People should (but don't) make sure their stuff is safe for use on the road.
Can you even begin to imagine Campbelltown or Airds without rego rules?? :icon_eek:
Haha! Campbelltown would be full of beat up VP commodores.. actually it already is!
Naaaa! ... Some of them are vn's with fully sick boddy kits man! ... Oh and stevo's shitbox hotted up Gemini! .. :icon_lol:
Ahh scrambletown, what a dodgy joint it is.
Joint? ... Ain't no joints there bro! .... That's for the old hippies .... It's all cones in C-town! :icon_lol:
Haha! Billies and glass pipes are the go there. :thumb:
He did a good job of it too
Is there a paragraph or so preceding that statement Slips? ... :dunno_black:
My previous post
Ohhhhh ... All the way back there!? .... Geez ... We was hackin on the 'local' bogans ...
Yeah saw the 5c man .. He got knocked back ... Or has there been an update?
Dunno haven't heard. I wanna do that should I have to pay some fucktard
Good luck with it.... Years ago I worked on a coca cola delivery truck .... We had one smarty customer always wanted to pay in 5c pieces .... That stopped soon after he handed me $350 worth! ... Had to verify/count on site.... And recount at depot ... Boss wasn't very pleased ... CCA made a limit of $20 after that
f%$k em it's legal tender were not paying for a goods or service.
Hehe, reminds me of a time my brother paid in pennies at McDonald's...it was super busy, and girl at the register was kinda laughed and was like wtf? and called her manager over to help. He says, 'Just count 'em and give 'em their food, they don't pay me enough to count that' Girl at register says okay, waits till manager leaves the front. She grabs a food tray, and dumps all the pennies on it and places it under the counter. Rings it up and says 'What a jackass, they pay him enough to count faster than me at a busy register, he is logged in on this thing anyway, I just came over to help him... Have a nice day!'
I really think she just wanted him to help estimate that it was correct, so she didn't get the register messed up or short... but funny how it went down.
I'd have made the penny payer go to the bank next door... LOL
- Bboy
Most the time I pay with card I hardly carry cash but if I pay a fine in future ill bring a bag if mixed money for em. f%$k the government
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 18, 2013, 06:07:06 AM
Most the time I pay with card I hardly carry cash but if I pay a fine in future ill bring a bag if mixed money for em. f%$k the government
ive paid a parking ticket with nickels before. they werent happy :technical: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: ( meter was current idk how i lost or why i was marked. who knows
FuK-in Jester left us. :icon_sad:
The shifty bastard probably bought a used Ducati and then scored himself a nice German girl. (Ohio has lots of them, and they love Ducati's).
He's probably eating home-made Wienerschnitzel right now!
Just saying.
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Nooooo jester wouldn't do that
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 18, 2013, 03:07:16 PM
Nooooo jester wouldn't do that
Quote from: Electrojake on September 18, 2013, 02:54:40 PM
FuK-in Jester left us. :icon_sad:
The shifty bastard probably bought a used Ducati and then scored himself a nice German girl. (Ohio has lots of them, and they love Ducati's).
He's probably eating home-made Wienerschnitzel right now!
Just saying.
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^^^^^^ I think Jester would DEFINATELY 'Do That!!' ... (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sherv.net%2Fcm%2Femoticons%2Fhungry%2Fdrooling.png&hash=da9827dad2aa92bb952de1921c5febe3db679e84) .. I'd Wiener her Schnitzel any day!!! .. best of luck to him if it is the case!!
Those Germans are crazy. You ever seen a German porno?
... and ummm ... Score!!!! :D..
at work i am doing an 'eviction' from storage facility for long term unpaid fees ... selling the furniture and worthy items off to try recoup some costs .. :icon_neutral:
but the good bit is i gave a bloke just now a washing machine for $70 less than the asking price cos thats all the cash he had on him ... but he is a rep for a office equipment company ... helped him load it into the back of his little van ... he reached into a box of goodies and handed me a brand new 1tB Seagate 'backup plus' external drive!! .. 'on the house' :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:
http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/standard/backup-plus/
its a blue one!! .. same as the bike! .. gonna use it for store the vlog stuff on!! :woohoo:
seen a bit of one Slips :icon_eek: ... but that girl looks way too nice to do 'those depraved things' .... i would want her to do some different depraved things :icon_twisted:
High five that man
:icon_rolleyes: ... faaaaaaaaAAAAAAAARRRRRRRKKKKKK!!!!! .... farken vein in my temple is pulsing again.... frag it all... i'll fix the stress issue... mouse roll and click .. click ... click ... type name .. click ... ahhhhhhhh better .. :icon_rolleyes: .. nahh hang on.. i gotta vent!
farken self titled engineers and their snooty nosed overriding any contrary opinions .. but when requested they shy away from actually stating WTF the qualifications actually are... makes me want to nuke parts of england!!
a farken 1st year apprentice machinist can claim a farken 'engineering background' FFS!!! ... always with the farken 'oh but i would do it this professional way ... not some boorish actual hands on bike and results that have actually fucken worked for YEARS way!!' ....
... --rant done-- ... ignore activated ... betrter now .. :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 18, 2013, 04:50:37 PM
High five that man
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Yip
Wow! We cover it all here at LPW.
I love a well placed rant. It brightens up he thread. :cheers:
lol .. cheers EJ ..
got another minor one... just unpacked the seagate drive i scored this morning... then was all like :icon_eek: .. OMG i totally forgot to do a 'unboxing video' complete with ooohs and ahhhs :icon_rolleyes:
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Yeah I can never bother with unboxing videos. Must find this first year professional machinist thread and stick my head in
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 18, 2013, 04:48:47 PM
Those Germans are crazy. You ever seen a German porno?
I have in times past. theyre easily found btw. jester didn't leave us, hes taking time off to deal with personal matters. he shall return
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 18, 2013, 10:08:17 PM
Yeah I can never bother with unboxing videos. Must find this first year professional machinist thread and stick my head in
nah .. thats my 'spin' on it...
you could probably guess who ... from the hints... engineer... england... 'professional' references.... :icon_rolleyes:
Oh my ole mate too lol.
3 days pass without jester and we are already talking' off-the-deep-end' for him?
...He probably bought a Beemer, and will be back shortly talking about heated grips... :icon_rolleyes:
- Bboy
Nope he was having fun with his cage on the interstate
now ¿¡WTF?! is up with janx's title?
Hey, cool! It Pee-Wee's Play House!!! :D
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 19, 2013, 10:50:58 AM
now ¿¡WTF?! is up with janx's title?
Ok Yama .... BBC TV series ... Top Gear ..... One of the presenters .. James May ... Often talks about a fizz in a spot behind his groin when he sees or drives certain cars that he really likes .... http://www.topgear.com/uk/james-may/james-may-fizz-2001-02-24 .. He explains it a bit here ...
I have made reference to getting all fizzy with a few different bikes in last couple months .... Captain John has noticed it I guess :icon_lol:
Jeremy is my favorite presenter followed by James May, Richard seems like a bit of a tool.
Yeah Jezza is the popular choice ...
Seen James's show Man Lab though? ... Some cool hokey ideas in that! :D
Farken ... No edits in here ... Sigh ..
The Aussie top gear presenters .... THERE are some tools!! ... Good on them and all for having a crack ... But no... I'm sorry ... Fail!
However I can watch top gear USA. The very first top gear Australia was tragic. Second series with James Morrison was slightly better, third and fourth with Kenny were ok ish but they made the mistake keeping Steve pazati
hrm .. only caught an occasional USA one... dunno what i think on that really :dunno_black:
i agree the franchise idea should work in different countries... and just having Jeremy/James/Hammond clones would seem really odd...
but there has to be some charisma to the presenters... and some new story ideas... what i noticed in some of the aussie stuff was that they were more or less recycling already 'done' challenges etc .. :icon_rolleyes: .. but with 'aussie bogan' flavour ... :bs:
ive been trying to think who would be good .. but its a challenge eh!!
A race against the tilt train for one.
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Thank f%$k for Friday
:icon_eek: ... yours Cods? ... errr .. everything ok? not hurt?
see .. i always knew those CT110's had heaps of grunt off the line!!!! ... quick twist of the wrist and the back wheel just buried itself.... and half the bike! ...
telecom pit fail? ... or similar?
.. and.... no matter whose it is... sad to see a mighty machine in peril like that ... but its a hell funny photo!!! :D :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on September 19, 2013, 10:59:50 PM
:icon_eek: ... yours Cods? ... errr .. everything ok? not hurt?
see .. i always knew those CT110's had heaps of grunt off the line!!!! ... quick twist of the wrist and the back wheel just buried itself.... and half the bike! ...
telecom pit fail? ... or similar?
.. and.... no matter whose it is... sad to see a mighty machine in peril like that ... but its a hell funny photo!!! :D :thumb:
Nah not mine, Its a Regular Postie (I'm a contractor) Too much rain caused a minor sink hole which ate the bike as he went through :)
cool ... bet he got a shock! :D
ohhh lookit.... my text below the avatar has been modified also ... now how did that happen! :D :icon_twisted:
Hmmm we can only point fingers janx lol
Full moon....
Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone, without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own....
Just for you, Janx :flipoff:
:dunno_black:
Showin your age/cultural background there mister ... I know the song .. But it's not familiar enough to stick ... :flipoff:
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam bam
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam bam
I got a girl named Daisy She almost drives me crazy
Got a girl named Daisy She almost drives me crazy
She knows how to love me, yes indeed
Boy, you don't know what she's doin' to me
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam bam
/ INSTRUMENTAL /
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam bam
I got a girl named Sue I said, she knows just what to do
I got a girl named Sue She knows just what to do
She rocks to the East, she rocks to the West
But she's the girl that I love best
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom
:dunno_black: :dunno_black:
Oh come on slips .. You would have heard tutti frutti at least ONCE .... And I know probably where ...
Predator movie .... Early scene shot ... Red lit scene when the guys are in the chopper .... Tutti frutti blasting in the background ... :thumb:
That postie bike looks photochopped :dunno_black:
- Bboy
I assure you it's real
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from darwin awards,...
#6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
Quote from: mister on September 20, 2013, 04:03:47 AM
Full moon....
Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone, without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own....
Just for you, Janx :flipoff:
Just no pics Eh?, ive got that song on my playlist as well. and a few others. my tastes are quite eccentric lol
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on September 20, 2013, 07:56:18 AM
from darwin awards,...
#6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
Hahahha .. Lucky he didn't drop a Benjamin! :icon_lol:
Was that tuuti fruity janx? Yeah I never paid attention to the lyrics lol. On other news I saw an interview with Jesse Ventura. f%$k me his old looks nothing like his predator days. Fark
yeah .. he's gone a bit wrinkly and grey
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to this
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How many years though?
62 now apparently ... he was 36 in predator ...
and :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: .. i f%&ked up!! .. goddam memory!! ... found a YT of jesse quotes from the movie...
its not tutti frutti ... :oops: :oops: .. its Long Tall Sally by Little Richard ...
as seen here ..
.. now im trying to remember what the hell movie i did watch that had tutti frutti in it... :icon_rolleyes:
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bahahahahah... good one!!
found the movie with Tutti Frutti
When was predator made? Thought it was 85? I know would have been shot 82-83ish or am
I wrong?
predator = '87 according to google
Holy f%$king shaZam!. How could he age so bad? He didn't go cook coo like Mickey rourke with plastic surgery did he?
ahhhh .. well now... he did a few things since then .. almost guaranteed to stress and age a chap ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura#Political_career
:dunno_black:
Yeah I cbf reading that now lol later on
Quote from: codajastal on September 20, 2013, 05:20:21 PM
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Bloody jebus yamma lol
Quote from: Janx101 on September 20, 2013, 02:28:24 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on September 20, 2013, 07:56:18 AM
from darwin awards,...
#6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
Hahahha .. Lucky he didn't drop a Benjamin! :icon_lol:
I walked into advanced auto parts other week. I look down and find a dollar. im thinking now my broke arse isn't so broke anymore. I figure wth ill keep looking, sure enough I find a 20 I kept looking. I waited for a half hour to see if anyone came looking for missing money. no one did. I bought dinner. but I kept 21 from my pay following day on me in case I overheard of someone losing said amount. I do have a conscience.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 21, 2013, 12:36:59 AM
Bloody jebus yamma lol
For some odd reason it wouldn't allow "pornographicenterprisesofclinton".
That's just censorship
She took a puff but didn't inhale ;)
Who dat hey? Huh? Are you an alien. I want sprinkles. Iron helps us play. We can use the roof rack to winch us out. Dumb Buddha Loves You
:icon_eek: .... Are you channeling 24hour ads slips?
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Very Interesting. Think I might try the 4 Cameras again tomorrow? See if I cant get the bullet cam to stay in place and record some backwards footage. :dunno_black:
Hello Lampost... didn't we do this one already?
Well, now that you're feeling groovy, get this in ya...
He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet
Quote from: codajastal on September 21, 2013, 01:59:16 AM
Very Interesting. Think I might try the 4 Cameras again tomorrow? See if I cant get the bullet cam to stay in place and record some backwards footage. :dunno_black:
:thumb: :woohoo: you go son!! ...
If I get a chance I'm gonna out the bar mount on the MTB and put the drift on there for a bit of a pedal around the burn with a mate ... Might use some of it for an intro ... If I don't die from oxygen deprivation! ;)
Quote from: mister on September 21, 2013, 02:14:23 AM
Hello Lampost... didn't we do this one already?
Well, now that you're feeling groovy, get this in ya...
He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet
I see .... I'm gonna have to get up to QLD and have a chat with you matey !! :2guns: ;) :icon_lol:
Saturday night tv sucks
There she was just a-walkin' down the street singin
Oh Janx, you remember This, surely...
Who lives down in deepest darkest Africa? (Africa)
Who's the one who brought the jungle fame?
Who's the king of Animals in Africa?
Kimba the white lion is his name!
And if you don't quite remember the tune - but I think you do - here you go... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsQqOlPjhs
I loved Kimba as a kid. (Okay, I still do. I even have the DVD box set) The Lion King was a weak rip-off.
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I love lamp
Well there you go :icon_rolleyes: :cookoo:
Quote from: mister on September 21, 2013, 02:51:13 AM
Oh Janx, you remember This, surely...
Who lives down in deepest darkest Africa? (Africa)
Who's the one who brought the jungle fame?
Who's the king of Animals in Africa?
Kimba the white lion is his name!
And if you don't quite remember the tune - but I think you do - here you go... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsQqOlPjhs
YES! :2guns:
I'm a rooster illusion
Get that tune out of your head - scientists find how to get rid of earworms
Scientists claim to have found a way to help anyone plagued by earworms – those annoying tunes that lodge themselves inside our heads and repeat on an endless loop.
They are the songs you cannot get out of your head. Now scientists may have found a way to help anyone plagued by those annoying tunes that lodge themselves inside our heads and repeat on an endless loop.
Researchers claim the best way to stopping the phenomenon, sometimes known as earworms – where snippets of a catchy song inexplicably play like a broken record in your brain – is to solve some tricky anagrams.
This can force the intrusive music out of your working memory, they say, allowing it to be replaced with other more amenable thoughts.
But they also warn not to try anything too difficult as those irritating melodies may wiggle their way back into your consciousness.
For those unwilling to carry around a book of anagrams, a good novel may also do the trick.
"The key is to find something that will give the right level of challenge," said Dr Ira Hyman, a music psychologist at Western Washington University who conducted the research. "If you are cognitively engaged, it limits the ability of intrusive songs to enter your head.
"Something we can do automatically like driving or walking means you are not using all of your cognitive resource, so there is plenty of space left for that internal jukebox to start playing.
"Likewise, if you are trying something too hard, then your brain will not be engaged successfully, so that music can come back. You need to find that bit in the middle where there is not much space left in the brain. That will be different for each individual.
"It is like a Goldilocks effect – it can't be too easy and it can't be too hard, it has got to be just right."
Dr Hyman and his team conducted a series of tests on volunteers by playing them popular songs in an attempt to find out how tunes can become stuck in long term memory.
By playing songs by the Beatles, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé while the volunteers completed mazes drawn out on pieces of paper, they found they could get songs to play mentally in the participants heads and that they were then likely to recur intrusively through the next day.
They then tested whether performing puzzles such as Sudoku or anagrams would help to reduce the recurrence of the earworms.
They found that while Sudoku puzzles could help prevent the songs from replaying their heads, if they were too difficult it had little effect.
Anagrams were more successful and they found that solving those with five letters gave the best results.
"Verbal tasks like solving anagrams or reading a good novel seem to be very good at keeping earworms out," said Dr Hyman, who now hopes to examine whether similar techniques could be used to prevent other intrusive thoughts caused by anxiety or obsessiveness.
He added: "Music is relatively harmless but easy to start. Choruses tend to get stuck in your head because they are the bit we know best and because we don't know the second or third verse, the song remains unfinished. Unfinished thoughts are more likely to return."
Surveys by scientists have revealed a wide variety of songs tend to end up as earworms with three quarters of people reporting unique songs not experienced by others. The most common tend to be popular songs that are in the charts or are particularly well known.
The Western Washington team found that Lady Gaga was the most common artist to get stuck in people's heads, with four of her catchy pop songs being the most likely to become earworms – Alejandro, Bad Romance, Just Dance and Paparazzi.
Katy Perry's California Girls also rated highly as the 2009 hit Hey, Soul Sister by American rock band Train.
Other surveys have reported Abba songs such as Waterloo, Changes by David Bowie or the Beatles' Hey Jude.
Mountaineer Joe Simpson famously reported being bothered by a song he hated – Brown Girl in the Ring by Boney M – as he lay injured on a glacier in Peru. Fearing he might die, the tune played endlessly in his head, he later recalled.
Researchers, however, claim there is often little logic to the songs that become stuck in our heads but they often are songs we know well and like.
Dr Vicky Williamson, a music psychologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, has been studying earworms and says that the most likely songs to get stuck are those that are easy to hum along to or sing but are often unique to individuals.
She has identified a number events that can trigger these songs to intrude on our every day lives, including repeated exposure to a piece of music, recent exposure to the music, seeing lyrics from the song, moments of stress and allowing your mind to wander.
She has been working with BBC6 Music to ask members of the public to identify their own stories involving earworms and is now attempting to identify new "cures" for those bothered by unwanted tunes.
Dr Williamson said: "Even reading a line in a newspaper can trigger the domino effect that starts a song running. During the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, we got a lot of people reporting Michael Jackson songs getting stuck in their head.
"Earworms seem to be the key to understanding how music gets so automatically connected in memory – we think we can use that. It could help alleviate people who are suffering from distressing thoughts.
"On learning we could help people suffering from cognitive decline, so if they can't remember the stages to make a cup of tea, if you tech them it as a song, then they could make their own cup of tea rather than relying on other people."
Some of the easiest songs to get stuck in your head (as used by the researchers)
Alejandro – Lady Gaga
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Call me Baby – Carly Rae Jepsen.
Single Ladies – Beyoncé
She Loves You – The Beatles
I Wanna Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
She Loves You – The Beatles
SOS – Rihanna
You Belong with Me – Taylor Swift
On another note heres an earworm
Ah, ba ba ba ba barbara ann
Ba ba ba ba barbara ann
Oh barbara ann, take my hand
Barbara ann
You got me rockin and a-rollin
Rockin and a-reelin
Barbara ann ba ba
Ba barbara ann
That's the trailer right there
Or reading 97 paragraphs of bold words about ear worms!! :laugh: :flipoff:
I'm jake the peg diddle iddle iddle dum
With the extra leg diddle iddle iddle dum
Wherever I go through rain or snow
The people always let me know ..
I'm jake the peg...........
<sniffs> ... S'funny! ... I don't REMEMBER eating half boiled roo leg that's been sitting in the sun for a week :icon_rolleyes: ...
<snorts air out and wrinkle nose> .... My word! .. That's offensive even to me! :icon_lol: :oops:
From you ya cow
Yeah, this thread has been making lot of sense lately. :cookoo:
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I'd never double post (unless I was high!) :flipoff:
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Little boxes
On the hill side
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes
On the hill side
Little boxes, all the same...
Beatles earworms....
In penny lane there is a barber showing photographs....
Ah, giiiirrrrrllllllll
Hey Jude, don't bring me down....
Bill Joel earworm.... 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4... everyone gets the start but forgets the first actual lyrics which follow. Now you can follow along... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYchgX1fMw
Girl's smokin' in more than one way!
Wonder if the drapes match the knickers?
That would be a multiple fail there mister ... I even watched the start of the video ... :flipoff:
Got a vtr 250 going today
On purpose? ;) :flipoff:
VTR's are cool man! What was up with it?
Fail? No! it is YOU who have Failed... about a Great. Many. Thingssssss.......
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It was bought for peanuts cause it had been sitting. So new chain n sprockets, oil change, carb clean and sync, and rebuild forks. Ready for a track day on Wednesday, also eyed off a fire blade that ill
Ride later on.
Ho hum! I think I'll turn this off before I start posting more ear worms or something else
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Watching easy rider.
Yaaaay jester is back
Been dealing with a pissed off cage, work, and life at the moment.
What's new on the farm? EJ still here?
Quote from: Electrojake on September 21, 2013, 07:46:39 PM
Yeah, this thread has been making lot of sense lately. :cookoo:
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yeah .. but he been having trouble keeping up with us ... cant think why ;)
Jester you "flat-leaver"... Where the hell ya' been? ??? These Aussies been a damn hand-full since you been gone.
I figured you hooked up with some European chick and left town.
Good to see you back here on the Farm! :cheers:
And yeah... we been slandering ya' while you were gone...
Quote from: Janx101 on September 18, 2013, 04:24:44 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 18, 2013, 03:07:16 PM
Nooooo jester wouldn't do that
Quote from: Electrojake on September 18, 2013, 02:54:40 PM
FuK-in Jester left us. :icon_sad:
The shifty bastard probably bought a used Ducati and then scored himself a nice German girl. (Ohio has lots of them, and they love Ducati's).
He's probably eating home-made Wienerschnitzel right now!
Just saying.
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is it just me ?!?!? ... noticing a lot lately in threads around the forum ...
Hands on self taught mechanics... vs .. engineers of many flavours...
its all very ...
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:icon_twisted:
... still ...
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I vote for cats
Thought I'd best pop in... been a little absent lately.
And I need to share this... how *not* to attempt to corner on a Harley.
If the kmart bike computer for $10 is right ... I did almost 13 km this evening.... :icon_eek: .... Oh crap ... I meant to do about 5 or 6 ....
1st time back on the MTB in a decade ... I can feel where in my legs is gonna howl in the morning too!
It was way dark so I didn't take the ghost ... Maybe later this week :thumb:
Sheit. I wish EJ. I need a date. There is German, and Irish in my blood. Bring it on!
Leave a legacy...even when absent.
You want a date with Ej? :dunno_white: funny thing is ive irish, scottish, welsh, polish, english and german in my ancestry. every side has been at war with other sides at some point :technical: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
It's Tuesday f%$k it
its still monday here, please dont ruin it lol :cheers: :nono: :icon_lol:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 23, 2013, 12:16:03 PM
You want a date with Ej? :dunno_white:
Nah... I'm an old tramp.
Jester needs somthing young and fresh... And hopefully female. :thumb:
Well we can't judge if jester jumps the fence. But she must be capable of putting her legs behind her head
He sips clam-broth through a straw. :whisper:
Quote from: Electrojake on September 23, 2013, 05:38:22 PM
He sips clam-broth through a straw. :whisper:
that is simultaneously the most innocent and posh .. but .. peverted and meaning loaded phrase that i have heard/read this month!!
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I still think Jester has found himself some fresh muffin (snapper, twat, clapper, etc...)
Think about it... A guy with no bike that is too busy to post in the LPW? :dunno_black:
No Sir!
He's got something else going-on that he's not telling us.
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:dunno_black:
Rockin some san andreas Eh?
well it would explain why jester is so quiet ... electronic stress relief! ... several years ago i would only surface from the beanbag for bodily functions and another 4pack of redbull.. :D
surprised hes not found the san andreas cathouses and the oddball vehicles that turns the ladies on
:icon_lol: :icon_lol:
he might be immersed in GTA V ??
..
on another note .. good grief!! YT upload is taking an AGE to upload today!! .. only 534mB and its already over an hour! :icon_rolleyes:
Just doing my civic duty these days....gotta keep bringing down the bell curve.
In other news, got the cage working finally. No more taking public transportation to Octoberfest to meet the big breasted German ladies. That's a bummer. When she wants to go back to my place..have to wait at the bus stop. Then Fabio swoops by and makes his move.
the Taco Bell Curve ?? :D :D
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Did someone say "big breasted" hehehhehehe... that's rude, isn't it hehehehe
No big fun bags
Where you find the last 2 vids you posted Pete? ... I get 'video unavailable' ... :icon_sad:
Bugger, try again... embedding is not working for me... click the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86pgu8YhGyg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86pgu8YhGyg)
Let's try the other one again...
Seems OzBikers just uses the video ID to embed, over here needs the full URL... technology is too confusing :dunno_black:
Lol
Hippo farts :woohoo: ... Hahahahhahaha epic!!
The Harley lad .... Say what you like about Harley riders in general ... But THAT dude knows how to do a cool dismount!! :D :thumb:
Who what huh
Yeah I saw that hippo vid linked off another and I was like WTF is that edited? But nup, that's awesome! :cheers:
The Harley guy... yeah... very cool dismount, very cool indeed :thumb: No gear, walking away just like that...
Warm.... humid.... I didn't get the memo about Winter being cancelled this year and Summer being brought forward into Spring season.
Why is it that the nice part of town gets the sleek new hybrid busses, and I am always stuck on one that smells like burnt brake fluid, and raw diesel?
Quote from: jestercinti on September 24, 2013, 04:41:13 AM
Why is it that the nice part of town gets the sleek new hybrid busses, and I am always stuck on one that smells like burnt brake fluid, and raw diesel?
... because ... You ... Sir ... Can take the trials that life deals out and still remain true to yourself!... ;) :thumb:
.. Or ... You should walk a bit further and HiJack one of those MOFO's , and drive it to your home patch ... Thereby ensuring plenty of media coverage and attention from the state! ... You claim mental stress brought on by your recent legal tribulations .. Gain the attention of the talk show hosts.. Write a poignant short autobiography .... Earn many dollars and publicity deals .... And retire to a sunny corner of the world of your choosing! :D :icon_twisted:
Yes that man there
Welcome home Jester. :D
I love Harley wreck vids! <heh-heh>
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I love the smell of a burning Harley wreck
I don't. btw cods your mickey is missing one hey. :thumb:
I love the smell of burning pork from a burnt out cop car
Haha!
:(
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 24, 2013, 10:55:37 PM
I love the smell of burning pork from a burnt out cop car
Have I missed something in the news? ... :dunno_black:
Nah I think Slips is missing something :cookoo: :flipoff:
Yes cods, I did sing it.
Slips, don't be a hater. Our men in blue are here to serve and protect. In America we have this show called cops with drugged out peeps up to no good. I hear at least 1 "don't raze me bro.." Per episode.
Quality entertainment if you ask me. Caught a marathon the other day.
Ahh ... Just random stuff then .. :dunno_black:
I've never thought of the popo as the enemy ... Even when they pull me over :icon_rolleyes: ... It's been for a reason .. Even if it's just a RBT .... They do their job ... I do my job ... It's all good... :thumb:
Seen some of the force do some hectic things to help people/save lives/deal with a real bad situation .. Had a few relatives in the job over the years ...
I know there are bad ones out there... No avoiding that! ... But hey ... Bad people all over the place!
Like bikies.... Those big, hairy, smelly, hog riding, loud mouth, bad looking dudes that ride in huge packs.....
A chapter of one of the well known gangs pulled up beside my Grandma on a empty road in Northern NSW one time.... Changed her tyre .. Supplied a bottle of water ... Made sure she was ok .. And escorted her into the next little town .. Then checked the air in the squashy spare tyre ... Gave her a collection of smiles and waves ... And returned to being badasses! Lol ;)
The attitudes of everyone else makes a difference...
Cept the Chinese ... I don't trust those sneaky bastards!! ;) ;) ;)
*Generally* the coppers are the good guys, agreed... after my yellow light ticket incident though... still peeved about that because there's no leniency when you have good reasons for increasing your safety margin any more... :mad:
But yeah, the cops who came when I got held up at knife point many years ago were good, as were the pair who came around when our front door got kicked in a little while back... and the rest of the tickets I got over the years were my own damn fault.
I hate the traffic nazi ones
I am a secret (well was secret) undercover cop. So nya! Y'all have had your shenanigans reported :flipoff:
Ruh Roh Raggy... Hope I didn't confess to anything in here :icon_rolleyes:
- Bboy
Care factor - 0
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Well, I care people. Jester is here to be the sounding board for all of your LPW needs.
Can I have an a major please then jester
Maj. please
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
¡ lol !
Looks like a big traffic blitz on statewide today
If I was forced into the choice...
I'd probably rather get pulled over by a Jester, than a traffic officer.
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Not as think as you drunk I am ociffer!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 25, 2013, 04:44:13 PM
Looks like a big traffic blitz on statewide today
see!!.. you've stirred them up now!! .. they be after yo ass!! ... look forward to a bazillion traffic stops !! :flipoff:
Well fvck me gently with a chainsaw people. It's 10:49pm, and I'm almost ready for bed.
Got my Atari video garmin' in, ready to watch some Law and Order!
They can suck the fumes from my Bmw exhaust
They don't call me 12 inch pianist cause I have a midget piano player.
you: occifer, can I play with your gun??
officer: no
you: sorry I just wanted to see if the one I had in my car was larger
Hahahahahaha gold yamma
Blitzing cops on the weekend just gone. Doesn't help knowing this, five days after the event, but hey... care factor zero, right :icon_mrgreen:
Wish me luck LPW peoples.
depends on whatcha desire luck on :). but nonetheless, good luck :)
Good luck Jester... now what for??
Luck
Think hes going after that Busty Fraülein with the hairy armpits :dunno_white:
Had to go through some BS in life. I ended up victorious. That is all that matters.
Women..can't live with them can't shoot them. Well you can, but class A felony is bad news.
Yeah the electric chair doesn't suit me
Some women are not worth the trouble Jester.
Glad I got a good one :thumb:
Yeah it's hard to find the good ones
Yeah I reckon, good chicks are spread pretty thin on the ground but they do exist. Usually already spoken for though unfortunately.
Yeppers. I got a good'n alright. Had to go through some not-so-good ones. But found my gem ;)
I'm bored now
Yeah. If it wasn't for pu$$y, women would be plowing the field.
Slips, you can't be bored when you have LPW. Don't you have a VLOG to edit/record/tell all about?
And because of pu$$y we plough the women! :icon_lol:
What I get from my wife cannot be bought at a brothel at any price....
Quote from: mister on September 27, 2013, 04:28:30 AM
What I get from my wife cannot be bought at a brothel at any price....
ditto!
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Quote from: jestercinti on September 26, 2013, 06:38:13 PM
Had to go through some BS in life. I ended up victorious. That is all that matters.
Women..can't live with them can't shoot them. Well you can, but class A felony is bad news.
LMAO my friend. i use the line " cant live with em, cant kill em legally either"
People need to chill sometimes and not take things so personally. You don't invite one person to a party (on accident) and they get all pissy. Then when you tell them that they are invited, they get even more pissy.
WTFH peoples? Why can't we all get along...
Quote from: jestercinti on September 27, 2013, 10:30:26 AM
People need to chill sometimes and not take things so personally. You don't invite one person to a party (on accident) and they get all pissy. Then when you tell them that they are invited, they get even more pissy.
WTFH peoples? Why can't we all get along...
Agreed. no need to get pissy. doesnt solve anything :) ( my feelings on that matter)
If they don't see it as an honest mistake, then there is something else going on there... maybe they don't know you well enough, or think you are somebody different than you are, or are mad at you for a different issue... :dunno_black: But usually there is more to it when somebody doesn't see an honest mistake, and its likely not your fault... more likely to do with their perception of the mistake combined with perceptions of previous encounters/experiences with you or other similar situations...
- Bboy
some folks just have issues. and like to get pissy for pissys sake
Yeah got plenty of editing to do not enough motivation to do it
Heres for motivation :cheers:
Yes motivation the elusive thing to anything that you don't want to do the hard way and in some cases the easy way
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 27, 2013, 02:19:40 PM
Yes motivation the elusive thing to anything that you don't want to do the hard way and in some cases the easy way
Aint that the dam*ed truth :cry: :icon_lol:
OK... stop jerking around and get with the video production. :technical:
You have the talent, now get to work!
Me? Talent? My day has been made. I feel my head growing by the second
Well quit watching the porno then lol ( or do something about it lol )
But porno so good
"Tis why I also said " or do something about it then." :thumb:
Ok ill do it found a good challenge to reply to
Here's Mr Squiggle, with lots of fun for everyone.
Here's Mr Squiggle, sing a happy tune.
La la la la la la la la la
Porn went downhill since the return of old Ron Jeremy and the retirement of Jenna Jamison.
Quote from: jestercinti on September 28, 2013, 06:05:29 AM
Porn went downhill since the return of old Ron Jeremy and the retirement of Jenna Jamison.
Then your on the wrong channel.
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Just sayin'
Lol jenna jamison was at a porn conference in phoenix in 2001 along with quite a few others lol
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women cost too much. its a car payment that never stops lol. but i guess worth it for the right one Eh?
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 28, 2013, 09:09:17 AM
women cost too much. its a car payment that never stops lol. but i guess worth it for the right one Eh?
My wife told me I have no say in the matter. My two kids tell me that same story. Pay! old man... Pay! :icon_rolleyes:
Lol indeed
Speaking of porn...
I got a woody for a gently used KLX250S
I can't get it out of my mind. Sleepless nights with check book in hand.
I almost have enough money, but... Do I have the balls to pull the trigger??
Wait! Let me ask the wife. :whisper: <gulp>
No ej buy a BMW
Jesus, trick out a Chinese scooter. Hell, put a blower on it.
Cheapest sub 10 zero to 60 out there boys.
BBQ today come at me rare rib fillet steak
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm steak
Haha! That is very random. Dunno how I'd react driving down a misty country road and being stared in the face by that! :icon_lol:
Ice cold drink aaaaaaaaaand steak
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Mmmmmmmmmm various eggs
Quick show of hands...
Anyone seen a Bigfoot (or Yowie for us Aussies). And do tell us about it...
Quote from: jestercinti on September 28, 2013, 04:41:47 PM
Jesus, trick out a Chinese scooter. Hell, put a blower on it.
Cheapest sub 10 zero to 60 out there boys.
or even cheaper, change gearing on a 40+cc goped. but highly unstable closer to 60 lol. and in my case fries engines lol. :cry:
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Only reference I seen is on that my Lindsay road
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Mmmmmmm had steak with eggs and fried bread
I had beer with a side serving of beer. Top meal! :thumb:
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What beer though?
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Ok yamma back at it
Greg, Colin and Ryan... the best 3 guys that Drew has on. They crack me up. :thumb:
Man a day well eaten
EJ, you need a 2 stroke like a Yamaha RD or a Zuki GT. Then your life will be complete.
I'm done with 2-strokes.
Al Gore wont even let us have 2-stroke weed whackers any more. :icon_sad:
My Son however still runs old 2-strokes.
I think he has a 2-stroke 400cc Kawasucki dirt bike out back in the junk pile. Don't know the model though.
There's an Aprillia that recently got moved from the shop to the shed but it looks too big & new to be a 2-stroke. I think its called a Scarbeo.
It might be a customer's but I don't know. :dunno_black:
Just more sh!t I have to trip over to get to my spotless DL1000, which is NOT part of the endless collection of old motorcycles, landscaper's equipment, stand-by generators, snowmobiles, jet-skis, and automotive crap that seems to breed here. <sigh>
Sorry about the rant Jester. Guess You hit a nerve. :icon_neutral:
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You get rid of that Harley tractorson and you'll get some good space ej lol
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 29, 2013, 04:24:24 PM
You get rid of that Harley tractorson and you'll get some good space ej lol
The Harley?
Heh, if I ever get a boat I'll have a chromed anchor! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.websleuths.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fffj%2Ffloorlaugh.gif&hash=248764e420d3d2baf5c2e0d8ee8a016c1a1c061a)
We can sell you an old loco wheel to use how bout that?
This is what I need...
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No you need a flash new bike jester
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 29, 2013, 07:42:35 PM
No you need a flash new bike jester
Yeah Jester.
Something flashy like a leopard skinned Hyabusa! :cheers:
Your already a chick-magnet so you might as well get a bike that flaunts it.
Cool.
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Or perhaps a flash Beemer?
BREAKING NEWS: Terminally ill underworld figure Mark 'Chopper' Read has been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital where it is believed he is fighting for life.
Read's manager released a statement saying he has been admitted with "an ongoing and serious illness", believed to be complications related to terminal liver cancer.
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Holy shaZam!. Knew he had cancer but geez he can't die
That's rough for Chopper ... But Heath Franklin might breathe a little easier!
Lol
sorry have no idea who chopper is?
Harden the f%$k up
Chopper helped me understand how soft us Yankees have gotten over the years.
I'm glad I studied his "methods" of communicating his ideas to people.
Actually... He could be VERY persuasive. :icon_mrgreen:
Uncle Chopper is Australias most beloved criminal/murderer/all time bad guy. Never hurt someone that didnt deserve it :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper_Read
He was a poet of sorts and a writer of popular books on his culture and methods.
Sure he was a tad gruesome but loveable all the same. :D
Watch the movie ej
Can't do shaZam! until the ink dries. Then it will take me a while to recover financially. Then, I'll buy something like this:
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.. you go Jester!! ... that is so shockingly bad that it has gone right out the other side to "Style" again !! ... :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Well all pitch in and get addy to build you a franken bike
definately
It's settled then
Quote from: jestercinti on September 30, 2013, 06:41:07 PM
Can't do shaZam! until the ink dries. Then it will take me a while to recover financially.
First things first. Someone lend the man a fan to dry the ink faster!!
- Bboy
a fan, a small oven, heck I can help :)
A mans hair drier perhaps? A heat gun
a mans hair dryer and a heat gun are one and the same i believe ;)
something like this
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Some ppl can't make that mental leap janx. So I'm Happy to help out lol
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 01, 2013, 05:20:00 PM
So I'm Happy
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Ahhhhhhh I miss those 2
LMFAO those were the first words out of my mouth when I got my first gs to start back in '03
Cool
Damn...2 days later, still taking about Jester's troubles and residual impacts of frankenbike.
I must be legend.
Quote from: jestercinti on October 02, 2013, 12:14:01 PM
Damn...2 days later, still taking about Jester's troubles and residual impacts of frankenbike.
I must be legend.
Indeed sir Jester of cinti :bowdown:
Must be ohio :dunno_black:
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Literally doing a grease n oil change
Quote from: jestercinti on October 02, 2013, 12:14:01 PM
Damn...2 days later, still taking about Jester's troubles and residual impacts of frankenbike.
I must be legend.
Jester,If you discover that you actually get more "snatch" being bikeless...
Will you then swear-off motorcycles until you've had your fill of Puss-Puss ?
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That doll is disturbing
ahh thats right... all your dolls are blonde eh Slips!... you find the dark hair a teensy bit confronting ;)
We agreed to keep that quiet janx don't me me come down there and he man birch slap you! Even the mt09 wouldn't save you
birch slap? ... like.... in finland after the steamroom? .... hmmmmm....
http://cankar.org/sauna/dictionary/lexicon.html
hmmm.. known as vihta or vasta ....
hmmm ...
come on then!!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on September 30, 2013, 07:40:50 PM
Well all pitch in and get addy to build you a franken bike
on the subject of pitching in .. we might need to take up a small collection for buddha too.... or at least ask someone to take him on a ride in a bike with side car combo ... he been really farken picky and antsy lately with his sore foot and not riding..
just thinkin .. ;)
and on the subject of lunch ... just had a fishermans basket... and 600ml bottle of passiona ...
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2 fish cocktails, 2 prawn cutlets, 3 calamari rings, 1 crab stick and handful of chips... mmmmmmmmmm :cheers:
Quote from: Janx101 on October 02, 2013, 08:37:00 PM
and on the subject of lunch ... just had a fishermans basket... and 600ml bottle of passiona ...
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2 fish cocktails, 2 prawn cutlets, 3 calamari rings, 1 crab stick and handful of chips... mmmmmmmmmm :cheers:
damn you im hungry now lol. now I take it chips = fries? ( I know we had a place in IL, called fish and chips. ( cant remember its name tho. as a young child, I thought chips was well chips lol.
yeah fries.... but thick cut ones... like ummm...
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hot n tasty
Hmmmmm I could go for a few of those
CLUSTERFUCK
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Sooooooo good being back on the bike
Gotta love a good storyteller.
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:woohoo: motovlogger meetup on the weekend
I wonder how many more stories will be told? Gotta love a good story :thumb:
stories?... theres stories? ... :confused:
The best day of the week Friday. Gonna get some good riding done
Cant aggravate Jester if he doesn't show-up and post now can I? :dunno_black: Gads I'm bored.
I need a caption for this picture and it may NOT contain an LPW member's name or mention the word "Ohio".
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That's a dog screwing a duck. No other way to put that ej. And what stories we talking bout janx?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 03, 2013, 06:50:41 PM
That's a dog screwing a duck. No other way to put that ej. And what stories we talking bout janx?
Here's what we know so far...
The pooch getting laid.
The goose is getting screwed.
And Jester lives in Ohio.
I also know for a fact that the goose is from Ohio and the dog does NOT currently own a GS500.
Just saying. There is a connection here. :whisper:
Hmmmmmmm I think we need a touch more Context or story here ej
I wonder if they will be big stories full of fantasy or just the short ones that contain the honest truth :dunno_black:
Half hour to go then a 4 day weekend
The content of the story is not that important but the truth will always be the right way to tell it.
This is LPW. Fantasy stories and bull sh!t are what fuel this place. :D
Bikie or not, prepare to be stopped
October 4th, 2013
Motorbike riders around the Gold Coast will find themselves being pulled over by police even if they don't belong to an outlaw bikie club. Pic: David Clark
GOLD Coast police are pulling over anyone riding a motorbike.
They caused a spectacle at Broadwater Parklands yesterday during busy school holidays, stopping two men on motorbikes who were not bikies.
The men were drug tested and sent on their way, but passing motorists on busy Marine Parade thought something more serious was going on.
Sydney man James McNeany said they were just going for lunch and knew police would stop them.
Mr McNeany said life had to go on, even if you looked like a bikie.
"I get this in Sydney for the way I look," Mr McNeany said.
"You've got to laugh. If you can't have fun with this what are you going to do?
"At the end of the day you can't stop your life because of this situation,
"We came here with the full knowledge we were going to get pulled over."
Mr McNeany said he did not know if the police crackdown would help with the bikie situation.
"It's a bit over the top for what's happened," he said.
"These guys they do what they do - there's not much you can do about it.
"These clubs have been around for years."
Police regional Acting Assistant Commissioner Steve Hollands said it was all part of the crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs.
"All police currently working on the Gold Coast, including those associated with Task Force Takeback, have been instructed to be proactive in the identification and interception of persons associated with criminal gangs," he said.
"It is no secret that members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs don't always travel on motorcycles, and don't always display their club colours. So it certainly isn't just motorcyclists that police are targeting.
"This approach will not only continue over the weekend, but on a permanent basis.
"Police have not been instructed to specifically target riders of motorcycles.
"Riders of motorcycles and motorists alike will be receiving similar attention."
This place is picking up
Gotta love a kneejerk reaction to bikie clubs. Just makes life a pain in the arse for everyone else on two wheels.
Yep the pigs suck and the bikies too
The time will come when the stories will stop and the mouth will end up being the downfall
Never let enough shaZam! stirring get in way of a good yarn.
Robert John Fardon is enjoying his release from prison. I have some friends that would love to talk to you and one other that has a surprise coming soon :icon_twisted:
A rare occasion where I agree with the previous post
Gold Coast Weather & News Together
*Heads Up* MONDAY HEAT ALERT: According to the Bureau of Meteorology, temperatures are likely to reach 36C in outer Gold Coast suburbs on Monday, including Nerang and Coomera. A cooler 31C is predicted for Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta and 32C for Robina residents. We will have more on the impending heat over the weekend
Been riding the fun bags off the Beemer now she's been serviced. I picked up some sidi boots today as well
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 03, 2013, 06:50:41 PM
That's a dog screwing a duck. No other way to put that ej. And what stories we talking bout janx?
:confused: :dunno_black: .. I'm not really sure .... I was never patient enough for cryptic crosswords either... :icon_rolleyes:
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Hmmm here's another post for absolutely no reason
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Like a bad rash, I always return.
Why is it that whenever I go to the dentist, I end up getting drilled right in the mouth? Seriously...this sucks.
In other news, I see pictures of blow up dolls, boobs, and enemas. Keep 'em coming guys.
Day 4 of the federal government shutdown. I heard in Australia that happened once in the 1970s and the queen fired the leadership.
God save the queen!
Notice how, when there is a shutdown, business et all continues on as if nothing happened? So.... why the need for the gummit?
You need someone to tell you what your doing is wrong and were gonna tax you for it.
f%$k the cops, Im going for a ride :)
indeed, F*** em.
Oooooooooo a lovely ride with a Ducati monster 1000 this morning im in love
Rode on one or with one?
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Quote from: mister on October 04, 2013, 12:56:02 PM
Notice how, when there is a shutdown, business et all continues on as if nothing happened? So.... why the need for the gummit?
Seems there is a memorial run by a private charity that is totally self funded.
So happens it is on government land.
So, to cut costs in this mess, guards were hired at government expense to keep people from going to something that didn't cost the government anything and wasn't even managed by the government.
:dunno_black: :dunno_black: :dunno_black: :dunno_black: :dunno_black: :dunno_black: :dunno_black: :dunno_black:
Rode it and rode with it. Ooooo so lovely
Saw a photograph of one once. :icon_neutral:
Did you love it ej? That's what I wanna know.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 05, 2013, 11:59:34 AM
Did you love it ej?
That's what I wanna know.
I got firm but didn't masturbate. :icon_neutral:
Went home afterwords and took a cold shower.
Thought about how cool it must be to ride an Italian bike and get all the girls.
Later that night I took a ride in my rusty old 2003 Jeep TJ as a "reality check".
I'm much better now.
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LOL "got firm but didn't masturbate." And you're a lucky bugger Slips.. would love to have a blast on a bike like that, and the girl lying on it! :icon_lol:
Quote from: Zookmang on October 05, 2013, 09:37:48 PM
LOL "got firm but didn't masturbate." And you're a lucky bugger Slips.. would love to have a blast on a bike like that, and the girl lying on it! :icon_lol:
well she is optional equipment. as high maintenance as the bike. but its a tank protector. she goes between you and said tank.
Absolutely kick ass day out
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 06, 2013, 12:06:38 AM
Absolutely kick ass day out
agreed. mid 80s out 4pm then around 6pm at closing time 75ish. and a breeze. was suiting up to take the pig out then remembered its engine sitting beside me here in the living room :( lol
Hot as hell out here in windsor, 36 degrees Celsius, in october! Apparently gonna trend upwards from now on too. Hate the heat.. :cry:
You're welcome!
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Quote from: Zookmang on October 06, 2013, 01:19:55 AM
Hot as hell out here in windsor, 36 degrees Celsius, in october! Apparently gonna trend upwards from now on too. Hate the heat.. :cry:
half the world is sayin were getting warmer, half saying were getting colder. ( scientists lol)half saying global warming, half saying climate change. im saying meh it is warmer, but ehh well still freeze our testes off this winter.
The climate does change .... It can't help it or do otherwise!!
Hmmmm it was freaking hot
Quote from: Janx101 on October 06, 2013, 02:52:52 AM
The climate does change .... It can't help it or do otherwise!!
No, No, :nono: You all need to be corrected!
It doesn't matter what the climate is actually doing as long as...
1.) It's framed as a bad thing.
2.) It can be blamed on George Bush
3.) Somehow Al Gore makes a profit off it.
Glad I could help. :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: Zookmang on October 06, 2013, 01:19:55 AM
Hot as hell out here in windsor, 36 degrees Celsius, in october! Apparently gonna trend upwards from now on too. Hate the heat.. :cry:
WTF, an Aussie having a sook :nono: :nono: :nono:
Zook... you need to...
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Uncle Chopper can help you too http://youtu.be/1EY7lYRneHc
Ain't he dead now? Or still hanging by a thread
Quote from: Electrojake on October 06, 2013, 07:57:25 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 06, 2013, 02:52:52 AM
The climate does change .... It can't help it or do otherwise!!
No, No, :nono: You all need to be corrected!
It doesn't matter what the climate is actually doing as long as...
1.) It's framed as a bad thing.
2.) It can be blamed on George Bush
3.) Somehow Al Gore makes a profit off it.
Glad I could help. :icon_mrgreen:
Fark! ... D'oh! .... Sorry ... I forgot about that bit! ... So embarrassment! :icon_rolleyes: ;)
Hello Jank, slips, etc...
Good to see mister stop in and that addidasguy too.
Just saying.
Watching forest gump.
I want chocolates
Quickie in the Bushes.
There are two statues in a park; One of a nude man and one of a nude woman.
They had been facing each other across a path way for a hundred years, when one day an angel comes down from the sky and, with a single gesture, brings the two to life.
The angel tells them, 'As a reward for being so patient through a hundred blazing summers and dismal winters, you have been given life for thirty minutes to do what you've wished to do the most.'
He looks at her, she looks at him, and they go running behind the shrubbery.
The angel waits patiently as the bushes rustle and giggling ensues. After fifteen minutes, the two return, out of breath and laughing.
The angel tells them, 'Um, you have fifteen minutes left, would you care to do it again?'
He asks her 'Shall we?' She eagerly replies, 'Oh, yes, let's! But let's change positions. This time, I 'll hold the pigeon down and you shaZam! on its head.'
AND WHAT WERE YOU THINKING????
Quote from: jestercinti on October 06, 2013, 05:55:28 PM
Watching forest gump.
Jeez Jester! Twice in one week here at LPW?
Things must be slow out there in the land of beer, bratwurst, and beautiful girls, eh? :cool:
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Bathurst is next weekend
Easy Monday for me might reload some brass
Whateva floats your boat will not sink it
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cool vid. :cool:
Interesting narration.
Who what?
Slips... your damn quick on the trigger.
Quote from: Janx101 on October 06, 2013, 02:52:52 AM
The climate does change .... It can't help it or do otherwise!!
zactly. remember ice age?, that was "climate change in a bad way lol" not man made etc. according to al bore, world was supposed to have ended in 2012. well it kinda did. baroke o'bummer got elected.
Yep trigger man slips they call me haha
Digging the honda grom as an urban fun bike.
Hmmm it looks fun but not like a gs
Right. Has a purpose, but only goes tops 60mph/100kmph.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 07, 2013, 04:00:13 PM
Yep trigger man slips they call me haha
thought they called you "bogan banana bender" at least they don't call you minute man Eh?
Your right yamma could be much worse
gotta get "slipperymongoose back into the urban dictionary. heck if my gopeds name " battlepig can make it in, slipperymongoose should be able to.
Watching Sleepy Hollow and uploading videos :woohoo:
Milo that is all
Otis was the cool dude! ..
But ... You bastard! ... How the hell am I gonna find milo at this time of night?
Nice vid Cods... has the 'Strom fixed the numb hands for good now?
Oh and I'm back... anybody miss me? Didn't think so... :flipoff:
Quote from: jestercinti on October 07, 2013, 04:57:55 PM
Right. Has a purpose, but only goes tops 60mph/100kmph.
Small bikes are funner.
Ive had several lil' bikes over the years from 50 to 200cc.
They are way easier than rolling out a 600 pound behemoth every time you need to run an errand.
And 60MPH can become 80. :icon_mrgreen: There are soon to be aftermarket mod kits that will easily add 10 to 20 MPH to the Grom's stock speed.
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1.) Link to cool Groms is here: http://www.motorcycle.com/top10/top-10-modified-honda-groms.html (http://www.motorcycle.com/top10/top-10-modified-honda-groms.html)
2.) Link to win a free Grom is here: http://www.gromforum.com/forum/2014-grom-general-discussion-forum/6746-win-new-honda-grom-gromforum-com.html (http://www.gromforum.com/forum/2014-grom-general-discussion-forum/6746-win-new-honda-grom-gromforum-com.html)
Go Jester, Go! :cheers:
Quote from: peteGS on October 08, 2013, 05:45:47 AM
Nice vid Cods... has the 'Strom fixed the numb hands for good now?
Oh and I'm back... anybody miss me? Didn't think so...
OK then... Where were ya'? :confused:
Quote from: peteGS on October 08, 2013, 05:45:47 AM
Nice vid Cods... has the 'Strom fixed the numb hands for good now?
Oh and I'm back... anybody miss me? Didn't think so... :flipoff:
nope hands still hurt just not as much
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EJ... actually nowhere, just too busy to log on for a while :dunno_black:
Cods... bugger, but glad it's an improvement at least!
Bout time Pete
Yeah Pete! >:(
Don't leave us hanging so long. Your getting as bad at that Yank Jester.
We need your input. :cheers:
Quote from: Electrojake on October 08, 2013, 04:28:06 PM
Your getting as bad as that Yank Jester.
bahahaha ... got your citizenship here now have ya? ;) :D :thumb:
Snake dips dislsnsinsjapmsjspnsjaondjsow
EJ, you wish you were as cool as me. Let's face it...you live vicariously through us Ohio people.
Tell Chris Christie to suck a lemon. We got it going on in OH.
Now that said, my Aussie boys got some shaZam! stirring to do. They always do, then say God save the queen and hail prince Harry or something.
Whereas EJ, Yamma and I only say Obama Obama forever forever!
Quote from: codajastal on October 08, 2013, 06:06:06 AM
Quote from: peteGS on October 08, 2013, 05:45:47 AM
Nice vid Cods... has the 'Strom fixed the numb hands for good now?
Oh and I'm back... anybody miss me? Didn't think so... :flipoff:
nope hands still hurt just not as much
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well hell my friend, relax your grip when fappin
BREAKING NEWS: Notorious crime figure, Mark "Chopper" Read has reportedly died today after suffering complications from liver cancer.
RIP Uncle Chopper :cry:
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poor ole chop chop :icon_sad:
Quote from: jestercinti on October 08, 2013, 07:01:07 PM
EJ, you wish you were as cool as me. Let's face it...you live vicariously through us Ohio people.
Tell Chris Christie to suck a lemon. We got it going on in OH.
Now that said, my Aussie boys got some shaZam! stirring to do. They always do, then say God save the queen and hail prince Harry or something.
Whereas EJ, Yamma and I only say Obama Obama forever forever!
baroke obummer more or less killed me lol
Chopper Read
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By MAMAMIA NEWS
One of Australia's most infamous criminals, Mark "Chopper" Read, has reportedly died at the age of 58.
Read had been battling liver cancer since April 2012. He says his illness started when he contracted hepatitis C while in prison.
Read is the criminal who is famous for having both his ears cut off by a fellow inmate so that he could leave temporarily.
He spent almost 18 year in prison over his lifetime for crimes including armed robbery, assault, arson and impersonating a police officer.
In his later life he became a successful writer of semi-autobiographical and fictional books.
In 2000, a movie "Chopper" was made about Read's life. Eric Bana played the lead role.
Read was reportedly released from hospital only two days ago to be with family and friends.
I do not know the man, But I don't wish death upon anybody. may he rest in peace. :angel:
Watch the movie and enjoy
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Chopper Quotes
Things Uncle Chopper said
Chopper: Why would I shoot a bloke BANG, then drive him to the bloody car and wizz him off to the hospital at a hundred miles an hour? It defeats the purpose of having shot him in the first place.
Chopper: I'm just a bloody normal bloke. A normal bloke who likes a bit of torture.
Chopper: Oh, Keithy. I always thought I was a good bloke.
Keithy George: Ha. What did you ever do that was good?
Chopper: Well, I bashed you. That was good, wasn't it? It was good for a bit of a giggle, anyway.
Chopper: Jimmy, if you keep stabbing me, you're going to kill me.
Chopper: Look, all I can tell you is what I've already told Mister Beasley: none of us saw anything. It was just one of those things: Bluey Barnes was reading a magazine; Ambrose Hatcheson was taking a piss; Johnny Price was washing his hands; Jimmy Loughnan was watching a bullant crawl across the table, and I was watching Jimmy watching the bullant.
Chopper: Aw, look. The bloke's been my best mate since 1975. We've had our fall-outs from time to time. It's no big deal. It's like... if your mum stabbed you.
Chopper: Look, you're not still angry at me about the leg, are you?
Neville Bartos: Nah, forget about it.
Chopper: Because I don't know if you remember, Neville, but I had that bloody shotgun pointed at your head. I reconsidered and dropped it down to your kneecap. Remember?
Neville Bartos: Forget about it. All right?
Chopper: I mean, what the bloody hell were you doing getting lippy at me with a bloody shotgun? I had a bloody loaded shotgun.
Neville Bartos: The leg is okay, all right?
Interviewer: You've written a best-seller...
Chopper: Yeah, I know - and I can't even bloody spell. What about those poor bloody academics, those college graduates, battling their guts out to write some airy-fairy piece of exaggerated artwork? And here's a bloke, sitting in a cell, who can't spell, and he's written a best-seller. It's sold two hundred and fifty thousand copies. And it's still selling. And he's writing another one. And I can't even spell. I'm semi-bloody-illiterate.
Chopper: Even Beethoven had his critics. See if you can name three of them.
Chopper: Beethoven had his critics too, Keithy, see if you can name three of them.
[Keithy continues walking back and forth, confused]
Chopper: That's right, you can't.
Chopper: You don't much like me, do you Keithy?
Keith Read: [to Chopper, who's ears have been sliced] Cheers, big ears!
Chopper: [Jimmy has stabbed Chopper seven times] It's all right, Jimmy. I don't hate you. You just broke my heart.
Chopper: You've probably read all the newspaper stories about me, and you've heard the word on the street about me, and you've probably got a picture in your head of what Chopper Read's like and we're sitting here at this bar all very nice and cosy and I'm a bit of a let down to you.
Chopper: No, I did not drive him to the hospital! Do I look like Mother Teresa to you?
Mandy: Jimmy and the boys are bringing the car. You help set up the big fellow, it'll make you a star.
Sammy the Turk: They said they had it farmed out, they had it ghosted. But when I walked out the door, they just left me posted.
Jimmy Loughnan: The gun was for real, it was not a lark. But the twit took him out to the wrong car park.
Chopper: Silly boys, that's all that Chopper had to say, and poor little Sammy got blown away
Chopper: Look. The bloke's been me best mate since 1975. We've had our fallouts from time to time, it's no big deal. Y'know, it's like... if ya mum stabs ya, whaddya do? Y-ya don't get upset. Ya don't get angry, ya go, "shaZam!, mum's stabbed me, I better get off to the hospital."
Chopper: He couldn't knock the fluff off a cappuccino.
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Jimmy Loughnan: [Chopper holds a gun to Jimmy's face] Mark, Mark, Mark, no! You're being f%$king paranoid!
Chopper: Well, just because I'm being paranoid doesn't mean people aren't trying to kill me.
Detective Cooney: We know you didn't shoot the Turk.
Chopper: I just told you I shot the Turk.
Detective Downie: They've picked up the bloke that did it.
Chopper: What f%$king bloke that did it? *I* did it.
Detective Downie: No, Homicide have picked up the guy, right? They've even got the murder weapon.
Chopper: What murder weapon?
Detective Cooney: .410 shotgun.
Chopper: [Pulls out his shotgun] Here. This bloody .410 shotgun.
Detective Downie: Put it away, Mark. Just put the bloody thing away. This thing's a .410. Fine, it's a .410. There's a f%$king million .410s out there. That's not the .410 that did it.
Chopper: [incredulous] You don't want this? It's a f%$king murder weapon!
Chopper: I used to be Chopper Read. Now I can't even get arrested in this bloody town.
Detective Downie: [about Neville] So you took him to the hospital?
Chopper: No, I didn't take him to the bloody hospital. Now tell me this, right? Why would I shoot a bloke - BANG - and then put him in the bloody car and whiz him off to the hospital at a hundred miles an hour? It defeats the purpose of having shot him in the first place. What's more, it's bloody insulting, it's bloody insulting. I mean, am I the only bloody standover man in the country who provides a medical plan for some of these characters?
Keith Read: I just saw on the TV that a man was shot at Bojangles. I thought it was you.
Chopper: Well, it couldn't have been me, could it? Else I wouldn't be standing here.
Chopper: [to Downie] I've never, I don't think I've ever been as bloody insulted as I am right now. I'm sittin' here confessing to a f%$king murder, I've known you since I was a f%$king pup, right? And you've got the f%$king audacity to drag this c@%t here...
Detective Cooney: [Chuckles] Sort out your boy, will you?
Chopper: ...And you look at me like I'm a f%$king idiot!
Chopper: [after viciously stabbing Keithy George multiple times in the face and neck] I think I put me shoulder out.
Chopper is dead! Australia is less hard now we need someone to step up and cut their ears off
Hrrmmm ... Attractive as the idea of being a standover man is... On my grumpy days..
I have delicate small ears and like them just the way they are! :icon_rolleyes: :oops:
I'm deaf as it is so guess ill do it *grabs Stanley knife*
Street name ... Marshmallow Mongoose! :flipoff:
You ever see ghostbusters boy. No proton packs on this world
Bahahah .. Nice save and reference!! ... Not bad for a young fella!
Movies are a gift lol
Aaaah Chopper is gone, perhaps the hospital wasn't providing the requisite concrete diet to keep him around a bit longer? We must HTFU in his honour :thumb:
Speaking of HTFU... the floppy rear end of my bike is now nice and firm again :thumb:
Nothing like a firm rear end hey Pete
Quote from: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 01:29:32 AM
Hrrmmm ... Attractive as the idea of being a standover man is... On my grumpy days..
I have delicate small ears and like them just the way they are! :icon_rolleyes: :oops:
Not familiar with aussie slang. is a "standover man" a hitman or?
You got it Slips, must be nice and firm! We're talking tail lights and mudguards here right? :dunno_black:
Yama, not a hitman as such, more about making sure you pay up your debts to shonky "businessmen" and so forth... although if I recall correctly Chopper did move into hitman territory as well... could be wrong though...
Yeah ... Standover man more of a goomba .. You know goomba? ... But a non 'family' aligned goomba .. More of a freelance... ... And Aussie ... So no .. " I gotcha boss, you wants me to 'explain the error of his ways..... Louis! .. Bring da concrete shoes's" ;)
He cut the toes of drug dealers. Killed 4 ppl, been stabbed 13 times, shot a few times, ears cut off, hit with bars and hammers. Will go down in folklore like Ned Kelly
Cool! I'm overwhelmed!
Two full pages of Chopper tributes. Thank you, thank you, :bowdown:
Nice work Aussies. Chopper made Al Capone look like a timid school boy. :thumb:
Quote from: Electrojake on October 09, 2013, 05:31:11 PM
Cool! I'm overwhelmed!
Two full pages of Chopper tributes. Thank you, thank you, :bowdown:
Nice work Aussies. Chopper made Al Capone look like a timid school boy. :thumb:
Haha funny..................................and true
Yeah he wasn't smart enough to cheat our tax system he declared bankruptcy a Couple years ago. He can't make any money off his criminal exploits such as books and tv etc
Quote from: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 01:28:31 PM
Yeah ... Standover man more of a goomba .. You know goomba? ... But a non 'family' aligned goomba .. More of a freelance... ... And Aussie ... So no .. " I gotcha boss, you wants me to 'explain the error of his ways..... Louis! .. Bring da concrete shoes's" ;)
a bill collector for a loanshark Eh?
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 10:36:24 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 01:28:31 PM
Yeah ... Standover man more of a goomba .. You know goomba? ... But a non 'family' aligned goomba .. More of a freelance... ... And Aussie ... So no .. " I gotcha boss, you wants me to 'explain the error of his ways..... Louis! .. Bring da concrete shoes's" ;)
a bill collector for a loanshark Eh?
yeeeesssss more or less... chop chop used to also take 'many forms of credit' ... think he had the old idea of (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.cdn.bigcartel.com%2Fbigcartel%2Ftheme_images%2F3097575%2Fmax_h-1000%2Bmax_w-1000%2F406955_284989961619519_1484794354_n.jpg&hash=8007167c13aa155a614db1d93d5b47d4c19ff69a)
Hmmm yes that statement lol
Thursday morning. That means free breakfast and happy hour after work to celebrate Friday eve.
Random Post
I like the way you work jester
Lunch with an old work mate tomorrow, ride on Saturday... lookin' good to me!
I feel like a rare steak with battered fries and cheesy garlic bread with a lobster mornay topper
been a while since i tried roo tail. wlil have to do that again. it was actually half way decent.
Quote from: jestercinti on October 10, 2013, 03:49:59 AM
Thursday morning. That means free breakfast and happy hour after work to celebrate Friday eve.
Exactly Jester.
On the railroad we call it "Thirsty Thursday" :thumb:
Thirsty Thursday it was. A good crowd too.
Friday is tomorrow. Bring it!
Feeling pretty awesome now
Quote from: jestercinti on October 10, 2013, 04:44:20 PM
Thirsty Thursday it was. A good crowd too.
Friday is tomorrow. Bring it!
Ah yes... Youth!
Its a wonderful thing... Being able to "drown the camel" two days in a row.
Let me guess... your German and Irish. :D :cheers:
either a germish ir an iriman
Nope his half Aussie half Irish
I watched a bullant walk across a table once too. I watched me fry it with a magnifying glass. They smell funny when they burn.
Much like human flesh
Quote from: mister on October 11, 2013, 02:58:11 AM
I watched a bullant walk across a table once too. I watched me fry it with a magnifying glass. They smell funny when they burn.
Bull ants. Nasty ugly aggressive.
I used to pour leaded petrol down ant holes and set it alight.
Another classic random post :woohoo:
New memory cards bring back memories
nice pun :)
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 11, 2013, 05:05:28 PM
I used to pour leaded petrol down ant holes and set it alight.
that's how I evicted groundhogs, light one end out the come the other.
Nothing like the sme of burning petrol and a card to remember it
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Bad boy cops eventually get ass kicked by locals. :flipoff:
just saying
Watched the new Red Dawn. Yeah, whatever. Next.
Watched the new version of Evil Dead. I want my time back.
Total Recall didn't have enough Humor in it.
EJ, yes I am German and Irish. Mostly German. I think I'm 50% of the first 1/8 of Irish or some other complicated 401(k) formula.
I'm of German decent. My great grandfather emigrated to Australia from Germany
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The Germans have a LOT to answer for... namely the Chicken Dance (even though it was originally a Swiss song, it's Them who introduced it to the world via Oktoberfest)
Friends of mine recently did a contiki tour through Europe and they did theee German Oktoberfest in September in Germany. They even bought the costumes. Rekkoned it was like the Ekka (country fair/show) with 15 beer halls that hold 6000 people each.
WOO! Chickendance!
I feel like chicken tonight like chicken tonight
Chickendance wins Aust Got Talent and X factor :woohoo:
It wouldn't surprise me
Chickendance FTW.
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da clap clap clap clap
Quote from: codajastal on October 12, 2013, 04:56:37 PM
I'm of German decent. My great grandfather emigrated to Australia from Germany
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Similar....
My grand father emigrated from Bohemia to NYC at the turn of the century. (1900's)
The family settled in Ney York City and eventually moved to New Jersey after they accumulated some wealth.
Kinda' hard to believe that we fuked up the country this bad in only 3 generations. :dunno_black:
Just another fabulous random post :woohoo:
Come on lownesy!!!!!!!! :woohoo:
My granddad was born in Germany too :woohoo:
I'm seeing a pattern here...
Quote from: mister on October 12, 2013, 11:16:16 PM
My granddad was born in Germany too :woohoo:
I'm seeing a pattern here...
Yea.....theres too many Germans here :icon_twisted:
Nigh nigh nigh nigh nigh
What a bloody awesome weekend! ... Some Vlog ride footage done yesterday .. Including some early singing Vlog challenge... Today went to a nearby ocean pool with the drift ghost cam in waterproof case and the snorkel gear ... Oh and the family!! ... Swim and underwater filming ... Lunch ... More swim and filming ... Relaxed in late arvo with Chinese takeaway .. Yay!
... Is it still right to call it filming when it's all to a memory card??
Errrrm yes it is janx.
Yeah I figured ... But it don't use film! ...
And it was underwater today ... And I wasn't talking ... So not strictly Vlog either .... :confused: .. Hang on ... Is it Video Log ... Or Voice Log ........ Virtual Log?....
:dunno_black:
And while I'm at it .... What's the B in blog?
If you voice over it it will become a vlog
Ahh k ...
Still don't know what Blog stands for though.... But I do suspect this ... When people make their blog ... And get all frothing at the mouth over it ... Or have a 'Bat' at their own cleverness ... And then get all pissy if they ask all their mates to like it .. But the mates don't... So it starts a shitstorm ... :icon_rolleyes:
I've seen it happen a few times.... "I have a blog .. You have to like it to make it noticeable enough for other people to like it... If you don't then I hate you!!" :cookoo:
No patience!!!
I'm happy to have 10 subs now for the Vlog YT chan... Eventually it will be more I guess... But.. :dunno_black: ... I like doing the vlogs anyway ... So it's not gonna burn me if it's never a huge thing... Also not gonna be that worried with trolls or thumbs down either.... I'm under no illusions as to my normal popularity or demeanour! ... In fact if any of it winds up a troll enough to start flaming... Then it's satisfying to have pissed off someone ... just as much as it's satisfying to have others like it! :D
I'm a equal opportunity kinda chap! :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on October 13, 2013, 05:00:35 AM
Ahh k ...
Still don't know what Blog stands for though.... But I do suspect this ... When people make their blog ... And get all frothing at the mouth over it ... Or have a 'Bat' at their own cleverness ... And then get all pissy if they ask all their mates to like it .. But the mates don't... So it starts a shitstorm ... :icon_rolleyes:
I've seen it happen a few times.... "I have a blog .. You have to like it to make it noticeable enough for other people to like it... If you don't then I hate you!!" :cookoo:
No patience!!!
I'm happy to have 10 subs now for the Vlog YT chan... Eventually it will be more I guess... But.. :dunno_black: ... I like doing the vlogs anyway ... So it's not gonna burn me if it's never a huge thing... Also not gonna be that worried with trolls or thumbs down either.... I'm under no illusions as to my normal popularity or demeanour! ... In fact if any of it winds up a troll enough to start flaming... Then it's satisfying to have pissed off someone ... just as much as it's satisfying to have others like it! :D
I'm a equal opportunity kinda chap! :flipoff:
I do my blogs for me mainly but I always send the links to my family overseas so they can still be a part of my life.
I don't GAF if no one likes them or not but will not put up with trolls leaving gutless comments because they are pissy at me for something. Man up and get on with your own miserable life and stop trying to upset mine. I am happily married for 26 years and have a wonderful family and friend structure so nothing you do will upset that balance. But bug me enough and I have ways to make you disappear.
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I like fun bags
I like pizza and unlimited salad bars.
Quote from: jestercinti on October 13, 2013, 07:21:59 AM
I like pizza and unlimited salad bars.
Yeah, and Cincinnati girls after happy hour on Thirsty Thursdays.
You're a damn tramp, Jester. :cheers:
In other news...
I dug out my video-cam equipment and slapped together a helmet cam and a dash cam. (I copied the sh!t out of Cods set-up),
You Aussie high-tech bastards will be my guides.
I too want to be an LPW video-maker star! :bowdown:
Eh Cods .. I got no problem with blogs per se ... Just the people that Do get pissy when their expectations are not met by views they think they 'earned' ... :thumb:
Blog comes from Web Log shortened I believe... obviously some lazy person couldn't be bothered saying Web Log any more... I mean come on how lazy is that? Must by Gen Y :flipoff: :cookoo:
Woke up with a stiff neck, musta slept funny... bit windy out there and possible storm this morning they reckon, wonder if I'll get to work dry?
Yeah what's the point of saying a full word when a shortened version will do?
no drama... just wondering what the V and B stood for... plus the rum made me too lazy too look it up! :icon_lol:
Typical lazy new south Welshman
Quote from: Electrojake on October 13, 2013, 11:20:47 AM(I copied the sh!t out of Cods set-up),
Well that was silly :dunno_black:
I would go with Mister or Slips :thumb:
Bout time you jointed us your crazy jersey bastardized
aaaaaAAAARRRRGGGHHH ... i did a Slips.... halfway into a edit and cut from weekend... and the f%$king program just froze and quit on me!!!... :icon_eek: :technical: :technical: :technical: >:( :icon_sad: ..... lucky its all still in raw form on the backup drive... :icon_rolleyes:
I had all my raw footage just not saved as a project. But it's all together and up now
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 13, 2013, 04:41:00 PM
I had all my raw footage just not saved as a project. But it's all together and up now
yeah >:( .. same ... but its not up.... just annoying... i MEANT to save it to start with .. but nup! :technical: :technical:
Yep can't wait for new laptop
Good Golly man... This editing stuff is time consuming. :technical:
Buying a camera seemed easy. But I had no idea that editing actually had a "learning curve". WTF?
Blog, V-log, a video-Blog? What's the purpose? Self expression?
Just wondering.
Quote from: Electrojake on October 13, 2013, 06:36:14 PM
Good Golly man... This editing stuff is time consuming. :technical:
Buying a camera seemed easy. But I had no idea that editing actually had a "learning curve". WTF?
Blog, V-log, a video-Blog? What's the purpose? Self expression?
Just wondering.
:D :D :thumb:
purpose?!.... yeah self expression will do :icon_rolleyes: ... i use it to chatter away a bit... showcase 'my corner of the world' a little... tourism teaser on very amateur level ;) ... its whatever you feel like doing... and there are some full on weird situations that happen that ive seen with other vloggers vids :icon_lol:
the editing .. yes .. tedious... but necessary .. im still only using WLMM .. very basic .. but i havent got enough attention span for a bigger program yet ... still finding out tips and tricks for this one!
lets us know the channel and we can sub up! :thumb:
OK then, I see...
The V-blog is like LPW but more personal and you have full control of the content... I think. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fhmm.gif&hash=07e2197c7425304e3f8b0b5b51152fd865a75e26)
Jeez, I always carry-on in forums. I never thought about dedicating a whole web site to it.
As for motorcycle videos, I always find them a lot more fun to watch when the rider is talking during the trip; i.e. complaints, observations, fun-facts on safety & technique, etc...
Welcome to motovlogging ej.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 13, 2013, 08:09:27 PM
Welcome to motovlogging ej.
Thanks Slips but I haven't even figured out how to run the bloody cameras yet. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fenglipedia.informe.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fsmiley_chin.gif&hash=864c2c670e84618746f4245a66e1900fa8266b28)
This is gonna' be a whole new reason to ride. Cool!
Random post again as I have nothing to add
Quote from: codajastal on October 13, 2013, 08:26:53 PM
Random post again as I have nothing to add
Yes, but very well done.
Quote from: Electrojake on October 13, 2013, 08:22:32 PM
Thanks Slips but I haven't even figured out how to run the bloody cameras yet. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fenglipedia.informe.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fsmiley_chin.gif&hash=864c2c670e84618746f4245a66e1900fa8266b28)
charge camera... turn on .. check memory card... press record... ride! ...
as high a res as your rig can do ... :thumb:
And ride the proper bike not that American tractor that many mistake for a bike
Quote from: Electrojake on October 13, 2013, 08:06:20 PM
OK then, I see...
The V-blog is like LPW but more personal and you have full control of the content... I think. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fhmm.gif&hash=07e2197c7425304e3f8b0b5b51152fd865a75e26)
Jeez, I always carry-on in forums. I never thought about dedicating a whole web site to it.
As for motorcycle videos, I always find them a lot more fun to watch when the rider is talking during the trip; i.e. complaints, observations, fun-facts on safety & technique, etc...
but errr... i dont blog... maybe some people do... i vlog... slips vlogs... cods vlogs and blogs... mister, ummm... bit hard to tell what he does?! ;)
YT is the spiritual home of most Vlogs i think... a number of people also do vimeo or some other thing... but i think they also probably use linux and wear scratchy coarse underwear :icon_rolleyes:
seeing as slips hasnt already mentioned it.. out loud at least .. http://motovlog.com/ ... its almost the gstwins of vlogging... no real uptight thread nazis i have seen so far... plus a few entertaining fights now and then.. :D
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 13, 2013, 09:42:14 PM
And ride the proper bike not that American tractor that many mistake for a bike
did you just ... but.... :o ... thats rich! :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on October 13, 2013, 09:44:38 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 13, 2013, 09:42:14 PM
And ride the proper bike not that American tractor that many mistake for a bike
did you just ... but.... :o ... thats rich! :flipoff:
As opposed to the German Tractor?
mmmmhhhhmmmmm!!
Germans hold prestige over Harley. Cause my bike has a BMW badge and is worth it's weight in murh
http://murh.urbanup.com/1917637 .... Hahahha funny!
I think you meant myrrh .... But no ... It isn't!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commiphora
Damn my inability to spell when it counts!!!!
S'funny but!! :icon_lol: :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on October 13, 2013, 09:43:57 PM
YT is the spiritual home of most Vlogs i think... a number of people also do vimeo or some other thing... but i think they also probably use linux and wear scratchy coarse underwear
Vimeo is good. Since Google took over youtube it has turned to crap and all the advertising is annoying.
As far as comparisons between Youtube and Vimeo, they are buoth pretty easy to use but Vimeo has better quality, less censorship (plenty of boobies!) and no annoying ads. I stopped uploading to Youtube a couple of years ago.
I don't have scratchy underwear by my Apple MacBook does use Linux apparently. :D
Posting last to win
Quote from: Banzai on October 14, 2013, 02:55:34 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 13, 2013, 09:43:57 PM
YT is the spiritual home of most Vlogs i think... a number of people also do vimeo or some other thing... but i think they also probably use linux and wear scratchy coarse underwear
Vimeo is good. Since Google took over youtube it has turned to crap and all the advertising is annoying.
As far as comparisons between Youtube and Vimeo, they are buoth pretty easy to use but Vimeo has better quality, less censorship (plenty of boobies!) and no annoying ads. I stopped uploading to Youtube a couple of years ago.
I don't have scratchy underwear by my Apple MacBook does use Linux apparently. :D
hmmm must look at Vimeo for boobies........................... :)
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You will never find something like this on Youtube (NSFW)
http://vimeo.com/channels/beautifulnakedness/videos
That's what pornhub is for
Quote from: Banzai on October 14, 2013, 04:58:07 AM
You will never find something like this on Youtube (NSFW)
http://vimeo.com/channels/beautifulnakedness/videos
sorry but there was a problem loading this video
Nope never seen that on YouTube Bwhahahahahahaha
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 12, 2013, 06:44:01 PM
I feel like chicken tonight like chicken tonight
Your wish is my command sir
I didn't even hit play and my eyes will never be the same... :technical:
Theres goin to be some australian retribution i fear lol.
from your private collection Yama? :icon_eek:
I think that's his number one spank bank clip
Gasp!
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.macresource.com%2Fsmileys%2Fbarf.gif&hash=84a363e7a52278051d537fa0e9bafcf1d9a9ced9) So much pork-roll.
Makes me thankful for what I got.
Wife/girfriend must weigh "less" than I do. Not more.
Um... Might she be from Ohio? :D
OH GOD, WHY DID I HIT PLAY?!?
I need eye bleach...
Pales n comparrasion to 2 girls one cup
Never have, never will. My curiosity only goes so far lol.
Here you go
http://www.mikeisgod.com/videos/2-girls-1-cup
Makes me laugh every time
New laws have Bikies facing extra 25 years in jail
Date: 15 October 2013 - 02:17pm
CRIMINAL bikie gang members who are found guilty of an offence face spending up to an additional 25 years behind bars under proposed new laws introduced into State Parliament today.
Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has detailed the government's plans to destroy criminal bikie gangs in the state, outlining three new pieces of legislation, saying the tough response would make Queensland's streets safer.
"We are sending a loud and clear message to criminal motorcycle gangs and other criminal organisations that their illegal and violent activities will not be tolerated," Mr Bleijie said.
Under the new Vicious Association Disestablishment Bill, gang members who engaged in serious criminal activity would face 15 years of mandatory extra jail time, on top of sentences already received for original offences.
If the member is an office bearer, they will receive an additional 25 years on top of their initial sentence.
"Under our Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Bill, criminal gang members convicted of certain offences will be declared 'vicious lawless associates' and hit with an extra 15 years mandatory jail time on top of their sentence.
"A further mandatory term of 10 years will apply if the offender is an office bearer of the criminal organisation," Mr Bleijie said.
In total, three new pieces of legislation were introduced to State Parliament, including the Tattoo Parlours Bill and the Criminal Law Criminal Gangs Destruction Amendment Bill.
"Tattoo parlours will also require licenses from next year. Current and prospective proprietors will need to be fit and proper persons and will undergo police checks before their application is approved.
"The punishment is deliberately and unapologetically severe because we want to break the bikies - break their enterprise, break their spirit, break up their groups."
Mr Bleijie said three new offences, specifically targeting criminal gangs, would also be created.
The new offences include; Knowingly gathering in groups of three or more members in a public place (including riding); Going to banned locations (e.g. clubhouses) and Promoting or recruiting for the organisation.
"These new offences will carry mandatory six month jail terms, with a maximum of three years in prison," Mr Bleijie said.
"We are also increasing penalties for existing offences if they are committed by criminal motorcycle gang members."
Increased penalties include a Mandatory one year prison sentence for serious assault of a police officer.
A mandatory six months in prison for affray with the maximum penalty increased from one year to seven years and an $11,000 fine (double the current penalty) and disqualified license for two years for evading police.
Mr Bleijie said the reforms would also strengthen Queensland's crime fighting bodies and courts.
"We will give the Crime and Misconduct Commission unprecedented powers to haul in CMG members and question them for intelligence gathering purposes. If members don't co-operate, they face mandatory jail time," Mr Bleijie said.
"The cone of silence these gangs employ when questioned will soon work against them.
"If they don't answer questions during coercive hearings by the Crime and Misconduct Commission, they face mandatory jail time for contempt. If they refuse again, they get more jail time."
Mandatory jail terms for contempt are at the discretion of the Supreme Court for the first offence, however the second offence carries a mandatory sentence of two-and-a-half years and five-years for the third offence.
"Criminal motorcycle gang members also face losing their pride and joy," Mr Bleijie said.
"If a member uses his bike immediately before, during or after committing many of these offences, we will confiscate it and crush it. Without his bike, he's just another thug.
"Other vehicles used by gangs will also be able to be confiscated and crushed under the reforms.
"These new and increased penalties will apply only to criminal gang members. Law abiding motorbike riders have nothing to worry about.
"The Queensland community demanded and deserves a tough response to the violence and intimidation of these groups and the best way we can achieve that is to get their members off the streets."
Another day if edits and near misses
A BIKIE-only prison facility where gang members are denied gym facilities and televisions, is to be established by the Newman Government.
Convicted gang members imprisoned at the facility, to be established at the ultra-secure Woodford Correctional Centre, will be kept in their cells for up to 23 hours a day and subject to more stringent drug tests and searches.
All calls unrelated to their legal representation will be monitored and their mail opened and censored while visitor contact will be restricted to one hour a week.
Bikie members already in Queensland prisons will also be transferred to the new facility.
The bikie gang-only facility, likely to draw comparisons from critics with Guantanamo Bay, is aimed at denying them the ability to use prison time to recruit new members and widen their drug networks.
Premier Campbell Newman said the facility would form the core of his government's commitment to get criminal motorcycle gang members off Queensland streets.
"We will use a maximum security facility at Woodford Correctional Centre to incarcerate these thugs," Mr Newman said.
"Consideration will also be given to recommissioning currently unused maximum security units at other prisons across Queensland."
Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said a bikies-only facility would thwart their ability to use prison time as a recruitment drive and business-development opportunity.
"These criminals use their time in prison to recruit new members and continue criminal activities including the distribution of drugs and intimidation of prison staff," Mr Bleijie said.
Establishing the facility will be an integral part of sweeping legislation to be introduced and passed through State Parliament this week.
The new laws will also automatically ban bikies from accessing bail and hand greater investigative powers to the Crime and Misconduct Commission.
Civil libertarians and members of the legal fraternity have condemned the proposed bikie crackdown as unnecessary, ill-conceived and arrogant, claiming it was a return to Bjelke-Petersen era law and order policy.
However, Mr Newman said the Government was determined to ensure violent criminals faced stiff penalties.
"They will do hard time and I make no apologies for that," he said.
Mr Bleijie said they were also considering tougher penalties for crimes committed in prison, including weapon offences, assaults and drug use.
Penalties will also be tough for prison staff caught colluding with gang members.
Wow eh... Old mate is really going downtown on the gangs! ... Wonder if anywhere else will have the balls to follow suit!? .. Or will the civil liberties hugging group be holding candle vigils in protest and quash the whole idea?
I dunno but if I see him on the street I'll give him a piece of my gun shooting bike riding mind
Make sure it's not the big piece.... You need all you can! :flipoff:
I could give him half and still have more than you :flipoff:
The problem is that they're way out of line... so many of those "laws" are going to get challenged in court based on civil liberties etc. and get thrown out... the bikies can afford top lawyers for that stuff.
Us innocent true riders will be the ones getting hassled constantly and probably fined for minor useless crap just so they can justify the fact we got pulled over.
Already the government has admitted social riders will be impacted *and* have also admitted that some cases will be thrown out of court... so why rush through this crap without all the checks and balances? Did Jo get raised from the grave in the form of Newman and/or Bleije? I might like '80's bikes but I don't want to live with the corrupt '80's pollies!!!!
There have also been reports of legitimate riders on toy rides being harassed and those are the sorts of rides that will be impacted by these laws...
They also don't seem to have twigged to the fact that in a lot of cases, it's bikie gang *associates* that are causing the ruckus, not bikies... associates don't ride and don't care about riding... so again these laws against motorcyclists only are so useless and therefore even more discriminatory...
Did everyone sign the petition?
http://tiny.cc/r1tr4w (http://tiny.cc/r1tr4w)
This is such a load of bollocks and as much as I couldn't stand Anna Bligh and her pathetic bad mummy attitude, everyone who voted for the Liberals in Qld should be ashamed of themselves... this is what they like doing best! Police state here we come...
It's all
So
f%&ked
The end of the world is nigh...................BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Japan a gonna blow up
We should get a hoard of GS riders together... now that'll make the cops' skin crawl!!!
Let me play the song of my people
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 15, 2013, 03:08:24 PM
Let me play the song of my people
... geez Slips .. you messed up the link... i fixed it for ya! :thumb:
You fuckin little Smartass janx. I will fart in your general direction
i aint little!! .. but ..
(https://www.myptsd.com/c/attachments/smileyroflmao-gif.16889/)
Good means I'll outrun you after he man Buddha Loves You slapping you
while I stand on the sidelines lauging lol
Your next yamma lol
So much drama. Why can't we all get along?
Quote from: jestercinti on October 16, 2013, 08:14:49 AM
So much drama. Why can't we all get along?
That's what the stupid redneck woman renting next door said to her stupid redneck husband and stupid redneck children... he's standing there yelling at the kids shut the f%$k up and get in the f%$king care over and over and then she pipes up with "can't we just talk nice to one another" after she says the same thing over and over... yeah those kids are gonna grow up to be well adjust individuals :cookoo:
This is almost a daily occurrence... :dunno_black:
And it's car not care... stupid no edit thing :technical:
Ok here goes...
I read here that a Ninja 250 can out run a GS any day of the week.
It has somthing to do with the 250 kicking ass "in the twistys".
If that's true, then a 250 should REALLY punish my DL1000, and absolutely embarrass a Busa.
The little Ninja would also beat the pants off of mister's Dukati (that he denies owning).
Just saying. :icon_neutral:
Kill me now please god this flu sucks f%$king donkey duck
sleep it off slips... dont force yourself to stay awake and suffer... :thumb:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 16, 2013, 03:20:59 PM
Kill me now please god this flu sucks f%$king donkey duck
A spring flu? Is that what it's called?
That's bad news Slips.
You out of work? :icon_eek:
spring flu... pffft ..... thats for sissies!!
its obviously AUSSIE MAN FLU !! aka The Green and Yellow DEATH!! :icon_twisted: ... forget bubonic plague!! .. forget Ebola!!!! ..
this is serious gear we got over here man!! :D
HTFU
yeeees Cods... HTFU is good ... but aside from the victim...
im trying to portray that the AUSSIE manflu is worser and nastier-er-er than the woosy yankee sissy 'spring flu' ... :whisper:
and thats why .. when we Aussie males survive it... it makes us harder than tougher than everyone else!! ... :icon_lol:
get with the program! ;)
Do it for Uncle Chop Chop!! :icon_twisted:
Ya know us Yanks are quite sensitive.
If we get the flu at work we can sue the company for $50,000 in damages.
Of course now that our entire economy is owned by the Chinese government, it might be a little tough to collect. :icon_rolleyes:
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Quote from: Electrojake on October 16, 2013, 06:31:17 PM
Of course now that our entire economy is owned by the Chinese government, it might be a little tough to collect. :icon_rolleyes:
nahhh .. when they take over .. there be free 'get over flu very quick' classes .. outdoors in the sun...
like this...
Quote from: Janx101 on October 16, 2013, 06:42:49 PM
nahhh .. when they take over .. there be free 'get over flu very quick' classes .. outdoors in the sun...
Oh great... I get to go to a Chi-Com ReEducation Center to be "adjusted". The great Socialist Utopia awaits me. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fsmokelots.gif&hash=907c8c4e5d47417f3b0c33edfe26267f71171cdd)
Second item...
If my pal Slips would have been using his heated grips, he probably never would have got siick.
Just saying.
or maybe its the electromagnetic radiation from the grips that has weakened his immune system!!...
solution!! ... scrap that bloody bavarian nonsense .. turn it into a nice reef or something... and get a proper bike!...
:D
Blow me I haven't used the grips for months
like this? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffunniestpictureever.com%2Fupload%2F2285-38015%2Fblowing-air.jpg&hash=01c8330da86c6e680d7ebea3e5fdf3c5c127b18d)
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 16, 2013, 03:20:59 PM
Kill me now please god this flu sucks f%$king donkey dîck
fixed
Not yet
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 16, 2013, 03:20:59 PM
Kill me now please god this flu sucks fücking donkey dîck
There sorry. NOW its fixed. :cheers:
This is what happens when you don't use heated grips. They know you don't use them and they exact revenge upon you.
HTFU
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Mmmmmmm penicillin
Chicago this weekend. Pumped.
Relishing the gun free zone?
Off to Sydney Sunday avo', back Tuesday night... only catch is it's a 3pm flight right at MotoGP time :technical:
For the raccoon fanbois;
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It reminds me of this cat classic:
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Like Stoner said to Rossi... I guess your ambition outweighed your talent...
I hate that stupid idiot. The other one is pretty good.
Quote from: jestercinti on October 17, 2013, 04:09:10 AM
Chicago this weekend. Pumped.
Jester, Important question: Will it involve booze, bikes, comfort foods, or possible female contact? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.websleuths.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fgreat.gif&hash=aaaf170267ad6a9d5ecc0d05e30ecb57ad9b7214)
http://www.choosechicago.com/things-to-do/chicago-events/events-calendar/ ... ice hockey YEP! .. comedy club YEP! ... arts exhibition, hang on now!? NOPE..
http://infinitelegroom.com/gallery/7-chicago-specialties-you-have-to-try/deep-dish-pizza/ ... umm .. yep, yep, yep, yep, yep etc!
http://www.timeoutchicago.com/thelists/163733/top-10-dance-clubs .. if into the bump and grind scene ;)
i'd say he might have a slightly good time!! .. too many motorcycle hire places to pick one to link eh!
Hang on jester you trying for a new bike off Oprah?
oh and after 10 days of mostly good will power and rapidloss shakes for breakfast and lunch .. with some light meals
below 130kg/286lbs for the first time in .. ummm... ???... 2 years? :D
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 17, 2013, 03:08:17 PM
Hang on jester you trying for a new bike off Oprah?
you dill... oprah not been running tv shows and giveaways for a year or more!!?
get with the current events man!! :flipoff:
She's a rich black woman she has to give free shaZam! away. And congrats on the weight loss. I'm hovering down near 90kg. Due to the flu I had to break the sugar free for some ice cream for my throat.
Yup. Oprah gonna get me a Ducati.
In other news, my TV died. Sh1t.
Oh crap!!! Least tv's are cheap over there
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 17, 2013, 03:20:17 PM
congrats on the weight loss. I'm hovering down near 90kg. Due to the flu I had to break the sugar free for some ice cream for my throat.
cheers bro .. you coulda tried this http://foodgawker.com/post/2011/03/15/95455/ .. and got away with eh!
I found the inlet bad thing about riding a bike
dont forget going through a swarm of locusts or bees! .. thats bad!
I dunno this thing is pretty bad
you still got enough energy to LPW .. you'll live!
Yeah I'm back at work too just barely
so the missus put her foot/thumb down and told you to get back out there and stop sooking it? :flipoff:
Nah the miracle of drugs made it possible. Missus couldn't care if I did or not
Random post again as I have nothing to add
Ummmmmmmmm
A pair of 142.5 main jets in the mail today... new Motobatt battery ordered Wednesday night and shipped yesterday apparently... should be able to get back from Sydney and have some more fun on Wednesday :thumb:
Got a little damp on the way home today though... could've been worse, could've been dry on the train...
How many sets of jets have you been through this year Pete?
R A N D O M P O S T I N G J U S T F O R T H E H E L L O F I T
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Apparently not enough Slips... glad it's only two carbies though!
How many jet changes from what range?
My useless contribution for the evening.
An air cooled, carburated, parallel twin is wonderful.
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BTW: Getting new jets in the mail is cool.
I still haven't got my sr71 in the mail yet
Just had Sushi for lunch. I am now at peace.
Stomach hurts
Quote from: Janx101 on October 17, 2013, 06:10:39 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 17, 2013, 03:20:17 PM
congrats on the weight loss. I'm hovering down near 90kg. Due to the flu I had to break the sugar free for some ice cream for my throat.
cheers bro .. you coulda tried this http://foodgawker.com/post/2011/03/15/95455/ .. and got away with eh!
yay ofr fake ice cream lol. soy works fine if you had to go that route. hell theres even freakin organic water wtf. lol
Gotta love organic h20
And pounder burgers from maccas. one of which i just ate.. I feel a heart attack comin' on!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
So f**ked up, yet so delicious. Everytime i order one, the people serving me laugh like I'm joking. :icon_lol:
Yep
R A N D O M P O S T I N G J U S T F O R T H E H E L L O F I T
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Fark! ... However that happened... Watched the loop about 10 times... Still gives me a bit of a mental shiver each time! ... That's weird!! :icon_lol:
Nothing is weird
especially on the interweb :dunno_black:
www.somerandompostmakingweirdnoisesbecauseimaweirdpostwhorewithnothingbettertodo.lol (http://www.savageresearch.com/humor/insanityTest.html) working link btw i promise
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 18, 2013, 04:02:46 PM
How many jet changes from what range?
Stock was 117.5 Mikuni N102.221 Small Round... started 132.5 for ages before realising I was lean... went up to 150 way too rich, back to 145, thinking a little too rich so now going back to 142.5. I've also gone from needles on richest setting (bottom notch) back down to stock position (middle notch) with one shim raised so it's up half a notch. Stock pilots are still in (17.5) and can't remember number of turns on the mixture screws... probably 3 to 3.5 I think.
Quote from: Electrojake on October 18, 2013, 04:41:02 PM
My useless contribution for the evening.
An air cooled, carburated, parallel twin is wonderful.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motorstown.com%2Fimages%2Fsuzuki-gs-08.jpg&hash=5597e3e0738f9c0950fedabf5811c838422b8dd0)
BTW: Getting new jets in the mail is cool.
Sure is EJ! And your post is the most useful in LPW for a long time too :thumb:
Bloody hell that would be doing my head in
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 19, 2013, 09:45:08 AM
www.somerandompostmakingweirdnoisesbecauseimaweirdpostwhorewithnothingbettertodo.lol (http://www.savageresearch.com/humor/insanityTest.html) working link btw i promise
Well I passed the test and am legally SANE, I do not find that funny at all :dunno_black:
TV issues solved. Got a tube one for now. 27", free, works. Can't beat that.
Quote from: codajastal on October 19, 2013, 08:58:11 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 19, 2013, 09:45:08 AM
www.somerandompostmakingweirdnoisesbecauseimaweirdpostwhorewithnothingbettertodo.lol (http://www.savageresearch.com/humor/insanityTest.html) working link btw i promise
Well I passed the test and am legally SANE, I do not find that funny at all :dunno_black:
it a very old thing lol. no offense intended ;)
My Cat From Hell is quality TV - Just saying.
If I could give you my LCD I would jester
Quote from: mister on October 19, 2013, 10:31:37 PM
My Cat From Hell is quality TV - Just saying.
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Diaphragm in my compressor pressure switch has a nice tear in it so wonder if I can bodgee another one in there seeing as it's a cheap ass one
Old tubes make great diaphragms
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk now Free (http://'http://tapatalk.com/m?id=10')
It's a real thick bastard thing like 4mm thick
Pete, you have committed the cardinal sin.... messing with your carbs. The bike will forever be messed up now.
The only solution is to Immediately put milk in the handlebars.
Quote from: mister on October 20, 2013, 01:44:22 AM
Pete, you have committed the cardinal sin.... messing with your carbs. The bike will forever be messed up now.
The only solution is to Immediately put milk in the handlebars.
He should know better being in Aussieland :dunno_black:
I dunno about milk... Not in summer! ...
Few weeks back when we went to Canberra for weekend ... The little cooler/warmer 'fridge' that we have in back of missus people mover.... Had a litre of milk left in it.... Clean forgot about it... Last several days there has been a "miasma" creeping through the car :icon_rolleyes: .. Very hot sunny days... Finally thought to check yesterday..... Not ..... Good ..... Blurk!!!! ...
The aftershock of the smell is still in the car!.... I think it's gonna need specialist treatment :icon_neutral:
Quote from: jestercinti on October 19, 2013, 09:08:45 PM
TV issues solved. Got a tube one for now. 27", free, works. Can't beat that.
Hey Jester,
Retro TV is cool beans man. :cheers:
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Retro is cool
It's a Panasonic. About broke my back carrying it into my apartment...but it works. 27" and effing heavy!
Watching nightmare on elm street 2 at the moment.
Wow that is real retro
Quote from: jestercinti on October 20, 2013, 09:04:17 PM
Watching nightmare on elm street 2 at the moment.
So, it only plays old movies on it? :flipoff:
Bbm ep 2 for the masses
Just a bored moment calculation.... In 218 days that this thread has run... We have 176 pages.... In standard format .... That's less than a page a day!!! .....
Guys! ... We need to pick up the pace!! :icon_twisted:
You mean we need MORE guff on this thread!? :o
I can't only post once someone else has posted so.............
¡ Post up ya wankers lol !
Ease up turbo
My place is old skool. From my tube TV to 80s B horror movies.
Boiler turned on tomorrow. Fvcking freezing. Hate steam heat, but I don't pay for it directly...comes out of the rent.
Your only solution jester is to move to Australia where the heat is free
Jester makes my day. I'm glad I'm not the only guy here that's broke.
The V-Strom forum is packed with independent up-scale intellectuals that boast of their world travels.
Not so here at LPW.
I'm just a broke-ass Yank riding a 6 year old Suzuki back and forth to work every day.
Life is good. :)
Quote from: Electrojake on October 21, 2013, 08:52:19 PM
Jester makes my day. I'm glad I'm not the only guy here that's broke.
The V-Strom forum is packed with independent up-scale intellectuals that boast of their world travels.
Not so here at LPW.
I'm just a broke-ass Yank riding a 6 year old Suzuki back and forth to work every day.
Life is good. :)
I am part of this club too my old house near Chicago had steam heat. rads all over lol. now my broke a$$ stares at my blown up goped sitting on my porch, its engine sitting beside me here in the den headless atm lol
Like GoPed. :thumb:
http://youtu.be/VqYNRGfflPk (http://youtu.be/VqYNRGfflPk)
Like BMW
Back from Sydney... still not a fan! Good food though and good to catch up with a bunch of work dudes... now my Motobatt battery awaits installation :thumb:
I'll be there next week
Sydney? hah, pfft...
Hell, I went to Pennsylvania once, but I didn't see any vampires.
Or was that Transylvania? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fhmm.gif&hash=07e2197c7425304e3f8b0b5b51152fd865a75e26)
No wait... I think it was a transvestite from Milwaukee.
Jester? Can you throw me a line here?
Nothing compared to Brisbane
Are we there yet? :D
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Definitely a tranny from PA. Those commonwealth states: PA, KY, VA, MA. A bit squirrelly!
Much to say about anything
Quote from: jestercinti on October 22, 2013, 06:33:17 PM
Definitely a tranny from PA. Those commonwealth states: PA, KY, VA, MA. A bit squirrelly!
Exactly Jester. The commonwealth states!
Never did quite understand that. :whisper:
Cause that's how it rolls
Random post again as I have nothing to add
Quote from: codajastal on October 22, 2013, 09:09:44 PM
Random post again as I have nothing to add
Do you ever? lol :cheers: :flipoff: :flipoff: :icon_twisted:
I have many things to add such as my shopping list.
10 hours in the heat and wind .. up a driveway for 30metres... with lots of boxes.... ummmm
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Sounds like u did more work than mister
Quote from: Electrojake on October 22, 2013, 04:27:30 PM
Sydney? hah, pfft...
Hell, I went to Pennsylvania once, but I didn't see any vampires.
Or was that Transylvania? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fhmm.gif&hash=07e2197c7425304e3f8b0b5b51152fd865a75e26)
No wait... I think it was a transvestite from Milwaukee.
Jester? Can you throw me a line here?
Or did you see what you thought was a sweet transvestite from Transylvania ?
Ej f%&ked a tranny
No hang on .... Ease up there turbo! ... We haven't established that yet! ...
Just that he was potentially admiring a tranny.....
... Still .... Things could have happened .. :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on October 23, 2013, 03:35:01 AM
No hang on .... Ease up there turbo! ... We haven't established that yet! ...
Just that he was potentially admiring a tranny.....
... Still .... Things could have happened .. :flipoff:
Admit it,
You would soooo hit this
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Hang on does that have something extra?
Ummm ... I might look as I pass.... But hit it? .. Nooo...
Aside from I don't mess about in relationships... Ever...
Too skinny and whether female or she male? ... Looks too high maintenance and faux beauty...
Gimme some proper curves and less "I'm up myself" potential... Like my missus!
She is Miss Canada and was disqualified from Miss Universe because SHE was born a HE :dunno_black:
I meant if you were single Janxie :nono:
This more your type Janxie?
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Nevermind I found your perfect match :flipoff:
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:cookoo: wow this thread went south fast! :cookoo: :dunno_white: :flipoff:
I work in Fortitude Valley... you're likely to see a bit of everything any day of the week... and it's usually not good! Most things you just go :dunno_white: :dunno_black: :cookoo: and occasionally you think someone should :2guns:
New battery is awesome... touch start button, bike running :thumb:
Did the compulsory carb fiddle tonight and put the 142.5 mains in and counted the mixture screws... surprised I'm only 2 3/4 turns out... see how she rolls tomorrow!
They see you rolling, they hating
Quote from: codajastal on October 23, 2013, 04:20:29 AM
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Looks tempting but I'd need a side-car to move her, um... it.BTW: Is she from Ohio? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.n1nj4.com%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fmoose.gif&hash=135e0dbbd4618cb172d66da7056af8d894cc1271)
f%$k bag that shaZam! right now
Bag it? In a garbage bag you mean?
AH F**k that! Shoot me now I've seen too much.
i'm wondering if her online name might be Codajastina? :icon_twisted: :flipoff:
My crazy neighbor is fighting with his woman. They were just banging yesterday.
This fight is popcorn worthy.
Nah paper bag it. Put it this way Id f%$k it with janx's duck hahahhahahahahahahaah
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come ON 5 o clock!! ... i have fuel lines to fit and a bike to ride!! ...
but on my way home i have to pick up one of the kids from highschool work placement... i cant bloody go before that!!!
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Well holy f%$k I got a proper answer
Watching Top Gear .... And so is the missus.... One of her tv boyfriends is the guest... Benedict bloody Cumberbatch.... Sheesh! :icon_rolleyes: :icon_lol:
Is she a cummerbitch?
My turn for a useless post...
Yes
!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 23, 2013, 02:02:54 AM
Sounds like u did more work than mister
didnt we all? ( except mister of course lol)
.
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Morning is here for f%$k sake
youre missing a rather boring evening then lol.
My evening consisted of top gear and Big Bang theroy so it was pretty good
:icon_eek: :D
2 Chinooks just blew over my warehouse... maybe 300m up?... talk about rattle the roofpanels!!!! :bowdown: :thumb:
and hahahahahaaaaaaa ... finished uploading my little underwater jaunt with the camera from the other week...
YT is having trouble deciding on what any thumbnails should be.. it took AGES for them to process... and now there been a significant delay for thumbnail choices.... lately the process delay has been there.. but the thumbnails have appeared WHEN it was done ... maybe they have too many sick hamsters on the power units lately?
:icon_lol:
Hmmmmmm yes
hmmm tmi lol. a guy who gets tingled in his no no place by aussie men, uploading an underwear jaunt on youtube. ( reminds me of my drunken trip to liquor store in phoenix in my drawers . only thing saving me frmo a trip to tent city was fact i lived next door to liquor store. thank GOD those days are over lol. )
Quote from: Janx101 on October 24, 2013, 09:12:25 PM
... finished uploading my little underwater jaunt with the camera from the other week...
I'm headed there now.
Will inspect & critique. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fnew%2Fyesnod.gif&hash=60c9fb054265649f4565678706466f634a05ed0a)
Quote from: Electrojake on October 25, 2013, 10:15:22 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 24, 2013, 09:12:25 PM
... finished uploading my little underwater jaunt with the camera from the other week...
I'm headed there now.
Will inspect & critique. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fnew%2Fyesnod.gif&hash=60c9fb054265649f4565678706466f634a05ed0a)
Errrm yall want a private room? :whisper:
Ahh come on Yama!? .. Did some motovlog last night ... Scaryoke! ... Got some real bad Big Smo - Kickin it in Tennessee , down too... AND gave you a shoutout during!! ... Will edit that part in there so you can feel the love too eh!? ;) :kiss3:
Had a midnight marauder run last night shenanigans were had
What the hell? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fhmm.gif&hash=07e2197c7425304e3f8b0b5b51152fd865a75e26)
Janx101 was in Tennessee?
WTF? You cant go scuba diving in Tennessee.
And Janx, While your down there do me a favor and teach them land-locked, banjo-sucking, dirt farmers how to speak proper English.
Thanks mate.
Best part is he is 23% more attracted to his sister
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 25, 2013, 05:40:45 PM
Best part is he is 23% more attracted to his sister
WTF? :confused:
This place is nuts.
Yep
Quote from: Electrojake on October 25, 2013, 04:55:18 PM
What the hell? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fhmm.gif&hash=07e2197c7425304e3f8b0b5b51152fd865a75e26)
Janx101 was in Tennessee?
WTF? You cant go scuba diving in Tennessee.
And Janx, While your down there do me a favor and teach them land-locked, banjo-sucking, dirt farmers how to speak proper English.
Thanks mate.
try and keep up EJ ... i has the camera and mic running.. out riding... i was singing a song... this song actually ... well i say singing... it was ... special!
and... it takes me a while .. but ive just connected with who commented on the snorkel vid... hahahah... sheesh :icon_rolleyes: :thumb:
I will be doing a HOGG VLOG tomorrow morning on a mates 1200cc Screaming Eagle Harley.
Just a ride around to see what sort of reaction I get from the local popo.
I will be riding squiddy with a fluro Jacket as well as a full face helmet so at to look as far from a OMC Bikie as I can.
Will be filming it from many angles and basically enjoying the day.
Will post a photo of the bike shortly. Have to get it off my phone. :thumb:
Here it is :thumb:
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looking forward to seeing the result bro! :thumb:
indeed. ive set up a few of those. and its bastard cousin the xr1200c :angel:
Ive set the cameras up on the handlebars, One facing forward and one backward as well as the drift on the helmet.
I am hoping just to have a quiet (lol) ride in the countryside without incident.
if the baffles are installed, in the pipes, ride is RELATIVELY quiet til you get up to about ohhh 85-90 then shes screamin. and the unfortunate sportster sideeffect, the vibrations match the crank and its a THOROUGH vibration. a bit past that and theyre all but gone though. ohh might get bored, you wont have to shift often. rode mine thru the dragon in 3rd.
Pouring nitromethane into my fuel cause I'm a rebel like that
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 25, 2013, 10:01:20 PM
if the baffles are installed, in the pipes, ride is RELATIVELY quiet til you get up to about ohhh 85-90 then shes screamin. and the unfortunate sportster sideeffect, the vibrations match the crank and its a THOROUGH vibration. a bit past that and theyre all but gone though. ohh might get bored, you wont have to shift often. rode mine thru the dragon in 3rd.
Ummm no baffles and rode it home from his place. Think I got to 3rd once :cookoo: Spent most of the time in 2nd.
and TES these things vibrate like a biatch :dunno_black:
2 rods sharing one pin. hence the potato-potato-potato sound. easiest way to explain it is, take both elbows, join together, move in circular motion ( with hands apart, essentially that's whats going on. its one GIANT thumper. ( that fires twice. lol) one I had looked nearly identical to this one. I wished I could find my shot from the dragon, but I don't think killboy keeps archives dating from '04
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Mmmmmmmmmm waxing
No probs on zee logical BMW
Be careful Cods.
There is something addictive about those Harleys and the potato potato potato thing.
It might also be the insane low end torque.
Or the fact that their 1200cc models are rather inexpensive but still give you a good slice of the Harley pipe-dream of manhood.
Hell, You wount need a big pen!s or a fat wallet if you have one of these babys sitting in the shed. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hanggliding.org%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fmosh.gif&hash=6efca2c62c112745d36f0125d2c42e3aaa8875d8)
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You know.... when you aren't on for a few days and you come back and read all what you missed in one hit.... it doesn't make any more sense then reading the posts as they happen.
So.... I'm reading an ad while watching a youtube video. Seems Pizza capers is have $2 tube of Ben and Jerry's when you buy 2 large pizzas. Hmmmm..... ice cream :icon_mrgreen:
Mister... I read this thread several times a day and I'm still baffled by the flow of topic here. :cookoo:
For instance...
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... :dunno_black: ...
Quote from: Electrojake on October 26, 2013, 04:57:28 PM
Be careful Cods.
There is something addictive about those Harleys and the potato potato potato thing.
It might also be the insane low end torque.
Or the fact that their 1200cc models are rather inexpensive but still give you a good slice of the Harley pipe-dream of manhood.
Hell, You wount need a big pen!s or a fat wallet if you have one of these babys sitting in the shed. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hanggliding.org%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fmosh.gif&hash=6efca2c62c112745d36f0125d2c42e3aaa8875d8)
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Yes Sir,
The torque is insane :cookoo:
Bike value here is $14000 for the 08 one I was riding
Hated the ride today,
The seat was too hard, the suspension was too hard, the bike vibrated too much, The brakes were crap, the steering turn is far too wide, my ass went numb, my legs hurt, my nuts fell off, my hands hurt, the bike was insanely loud and it wore me out after 2-3 hours
Would I do it again if I had the chance?
HELL YES
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Was there ANYTHING good about the bike? :dunno_white:
Cods..... So the bike was too hard for you? .... Ummm... What was it?..... Oh yeah :icon_twisted:HTFU!!!! :D
Maybe you can visit with mister this arvo and have a few spoonfuls of his cement powder!! :flipoff: :D
Quote from: Janx101 on October 26, 2013, 09:43:28 PM
Cods..... So the bike was too hard for you? .... Ummm... What was it?..... Oh yeah :icon_twisted:HTFU!!!! :D
Maybe you can visit with mister this arvo and have a few spoonfuls of his cement powder!! :flipoff: :D
why not betty doesn't work anyways. lol listen to cods as he comments on the knütsack vibrations. as I was saying the power is nearly identical to a gixxer 750, not quite a gixxer 1k. BUT its at the opposite end of the rev range. same as a pushrod v8 versus an oHC engine. belts are rated to 200+hp. can handle a stationary tire scrubbing if you do it right, and last quite a while. :) top ends are good for 150k, lower end is good for 200k + if taken care of. oil leaks are minimal if bike is warmed up correctly. ( low tech method, if carbed, open and close throttle twice, it primes carb, start, let idle while donning helmet and jacket, lightly touch fins, when theyre too warm to touch for more than a second, youre good to go. now, if that isn't an option, take easy for a mile or two and its same.
Quote from: Janx101 on October 26, 2013, 09:43:28 PM
Cods..... So the bike was too hard for you? .... Ummm... What was it?..... Oh yeah :icon_twisted:HTFU!!!! :D
Maybe you can visit with mister this arvo and have a few spoonfuls of his cement powder!! :flipoff: :D
I think you missed the bit at the bottom where I said I would do it all again. I think that makes me Hard enough :flipoff:
Quote from: Zookmang on October 26, 2013, 09:32:11 PM
Was there ANYTHING good about the bike? :dunno_white:
Yep, the bike was cool as and would buy one in a heart beat :thumb:
Quote from: codajastal on October 26, 2013, 11:05:51 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 26, 2013, 09:43:28 PM
Cods..... So the bike was too hard for you? .... Ummm... What was it?..... Oh yeah :icon_twisted:HTFU!!!! :D
Maybe you can visit with mister this arvo and have a few spoonfuls of his cement powder!! :flipoff: :D
I think you missed the bit at the bottom where I said I would do it all again. I think that makes me Hard enough :flipoff:
Not hard enough to stop your whinging though! ;) :flipoff: :icon_lol:
I turned petrol into noise and shredded rubber
Noise indeed. Bastard things. Whenever a bunch of harleys go past my house the TV reception goes f**ky and you can't hear yourself think!
weird never have had that issue here.
Too few Harley's perhaps? :flipoff: :dunno_black:
Quote from: Janx101 on October 26, 2013, 11:10:09 PM
Quote from: codajastal on October 26, 2013, 11:05:51 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 26, 2013, 09:43:28 PM
Cods..... So the bike was too hard for you? .... Ummm... What was it?..... Oh yeah :icon_twisted:HTFU!!!! :D
Maybe you can visit with mister this arvo and have a few spoonfuls of his cement powder!! :flipoff: :D
I think you missed the bit at the bottom where I said I would do it all again. I think that makes me Hard enough :flipoff:
Not hard enough to stop your whinging though! ;) :flipoff: :icon_lol:
Think I will have to re-upload without your shoutout Janxy. :flipoff: :kiss3:
Joe from Red jacket is coming to Australia for a visit. To Brisbane actually. Wonder if he'll be mobbed at the airport by guntot'n rednecks, or quietly slip in unannounced as most people won't know who is is, and those who do will be like "Oh look, it's Joe" and then go about their business. I think the latter.
I don't think he will be mobbed. Are they letting in ex cons here now?
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My 2006 Harley is (proudly) bone stock and has 3200 miles on the odo.
My 2006 Suzuki has been modded and tweaked x10 and has 46,000 miles on the odo.
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Potato, potato, potato. . .
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The torque of a Harley is awesome, no doubt about it! Would I ever buy one? Nup... can't stop, can't turn, feet blown off the footpegs at 90+kph... for me that's not going to provide any riding enjoyment.
Would I buy a Buell though? You betya! All that torque in a chassis that turns, has big brakes, and won't blow your feet off the pegs... sounds good to me!
Katana gets first preference but if the opportunity ever presented itself I think a Buell could be gob loads of low RPM fun in the twisties... just hold the same gear corner after corner and ride the torque...
The Harley I've ridden beside my little 450:
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What time was that yesterday Pete?
A Suzuki Katana?
That was a 25 year run for Suzuki.
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 27, 2013, 01:11:40 PM
What time was that yesterday Pete?
Nah that was during the September Katana Australia/GS Resources run to Urbenville. I rode it from Fernvale to Boonah.
Quote from: Electrojake on October 27, 2013, 07:07:35 PM
A Suzuki Katana?
That was a 25 year run for Suzuki.
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Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You bloody Yanks and your abuse of the true Katana name!
Except for the Japanese home market, the *real* Katanas stopped in about '85. This was the last:
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Mmmk yeah I did a malany run yesterday with twisted
Nice... haven't seen Twisted posting on here in a while... unless he's just posting places I don't read :dunno_black:
More fiddling with carbs today, felt great yesterday but when cold it's a bit hesitant/lurchy just off idle and I had the mixture screws back out to 3 turns, so another quarter turn out this avo' and see how she goes tomorrow.
Also got the shed base leveling finished up yesterday, next pay includes budget for concrete, so about 3 weeks I reckon and I should have a shed base done :thumb:
dont blame the yanks on the can-a-tuna thing. blame suzuki, THEN blame the buyers lol. its all good though.
But blaming Yanks is fun :thumb:
No comeback though? That's pretty lame :flipoff:
I really need to get me a real Katana though... and if the shed base really is done in about 3 weeks that will mean things can start to get moving at long last! Who would've thought it would take 10 months to dig a hole? :cookoo:
It's been said that any bike shipped to the US market is $1000 dollars more expensive, ten pounds heavier, and 5 MPH slower than any other market.
And you people know how much I simply love the government and their asinine regulations. <sigh>
Quote from: peteGS on October 28, 2013, 12:44:01 PM
But blaming Yanks is fun :thumb:
No comeback though? That's pretty lame :flipoff:
I really need to get me a real Katana though... and if the shed base really is done in about 3 weeks that will mean things can start to get moving at long last! Who would've thought it would take 10 months to dig a hole? :cookoo:
Ehhh im used to the america bashing lol. really no worthwhile comebacks :p id prefer a real canatuna too. they just dont sell them here lol
So why cant I just be happy with the Yank version of the Katana. :dunno_black: and if I, as a typical Yank, simply don't know any better then why ruin my Nirvana with facts & reality?
And let me tell you a fact: Most Yanks look for their new bikes on the manufacturer's "USA" web site.
They never think to also explore the Asian or European web sites to see what the rest of the world gets to ride.
Even Harley Davidson has been know to market (better) bikes in the non-US market than right here in Milwaukee, USA.
Yanks... After 200 years of growth, pride, respect, and prosperity they make a hard Left turn into assholeville. <go figure>
Even our "Yank" GS500's have that stupid fairing. I wonder how many Yanks even know there is an "E" version of their f-ing gehy F bikes.
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So your f%$king a chick.......
sheesh... 'proper' Katanas .. meh! ;)
they also have fanclubs for leyland P76 over here... :icon_eek:
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which just goes to show people will worship all SORTS of nonense! ;) :D :flipoff:
Yeah well that's just dandy.
I've completely lost track of the thread. ...again...
I thought a Katana was a damn motorbike.
Quote from: Janx101 on October 28, 2013, 07:31:54 PM
sheesh... 'proper' Katanas .. meh! ;)
they also have fanclubs for leyland P76 over here... :icon_eek:
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which just goes to show people will worship all SORTS of nonense! ;) :D :flipoff:
strictly speaking .. a Katana is this
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chewing my way thru a pot of NZ Greenshell Marinated smoked mussels.. :D
Quote from: Janx101 on October 28, 2013, 09:45:49 PM
chewing my way thru a pot of NZ Greenshell Marinated smoked mussels.. :D
damn you makin me hungry again ... why lol
well... i also bought a hot smoked trout ... but im savin that for tmw lunchtime! :icon_twisted:
Tell ya' what Yama... when I get me a Kat I'll post lots of photos and I'll ride it lots just for you ok? :thumb:
What's up Tard Farm? Been a road warrior these days. Chicago, Nashville TN, Michigan, and VA.
One of these days I'll go back to my Old Ohio Home.
Aaah Jester, good to have you back!
We've been bitching about the latest stupid anti-bikie laws here in Queensland... EJ is looking for Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs to find his way in LPW... and I've been edumacating Yama on what a *true* Suzuki Katana really is...
Janxy's been eating, Slips has been... well... Slips :flipoff:
That's right the glue that holds all you lot together
Yeah Jester... What peteGS said.
+1
We went from food to Harley's, to Katana's, and now somthing about sucking green oysters from the shell.
Results may vary
Oh, and Cods has been on the meaningless post trend... and Mister's been a little light on lately...
Quote from: peteGS on October 29, 2013, 08:51:43 PM
Oh, and Cods has been on the meaningless post trend... and Mister's been a little light on lately...
Hey, I represent that post :icon_rolleyes:
One day left
Quote from: Electrojake on October 29, 2013, 01:51:03 PM
Yeah Jester... What peteGS said.
+1
We went from food to Harley's, to Katana's, and now somthing about sucking green oysters from the shell.
noooo... not green oysters... green lipped mussels.... sheesh... as opposed to black lip mussels ... yeah they both have a shell... but different beasties! :flipoff:
Meanwhile in Australia, no workers comp for nookie
http://news.msn.com/world/australian-court-rules-no-workers-comp-for-sex-injury
and no not a porn worker either lol.
Hmmmm yes
Clap on. Clap off. Clap on.
My lights don't do diddly when I clap. I'm calling BS on that one.
Works for me Mister... although I have to do the one handed clap... the other hand has to be on the switch turning it on/off/on...
I think mister may be eligible for the cool avatar longevity award.
Getting shouted out left right n centre
Dope & Booze. Don't let this happen to you! :nono:
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:woohoo: I'd hit that :icon_lol:
I'd give it a miss
more like a swing and a miss for you slips!! :flipoff:
...
been flitting around YT vids between paperwork today... keep seeing that new promo for .. Thor - The Dark World .. going to see that!!! :bowdown:
Never said what I would hit it with. :icon_twisted:
Janx, I just came home from seeing Thor. It is big and loud and over-the-top and doesn't take itself very seriously. Also has quite a few S.H.I.E.L.D. references that I found amusing.
Also there are two scenes during the closing titles; one in the middle and one right at the very end.
Innocent until proven guilty has gone out the window...
http://motorbikewriter.com/2013/10/31/meeting-with-police-minister-on-anti-bikie-laws/ (http://motorbikewriter.com/2013/10/31/meeting-with-police-minister-on-anti-bikie-laws/)
Janxy, have I talked you out of E10 yet?
Talking janx out of e10 is like talking Hugh Hefner into celebacy
Banzai .. Awesome!! .. Bit jealous!
Pete .... No ...
Slips ... Even more than that!
;) :thumb:
Do provide a better metaphor then janxy
Good one cods!
Hmmm ... Ok .. A challenge ...
I like e10 more than a fat kid loves cake
I like e10 more than the pope is catholic
I like e10 more than Kurt cobain liked playing Russian roulette
I like e10 more than Newman likes rules for bikies
I like e10 more than abbot likes budgie smugglers
I like e10 more than Elvis liked fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches
I like e10 more than other fuels ... Because it drives everyone nuts!!!! :flipoff:
I'd say the man likes his E10. :icon_rolleyes:
His e10 ass better be worried cause I'm coming down to show him how a real Qld last poster wins rolls. Sydney bound bitches.
Errrr... back to the wall Janxy, Slips sounds serious!
So when's your very last tank of E10 running out to be replaced by normal 95 premium then hey? :flipoff:
When they stop making it..... Or ... If the bike suffers a sudden catastrophic failure that is directly and solely attributed to e10 ....
....
Slips doesn't worry me .... He's like one of those 'guard' Pomeranian dogs that old ladies keep in their houses.... Lot of barking and eyeball action happening ... But offer only a serious threat to your shoelaces! :flipoff:
Fee fie fo fum I smell the blood of an e10 drinking Sydney man
Politically driven fools paradise. :icon_neutral:
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oh just to be clear also... not having a go ... im not using e10 'to save the planet' or 'be politically correct/toe the global warming line' ... or even to help the farmers that produce the stuff that makes the ethanol ... fark all of that!!
a: because i can! .. and its entertaining watching everyone wave their particular 'flag' about it .. :flipoff:
b: because it is cheaper by several cents at times (where i fill up) .. and even though its only a few bucks... i NEED those bucks right now/this year !! :icon_rolleyes:
c: because everyone i actually ask in person says "well 'they' say its bad for engines" :technical: who the frag is 'they' ?? :technical: .. one bloke showed me 'damage from using ethanol' ... which looked just like 'damage from anything else possible' :dunno_black:
d: because im running my own 'test' with it and have suffered no problems so far! .. it 'feels' smoother riding? .. subjective - i know! :angel:
e: because i ran it on nothing but 98 for a year too .. and noticed only a 'slight' improvement over standard non ethanol fuel - subjective again :icon_mrgreen:
f: because ... every 'independant' study i HAVE seen .. is either pro or anti backed/funded at some level .. but i dont really give a crap what the study says when with my own eyes and brain i can detect no 'bad' from using it... that may be to come, but i'm likely to try and find 'ethanol rated' seals/rings/lines etc AND STILL use it! O0
Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 31, 2013, 04:54:47 PM
Fee fie fo fum I smell the blood of an e10 drinking Sydney man
.. and Slips... im not from sydney ... never have been... i dont hate the place but i wouldnt live there for a bet! ...
call me a sydney man again and i'll biatch slap you so hard your face will likely fall clean off!! ;) :flipoff:
like this!!!
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Your a Sydney Buddha Loves You janx with a bondi body. Far from manly hahahahahaha :flipoff: :flipoff:
Hahahhaha ....
.... And on a completely separate note ....
Bahahahahaaaa hahahhaha hahahha hahahhahaha .... Ow now my belly and ribs hurt...
:D
I run 95, 98 tends to foul my plugs in traffic. 91 pings when she gets nice and hot.
E10 is supposedly less economical and saps some power... but I can't comment as I've never used it...
Here in the USA you use ethanol or risk imprisonment.
We are introducing the forced use of E15 and the AMA is fighting it based on engine damage.
I despise the government.... :2guns: NOT the fuel it self.
She smoky down at bondi now hey. The girls aren't bad either
Quote from: peteGS on November 01, 2013, 05:13:46 AM
I run 95, 98 tends to foul my plugs in traffic. 91 pings when she gets nice and hot.
E10 is supposedly less economical and saps some power... but I can't comment as I've never used it...
yeah .. havent noticed it though :dunno_black: ... not in the gs500! ... the power is the power! ... i never noticed a huge difference from 95 to 98 to e10 .. the economy?? .. umm... it still seems to give me the same amount of kms per tank... which is hard enough to quantify since im not slabbing/commuting/hyper-miling anyway... the economy varies with my wrist twist!?
i could dyno it .. a nodding aquaintance does have a bike dyno ... but havent bothered so far... the bike still puts out enough smooth usable power to keep me happy... whatever the level of it is... :icon_mrgreen:
maybe next year when some debts are done .. and the youngest daughter will probably want to ride the GS .. (she indicated a keen interest in a bike licence recently :D :thumb: ) ... then i'll just have to go out and get myself another bike i think! ... Yamaha MT09 :icon_twisted:
then i will be able to try a ride with more and different type of power ... O0
Quote from: Janx101 on November 01, 2013, 06:38:03 PMthen i'll just have to go out and get myself another bike i think! ... Yamaha MT09 :icon_twisted:
then i will be able to try a ride with more and different type of power ... O0
Just dont buy a Bimmer
Go the V-Strom :thumb:
Or a Harley :dunno_black:
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Wish that spray worked on harley riders!
Quote from: Zookmang on November 02, 2013, 01:54:15 AM
Wish that spray worked on harley riders!
I think a Fukk You is in order there? Or did you mean regular Harley Riders
Plus 1 for the VStrom :thumb:
Plus 1 for Finally having internet again since my last visit three days ago or whatever it was before it decided it didn't want to work for whatever Upgrade System Downtime BS they spouted.
Plus 1 for Carb Bowl premature death from E10 fuels.
Beanbag - check
Popcorn - check
Refreshing beverage - check
:icon_twisted:
I've just bought a nice new Yamaha FZ1S. It is just a little bit quicker than the GS. 150hp vs 44hp might have something to do with that.
Work has introduced free sqwincher ice pops. Girls walks around twice a day handing them out to keep us hydrated, cool and full of electrolytes.
A Few Key Points...
1.) I'm a Harley owner, NOT a Harley rider.
2.) No 3 cylinder Yamahas allowed, Period!
3.) Whatever you buy, it must have heated grips or you ain't sh!t. :nono:
BTW: Greeting mister. Good to see you jump in.
Quote from: Electrojake on November 01, 2013, 05:15:42 AM
Here in the USA you use ethanol or risk imprisonment.
We are introducing the forced use of E15 and the AMA is fighting it based on engine damage.
I despise the government.... :2guns: NOT the fuel it self.
know the funny thing is it will cost roughly 6 us per gallon to produce something they sell for a bit more than half that.
Assaulting the senses
So ... You having a period over 3 cyl yamahas then EJ .. :icon_sad:
I'm getting one anyway ... Eventually ... And I'm gonna have fun on it! :flipoff:
What about 4 cylinder yamahas? I wanna eventually get me an XJR1300, nothing wrong with that bike! :)
Mmmmm 1300 is goodness! ... Gonna turbo that sucka? :icon_twisted:
Only if I wish to die seconds after mounting it! They're fast enough as it is I reckon. Though i guess you'd die with a massive smile on your face if you did turbo it! :)
Oh dear... Zooky ... All this time .... Fast is not a killer ... It's stopping suddenly up against the landscape or solid objects that fucks you up!!
True, don't like my chances with a tree or a roadside barrier at 300kmh though! :icon_lol:
Then go 301km......problem solved
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Naked 1300... music to my ear-plugged ears
***BREAKING NEWS***
Through the freedom of information act, we have discovered some disturbing news...... storms have been outlawed in South East Queensland. This is due to their nature of travelling in groups or "gangs" of storms, creating widespread destruction and generally showing a blatant disregard for people and property. Any storms found in SEQ will be deprived of their inflows, have any moisture found on them taken away, and sent out to sea
XJR1300? :embarassed:
We're not aloud to have them here un the USA.
No, really. We can't buy theme here. :icon_neutral:
Piss me off!
We're not aloud to have the damn GS500"E" either. WTF? :bs:
Quote from: Electrojake on November 02, 2013, 10:25:05 PM
Piss me off!
We're not aloud to have the damn GS500"E" either. WTF? :bs:
Yeah but, you can carry a 45/70 strapped across the front of your bike, a 44 as a visible side arm and not wear helmets.
Saw an ep of American guns where a bloke had a cut down 1887 mounted on the handlebars or his Harley so he could shoot on the move
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Quote from: Zookmang on November 02, 2013, 05:33:54 PM
True, don't like my chances with a tree or a roadside barrier at 300kmh though! :icon_lol:
Hrrrrm ... I've had an idea! ... Your mention of 300k ... My mention of turbo ....
Wonder if ... When I get debts cleared and some money saved in next year or so...
.. Let's see ... A somewhat beat up but mechanically good 1300 ... A Garrett set to about 18 lbs ... Western Syd Dragway ... Oh yeah, a large ... Ahem .. EXTRA large set of leathers...
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!! :icon_twisted:
There was a turbo + EFI kit for a GS500 on eBay they other week...
Anyone want mein fuerer's address and phone numbers?
Quote from: peteGS on November 03, 2013, 03:29:02 AM
There was a turbo + EFI kit for a GS500 on eBay they other week...
Interesting! ... But... Hmmm... I DO happen to have that spare motor I got from UNSANE.... :icon_twisted:
However... If I had a choice .. It'd be a 1300 ish motor to drag... You gonna run the strip then you RUN the strip! :D
Finding Bigfoot Logic....
BFRO team.... wood knocks is a bigfoot wrning the others there are people around to stay scarce.
What do the BFRO do? They do Wood Knocks in the hopes of luring a bigfoot.
There is a woodknock over there, what shall we do? We shall walk away from it, from the creature we are looking for and hope it follows us.
I just want to slap them.
Quote from: mister on November 03, 2013, 04:06:01 AM
Finding Bigfoot Logic....
BFRO team.... wood knocks is a bigfoot wrning the others there are people around to stay scarce.
What do the BFRO do? They do Wood Knocks in the hopes of luring a bigfoot.
There is a woodknock over there, what shall we do? We shall walk away from it, from the creature we are looking for and hope it follows us.
I just want to slap them.
Oh don't get me going on the 'squatch' finders!!
I get a sore throat every week from yelling at the TV when the missus watches it!!
Farken imbeciles!!
Quote from: Janx101 on November 03, 2013, 04:14:16 AM
Oh don't get me going on the 'squatch' finders!!
Farken imbeciles!!
+1
Saw the episode when they were in Aust. Darn near peed their pants with all the wildlife goings on in our bush at night. They did not manage to call in a Yowie.
Now wait! Your saying Sasquatch isn't real?
Don't be so foolish as to put him on the same list as UFOs and the Jersey Devil. :nono:
I like the Yowie crossing sign on the Mt Lindsay Hwy near the border :thumb:
Janx, if I had a Kat already and a spare $1K I would've been all over that EFI + turbo kit. Then got me another 450 motor and some 500 barrels and had some fun :cheers: :woohoo:
Quote from: Electrojake on November 03, 2013, 08:01:41 AM
Now wait! Your saying Sasquatch isn't real?
Don't be so foolish as to put him on the same list as UFOs and the Jersey Devil. :nono:
Dunno about the others .. But I'm not commenting on the reality or not of a Sasquatch .... Just making the observation that the people on the show and their methods when actually out in the field are way past laughable... It's like watching a herd of blind elephants navigate their way through a antique shop!! :icon_rolleyes:
Now ... I'm skeptical that Sasquatch exists ... And especially in some of the places they go looking... However there is some big badass landscape out there and it could hide a semi intelligent being.... If someone turns up with a Sasquatch I'll be more 'cool' than 'argh!' ... But I think I'm not really in for any surprises soon!
Quote from: Janx101 on November 03, 2013, 01:25:09 PM
If someone turns up with a Sasquatch I'll be more 'cool' than 'argh!' ...
But I think I'm not really in for any surprises soon!
Janx, Your too reasonable for LPW.
We need drama and controversy.
Slips... back me up here, eh? :icon_razz:
Yeah I'm here
Ah, Slips...
Its soon to be winter here in the Northeast USA. I'm sure glad I have "heated grips"
If I could put power windows & door locks on my bike, I sure would. :thumb:
I believe "heat" is a bit more common over there in Aussie Land then here in the US Northeast.
Just saying.
Yeah I only need electric wondows n mirrors on my car. The heated grips and electric start and electronic direct fuel injection and anti lock breaks are enough electric wizz bangadry for me for now
Quote from: Electrojake on November 03, 2013, 02:14:00 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on November 03, 2013, 01:25:09 PM
If someone turns up with a Sasquatch I'll be more 'cool' than 'argh!' ...
But I think I'm not really in for any surprises soon!
Janx, Your too reasonable for LPW.
We need drama and controversy.
Slips... back me up here, eh? :icon_razz:
sometimes lately i have to keep myself reasonable.... because if i let the unravel start ... you'll be hearing about it on CNN!! :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: Janx101 on November 03, 2013, 06:26:19 PM
sometimes lately i have to keep myself reasonable.... because if i let the unravel start ... you'll be hearing about it on CNN!! :icon_rolleyes:
Understood!I get the same way when I'm foolish enough to get involved in a conversation on the hopeless state of American politics. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.websleuths.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Femotbanghead.gif&hash=dc90411c8a68c6a7bb550e3767c5f4dfd209aa46)
Odd as it may seem, LPW is actually my sanity-check.
yep yep!! .. its 'our kind of crazy' ... consistent and smooth .. like potato mash moonshine!
:D
Yep great day today
HTFU boys and girls, no need for heated anything on my 450! Oh except the inner left leg, that has an automatic heater :thumb:
Sorry Pete your one of us now
Yup...
At some point you'll just toss your self respect to the wind and jump into the mud with the rest of us. :icon_rolleyes:
Only difference is my grips are heated so I'm sweet
well your grips may be heated ... the other bit ... nah!
Um... Hot Hands means what? :dunno_black:
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i'm thinking he may have hot sweaty hands... kinda ...
like this ..
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That's the perfect analargy for you there janx
did you just say .. .analargy ??
you got anal on your mind again huh... take another lithium .. you'll feel better!
Nah ill do another line if wizz fizz
Meh... pointless post time... thought I was getting pulled over yesterday while out for a little ride... 4 coppers in a 4wd turned left onto the street I was turning right out of, then immediately pulled over to the side of the road after all 4 heads in the cabin swivelled in my direction... then continued on :dunno_black:
Quote from: peteGS on November 05, 2013, 12:39:39 PM
Meh... pointless post time... thought I was getting pulled over yesterday while out for a little ride... 4 coppers in a 4wd turned left onto the street I was turning right out of, then immediately pulled over to the side of the road after all 4 heads in the cabin swivelled in my direction... then continued on :dunno_black:
That's called a "scope out" Pete.
You've been tagged as a possible source of revenue for the local patrol.
Ride easy my friend, ride easy. :whisper:
Man forum is slowing down
So I hear that NJ re-elected the governor. In other news, I'm finally going back to OH tomorrow after being gone almost a week. Michigan and Virginia were fun, but it's time to go back to my roots.
Not actually Slips...
Ya' see, the faster you move through time, the slower things appear to move which are fixed in the normal time-space continuum.
It's actually rather simple. Here, take a look for yourself. . .
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Simplify and divide ej
Quote from: Electrojake on November 05, 2013, 05:48:41 PM
Quote from: peteGS on November 05, 2013, 12:39:39 PM
Meh... pointless post time... thought I was getting pulled over yesterday while out for a little ride... 4 coppers in a 4wd turned left onto the street I was turning right out of, then immediately pulled over to the side of the road after all 4 heads in the cabin swivelled in my direction... then continued on :dunno_black:
I remember picking up 2 litre cokes for pizza place I had worked at. in my crown vic, had 48 of them. I knew the one cop I had worked with. other guy was a trainee. he pulls me over, friend says, you have anything in this vehicle we should know about?, I pulled keys out of ignition ( car remains running, hand them to trainee, said, well sir you've got me, the trunk is full of coke. friend looks at me, look sayin , " arron you for real or you bein a smarta$$ I said, a smart a$$ of course ;) the pissed off look of the trainee when he came back around was priceless.
That's called a "scope out" Pete.
You've been tagged as a possible source of revenue for the local patrol.
Ride easy my friend, ride easy. :whisper:
Quote from: jestercinti on November 05, 2013, 06:04:22 PM
So I hear that NJ re-elected the governor. In other news, I'm finally going back to OH tomorrow after being gone almost a week. Michigan and Virginia were fun, but it's time to go back to my roots.
Ah Jester my good man. I see you've returned from tramping around the countryside.
On the short-list. . .
1.) Yes, Fat-boy has been re-elected as Gov of NJ.
2.) Are you on company business... or running from the law? :dunno_black:
3.) How's Cincinnati in the winter? When I lived in Lockbourne, Ohio it was cold & damp. Sun seldom came out.
As you can see, while you've been gone we've been discussing quantum physics and such.
-Ej-
Quote from: Electrojake on November 05, 2013, 09:05:39 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on November 05, 2013, 06:04:22 PM
So I hear that NJ re-elected the governor. In other news, I'm finally going back to OH tomorrow after being gone almost a week. Michigan and Virginia were fun, but it's time to go back to my roots.
Ah Jester my good man. I see you've returned from tramping around the countryside.
On the short-list. . .
1.) Yes, Fat-boy has been re-elected as Gov of NJ.
2.) Are you on company business... or running from the law? :dunno_black:
3.) How's Cincinnati in the winter? When I lived in Lockbourne, Ohio it was cold & damp. Sun seldom came out.
As you can see, while you've been gone we've been discussing quantum physics and such.
-Ej-
seems all politicians are kinda tubbly lol. a sign of eating well Eh?
Well ej hasn't been shot this is good
in other news ... despite a bobble .. well more of a cheesecake slice or two .. in the least week or so... body weight continues downwards! :)
.. not as quick as i initially thought it might .. but thats ok... been working on the truck lifting furniture lately and figure i am putting some muscle mass back on also...
.. but .. working on the truck with the felt type pads/blankets for the furniture means i get a regular wad of belly button fluff... which i pick out with glee :laugh: .. and throw at the kids! :angel:
anyway ... i noticed just now that my index fingertip can make it all the way to the bottom/button bit? of my belly button again! .. aint done that in a year or so!! .. neato!! :D
... that should make a nice counterpoint to EJ and his heiroglyphics above!! .. what were you thinking EJ?? .. you tryna make this place all highbrow an crap?! .. goodness me!! .. save it for the engineers bro!! :flipoff:
wonder if one was to send Herr newman a letter on some reproduced Nazi stationery. what would happen.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on November 06, 2013, 12:01:15 AM
wonder if one was to send Herr newman a letter on some reproduced Nazi stationery. what would happen.
Either .. nothing .. cos he probably already gets craploads of it! ... OR ... Ze zattelites vill be monitorink your communikations forthwith und you vill be hounded by ze authorities till you are kaput!! ;) 8)
Im bored
Scoped out huh? Typical! Unmolested on the commute today... I'm still waiting for a bikie to get done under the new laws and for them to do the high court challenge... I reckon the laws will be out faster than you can say Herr Newman!
Surveillance oz funny as f%$k
I think I missed something...
The last few pages of this thread have been perfect.
Simply perfect.
Now we're making progress.
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I'm a rooster illusion
I got ya' brother... :thumb:
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From another mother or a cupboard?
I was kinda' wondering if it was a pet, or his dinner? :dunno_black:
Kinda wondering wtf is going on here? :dunno_white:
Where the hell is Jester?
These Ohio Yanks can be a problem. :2guns:
Quote from: Janx101 on November 06, 2013, 12:12:07 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on November 06, 2013, 12:01:15 AM
wonder if one was to send Herr newman a letter on some reproduced Nazi stationery. what would happen.
Either .. nothing .. cos he probably already gets craploads of it! ... OR ... Ze zattelites vill be monitorink your communikations forthwith und you vill be hounded by ze authorities till you are kaput!! ;) 8)
Meh the dumfuk would have to figure out how to cross an ocean first. then find who sent it. I know some german, I know plenty more who are fluent in it. meh idk, I try to be a good boy, sometimes like this im tempted not tobe
I'm tired
Hey slips you wanna tell us something?
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BFRO... we are chasing a very skittish animal. So what we'll do is... we'll fly loud helicopters around during the daytime (filming us from above) and set off gunshot-sounding fireworks in the night. And that should draw them in for a look...
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaa!!! ...Squatch Gold!! ... Easier to find an honest politician!
I'll think you'll find that hard to find
Especially when discharging firearms...
Nah that's easy
Firearms? That's a Yank obsession, no? :dunno_black:
Nah way us Aussies love our guns. Since the port Arthur massacre we have re armed ourselves with as many guns that got surrendered.
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Dave's not here...
:icon_lol: :thumb: ... Awesome!
Jester you hotel hopping scooter tramp...
Show up and post!
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oh come on EJ!! .. you mean you dont know the 'Daves not here' skit?
its legend!!
.. you must know it!! :dunno_black:
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Damn, I need to take a bike ride real bad.
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Saturday I got to hang a new nose on my daughters Civic before I can even think of going out. <gasp>
It'll be cold, dark, and windy by the time I'm done with the car and Sunday is looking overcast, 4C temperatures, and 42kph winds. <sigh>
You people that get to ride anytime you wish piss me off.
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Yeah days are longer girls wear skimpier stuff
Ah, like the fly on the toilet seat... piss right off :thumb:
Getting close to the ink drying. Sadly, my cage is rougher than a night in jail...and I need a car a bit more than a bike, but I see two new vehicles in 2014. Fvck yes!
Quote from: jestercinti on November 09, 2013, 05:40:22 AM
Getting close to the ink drying. Sadly, my cage is rougher than a night in jail...and I need a car a bit more than a bike, but I see two new vehicles in 2014. Fvck yes!
I'll assume you made it back to Cincinnati.
And... Ink drying? :dunno_black:
Yes I am back in Cincinnati
Ink drying= Financial restrictions by the courts being lifted including buying large ticket items such as a house, a car, a bike, etc.
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Can I send you a hair drier to get it to dry quicker jester?
OK Jester. But you need to keep us up to date on your personal affairs.
Remember; this is LPW and we are woven into the fabric of your very existence.
And I'll guess that a better automobile is first on your list?
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So we have these new laws in the state. The premier says we all support the new laws.
I think this might suggest otherwise...
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Innocent until prove guilty?
What a concept. Sheer genius. :icon_rolleyes:
Lost to the sands of time. Oh btw janx you little Smartass don't make me come down there are slap you silly
EJ, wife turned toxic. Had to get rid if her. Divorce is a civil suit against the other party.
Jestercinti: plaintiff
Her: defendant
Then the judge fvcks everything up.
Let the perry mason talk begin.
Get the guy that got Jackson and Simpson off his good lol
Quote from: jestercinti on November 09, 2013, 06:07:21 PM
EJ, wife turned toxic. Had to get rid if her. Divorce is a civil suit against the other party.
Jestercinti: plaintiff
Her: defendant
Then the judge fvcks everything up.
We'll put Jester.
Thanks for the clarification.
Dayum just sayin behind the dumpster
Where was that survey Mister? Interesting to see what I expected in print...
Of course the hooning laws are now just as stupid.
Apparently, if you accelerate faster than the surrounding traffic you are now a hoon. WTF?
Cool!! ... That means my 25 year old truck was a hoon machine this least week!! ... Coming back to depot empty and I gunned it and ran through all 10 gears to jump ahead of a couple buses and a caravan!!
Badass crapbox Truck!! :icon_twisted: :woohoo: :thumb:
You hoon! Careful or you'll get the crapbox truck impounded!
Hoon: A derogatory term used in Australia to refer to anyone who engages in loutish, anti-social behaviors.
In particular, it is used to refer to one who drives a car or boat in a manner which is anti-social by the standards of contemporary society.
So what overlords are privileged with the task of deciding exactly where the line in drawn on "normal" vs. "hoon" behavior?
Do they wear Brown-Shirts by chance? <cough-cough>
Achieving a Socialist Utopia...
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They're blue shirts over here EJ, and yeah that's the problem... all these new laws are becoming so vague that it is up to subjective discretion instead of being a plain black and white objective rule, so they are open to misinterpretation and abuse.
The idiots in charge genuinely believe that no cop would abuse or misinterpret a law, so it means innocent people will be penalised by these laws and find themselves in a position where they suddenly have to prove themselves innocent which is the exact opposite of how things should be. The average Joe doesn't have the funds to fight something like that, only the real criminals have that sort of money, so again they will get away with it and the average Joe will get screwed.
Politicians suck!
Quote from: peteGS on November 10, 2013, 12:34:52 PM
They're blue shirts over here EJ, and yeah that's the problem... all these new laws are becoming so vague that it is up to subjective discretion instead of being a plain black and white objective rule, so they are open to misinterpretation and abuse.
The idiots in charge genuinely believe that no cop would abuse or misinterpret a law, so it means innocent people will be penalised by these laws and find themselves in a position where they suddenly have to prove themselves innocent which is the exact opposite of how things should be. The average Joe doesn't have the funds to fight something like that, only the real criminals have that sort of money, so again they will get away with it and the average Joe will get screwed.
Politicians suck!
Exactly Pete.
I want a safe society too. I got a wife and kids, etc... Public safety is cool but...
But when I have to protect my family more from the law then from the occasional hooligan... Well, then something is very wrong. :nono:
Win
Place
or Draw. :thumb:
It's show EJ. Horse racing. Jersey people ...
Oh sh!t. :oops: I don't get out much Jester. Either way, I knew it was something like that.
Yeah, like for instance... I frequently work on equipment in Atlantic City but have never been in a casino or on that famous boardwalk.
Thanks buddy!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on November 09, 2013, 06:04:04 PM
Lost to the sands of time. Oh btw janx you little Smartass don't make me come down there are slap you silly
Don't threaten him with a good time Eh?
Oh I aint fooling yamma
Can you slap me in reverse somehow? .... For less silly? :flipoff:
Would that be an un-slap then?
I got nothin' to add... except to say that I keep reading posts on the Kat forum and watching vid's of blokes out on their Kats... man I need a Kat!
Supposed to be concrete laying weekend this weekend but not sure if the weather will permit it...
I'll slap you three ways from Thursday
Cool it's only Tuesday...
Tell ya what I'll let you film it
Quote from: peteGS on November 11, 2013, 12:36:52 PM
Cool it's only Tuesday...
So it's tomorrow in Aussieland? :icon_eek:
OK Jester smarty-pants, if it's the same time everyplace in New Jersey, why is it tomorrow where peteGS lives?
Just saying. I think is a damn good question.
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Even though Janx is testing out the new MT09 and is being a shaZam! stirring c@%t I still like him enough to do this.
EJ, something about space time continuum and the international date line.
That or Chris Christie's reelection campaign.
Cheers Slips! .... And now I want sandwiches! ... Damn!
Quote from: jestercinti on November 11, 2013, 06:25:32 PM
EJ, something about space time continuum and the international date line.
That or Chris Christie's reelection campaign.
Thanks Jester. That actually cleared thing up quite a bit.
Closing thought...
Over the last 3 weeks, I'd say you and I been spending the exact same amount of time on a motorcycle. :icon_neutral:
I'm reduced to watching the Aussie's videos and making believe i'm riding.
<sigh>
I'll try n keep you stocked up then ej
Quote from: jestercinti on November 11, 2013, 06:25:32 PM
EJ, something about space time continuum and the international date line.
That or Chris Christie's reelection campaign.
Naah st barack replaced the atomic clock in Colorado with a Chinese model.
African or European?
Dammit!! .. When will this thing go down?? :icon_twisted: :icon_rolleyes:
... Today I went for a 15 min test on a Yamaha MT09 ... :icon_eek: :D .. Coulda rode longer but with weather closing in fast I elected to get back into the dealers shed before the tyres with less than 100km on them met the wet bitumen ...
<whack whack whack with a cold spoon!!> .... Anyone ... If you see one of these available for a test ride ... Just try it.... I don't care if you don't buy it... Just try it!!
Still love my trusty GS500 long time! ... But it's like doing surgery with a cold chisel and hammer ... Compared to the laser scalpel of modern tech!! ... Astonishing! :thumb:
So what your saying is that riding the mt09 is like the scene from Prometheus where the chick gets the alien cut out of her and your gs is like tom hanks in castaway doing his own dentistry with a couple of rocks? :2guns:
Ummm ... Prometheus.. Didn't see it.. Hang on.. Wonders of the internet...
Errrr ... Weird ... You think strange Slips! ..
But maybe my bad analogy too ...
I felt like Ironman in the latest suit! ... Like Batman in the Tumbler!...
... Not like George Jetson in the original series! ;)
I'm not knocking my GS ... Just startled in the difference between the two machines :thumb:
Go watch the movie janx then come back to me
I watched the surgery scene on YT ... :dunno_black:
Yeah so the robot surgery is the mt09 and tom hanks castaway self dentistry with rocks is the gs500
Yeah ok ... The robot surgery while precise was still a little slow moving and gory.... And it was a rock and a ice skate blade ;) :flipoff:
...
Oh and for the older types here ... 80's movie ... Firefox ... Felt like Mitchell Gant putting the MiG31 through its paces!! :D
Same thing janx your gs is a caveman with a rock
im the caveman .. its the rock! :D
Tough as a rock too, like the Ag bike it is! :)
Nothing compared to my precise german thermonuclear missile
so that's what you calol your ****s Eh?
chocolate submarine
Don't make me send a drop bear yamma
Speaking of chocolate submarines... my poor big 16 year old kitty is off at the vet recovering after getting a section of his colon removed last night.
Lots of stress as he's never had anesthetic before and he's a bit sensitive to his vaccinations but they called last night to say the operation went well and he was just waking up after having it done :thumb:
If time allows I'll pop out at lunch today and give him a cuddle, probably won't be home until Friday or Saturday...
Quote from: peteGS on November 13, 2013, 12:35:57 PM
Speaking of chocolate submarines... my poor big 16 year old kitty is off at the vet recovering after getting a section of his colon removed last night.
Pics? :dunno_black:
Errrr... no, definitely no pic's of that!
Went and saw him today, rather doped out and sleepy but prognosis is good that he will make a quick recovery and hopefully be home tomorrow :thumb:
God ej that's just too far
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Classic!
Delayed double post, I win! :cheers: :woohoo:
Perhaps a pic after kitty is home again? :dunno_black:
Geez next addy will be here catting up the place
Kitty? Like the progressive insurance girl?
You get her too?
heres a kitty cat ! :icon_twisted:
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No that's a bimbo in a suit
So I see Janx was kind enough to post a pic of Pete's cat.
Thank you Janx.
All I wanted was to see what Pete's kitty looked like. :dunno_black:
PS: who shaved her tail?
Our girl is called Flo. Yours talks to dolphins.
die dolphin! says space cat,.............
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I shall endeavour to organise a pic of my kitty EJ... he's a little shaven in spots at the moment though and isn't looking his best... but so far he's a much happier kitty :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on November 15, 2013, 01:57:28 PM
I shall endeavour to organise a pic of my kitty EJ... he's a little shaven in spots at the moment though and isn't looking his best... but so far he's a much happier kitty :thumb:
Thank you Sir.
A real photo of a real kitty.
It's long overdue in this thread. :icon_rolleyes:
Blah
Wha? No pus$y pictures. :dunno_black:
You want kitty cat ej go tell your wife to undress
Here he is post op, still has his pain killing patch on the back of his neck. He's a hell of a lot happier than he has been for many months and is purring just about non stop :thumb:
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That's one unimpressed kitty
Nah he's just a bit off his chops on the pain killer patch... still a little wobbly on his legs too... Patch comes off tomorrow, stitches come out next Monday and then he should be even happier again.
Distinguished looking Cat! :thumb:
Your attachment to that cat is impressive.
Hope he lives a long healthy life. :cheers:
And thanks for the pics!
Distinguished indeed! He's a top fella :thumb:
EJ, my wife effectively delivered him when he was born, then had to mother him quite a lot as he had to be separated from his mother for a bit due to a health scare, so he's quite the family man now. It's hard to believe he was only 3 years old when I met him and now he's 16!
hrmmm ... just browsing through the 'show recent unread posts since last visit' ...
noticed this ..
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its all getting very biblical!! :flipoff:
Uh huh
hey guys!! .. theres a book about Slips after his paintball matches!! ... :icon_twisted:
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Yeah no janx
Quote from: peteGS on November 14, 2013, 04:57:07 AM
Errrr... no, definitely no pic's of that!
Went and saw him today, rather doped out and sleepy but prognosis is good that he will make a quick recovery and hopefully be home tomorrow :thumb:
GOD love that cat :), it will need all the attention you can throw in its direction :) but theyre heary animals they can deal with a lot.
-House
Janxy, that's gold my friend! Love it :thumb: :bowdown:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on November 18, 2013, 12:59:12 AM
Quote from: peteGS on November 14, 2013, 04:57:07 AM
Errrr... no, definitely no pic's of that!
Went and saw him today, rather doped out and sleepy but prognosis is good that he will make a quick recovery and hopefully be home tomorrow :thumb:
GOD love that cat :), it will need all the attention you can throw in its direction :) but theyre heary animals they can deal with a lot.
-House
Attention he has been getting, and will definitely get more of... got his pain killing patch off tonight and now he loves to be scratched on his bald bits... haha
He's a happy little chappy and it's great to have him back and happy again :thumb: :cheers: :woohoo:
Hmmmm another delayed double post... WTF is going on here? Everyone's rather quiet... no Mister or Cods for a while either?
Quote from: peteGS on November 18, 2013, 12:22:46 PM
Hmmmm another delayed double post... WTF is going on here? Everyone's rather quiet... no Mister or Cods for a while either?
Cods is busy. On a mission of sorts. The humble V-Strom can do that to a man.
And mister... It's difficult to say, being a fellow of unique interests and such. :dunno_black:
As for Jester, hah! Travel, booze, and women!
Post
Ummm .... Fencing wire?
Ehh I think betty is busy not working, and cods, idk. a good fella, just posts when hes got somethingconstructive to add. ( often, but delays are minor :) )
Yep
Well, I guess as long as we get an occasional cat post we'll be OK way over here in not so new Jersey.
I wish cats upon New Jersey
My neighbor's cat pleasantly shits in my garden daily.
Cigarette smokers, pet owners, and people that have large (unmaintained) trees on their property. :mad:
Man, I feel a rant coming on...
BTW: Can't blame the trees or animals if their human is fuked up.
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Meow
This looks lonely ...... It's cryptic eh!
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Don't worry Ej, our cats live inside :thumb: We respect the outside wildlife's right to be there too!
Rode to work for the first time since Thursday today... man that is so much better than the train! Had a bit of a wild ride home... chased an old fella on an old Honda CB something that looked in pretty good nick... wanted to say g'day and nice to see another old beast on the road, but he turned off...
Hoboken Janx? I get my eye glasses there. Man, you cover a lot of area!
A cat for me? Perhaps after I retire.
Too much traffic in my house for now. Plus my son's girlfriend has a Great Dane sized Black Lab that I occasionally care for.
If I do get a cat, I want a house cat, not a street tramp.
I'll also need some cat owner training from you people. :dunno_black:
House cat is the way to go EJ :thumb:
And don't worry, cats will show the Lab who's boss and keep it under control too :police:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill <<<<clicky
Death to cats except the ones I like
Ink dry related to stuff and finances.
What bike should I buy?
Quote from: Electrojake on November 20, 2013, 06:00:54 AM
Hoboken Janx? I get my eye glasses there. Man, you cover a lot of area!
My search engine eyes see over the lands and across the skies!! ;) :icon_lol:
and to the world at large .. or at least a offshore euro-continental part of it ;)
... least i just use it mostly for humour and trying to understand what people mean .. using it to appear 'wiser than the whole world' whilst having no
proven hands on experience .. that would be like a Buddha Loves You slappin offence! :icon_rolleyes:
"being able to quote shakespear does not make a person the bard himself" :D
Quote from: jestercinti on November 20, 2013, 05:13:34 PM
Ink dry related to stuff and finances.
What bike should I buy?
that which your heart most desires... making allowances for potential budget and how long you want to live on ramen noodles! :D
Honda CB1100 I'm thinking.
Quote from: jestercinti on November 20, 2013, 05:13:34 PM
What bike should I buy?
Jester my good man, you have come to the right place.
I think Janx said it perfectly! How deep of a hole would you like to dig? :icon_mrgreen:
BTW: A brand new bike? Bless you Jester. :bowdown: and :thumb:
Cbr500
The new Suzuki GW250 (called the little B-King).
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Oh f%$k no
It's a $4k Inazuma! I vote CB1100, it's a truly gorgeous machine, shame Suzuki don't make anything comparable these days. Alternately, what about a Yamaha XJR1300?
Suzuki bandit 1200? ... Not comparable? :confused:
Mt09
Well of course he could love a MT09 ... I thought he was more into the retro styling of the CB Hondas and such ... Not the modern Laser Scalpel of styling and giggle inducing power that is the Yamaha MT09 !! ..... From around $7,990 in the US so I'm told! :icon_twisted:
Looking at all options at the moment. Sadly, need a cage before a bike. Need to crunch the numbers again.
Now Jester, you do not want a Honda, you want a Suzuki. Problem solved.
Brand new? Nah, you want an early to mid '80's Suzuki... something that was ahead of its time and formed somewhat of a cult following...
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Ohhhhhh no
Slips.. can you dash over and give Pete his pill? ... i think he is about to get all foamy again! ;) :icon_lol:
Ahem...
Jester, go back and read my post. I'll save you some money and maybe your life.
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guys guys guys!!..
ive got it sorted for jester eh! ..
bit of comfort and power for the cage
http://www.cincyautos.calls.net/used/Audi/2001-Audi-S8-3968d3f30a0a00de491deb1decea77e9.htm
and his currently preferred bike?
http://www.hondaoffairfield.com/2013-Honda-CB1100-ABS-inventory.htm?ID=18122135&Brand=16&Type=1787&fm=1#/0
... sorted! ... ;) :cookoo: :icon_lol:
now i can rest for a few mins!
Hell Janx... That may actually work for em'
A sexy used car and a muscular new bike. :thumb:
No we start a donation thread and get addy to build a franken bike
Great idea Slips.
We can base it on an old Moto Guzzi so we know it will be ugly as hell.
Junk Yard Wars style :cheers:
found a theoretical Donor! ;) .. but i think the chick might want to restore it herself?? its an old 'thread/page' though
http://themotolady.com/post/3235972263/rustythepolicebike
"1973 Guzzi Eldorado Police named "Rusty"- just look at that fairing!
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or
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or
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so MANY possibilities!! :D
oh ive got a new superpower too apparently.. :icon_rolleyes: :icon_neutral:
i think 'hmmm id love to go for a ride this afternoon.. just roll out for the sheer fun of it!!' ...
then this happens
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which makes me ..
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...
on and nyah! Pete .. i got todays delayed double post!! :flipoff:
They have forecasts for predicting those kinda things y'know! :flipoff:
yes i know!!! .. and you ever notice how often the forecast is all munted up!!?? ..
thats cos of my superpower!!... and when i think i'll go for a nice relaxing and joyful ride on the bike!! ..... :icon_razz: :flipoff: :flipoff:
had to change a light bulb. #homeduties
My gosh, sometimes writing in here is like being on twitter, in thread form. Instead of following heaps of people, those people do their random tweets in one place and we all go there. Like human theatre in text #humantheatre
#firstworldproblems
Haha yeah that sucks Janxy! And congrats on the delayed double post... that takes talent! :cheers:
Now Jester... what makes you want a boring old soul-less Honda? I mean c'mon man... want a real bike! :flipoff:
Holy bird poop! Mister showed up at LPW,
Thought you left for good.
Just saying.
#toomanyhashtagsnotenoughspaces
Yep glad to see Mister back :thumb:
Now where's Cods?
Wheel bearing and tyre time today... man will I be glad to be rid of those cheap shaZam! bearings!
Gonna shell out for ceramics?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on November 22, 2013, 06:10:13 PM
Gonna shell out for ceramics?
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i think he was 'sleep typing' .. and random outburst again... you know.. like when a kitten is 'chasing butterflies' in its sleep.. paws twitching etc :flipoff:
but he might have meant something like this??
http://www.bocabearings.com/bearing-applications/motorcycle-bearings
For cry-sake already. High speed ceramic bearings? :icon_rolleyes:
Hey Slips!!
Missus just informed me that we having Minion for dinner!?
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???? ....
Oh wait .. She meant Mignon .. Chicken Mignon
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:icon_confused: :flipoff: ... Not a dissimilar shape though?!
Anyway ... That reminds me ...
Agent 007 and a hen are walking down the road ... he turns to the chicken and says Bond ... James Bond! ... The hen looks at him and says ... ken ... Chic ken!
cheesy! :icon_lol:
Either and or
Janx, that is such a dad joke it ain't funny. I like it....
Three guys driving a little hoon-like through the shopping main street. Cop pulls them up and ask their name.
First guy looks around and says, David, David Jones. The cop gives him a look.
Second guy looks around and says Harvey. Cops asks for last name and he says Norman. Cops gives him another "you're full of it" look.
Third guys looks around and says his name is Ken. Cop thinks "at last a proper real name" and asks for his last name to which the guy replies "tucky fried chicken"...
:icon_lol: :thumb:
.... Made a Vlog today ... And ended it by riding home home in the dark and the rain and the wind on the slightly greasy freeway! ... Loved it!
Have to buy a Christmas tree today.
Quote from: jestercinti on November 23, 2013, 06:05:43 AM
Have to buy a Christmas tree today.
Plastic or wood? Live of fake?
Fake. Real trees are not white.
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I have no xmas tree, no xmas anything and don't give gifts to anyone. Xmas sucks. Shops are full and it's a hassle just to do normal grocery shopping.
I'm with you there mister. Xmas is no longer about spending quality time with your family, it's all very commercial. I mean sh*t, santa claus as we know it was invented by the coca-cola company!
Can't wait for Xmas means spoiling the family
Ever notice there are no huge lotto draws at Xmas. In Nov and Jan for sure, but not like the last Sat before Xmas or anything. Wonder if there is an arrangement with the lotto people, otherwise peeps would buy lotto tickets instead of xmas spending. Hmmm. Conspiracy....
Anna Nicole married for love
Quote from: mister on November 23, 2013, 12:58:37 PM
I have no xmas tree, no xmas anything and don't give gifts to anyone. Xmas sucks. Shops are full and it's a hassle just to do normal grocery shopping.
Lol .. You're a bad one mister Grinch >:D>:D:))
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Also as you may notice.. Sig in post shows using tapatalk ... Learning to drive it on my temperamental samsung galaxy y duos phone.... Its . .... Better? Than the normal browser... But a but tricksy with functions as yet.... Likely to increase my randomness?!
Also .. In syd with missus today... Went to maccas for lunch.. Citrus mayo schnitzel roll .... BLECH! ...i shouldn't be surprised but this was bad even by normal low standard ...
Can you imagine the chaos if fast food outlets actually had to show the real pictures of the food that their grumpy teen employees made ?!
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Quote from: Janx101 on November 23, 2013, 09:04:01 PM
Also as you may notice.. Sig in post shows using tapatalk ... Learning to drive it on my temperamental samsung galaxy y duos phone.... Its . .... Better? Than the normal browser... But a but tricksy with functions as yet.... Likely to increase my randomness?!
Also .. In syd with missus today... Went to maccas for lunch.. Citrus mayo schnitzel roll .... BLECH! ...i shouldn't be surprised but this was bad even by normal low standard ...
Can you imagine the chaos if fast food outlets actually had to show the real pictures of the food that their grumpy teen employees made ?!
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ive not used tapacrash once on my galaxy. it helped me not once. so I did without and do just fine. but hey. whatever works for yall Eh?, and bety griping about Christmas. its a tradition. at least for the last several years. most here are used ot it lol. merry Christmas betty lol
Yes
I've resisted tapa up til now Yama ... Just where I was at the time the signal was bad and loading whole pages was getting ridiculous ... Plus it's 'free' now ...
Not as much fun as the iPad though
Possibly
LPW friends, You think you have problems...
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Ahh c'mon bro! ... That's a 10 min swap out! :thumb:
Oh no jester is trapped
Oh well all is well now
Definitely over Christmas... in fact I was over it years ago... I wish I could get away with your option Mister! I fear I would no longer be married though... it's just become an incredibly expensive and difficult waste of time these days and the weather's usually too shaZam! to jump in the pool etc. as well.
At least I'm taking a week off this year so may go for a ride, but even that is a bit shaZam! because of the tourists and extra :police:
Can't wait for next weekend though, big ride with the Kat boys :thumb:
And had my first run with some of the OzBikers crew yesterday... I can't keep up with 'em in a straight line though, missing some essential ingredients for that... like cubic centimetres of engine displacement :embarassed:
Delayed double post time :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb:
Is this a first? Delayed triple post?? :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: :flipoff:
Did I win yet? :cookoo: :flipoff: :technical: :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: O0
I better break this up before Pete gets too far ahead of himself
if he is ahead of himself .. and it involves some kind of warp field ... which one casts a shadow? .. the front? .. the second? ... neither? .. both? ......... :confused: :D
Ah yes!
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Yeah that broken thing
Milk in the warp-drive? :dunno_black:
Bovine contamination
30 oz/ 850g ribeye!!! ... mmmmmm so much steak!!! :D
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Needs beer batter fries and a garlic prawn topper or lobster with a mornay sauce
Quote from: Janx101 on November 26, 2013, 06:52:34 PM
30 oz/ 850g ribeye!!! ... mmmmmm so much steak!!! :D
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That fuken thing looks repulsive. How about a tossed salad instead? :icon_rolleyes:
Looks mighty fine to me! Maybe would be better with a fried mars bar for dessert. Drink it down with a cup of hog fat.. MMM...
Quote from: Zookmang on November 26, 2013, 09:03:30 PM
Looks mighty fine to me! Maybe would be better with a fried mars bar for dessert. Drink it down with a cup of hog fat.. MMM...
Gasp! My chest hurts. You Aussies are a tough breed.
Tough yet soft and pudgy. :)
I bet ej likes his salad tossed
That steak is from a US restaurant!
Bloody septics
It's ok, I'm beside myself now... with excitement of course!
LPW is back to "normal"... if there is such a thing in LPW... bike is going well with the new wheel bearings, clutch cable, tyre, etc... and a decent ride planned for this Sunday.
I reckon life is pretty damn good! :cheers: :woohoo:
Quote from: Janx101 on November 27, 2013, 02:54:03 AM
That steak is from a US restaurant!
Im pretty sure Michele Obama doesn't allow us to have such things.
Aren't I lucky to live in The New Socialist Utopia of the Americas.
Gotta be better than the new Socialist Republic of Queensland! At least you can ride/drive without being pulled over and asked to take your shirt off...
Yep, one of the guys I rode with on Sunday is a bike mechanic and he was pulled over yesterday, interrogated about bikie links, asked about tattoos, and then told to take his shirt off by the side of a very public main road to prove he didn't have any. Invasion of privacy? No, not here...
We here in the US are right behind you. The "people" vote and indeed are getting their social utopia.
Rules, controls, inspections, and strong-arm enforcement.
The Hoon Squad has your plate number.
And all the while it's happening the media reassures you it's all ok. Over reaching government control is good for you.
My neighbor rides a motorcycle. Obviously he's an outlaw. :dunno_black:
f%$k the f%$king coochies
:icon_eek: .. dont hedge about Slips!! .. tell us what you really think! ;) :D
Quote from: Electrojake on November 27, 2013, 01:10:39 PM
My neighbor rides a motorcycle. Obviously he's an outlaw. :dunno_black:
hey! .. i ride a motorcycle!! .. you're my neighbour? :D
or ..
hey!.. i ride a motorcycle!! ... i'm an outlaw!?!?!? :icon_idea:
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no delay double post...
256 days this thread has been running... 199 standard forum pages... thats 1.28 pages per day!!! ... still too SLOW!!!! :2guns: :technical:
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Yeah ... It's all been a bit erratic lately though.... Might be just time of year eh?
today in the youtube closed captioning dept ( from Anthony bourdain no reservations)
I grabbed a screenshot of the text lol
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Ford transit
Barefoot bowls with work today... I won two rounds... nice :thumb:
I haven't played bowls in years I must do it again sometime
I must be crazy. It's -7* C and I'm running a 10 kilometer race in an hour.
That's Mister HTFU for ya!
Quote from: jestercinti on November 28, 2013, 05:18:57 AM
I must be crazy. It's -7* C and I'm running a 10 kilometer race in an hour.
That's Mister HTFU for ya!
Meh... I liked you better when you were fat, drunk, and lazy. :icon_neutral:
Nice Jester, glad to see the concrete diet has worked out for you :thumb:
Ok, cheap shoes mean you are sore after 10k/6.33 miles of running. Jesus, I need a foot rub!
Quote from: jestercinti on November 28, 2013, 02:18:10 PM
Jesus, I need a foot rub!
Being healthy can be tiring. Even painful!
Next shoes. . Get proper shoes. .. asics or something! ... even for everyday walking. .. your feet will love you long time!
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Well Done Jester.
If I was asked to do a burlesque thing on the side of the road I would decline, thank you very much.
LPW: The clearing house for wisdom of every sort. :cool:
Burlesque? Did someone say burlesque?
http://vimeo.com/31398940
Rain today... wash going to wash the bike before the big ride tomorrow... rain should be all gone by then :thumb:
Rain sucks big time. I met joe from sons of guns yesterday that was pretty cool his a nice guy. We talked bikes cause I rode to the gun shop and he asked what bike I ride so told him the Beemer and he said wicked he wants the gs version ATM he has a 73 gs and loves it. So all good. And congrats on your run jester that's showing pure hardcore ness no more cement for you. Well I'm meant to be cleaning my bike up today for a photo shoot Tommorow morning but the rain is hampering my efforts. But on the plus side I've been leant a very cool front stand to pick the f800 up by the steering stem, and looks so simple I'm going to make a copy or 2 for me.
Quote from: Electrojake on November 29, 2013, 08:29:08 AM
LPW: The clearing house for wisdom of every sort. :cool:
¿so whats bettys excuse?
Winning
No you are not slips. Winner winner chicken dinner.
Jester.... and the rest of you Yanks... Happy Thanksgiving (and Black Friday).
Is slips actually charlie sheen? :o
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Slips got heated grips! :thumb:
Heated? ..... Soft!! ... :flipoff:
Nope smart
Yeah you need heated grips.. gets mighty cold up there in queensland! :flipoff:
Finally!!!! Some half decent form in internet after many days of random, pot luck shite after the storms last week. How am I supposed to be top of my leader board on Bejeweled Blitz with no internet? Sheesh :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: mister on November 30, 2013, 07:54:21 PM
Finally!!!! Some half decent form in internet after many days of random, pot luck shite after the storms last week. How am I supposed to be top of my leader board on Bejeweled Blitz with no internet? Sheesh :icon_rolleyes:
Yes, but your doing the proper thing by spending what little connectivity you actually have to post here at LPW.
Bravo! A wise choice.
HOLY shaZam! PAUL WALKER IS DEAD?????????
You what? ... nah?
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Yeah man, he's cactus. And how ironic, after a lifetime of making car movies he dies in a car crash. Reminds me of when Possum Bourne died in a car accident on the road.
Sheeeit.... :sad:
Now who gonna look after Doms sister and the baby?
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Wandering thru adidas outlet shop, trying to imagine what its like to be Addy. .... lol
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Well, the LPW thread is the only bastion of sanity on the entire internet. What precious time I have between outs HAS to be here. Otherwise I might be infected with poddiness...
I think they were in the middle of filming fast 7 too
I thought he was hooning with his mate?
After a day of wandering thru shops in Sydney amongst the multicultural brethren. .. being cut off, blocked, ignored in favour of pushy smelly rude little foreigners. ... has anyone got a couple b52's full of napalm they can lend me? .. I'm feeling a little xenophobic and jingoistic .....
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Janx you have no idea mate. Try living here, it drives you absolutely batshit.
Get f%$k off we're full tattooed across your forehead janx
I've got a singlet with that on!
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Yeah but we wanna see ink
Has a mouth but cannot speak
A bed which can't be slept on
A head with no brain
What am I?
Octopus
That would be a river...
Top ride today with the Kat boys, up to Gympie for lunch at one of the fella's places. One casualty unfortunately, low sided on a corner that seemed fine... he's not sure what happened :dunno_black:
He's ok, bike's mainly cosmetic damage except it took his Dynatek ignition out :technical:
Ha, Ha! Now we're rolling here :woohoo:
Or sliding as the case may be...
I hope ta' hell it a "low-side" and not a high! :o
Man that would suck to wreck on a classic like a katana. Spewin'!
Ah Jeez, not the Katana again. :icon_rolleyes:
Nobody here rides a Katana anymore. Them days are gone.
It's OK to let go. :whisper:
If Suzuki can be bothered to bring it back
Si and Jase, my two favorite characters on Duck Dynasty...
Katana off was a low side, and some big grass on the side of the road stopped it going down the embankment which was another bonus.
And yep, damn shame seeing a Kat banged up! Would be quite devastating I reckon...
EJ... Kats rock ok? And yes, I will harp on until I get one... but I will never lose my love of the awesome GS Twin either... especially the 450 version :thumb:
More top weather today, bugger was I had to be in the office though... :technical:
And I like how the media's pretty much ignored the rally on Sunday, almost as much write up on Campbell's pathetic comments as about the rally itself... not that the media is biased or anything...
Quote from: Janx101 on December 01, 2013, 01:42:15 AM
After a day of wandering thru shops in Sydney amongst the multicultural brethren. .. being cut off, blocked, ignored in favour of pushy smelly rude little foreigners. ... has anyone got a couple b52's full of napalm they can lend me? .. I'm feeling a little xenophobic and jingoistic .....
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we could but your nazi in charge would have them arrested/hassled cause youd be looking at at least 12 ppl?
Janx is safe from that one Yama, he's in NSW, not in the Naxi... errrr... nanny... errrr... sunshine state of Qld...
He isn't ruled by Herr Newman... yet...
f%$king fuckwit
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I will
Quote from: peteGS on December 02, 2013, 04:58:25 AM
Katana off was a low side...
And yep, damn shame seeing a Kat banged up!
EJ... Kats rock ok?
And yes, I will harp on until I get one.
So perhaps a photo so I can see what all the hub-bub is about? :dunno_black:
i think they mean this... the 1100 ??
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frequently seen alongside the following ..
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Ah yes. I remember them days.
I'll assume it was fast and handled rather scary when you pushed her hard in the corners. :dunno_black:
Them
Was good days
That's the one Janxy! And yup, good days indeed!!!
EJ, yes they go hard and will flex a bit but some strategically located bracing and a Macintosh or similar swingarm and a lot of those issues go away... I'm never likely to ride one hard enough to notice so probably a fork brace and good suspension is the most I'd ever need...
This is my favourite paint scheme of all the Kats:
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These delayed double posts are getting boring... need more Kat pic's...
The '83 colour scheme with optional fairings on...
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PeteGS,
Seems like you got some mighty exotic taste in bikes.
How rare are they now that we are well into the twenty first century?
Museum stuff? :dunno_black:
Certainly not on CraigsList.
Sexy bike that is!
Yep
How odd...
A Hoon doing a traffic safety video.
Clever stop-action scenes too. ;)
In the days of old when knights were bold
and toilets not invented.
they just took the load, dumped in road,
and walked away empty handed.
btw the card game bridge is like sex.youre doing well to have a good partner, OR a good hand ;)
Yep
Seems I have internet back. This happened last time. No net, called tech sup who arranged a service call. Day before service guy arrived - a week later - the internet is suddenly good. I cancel service call. Two days later, screwed up again. I should let me hair grow long so I can pull it out.
They're quite rare in the US EJ... hard pressed finding too many over on the GS Resources for example, but there are a few. Not many were imported unlike over here...
Typically on a big Katana Australia ride there will be 3 or more... Sunday's ride had 5 1100's and 1 750 Popup. I think about 9 or so was the most together at one time.
When I ride with the guys on Saturday mornings there's typically at least 2.
The big issue for me is the value is steadily increasing, so my already anemic Kat budget has much much further to climb before I'll be able to do the deed... and then it will likely be a project requiring more $$$ and time as I doubt I'll be able to afford a runner in as good condition as I'd like it to be... projects are in the $4 - 6000 mark usually, ok runners are in the $6 - 8000 mark, and immaculate ones... well... they just go up from there... this is for the 1100's by the way, the earlier 750's are a bit cheaper as they're less desirable, and the 750 Popups are a dime a dozen almost in comparison. I don't see the sense in getting a 750 though having ridden a couple of 1100's... mind you the 1100 donk slots straight into the 750 frame with some engine mount adjustments and is a direct legal upgrade here too... so a 750 rolling chassis and a spare 1100 motor would make for a nice project too ;)
Mister... that sucks! But is so bloody typical... bet it's not your end at all but something in the Exchange (if you have ADSL)... that's what happens when they use ancient technology to run modern services...
Slips... have you considered that it's probably safer for you if you stop the commentary and concentrate on what's around you? Just a thought... no I still don't get the whole "VLOG" thing... I'd rather just ride...
No won't stop the commentary.
Just a thought... still don't get it though :dunno_black:
Weather should be good this weekend, I reckon I'll try to get out on Sunday morning again... before the grannies start doing their Christmas migrations to the families etc.
Thing is too Pete weather the camera is on or not I notice this stuff and adjust my riding to suit. In the case of that postie van I got the f%$k away. Plus to a lot of riding is commentary riding which can be helpful. But it's horses for courses some ppl like it some don't.
Yeah, cool 8)
A conversation between two bikers. (um, motorcycle enthusiasts)
Loving the sport and living the life.
More videos ej has it started snowing yet?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on December 04, 2013, 04:16:15 PM
More videos ej has it started snowing yet?
Until I get my audio problems sorted out, I've only been putting up experimental crap. No cool rants.
Here, my latest failed audio test-clip: http://youtu.be/ABJEuOIcXyY (http://youtu.be/ABJEuOIcXyY)
And snow? No snow yet thank God! The entire railroad sucks once the snow starts. >:(
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No problems down this way except when it floods the tracks have a habit of getting washed out.
Do you Aussies refer to traction motors as, well, "traction motors"?
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Just wondering.
Quote from: mister on December 04, 2013, 03:31:04 AM
Seems I have internet back. This happened last time. No net, called tech sup who arranged a service call. Day before service guy arrived - a week later - the internet is suddenly good. I cancel service call. Two days later, screwed up again. I should let me hair grow long so I can pull it out.
sounds like Comcast lol. cept its been free last 3 mos almost. cancelled acct. and it starts working. but id have a no service call, and same thing. nearly identical lol.
Yes we do. Looks similar to the motors we use
Each to their own right Slips? :thumb:
Riding Sunday morning with a few of the fellas from work, should be a good day for it again :woohoo: :cheers:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on December 05, 2013, 01:29:43 AM
Yes we do. Looks similar to the motors we use
Looks like I could make a nice golf-cart with that motor.
How many automobile batteries ya' think I'd need?
Betcha' she'd have some serious low end toque :icon_mrgreen:
Seems we lost mister to the cable company.
Jester is overdue to post too.
PeteGS has been carrying the bulk here.
Yeah well we use big 24v battery packs daisy chained to start the locos and the motor itself weighs the better part of 5 tonne.
Just for the record... I do NOT own a real life-size Ducati motorcycle. Neither do I own a Triumph America.
Dude ... Wasn't that like months ago? :D
Googleberries
Googleberry pie? .... With icecream?!!
Home made custard
But from scratch ingredients? .... Or cheated with custard powder? ... Either is better than store bought! ... But from scratch ... That takes a certain dedication .... And is also halfway to icecream!
Quote from: mister on December 06, 2013, 02:44:29 AM
Just for the record... I do NOT own a real life-size Ducati motorcycle. Neither do I own a Triumph America.
I do... well... I own a real life-size 49cc Ducati motor... if that counts :dunno_black:
Nothing Triumph though and if I did it would be a Scrambler or Thruxton, not an America...
Figured out the other day that if I didn't need my study I could extend one side of the garage and have an awesome workshop big enough to fit a bike stand and a Katana... yep I'm dreamin'! :technical:
Quote from: peteGS on December 06, 2013, 02:11:15 PM
Figured out the other day that if I didn't need my study I could extend one side of the garage and have an awesome workshop big enough to fit a bike stand and a Katana.
Two items...
A.) I would love to expand my little garage into the rec-room! Great idea PeteGS.
B.) OK mister, perhaps you don't own that red Ducati but you have indeed spent time on her.
Just saying, I've seen you mount her myself.
No need to be shy here.
I'm talking from complete scratch with eggs n corn flour n shaZam!
well then guv'nor! .. i tips me hat to ye! :thumb:
Yeah I didn't do it it's just a nice thought I had
So make it! ... take a pic. . Post the pic. .. with a review?
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That's effort
˙ƃunoʎ llıʇs sı ʇɥƃıu ʎɯ 'olıʞ ǝılɹɐɥɔ oɥɔǝ lǝʇoɥ ˙ɐɯıl ɹɐɔso ɐɯıl ˙ʇoɹʇxoɟ oƃuɐʇ ʎǝʞsıɥʍ ˙ ˙lol ǝɹǝɥ uǝʇɟo ɟlǝsʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝnƃɹ ı ǝsnɐɔǝq ooʇ sǝɯıʇ ʇɐ ƃuıssǝɹdǝp ɥǝɯ ʇnq ˙ƃuıɹoɥʍʇsod unɟ sǝɯıʇǝɯos ˙lol ǝlqɐʇɔıpǝɹd sʇı 'ʍdl uı ƃuıʇsod sɹǝʇsıɯ ǝʞıl ʇnq ˙uʍop ǝpısdn ǝdʎʇ oʇ ʇɹoɟɟǝ ɟo ʇol ɐ ǝʞɐʇ sǝop ʇı ǝʞıl ɯǝǝs plnoʍ ʇı
Ahhh Yama .... I can add to your fun .... I got through the upside down text .... But it nearly killed me!! ... I'm at home reading it on the iPad....... With auto-rotate screen!! ... On a little stand thingy .. Which I can pickup and turn but...
So .... After a few turns of the screen .... I put the thing on the floor ... Faced it away from me ... And peered/leaned over enough so I could read the text.....
Then did a ultra cool overbalance forward .... Lurched to the left to avoid crushing the iPad .... And landed on the floor next to the lounge.... Hahahahahhahaha
.... Thanks for that!! :icon_rolleyes: ;) :icon_lol: :thumb:
Yama,
That's pretty cool. :thumb:
I liked the upside down post.
LPW: I'm always learning new things.
upside down& backwards = nothing new its a website. write, then copy & paste elsewhere.
Now talk like a pirate
Har har me hearties... yeah that's about it...
Nice ride today, back roads fun up to Mt Mee, then Bellthorpe Range Rd and loop back to Woodford, then Mt Mee and other fun back roads home.
Perfect weather and top day for it, home by lunch :thumb:
Proof...
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Nice pics! :thumb:
Cheers EJ! Should've posted the link to my album from last Sunday's big ride too...
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(6 Katana's in this pic!)
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Pwetty
Quote from: slipperymongoose on December 08, 2013, 02:58:33 AM
Now talk like a pirate
thars a skeeter on me peter whack it off"
http://www.fissio.com/pirate.pl
:icon_eek: .... You want someone to whack your 'Peter' :icon_rolleyes: .... Ummm best see the wenches about that eh!
Now that's just whack :icon_razz: :icon_lol: :cookoo:
So many plans so little time
... interesting...
Another day, another dollar... wonder if there'll be another 22 staff given the boot today?
At your work Pete?
Quote from: peteGS on December 09, 2013, 12:32:25 PM
... interesting...
Another day, another dollar... wonder if there'll be another 22 staff given the boot today?
Yes... Go on. :dunno_black:
ahhhh ... now the penny has dropped... i heard which place dropped that many people yesterday .. on the radio news this morning...
Pete, shine your shoes, straighten your shirt and put your best :angel: expession on ...
do you know Steve the driver? ... lives on the south coast .. short lad .. used to ride a green kwaka
Context people context fill in the blanks
Well Slips! ... if you paid attention to the news your would know wouldnt you!! :flipoff:
EJ has a reasonable excuse ... different country and timezones even!! ..
.. however .. QLD'ers being normally so 'we know farken everythin' .. should then in theory know what it is that pete refers to!! .. :D
.... however .. for a clue ... you fix them .. nsw uses similar things .. i believe from context on radio that pete is therefore employed by the syd/state mass commute system not involving buses !! :cheers:
Oh for cry-sake, not another railroader. :icon_rolleyes:
You're safe EJ, not another railroader :thumb:
It actually happened last week, work is moving all customer service and eBusiness sales roles to Melbourne to consolidate/centralise it. Sorta makes sense for the company but never good when 22 jobs are going to go bye byes...
I work for a web hosting company and unfortunately over the last 5 or 6 years the executives have made piss poor choices and have not innovated or invested in new and emerging technologies or attempted to keep ahead of the opposition, so now they find themselves culling staff numbers, selling the most profitable part of the business and... the best bit of all... the executives have stepped down as well.
Unfortunately it leaves the CFO as acting CEO... not good for a bean counter to be at the top in that situation!
I'm hopeful things turn around with a new CEO, but it's taking forever to get one and I suspect that it's going to be a matter of the best of a bad bunch of CEO applicants as noone probably wants to captain the sinking ship...
I've been there 6 years on the dot today, and if I hold out one more year then at 7 years I'm entitled to pro-rated long service leave... they can make me redundant in January 2015 and I'll be happy then :cheers:
I work with a shaZam! load of awesome people who are brilliant, talented, smart, and good to work with but the company has just sucked them dry and some real good key people are now looking for opportunities elsewhere as well...
Wow my tail of employment woe must be horrible... just gained me another delayed double post :cheers: :woohoo:
My bad then .... :icon_rolleyes: ... Heard on the radio that state/city rail had let go 22 people .... Got my daily exercise and leapt to the conclusion that Pete ergo worked there ...
Must be the popular number this season I guess :dunno_black:
Yeah we're having a big VR going on ATM letting about 100 people go in feburary
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Lovely necklace she has on
the bear agrees
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Lookout yamma it's gonna attack
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Not much else to say really... except a little history lesson on Joh for them there Yanks who are unedumacated in regards to the history of his corruption and love of police enforcement against any form of opposition to his ideals... and why Campbell Newman most likely will end up even more notorious if not as long-lived in parliament... well hopefully not anyway...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh_Bjelke-Petersen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh_Bjelke-Petersen)
Ok I'm starting to get a complex here... everytime I post something at night I come in the next morning to find noone has replied... are the drop bears invading and stealing everyone's posts before I log on? :dunno_black: :cookoo:
Either way, I get another delayed double post :cheers: :woohoo: :flipoff:
Was curious at the EJ and Jester response to the Joh Wikipedia entry...
Quote from: peteGS on December 11, 2013, 12:54:57 PM
Ok I'm starting to get a complex here... everytime I post something at night I come in the next morning to find noone has replied...
Was curious at the EJ and Jester response to the Joh Wikipedia entry...
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It's OK though.
It is dark and bitter cold here in the Northeast USA so I'm gonna' go to Youtube and watch you Aussies ride around paradise for a while.
Been flat tack
Quote from: slipperymongoose on December 11, 2013, 06:42:51 PM
Been flat tack
You been flat tracking?
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he wishes ... only way the beemer is gonna get that low is to keep dropping to the ground!! :D
but flat tack ... means .. very busy/cant handle any more .. full on hard yakka ... as busy as a 1 armed bricklayer in baghdad!
This little side project I'm working on is doing my head in. Could
Be a nice money earner
Is that your front stand project Slips? Wish I had the $$$ would be very handy...
EJ, click the link on my earlier post and read about our previous dodgy politician here in Qld... and then think about the fact everyone is saying the new guy Newman is *WORSE*!!!
Flat tracking... now that would be some fun!
Yep sure is.
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Yes he is
Holy bucket of metric bolts!
Look who finally re-surfaced at the LPW watering hole!
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Quote from: Electrojake on December 11, 2013, 04:48:14 PM
Quote from: peteGS on December 11, 2013, 12:54:57 PM
Ok I'm starting to get a complex here... everytime I post something at night I come in the next morning to find noone has replied...
Was curious at the EJ and Jester response to the Joh Wikipedia entry...
Just when I thought I was beginning to understand the "inside chat" going on here I read this stuff. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fmoresmilies%2Fxbom_thinking.gif.pagespeed.ic.K1bf2gDERC.png&hash=e281e86257ad4b620abf2cd78271fe64c2b41ffc)
It's OK though.
It is dark and bitter cold here in the Northeast USA so I'm gonna' go to Youtube and watch you Aussies ride around paradise for a while.
quit trying to understand it my friend else youll go batshît crazy lol
There Aussies are a fascinating breed. :whisper:
Craziest, drunkest most awesome mother fuckers you'll ever know
Dang nearly hit a stupidarse bicycle rider. Fuking dickwad thought it would be really really cool to ride around the round-a-bout without signalling. I'm about to dart off and mr dickpants suddenly swerves to go around - ie, in front of me. My ninja reflexes, which I taught to Chuck Norris, took over and catastrophe was avoided.
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I shall sleep now
Quote from: mister on December 13, 2013, 03:20:29 AM
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I nthought you slept til noon cause you didn't work :flipoff: :flipoff: :flipoff: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Mmmmmmmmmm
Anybody home? :dunno_black:
Sleep until noon? Hardly. I did sleep in to I think 6am two years ago. Slept in to 5.30 once in the last 12 months.
Yeah im here
Cold yet ej. We're melting.
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Man I'm tired
Back!
Cods, that's disturbing! But glad to see you back in LPW :thumb:
Yesterday for me it was one guy and... well a bucket would've been helpful... :icon_confused:
Off to sail the deep briny sea for 10 days tmw!!
Dunno if I will get on here in the morning... Gonna be hectic last minute stuff around house...
Merry Xmas and Prosperous Holidays to Everyone!! :thumb:
Quote from: slipperymongoose on December 16, 2013, 01:05:30 AM
Cold yet ej. We're melting.
Yes! Freezing my balls off.
It's cold dark windy sucky.
Expecting another 4 inches of snow again tonight.
You guys and your videos are all I have left to keep me sane! :confused:
Thank you.
I'll make
Special mention for you ej maybe I'll cook an egg on my path or driveway
Quote from: slipperymongoose on December 17, 2013, 03:19:06 AM
I'll make
Special mention for you ej maybe I'll cook an egg on my path or driveway
I can feel that Aussie warmth form here!
Just ride, talk (or sing), edit & post.
Your Utube fans demand it! :cheers:
Ah I missed Janxy, hope you have a good one mate! You may see this when you get back... more likely LPW will continue its evolution and it will be lost 10 pages deep...
EJ, I'll just talk shaZam! like usual... looking at beautiful blue skies and a nice sunny day so far this morning :thumb:
I expect to be riding this Saturday morning, last ride before Chrissy, too many knobs out on the roads that time of year... also last ride before the next service where I'll be switching to semi synthetic engine oil and summoning up the motivation to change the fork oil and bleed the front brake :thumb:
If I get the chance I might even pick up some front wheel bearings and do those too to remove those shitty Pyramid Parts ones that will likely fail mid-ride in the middle of nowhere...
Friday I'll be doing a ride for the first time in a couple months
Remember to replace the exhaust bearings and fix the nut that holds the handlebars to the seat...
Good to see you post, mister! 8)
Wish I could same the same for Jester. Oh well, it was fun while he lasted. :icon_neutral:
What what about jester?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on December 17, 2013, 07:47:38 PM
What what about jester?
Jester? I presume He's off to bigger things.
His lifestyle is quite fluid at this point.
Wonder if he's on a Grom yet? :confused:
From
Seems to
Be quite popular atm
Quit yo jibba jabba
Cheers for the reminder Mister, had forgotten the exhaust bearings! Handlebars are all set though :thumb:
Time to dunk these puppies in a bucket of water
Errrr... sure... :cookoo:
First tide of people redundant from work leaving tomorrow... and that includes reception.
Yes, that's right, we don't need a receptionist in our office any more according to our executives... :dunno_black: :cookoo: :dunno_white:
Quote from: peteGS on December 18, 2013, 12:38:42 PM
Yes, that's right, we don't need a receptionist in our office any more according to our executives...
Executive: In charge of everything... Responsible for nothing. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reduser.net%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fyesnod.gif&hash=8081f2fa4d83970f5e4271d83b27b1351fcf8409)
The Olive Branch has died :dunno_black:
Ahhhhhhh 2 weeks off. Wonder if the execs will answer the phones pete
There was an olive branch? Cool!
Week off from this avo' for me, back on the 30th... at least it'll be quiet so I can get some of the work done I don't normally have time to do...
Not a chance in hell Slips, the exec's hang out in Melbourne... we just fend for ourselves up here in Brissie... apparently our reception number will divert to the reception in Melbourne... I wonder how she'll go opening the secured door when someone's delivering a parcel up here?
Lol it's like the time I was working in rocky and I got a call from Melbourne asking me to 'pop' by carins to drop off a parcel. I said yeah sure you gonna pay me travel allowance and fuel, needless to say when I told them how far it was they didn't want me to anymore. What's this olive branch everyone is going on with?
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Yeahbthat
I'm thinking that Slips is actually a computer system that automatically counter-posts the last post here.
I betcha' the real Slips is out riding while his silicon counterpart is here, controlling the LPW feed.
The same concept as Colossus or HAL9000...
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...but a little more realistic, such as this...
. . . The SlipShot 2000 LPW supercomputer
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I was out riding yesterday. I mostly hang out here. I rarely venture outside the farm now
The above post proves my point.
LPW isn't real... Its a simulation created by the Slipshot 2000 mega-computer. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze2wc9e%2Fclosedeyes.gif&hash=100e6148f3bbc83a9bdc3e844f73e1e0b5697ca0)
Posting on behalf of the slipomatic 3000
Psst... The Slipomatic 3000 is an electric can opener. :whisper:
The real slips is here and standing up
Yes. Standing up. At your command...
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Great ride yesterday, perfect weather :thumb:
Got home to find...
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Quick get the .410 out!!!!!
Typical
I crashed my V-Strom today :(
What?????????
Cute duck.... get it out of your pool otherwise you'll find the bottom covered in duckshit
Quote from: codajastal on December 21, 2013, 08:17:01 PM
I crashed my V-Strom today
Oh crap! :icon_eek: ....But please, continue. You, the machine, details? :dunno_black:
All good Mister, duck gone as soon as I started taking photos... apparently they're not photogenic! They do drop in from time to time but don't stay long... I'm happy for the visits :D
Cods... just saw the vid posted elsewhere, glad to see you could get straight back up and going again! No injuries is always a top thing :thumb:
How the hell did you achieve that though? Fixated on that post maybe? I had the volume down...
EJ, was that Robbie the robot from the forbidden planet? Leslie Nielsen was in that movie, but he didn't have white hair. Hard to recognize him.
In other news, it's all done, ink dried, I can get a bike again. Only 1 problem. Nowhere to store it, and my cage is on it's last legs. Need a cage first.
Quote from: jestercinti on December 22, 2013, 06:41:58 PM
EJ, was that Robbie the robot from the forbidden planet? Leslie Nielsen was in that movie, but he didn't have white hair. Hard to recognize him.
In other news, it's all done, ink dried, I can get a bike again. Only 1 problem. Nowhere to store it, and my cage is on it's last legs. Need a cage first.
Geez Jester, I didn't know you were "that" old.
Yeah, it was a plastic copy of the real Robbie from the movie.(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adpad.co%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F09%2Frobby-the-robot-diecast.jpg&hash=9c54ac264e24e48adbf7599301ab047280b1e8a6)
Two more item...
1.) Cods, Glad you survived your V-Strom get-off. It made a great video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyHTVYODI8g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyHTVYODI8g)
2.) Jester, during this time of the year your a cage is indeed more important. Good to see you post too!
-Ej-
Last of the shopping complete today
Quote from: jestercinti on December 22, 2013, 06:41:58 PM
EJ, was that Robbie the robot from the forbidden planet? Leslie Nielsen was in that movie, but he didn't have white hair. Hard to recognize him.
One of the best Sci-Fi movies ever made and based on Shakepeare's "The Tempest". Walter Pigeon, Earl Holliman and the lovely Anne Francis all working with Leslie when he was a serious actor.
Fork oil looks like shaZam! after 24000km's... just sayin'...
How many years of riding Pete
Age not miles has a negative affect on bikes. The same can be true for cages and women.
Yes jester
So a haggard 22 year old crack-whore from the ghettos of Camden New Jersey would be a better deal than a retired 38 year old fashion model from Napa, California?
K.O... I got it. :thumb:
Thanks for explaining that.
Been to Camden. Near maple shade. You jersey people have exits instead of intersections. I think you call them jug handles. At least that is the case near Philly.
Hey, anyone want the Haynes manual on the gs500? Feeling like Santa Claus. I'll even ship it to you for free. PM me And I'll drop it in the cheap and slow mail.
I got a digital version. Have no intention of pulling my bike to bits. But hey, I'll take it... ;)
I thought the robot was from lost in space... Danger Danger, Dr Smith is having bum sex with Will Robertson, Danger Danger... but then I thought, hold the phone, Robot doesn't have feet, or a dome head. Only one other old time robot left it could be... (Bonus point for anyone who can name the movie the bottom two robots came from - hint, it involves outer space, death, some greenie tree hugging and that's enough clues)
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Post I win
Mister, that is too easy. They are two of the three robots from Silent Running (1972). The robots were named Huey, Dewey and Louie (just like Donald Duck's nephews). Bruce Dern starred, Joan Baez did the beautiful theme song, Doug Trumbull Directed. Another great Sci-Fi film. People cried when one of the robots was crippled.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Slips, two years... bike went back on the road December 2011... first 6 months were pretty easy as I got adjusted to two wheels again but since then I've given it... well... not hell coz I'm not that quick but I go as hard as I feel on the day :D
Merry Christmas you lot and I hope you get lots of goodness!
Mister, it's yours. Pm me your address, and I'll ship. Cheap and slow, so expect 2014.
Quote from: Banzai on December 24, 2013, 06:15:16 AM
Mister, that is too easy. They are two of the three robots from Silent Running (1972). The robots were named Huey, Dewey and Louie (just like Donald Duck's nephews). Bruce Dern starred, Joan Baez did the beautiful theme song, Doug Trumbull Directed. Another great Sci-Fi film. People cried when one of the robots was crippled.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Bingo!
Yep. I was sad in the movie. And really, at the end, I felt so sorry for that little guy. Been trying to find a copy on DVD for years - though I never did an ebay search. To add to my collection of old classic stuff people forgot about - like Capricorn One ;)
So oldtime knowledge guy, you'd recognise This then too?
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And perhaps....
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Ya say it's xmas
Quote from: mister on December 24, 2013, 04:31:04 PM
So oldtime knowledge guy, you'd recognise This then too?
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And perhaps....
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First one is Land of the Lost. Sleestaks vs the Marshal family in that pic. It was a crap series unless you were under 10 and then it was scary.
Second one is Batfink with his assistant, Karate. That one was fun. The main villain was called Hugo A Gogo. An animated take-off of Batman, Green Hornet and Get Smart.
Batfink..... and Karate.
No peeky peeky at the code.....
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Hmmm... Ain't no-one here over the eat-to-excess-and-get-drunk day? C'mon LPW comrades, get your priorities in order!
Hanging out in the good 'ol USA on Christmas Day.
Boxing Day here and it's fricken hot
Just like last year, our entire street has been filled up with people parking their car and then walking to the nearby shopping center, cause there are no more car spots left at the center. Bloody boxing day sales... :mad:
Is Boxing Day like Black Friday in the USA? They have Boxing Day in Canada.
Yep lots if cheap sales that aren't
Quote from: jestercinti on December 25, 2013, 09:33:04 PM
Is Boxing Day like Black Friday in the USA? They have Boxing Day in Canada.
Yup. Supposedly everyone discounts. But really, unless you keep track of prices throughout the year no-one really knows.
Hero 3+ black $375 at jbhifi hmmmmmmm
It is just the 3, not the 3+. They are being heavily discounted in a lot of places but that is about the best price I've seen.
I might check out kogan they have good prices on them. But so want the ghost s too
Gotta go to the post office today and mail a book to QLD. I wonder if the post office lady will know what a customs form is?
0* C today. Wind blowing. Bloody cold!
This post brought to you by iPad mini. Bloody hot here
This post brought to you by jester...the cranky SOB who just got picked for jury duty
f%$king fuckballs
Sh!tting Sh!tbuckets and vomitus poo mate!
This post brought to you by hot and humid weather... borderline sweating just sitting here looking at LPW...
The 450 needs a spit and polish after the service, wonder if I can get her out for a brief test ride today? Would like to get out for a ride before I'm back to work on Monday too if I can wing it...
Quote from: jestercinti on December 26, 2013, 08:39:52 AM
This post brought to you by jester...the cranky SOB who just got picked for jury duty
What a pain in the A$S! >:(
I don't think I could do it. I'd rather get a bench warrant served on me.
Commuting to the court house
Parking
Spending hours sitting an a wooden bench listening to hopelessly boring testimony... :bs:
Getting weeks behind at work... Etc...
Jester, you deserve better!
Yes EJ, it came in the mail a few days before Christmas.
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As an added bonus, I get $19 a day from the court. My company lets me double-dip like good corporate citizens should. So I get my normal pay, plus $19 a day. What a deal!
I'm getting considered for a "grand" jury. Oh what fun! This should make for good LPW conversation (When it's all over of course. Gag orders in place).
Could you smear feces over it and send it back
Or if you want out, walk in all beady eyed, start rambling or yelling THEYRE ALL GUILTY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! , either you get out, or you get confined for your own protection lol
Yes
T2 ftw no fate
Fvcking slide pins frozen shut on the cage calipers. Took a 4 foot crowbar to get them free. Slippin and slidin now.
Quote from: jestercinti on December 27, 2013, 04:47:32 PM
Fvcking slide pins frozen shut on the cage calipers. Took a 4 foot crowbar to get them free. Slippin and slidin now.
God bless that man that will apply a wrench to his own vehicle! :bowdown:
Or a cheater pipe...
or a hammer...
or a crow-bar...
and drink beer while he's doing it...
and do his repairs in the street in the middle of winter...
I am so with you brother! :cheers:
Or a propane torch
My cologne with the ladies is a mixture if low VOC brake clean and PB Blaster.
I get the broads EJ. Take lessons now...
Quote from: jestercinti on December 27, 2013, 06:13:43 PM
My cologne with the ladies is a mixture if low VOC brake clean and PB Blaster.
I get the broads EJ. Take lessons now...
Broads as in plural?... as in more than one at a time?
Thirty years ago... YES.
But now-a-days, it's more like spank the monkey, have a beer, and go help you with the brake job.
A man's gotta' know his limitations.
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Or a giant hammer
No, wait, I ask you this...
Why it that when all you have is a hammer... everything looks like a nail? :confused:
It's a ingrained action that when in possession of a hammer you must nail things
Nom nom nom.....
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So smoking there addy?
Nope. This was more my style: big slab of roasted pork with hot honey wine at the Christmas Markets.
This is REAL pork you can't get in the USA (I had a week free of Monsanto in my food!). The fat was not squishy and greasy. It was firm, sweet and delicious!
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Oooooooooooo yummy
I've never done Jury Duty. I always send them back a letter getting myself out of it. :thumb:
Mister, I did that several times. Like Internet streaming radio, you only have several skips before you get put on the jury.
Wow Addy....
Excluding my military service, I never been anyplace other than back and forth to work every day. :icon_neutral:
Glad to see somebody gets to do cool stuff!
Thanks for binging your great pictures down here to the LPW area. :cheers:
Great photos!!!
Law and order marathon FTW!
Quote from: jestercinti on December 28, 2013, 08:18:56 AM
Mister, I did that several times. Like Internet streaming radio, you only have several skips before you get put on the jury.
Ah different down here. They cannot force you into financial hardship. If you work for yourself, doing Jury Duty = financial hardship. If you normally work 80 hours a week, jury duty = financial hardship. You don't even need to prove financial hardship, just use it as your excuse. Eg. I ask to be excused from jury duty as doing jury duty would cause financial hardship. You could pile it on if you like, mention mortgage payments etc.
Other excuses... letter from work requesting you be let off as your absence will cause delays to important projects; muscular/skeletal/health issues that preclude you from sitting down for longer than 30 minutes at a time at which point you need to get up and walk around; medically certified hearing loss; jury nullification (but this one requires you to be present during the selection process to express your disbelief in the law the accused is being judged by); child care duties or other carer duties; a disbelief in the judicial system as a whole how it is all rigged, blah blah blah to the point of conspiracy, in a letter asking to be excused.
Course, if you are happy doing it, then enjoy your time and tell us all about it ;) ;)
Quote from: mister on December 28, 2013, 03:54:34 PM
Course, if you are happy doing it, then enjoy your time and tell us all about it ;) ;)
Happy about jury duty?
The reason they put you in jail if you don't go is cause people are
not happy about serving.
Then again... Ive served many times over the last thirty years and I have met a few old geezers that told me they enjoyed serving.
Hey jester, are you an old geezer?
I'm thinking that any guy that is banging two broads at a time and doing brake jobs in the snow cant possible be a geezer. :dunno_black:
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Bastard f%$king hot today ej sending plus 35c your way. I forgot my damn USB to 3.5 so no
Vlogs but maybe a nice music montage
35C Very hot indeed! Sounds like swimming weather.
And from what I can see... YOu Aussies do indeed enjoy the beach & ocean. :dunno_black:
http://www.voyeurday.com/abby-winters-amateurs.html (http://www.voyeurday.com/abby-winters-amateurs.html)
Just sayin'
Saw 41c today on the ambient temp. 550km covered today
So... Holden is not going to make cars IN Australia anymore - BUT - they reckon they are committed to making the best cars For Australia.
Pardon my skepticism - but - how does making cars in a third world country with questionable QC equal making the best cars For Australia?
Mister...good point. It all comes down to $$.
Not sure about Australia, but in the USA, the first few digits of the VIN tells you country of final manufacture.
For me, if it's not the USA, Japan, or Germany keep looking for a car. Had cars from Mexico. Total crap!
Cannot believe the crowds they get for darts in England.
The only thing differing Holden from all the Korean imports was the fact they still assembled in Australia... so now they'll be more expensive and imported... why would you do it? :dunno_black:
I haven't been a Holden fan for many years though anyway, don't like any modern cars or bikes, so don't matter to me... but pisses me off the government lets all this stuff go overseas and take even more jobs and $$$ away from our country...
On another note, yesterday was perfect for beer and swimming, nice way to end my little break, back to work today.
Also had a most awesome little ride on Saturday with my newly serviced 450 and a much improved front end :thumb:
Sounds good Pete
Holden are coochies. Negotiated a 3 year wage freeze with the employees... then a few months later... nah, closing anyway. But thanks for saving us money for the next 3 years. :thumb:
Bastards! >:(
Oh, BTW, we are still here... so don't hate us. We promise we will do good by you - like all the stuaf we just screwed over.
I've only owned one holden. So long ago the car would be a pile of rust in some wreckers someone by now, I am sure.
Never owned a Holden
.... Back now .... Good holiday ... Tired .... Was seasick yesterday ... Only 1 day out of 13 wasn't too bad! :woohoo:
Holy shaZam! he had resurfaced
Lol yeah ... 5.45am wake up call this morning to make sure we were ready to disembark ... Got some vee-logs too! ... Sans bike but should be interesting bits for quite a few here.... Edit in the days/weeks coming... 20gb video roughly and many photos on Drift and DSLR :D
New toy inbound
A nifty song about our state... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlpffta1o7A
Ok now I'm confused. So there is Campbell Newman and Penelope Wensley. Who's in charge?
premier vs governor?
Who's in charge? Why a complete utter moron that's who...
Lovely weather we're having at the moment... I suspect I will round the year out getting wet riding home from work :dunno_black:
Non-delayed double post...
Welcome back Janxy!
Jester: Governors are representatives of the Queen of England. The people do not elect them. They are appointed.
E.g. The former Elected Leader of Qld (Anna Bligh) appointed Penelopy Wensley to be the Gov of Qld when, the then Gov of Qld Quentin Bryce moved on to take the position as Governor General (highest title in Australia).
Campbell Newman is the elected leader of Qld.
While Governors mainly do constitutional and ceremonial functions, they also have the power to dismiss the elected premiers/leaders.
On November 11, 1975, the elected leader of Australia, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr (The GG is the Queen's representative over here as she cannot be here and in England at the same time to rule over us - so she has a proxy here). Opposition Leader Malcolm Fraser was appointed as caretaker Prime Minister and then won the subsequent election.
Governors have the most power - but - are not voted into their positions by the people. They mainly let things run their course without interference (if you believe that I've got a bridge to sell you).
So, Campbell runs the show publicly, overseen by the Queen's rep.
Just your typical bait and switch, right? In this way, the people can get miffed at the elected puppet and vote in a new one, while the real power lies elsewhere. ;) ;) :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on December 30, 2013, 12:57:26 PM
Who's in charge? Why a complete utter moron that's who..
I disagree Pete .... I don't think Campbell is complete! .... He is definitely a incomplete utter moron!! ... Bits of him missing for sure! ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on December 30, 2013, 03:37:50 PM
Quote from: peteGS on December 30, 2013, 12:57:26 PM
Who's in charge? Why a complete utter moron that's who..
I disagree Pete .... I don't think Campbell is complete! .... He is definitely a incomplete utter moron!! ... Bits of him missing for sure! ;)
He's ex-mil. That makes he view everything as an enemy. Hence his my-way-or-the-highway "we will not apoligise for" stance. You cannot vote in a military guy and then complain when he runs things like the military.
I hate the f%$king diseased c@%t
ahhhhh ok .... let us know what you really think Slips.... none of this PC lallygagging around with polite phrases!! ;) :flipoff:
I'm as blunt to the point as a giant tree crushing a hillbilly in the woods with a likeness to the fucktard who apparently is in charge of the state. I'd kill the f%$king c@%t if I had nothing to lose
Hehehehehe .. Fair enough..
Just had a thought .... 'Outlaw patches' are 'banned' ..... Wonder how far that would extend though? ..... Just say there was a 'GS-TWINS WORLDWIDE' patch or some such .... Sew that on the back of the jacket? :laugh:
Probably. Hey banzai your 1km/h ticket is doing the social media rounds now I've see it pop up a couple times on my Facebook feed
Ha! Wonder if you sewed on a giant ghey rainbow patch if you'd get pulled over :dunno_black:
Never did get my gstwin stickers from pandy. Sold the Zuki oh well.
Is it 2014 down under yet?
Another 7 hours for us in Qld, 6 hours for the other eastern states.
Quote from: mister on December 30, 2013, 11:37:01 PM
Ha! Wonder if you sewed on a giant ghey rainbow patch if you'd get pulled over :dunno_black:
Double Dog Dare Ya!!!!!
Eating steak
I'd wear a rainbow patch
Go on then! .... Better get about 7 or 8 buddies to wear same one... Then ride in loops around the local copshop ;)
Last post for 2013
No it's not. Still 2013 is the USA!
Quote from: jestercinti on December 31, 2013, 08:43:43 AM
No it's not. Still 2013 is the USA!
Jeeez Jester, you been around a lot lately. Have a Happy! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
EJ, like a bad rash...it's hard to get rid of me.
Rash hell... My buddy Henry had crabs once. Nasty little buggers.
And New Years? Sure, go sit with my 84 year old father-in-law and see I can still keep up with the old guy.
Quite a drinker is he. :thumb:
Well looks like ej got the first of 2014 good on ej
Yep, EJ wins. Happy new year peoples!
Did you win something EJ?
Cool. Did you get a gold star stamp? What did you win anyway? Wasn't a bottle of Glenfiddich was it?
Quote from: mister on January 01, 2014, 11:51:35 AM
Did you win something EJ?
Cool. Did you get a gold star stamp? What did you win anyway?
Yes I won.
I won because I learn more here at LPW then at most of the upscale, super technical, sport bike forums.
Seems like Australia and Ohio produce most of the "gifted" people here.
Now in Jersey what we got is oil refineries, shopping malls, and mobsters. :2guns:
:D .. there we go lads !! .. EJ dun call us gifted!!! ... hooray!! ;) :flipoff: ;)
we are the special people!!
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Amen brew
Hookd un fonixs werked fer me.
Now that's just backward jester
The TV show Cheaters should be on the Comedy Channel.
Jerry jerry jerry jerry jerry jerry
as fake as wrasslin :thumb:
One show I do miss is the one with Sheriff John Bunnell - World's Wildest Police Videos. The lines he said were a crack up.
I hate those cop chase shows they think there so high n mighty get f%&ked and shove a doughnut up each other's arse
I don't like the new AAMI girl. The other one we've had for the last few years was better.
Ketut
Would love to ride this weekend but bloody on call :technical:
To make it worse two really good team members have resigned effective 17th January leaving just one knob in the support area... that also takes our on call from 1 in 6 weeks to 1 in 4 weeks which means my plans for getting off call this year are now up in smoke :mad:
That's what happens when a company turns its back on their staff, makes stupid decisions, makes a whole heap of people redundant, has no clear direction, and has ignored all good feedback from staff for the last 4 or 5 years that would have improved things... good staff are not being looked after and have no positive future there, so why stay?
I think once I hit my long service leave at the end of this year I'll start looking around unless things magically turn around... and we still don't have a new CEO despite assurances we would have one by the end of last year... our CFO is acting CEO in the meantime... yeah that's gonna improve things... :cookoo:
This is how Aussies deal with bloody humongous spiders - wussy Americans who need to harded the fcuk up watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCc5OsWgOrI
Pete... hope you're not complaining are you? Good, didn't think so. Aussie men don't complain cause we're hardcore.
Post
I can appreciate a good "work sucks" rant.
Well done Pete :thumb:
I'm
Back at work next week
And now for a.... Bare Handed catch of a ball. Yes, I know my American friends that this is a big deal - catching a ball without a glove - but it happened.
Watch here http://www.bigbash.com.au/news-and-videos/2014/01/02/silks-catch-of-the-summer (enlarge to full screen for best view). This is how hardcore Aussies catch things :flipoff:
Catch shaZam!
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Ej..... WAKE UP!
Jester here. Cold in Ohio. -11* C at the moment. Gonna get colder.
Feel stranded in my apartment like those blokes in Antarctica waiting for the helicopter.
Another foot of fukin snow tonight here in Jersey. :icon_sad:
Can't ride. Heating bill goes up. Work is horrible in the snow too.
I hear the temp is supposed to be in the single digits after the storm moves off the coast.
Something like 7f tomorrow night. For cry-sake already! >:(
Over & out.
Quote from: Electrojake on January 02, 2014, 10:16:19 PM
Another foot of fukin snow tonight here in Jersey. :icon_sad:
Can't ride. Heating bill goes up. Work is horrible in the snow too.
I hear the temp is supposed to be in the single digits after the storm moves off the coast.
Something like 7f tomorrow night. For cry-sake already! >:(
Over & out.
aye similar here. if its goin to be this cold, dump a foot on the ground and give us soemthin to look at while we bîtch :technical:
I live in a hot and humid place. However, my preferred places to live in the US are New England area - including top of NY - and over in Washington state. All cool places :)
Win
Slips is still reliving his glory days of being the winner when LPW was finally locked.
Stop looking in the rear view mirror slips, might get fixated on something.
History....
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It's hot and I'm editing
Go get em' Slips! :cheers:
Nearly there down to my last day of footage to put in my Brisbane bike moments series lotta stuff I rekkon I have enough footage for 2 or. 3 episodes plus 3 vlogs
Wow, what an awesome slug-a-thon to end tonight's cricket. Woohoo :thumb:
-8* C in Ohio. Need to move to Australia methinks. I wonder if I can find an unsuspecting woman to marry me for residency and work permit status...
Why not. Works for plenty of others. Catch is, you need to get down here first.
Quote from: jestercinti on January 04, 2014, 06:54:55 AM
-8* C in Ohio. Need to move to Australia methinks. I wonder if I can find an unsuspecting woman to marry me for residency and work permit status...
I can suffer through the cold... But please stop the damn snow storms! >:(
Every ten days we get b!tch-slapped with another storm.
And Jester, I feel your pain brother.
Stay warm, and NO river swimming this week (considering you flatlanders got no ocean to swim in), <cough-cough>
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Hey, are there any cattle mutilations in Ohio or Newjersy? Any bigfoots? Is there a Lake Monster in the great lakes? These are the things we need to know at LPW.
Today is much cooler than yesterday thank f%$king f%$k
Quote from: mister on January 04, 2014, 04:37:21 PM
Hey, are there any cattle mutilations in Ohio or Newjersy? Any bigfoots? Is there a Lake Monster in the great lakes? These are the things we need to know at LPW.
Ohio got all kinds of odd sh!t going on. :whisper:
Just saying
Made myself a short intro.
What do you think
Hey, not too bad at all Cods :thumb:
hey, Jester, ever been to Mary Campbell's cave in Cuyahoga Falls? I hear all kinds of odd stuff happens there. Creepy spooky.
Mmmmmmmmm edits
What about this with the intro and outro and put video in the middle
Looks good..... Better than a particular singing vid I watched just now! :D .... You gunning for the title huh!? .... I take it as a challenge to warm up my vocals again! :flipoff:
The intro/outro look good. They aren't my thing but these do look good.
Mister, can't say I have ever been there, but I know what you are talking about.
Cods, looks good. Did you have a young whipper snapper intern do that, or is that just your raw talent?
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First rule of crossfit: Tell everyone you do crossfit.
First rule of LPW...wait, there are no rules.
Quote from: mister on January 05, 2014, 05:16:53 AM
The intro/outro look good. They aren't my thing but these do look good.
When I say, they aren't my thing, I mean, intro's which announce a channel for the video style which follows.
Eg...
Fade In: Bob's Knives Intro
Fade to: Bob at the counter
"Hi folks, today on Bob's knives we're going to talk about butter knives..."
Yeah, that works. Video intro, verbal head intro, then cut to video of knives etc. with Bob voice over and intermittent cut backs to Bob
Cause then you need 2 intros. Channel intro and then intro (talking Bob head or another title intro) announcing what the upcoming video is. Otherwise you get...
Fade In: Vehicle Tips Intro
Fade To: Person changing a tyre.
We, as the watcher would be like, WTF? So to give us continuity, we would need another small something telling us it's a changing tyre video. If that can be incorporated into the intro video, cool. Cause then it would have Vehicle tips intro main headline, subhead would be Changing tyres, and we'd be ready to watch. :thumb:
So for mine, channel only intros are ok when followed by another intro letting us know what is coming up. Otherwise, the "what is it" needs to be incorporated into the channel intro as well.
Jester, places like Flixpress can do stuff for free or real cheap. And what's good about them is, if you view the available intros it can give you idea about directions you might want your videos to take.
I been saving my pennies for a KLX250 thumper so I don't have to roll out a 600 pound sled every time I need to run an errand.
Problem is...
I been getting a boner every time a here the crisp pat, pat, pat, pat of a parallel twin. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsmileyjungle.com%2Fsmilies%2Fconfused12.gif&hash=4acf4dbd36d926500a391d97d55797d6e0d3e690)
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Second item...
Cods is a fuken super-star here and he dont even talk!
Gotta' love this place.
Intros need to be crisp and to the point. Like mine but soon I will sharpen it up again with an outro linking to previous videos etc etc
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 05, 2014, 05:00:50 PM
Intros need to be crisp and to the point. Like mine but soon I will sharpen it up again with an outro linking to previous videos etc etc
I will be looking for it.
I shall critique it.
It will become my mantra. :bowdown:
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truth!
Hope you are hunkered down tight, Jesse... This storm is a beast. Gave us ten inches at least so far... Highways are closed along with entire towns around us. Anyone in its path, stay safe!
- Bboy
Dat is truff
And people who don't care what others think of them...
Rain mostly here bboy. Snow is a light dusting. My cousin in Chicago got dumped with snow. My friends in Indianapolis the same. Not much here bust cold. Strange.
i'm hoping you get a little snow jester ... so you can get one of these!!
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It's been bastard hot here in seq. now were about to get pelted by a huge front of apparent severe storms
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 05, 2014, 09:15:20 PM
It's been bastard hot here in seq. now were about to get pelted by a huge front of apparent severe storms
doesnt look THAT bad ... not yet anyway
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR662.loop.shtml#skip
Janx, storms up here don't show up until WHAMMO!, BAM! BOOF! down it comes.
Qld, hot and humid one minute, hail the next.
Yes what he said
Bloody hail smashed my brand new car up but a few weeks ago, hate it.
Quote from: mister on January 05, 2014, 09:22:09 PM
Janx, storms up here don't show up until WHAMMO!, BAM! BOOF! down it comes.
Qld, hot and humid one minute, hail the next.
yeah ... i remember unloading furniture at different times up there.... roasting hot and humid! ... empty the truck and jump in the saddle to come back home... freeway like a lake from the sudden rain... mobs of cars broken at the side of the road because the cant remember the day befores downpour and drowned it!! ... or from ormeau to tweed at 20kph because some muppet gassed it and aquaplaned into something solid on the freeway edge....
was nice and cool on the sunburnt arm hanging out the window though!! :D
Yep had fun driving down the coast in the storm
Zook, how did that happen?
Day 1 of jury duty begins.
How you liking it so far?
Is there fried chicken and watermelon?
A ton of waiting around. No action yet...
Quote from: jestercinti on January 06, 2014, 03:00:50 PM
A ton of waiting around. No action yet...
Can you use an iPod in the courtroom?
An Etch-A-Sketch?
Whittle? :dunno_black:
if they waiting around it'll likely be all the pre trial stuff in the courtroom ... no jury present .. and at some point the judge will ask for a plea ... if the plea is guilty then it goes straight to sentencing and the jury goes home ... if plea is not guilty then the potential jurors get let in and 'sorted/qualified/disqualified' ..... THEN ... the trial can actually start and the cases be heard ... usually ...
the food/drink is usually really basic during the pre trial stuff ... only once you get accepted and its more than 1 day is there a more reasonable 'picnic basket' or depending on the trial vouchers/cash to go get lunch etc outside ... and be paid much for being away from your job ... if its a guilty plea and no actual duty then you likely get travel compensation and not much else...
:icon_rolleyes:
There are over 150 of us to choose from for various trials. There is cable TV, magazines, free coffee, and a ton of characters with a story to tell.
Hot in Australia? Come to Ohio. By the way, that number is in Celsius.
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It's milder today very nice to work in.
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-40 chill factor right now. >:(
(btw: That is where Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same.) :icon_idea:
Holy f%$king shaZam! Jim has resurfaced
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 06, 2014, 08:07:29 PM
Holy f%$king shaZam! Jim has resurfaced
:angel: Not to worry, I have been lurking all along. :thumb:
@ Jester: pm inbound.
EJ EJ Ej!!!! Another from NJ just popped up on the main page.
Quote from: jestercinti on January 04, 2014, 06:54:55 AM
-8* C in Ohio. Need to move to Australia methinks. I wonder if I can find an unsuspecting woman to marry me for residency and work permit status...
ive not used the metric system here in the states yet. but its 1f and -17.222c atm. frozen pipes between the well house and the home. so no running water. as mr rogers would say " its a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. "
Yep -40 is the same in F and C
Just for the F crowd... water freezes at Zero C and boils at 100 C
Jim, thanks for the offer. I'll let you know, but it will take me a while to recover. Don't hold it though.
Quote from: mister on January 06, 2014, 08:15:35 PM
EJ EJ Ej!!!! Another from NJ just popped up on the main page.
Um... Another Ej, or another GS500 rider that lives in Jersey? :confused:
The young fellow I sold my bike to lives in the next town over but... He is much too well adjusted to mingle with this gang of hoons.
Just saying.
Lurking like a boss... whatever that means
Quote from: mister on January 06, 2014, 09:42:42 PM
Yep -40 is the same in F and C
Just for the F crowd... water freezes at Zero C and boils at 100 C
Indeed. ive been learning the metric system :). I will freak friends out if im visiting them, by tuning in a euro or aussie radio station, and get their weather. imagine their surprise and bewilderment, when I laugh when they go cover the car or plug in battery when weather says tomorrows high 18 . I wait til after they finish the work before I explain the metric system. and the conversion.
As I was saying to an English friend, even though metric has been in use here for many decades, people will jump between them.
If you say you're 6ft tall people understand that. Tell them you're 183cm tall and they look at you with a blank expression.
Slowly back up a car.. how far? couple feet. how far now? 50mm. Or... how far? about a meter. Now how far, six inches.
the Yanks and the Limeys caused all this confusion? :o
No confusion. We happily use what we intrinsically know. The idiomatic nature of language makes it so :thumb:
Trying to figure out how the file system works on osx coming off a windows 7 pc is f%&ked. Just sayin
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 07, 2014, 04:59:34 PM
Trying to figure out how the file system works on osx coming off a windows 7 pc is f%&ked. Just sayin
Bought my wife a new 22" iMac about 18 months ago because I got tired of her always asking me "Honey, how do I..." questions when she was at the computer. I figured the iMac would be easy for her to use and we would both benefit from that.
We un-boxed that new iMac and it was beautiful!
I was very impressed with the styling and great build quality....But alas, it in the long run it caused more trouble than it was worth. :technical:
In desperation I bought a couple of Mac text books and an on-line course on how to make the transition from PC to an iMac. I also spent lots of money on mice & keyboard gadgets to make it more like a PC. I tried, I really tried to go iMac. I assumed that iMac would be as wonderful as my iPads and iPhones are. (I love iOS).
But no. After several months of my wife constantly asking me Mac questions that I simply could not answer, I bought her a new Dell running the absolutely vile Win 8.1 operating system and buried the iMac in the basement with all the other expensive junk in my life that I classify as "Broken Dreams & Empty Promises".
Granted, a Chinese made Dell running Windows-8 is hardly user-friendly, but compared to the fuken worthless iMac I suffered with, her new Dell just fine.
And best of all... I can once again answer about 95% of my dear wife's never ending "Honey, how do I..." computer questions. :thumb:
I jumped onto an iMac the other day to edit a vlog together and loved how easy it was to use and how logical it all was. My problem is all my music , porn, photos, and vlogging stuff I have no ides on how to file it away in the Mac apparently it all goes on the finder but f%&ked if I know how to organize it
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 07, 2014, 06:16:41 PM
I jumped onto an iMac the other day to edit a vlog together and loved how easy it was to use and how logical it all was. My problem is all my music , porn, photos, and vlogging stuff I have no ides on how to file it away in the Mac apparently it all goes on the finder but f%&ked if I know how to organize it
You're young, smart, and motivated. You'll make the transition to iMac and produce videos at near pro quality.
Live long and prosper.
I've bought the MacBook Pro but yes it will all become clear soon
Google and YouTube explain all.
Yeah it hasn't yet
Back off Jester... I'm the resident Mac counselor here.
You Sir, are the Nissan guru.
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I'll get it soon I'm more of a needs someone there with him to show him the way it works kinda guy with this stuff
Bait car. Now THAT is a funny show.
Hilarious watching those guys sh*t the pants when the doors lock and engine cuts out. "Flashing lights! WTF?" and it's all over. Poor bastards. :icon_lol:
The excuses are gold...
No sir, the girl said I could drive it. Said she'd give me twenty bucks to...
Even when peeps say, "Hey that's a bait car" the doofus still steals it :cookoo:
Cheaters is funny
Sydney Thunder... 18 losses in a row now or is it more? Hate being them...
Morning has dawned
Mister, get the book?
I have a cool book
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He couldn't even finish it
Quote from: jestercinti on January 08, 2014, 03:30:54 PM
Mister, get the book?
Not yet. Haven't checked today yet though.
Ignore what the post office tells you. It can take 2 weeks or more - based on my experience.
Trying tapatalk finally, not convinced yet...
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Yeah... there is quite a bit of compromise using tapatalk IMO. Takes some getting used to, but I like it better than full browser on my phone now. Probably cause my iPhone screen is small, but that's a can of 'don't-go-there' around these parts...
- Bboy
Yeah it's different...
Riding Sunday... Bring it on!
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Tapatalk... tried it. Has its good points but I eventually went back to just using my old-school web browser.
Working a forum from a smart-phone is like trying to play the piano in handcuffs. >:(
Sorry but, I cant go any smaller than an iPad mini.
I rarely use my phone for this joint. Maybe to check on a pic game challenge before I get one, or something. But otherwise, too much effort. I just leave it until I can get onto a proper computer.
I only use tappatalk to upload photos on the go otherwise i rarely use it.
Use Tapatalk daily on my iPhone 5. Love it. Mister, you are right. International shipments can take a while.
I got my new mic from the USA in a little over a week and I ordered dec 31st
I find on the phone difficult but doable... Still prefer the widescreen PC experience...
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 09, 2014, 04:11:23 PM
I got my new mic from the USA in a little over a week and I ordered dec 31st
New mic? What new mic? :icon_eek: I want to know about this new mic.
I once had a parcel sent to me from Melbourne. It was address correctly but ended up being delivered to New Zealand. Somewhere wrote in bright red on it, Australia, not New Zealand and put it back in the mail.
Quote from: mister on January 09, 2014, 06:14:14 PM
I once had a parcel sent to me from Melbourne. It was address correctly but ended up being delivered to New Zealand. Somewhere wrote in bright red on it, Australia, not New Zealand and put it back in the mail.
lol that's always fun
I sent some things to Adidas that got there the next day. Over 2000 miles from OH to the West Seattle Bike Cave.
I then once had a parking ticket that I had to pay the Puerto Rican government. 3 weeks later I got a letter from the post office that my check had been shredded by a machine in Miami. I called Puerto Rico and in my best Spanish interpretation they got the letter, and I am no longer an international fugitive.
Hot damn Jester... you get around.
EJ, as slips once put it "I'm an international man of mystery, LOL!"
Listening to it now Mr. Ross
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Is that the same Ross that does the cool Youtube vids?
I think he has a black GS and a red Ducati... Yeah, that M. Ross 8)
Fancy schmancy new work laptop arrived at my desk yesterday :woohoo:
By that I mean small and reasonably light so easy to take home every night in the saddlebags and it can drive two external widescreen LCD's which is nice for the desk at work :cheers:
Also has a touch screen... which is a little odd but has come in handy every now and then so far... oh and it has a SSD which is always a nice addition :thumb:
Cannot wait to get out for a ride tomorrow... don't care if it showers or not I just wanna get out there :icon_mrgreen:
Also fixed up the home wireless over the last week or so... we're listening to RDIO which isn't bad but you need good wireless to get it out by the pool and spa and my ancient access point wasn't up to the task.
Added an extender first which was good for the signal out to the spa, but it was still hampered by the ancient access point so while streaming music, all other traffic didn't make it through. New wireless N access point acquired and now I can stream RDIO on two separate devices and still surf the net... all while sitting in the spa :thumb:
And posting this from the new laptop, tapatalk is ok in an emergency I guess... will stick to a PC/laptop as a preference though!
Sounds like you winning Pete!! :thumb:
... Have to question the idea of electrical equipment use while sitting in water though?! :confused:
Enjoy it?
It's nice to have a win for a change :thumb:
As for electrical devices near water... well they're not plugged in to 240VAC so pretty safe there I reckon... although that was only to test... typically it's just an iPhone or iPad connecting to a bluetooth speaker beside the spa... I don't typically surf the net while sitting in the spa, I prefer to relax and drink beer :thumb:
This mongoose is on a holiday now so probably won't be round for the better part of a week. New MacBook Pro to play with and an autotechnia 3350 mic to rig into my helmet. Off to see the turtles lay eggs on the beach.
Mister, it was quite late when I arrived home so I listened to a portion of it.
But yes, I am enjoying the narration and story.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 11, 2014, 04:32:22 AM
... and an autotechnia 3350 mic to rig into my helmet.
The mic Slips. The Audio-Technica ATR-3350 microphone. :dunno_black:
I was looking at that same mic for helmet use since my DRIFT Ghost helmet mic is too easily over-driven by ambient noise.
The Audio-Technica ATR-3350 has consistently gotten bad reviews and I was wondering how it performed for you.
Please post a few comments here after you have had a chance to test it on the road.
I might buy one but only if you give it the "Slips Approval"
Thanks.
-Ej-
Yeah, iPhone and iPad, belong submerged in water.
Quote from: Electrojake on January 10, 2014, 08:37:37 PM
Is that the same Ross that does the cool Youtube vids?
I think he has a black GS and a red Ducati... Yeah, that M. Ross 8)
when were the vids cool? im sorry mister I had to. ill be a good buy now. I promise my friend.
The vids are cool when he's in the proper mood. :whisper:
Quote from: Electrojake on January 11, 2014, 11:54:52 PM
The vids are cool when he's in the proper mood. :whisper:
just joshin him. ive never had a vid of his I didn't consider cool. even the house tour. which I liked quite well. although for the life of me cannot remember its name/title.
Hey EJ, Twisted has a black GS and a red Ducati. Just saying.
Cool videos. Oh, I don't want to aspire to be cool. I'm quite happy if everyone is cooler than me :thumb:
Met Twisted today as he joined me for the ride... Lots of fun, had a blast, and got to sample the red Monster too...
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Quote from: peteGS on January 12, 2014, 02:00:27 AM
Met Twisted today as he joined me for the ride... Lots of fun, had a blast, and got to sample the red Monster too...
And now you want one, don't you?
Haha nah, there was definitely a time years ago when I did, but now I just want my Kat...
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Quote from: peteGS on January 12, 2014, 02:48:02 AM
Haha nah, there was definitely a time years ago when I did, but now I just want my Kat...
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You don't want a Monster? You feeling alright? :flipoff:
Yup feeling just fine and dandy! If the budget was unlimited and there was already a Kat in the garage I would reconsider, but it couldn't be one of the new Monsters, they're now butt ugly!
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Oh yeah, got to be an older style one.
Nothing against Duc's .... I appreciate the passion for them ... But I wouldn't own one .... UNLESS it was a '49 Cucciolo ..... Something just that little bit different ;)
Quote from: mister on January 12, 2014, 01:58:41 AM
Hey EJ, Twisted has a black GS and a red Ducati.
Just saying.
Geez, I been accusing you of being a closet Ducati owner for years!
Now I know where the red Duc fits into the picture.
Thanks. :thumb:
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You got it at last EJ! Hahaha
And yep you got that right Janxy... Might even get to work on it and maybe fire it up one day...
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Quote from: mister on January 12, 2014, 01:58:41 AM
Hey EJ, Twisted has a black GS and a red Ducati. Just saying.
Cool videos. Oh, I don't want to aspire to be cool. I'm quite happy if everyone is cooler than me :thumb:
Mister, You must narrate the next volume of 'The Book of Cool'
... then no one could touch your level of coolness.
http://www.bookofcool.com/future/volume2
- Bboy
So Newman is now saying he doesn't particularly like the bikie laws.. Back flip time!
And time for Bleije to take the fall and Newman to distance himself from it all before the next election...
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Ehh I prefer a paso. btw in this game I scored $107 lol
Not as bad. Mid-70s maybe? Terrible at math.
I'm boring... 58...
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Beat ya Pete ... $55 ... :angel:
Hahahaha lying will get you nowhere!!!
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doing my best to make myself "boring" ive turned my life around over last couple years. from this point on, ill try again in a months time and see how far down my total goes Eh?, how bout yall?
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on January 14, 2014, 07:19:44 PM
Hahahaha lying will get you nowhere!!!
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Didn't lie!! ... 55 is my total! :flipoff: ... Guess I'm just not 1% enough eh!
Haha nah I think your 1% at the other end... Ie 99% :p
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Ooooh delayed double post time! :cheers:
So Mr Bleijie has 21 days from when this video was released... wonder if he'll take it seriously?
Quote from: peteGS on January 15, 2014, 05:36:58 AM
Haha nah I think your 1% at the other end... Ie 99% :p
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Nah ... I'm more of your 65%er .... Or ... 13/20ths .... Yeah that's right... 13 !!!! ... :icon_twisted: :D :icon_rolleyes: .... Plus or minus 50% of course ... Depending on whether I give a damn or not! :thumb:
Hahahahaa
Bloody front brake still dragging!
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Front caliper locks-up at speed? :o
Cool beans man!
Make sure you keep your GoPro running until you get that fixed!
Thanks.
mebbe the mighty 450 is wanting to get in some stoppie practice? ..
can you start wearing a cape too pete? ... just so the superman over the bars has some style to it? ;)
Hahaha not the cape!
Only dragging at this stage, only notice while pushing it around and at very low speed... Just removed a cable tie that could be the culprit...
Thanks for your concern fellas! Hahaha
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well it is concerning pete!! .. in this modern age of video recording ... it could prove interesting!!! ..
oh and ... i believe the caliper is meant to be held on by BOLTS .. not cable ties!! ... dang QLD rednecks!! ;) :flipoff:
Didn't realize pete was a hillbilly.
Come to America, we love rednecks! :icon_mrgreen:
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bahahahah ...
well 1 AK and 2 somethings?
:D
Immmmmm baaaaaack
Was you gone? .... So the magistrate made it a suspended sentence then?!
Hahaha no hillbilly here! Cable tie was a guide only, bolts do hold the caliper on!
No improvement on the way home, in fact a little worse, may have over filled the reservoir? Bled again tonight, see how it is tomorrow...
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IIRC .. A full reservoir doesn't make brakes drag? :dunno_black:
Spent a fuzzy week in bundy
Quote from: Janx101 on January 16, 2014, 03:35:19 AM
IIRC .. A full reservoir doesn't make brakes drag? :dunno_black:
I tend to agree... that little diaphragm in the lid is supposed to prevent that... grasping at straws here!
Otherwise the caliper's coming off on the weekend :technical:
Showed a coworker a picture of my new GS
"So is that a crotch rocket?"
"No, it's a standard or a streetbike"
"But isn't a fast, low, Japanese bike called a crotch rocket"
"Uh....this bike isn't exactly greased lightning"
Duh duh duh da da da da da da *breaks out in grease lightning dance in my lounge room with my morning coffee*
Friday peoples!!!
Tis
i been thinking.... yep it hurt a bit! ...
Greased Lightning .... im familiar with the phrase as is most every english speaker on the planet i guess...
but ... how?
how would you apply a thin layer of grease to lightning?! .. and ... wouldnt it just burst into a very brief flame and a puff of oily smoke?!
... further ...
is grease actually any benefit to the operation of lightning?? .. theres not exactly moving parts!! .. grease is great for reducing friction!! .. and friction produces heat ... however .. lightning seems to produce heat AND light .. without direct friction to itself! .. sure the 'friction' of air masses and positive/negative electrostatic? buildup PRODUCES lightning ... but the item itself .. i cant think of how heat producing friction would occur.... thereby negating the need for grease!!?
its a puzzler!!! ... any smart university types care to have a crack at this problem? ;)
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:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Speaking of grease... The grease on my caliper axles is more like blue tack... Think I found my brake drag problem! Shoulda used cream...
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Quote from: jestercinti on January 17, 2014, 05:11:54 AM
Friday peoples!!!
So if I drink after work Monday thru Thursday, How does one celebrate Friday? :dunno_black:
:cheers:
Drink more!
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Quote from: Electrojake on January 17, 2014, 06:43:17 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on January 17, 2014, 05:11:54 AM
Friday peoples!!!
So if I drink after work Monday thru Thursday, How does one celebrate Friday? :dunno_black:
:cheers:
A couple bottles of 'good' stuff.... Work your way through the boutique/imported beers and booze?
Oh hell...
I almost forgot...
Marijuana is now legal in the US. :icon_eek:
I can see several large areas in each city of Australia heading your way to live then EJ !! ... Plus most of Nimbin if they can ever raise the cash! Lol
Quote from: Janx101 on January 15, 2014, 08:51:52 PM
bahahahah ...
well 1 AK and 2 somethings?
:D
looks like perhaps 1 ak or sks, an ar something, and perhaps some .308? cant beat a present that goes bang or in addys case despatches raccoons lol. err dispatches that is
Yaaaaaaayyyyy capitalism
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 18, 2014, 03:14:04 AM
Yaaaaaaayyyyy capitalism
Yup! It pays "my" bills... In spite of the 42% of the dead wood in America that don't contribute and still enjoy the good life here.
1.) This great country produces more that we will ever need yet we have never ending poor & hunger. WTF?
2.) I hate politicians. All of em'
3.) I love business men, even the greedy ones.
4.) I got more to say but the wife walked in... Be afraid, very afraid. :sad: Gulp...
Yes Dear, coming Dear...
I told my missus to get her Buddha Loves You add back in the kitchen and make me some pie. Well it's Sunday in the land down under and I'm in the edit mode just got Final Cut Pro yesterday do I'll have a play with that today after I'm done doing my edit in iMovie. Back to work Tommorow
Sounds like fun and coolness. :cheers:
Back to work. For f%$k sake
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Saw this on my FB News Feed.
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lmao... yeah i saw that too over weekend... funny... but slightly offputting!! :confused: ;)
Disgusting and disturbing! Ugh...
On the plus side I have a good front brake again...
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Hooray for va jay jays
Quote from: Janx101 on January 19, 2014, 06:40:11 PM
lmao... yeah i saw that too over weekend... funny... but slightly offputting!! :confused: ;)
reminds me of the naughty place couch. what is that you ask, well im glad you did. because here it is.
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or if you yourself need multiples:
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meh idk lol
Quote from: Electrojake on January 17, 2014, 07:36:36 PM
Oh hell...
I almost forgot...
Marijuana is now legal in the US. :icon_eek:
not entirely yet. not on a federal level, and not in many states. cept a few on east coast, and couple on west. for recreation. and medical.
Mmmmmm kitty cat on leather
Weirdness...
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Gonna be baking today 39 degrees celcius
Well, I've been away. Now I'm back for this post. Then, once I've hit the Post button, I'll be gone again.
Slips, send heat! 4 inches of snow and -13C tonight. Traffic sux for the morning commute. In other news, mister got the package I sent on 26 December. Took em long enough. Cods the postie must have been on his coffee break !! :)
I'll send ya 15 deg celcius hey?
Quote from: jestercinti on January 21, 2014, 05:40:14 AM
Slips, send heat! 4 inches of snow and -13C tonight.
I... Cant... Take.. Anymore... Fuken...
S N O W ! :technical: >:( :2guns:
An inch of snow would go down nice right about now
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 21, 2014, 06:55:28 PM
An inch of snow would go down nice right about now
I got a foot of it for ya' :whisper:
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7f atm. no water bill ( well) so leaving faucets running a tad. so they don't freeze for a week like last time. the folks from the arctic sent their clipper down to rustle a few feathers. wheres this global warming? unless its in aus. for the moment.
Clipper? ... Like ... ???
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Maybe the polar bear fur clipper? She does house calls you know.
Bloody hot and the storm did bugger all to cool it down... Need a cool drink me thinks...
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Bloody wet, bloody cold, bloody hot. Harden the f up, bloody :thumb:
These chaps from Ohio... An odd lot indeed. :whisper:
It rained. Still bloody hot
In seven months it will be hot here also. Probably rain some too.
Time for a cartoon!
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She is clearly suffering from pee pee envy...
Hahaha... Yes still bloody hot despite the rain...
Tried to adjust the clutch on the 450 but what bloody idiot decided to recess a lock nut so deep? None of my spanners fit nicely while holding the adjuster still with a flat head, and a socket is out of the question.
Going to have to make a tool...
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no janx, no mister its commonly called an alberta clipper :dunno_white:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2014, 05:36:28 AM
no janx, no mister its commonly called an alberta clipper :dunno_white:
Alberta clipper? Like this?
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Posting
Testing... Testing... is this thing on?
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What?
Supposed to be riding tomorrow, rain predicted... Have rain suit will ride!
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You know pete, you seem to ride a lot, but also seem to tinker with your ride a lot too... How many miles/year is typical for you?
I ask because you always seem to be able to get out and test your tinkering quickly as well... Do you tinker because its an older machine you ride, or more because you like to do it?
... apology for random questioning, just wondered...
:cheers:
- Bboy
Pete... we are waiting.... Tell us; How far and Why do you ride. :dunno_black:
P.S. Is it still snowing in Ohio?
Bloody Queenslanders!, never around when there's questions to be answered ;)
sent by willpower and a phone
Ooh lots of questions! Only a short ride this morning, showering on the way back, about 160km's at a guess.
Why? Coz I love it!
As for riding/tinkering... I put the bike back on the road December 2011, now have done around 25,000km's since then.
Some tinkering is due to age, some due to trying to get the most out of the little beast, and some because I like tinkering almost as much as riding most of the time...
Funnily enough I still don't ride as much as I'd really like to, work gets in the way...
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Quote from: Electrojake on January 23, 2014, 10:34:33 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2014, 05:36:28 AM
no janx, no mister its commonly called an alberta clipper :dunno_white:
Alberta clipper? Like this?
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lol ); erom uoy llet lliw elgoog eht .taht ekil ton ,jE oN
I do about 15000 a year
Fat Albert.... seeing him as a kid is why all adults are now fat...
Quote from: mister on January 25, 2014, 03:18:32 AM
Fat Albert.... seeing him as a kid is why all adults are now fat...
That is the kind of demented social babble that the closet lefty's at that "Strom" forum are famous for. (
but they don't do it as a joke) :icon_rolleyes:
Now if we can get a few "Artists" to chime in with the Social Scholars we can start our own sub-forum here at LPW.
Yeah... It will be great!
Sub-forum rules:
1.) Must be over 50 years old (or act like it).
2.) Have 500 members but the same 4 or 5 dysfunctional old men control the tone of the entire forum.
2.) Must know all about motorcycles even though you don't actually have a shop, tools, or test equipment.
3.) Take one of the most trouble-prone motorcycles Suzuki ever produced and talk about it like it was a gift from the Gods.
Mister, Thank you for bringing me to LPW so many years ago. :bowdown: You and LPW are the only sanity-check I have left.
got to admit mister, is good for this. we do disagree. but its all in good fun I must admit.
It is still snowing in Ohio. We have lots of snow...and cold...and LPW.
Quote from: jestercinti on January 25, 2014, 02:55:49 PM
It is still snowing in Ohio. We have lots of snow...and cold...and LPW.
Yup. More snow today in Jersey too. Turning out to be a sh!tty winter here this year. :icon_neutral:
Good to see you visit LPW Jester.
Cool, Pete. Sounds like you really dig it all.
The cold I can do, the snow I can do... But this Effin wind! Guess I need to listen to another page from mister's book and harden up... Scuse me while I add another teaspoon of cement to my raw coffee grounds... Might take a little longer to get down...
- Bboy
I dig it all indeed! :cheers: :woohoo:
And you're problem with HTFU is right there... a teaspoon of cement will get you nowhere. :dunno_white:
You need ground concrete to make your coffee with... :thumb:
Only one teaspoon? Only if you're following up with another few cups of the same.
Sprinkle on your cornflakes too, ok. :thumb: :thumb:
Stopping by
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2014, 07:55:00 PM
Stopping by
The first post of the page has special meaning to it.
Brief, yet instructional.
Very well worded.
Holy bejesus H christ....
What ever person needs for home self defense.... :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJGH7cDFw7c
Biggest is best
Quote from: mister on January 26, 2014, 05:47:34 PM
Only one teaspoon? Only if you're following up with another few cups of the same.
Sprinkle on your cornflakes too, ok. :thumb: :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on January 26, 2014, 02:52:04 PM
I dig it all indeed! :cheers: :woohoo:
And you're problem with HTFU is right there... a teaspoon of cement will get you nowhere. :dunno_white:
You need ground concrete to make your coffee with... :thumb:
Baby steps, you know? Things could get out of hand...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=650617631642146
- Bboy
Freak!
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Quote from: peteGS on January 26, 2014, 02:52:04 PM
I dig it all indeed! :cheers: :woohoo:
And you're problem with HTFU is right there... a teaspoon of cement will get you nowhere. :dunno_white:
You need ground concrete to make your coffee with... :thumb:
gound concrete or concrete ground? which one?
Quote from: mister on January 27, 2014, 02:08:29 AM
Holy bejesus H christ....
What ever person needs for home self defense.... :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJGH7cDFw7c
Welcome to my country, my friend. :2guns:
I could have posted the image of this guy eating his high fiber diet...
But It's better that I just post the Link...
http://i.imgur.com/ZW4Bejw.jpg%3F1 (http://i.imgur.com/ZW4Bejw.jpg%3F1)
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Wow... I'm not happy with my curiosity right now... :icon_eek: :technical:
So, horses are hind gut fermenters... What does that make this guy? :dunno_black:
- Bboy
Quote from: Electrojake on January 26, 2014, 09:53:58 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2014, 07:55:00 PM
Stopping by
The first post of the page has special meaning to it.
Brief, yet instructional.
Very well worded.
.... is it? ... i thought he just had a typo .. stopping Bi ... then i thought ... well, he is either over the whole MMF thing .. and reverted to straight ... or continued on and gone to full flamin camp ghey!! ... always hard to tell with the Bimmer mob :icon_rolleyes: ;) :flipoff:
Least we don't put ethanol in our bikes
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 28, 2014, 01:33:07 AM
Least we don't put ethanol in our bikes
... That's just cos you ain't brave enough to try!! :flipoff:
No we Bmw riders are just smarter than the rest of you
Bloody heck, I forgot me chips and choccy for watching Bigest Looser. Bugger!
Block ftw
Yeah... Them Europeans love their tight leather riding pants.
Not to be confused with certain North American Harleymen wearing ass-less riding chaps! :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: mister on January 28, 2014, 04:30:53 AM
Bloody heck, I forgot me chips and choccy for watching Bigest Looser. Bugger!
Lol, sounds like half of the Americans who watch the show... sitting there and eating up the same calories being burned from those on the TV
- Bboy
whats a looser, a worn out naughty place?
Swap meet on at the Australian Motorcycle Museum Sunday, I'm in!
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They start out as Loosers, and become Losers as they lose their spare O tire :thumb:
Mornin' Farm Folks!
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on January 29, 2014, 07:56:00 AM
Mornin' Farm Folks!
- Bboy
Morning already? :dunno_black:
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It's always morning Somewhere...
Not here for at least 5 more hours :mad:
Night here...
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Quote from: peteGS on January 30, 2014, 02:26:53 AM
Night here...
Yeah, but the big question is...
Is it raining!?
looks like they will get it later this evening ??
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml#skip
You call that weather? Hah! Pete is worthy of a hail storm. :thumb:
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yeah but ..... he wont like you if you send him a hail storm!! ;)
he be all
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Well.... the answer to cyclone Dillon was blowing in the wind, like a hurricane, on a big brass bed....
Win
win...for now
Been hecticly busy lotsa stuff on the go
Quote from: Janx101 on January 30, 2014, 08:23:25 PM
yeah but ..... he wont like you if you send him a hail storm!! ;)
he be all
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Looks more like a case of bubonic plague! >:(
oye
Hey...people in Qld drive even more psycho when it's wet. Film at 11....
Quote from: mister on February 01, 2014, 12:27:57 AM
Hey...people in Qld drive even more psycho when it's wet. Film at 11....
All eyes are on you. :confused:
how can you get any more psycho?
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 01, 2014, 09:24:18 AM
how can you get any more psycho?
Watch the "film at eleven" and you'll know! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fnew%2Fyesnod.gif.pagespeed.ce.MzHdavJaFf.gif&hash=dee7ee14f5a8a544d169c143975d2cf8ef2fc941)
Dang.... it's always 11am somewhere.
in 12 hours 30 minutes exactly
Here... Its exactly 11:05 PM Saturday evening, New York time.
Now write that down! :icon_mrgreen:
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Australia's best singer for a couple decades. We don't give a crap about her so she lives in France. Shame.
Chains...
Chicken skin mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-weg30pUuEg
Head bopping remix http://youtu.be/n-i2TmJ2u_Q
Lengthier version (to work out to) of head bopping remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwk4XtgtoEM
17 years after Chains she's still releasing stuff Oct 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an5F97oSRdk - but the Aussie radio stations don't care :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: Electrojake on February 01, 2014, 09:33:28 PM
Here... Its exactly 11:05 PM Saturday evening, New York time.
Now write that down! :icon_mrgreen:
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Read that watch and look at the time posted. :technical:
Somebody should reset their watch maybe? :cheers:
Went out to the swap meet at the Australian Motorcycle Museum today. Nothing there for me but nice to catch up with some of the Kat folks and had a nice ride to boot...
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Any excuse for a ride :thumb:
Quote from: Toledo Jim on February 01, 2014, 11:08:17 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on February 01, 2014, 09:33:28 PM
Here... Its exactly 11:05 PM Saturday evening, New York time.
Now write that down! :icon_mrgreen:
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Read that watch and look at the time posted. :technical:
Somebody should reset their watch maybe? :cheers:
looked like 11:04:45 if I saw this correctly
It's 9:54am Eastern Standard Time in Ohio, the greatest state in the world!
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 02, 2014, 05:19:18 AM
Quote from: Toledo Jim on February 01, 2014, 11:08:17 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on February 01, 2014, 09:33:28 PM
Here... Its exactly 11:05 PM Saturday evening, New York time.
Now write that down! :icon_mrgreen:
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Read that watch and look at the time posted. :technical:
Somebody should reset their watch maybe? :cheers:
looked like 11:04:45 if I saw this correctly
That is what the watch said. :thumb:
The time it posted was 23:33:28 (11:33:28 p.m.) :confused:
I guess it just took a long time to post maybe? :dunno_black:
Oh well, at least I'm not picking on spelling! :icon_lol:
Your all bloody mad! Tick, tick, tick, tick, etc...
BTW: thanks for posting the bike pics Pete. I almost forgot what a non snow covered road looks like.
cleared out my workbench at ex job lol. 2 drawers full of parts watches, a ps3 slim, some running watches tools etc. bench is theirs stuff was mine. getting it out while I still can. then they call me asking how to reset a fracked up computer. they become disinterested after the 5 minute intro lesson. so I said. yall can listen and do as I say or sell as is and sell nothing. your choice. :) my loyalty left with the ex owner of business. I was the only one willing to do the diry jobs, the pc jobs and the watch work. they wont be able to hire anybody around here who will do likewise. I feel good lol. unemployed but good. enough skillset to obtain employment anywhere.
No worries EJ, always happy to share bike pic's!
Yama, good on ya, you'll go far!
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With this fücking freetime bored. But to postwhore a bit heck gives me a chance. ( playing with yoda translator )
Wood chuck chuck, how much wood could, if chuck wood, a wood chuck could. ( semi drunken yoda version Eh? )
and when you type in f*ck f*ck f*ckety f*ck you get "Help, you need. " indeed yes I do.
Hello farmers
Love it...
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Snowmageddon round two tomorrow... :technical: :2guns:
- Bboy
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 02, 2014, 09:46:28 PM
I feel good lol. unemployed but good. enough skillset to obtain employment anywhere.
There is always a market for honest, hardworking people. :cheers:
- Bboy
Hey Yamma,
I enjoyed your "last day at work" post.
Your psychology is good. :thumb:
I love it when the one guy that can actually fix anything gets laid-off from a shop.
I say relax for a while and then go scouting for work in better weather.
-Ej-
Quote from: Electrojake on February 03, 2014, 02:51:17 PM
Hey Yamma,
I enjoyed your "last day at work" post.
Your psychology is good. :thumb:
I love it when the one guy that can actually fix anything gets laid-off from a shop.
I say relax for a while and then go scouting for work in better weather.
-Ej-
Its funny cause I go in to observe lol stuff needing repair is piling ujp. then all hell will break loose. this takes a minimum of 3 ppl to run it, 2 up front and myself taking care of issues.since im out, its piling up. ahh well Cest la Vie. Cant afford this time off its driving me crazy. I don't like being idle.
...and the snow starts... in the 7-10" range for my location...
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on February 04, 2014, 10:40:54 AM
...and the snow starts... in the 7-10" range for my location...
- Bboy
6 more inches tonight with an expected two more feet on Sunday.
Did I ever mention how much my job S U C K S when it snows.
All of this white horse manure belongs in Ohio... NOT New Jersey.(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.al.com%2Fwire%2Fphoto%2Fcordovas-deep-snowjpg-aa1d4d0af82993bb.jpg&hash=d053e67fe27cbac2b1cfca0a9d74c3bcea9ebe10)
And then the snow melts and everything is soggy. Nothing worse than soggy SAOs...
Tired
We Ohioans have been through hell and back. Both the USA and Canadian groundhogs say more winter. Bring it! All you jersey people can do is argue over bridges and host Super Bowls. Here on Ohio, we persevere dammit!
So ..... The Hell of Ohio , it's snowy and cold!???? ..... Wow! ... Do they say "when hell freezes over" there much??? ;)
As a former resident of Lockbourne Ohio, I am qualified to say that massive summer rain storms, and snow on the ground all winter long is what Ohio does best!
(oh, and droughts too).
And of course soybeans. Countless and miles of em'
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mmmmm soybeans!! ... oh wait .. i dont like soybeans... :icon_rolleyes:
however ..
i notice this chap popped up as the boards newest member ... http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?action=profile;u=17573
and as im feeling a bit of a devil today .. i draw your attention to his sig line....
.. then i put forward the thought... "is it possible to spam a spammer in his board inbox or something?" ... i get a little email notification every time i get a personal message... is that a standard thing? ...
we could flood any email address he left with messages?
or am i just being silly (-er than normal) ?? :icon_mrgreen:
You need sombody flooded with emails?
Just let me know mate. I'd think the entire LPW crew would support you on that one! :thumb:
well .. its not 'me' that needs it.... just thinking if that noob in the link above turned out to be a spammer... then we could have fun eh!
Quote from: Electrojake on February 04, 2014, 03:26:50 PM
Quote from: BockinBboy on February 04, 2014, 10:40:54 AM
...and the snow starts... in the 7-10" range for my location...
- Bboy
6 more inches tonight with an expected two more feet on Sunday.
Did I ever mention how much my job S U C K S when it snows.
All of this white horse manure belongs in Ohio... NOT New Jersey.
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this happened once in west Chicago. had three entrances to our 4 square. ( typical 1910 era house. front door back door, and door to coal bunker. got snowed in, I got out via coal bunker. since house didn't use coal anymore, we used gas. it wanst THAT high, just enough to make exit via the two doors impossible.
How's the snow ej?
Snow turned out 9-10" here, but the snow crew did an excellent job at clearing it this time around - hardly any delays or emergency response. Calling for only 1-2" Saturday here - walk in the park.
- Bboy
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Quote from: jestercinti on February 07, 2014, 12:46:26 PM
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
It's about damn time you showed up Jester!
By the way...
The hotel you were in last night had a camera stuffed in the smoke detector.Hey, nice dye job too. :thumb:
Just saying.
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apropos of nothing ..
i have a 'thing' about nostril hairs tickling the inside edge of my nostril .. cant abide it!!! :nono:
.. so this morning i got the tweezers out and was removing a few offending hairs.... 2nd one out.... Completely white/grey!! ... awwwww man!! im even getting grey nose hairs now!?!?!??! .. this is not cool!!... :icon_sad:
Quote from: Janx101 on February 07, 2014, 05:17:35 PM
This morning i got the tweezers out and was removing a few offending hairs.... 2nd one out.... Completely white/grey!! ... awwwww man!:
Cut them, mate!
DO Not Pluck them!!! >:( Ouch!
Quote from: Electrojake on February 07, 2014, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 07, 2014, 05:17:35 PM
This morning i got the tweezers out and was removing a few offending hairs.... 2nd one out.... Completely white/grey!! ... awwwww man!:
Cut them, mate! DO Not Pluck them!!! >:( Ouch!
been doing both for ages .. got 2 different nose mowing machines too... a rotary one and a reciprocating one.... i
REALLY HATE nose hairs tickling me ...
thing is... long term ... the hairs seem to grow sideways/around the circumference etc ... to avoid being cut or pulled... tricksy nose hairs!! .. my body system definitely wants the hairs to exist .. but my awake brain doesnt like the tickle.. :icon_rolleyes:
if i could/can get the funds for it and its possible... id get friggin laser treatment up there and just deal with the 'scorched earth' policy aftereffects .. :wink:
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Problem Solved.
cool .. kinda :D ... i dont know that i could hold out long enough to have enough length to plait though! ... :icon_rolleyes:
Lots of proud Ohioans here...
So I was thinking that one of em' should grab this graphic as their avatar.
Come-on... You know you want to. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fnew%2Fyesnod.gif.pagespeed.ce.MzHdavJaFf.gif&hash=dee7ee14f5a8a544d169c143975d2cf8ef2fc941)
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Avatar.. yeah, isn't that the movie with Lieutenant Nyota Uhura dressed as a hot blue chick 8ft tall?
Here again.
Where the hell is my Ohio contingent? >:( :technical:
We're over due for the 2:00 group hug. :whisper:
You want a hug? This is the best you can expect from Australia...this is how we group hug....
Harden the fcuk up :flipoff: :flipoff: :cheers:
SHAPPELLE CORBY HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL
BOUT FKN TIME
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Where are her eyebrows?
Lighting effect .. That pic is from the movie ... Not her .. But the actress playing her
EJ, I was made in the back of a 1969 Plymouth Belvedere in Illinois. I'm an Ohio transplant.
Speaking of prison, I hear Amanda Knox is in trouble again in Italy. FOXY KNOXY!
So I have nothing to add...
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Yes Janx, not her, But still, eyebrows please. We need to see them.
As an aside.... I'm fukcing fed up hearing about the woman. Shapelle this, shapelle that. Surely, it's time to hear another bikie story from Campbell's archives of lawlessness...
Quote from: jestercinti on February 10, 2014, 07:34:40 PM
EJ, I was made in the back of a 1969 Plymouth Belvedere in Illinois. I'm an Ohio transplant.
Lets see... In 1969 I was only in 8th grade so... um... well anyway...
Yes. The old Mopar's were indeed nice!
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Quote from: mister on February 11, 2014, 03:06:01 AM
As an aside.... I'm fukcing fed up hearing about the woman. Shapelle this, shapelle that.
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Here we go again...
The Aussies are off on some sort of a tangent.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fenglipedia.informe.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fsmiley_chin.gif&hash=864c2c670e84618746f4245a66e1900fa8266b28) Perhaps Ive wandered into a "Yank-free Zone.
Fuk-em'... I'm gonna start posting photos of the Queen of all Yanks...
. . . Hilliary Clinton!
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Are the Olympics finished yet?
Quote from: mister on February 12, 2014, 11:17:58 AM
Are the Olympics finished yet?
Ah yes...
Its messing up your TV picks. Understandable.
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Wow, I just discovered, the network which is hosting it down here, is televising Heaps of it on their second channel which noone watches. Their main channel just has the usual poddy fare, with occasional snow type stuff.
Good to see you keeping this place alive Sir.
Don't see Aussies having much interest in "winter" Olympics.
Just saying. :dunno_black:
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well its all bloody figure skating and curling and stuff ... ;)
if they had some proper entertainin' gear like.... the 1000m snow-bike punkin smash .. the team relay seal clubbin' .... and maybe the runnin' of the avalanche!! ... now that'd draw a crowd! :icon_twisted: ;) :icon_mrgreen:
We need to see more spectacular crashes in skiing et al and then we'd watch. :thumb:
Quote from: BockinBboy on February 07, 2014, 07:29:23 AM
Snow turned out 9-10" here, but the snow crew did an excellent job at clearing it this time around - hardly any delays or emergency response. Calling for only 1-2" Saturday here - walk in the park.
- Bboy
7" in 12 hours. mother nature cleared most of it. road dept got the rest. didn't get to make a perverse snowman this time. may grab a few snowballs put in freezer and make one in june lol.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 14, 2014, 02:27:38 PM
7" in 12 hours. mother nature cleared most of it. road dept got the rest. didn't get to make a perverse snowman this time. may grab a few snowballs put in freezer and make one in june lol.
Snowing here again too. :icon_neutral:
No Aussies posting because they be out riding in the warm sunshine :cry:
.... Or looking out the windows at the pissing down rain!! :icon_sad:
I just learned that Alaska is the northernmost, easternmost, and westernmost state. A portion of the state is east of the 180* latitude.
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Did you know that...
Cheetos were invented in 1948 by a guy named Elmer?
Yup... and they used to be called "Chee-tos" until 1998.
And...
They're made by the Frito-Lay company, which is a subsidiary of the Pepsi Co.
See, us Jersey boys know important sh!t too.
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EJ, I'm kind of a big deal.
Quote from: jestercinti on February 16, 2014, 05:20:46 PM
EJ, I'm kind of a big deal.
Entertaining too. Well... at least here at LPW. :thumb:
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pffft ... ;) .. you yankees at it again... you talkin all
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but all im hearing is
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;) :icon_lol: :flipoff:
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I could use some air-support here.
bring on ya air support!! .. :flipoff: ... we got a special Ozzie the Mozzie fly swatter!! :icon_mrgreen:
stopping by again. The snow thawed yet ej and jester?
Wow slips .. Now that you a 'big YT vlog personality' you don't come to play in here much .... The swamp too dirty for you now? :flipoff:
No very much busy stuff going on ATM not even time for edits
MonGoose on deck!
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I really should make more time for you guys I love the banter of the yanks and an insight into the simple mind of a new south Welshman like you janx lol. Looks like for my special project too janx it'll be Remington 260 with a vortex scope with turrents and in a Boyd thumbhole stock with a full float and pillar bed. Action will get the once over in the lathe too and I'll probably get to chamber my own match grade barrel.
Slips, thank you for taking time out of your busy day to visit your old friends here at LPW.
I do believe your dripping with arrogance, yes? :icon_rolleyes:
Nah gone off the interwebs for a bit got a bit tired of it. But I'm
Back now for my peeps
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fixed it for ya ;)
Cheers Jim, was in a hurry and didn't check :thumb:
Typical janx
Peeping at chicks?
How bout getting some beaver, muffin, snatch, kitty cat, clam, taco, or carpet munching?
And Slips, welcome back to your proper place here at LPW.
Onward...
Hmmmm I'm sorta back... supposed to be riding this Saturday for the first time in weeks... can't wait! The commute keeps me two wheeling but it's not the same...
Thanks ej now onward to victory and getting balls deep in some gooooood
Dammit. I take off for a little, and I come back to this sh!t? EJ, what the hell? At least Toledo (a fellow Ohioan) has Pu$$y and chicks. Let's see what you got!
Jester how goes it buddy?
Quote from: jestercinti on February 18, 2014, 08:09:02 PM
Dammit. I take off for a little, and I come back to this sh!t?
EJ, what the hell? At least Toledo (a fellow Ohioan) has Pu$$y and chicks. Let's see what you got!
Some of my finest Ohio/Jestercinti comments (starting with post #4574), and all you can do throw down the the pus$y gauntlet? Pfft... :flipoff:
This is what's needed...
Make a man out of you!
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Plenty of Botox in that cow
post that crap and ill answer with a pic of my toe wound. . disgusting lol :"(
Please don't I'm only just easing myself back Ito the swig of this place
If the GStwins forum were a ship...
LPW is certainly the bilge.
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Arr but it be cool and shady in the bilge, away from the harsh sun and the scurvy seagulls! . Yo ho me hearties!
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This is where all the coolest stuff happens where we don't get bothered
That sounds suspiciously hipster ;)
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it is morbidly intriguing to see ones own tendon in action tho. but yeah I don't want to risk a cutoff of LPW. ill save it and xray for some weird thread of that nature. if it arises
Quote from: Janx101 on February 20, 2014, 06:27:16 PM
Arr but it be cool and shady in the bilge, away from the harsh sun and the scurvy seagulls! . Yo ho me hearties!
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Cool!!! Pirate talk! :cheers:
Petrol. ... I need about a gallon. .. on my way to Victoria in the truck. .. front right wheel bearing went boom. ... someone coming to fix it in morning, gonna be 18-24hours late unloading ... which is gonna f%$k the whole of next week too. ... petrol! ... I feel like making a special truck shaped bonfire. .... fml!
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POP in for a visit.
Oh, look at the time.... gots to go again. Later....
Hello
Buongiorno :dunno_black:
Yup, was morning. Now it's not. So... ¡buenas tardes!
Is that like. .. tardes farmes. .. lol
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Yum corn with butter wrapped in foil cooked on the Barbie
Sandwich
What sandwich? Details of this sandwich? What bread? Toppings? Meat?
At the flea market, there was 2 Piaggio mopeds for sale. 1977 year. Great shape! Sadly, left them there. No way to transport.
Screw the mopeds. Get yourself a Real bike ;)
2 piaggio's? . What. . One for each leg? ;)
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Disaster and tragedy, the difference. ..
Disaster is when a bus. Carrying UK engineers, crashes then careers off a cliff into the ocean where there are hungry sharks.....
Tragedy is when there were empty seats on the bus!
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I was somewhat drooling on Saturday with the turn out...
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Do they also park according to rank?... or alphabetical/ numerical VIN plate order? Lol ;)
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My questions bear a similarity to my balder slightly retarded friend above
Hey, Vintage mopeds are cool! :cool: :thumb:
Big old Suzuki parallel fours are not bad either.
Just sayin'
Quote from: slipperymongoose on February 23, 2014, 03:38:08 PM
My questions bear a similarity to my balder slightly retarded friend above
hey .. i resemble that comment!! :kiss3:
Hahahaa no definitely first come first served... largest capacity is smack bang in the middle in those shots... 1360cc or thereabouts I believe...
Fat tony and co. I'm hooked
You're hooked on Fat Tony? That's a little disturbing...
Ohio here. I leave for a little, and I expected alcohol, fornication, and zombie flesh eating gore.
Instead, you talk about bald people, and someone named fat tony.
Skinny and still bat sh!t crazy?
I got to fight to keep 190 pounds on my bones, and you brag about being skinny. Funny world we live in. :dunno_black:
So yeah, what's your current weight these days?
Just wondering.
Well tonight I got owned by an r1 big banger. Was awfully fun though. I had him at the start till he hit his powerband.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on February 25, 2014, 07:28:32 AM
Well tonight I got owned by an r1 big banger. Was awfully fun though. I had him at the start till he hit his powerband.
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I found out today what the Fat Tony thing was... yeah that's what happens when you don't watch TV! I loved the first Underbelly series... the others weren't bad but just went downhill compared to the first one, so I reckon Fat Tony oughta be good... will wait til it comes out on DVD though so I don't have to tolerate the ad's...
Should be ordering crankshaft bearings for the little Ducati tomorrow and have shot an email off to try to get my hands on a good ignition coil and condensor... will be nice to start restoring the little beast at last :cheers: :woohoo:
Eh Pete. . Speaking of little ducs. . If you hear of a good bottom end for a 620ie. Let me know. Mate down here broke his
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Gotta hate breaking your bottom end! I wonder if Twisted would know?
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Man I have missed a lot you got a Ducati Pete? A little 250?
I am about 180 these days. I was 170, but that was un-american.
At gundagai motel. After 2.5 days, 2300km, 31 hours in truck and 2 hours loading/unloading. .. fuggit I'm gonna sleep till I wake up in about 13 hours :-/
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Gundagai? Bugger that Janx you can have it! Just drink more beer...
Slips... had this for a few years now and no, not that big... only about 49cc from memory... it and a circa 1939 Malvern Star are going to be restored...
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Last registered in 1953...
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Should look a little something like this when done...
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Now I'm an expert and I rekkon there is a problem with the cylinders
Quote from: slipperymongoose on February 27, 2014, 06:25:03 AM
Now I'm an expert and I rekkon there is a problem with the cylinders
Yeah there is! There's only ONE! ;) :flipoff:
- Bboy
Quote from: jestercinti on February 26, 2014, 06:45:04 PM
I am about 180 these days.
I was 170, but that was un-american.
Yes Jester. Agreed.
170 your a punching bag... but at 180 your a ladies man. :thumb:
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Bitches love the d
I've got that swimsuit! ;)
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Dare ya to post a pic of you wearing it
BockinBboy you read my mind!!!
Janx... Please let that dare go by! Some things can never be unseen...
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No I demand it be seen so that only the hardcore lpw posters survive
Demand? .. this is
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.. (bloody touch screen) .. is a bit strong? ... considering my current usertag by john. .. I shudder to think of what it would become post mankind photo. ... in deference to Pete's mental anguish I might defer for the moment ;)
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ELO... just say'n
Graphics brighten up any thread. :)
Just sayin'
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A double-post news flash. . .
While temperatures hit a record low 6F in New york yesterday, Australia hit 108F at a place called Shark Bay.
My fellow Yankees, you read that right: 108 Fahrenheit ! >:(
BTW: A foot of snow coming here Sunday night. <crap>
And Sorry, but I'm forced to use the Imperial system of measure by my government.
You "damn foreigners" will have to do your own conversions to the metric system...
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Quote from: Electrojake on March 01, 2014, 08:13:31 AM
While temperatures hit a record low 6F in New york yesterday, Australia hit 108F at a place called Shark Bay.
My fellow Yankees, you read that right: 108 Fahrenheit ! >:(
BTW: A foot of snow coming here Sunday night. <crap>
I've been to Shark Bay. It is the Western most part of mainland Australia and one of the places you can go swimming with dolphins and dugongs. Didn't see any sharks when I was there. It also wasn't 104 degrees but given its location, that wouldn't be an uncommon temperature during summer.
A small area of Shark Bay is also home to Stromatolites (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamelin_Pool_Marine_Nature_Reserve), the oldest living things on earth.
Yep has been warm here lately! Perfect for riding of course :)
And thanks Janx!
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Went to nimbin and Byron bay yesterday. Within 2 min of hopping off the bike at nimbin I got hit up for weed. Haha never fails to disappoint. Just as we were leaving copped a huge whiff of the green stuff wafting down the Main Street haha
Only get with a girl that likes Dickson's Cider
Just watched an awesome vid by my favourite New Jersey vlogger
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 02, 2014, 02:22:16 AM
Just watched an awesome vid by my favourite New Jersey vlogger
The rare winters day that the roads are not covered with snow, ice, or frozen crap patches.
Also...
Banzai, thank you for another good example of quality data-posting here at LPW. Good input Sir. :cheers:
Big ride on with the Katana boys on Saturday, they're heading to Nambucca Heads but I'll turn back around Casino or somewhere... can't wait!
Then I have to do some study and get another certification this month... I hate study and exams! Isn't being certifiable enough these days? :cookoo:
Certification in...? :dunno_black:
VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5.1 - Data Centre Administration... so exciting! 3 1/2 hours of exam bliss to look forward to... and no results for 10 to 14 days afterwards :technical:
Now Cods and Mister... either of you up for meeting me somewhere around Casino or Murwillumbah this coming Saturday? I'll be departing the Katana ride at Casino and riding solo back so I'm looking for some fun roads down that way...
Oh yeah... delayed double post baby! :woohoo: :cheers: :bowdown:
Quote from: peteGS on March 03, 2014, 03:52:07 AM
VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5.1 - Data Center Administration...
Gotch-ya. :thumb:
Oh yeah... Exciting stuff!
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Ohio? :whisper:
:dunno_black: could be!? ... they gots strange folks over that way ;)
I thought the strange folks came from west virginia
The US is infested with "strange folks"
Each of our 50 states have different weather and slightly different accents and customs but together we all pick the one biggest moron every 4 years and call him Mr. President. :dunno_black:
You also have banjos...
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Delayed double post FTW :woohoo:
Forget delayed... Ima double post at same time :2guns:
- Bboy
Lame.. didn't let me.. :embarassed:
- Bboy
Lol ... 30 sec rule eh! .... I still got up to 30ish? In a row ... The old original LPW thread ..... Just wanted to see how long before someone actually looked ;)
Hey wait... Has the LPW High Council decided if Bboy is allowed to double post? :nono:
If not, the he will need a wavier.
Just sayin'... Them be the rules.
Last LPW meeting we had "mister" was chosen as the Adjunct LPW Attorney General.
Anybody know if he's available to make a ruling here? :dunno_black:
mister ?... chosen?!?!?! ... he self appointed didnt he?! ... :icon_rolleyes: ;) :icon_lol:
think he was ripped on pink lemonade at the time though.... you dont mess with a bloke on THAT sugar rush! :thumb:
Mister? A sugar junkie?
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only as it is contained in homemade Pink Lemonade apparently ... despite seeming innocuously 'healthful' there are still a plethora of natural sugars to be found in it... and overindulgence can result in some decidedly odd behaviour ...
:icon_idea:
... he must drink gallons of the stuff!!! ;) :flipoff:
I can confirm my rain suit is still functional...
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Rules in LPW?! Blasphemy!
I thought this thread fell under the rule of the Farm, and hence.. no rules?! Is there a heretic amongst us?!
- Bboy
Wellllllll .... Rules . .. Or perhaps guidelines ..... Mister is 'our' special window licker in charge of guidelines :laugh: ..... And still not responding to the barbs ... :icon_rolleyes: ... Maybe he is very busy with cleaning a new set of windows! :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on March 05, 2014, 01:34:26 PM
Mister is 'our' special window licker in charge of guidelines :laugh: ..... And still not responding to the barbs ... :icon_rolleyes: ... Maybe he is very busy with cleaning a new set of windows!
He's about as responsive as Jester.
Or as responsive as a GS with a half flat front tyre on a hairpin bend...
Hmmmm jester AND mister non responsive at the same time?! ... What could this mean?
Hmmmm... maybe both have flat front tyres? :dunno_black:
Quote from: peteGS on March 06, 2014, 04:31:47 AM
Or as responsive as a GS with a half flat front tyre on a hairpin bend...
You speak with the voice of experience. :cheers:
And please add these three words to the end of your statement above... "In the rain"
Thanks!
NO DOUBLE POSTING WITHIN THE SAME DAY!! Been having some 13hr days at work so little time to stop by here to a meaningful post. Been tinkering with my stands and happy to say the production prototype is ready and survived it's 2 he load test this morning
up ya bum Slips!! ... you wanna be throwin the 'rules' about then you best be attending 'club meetings' ... you been as scarce as rocking horse poo in here lately boyo!!... so pipeth downeth!! :flipoff:
Yeah what he said!
About to hit the sack shortly... up at 3:45am to get sorted, leave home by 5am or so to meet the first lot of lads and then over to Rocklea to meet the rest... can't wait! :woohoo:
:icon_eek: .. 3.45am ... For a ride!? .... That's a rare and exotic passion for katanas you have there Pete!!! :thumb:
Oh yeah! Gotta be done! Can't wait to be rolling down the driveway...
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Quote from: peteGS on March 07, 2014, 04:02:43 AM
Yeah what he said!
About to hit the sack shortly... up at 3:45am to get sorted, leave home by 5am or so to meet the first lot of lads and then over to Rocklea to meet the rest... can't wait! :woohoo:
Google god man!
You must be young, healthy, and motivated.
Happy adventure Lad!
Pipe down janx you'll rouse the drop bears and they'll put the smack down on you. Prototype stand has passed it's test and now ready for production
i can handle a couple drop bears!!! ... several .. then no ... but just 2 or 3 .. i put my fully hectic vloggers snapkick to the midsection on them and they go bouncing off the nearby buildings! :icon_mrgreen:
Ya see Jester. I told you they really had Drop Bears over there. :whisper:
Motivated maybe... Young and healthy? Hahaha not a chance! Fun day, only a little rain and one blown fuse...
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Pete,
What's with all the rain? :dunno_black:
You must be a master of wet weather riding skills by now.
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Actually it's been pretty light on with the rain so far this year compared to last year... but yeah I'm much improved on the wet roads than I used to be! Still no Anthony West of course...
And you blokes, if you've got blade fuses and they've been in for a couple of years you might want to get check them out... if the translucent plastic is getting hazy they may be burning out and about to fail. One of the Kats had that issue yesterday. His bike went dead, then good, then dead, then good... fiddling with wiring seemed to get it going but then it died completely. Pulled the main fuse out and that's what it was like and it finally blew.
Then on my way home, most of the way up to the top of Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd my bike started misfiring/back firing and the dash was flashing on and off and I lost so much power I had to pull over. Turned out I had the same issue... limped a further 100 metres up the road before I lost all electrical power altogether. Pulled the fuse out and the plastic separated from the metal... it was screwed! I didn't have spares either :technical:
Fortunately I still had my aux power socket wiring installed even though I removed the socket and it has a 10 amp fuse so that got me home... I now have a 15 amp in there again and 3 spares in my tool bag...
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Good tip Pete! :thumb:
Indeed Janxy! Would've saved me a bucket load of time and allowed me to go over Mt Tamborine instead of straight up the boring freeway...
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Boo hoo
Yeah yeah :flipoff:
Using hand signals to indicate right turns sucks... very hard to do while braking and blipping the throttle to downshift :dunno_white:
At least I won't have to do that tomorrow with the new indicator relay installed...
Slightly wet on the way to work this morning
In Australia, does the rain go "up" instead of down? :confused:
no .. it still goes down.... its just tougher harder rain that slaps you upside the head on the way through!!
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Rode to work today... will be 65F out today!! So I had to get it in because...
We are expecting 3+ inches of snow starting late tonight :technical: :2guns:
- Bboy
Midwest snow is the coldest!
Aussie snow is the warmest.
Jersey snow is the filthiest.
Speaking of snow... Are there any Canucks here?
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Snow? What's snow?
As of October, Qld vehicles older than 5 years will need a safety certificate to get rego renewed...
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Quote from: peteGS on March 11, 2014, 09:14:07 PM
Snow? What's snow?
As of October, Qld vehicles older than 5 years will need a safety certificate to get rego renewed...
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Snow- white fluffy flakes that fall from the sky ... kinda like fertiliser when the cropdusters go thru!! .. but colder!
Rego inspections.... welcome to 30 years ago in NSW!!!
Yeah, not a bad idea as such but I bet they find a way to screw us for more money... It's the Nazi err Newman way...
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Sorry for the delay. Booze and boobs got in the way again. Yep, spring for 5 minutes, then snow.
Sounds like you're having fun Jester! As long as they're not man boobs...
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Quote from: jestercinti on March 12, 2014, 02:55:43 PM
Sorry for the delay. Booze and boobs got in the way again. Yep, spring for 5 minutes, then snow.
You got it made kid.
Jumping from bar to bar with the frequency of a cheap ham radio. :cheers:
Not to mention a steady diet of bar-chicks.
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OK, well yeah, maybe they're not knock-outs but hell... at least The Jester's laid regular. :thumb:
Good to see you post too!
Inspections are a load of bullshit
Get used to them Slips ... Reckon even if a lot of other Newman stuff got axed the inspections will stay
Hmmmm I need to change oil again... the 450 is drinking the Motul 5100 like nobody's business... after Saturday's fun it's still got a very small weep where the synthetic started but nowhere near as bad, and everyone who's followed me has said no blue smoke... but I'm still going through oil way too fast and at $70 for 4 litres of this stuff it's way over the top...
I'm thinking Penrite HPR 15 15w50 diesel is the way to go next time... extra zinc and all that crap... if it's good enough for a Kat bored out to 1360 surely it's gotta be good enough for my wee beastie!
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 13, 2014, 01:33:28 AM
Inspections are a load of bullshit
The government overlords are increasing their strangle-hold on the common man?
We got a lot of that going on here as well. :icon_neutral:
Typical...
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I thought you were always using the penrite Pete
The irony of the LPW rules.
Rule number 1 - there are no rules, even though That, in itself, is a rule.
So I guess we really do have a rule. No rules. Not even when someone quotes the ancient scrolls of Molex on the legitimacy of non ruling rules only to discover it's a bit like this notice...
Notice...
If you notice this notice you will notice this notice is not worth to notice. Did you notice?
FUKK THE RULEZ :woohoo:
Hmm... codajastal, eh?
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..... A knight that ventured far into the foreign lands , and there waged fierce battle in the holy wars, returned to the round table muchly whiskered and smelling slightly of horse dung! :flipoff:
But father.... I just want to sing...
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Here I am there you are
Into the dark wet jungle
Spring is almost here. Soon it will rain more in Australia. Maybe they will find that plane from Malaysia.
Conspiracy theories on this topic?
GO!
- Bboy
China lost a nuke sub and/or they just wanted to re-task their satellites to cover the 'sth china sea' and a whole heap of other interesting stuff along the orbit track!?
Aliens
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 17, 2014, 02:19:31 PM
Aliens
We promise this procedure will only hurt a little. . . :icon_eek:
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You haven't watch the pew de pie series on the south park game have you? If your a Jew, Christian, or sensitive in any other way don't watch it. Very politically incorrect lol
Ahhhh Paul I live Paul
Well done Janx! :icon_mrgreen:
So when's the next upload ej?
Tried the Motul last service Slips after the fully synth Penrite started leaking everywhere... back to a different Penrite next time... semi synth diesel 15w50... :dunno_black:
Pricing sucks... need a new R/R and I want to upgrade to the new you-beaut SH775 series one which Polaris has... $US67 for it so nice price :thumb:
Add shipping... $US40 :mad:
Get the price for the same item over here... $AU156... plus $AU11.50 postage :technical:
Ordered from the US this morning... :cookoo:
The difference in price after conversion to $AU will buy me a 5L bottle of the Penrite HPR15 15w50 diesel oil and give me $5 change...
And I need to adjust my chain... wondered what the funny sound was yesterday and it's just touching the swing arm :confused:
No idea how it got that loose all of a sudden but I must say I haven't been happy with it since I bought it... seems to have stretched an awful lot... don't go for a SSS chain is the lesson learnt! Stick with EK/RK etc...
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 17, 2014, 09:52:35 PM
So when's the next upload ej?
When it stops snowing, and they stop dumping tons and tons of salt and calcium chloride on the roads. Then I may get to upload a ride video :icon_neutral:
But for now... Get behind one of these bastards and you might as well throw your car away. And Forget about a motorcycle.
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They are looking to destroy a road near you!
Scrape it dry and then salt & sand the hell out of it!
Then it rains... freezes, and the giant pot-holes start to form everywhere. >:(
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Fair enough I suppose then ej lol
Quote from: peteGS on March 18, 2014, 01:50:27 PM
Tried the Motul last service Slips after the fully synth Penrite started leaking everywhere... back to a different Penrite next time... semi synth diesel 15w50... :dunno_black:
Um... call my a stupid farmer but why don't ya' just use "oil"?
Like say... typical Suzuki or Yamalube motorcycle oil?
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Because oils ain't oils
So according to chrome, someone has a link to eejournal.com in here which is known for Malware so I can't browse LPW with it :( tapatalk is it for now...
EJ, the Motul is motorcycle oil... Most motorcycle specific oils are just too expensive when a good diesel will do the trick, and by good diesel I don't mean the GTX I tried originally... Apparently...
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That's what I just got too,.....
I have heard of a lot of people using that Motul stuff.
Since I am an average guy with average riding habits I stick with stock oil & filters. Its a no-brainer which in my case is a plus :thumb:
Malware here at LPW? That's great news! :woohoo: I accept the challenge!
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Pull the trigger and drop the blade
Still restricted to tapatalk for LPW... No smilies!!!
The HPR15 is suitable for 4 stroke motorcycles according to the label...
My chain is screwed...
Had the most lame exam experience today, up to 15 to 30 seconds to refresh an RDP session so I ran out of time... It was a 3 1/2 hour exam! 3 weeks to wait for results...
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Could Australia find the missing plane? Just saw Tony Abbot on the TV. He's my hero.
Ohhh jester please don't say that again. His a retarded monkey in a suit. I hate the f%$king c@%t. Worse than when I hated cods.
That sucks about your chain Pete what are you replacing it with did or rk?
And why the hell does a quality motorcycle chain cost so damn much? >:(
Just sayin'
Quality comes at a price EJ.
Quote from: jestercinti on March 20, 2014, 05:56:35 PM
Quality comes at a price EJ.
Always good to see you post at LPW Jester. :thumb:
BTW... I'm guessing that the weather out there is finally starting to get above the freezing mark during the day.
I'm hoping that I will NOT see another filthy melting snow pile until at least next November.
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 20, 2014, 04:17:02 PMWorse than when I hated cods.
Yes too bad you were wrong and dont have the balls to see it.
What do you mean hated? You still do.
f%$k ya then sorry! Happy.
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 21, 2014, 01:28:12 AM
f%$k ya then sorry! Happy.
Typical.
I would have done anything for you.
I even had the wife babysit for you so we could go for a ride?
I really dont know what happened between us but its disappointing that you would behave like this towards me when I have done absolutely nothing wrong but you seem to think I have. I have never received any sort of apology from you even when you realised you were wrong especially I have claimed my innocence from day 1. If that is your pathetic way of saying sorry well, I am sorry you cannot be the man you claim you are.
Nuff said.
I'm going with Esjot sprockets and chain from Metal Gear... they seem to be good and the price seems right. House mate picked them up today so I can fit them on Sunday.
Also picked up the Penrite HPR15 15w50 diesel oil and a filter today...
Sunday's gonna be a busy day! Was planning on riding but that's out the window now...
Never claimed to be any kind of a man. Purely for the sake of janx and a couple others I'm
Saying sorry and willing to let it go under the bridge so take it or leave it.
You doing the Troy Baylis show Pete? I'm not looking foward to the day my chain n sprockets need doing but when it does apparently there is this flash as brand from Germany that makes the only 'approved' master link clip chain that's rated for 600cc and above so maybe that bit it's the sprockets that are pricey for me. So the semi synth oil is in the running to be the silver bullet?
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 21, 2014, 04:25:59 AM
Never claimed to be any kind of a man. Purely for the sake of janx and a couple others I'm
Saying sorry and willing to let it go under the bridge so take it or leave it.
Whatever! Shame you couldnt do it just cause it was the right thing to do?
Anyway......Speak of it no more. Moving on............... :icon_rolleyes:
Would like to go to Moto Expo but not gonna happen unfortunately, just bad timing...
The Esjot chain and sprockets are from Germany too, not a hard job just messy.
I'm hoping the diesel semi synth does the trick! The key may be the 15w50 viscosity though...
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Thicker the better keep it under the rings. I'll
Be looking to check out a sena and the new s1000r
By the way Cods, regardless of the topic glad to see you posting once again :thumb:
And for you and Mister... I lost my Kyogle/Uki and Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd virginity the other week and I liked it :icon_mrgreen:
At this stage I'll be proposing the March GSR/Kat run will be west but the June run will be south, try to get in Lions Rd and Kyogle/Uki Rd and Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd again... this time without blowing a fuse half way up hopefully!
The reason I'm saying this is that June's run will be a Sunday which might work better for you guys to join us :thumb:
Oh, and Mister... I never heard back from that fella you work with who has the Kat...
I'm an idiot... March ride is done! It's nearly the end of March :technical:
I might suggest the December run goes south which will be a Sunday... the next one won't be going south because we went that way in March... sheeesh...
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Lots of fresh LPW posts. Been real busy here lately, eh? 8)
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guys guys guys.... im gonna get Phill bang your heads together! ;) :flipoff:
Busy at the Moto expo
Jesus people. Don't be hatin. More talk chicks giving high and low fives please.
how my eyes feel after 3 hours sleep in.... 30 hours.... gotta love long dsitance truck driving under pressure!
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Nice Janx, what's up with that? I thought you truckies were supposed to have lots of breaks these days?
Not looking forward to bike work tomorrow... just tried to get my shift linkage off and the clamp bolt broke removing it, seriously CBF getting that out tonight so puts me in a marvelous starting position for tomorrow...
Ummm yeah kinda Pete....
Truck I was in has GVM under 12ton though .... No logbook required .... So I kinda ...'took advantage' of the rules
Did u end up getting stitched up
Janx
No stitches mate.... Was no gash/cut/gaping edges.... Just imagine it as a quick 5 seconds with a belt sander using 80 grit... :icon_rolleyes:
Was that all it was? I shouldn't have shown so much sympathy in Facebook that happens to me weekly lol
Oh I forgot.... You a HTFU QLDer .... Oh well.... From my perspective it hurt like hell.... I'm delicate and butterfly-like you know!? ;) :flipoff:
Aaaah no logbook, now I see :thumb:
Can't wait to test ride with the new oil, chain, and sprockets tomorrow... didn't get it done early enough to test ride today...
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takes after you ej lol
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 23, 2014, 06:28:33 PM
takes after you ej lol
I have a similar forehead but much better shoulders.
(I been working on my deltoids) :whisper:
like this?? :flipoff:
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thats sooooooo bad hahahahahahahhaha
Neck wax anyone? Last day today for a week... can't wait for this avo'!
Quote from: Janx101 on March 23, 2014, 08:13:59 PM
like this?? :flipoff:
Holy cave sh!t Janx. Do you know if he's got a sister? Get me her phone number. :bowdown:
Sometimes I worry about you ej
Bahahahah .. Onya EJ!! ... I dunno if he has a sister.... He might be willing to wear lipstick for ya?!
I bet he likes pegging
Damn ... Slips ... I had to look that up....
You do 'get about' don't you!? :icon_rolleyes:
The fact I knew about it before you disproves your previous statement lol
I think it's safest if I don't look that up...
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 25, 2014, 03:17:09 PM
The fact I knew about it before you disproves your previous statement lol
What? ... That I had to look it up? .. No not disproves... I was aware that it occurred (probably quite a lot in QLD!!!) ... Just didn't know it had a name.... Still .... Not my business what you let your missus do to you eh! ... Each to their own.... Weirdo! :flipoff: ;)
Quote from: peteGS on March 25, 2014, 03:20:13 PM
I think it's safest if I don't look that up...
Instant double post! ... :flipoff:
And Pete ... Maybe so... But it provides an interesting insight into the mind of the mongoose! :icon_rolleyes: :icon_eek: :dunno_black:
Nah I bet you have your missus do it to you janxy
Heh-heh... I know whats even better.
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Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 25, 2014, 04:39:11 PM
Nah I bet you have your missus do it to you janxy
no .. hell no.... absolutely not!! ... my ass is a one way street!!! .. exit only!!
Quote from: Electrojake on March 25, 2014, 07:11:29 PM
Heh-heh... I know whats even better.
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lol Ej ... you and Slips .... you lads like the extremes eh!! .. im not THAT adventurous!!
Tut tut mongoose.. Bums are for poos only mate.
Bunch of slack jawed sissies
Lol .... Onya "Jesse" .... :icon_lol:
On the one hand you saved me looking it up...
On the other hand you've hurt my brain... I can't unsee what I just read...
:technical: :2guns: :o :icon_confused:
Oh come now Pete .... This is just light hearted, don't go all Yankee 'sensitive' on us now!!... Aussie Rep!! ;)
Quote from: Electrojake on March 19, 2014, 02:48:47 PM
I have heard of a lot of people using that Motul stuff.
Since I am an average guy with average riding habits I stick with stock oil & filters. Its a no-brainer which in my case is a plus :thumb:
Malware here at LPW? That's great news! :woohoo: I accept the challenge!
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Hell id block access to huffinpuff post too. ive always used car oils without an issue. maybe its different for others idk. will just say whatever floats ( and lubricates) your boat Eh?
New helmet cam arrives today.
he cant yet.... the truck broke .... he was spewin about it on FB last night...
he may be able to retrieve it from their depot this morning... which is where i imagine he might have been just now-ish...
.......
The Scene .. last night - Slips House.... the camera pans around to centre on teeth marks in the doorjambs and forehead shaped indentations in the walls... camera pans again.... a hunched and dishevelled figure is seen low along a dark wall... the words... (err insert new camera instead of xbox... cant find the other pic)
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Oh I see. His toy didnt arrive as expected. Understood Janx. :thumb:
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:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
awesome gif call!! :icon_mrgreen:
Oh that's good ej. Ill pay that sir. Yeah turns out I have to wait till Monday. And all will
Be revealed in a video ej as to what I got
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You know me ej haha
Hip mounted steadily arm with news crew camera then? .. lol
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Yes
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All will be revealed in a video ej
wassup cuntz :icon_twisted:
Idk, peckers?
Geez, I got to go check the Yama thread! :o
What was for lunch ej
Wow I've been away nearly a week and not even two pages of LPW have gone by? Slackers!
All set for a ride on Saturday to finally give the new chain, sprockets, and oil a decent run... keen to see if she uses any oil with some serious wrist twisting...
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 02, 2014, 12:08:01 AM
What was for lunch ej
Apple, pretzels, small juice box.
Any more than that and I'd need a nap. :icon_rolleyes:
Hmmmmmmm nap I could do with one now
Holed up in a motel room , Dubbo,NSW. Quite possibly the smallest room I've ever had, apart from those bloody 'Formula One' type places near the airports ! ... Hope I don't sleepwalk! ... It's only 3 paces from end to end! .... Lol
Janx, Is it the Park-Vue Motel?
I stayed there a few times. Tiny rooms and you could shower while sitting on the toilet.
Lol ....you tight a$$!! ... Yeah $60 per night...
Dinner up the road at the bowlo was awesome though... Asian styles.. 3 Prawn cutlet entree, belacan (shrimp paste and chili) chicken and my fav dessert of all time.. Fried ice cream!! :icon_mrgreen:
Dubbo? Never been there... no desire to really go there...
Funniest thing I ever heard in my life was when I worked for Virgin Blue years ago... Dubbo was boycotting Virgin Blue because they wouldn't fly there... I mean come on... that was hilarious!
I got my connectors in the mail yesterday for the new SH775 R/R I've purchased... pity the R/R is back ordered with Polaris and hasn't even shipped out of the US yet :technical:
Speaking of connectors... Mister and Cods... I gotta catch up with a fella down the coast there from the GS Resources at some point soon to drop his connectors to him... thinking if I can make it a Sunday morning might be able to catch up for a quick ride somewhere?
Only stayed at the Park-Vue because it was organised by Queenslanders for some national car club meetings. After a few interesting weekends the non-Qlders moved to something more upmarket.
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Meanwhile in my suite at the local ritz shereton.
I'm at work... But riding tomorrow :D
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Delayed double post FTW :woohoo: :cheers: :flipoff:
Bike's ready to roll for tomorrow, haven't lost a drop of oil since the oil change by the looks but the commute doesn't exactly stress the motor... see if I can get some rev's going tomorrow and give her some good work!
Camera problems
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 04, 2014, 06:18:51 AM
Camera problems
We'll wait. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sherv.net%2Fcm%2Femoticons%2Fnervous%2Fwaiting.gif&hash=3145b9153c66819ede23031ad0b7789d60adcca1)
Editing a special video,
Will post when done
Hope you guys like it.
Please do ej
No not in this case
Take me to the Yama toe page.
That was cool as all hell.
Can't help but wonde who the photographer was on that one. :icon_question: :confused:
Ah tapatalk... Can't see shite...
Tyres are shagged, time for new ones again... Avon Roadriders this time me thinks... More suitable sizes for my skinny odd rims.
Pity, really like the SD's...
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What you can't get a hold of more sd's Pete?
Quote from: peteGS on April 06, 2014, 09:52:40 PM
More suitable sizes for my skinny odd rims.
Pay attention Slips!! .. there might be a test later!! ;) :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on April 07, 2014, 12:01:40 AM
Quote from: peteGS on April 06, 2014, 09:52:40 PM
More suitable sizes for my skinny odd rims.
Pay attention Slips!! .. there might be a test later!! ;) :flipoff:
Hahahaha couldn't have said it better myself Janxy! :thumb: :flipoff:
Spoke to the man today, Avon Roadriders are going to be the next lot... less than $350 for front and rear fitted with new tubes, and the sizes are much better as I can get a 90/90-18 front and 100/90-18 rear... only catch is I'm going to have to recalibrate my Acewell speedo for the smaller diameter... I could ride it as is but I'll probably be doing 45 in 60 zones and wondering why grannies are overtaking me in their Hyundai's...
WTF? Delayed double post again? What gives!!!??? :flipoff:
Grannies in Hyundai's?? ... Beware of them!! ... They look sweet and harmless but they carry the mindset of a submarine commander on the hunt for a fat convoy of merchants! .. ;)
Just wondering Pete ... Do they give you a perfume sample or cosmetic mini pack with those tyres? ;) :flipoff: .... When my mum was an Avon lady decades ago she was always giving customers little samplers of stuff...... :icon_mrgreen:
Only realised recently they had branched into tyres!! Must be a bugger on order packing day! :icon_lol: ;)
Hahahahaha oh you never fail to crack me up Janx! Gives Avon calling a whole new meaning...
When I think grannies driving I always think of Seinfeld's skit where they're just reversing straight out of the driveway...
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Hey Pete you don't work in west end by any chance?
Nup, in the valley... and while the building I work in is on a street corner, I'm not a street corner worker :icon_razz:
Ahhhhh ok I spotted a 450 in west end and thought of you first
I want a new canoe.
Expensive buggers they are.
Well, I'm Just saying. :dunno_black:
canoe or kayak?
.... pity you all the way over there..... was driving back past some roadworks last week.... and i dont exactly know what they are doing with these things (earthwork buttresses/fillers?).... but there is a huge stack of huge hard foam blocks.... the blocks are probably 14' x 5' x 3' ... they are also easily accessible by road at the moment....
at the time i thought .. "gee, couple of those would fit in back of pantech, bit of carving and filing and sanding.... you coul make a kik ass dinghy or canoe outta one of them!!" ... but sadly i had to keep going cos i had no handy EJ to lift the other end! .... coulda made a pair of boats!! ;) :icon_rolleyes: :thumb:
Slips, if you ever see my 450 in person, you will know it is uniquely mine :)
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Why?... Does it whisper sweet nothings into your ear??
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on April 09, 2014, 06:37:43 AM
Why?... Does it whisper sweet nothings into your ear?
His 450 loves him. This I know. :whisper:
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Wife bought a kayak a few years back. Don't like. It's too serious. Rather have a canoe so I can relax, transport a beer cooler, and drift along comfortably.
Maybe even post on LPW via my iPad mini.
Hahahahaha something like that... well... nah not really, there's just nothing else like it around I don't think, at least not in Brissie anyway...
Unless someone's seen it and copied it? I do get a lot of comments on the pipe...
Get a power boat or a jet boat like a normal person
Power Boat? I'm fuken POOR mate! >:(
Them rich Americans you hear about went out with the Regan Era.
Since the Leftists came into fashion here it has been decided that if we are "all" poor (except for the politicians) then it will be more "fair" for the lazy's & illegals.
The state of the USA is pretty much defined in the image below...
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I prefer a kayak over a canoe anyday... Have you considered a larger style kayak such as an ocean kayak? More room than a typical kayak, many are two seaters and have room for plenty of cargo (read 'bee ears' ;))
- Bboy
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Bahahahah ...good one Addy!! :icon_mrgreen:
Ahhhh addy has graced us with his kitty cat presene
Quote from: BockinBboy on April 10, 2014, 11:13:34 AM
I prefer a kayak over a canoe anyday... Have you considered a larger style kayak such as an ocean kayak? More room than a typical kayak, many are two seaters and have room for plenty of cargo (read 'bee ears' ;))
- Bboy
Wife has a 16 foot Native Watercraft kayak. It cost her well over $1000.00 second hand.
The dam thing is like an oceangoing tug boat, IMHO.
But really, kayaks are for people that actually know what the hell their doing out there.
Perhaps what I really need is a good old inner tube raft.
Can't flip or sink, regardless of beers consumed. :thumb:
Double post guy wants to know why he's never seen a cat in an Addy Video production? :whisper:
EJ ... pay attention now! :thumb:
That flying one's pretty cool!
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Yeah! ... I just mentally cringe a little thinking about binning it in mid air .. From the higher positions and smacking into the water! Lol
... Made me think though.... That pickle barrel job...... I have a pickle barrel/plastic 44gal drum at work... Been there for years.... And I've been wondering what to do with it...... Now I think I know!! :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: Janx101 on April 11, 2014, 02:48:26 AM
Yeah! ... I just mentally cringe a little thinking about binning it in mid air .. From the higher positions and smacking into the water! Lol
Yeah, at 1:25 I wanted to see where that went haha - looked like it was about to happen...
- Bboy
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more here
http://imgur.com/a/A3MOI
Damn nice watercraft follow up, Janx.
When you gonna make another abandon train station vid?
Actually it was the fact that you were deep-off-road with the 500 that made it interesting.
Next vid cut straight through the jungle! :thumb:
Gotta record other abandoned stuff yet ... But the part 1.5 of that day, keeps chopping stuff I want to use when I chop a bit I don't want in edit... Software glitch...
Started edit part 2 .... Hour into edit ... "Unexpected error close program" ... And I didn't save! ... So gotta start fresh... Oh well...
Working on it all though
Quote from: Janx101 on April 11, 2014, 02:55:54 PM
Started edit part 2 .... Hour into edit ... "Unexpected error close program" ... And I didn't save! ... So gotta start fresh... Oh well...
Been there... done that, mate. :whisper:
Never had that problem on the mac
In how long slips?? ... Couple months?..... Don't brag about it!! ... The karma gremlins will bite your ass!! ;)
Hell no
Slips brag?
Railroaders are humble by nature. :wink:
Yes we are hahahaha
Ok rare double post WTF IS THE HEARBREAK DDL thingamajig thread seriously WTF? Hmmmmmmm like yeah wow ok
Yeah... about that... all sortsa confused - why do people care sooo much, its just a forum - and is still a part of the internet - just block Sh't you don't want. Period.
Side note: the ability of some of those aussies involved who take on different persona so quickly and readily concerns me from afar :cookoo: :icon_lol:
- Bboy
Yeah nun there are some real nut jobs out there I mean look at janx haha
hey!!!!!!! ... :icon_lol: .. i resemble that comment! :flipoff:
lol
Like the profile pic, Janx :cheers:
- Bboy
The Janx101 avatar? No Sir. He's no old man...
The real Janx101 persona is pictured below.
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If jack Nicholson was dragged face first over a kilometer of railway track he might start to resemble janx hahaha. Ohhhh janxy I could t help it but I'll stop now I can't be cruel forever. In other newsy new camera arrived today
bahahahahaha .. thanks for the comments guys .. both positive and negative .... :thumb:
no i dont look as old as Jack ... what i usually go for is the ..... sarcastic cynicism a lot of his characters display?.... the 'essential' Jack ... even when he did The Joker .. :icon_twisted:
Maybe after some gentleman jack
Ooh yeah!!! .. Had a few GJ & coke on the boat trip..... Smoooooooooth! ..... Next best thing after Wild Turkey!
I have an important appointment with Jim later on. Jim beam
Haven't been on for a few days, not much changes :)
I've repaired my ignition, swapped R/R but still have a charging issue, and have new Avon Roadriders.... Roll on the long weekend!
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Wish I had more cash so I could do a bit of riding
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 17, 2014, 06:42:05 AM
Wish I had more cash so I could do a bit of riding
That Beamer "sips" petrol. Or do you ride like a mad man? :whisper:
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Pooch attacks motorcycle. Loses snout? :dunno_black:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253495/Kabang-Dog-snout-ripped-jumped-motorcycle-save-young-girls-recovering-cancer-treatment.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253495/Kabang-Dog-snout-ripped-jumped-motorcycle-save-young-girls-recovering-cancer-treatment.html)
Could be a Kawi, hard to tell with that Sheila taking all the focus...
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Can't even see a bike... all I see is legs... :dunno_black:
- Bboy
Hey Yama,
Where is that thread where we were discussing your health and such?
You know... Complete with toe pictures?
Seems I lost it!
Anybody? :dunno_black:
Found some cash to ride like a madman
Ok I love my new tyres... Avon Roadriders... the size is better and the front is more planted now, but they do ride softer than the Sport Demons too which is interesting... I'm still a fan of the Demons though, just wish they came in a slightly smaller size!
Short but awesome ride on Saturday, perfect weather :thumb: :woohoo:
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That parallel-4 on the right looks kinda' perky too. 8)
EJ!!!!!!?????! ... Don't get him going on the Katanas again!! ... It takes friggin days to calm him down!! ;) :flipoff: :icon_confused:
Hahahahahahahahaah too late Janxy!!!!
EJ, one on the right with Ohlins has BST carbon wheels as well, out somewhere around 1260cc from memory... his goal is under 200kg's fueled up ready to roll and he's not far off it... hollow axles, titanium bolts, etc. He's keen!
The other Kat looks stock but has Hayabusa pistons and is at about 1360cc. Get it up to 6K RPM and man she goes hard! He's working on fuel injection for it slowly, still running carbs at the moment. The guy with the Kat on the right has one of the first GSXR1000's (about 2000 year model I think) and the hot rod Kat keeps it honest in the first three gears... not bad for an '82 model bike!
When I do get my Kat eventually I hope to follow in the hot rod footsteps... cosmetic restore with a hot rod motor :thumb:
Oh, and the bear... he's "Stator"... GS Resources mascot doing the world tour...
Katana rave and delayed double post FTW!!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
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Sounds like a fun old bike.
EJ ....
this ... ;)
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Hahahahaha oh yes the Kat monster... always lurking just underneath the surface... fortunately for you lot I haven't swung a leg over one for a little while now so you're sorta safe... for the moment...
If I may fuel the fire here. . . :angel:
So peteGS, what particular year/model Katana were the sweet ones?
Hahahahah ... Pete said swing a leg over .... :icon_eek: :icon_rolleyes: .... Damn .. Now I'm encouraging him! ;)
Hahahahaha well you asked for it! Hahaah... For me it's the 1984/5 1100 in the two tone maroon and silver, but the original 1982 1100 is probably the most popular.
There is a big following of the SXZ wire wheels ones and lots of debate as to whether they are special or not.
The 1984/5 750 pop ups have a decent following but tend to be referred to as not "real" Katana's by the most fanatical of the cult followers...
Of course the modern "Katana's" in the US market are by no means true to the original Katana and therefore tend to be scorned....
There was a "Katana" scooter released in Asia somewhere too, best not to comment on how that was received...
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Bloody hell
Quote from: peteGS on April 23, 2014, 02:48:37 PM
Of course the modern "Katana's" in the US market are by no means true to the original Katana and therefore tend to be scorned....
Yes. I only was aware of the recent US market Katana with the fancy fairings and such.
An old-school, big displacement, parallel-4 can get ya' into trouble. :nono: :icon_mrgreen:
Hahaha oh no not at all...
So happy, the 450 starts again and charges again!
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Just imagine the shock and trama I had to go through when I switched from a GS500 to a DL1000.
Which in all honesty, starts rather well... Keeping the top-heavy sow running for very long is the real trick.
. . . :technical: . . .
Hahahaha yes indeed! Roll starts aren't really that much fun... especially when you have to push uphill first...
Thanks for the link up ej
Anything for a railraoder Slips. :cheers:
Ima workin on the raaailroad all the dah dah day
.... Doo Dah day ...
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Yeah whatever batman
:icon_twisted: .. Wow .. You've changed Slips ... Now that you up on the big leagues vids.... All so serious and aloof .... :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on April 25, 2014, 04:48:35 AM
.... Doo Dah day ...
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Ok, guys... I don't know what Aussie campfire you've been sit around, but that song don't go lahk dat....
'I've been working on the railroad, All the live-long day...'
Sheesh :icon_rolleyes:
;)
- Bboy
meanwhile in australia,...?
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What the hell? No bloody Drop Bears? :dunno_black:
That's the next one ej haha. And janx just cause I'm on the up n up doesn't mean I've gone serious I just never take this place seriously and when I do everyone looses their minds ha
Yeah that cartoon has to be fake... no drop bears and no kangaroos hopping down the main street ripping people's guts out with their claws...
Cartoon soften what the reality is
The reality was pretty revealing on a group ride to Kings X last night..... Nearly had to pop down to the chemist for some eye drops! :icon_twisted:
Quote from: Janx101 on April 27, 2014, 01:51:20 AM
The reality was pretty revealing on a group ride to Kings X last night.....
Ahem... Feature length video or it didn't happen. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lucasforums.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Farms.gif&hash=0f25c17907442e35dc3aa2e77e4ca68f160344ed)
Ok .. I'll put a link to something up when I edit it
There will be questions... but the only answer is "I don't know"...
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But there was much twisty riding fun to be had despite the disturbing start...
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WTF? delayed double posts are getting boring...
Quite the group. A Suzuki biker gang. :tongue2:
Looks like a nice gathering.
What was for lunch that day?
So close to 1000 subs
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=67133.0
This is tough to process... don't have many words for it right now.
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on April 29, 2014, 12:07:12 PM
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=67133.0
This is tough to process... don't have many words for it right now.
- Bboy
Thanks for the re-direct BBoy!
It's good that you posted the news on Addy down here at LPW.
Hard to grasp. :o
Today this is for addy rip mate
R.I.P. Addy :sad: :cry:
Yes RIP indeed... this is just wrong!!!! I don't understand how these things work out... at least he was doing what he loved!
And EJ, no lunch that day, back home by lunch... but we did have good brekky...
But all that pales beside the news of Addy...
Figured some of you farmers may not get out much :flipoff:
Really just needed to say something after reading it... came here in case I said somethin' stupid.
I hope yama takes it okay, I'm not sure he has seen it yet.
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on April 30, 2014, 07:09:40 AM
I hope yama takes it okay, I'm not sure he has seen it yet.
My thoughts exactly.
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^ Lol
Is this in reference to recent comments on the Picture Game thread?
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=45412.msg807986#msg807986
- Bboy
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Still in shock about it
me too :(
It's just plain wrong and I didn't even know the guy... My loss there I would think...
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I'm with you there, guys... I don't think I've ever had such strong feelings toward someone being taken like this, whom I hadn't ever met...
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on April 30, 2014, 07:09:40 AM
Figured some of you farmers may not get out much :flipoff:
Really just needed to say something after reading it... came here in case I said somethin' stupid.
I hope yama takes it okay, I'm not sure he has seen it yet.
having a really difficult time with this. I read cods rip thread yesterday here in lobby of ut med center. After finishing my daily procedures. Damn this leaves a hole I can never fill
- Bboy
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Gotbto do something in honour of him using cods thread or the other one. We need to blow it up in a good way
Is it too soon to suspect a conspiracy? Patrick's neighbors had (a barely plausible) motive....and they're crazy....I'm just sayin'
I posted here because it's slightly off-color and I didn't want to pollute the real memorial threads with my feeble/too-soon attempts at humor.
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Quote from: jdoorn14 on May 01, 2014, 01:49:15 PM
Is it too soon to suspect a conspiracy? Patrick's neighbors had (a barely plausible) motive....and they're crazy....I'm just sayin'
I posted here because it's slightly off-color and I didn't want to pollute the real memorial threads with my feeble/too-soon attempts at humor.
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I don't see a conspiracy of any kind. just a horrible freak accident
going to put together something for him on youtube. will take a few days.
That's be swell
Looking forward to it Yama...
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will be up by midnight. using at least 2 songs. 1st is Kenny loggins ( meet me half way) because that is how he was, may close with moonlight sonata here are the tracks:
moonlight sonata
damn im so depressed right now. gotta make him smile may delete the loggins and use some Mozart, but need suggestions for something funny. cause hes got a stash of pics funny type. also lets all do something like this for him. ( we all have or can get moviemaker its free. )anyhoo ill check after ut hospital today. and get started. will be up by midnight. odds are before. actually forget Kenny loggins. im going to upen with this
Actually cancel the loggins tune. Will have vid up tomorrow.eve. Because im going to.open the production by singing a gospel hymn by myself. Acapella. Have to get the headset/mic out and dialed in. MIGHT be able to have it up tonight. Take care friends. See you soon
Bye yamma
Going knowhere my friend. planning on patricks tribue. . if I don't sing ill speak. and music it too. I plan on doing my dear friend proud. and give him the respect and all he deserved. I love and miss him already. greatly. words cannot express it. goin batsh*t crazy atm. I feel hikm comfort me when I cannot sleep I feel him smack the shaZam! out of me when I deserve it ( often lol) hes not left;) hes only stepped up to a higher plane and sees more. I have to steel myself, because eventually the articles will be more, and there will eventually be pictures and for closure I must see them. I plan on taking a bus to seattle, and visiting the crash site. and paying proper respects. mentally idk if ill be able to handle this. but I owe him at least this. as much as hes been there for me . I must at least come see him in person. Adieu Patrick. adieu my dearest friend. may you suffer no more, and may youenjoy the fact that we are looking after you earthside, and looking after what you held dear.
we promise that your brother, mama, and the cats, and efvfen the pipe organ that ray played, will all be taken care of. you've not left anything unspoken for. except for maybe the dajnmed raccoons. who knows, we may be able to give the grtavel Nazis a run in your honour. repeatedly. love you and miss you already.
io mean thisd sincerely. as I say in german,
Möge Gott Sie segnen mein Freund ( may GOD bless you my friend. ) we spoke often in german bits here and there. idk why. we just did. I learned more german from him. than my great grandfather. Hans Rudolf albert otto pufahl. who taught me a lot. granted my german is a bit rough, I don't care. anyhoo im sorry about the rambling. lol. trying not to go crazy. please forgive me if iu offend anybody.
adieu,
Aaron
Love you Patrick. forgive me. am honouring you by using your avatar. you were and are an inspiration to myself. I will try to make you proud. I may fail, hell I prolly will, but you've taught me to pull myself up by my bootstraps and keep moving. even when shat upon by others. Keep me a spot warm my friend ill be seeing you before too long. keep the kitties happy. we earthside will look after the cats. your affairs are being tended to im assuming as well. so all is well other than the fact you being gone leaves a set of shoes no one can ever fill. nor would I allow them to do so. your shoes were your own. they can make their own. but yours were yours. and yours only. again, love you and RIP dear friend.
Aaron :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Guys and gals, lets please rock patricks avatar for a week at least to show our gratitude. for what hes meant for us all. im running it indefinitely. loved the guy. he meant that much to me.
he may be gone. but he will NEVER be forgotten.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 03, 2014, 12:40:05 AM
please rock patricks avatar for a week at least to show our gratitude.
As the Husky avatars grow in number, I am losing track of who we all are. :confused: :dunno_black: :icon_eek:
Interesting effect.
Quote from: Electrojake on May 03, 2014, 08:37:24 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 03, 2014, 12:40:05 AM
please rock patricks avatar for a week at least to show our gratitude.
As the Husky avatars grow in number, I am losing track of who we all are. :confused: :dunno_black: :icon_eek:
Interesting effect.
true. that's why id say a week cause we will be reading names instead of avatar pics lol
A clever idea on you part. It does have a very noticeable effect on the forum.
That's exactly what a good memorial should be... Very noticeable.
Cool!
Done Yama!
Not near a computer to change it ATM will do it soon.
Ive changed mine to my favorite Adidas photo. I think I will keep it :)
Me too. keeping the bike though. might photochop his head, and mine into a side by side. ill put on that Czech winter hat he sent me. warm but rather loud lol. idk tho this pic I love. I think I couldn't top it if I wanted to.
Dammit that's what I was gonna change it to
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 04, 2014, 01:38:07 PM
Dammit that's what I was gonna change it to
tell ya what slips. you take the one ive got ill take the black and white one :)
which one were you referring to slips, the gangsta gs one? ( loved that lol) the one ive got or? ) lmk im willing to change mine if you want it. no qualms whatsoever.
Yeah gangsta addy that the one I suggested in the picture game for him all good ill rock it too
I've shared that gangsta pic with many of my friends... Saved it on my computer way back. I get a good chuckle every time it pops up for my screensaver on occasion. Never thought that might have been weird before now, but doesn't seem like it anymore.
- Bboy
Im assembling the tribute video now. ill look on his site for the gangsta pic lol. if not ill grab it from one of yall. removed the classical pieces and inserted 2 different ones. ( wasted on the way by Cs&n) and dust in the wind. and closing with mark knopfler ( going home)
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 04, 2014, 05:23:14 PM
Im assembling the tribute video now. ill look on his site for the gangsta pic lol. if not ill grab it from one of yall. removed the classical pieces and inserted 2 different ones. ( wasted on the way by Cs&n) and dust in the wind. and closing with mark knopfler ( going home)
I tagged you on facebook, You can copy it from there.
You're a good man Yama :thumb:
As for the rest of you lot... don't suppose one of you Aussies would have a spare GS500 signal generator and rotor sitting around you'd care to send my way would you?
I'm very over my intermittent ignition issues and have a cunning plan... :icon_idea:
Rendering at 38%. Yay 1080p
Quote from: codajastal on May 04, 2014, 10:34:46 PM
Quote from: peteGS on May 04, 2014, 08:34:46 PM
You're a good man Yama :thumb:
As for the rest of you lot... don't suppose one of you Aussies would have a spare GS500 signal generator and rotor sitting around you'd care to send my way would you?
I'm very over my intermittent ignition issues and have a cunning plan... :icon_idea:
Explain what those are and I will tell you :)
I have a rotor still on the Rear hub that I couldnt get off? You are welcome to come try yourself.
Whats the other thing?
Nevermind I just realised you are not after a brake rotor :)
Hahah all good Cods, and yes you're right :)
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f%$k I'm tired
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 05, 2014, 12:06:40 AM
f%$k I'm tired
you and me both. Gotta finish the vid process then catch hospital bus lol. Anyhoo its almost done rendering. Should have up today at some point.
Aaron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh5g-MMvV0w&feature=youtu.be
Lovely
Linked video up in the RIP thread in O&E
Finally got to view it Yama, Tapatalk wouldn't play it.
That's a fantastic tribute, thanks for sharing with us, I'm sure Patrick would feel honored by it.
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I knownhe wouldnt recieve it earthside, yet I sent him a final good bye love ya for who you were type text message. Hell receive it heavenside so thats all good. Song I figured was perfect. "Going home" cause well on vashon, eventually hed be going home. And well this time he went home ..........forever.
Posted a wth on fork braces. On ebay offered 12. If I get it, im going to engrave top side with adidas symbol and patricks birth and death dates. flip it over and going to engrave grumpy cat alojg with patricks birth and death dates. L8ved the guy. Nefer cared for or missed someone like that. Anyhoo I digress. When I get one engraved, I will send it no charge, and include mailer for exchange of brace. Hypothetically I send to you, you install engraved brace, you put your old one into stamped mailer and send to me. No charges at all for this. If you feel you must Do something, give a donation to gstwin mm site in hame of patrick lajko
Damned tab2 hate its sensitivity. Its WTB not WTH .lol
Spent 12 out of food fund fornthe fork brace to engrave and exchange. Hope patrick approves. ♥
Aaron
You've been a mighty busy fellow lately. :thumb:
No end in sight lol :cookoo:
Blimey yamma your on a blitz
cant stop :cry:
Great so go that is
Guys, have I missed something?... where's mister?
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on May 08, 2014, 11:13:50 AM
Guys, have I missed something?... where's mister?
- Bboy
Mister is alive and well, just busy with life and work.
is he close to you cods?, if so, once I get the braces made up, would it be better to send both to you, then you can via Australia post, get his to him?
Ahk, gotcha' ... just hadn't noticed an LPW chime from him in awhile...
Jester too, but we know that story - :whisper: hard to find your hands for typing when you're smothered with chicks from the pub all the time... least that what EJ says :dunno_black:
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on May 08, 2014, 05:35:24 PM
Ahk, gotcha' ... just hadn't noticed an LPW chime from him in awhile...
Jester too, but we know that story - :whisper: hard to find your hands for typing when you're smothered with chicks from the pub all the time... least that what EJ says :dunno_black:
- Bboy
Wished I had jesters problem lol. mine being the gorgeous nurse at the med centre who keeps flirting. with my ugly a$$. and good thing is she lives not 2 miles from me. lol. fun to have problems like that lol.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 08, 2014, 04:57:22 PM
is he close to you cods?, if so, once I get the braces made up, would it be better to send both to you, then you can via Australia post, get his to him?
Umm yeah I wouldnt have to post them Yama, He lives 15 minutes away and I see him as well :) Send to me is fine. :thumb:
Quote from: BockinBboy on May 08, 2014, 05:35:24 PM
Ahk, gotcha' ... just hadn't noticed an LPW chime from him in awhile...
Jester too, but we know that story - :whisper: hard to find your hands for typing when you're smothered with chicks from the pub all the time... least that what EJ says :dunno_black:
- Bboy
Yea hes fine, I keep in contact
Quote from: codajastal on May 08, 2014, 10:41:45 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 08, 2014, 04:57:22 PM
is he close to you cods?, if so, once I get the braces made up, would it be better to send both to you, then you can via Australia post, get his to him?
Umm yeah I wouldnt have to post them Yama, He lives 15 minutes away and I see him as well :) Send to me is fine. :thumb:
Figured as much. will do this when they go out. I wanted to get that figured out beforehand.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 08, 2014, 11:10:05 PM
Quote from: codajastal on May 08, 2014, 10:41:45 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 08, 2014, 04:57:22 PM
is he close to you cods?, if so, once I get the braces made up, would it be better to send both to you, then you can via Australia post, get his to him?
Umm yeah I wouldnt have to post them Yama, He lives 15 minutes away and I see him as well :) Send to me is fine. :thumb:
Figured as much. will do this when they go out. I wanted to get that figured out beforehand.
No problem :)
The Cods Man knows a thing or two about postal delivering and the like. :icon_mrgreen:
Heh... Just sayin'
I often wonder how an Australian would go postal? start slinging mythical drop bears?
Dropping by slinging drop bears
I once knew a drunken railroader.
Well just found out they are shutting my workshop down in 2017
Well, you've got what 2 and a half years Eh?, which is pretty good notice. gives you time to get something lined up :)
I got banned for part of weekend... never mind the reason... im a badass!!! :icon_lol: ;) :icon_mrgreen:
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I got banned for part of weekend... never mind the reason... im a badass!!! :icon_lol: ;) :icon_mrgreen:
Umm You're welcome Janxy :dunno_black: :flipoff:
We know the truth janxy
Lol.... Thanks for helping guys.... Group hug? ;)
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Missing mister's regulation on the picture game - we've had quite a few repeat challenges recently... not a big deal I guess but its more fun with the random challenges created by not repeating those previously done...
- Bboy
You get a biker nod janx lol
Quote from: BockinBboy on May 12, 2014, 10:48:57 AM
Missing mister's regulation on the picture game - we've had quite a few repeat challenges recently... not a big deal I guess but its more fun with the random challenges created by not repeating those previously done...
- Bboy
why I called mister bitching betty. which he kinda took an offense to. course id as well if it were done repeatedly. if one broke a rule he was on it. ahh well, maybe we all need to break rules so he returns and reminds us not to Eh?
So last night i went to the bar and heard the oddest pick up line. "Does your naughty place itch? Cause i have a custom scratcher for it" two red hand marks later he left
Sent from the ride
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 12, 2014, 05:47:48 PMwhy I called mister bitching betty. which he kinda took an offense to. course id as well if it were done repeatedly. if one broke a rule he was on it. ahh well, maybe we all need to break rules so he returns and reminds us not to Eh?
He'll be back, he's just really busy.
I will see him on Sunday :thumb:
Oh please. :icon_rolleyes:
I'll see me on Sunday too
Geez this place has slowed. Rare 2 day double post. I'm thinking about leaving this place.
Do it, This is why I rarely post here anymore. No-one to talk to anymore :dunno_black:
Quote from: codajastal on May 14, 2014, 05:18:30 PM
Do it, This is why I rarely post here anymore. No-one to talk to anymore :dunno_black:
ive noticed the life of this board over a decade. Now, membership slows vb over winter and slowly get busier toward summer. Overall its curbed slightly. And with the loss of a dear friend I had considered walking away. But ive chosen fir rhe time being to remain a part of this semi large semi dysfunctional family. Ill update my contacts so those that choose to leave, can keep in contacr with me if they desire. My suggestion would be not to leave outright, but to take a break if youbso choose :)
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Quote from: codajastal on May 14, 2014, 05:18:30 PM
Do it, This is why I rarely post here anymore. No-one to talk to anymore :dunno_black:
ive noticed the life of this board over a decade.
My suggestion would be not to leave outright, but to take a break if youb so choose.
This place is a paradise! :D
Just go hang out at Stromtrooper for a while. Socially speaking it'll cause you to bang your head on the wall.
Ive never encountered a leftist zombie empire quite like it. Its actually Creepy.
Fortunately the people here at GStwins are sincere, predictable, recover well after a flame war, don't get angry for more than a moment, and most important:
The people here at GStwins do NOT cry and whimper to admin and the moderators every time they get offended.Actually... GStwins people are rather difficult to offend anyway.
Geez, I dont know. Are all V-twin adventurer-tourer riders bung-holes, or just the on-line ones at that "other" forum? :dunno_black:
Either way... People who ride air cooled parallel twins are wonderful. :kiss3:
Awww .... Can feel the love EJ ... :D .... You high? :laugh: ;) :flipoff:
Quote from: Electrojake on May 15, 2014, 02:13:28 PMGeez, I dont know. Are all V-twin adventurer-tourer riders bung-holes
Umm you ride a V-Twin as do I so yeah we are all bung-holes :)
Quote from: codajastal on May 15, 2014, 03:51:10 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on May 15, 2014, 02:13:28 PMGeez, I dont know. Are all V-twin adventurer-tourer riders bung-holes
Umm you ride a V-Twin as do I so yeah we are all bung-holes :)
Well yeah... You got me on that one. Come to think of it I have two V-twins in my garage, but the only touring I'd do is going to work every day, and the only adventuring I do is reading the LPW thread, so I'm ok.
And as for "you" . . . Riding your
other bikes cleanses you of any bad adventure tourer mo-jo you might pick up on that V-Strom of yours.
Quote from: Electrojake on May 15, 2014, 08:26:39 PM
And as for "you" . . . Riding your other bikes cleanses you of any bad adventure tourer mo-jo you might pick up on that V-Strom of yours.
LOL
I just have nothing to add at the moment...
Quote from: peteGS on May 16, 2014, 03:11:41 PM
I just have nothing to add at the moment...
Been rained on lately Pete?
My son has a tendency to ride regardless of weather. Like a storm rider.
I myself have a tendency to take the cage. The warm, dry, comfortable cage.
Go ahead, call me a sissy. :whisper:
Just saying.
Makes sense I guess EJ ... BUT mind blown... never thought/realised you had kid/s. .. lol. .. culture shock! Hahaha
sent by willpower and a phone
Quote from: Janx101 on May 16, 2014, 07:42:30 PM
Makes sense I guess EJ ... BUT mind blown... never thought/realised you had kid/s. .. lol. .. culture shock! Hahaha
sent by willpower and a phone
Where you been? Under a rock?
I cant be the only one that knows he has kids?
Watch his tube videos :thumb:
If its as almost, my friend, youre in trouble. Idk what sarah finds in me, but I am not turning it down :) tis why I called other thread curse of the nurses. theyre all pretty lol. could get one with a wandering eye in trouble lol
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 17, 2014, 08:46:20 AM
Idk what sarah finds in me, but I am not turning it down :)
Women are strange creatures. Some of them possess the uncanny ability to see past your exterior to the soul beneath. Find one of them and you've done very well, my friend.
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Quote from: jdoorn14 on May 17, 2014, 11:01:25 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 17, 2014, 08:46:20 AM
Idk what sarah finds in me, but I am not turning it down :)
Women are strange creatures. Some of them possess the uncanny ability to see past your exterior to the soul beneath.
Find one of them and you've done very well, my friend.
How very true.
My own "bridge-troll" appearance has never stood in the way of fine female companionship.
Enjoy the moment, sometimes they last a lifetime.
Go Yama, Go! :woohoo:
Quote from: Electrojake on May 16, 2014, 07:38:45 PM
Quote from: peteGS on May 16, 2014, 03:11:41 PM
I just have nothing to add at the moment...
Been rained on lately Pete?
My son has a tendency to ride regardless of weather. Like a storm rider.
I myself have a tendency to take the cage. The warm, dry, comfortable cage.
Go ahead, call me a sissy. :whisper:
Just saying.
Probably going to curse myself by saying this... but no not for a while other than a brief light shower or two...
And like your son I tend to ride regardless of the weather :thumb:
It's that whole HTFU mentality over here... logic and common sense plays no part :thumb:
Yes.
I know people that ride through storms with very little drama. The motorcycle is their chosen mode of transportation and bad weather doesn't affect them much.
If it rains I will gladly stay home and have a few beers. :cheers:
used to ride my sportster in January. 30f. usually my gs wouldn't start. when it did, I rode it too. but damn, wind chills in the negatives something fierce.
Damn!! ... There's a serious problem with the new house location!!!
I'm doing the garage re-order and sort today ... Haven't been out riding in a few weeks ...
The local approach road/highway to the mountain twisty playground is only about 100m over the back fence.....
I can hear every bike heading out there!!! ....
Damn!!! ... It's torture!! ;) :icon_twisted:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 17, 2014, 09:06:13 PM
The local approach road/highway to the mountain twisty playground is only about 100m over the back fence.....
I can hear every bike heading out there!!! ....
Damn!!! ... It's torture!!
The cure is to go ride!
And bring a vid cam too. :cheers:
Soon I will ride.... I just still have so many things I need to get done here.... If I was riding I'd likely be thinking of what I need to do.... And not concentrating on riding!! :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 16, 2014, 07:42:30 PM
Makes sense I guess EJ ... BUT mind blown... never thought/realised you had kid/s. .. lol. ..
culture shock! Hahaha
Not to let this slip too far but... um..."your Mind was Blown" ? ? ?
Yes, wife and kids are what make my videos rants rather than joy-rides, (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smileyvault.com%2Falbums%2Fmisc%2Fsmiley-vault-misc-085.gif&hash=dc12583397b41d22f13b9b45b022c1cfbaff9f35) and If you thought I was single, then I'm kinda' flattered.
Hell, You probably thought I was a hardened career biker and a tough guy. Maybe even riding with the local Hells Angels Chapter.
OK then Janx, tidy up that new homestead and go ride, and maybe post us a video so I can it watch later.
-Ej-
though EJ was our resident bad a$$ lol. id take that as a compliment lol :thumb:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 18, 2014, 10:04:08 AM
though EJ was our resident bad a$$ lol. id take that as a compliment lol
Heh... Me? Skinny old man trail-riding with his two kids in the local woods is more like it. :whisper:
But yeah, I kinda' like that Janx thought I was wanted in five counties for reckless endangerment, brandishing a weapon, resisting arrest, and grand theft-moto.
I'm Johnny Bad A$$. :2guns:
Lmao ... Nah ... Figured you had a missus ... Just never considered the concept of Mini EJ's being around lol ... :thumb:
Rants rather than joyrides.... I'm with ya there!!
... Let's see ... Trying to identify my mental concept of EJ 'pre kids knowledge' ... (And some of it might have been mixed up with Jester ... Cos all you Yankees look alike to me ;) ) ... security consultant type with a blue Vette, trophy missus aka Stepford wives ... Probably some cool DINK toys in the garage and up at the lake lodge ... Tailored suits ... Bit of a action junkie on the bike (but with care! .. Always out of sight of the Po Po!)
As for your speculation on my thoughts about your lifestyle ... That tells me you are a fan of Sons of Anarchy and in your secret heart you identify heavily with one of the characters and yearn to be them!! ... Now .. Juzt relax back on zee couch und lettink your mind vonder.. Vy do you think it vould be zo excitink to be ze Anarchy fellows Ja??
.... Bahahahahahahahahha :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 18, 2014, 02:36:33 PM
Lmao ... Nah ... Figured you had a missus ... Just never considered the concept of Mini EJ's being around lol ... :thumb:
Rants rather than joyrides.... I'm with ya there!!
As for your speculation on my thoughts about your lifestyle ... That tells me you are a fan of Sons of Anarchy and in your secret heart you identify heavily with one of the characters and yearn to be them!! ...
Nah, I dont watch much TV.
I do however waste a grand amount of time on this damn computer. :icon_mrgreen:
Also. . .
Janx and Cods, please forgive me while I learn how the hell to navigate my Google+ account.
I had no clue that I was posting tree-work photos to my home page. WTF? :dunno_black:
So yeah, Janx, thanks for sending me the comments or I never would have realized where I set the damn photos to.
Hey, I'm old. Gimme a break. I'll figure this social-media stuff out eventually.
-Ej-
Im getting old er. soo who knows where life will lead Eh?
I rode the MT-09 Yesterday :)
Quote from: codajastal on May 18, 2014, 05:34:17 PM
I rode the MT-09 Yesterday :)
a bike to drool over methinks
Im in over my head with what I already got.
That Yami would be the end of me. :icon_rolleyes:
So tell us about what "fast" is like.
I rode the superduke and zx10. I still have the erection it caused
Quote from: Electrojake on May 18, 2014, 08:29:22 PM
Im in over my head with what I already got.
That Yami would be the end of me. :icon_rolleyes:
So tell us about what "fast" is like.
I must own one :)
Even lifted it on the way back :)
EJ .. The initial tree pic of your son was sent private... Then after that I think they were public? ... But all good.... Damn big trees!! :thumb:
So how much did you like the MT Cods? :D
Guys .. The mode buttons are Std, B and A ... Std - obvious, B - rain mode (supposedly) and A - track/aggressive/fast ....
I would list them like this though B, Std and A .... Which stand for .. Fast, Very Fast and f%$k Yeah!! :D
Quote from: Janx101 on May 19, 2014, 01:04:28 AM
So how much did you like the MT Cods? :D
Guys .. The mode buttons are Std, B and A ... Std - obvious, B - rain mode (supposedly) and A - track/aggressive/fast ....
I would list them like this though B, Std and A .... Which stand for .. Fast, Very Fast and f%$k Yeah!! :D
Well I had it on f%$k YEA mode and am still smiling :)
Downside is, once you ride something like that, everything else is a slug for a whilee lol
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 19, 2014, 10:11:14 AM
Downside is, once you ride something like that, everything else is a slug for a whilee lol
So Cods, I guess there is no video? :dunno_black:
Geez, a camera malfunction.
Quote from: Electrojake on May 19, 2014, 01:55:26 PM
So Cods, I guess there is no video? :dunno_black:
Geez, a camera malfunction.
Yea :( all I got was a minute of me starting the bike then the camera went off
I filmed the Super Tenere I rode though, Just thinking if I will bother uploading though.
Ehh upload it anyhoo ;)
What the hell? You a Yamaha dealer now? :icon_mrgreen:
I like all brands, I own 3 Suzuki's and 3 Honda's, why not start my Yamaha collection :)
my first of 5 gs' was a bonafide yamahonkawazuki hence my username. this was in 03. bike was a 97. almost rigged an hd screaming eagle can onto it, it would have become a yamahonkawazukihar or something odd.
Tired cold and need to pee on a garden knome
Pee'ed on garden gnome. Have to clean it. Or await rain storm
Ok you Qld boys, fill out the survey!
https://www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au/gi/consultation/2067/survey/1958/view.html (https://www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au/gi/consultation/2067/survey/1958/view.html)
Let's get lane filtering legalised here, get rid of those stupid hands/feet rules, and get us being able to wear international standard helmets...
Quote from: peteGS on May 21, 2014, 08:12:21 PM
Ok you Qld boys, fill out the survey!
https://www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au/gi/consultation/2067/survey/1958/view.html (https://www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au/gi/consultation/2067/survey/1958/view.html)
. . . get rid of those stupid hands/feet rules, and get us being able to wear international standard...
Cool!
You Aussies are catching up to us Yanks with this liberal stuff.
But where's the box I gotta' check to legalize the recreational use of Firearms, Flame throwers, and Division 1.1 Explosives? :dunno_black:
And recreational weapons of mass destruction
Done did it
It's gonna take a loooooooooong time for our redneck pollies to get some reality into their brains...
pollies and brains are two words hardly ever associated
There's a third word you're missing there... integrity...
And truth!
And alcohol
And corn flakes
Saturday morning fuzzy
Is this the
new place for
three word games?
I think they just got lost! :flipoff:
One word: Hoon!
a bad habit of my youth. but I guess if done right, its legal....barely
Time to degrease and lube the chain today I reckon...
It's Saturday morning do you know where your pants are
Better question, do you know what day it is? I don't think so... it's Sunday! And my pants are where they belong... on my head...
they're your pants? .. i though they were my pants!? ... damn!!...
.. so whose pants do i have on my head then?!?!?!? :icon_eek: ;) :flipoff:
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tmi pete tmi lol :icon_lol:
Checking my air filter with my helper.
Patrick/Adidasguy would approve
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indeed. gotta have felinus guardius watching over you
Quote from: codajastal on May 24, 2014, 06:48:47 PM
Checking my air filter with my helper.
Patrick/Adidasguy would approve
How the hell did you get all that Strom apart "without" removing the crash bars? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fneurotalk.psychcentral.com%2Fimages%2Fsmiliesb%2FScratch-Head.gif&hash=f44d572ce5071289b000483777a20517a29b5a3f)
You must have a magic touch.
the spirit of Patrick is with him :) :cry: :angel:
Quote from: Electrojake on May 24, 2014, 08:54:31 PM
How the hell did you get all that Strom apart "without" removing the crash bars? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fneurotalk.psychcentral.com%2Fimages%2Fsmiliesb%2FScratch-Head.gif&hash=f44d572ce5071289b000483777a20517a29b5a3f)
You must have a magic touch.
Where there is a will there is a way, albeit a pain in the ass way but nonetheless it was done.
I read somewhere that it could be done so I figured I would give it a try :)
Reckon he took bars off, took bike apart, bolted bars back on and took pic.. . Just to mess with you EJ ;)
sent by willpower and a phone
Quote from: Janx101 on May 25, 2014, 01:28:11 AM
Reckon he took bars off, took bike apart, bolted bars back on and took pic.. . Just to mess with you EJ ;)
sent by willpower and a phone
Aint nobody got time for that and I'm too lazy to even bother :)
Hmmm cods, lemme find your pic and photochop your head on that avatar. I could see you making that expression for some reason. As soon as I find your pic ill get it done. With respect of course
Thanks to his friend Oliver Davey for allowing me to share this
It's Wednesday and have you drunk enough vitamin water?
:woohoo: thank you oliver and you cods. And especially you patrick
Watching the Patrick video made me think...
He was a real "bike guy", a real "Suzuki guy", and a real GS guy.
He was impressive because he stayed with the GS even long after he mastered it. It was still his passion.
With all his experience and skill he still enjoyed the humble little GS.
That is a respectable quality.
It says a lot about the man.
Just saying.
Well the Suzuki GS series of bikes seriously rock, so it makes good sense :)
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Quote from: peteGS on May 28, 2014, 02:32:40 AM
Well the Suzuki GS series of bikes seriously rock, so it makes good sense :)
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exactly 8<}
Yeah, peteGS is a real biker too. :thumb:
Hahaha I'm in!
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I'm thinking me, Yama, and Jester (just to name a few) are borderline bikers.
Each of us have entirely different reasons for it, but yeah, borderline bikers we are. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsmileyjungle.com%2Fsmilies%2Fgreetings11.gif&hash=f46393b6f4c7e3ec26dff87120df1dd1ba03ddcb)
Ehh no argument there well regarding myself anyways lol :embarrassed: theres hope yet for ej and jester :embarrassed:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 28, 2014, 07:42:13 PM
Ehh no argument there well regarding myself anyways lol theres hope yet for ej and jester
Correction: There is plenty of hope for Yama & -Ej-, but that pesky Jester... I'm not too sure.
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GS500.NET
On April 26 2014, the founder of this website passed away.
This website has been closed. :cry:
To be expected sadly :cry:
Anyone ever notice on gilligans island, the professor could invent/build anything? EXCEPT a patch for the boat?
Ahh. . That would have been a trade union issue! ... invent away professor but do any carpentry and the licensing board will know about it! .. lol
sent by willpower and a phone
Riding Sunday, can't wait!
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Quote from: Janx101 on May 29, 2014, 11:17:59 PM
Ahh. . That would have been a trade union issue! ... invent away professor but do any carpentry and the licensing board will know about it! .. lol
sent by willpower and a phone
but every single thing he built, was constructed 90% of wood though lol
True! ... Hobbyist vs pro? ... Lol
Ehh, if it were me instead of building a radio to tell someone bgy chance we were here, my hobbyist arse woulf be building a patch for the boat and taking my chances. cause they were there how many seasons/years? then would be pounding the actress on route home ( in international waters.) heck IIRC they were just north of Hawaii?
btw some vintage yama aeronautical pornography
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errm
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi84.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk2%2Fyamahonkawazuki%2Fquicktitsdesktop.jpg&hash=4c4afd70ef5722c066bb3a4ec6fd32aa294a6590) and since I posted last I did win, even if I posted 4 times or 5 or whatnot lol
Wow. Cool aero-plane there! :D
Quote from: Electrojake on May 31, 2014, 02:26:13 PM
Wow. Cool aero-plane there! :D
Ok, so things are a bit slow here lately. :dunno_black:
Yama did it!! ... everyone had to go to a quiet spot for a warplane Fap! :icon_lol:
Hmmmj, warplane fap?, idk. If I had to fap it would have been over the nurses arse a foot away from my face. IN DETAIL
Well we had an almost awesome ride on Sunday... I say almost because I nearly blew my head gasket and we had to skip one set of fun uphill twists and I had to short shift the rest of the day to avoid blowing it completely. Weather was almost perfect!
I know what I'm doing on the long weekend...
Geez...
A full blown circle-jerk and I missed it. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thereeftank.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fdoh.gif&hash=ae36194f8b1e7e45b3e29b7aea0b0b5c3d7ff5e4)
Anybody got video?
A still? Anything?
Oh please no, that's not something I wanna see!!!! :technical:
Another petition for the Qld'ers here... trying to shut down or restrict Lakeside yet again... bunch of knobs!
Seriously, you know a motorsport racing venue is right near the property you want to buy... you know it is in use... you know motorsport is not quiet... yet you still buy it anyway and then whinge about the noise! People need a good dose of reality...
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/petitions/e-petition?PetNum=2261 (http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/petitions/e-petition?PetNum=2261)
Quote from: peteGS on June 04, 2014, 02:57:06 AM
Seriously, you know a motorsport racing venue is right near the property you want to buy... you know it is in use... you know motorsport is not quiet... yet you still buy it anyway and then whinge about the noise! People need a good dose of reality...
They do that around major air ports here in the New York Metro area.
Why the hell would anyone that wants peace & quiet live within a 100 miles of the NY Metro area? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Ff%2Ff0%2FFacepalm.gif&hash=a78a2319025160c42e68375df5bf72218901d85e)
In other news. . .
I got to ride a motorcycle last night.
Hell, its no wonder people get addicted to these things. I had a blast!
OK then, Next up?
thought not many liked a blast :dunno_white: andf to be fair :dunno_black:
I've been driving truck for 4 hours or so ... And the whole board has NO NEW posts? .... Good grief!!
Sorry. It was a slow start kinda day.
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That's better! ;) :icon_lol:
Everyone must be out ridin'... :icon_rolleyes:
- Bboy
Onya EJ! What did you ride???
I'm just commuting on mine this week but it sucks short shifting all the time, I hate babying it! Tonight the tank, exhaust, and valve cover come off to prepare for the head gasket replacement tomorrow... not looking forward to it but once it's done I can ride her properly again :D
Quote from: peteGS on June 05, 2014, 12:53:39 PM
Onya EJ! What did you ride???
I'm just commuting on mine this week but it sucks short shifting all the time, I hate babying it!
Tonight the tank, exhaust, and valve cover come off to prepare for the head gasket replacement tomorrow...
not looking forward to it but once it's done I can ride her properly again.
Short shifting it?
Pete, "Not" beating it is KO too ya' know. :icon_mrgreen:
What did I ride? Same crap I always had...
-The DL1000 is my rolling couch & daily ride.
-The Harley just sits under a big cloth in the garage.
-And my Son's new WR250R Yamaha hasn't stopped long enough for me to get a turn to ride it yet. :dunno_black:
Haha yeah... Don't really wanna blow the rest of the head gasket though, I'd get oily real fast!
And the DL of course! It's a Zuk so all is good :D
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Wasmfun when I blew the lower seal on my goped outrunning a ford taurus full of fat people. Poor ford lol. Got her up to 47ish lower baffle was out of exhaust, my pharmacist heard me insidenher business lol. Seal let go in my driveway lol.didnt baby it. Wouldntnhave made a difference lol
Wasmfun when I blew the lower seal on my goped outrunning a ford taurus full of fat people. Poor ford lol. Got her up to 47ish lower baffle was out of exhaust, my pharmacist heard me insidenher business lol. Seal let go in my driveway lol.didnt baby it. Wouldntnhave made a difference lol
Quote from: peteGS on June 05, 2014, 04:35:44 PM
Haha yeah... Don't really wanna blow the rest of the head gasket though, I'd get oily real fast!
So as I understand it, your taking it easy on the throttle cause ya' got a half-blown head gasket? :angel:
Nice Yama! Hahaha
And yup you got it EJ! Today's fun is fixing it... At least I didn't blow a seal...
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Quote from: peteGS on June 06, 2014, 02:22:32 PM
Today's fun is fixing it... At least I didn't blow a seal...
Hell... at least you didnt blow a rod! :laugh:
Hahahaha
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4 ppl in that taurus each person average weight of 400lbs my goped gtr with a wet weight of 54lbs and mynweit clo4hed of 141lbs 4.5hp stock gesring modded to 7/74.nnormally 6/98
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on June 07, 2014, 05:12:49 PM
4 ppl in that taurus each person average weight of 400lbs my goped gtr with a wet weight of 54lbs and mynweit clo4hed of 141lbs 4.5hp stock gesring modded to 7/74.nnormally 6/98
Translate please... :dunno_black:
Sorry my friend 1600+lbs of obese ppl in a 3 ton car roughly makin215bhp againstna 1wd chaindriven 420 engine aka 42cc making 4.5hp at 15k rpms and those folks like many missed the class on power to weight ratio. I got a verbal warning fromdetective friend in doing 40 in a 25 school zone when I build my next goped in the UW theme for patricks memory will be geared to hitn55. Then after thatk I am following my belofed friends advice and gearing it to do 30. I will ride it to ut hospital formdaily procedures. Selling this tablet tonfund mympatent applicationnfornthe articulated cane. An idea patrick and kyself c@me up with. Will be without tablet until m7nget the two spares from lds church and the dell f3om sister in law. Those that dontributenin any way shape or form will be treated well upon sale ofmidea to industry
Quote from: peteGS on June 06, 2014, 02:22:32 PMAt least I didn't blow a seal...
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Your both nuts! :cookoo:
Hence the hangout in LPW eh?
First drop bears, now this? :o
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/foolish-swimmer-provokes-stingray-which-attempts-to-chase-and-attack-him-at-a-gold-coast-swimming-spot/story-fnj94idh-1226947911470 (http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/foolish-swimmer-provokes-stingray-which-attempts-to-chase-and-attack-him-at-a-gold-coast-swimming-spot/story-fnj94idh-1226947911470)
This one isn't mythical neither is the idiot swimmer
The only mythical thing around here is intelligence...
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Quote from: Electrojake on June 09, 2014, 04:38:18 PM
First drop bears, now this? :o
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/foolish-swimmer-provokes-stingray-which-attempts-to-chase-and-attack-him-at-a-gold-coast-swimming-spot/story-fnj94idh-1226947911470 (http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/foolish-swimmer-provokes-stingray-which-attempts-to-chase-and-attack-him-at-a-gold-coast-swimming-spot/story-fnj94idh-1226947911470)
And its not real, It was a shadow from a kite
Quote from: codajastal on June 10, 2014, 05:45:45 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on June 09, 2014, 04:38:18 PM
First drop bears, now this? :o
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/foolish-swimmer-provokes-stingray-which-attempts-to-chase-and-attack-him-at-a-gold-coast-swimming-spot/story-fnj94idh-1226947911470 (http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/foolish-swimmer-provokes-stingray-which-attempts-to-chase-and-attack-him-at-a-gold-coast-swimming-spot/story-fnj94idh-1226947911470)
And its not real, It was a shadow from a kite
The GC Bulletin would not report anything it if it was not true!
So yeah... It was indeed a giant "killer" stingray. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au%2Fffximage%2F2008%2F07%2F02%2FUntitled_3_copy_wideweb__470x357%2C0.jpg&hash=f33fe1e1933f3da28d0070321b30d5afa638785c)
Um... Beavis or Butt-head?
A bit of a butt burglar there
You been keeping the board alive Yama. 8)
Quote from: Electrojake on June 10, 2014, 07:00:15 PM
The GC Bulletin would not report anything it if it was not true!
So yeah... It was indeed a giant "killer" stingray.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au%2Fffximage%2F2008%2F07%2F02%2FUntitled_3_copy_wideweb__470x357%2C0.jpg&hash=f33fe1e1933f3da28d0070321b30d5afa638785c)
Um... Beavis or Butt-head?
Ummm that guys a c@%t and should have been shot on sight,
I think the fucker is dead now?
honestly I agree. id be in an Australian prison if I found him. ive no compassion whatsoever for thoise fÛcks
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Some items. . .
1.) Nice electric kitty. No, really, that's a cool gif. :thumb:
2.) Where the hell is Jester? WTF? He's too good for LPW now-a-days?
5.) Getting back to item #2 above: Do people from Ohio even post here anymore? They used to be my posse against Aussie uprisings.
12.) I need an avatar that does me justice. Something that commands respect.
Hell, ya' know I gotta' be cool... my Harley has chrome fenders, bitches!
Over & Out.
-Ej-
PS, Keep staring at the psychedelic kitty.
ive got a gif of the inside of a cylinder in action ( plug firing and all ) or beavis doing the cornholio pose repeatedly. also one of wile e coyote jumping off the cliff. I think it blew my free PB bandwidth amt in 2 hours. that lsd cat though I may have to resize that for an avatar.
Yama, you are a true friend. And you're not even in Ohio! <heh>
Just out of curiosity, what is your record for working the most threads simultaneously on the forum?
I myself can usually work 3 conversations comfortably before I start coming apart.
A mans gotta' know his limitations. :cool:
Quote from: Electrojake on June 11, 2014, 04:08:45 PM
Some items. . .
...snip...
5.) Getting back to item #2 above: Do people from Ohio even post here anymore? They used to be my posse against Aussie uprisings.
...snip...
For me, I have been busy.
Major surgery that finally seems to have fixed my leg problems in April. :)
Sold my GS last month. :icon_sad:
Last week I broke my r scapula and 4 ribs. :oops:
Other than that I am still looking at the grass from the top instead of the bottom, so I guess all is actually well on this end. :icon_rolleyes:
You all be safe out there. :cheers:
Well I'm still battling an intermittent single cylinder issue... At least it seems my head gasket is keeping the oil inside now...
Jim, WTF have you been doing to yourself???
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Quote from: Electrojake on June 11, 2014, 08:40:51 PM
Yama, you are a true friend. And you're not even in Ohio! <heh>
Just out of curiosity, what is your record for working the most threads simultaneously on the forum?
I myself can usually work 3 conversations comfortably before I start coming apart.
A mans gotta' know his limitations. :cool:
.... Con ver MA station ?? ... Whaddat?? .... S'easier to just post randumbly!! :tongue2:
I lurk more than I actually check in on 'conversations' in LPW... but my forum activity is down in general.. getting hitched in 9 DAYS!!! :icon_twisted: :woohoo:
O0
- Bboy
randumbly :laugh:
Quote from: Electrojake on June 11, 2014, 08:40:51 PM
Yama, you are a true friend. And you're not even in Ohio! <heh>
Just out of curiosity, what is your record for working the most threads simultaneously on the forum?
I myself can usually work 3 conversations comfortably before I start coming apart.
A mans gotta' know his limitations. :cool:
yeah 3s about tops in one particular thread lol. 3 different arguments err conversations lol
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Quote from: Toledo Jim on June 11, 2014, 09:21:01 PM
For me, I have been busy.
Last week I broke my r scapula and 4 ribs.
Other than that I am still looking at the grass from the top instead of the bottom, so I guess all is actually well on this end.
OK then... The Ohio team is checking in. Great! :thumb:
BTW, how bout a link to the thread that contains the gory details of the train wreck you were involved in. Yes? :dunno_black:
Two cylinders today, riding Sunday so we'll see how she goes then...
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Quote from: peteGS on June 13, 2014, 04:28:11 AM
Two cylinders today, riding Sunday so we'll see how she goes then...
Thinking ya' might want to re-check the torque pattern on the bolts after a good heat/cool cycle or two.
Good luck.
Hope she holds!
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Yes indeed! Next service isn't far away, will be re-torquing all head bolts and cam cap bolts and also doing valve clearance check... will be ordering some shims next week in preparation too :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on June 13, 2014, 02:05:11 PM
Yes indeed! Next service isn't far away, will be re-torquing all head bolts and cam cap bolts and also doing valve clearance check...
will be ordering some shims next week in preparation too.
You'll also need plenty of gaskets & beer. :cheers:
BTW, where's the tear-down thread with exciting photos?
heh-heh... I had to ask.
noticed Hawaii 5-0 tv show aired from 68-80. one guy there, why did they change his name at all I submit:
Kam Fong ...
Chin Ho (241 episodes, 1968-1978)
EJ... Yes! Had to use my spare valve cover gasket when doing the head gasket, so be ordering another with the shims and oil filter etc next week. I do have photos... But no thread... I find it too bloody painful on the phone!
Yama.... Yeah I wonder? HaHahaah
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this past week on ( near the home front) mother nature is a biatch, albeit a funny one in this case
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Hahahaha love it!
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Wow, Looks like a tough neighborhood. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.fropper.com%2Fzones-images%2Fsmileys%2Fscratching_chin.gif&hash=3d0b55fc889320370055a822a5ae1170adc495af)
started when I was 10 minutes out of Knoxville this happened while we were detouring into Clinton ( diverting around downed trees lines etc )
microburst it seems lol . closes down a garage, and opens a cathouse
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Uh oh shes gettin ready for some batpen|s
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cbrfxr67,
That's some mighty weird stuff you been posting. :icon_eek:
I'm kinda' envious.
i have one longer Swingarm named Gina for sale,....
Is it just me or does it look like there is a block of gray that may have been photoshopped in there before gina... like it is missing two letters...
- Bboy
Ho hum... too much excitement for me here lately...
Quote from: BockinBboy on June 18, 2014, 12:48:51 PM
Is it just me or does it look like there is a block of gray that may have been photoshopped in there before gina... like it is missing two letters...
- Bboy
angina? :cookoo:
No sir.
That's "horse vag!na" (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.online-literature.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fyesnod.gif&hash=16e0b90308b40531d3a6c21fcc1a0b11da07d81b)
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Good god man! A horse vag!na swing arm?
That photo brought my very existence full-circle.
Your ability to dig-up clever topic-related excrement is truly phenomenal. :bowdown:
Just saying.
I think I just been out gunned here. Nice post.
meanwhile in the hot tub,...
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ah yes!
Very nice bongos... but I'm still memorized by the horse vag!na swing arm.
At my age there are very few things I have not witnessed.
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But damn, I that swing arm tops it!
- :bowdown: and :cheers:
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So I think my 450 is cursed... all oil leaks seem to be sorted after the head gasket job but still it keeps dropping to 1 cylinder... thought it was permanent last Sunday so I put the other Dyna module back in... did a service Saturday, took it for a test ride yesterday, and one cylinder for a minute or so again... :technical:
Quote from: peteGS on June 22, 2014, 01:11:31 PM
So I think my 450 is cursed...
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Heh... What's top speed on that old girl when she's only pumping on one jug?
Just wondering. :icon_mrgreen:
thumper,.....took the buell Saturday to return to owner,....started shaking, vibrating, running like crap,.....ticking,....SOAB. Turned around and brought it back home and it settled down, ran better the closer we got to the house. Like the biatch didn't want to go! :dunno_black:
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on June 23, 2014, 06:44:24 AM
thumper,.....took the buell Saturday to return to owner,....started shaking, vibrating, running like crap,.....ticking,....SOAB. Turned around and brought it back home and it settled down, ran better the closer we got to the house. Like the biatch didn't want to go! :dunno_black:
heh-heh... Half-a-Harley :technical: :D
Down hill with a tail wind she can still hit 100kph :)
Spent 4 1/2 hours in the garage last night putting a stock igniter back in... Two cylinders so far...
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Quote from: peteGS on June 23, 2014, 06:20:19 PM
Spent 4 1/2 hours in the garage last night. . .
At this point you must know every single nut, bolt, and washer on that thing.
Just saying.
Your a wrenching maniac. :icon_mrgreen:
Well... Yeah... I did rebuild it from the frame up though :)
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heh-heh... Half-a-Harley :technical: :D
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TRUE! With an unstoppable drip leak too!
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someone said unstoppable drip leak,...
The guy's got some impressive range. :whisper:
Just sayin'
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Nobody here can possibly "out clever" that. :icon_neutral:
But i'm gonna' try.
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Well so far so good, out riding yesterday and Friday and still two cylinders with no oil leaks :thumb:
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Rare post
Not as rare as Mister's... where is he BTW?
Hes busy working
That's not terribly exciting...
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Those are some "classic" machines you ride with pete.
Just saying.
Plasterboard shits me!! Mutter mumble grumble.... I seem to have new muscles that go owie!! ... 15 down and 5 to go ... :woohoo:
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Yeeeees.... Pretty much like that guys! ... Most of it I could do myself.... But the roof parts and a few of the smaller but long/flimsy filler pieces (pitched roof angles) I needed a mate to come over and help with .... He was a great help..... But I still work quicker on my own! Lol
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need pics :dunno_black:
Janx motorcycle garage after he's done with the renovation? :icon_mrgreen:
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Haven't done any plastering myself yet but when I get the shed concrete laid one of these years and I get started I imagine I'll be doing something like it then... gotta seal it up nicely so I can blast and paint in there!
Quote from: Electrojake on June 30, 2014, 01:54:05 PM
Those are some "classic" machines you ride with pete.
Just saying.
Can only agree EJ :icon_mrgreen: :thumb:
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Lol I wish bike garage like that !! ... I'll do a pic or two today.. Just a backyard cabin for the eldest offspring .... The old caravan was ....... 'Old and smelly and it leaks and I hate it and boohoohoohooo!' ... So to help her mental state... And her mothers! (In case the eldest wanted to move out) ... We have a cabin!! :icon_rolleyes: ;) ...
But it will let me have more room in the garage from 'extra' furniture being in the cabin...
Clear floor, clean benches, storage shelf not have stuff leaning on it.... It's a win!
Win indeed Janx, good deal!
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Dang it!! .. Forgot pictures today ... No prob .. Plenty of 'in progress' pic opportunities left....
I say forgot .. But it went more like this ...
The cabin will have lights and power points in it.... The garage that sits closest to the cabin ... Has 'wiring' :icon_eek: ... 1x 6mm cable runs in, powers 3 fluro lights of dubious heritage and (counting) 11x plug points of various provenance and style..... All jerry rigged off various points along the 6mm-1/4" cable (twin and earth) ...... Wires hang out and look crusty... It's "not ideal" .. And will be required as the next project.
So ... Last week ... My mate the electrician (well he has a electrical engineering degree!) ... looks in the garage and says ... NO!!! ... We ain't adding in ANYTHING to that friggin nightmare!! ... Off to the store I go with his list .... Conduit, new enclosure and switch/fuse things, power points, light switches, wall brackets, LED gimbal down lights, 40metres of CAT6 data cable (the youngster got a smart TV for her 21st birthday) and 100m drum of 10mm-3/8" power cable $6/metre!!! (But I can take the unused back for cash back! :woohoo: ) ... He gave me enough power and lighting cable to run the internals from his 'spare parts' shelf (what a guy!) ....
Before doing any plasterboard last few days I rigged out the cabin with all the required brackets and cable plus some extra ones that will remain hidden until a future need arises....
And today ... Before I could enclose the last wall section in with plasterboard ... I had to run the 10mm cable..... From the power box, under the house (with a low crawl space) then once out from under... enclosed in conduit, along the side of house, under the roof of carport, through the roof of garage and into the cabin.... About 48 metres - of continuos goddam friggin stiff 10mm blasted bloody cable!!!!!!!!!! One piece ... No joins and no cuts! .. Under the house turned out to be the easy bit .. Crawl and push drum then tack a holder strip up and fold it over the cable... Outside/along the house was .... 6 bends/corners and 30 metres of conduit to feed it through .... >:( .... I am NOT a fan of running cable now!! ... It sucks diseased Vietnam ghetto hairy dogs testicles!!! :nono: >:( :2guns:
But it is done!! ... And on the weekend the mate is coming over to do the hookup to the power box and install all the actual switches/lights :bowdown: ... So after work each of the next few days I will be back on the plasterboard and jointing and sanding and undercoating ... Which will be relative bliss!!!
Warning ... When you intend to do this kinda thing ... And you think ... Couple hours easy!! ... No! ... Unless you are a gung-Ho qualified sparky tradesman ... It will take a LOOOOOONG time ... I'm happy to have saved about $300 in getting a tradesman to run the cable.... But next time... If there is a next time.... I might just save a little more cash and pay.... And laugh and laugh and laugh!!! :thumb:
Hahahahaha nice work Janx! Gotta see pic's!
On another note... any of you Brissie boys wanna ride Sunday? I'm heading out in the morning to do some fun local roads and give the new GoPro a try...
Damn nice post Janx ! Even W/O the pics.
and yes, agreed. A lot you can do yourself but there comes a time to pay a pro to simply get it done.
Home Improvement 101. :cheers:
Good stuff there Janx! :bstar: :bstar: :bstar:
Janx101, master of the plaster! :icon_mrgreen:
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Ridin' tomorrow... can't wait to give the GoPro a good workout!
Quote from: peteGS on July 04, 2014, 02:36:42 PM
Ridin' tomorrow... can't wait to give the GoPro a good workout!
You get a new GoPro, or is it your old one?
New one, the old one was a dodgy $75 eBay special that bought the farm. My awesome wife got me a GoPro for my birthday last week :)
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Oh my... away for the weekend and I feared I was missing out on good farm material...
Guess not... :dunno_black: :cry:
- Bboy
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Quote from: BockinBboy on July 07, 2014, 09:12:39 AM
Oh my... away for the weekend and I feared I was missing out on good farm material...
Guess not...
- Bboy
Very busy time of year.
Too much "non-motorcycle" crap going on.
Q: What's the difference between a G-Spot and a bottle of Jack Daniels?
A: A guy will actually SEARCH for a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Q: What happens when you cross a gynecologist drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and sexy blonde drinking Smirnoff Vodka?
A: a "Pabst Smir!"
Alcohol is never the answer... But it does make you forget the question.
If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy alcohol.
Your move :icon_mrgreen:
Hahahahaha oh EJ... crackin' me up! :thumb:
Sunday's ride... perfect winter's day with an '82 GS450 leading a brand new BMW S1000 and GSXR 1000 and then seeing an immaculate old Ferrari in the car park... the photo's don't do it justice...
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A proud little GS in a line of big fancy muscle!
Kinda' makes me proud. :thumb:
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Awwww shucks! Hahaha
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:sad: tard farm dying? :confused: :dunno_black:
Quote from: Toledo Jim on July 11, 2014, 06:49:06 PM
tard farm dying? :dunno_black:
Ahem! Bite your tongue. :nono: The Tard Farm is just fine. It is
not dieing. It is my life.
Now please post a funny gif so we can all post clever comments about it.
Thank You.
Nah it's still alive!
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Delayed double post FTW! :woohoo: :cheers:
In the process of playing electrical component Tetris on the 450 this weekend... also known as musical electrical components...
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Did a thread about brake shims just get political???
.... :technical:
- Bboy
"cleverer" Go Sledge!
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Quote from: BockinBboy on July 14, 2014, 12:27:40 PM
Did a thread about brake shims just get political???
.... :technical:
- Bboy
Exactly why I stay here in the LPW basement.
I can say Obama is such a damn p u s s y that he rides a Ninja 250... and no one here takes it personally.
BTW, what the hell are "brake shims"?
What? Obama on a Ninja? Nah never! Surely he's a Harley guy? Or a Buell Blast maybe? :dunno_black:
Electrical Tetris is done... same voltage at the coils and headlight as the battery now... lovin' it!
Quote from: peteGS on July 14, 2014, 03:15:35 PM
Electrical Tetris is done... same voltage at the coils and headlight as the battery now... lovin' it!
What?
No more headlight flicker at idle? :icon_mrgreen:
Nup, got rid of the dimming in time with the indicators hahaha
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Brake shims?... an elusive dark art of braking systems if you ask me... They fit behind the pads and are supposed to prevent brake noise. We know Suzuki got this part wrong for the rear brake of the GS500, so its hard to believe in them if you ride one. But most brake systems do have them and they are specific to the pads they are designed to fit, and do work well as a result. Its when other worn parts of the system such as discs don't mesh well with the pads, that shims don't seem to do anything and are many times left out when pads are replaced... Hence, the argumentative exchange found in the recent thread in general discussion...
- Bboy
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i soooo wanted to post this in the atgat thread,.... :police:
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casue she dont need gear
Two items here. . .
1.) Thank you B-Boy for the tech-update on brake shims. You Sir are a fine gentleman and obviously a gifted GS mechanic.
2.) cbrfxr67. . . Your vile representation of ATGATT is upsetting.
I can actually see past her bung and into her cavernous clapper area.
I guess the only question I can ask is; do ya' think she's running brake shims or just the bare calipers on that rear? :confused:
LOL EJ - The only gift I have is the ability to talk about bikes 24/7 - and really its a gift and a curse :icon_twisted:
Nice, gif Cbr :thumb:
- Bboy
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :cookoo: :icon_rolleyes:
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That looks cherry!! :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on July 20, 2014, 03:25:07 PM
That looks cherry!! :thumb:
Mine sure as hell never looked that good. :icon_neutral:
Just saying.
It was beautiful in its own, special, way :kiss3:
- Bboy
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Quote from: cbrfxr67 on July 18, 2014, 06:51:47 AM
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lmao, what an idiot.
where's EJ
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:icon_eek:
- Bboy
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on July 22, 2014, 10:41:33 AM
where's EJ
Wow! Nice post cbr.Somewhere a leftist-scholar, liberal, whacko is shuddering at the sight of that gif.
Kill parents, then shoot self.
Hell, I raised my two little ones on Grand Theft Auto since they were old enough to hold a controller.
My Son (now 21) is not a criminal, he runs a mechanical services company.
However, my daughter (now 18) did grow up as a firearms enthusiast. She's been shooting since she's about 13.
Thus far she hasn't shot anyone or stolen a car, so I figure 15 years of GTA play didn't affect her. <heh... much>
Cool find cbr.
-Ej-
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I think the real question is Where's Jester? Whatever happened to the Ghost of Christmas Past of Ohio?
Well I thought you must have been comfortably ensconced in the playboy mansion as the pool guard! Lol
Quote from: jestercinti on July 26, 2014, 09:13:48 AM
I think the real question is Where's Jester? Whatever happened to the Ghost of Christmas Past of Ohio?
Holy dog spit, it's Jester!(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa6%2FOdie_the_Dog.svg%2F150px-Odie_the_Dog.svg.png&hash=9dd04228d1f279acdcbddef98a5e96bd9483c5f1)
Hot damn! You crazy Ohio hooligan! Good to see you post here in the basement of the GS Twins forum.
Hope you are doing OK.
Still in the Cincinnati area?
You still in the same line of work?
How have you been doing?
And welcome aboard.
Good to see you post! :cheers:
After being worn out from the playboy mansions in the pits of SW Ohio, I thought I would resurface. As I sit in the recliner, newspaper in hand, robe on, and Golden Retriever by my side I thought about my peeps in LPW.
And I thought i'd post.
Jester...
I picture you as something like this. . . (here's a video worth 4 minutes of your time Sir)
http://youtu.be/bKgf5PaBzyg (http://youtu.be/bKgf5PaBzyg)
Regards,
-Ej-
Golden retriever... Lovely pet name for the broad! Ha!
Nice to see you drop a line down here Jester!
- Bboy
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There's a dog loves it's owner :icon_eek: :cookoo:
See a cat would never do that... nor would a Kat... Kats rule! :thumb:
Gee... Can anybody play? :icon_eek:
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no just golden retr- nevermind
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cbr, your gifted. :whisper:
Nice put-up!
I been waiting for you to reply all day EJ,....blarg
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and now for something completely different?!?
woo hoo monkehs!
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this one's for you EJ
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Quote from: cbrfxr67 on July 30, 2014, 08:14:49 AM
this one's for you EJ
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Heh-heh...
I use that as the welcome screen on my company iPhone.
Nice. :thumb:
Isn't that some weird new trend now for Gen Y's and "celebrities"?
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"Bump"
Bumpity bump...
Guess everyone was out riding this weekend?.. Had a pretty sweet ride through the Hoosier national forest this weekend with a couple cruisers... There was also a Kat that joined in for a bit too, Pete ;)
-Bboy
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BLARRRRG DOUBLE POST
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wth's ej,...
Gotta' get me one of those rocket packs! :icon_rolleyes:
Help out YAMAHONKAWAZUKI
http://www.gofundme.com/cmy7v8
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=67747.new#new
Obama's IRS goons are gonna' love this.
Just sent him a little $$. :thumb:
-Ej-
Quote from: Electrojake on August 07, 2014, 08:32:32 PM
Obama's IRS goons are gonna' love this.
Just sent him a little $$. :thumb:
-Ej-
:) :cheers:
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check this one out ej,..takes awhile though
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on August 08, 2014, 11:02:18 AM
check this one out ej,..takes awhile though
Crazy vid cbr.
At 4:37 the guy go's completely nuts!
Cool!
Hmmmm. .. redbull and milk. ... different!, kinda weird though. ... now I know why they don't market it as a product! ... splits the milk and looks very odd! Lol
Needs alcohol too, or it'll never sell.
Booze is the answer!
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Quote from: BockinBboy on August 03, 2014, 06:33:53 PM
Guess everyone was out riding this weekend?.. Had a pretty sweet ride through the Hoosier national forest this weekend with a couple cruisers... There was also a Kat that joined in for a bit too, Pete ;)
-Bboy
Nice one Bboy! I was out with 2 Kats yesterday on some of my favourite roads :thumb:
Was running a pink bugatti in gta 5. Renamed the bugatti gayron. Will have to post pics of the car stash. Bright pink cars seems to be the only way to find them fast lol
Grand Theft Auto!
A family tradition at my house. Even Grandma plays it! :thumb:
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I played GTA3 and it was fun... haven't touched the XBox in years though...
Currently I'm addicted to Clash of Clans on the iPhone...
I have a great idea! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazeguy.net%2Fcartoon%2Fodie.gif&hash=a5d3a665fb328515e484351df77809552cfb9991)
Let's start a thread about Chain Lube.
And if that doesn't perk things up, we can start Harley-bashing.
That's always a crowd-pleaser.
They don't wave,
batwing baggers look ridiculous,
heavy bikes handle like crap,
HD - turning fuel into noise for 100 years,
etc, etc...
Hahaha works for me EJ! Oil, tyres, Harley's, and chain lube are all ripe for fun!
Oil... Penrite HPR 15 15w15 semi synth diesel oil
Tyres... Avon Roadriders
Harley's... Like the torque but nothing else and won't dress like a ghey pirate
Chain Lube... Silkolene titanium dri-gel
That should read 15w50...
Quote from: peteGS on August 13, 2014, 01:35:17 AM
Hahaha works for me EJ! Oil, tyres, Harley's, and chain lube are all ripe for fun!
Oil... Penrite HPR 15 15w15 semi synth diesel oil
Tyres... Avon Roadriders
Harley's... Like the torque but nothing else and won't dress like a ghey pirate
Chain Lube... Silkolene titanium dri-gel
Dang, I thought you were baiting us... :technical:
- Bboy
my buddy built this Harley,...mostly bolt on stuff,.....
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i thought it came out great but, still gave him the 'i don't get the whole "harley hoo hah" stuff'
Hahahaha yeah Bboy I shoulda left it as is! Now that would've been fun! :icon_lol:
And CBR... yeah I don't get it... I'd rather build it myself than buy it... but that's just me :dunno_black:
Speaking of oil and chain lube would like to use the fuel, oil, and chain lube in gta 5.. Can run a car or bike without stopping all day long
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The longest running gif I ever saw in my life!
It was like a full length movie.
COOL cbr! :thumb:
You should charge admission, lol
Almost reminds me of a 5 minute segment i had resized in an avatar of wile e coyote falling off yet another cliff. Photobucked hated me for that one
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:laugh:
double post,...
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win
Reckon that's a fart or a queef?
Let me guess... I don't wanna know what a queef is...
I think you most likely would have heard one in your life Pete ... I always consider it a sign of a job well done!! ;)
Same area just a tad away
Quote from: peteGS on August 16, 2014, 02:40:29 PM
Let me guess... I don't wanna know what a queef is...
Vaginal flatulence is an emission or expulsion of air from the naughty place. It may occur during or after sexual intercourse or during other sexual acts, stretching or exercise.
Yeah... I had to look it up too. :dunno_black:
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Quote from: peteGS on August 13, 2014, 01:35:17 AM
Hahaha works for me EJ! Oil, tyres, Harley's, and chain lube are all ripe for fun!
Chain Lube... Silkolene titanium dri-gel
.
I prefer a clean, non-sticky chain lube. As a matter of fact... I HATE gooey chain lube.
So is this Silkolene stuff for me?
I'm currently using one of the "chain wax" products.
Thinking of switching to a liquid Teflon product.
Educate me! :confused:
Quote from: Electrojake on August 16, 2014, 08:47:01 PM
Quote from: peteGS on August 16, 2014, 02:40:29 PM
Let me guess... I don't wanna know what a queef is...
Embarrasing if one is eating at the Y
Vaginal flatulence is an emission or expulsion of air from the naughty place. It may occur during or after sexual intercourse or during other sexual acts, stretching or exercise.
Yeah... I had to look it up too. :dunno_black:
Does Queef Inc. make a decent non-sticky chain lube? Or did I miss something... :dunno_black:
So, this is what happened when I google imaged 'chain wax' :dunno_black:
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- Bboy
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :cookoo:
You guys are nuts.... in a good way! :bowdown:
The Silkolene stuff is best put on a cold chain and left overnight... leaves a white-ish coating on and so far I like it so much better than the supposed non-fling liquid type stuff I've used in the past.
A good clean with a chain cleaning brush in kero, wipe down thoroughly, then lube with the dri-gel and so far so good :thumb:
This shaZam! does not fling at all and only stays on where you spray it :thumb:
haaa Bock
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too funn-e
Quote from: peteGS on August 18, 2014, 01:16:50 PM
The Silkolene stuff is best put on a cold chain and left overnight...
leaves a white-ish coating on and so far I like it so much better than the supposed non-fling liquid type stuff I've used in the past.
Thanks for the info Pete!
Now for the rest of the LPW crew... I was wondering... Can I use the Silk-O-Lean product on a cats ass port? O0
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That's lovely thanks EJ!! :technical:
Heh-heh... Kinda' wish I had fur balls myself. :whisper:
Errrrrr.... No!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
O.K. then... How bout furry dice? :dunno_black:
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That your car window there EJ?? ... Oh my!! Lol
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Quote from: Janx101 on August 21, 2014, 03:43:52 AM
That your car window there EJ?? ... Oh my!! Lol
Janx,
I'm old but not "that" old!
Furry dice are for people that were driving in the late 1950's.
They look perfect in a 1957 Chevrolet, but I was one year old back then.
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^ That car, in its exact form, is sitting next door to me. My neighbor keeps it covered in his garage, but washes it about twice a month. He carefully selects the days he drives it around the neighborhood 15 miles an hour -Maybe 3 times a year since I've known him. Retired guy life...
- Bboy
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Anyone else having issues with TapaTalk lately? Every time I go in it just tells me there are no unread threads... but I know there are!!!
Quote from: Electrojake on August 18, 2014, 03:27:45 PM
Quote from: peteGS on August 18, 2014, 01:16:50 PM
The Silkolene stuff is best put on a cold chain and left overnight...
leaves a white-ish coating on and so far I like it so much better than the supposed non-fling liquid type stuff I've used in the past.
Thanks for the info Pete!
Now for the rest of the LPW crew... I was wondering... Can I use the Silk-O-Lean product on a cats ass port? O0
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why are you tryin to lube the brown starfish?
I thought it safest not to ask that question...
Maybe cat ate Lego like that black dog pic doing rounds online at moment?
Quote from: Janx101 on August 23, 2014, 03:50:01 PM
Maybe cat ate Lego like that black dog pic doing rounds online at moment?
Lube the puckered starfish? Black dog pic?
I feel I'm about to have an LPW learning experience here.
Lol @ my selfie. :oops:
Heh-heh... ;)
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2nd image down Yama
http://bummerina.blogspot.com.au
Awesome pics i needed that lol
Hahahaha oh that link is classic Janxy!!!
Now... cable ties and nuts anyone? Taken outside work a couple of days ago...
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Oye. One solid braking, and you get a major short circuild on the lowside, and busted nuts up above
Oh yeah, quality engineering at its finest!
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A carriage bolt would take care of the seat, and minimise nut homicide
Is that nuticide?
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I suppose it could be :thumb:
I got this "comfort seat" at Cycle Gear. Under 200 bucks too. A great upgrade for any ride. :thumb:
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Works for me! :technical:
Think of the weight saving!
True... what do a pair of testicles weigh anyway? :o
Unsure. Spose short of hassling an anatomy professor, or google, not sure at all
Doctor, I have a question... :dunno_white:
I remember a..... Tv show or movie? ... Can't think which... maybe Spin City but not sure....
Anyway ... There was a speech/appearance to be made by the boss in the show and the lackey put info in the speech that there was a tribe in Africa whose average testicle weight was 8 POUNDS!!?? .... The boss gave the lackey hell for not checking info.... Then they re checked the info and found it was reported correctly!!...
8 friggin POUNDS!!!!!!?????? :icon_eek:
Was there any doubt where this topic was headed? :dunno_black: and :thumb:
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balls?
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:icon_lol: That's one way to fix bad parking!
Perhaps he should re-think his choice of vehicle if he intends to park in places like that though... :dunno_black:
Hey...
Can one of you experts help me identify this bike?
Well, other than its a Honda. :icon_rolleyes:
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No seat sniffing!
That's the Honda Clam isn't it?
Quote from: Janx101 on September 03, 2014, 02:22:49 PM
That's the Honda Clam isn't it?
Heh-heh... Maybe it's that new Honda Grom thing 8)
Well I'm best at late 70s through 80s Honda identification, but I do know that bike. That there sir is a 1968 Honda CL350K0. Pretty rare bike these days!
- Bboy
^^Aka the first Honda Scrambler.
Given that there are grommets under the gauges, though it's a K0 '68 bike, it was late in the production run of that year when they added those- so it's probably titled as a '69... Go figure hippy girl!
- Bboy
Psst: pardon the double post ;)
Quote from: BockinBboy on September 04, 2014, 05:55:43 PM
^^Aka the first Honda Scrambler.
Given that there are grommets under the gauges, though it's a K0 '68 bike, it was late in the production run of that year when they added those- so it's probably titled as a '69... Go figure hippy girl!
- Bboy
Holy dog poop BB... You certainly know your machinery!
Thanks for the info. :cheers:
Id be her seat cushion lol
...saving thread, like a frugal grandma
- Bboy
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woo hoo double postin win
Keeping thread alive. :icon_eek:
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Just some cheesy jokes here, yo.
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Where the hell is Jester? And why is the roundtable forum down?
If things dont shape up I may have to get a life and step away from this damn PC.
And BTW; Energizerbunny... Good to see you pay the LPW cesspool a little visit. :thumb:
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GN-250
Tuesday Morning,...
Apologies for my absence lately... just in case anyone noticed...
Here is some compensation... in case anyone cares... :cheers:
Ok that didn't work :technical:
Just go to my channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQoQTDc4M1AMo7Akq2XsklQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQoQTDc4M1AMo7Akq2XsklQ)
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black square win for pete!
Hahaha thanks CBR!
Now they seem to work... wTF???
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:dunno_black: works courtesy of www. illbedamned.lol
Quote from: peteGS on September 18, 2014, 01:25:55 PM
Apologies for my absence lately... just in case anyone noticed...
Well hell Pete... I missed ya.Fortunately Yama & cbr have been picking up the slack during your absence.
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I been busy with new job! , driving garbage trucks in Sydney.... ironically it was my dream job when I was 5 lol. .... I like it! , apart from the 90km one way commute! ... well the fuel costs of the.commute till I get bike rego again anyway ;)
Haha cheers guys, nice to be missed!
Janxy, ya' gotta get the bike done mate! You can't commute without a bike... not if you don't wanna go insane anyway...
And subscribe to my Youtube channel fella's, got more vid's coming along... part 4 of the above is uploaded and part 5 is just finishing now ready to upload.
I've got a back log of other videos to do now I have some software too...
Delayed double post FTW :cheers: Haven't had one of those for a while! :woohoo: :flipoff:
Couple more bits of entertainment... the second in particular has a bit of an in joke from the ride...
To save fuel on commute, this morning I drove halfway and caught train at 3.55 am! ... relaxing really. ... till this arvo when some jackass jumped under a train halfway of the trip back to my car, so now after 4 train swaps I can maybe drive home again! ... suicide is meant to be a solo effect ending, not f%$king up hundreds of others arvo! ... mutter mumble
One of the many reasons I stopped catching the train here despite the fact the station is 400 metres from my house... people don't give a shaZam! and will jump in front of trains, run boom gates, abuse drivers and passengers, and the train line comes to a grinding halt for hours... :technical:
I'll stick with my two wheeled commute thanks :thumb:
EJ... I subscribed to your channel, glad you enjoyed! :cheers:
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Hahahaha classic
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Freaky...
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pet bat anyone?
Ugh... they look cute from a distance...
Very delayed double post FTW...
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Attention gear heads.
You guys better study this good. . .
There's gonna' be a test!
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Is it a blood test?
Brake Caliber... fail...
Here's a win:
No that was another fail... try again...
A fail test?
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Holy crap!
Who failed the mini-bike exam? :o
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Now your in trouble with the teacher. >:(
Oh, wait... Wrong pic.
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Good gracious titties! ... scuse me for a few mins. .. stuff I gotta check! Lol
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contributing
Tila Tequila lol
- Bboy
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Cool post,
That was the longest running gif I ever watched! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebort.com%2Fwww%2FSmileys%2Fdefault%2Fpopcorn2.gif&hash=d3c96d2d49b99fb1764eefeebc02093c349919d6)
Awesome! And scary all rolled in to one...
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Looks like someone got pissed off and went nuclear...
Randomly drifting in...and I'm out
15 Kats in the one place yesterday :thumb: :woohoo: :bowdown:
I will post pic's when I stop being too lazy to get them off my phone...
Quote from: jestercinti on October 04, 2014, 12:42:30 PM
Randomly drifting in...and I'm out
Yes. Jester is much like a cat.
Independently drifting from thread to thread on a whim.
Good to see you swing by the LPW! Jester...
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A pissed off wet pu$$y with a cold one. Now that's nice.
We can do a pooch too! :cheers:
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Another top ten gif post from CBR.
That thing was mesmerizing.
Too bad they couldn't figure out a way to put a gif on a tee shirt. O0
Oh dear.... hahahahahaaha :thumb:
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You're freakin' me out man!
He does that sometimes lol. Btw met up with kerry recently. My first gstwinner meetup that i am aware of.
Aaron
Nice one Yama :thumb:
I haven't checked the valve clearance on my DL1000 in 5 years.
Now it idles like crap.
My Son says; "do it now, before the exhaust valves are burnt"
I say; Down-time is annoying, Simply crank up the idle adjustment screw and ride on! :cheers:
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Down time is definitely annoying EJ... but I suspect your down time will be slightly increased if you let the exhaust valves burn out :technical:
Quote from: peteGS on October 13, 2014, 01:40:57 PM
Down time is definitely annoying EJ... but I suspect your down time will be slightly increased if you let the exhaust valves burn out.
Eight solid hours of removing plastics, crash bars, electrical crap, and hoses.
Then the damn cooling system has to be drained and the radiator removed... :mad:
And the actual valve adjustment is barely 20 minutes to do. :icon_rolleyes:
Oh yeah, then another ten hours to put all the fancy plastic, hoses, wires, and gizmos back on the bike, plus sync the throttle bodies, etc...
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Put a knee down. . . ;)
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GOod ONe Ej! :D
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on October 16, 2014, 06:56:45 AM
GOod ONe Ej! :D
Coming from a Master GIF Poster such as yourself, I am truly flattered. :bowdown:
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Hahahahah nice EJ... mate at work who I ride with just got a DL and yeah some of the design ideas are a little... err... awkward!
He's used to big Beemer adventure bikes and was astounded to find to change the front wheel he needs to remove a fork leg... wouldn't wanna have to do that in the bush!
Quote from: peteGS on October 16, 2014, 01:32:43 PM
Hahahahah nice EJ... mate at work who I ride with just got a DL and yeah some of the design ideas are a little... err... awkward!
Yeah... awkward. That's polite. A DL1000 is an odd beast indeed.
So after all that bullcrap and worrying about burning valves on the Vee... the valve-lash was actually fine. :technical:
While I was in there I. . .
-Calibrated the Primary throttle position sensor.
-Calibrated the Secondary throttle position sensor.
-Did a Re-sync on the throttle bodies.
-Replaced a tired looking injector feed hose.
-Tidied up some under-cowl wiring & electrical runs.
Rear Jug...(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/U5ON9oMGfmg_LdWPKlUMFIh6kQm68ZixGZkKdxf49pY=w345-h229-p-no)
Beer can is out of view! (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/c2aefOBqiuv143aT6rkAXFsLzbwyDUtUzog_8dTRWT8=w345-h229-p-no)
Front Jug...(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/vVh-7pz0XIxMGTq_anfp7KuxY_9oZhffZ59HIJJ--Cs=w344-h229-p-no)
Back together...(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/WIJA4nkWiBVZOXbE_H3YNgJwuJ_giW8-mkHevrU7s7g=w307-h229-p-no)
So how many beers was this job?
Stand by Yama.... I got a cramp! >:(
Let me go walk off some gas. :whisper:
Hahaha! My mate's has a Power Commander and he's had a fiddle with maps etc. but is having trouble getting it to idle nicely in traffic... I suggested the throttle position sensor as he mentioned it didn't seem to be reading correctly. I didn't realise there was a secondary one! I'll have to have a chat with him tomorrow...
Quote from: peteGS on October 18, 2014, 02:03:42 PM
Hahaha! My mate's has a Power Commander and he's had a fiddle with maps etc. but is having trouble getting it to idle nicely in traffic...
I suggested the throttle position sensor as he mentioned it didn't seem to be reading correctly. I didn't realize there was a secondary one! I'll have to have a chat with him tomorrow...
If it's a DL1000, they all run like sh!t in traffic. And the hotter the weather, the worse they run. >:( :technical:
The secondary TPS (the one at the top of the throttle body) is seldom a problem.
It's the primary TPS that is prone to failure.
It is positioned low on the throttle body and when it gets hot from the engine it will malfunction.
After a long highway ride the primary TPS will lose its ability to inform the ECU that you are off the throttle and trying to simply idle.
Here is a link to a Suzuki factory video of a TPS adjustment on a TL1000 which is very similar to the DL1000...
http://www.vstrom.info/Movies/TPS_TB_Tuning.mpg (http://www.vstrom.info/Movies/TPS_TB_Tuning.mpg)
And below are few shots of the TPS on my own DL1000...
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It has been my experience that once cool, a bad TPS sender will still test good on the bench!
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Aaaaah I see! I will have a chat with him today and pass on your experience :thumb:
Had a nice but short ride Saturday morning... noone else showed up at the usual spot so I went solo, nice brekky... then my jacket zipper failed leaving the cafe so I cut it short and headed straight home :technical:
Zipper is fixed with some pliers... could've fixed it on the spot and kept riding :mad:
Emergency zipper repair.
Totally understandable! :icon_mrgreen:
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Showed my mate your photos and info at work yesterday... he just shook his head and sighed... hahahaa
Quote from: peteGS on October 20, 2014, 01:25:37 PM
:icon_mrgreen:
Showed my mate your photos and info at work yesterday... he just shook his head and sighed... hahahaa
Ive done a lot of work on the DL1000 over the years.
I am specifically familiar with the 2004 to 2009 models, however the older & newer models (up to the the new "pecker nosed" 2014 Vee) are all very similar.
They all run like sh!t under about 3500 RPM no matter how much time and money you dump into them.
Trust me, I know.If I was a short guy, like maybe 5' 8" I would have traded my Vee a long time ago, but I'm 6'3" and have some mighty long legs.
With taller handlebars and a peg lowering kit the big Vee fits me perfectly.
Yeah, it's slow, top heavy, and a shitty runner, but damn is she ever comfortable! :thumb:
My current 2006 DL1000k6...
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Quote from: Electrojake on October 20, 2014, 02:32:04 PM
Quote from: peteGS on October 20, 2014, 01:25:37 PM
:icon_mrgreen:
Showed my mate your photos and info at work yesterday... he just shook his head and sighed... hahahaa
Ive done a lot of work on the DL1000 over the years.
I am specifically familiar with the 2004 to 2009 models, however the older & newer models (up to the the new "pecker nosed" 2014 Vee) are all very similar.
They all run like sh!t under about 3500 RPM no matter how much time and money you dump into them.
Trust me, I know.
If I was a short guy, like maybe 5' 8" I would have traded my Vee a long time ago, but I'm 6'3" and have some mighty long legs.
With taller handlebars and a peg lowering kit the big Vee fits me perfectly.
Yeah, it's slow, top heavy, and a shitty runner, but damn is she ever comfortable! :thumb:
My current 2006 DL1000k6...
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I love my Vee
Never any issues with it yet :P
Quote from: codajastal on October 20, 2014, 07:39:33 PM
I love my Vee
Never any issues with it yet :P
A "Wee" is a DL650 V-Strom (based on the popular SV650 mill) and they are rock solid, stable, durable, performers.
A "Vee" is a DL1000 (based on the old TL1000) and they are, well, shall we say a tad less than reliable. :icon_rolleyes:
* Idling/stalling problems come and go without warning.
* Nasty clutch issues abound. Chudder, clutch-slap, idle-hammer, etc...
* They typically don't like heat.
* Their stators have a tendency to self destruct, repeatedly!
* Gear shift problems caused by improper rear wheel offset, (which I still haven't fully grasped).
* Oh, Did I mention the countless ECU recalls to try and get the fueling right?
Be thankful your Wee is not a Vee. :bowdown:
Just saying.
Hmm id settle for another old boxer bmw, and be more than satisfied :cheers:,
Quote from: Electrojake on October 20, 2014, 08:11:56 PM
Quote from: codajastal on October 20, 2014, 07:39:33 PM
I love my Vee
Never any issues with it yet :P
A "Wee" is a DL650 V-Strom (based on the popular SV650 mill) and they are rock solid, stable, durable, performers.
A "Vee" is a DL1000 (based on the old TL1000) and they are, well, shall we say a tad less than reliable. :icon_rolleyes:
* Idling/stalling problems come and go without warning.
* Nasty clutch issues abound. Chudder, clutch-slap, idle-hammer, etc...
* They typically don't like heat.
* Their stators have a tendency to self destruct, repeatedly!
* Gear shift problems caused by improper rear wheel offset, (which I still haven't fully grasped).
* Oh, Did I mention the countless ECU recalls to try and get the fueling right?
Be thankful your Wee is not a Vee. :bowdown:
Just saying.
WELL I LOVE MY
"V"STROM
Quote from: codajastal on October 20, 2014, 10:49:20 PM
WELL I LOVE MY
"V"STROM
I'm told that "blue" is the fastest color. :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
My mate's looks exactly like yours EJ... 2006 and same colour! So far he's likin' it but he doesn't do a lot of traffic, only if he has to ride in to work...
Quote from: peteGS on October 21, 2014, 01:21:02 PM
My mate's looks exactly like yours EJ... 2006 and same colour!
Oh crap! The dealer told me that "my" Vee was on-of-a-kind! :wink:
Damned lcd tv blew up lol. Back on glass tube for now. Which means i cannot plug my pc into it unless i drag out the lcd monitor. But ive got this tablet so not going to worry
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 22, 2014, 04:19:00 PM
Damned lcd tv blew up lol. Back on glass tube for now. Which means i cannot plug my pc into it unless i drag out the lcd monitor. But ive got this tablet so not going to worry
Yama,
Just like when you're alone... in deep space... on an automated mining ship.
Systems fail, things go wrong, but you keep improvising until you reach a friendly parsec.
God Speed Sir.
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Agreed :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
man that was a great game,....!
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They lied EJ!
Game called eve was/is fun if youre a detail minded person. Impatient people dont do to well in this
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Pretty much the reaction I used to get from my ex-girlfriend when I'd come home from the bar too late. :whisper:
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funny EJ! heheh,....I'm thinking I'm going to have to play part 3 now,....
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
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wake up,...time to play
Lol
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crap crap crap,....conjure,..run away,...rain down arrows,...
That's very odd...
What game are they from?
Quote from: peteGS on October 27, 2014, 12:39:52 PM
That's very odd...
What game are they from?
I'm thinking that's an actual shot from his back yard. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.fropper.com%2Fzones-images%2Fsmileys%2Fscratching_chin.gif&hash=3d0b55fc889320370055a822a5ae1170adc495af)
Lol its facial expression, resembles my ex
Hahahaa I reckon you're onto it EJ! I'm sure I've seen that face before too Yama... hmmmm...
I really need to get motivated... need to drop my needles just the tiniest bit to try to get rid of a horrible stutter when I just crack the throttle open and hold it there... if that doesn't solve it I'm gonna need a new pair of needles... now that will be fun! :technical:
It's been too damn hot to do anything so far this week... even at night...
Soon to come, a caption this photo. If yall are inpatient, google mapcarden road clinton tn.anyhoo, ccarden rd is maybe 10ft wide, but 300ft down rd is carden farm rd, where an industrial park is, and 40ft behind it. Iss an area a tractor trailer could pull off to check his or her map, which today a tractor trailer/lorry, pulled into this rd navigating his or her way to the industrial park whos entrance was 300ft away. Truck did NOT make the first turn lol
I'll be patient.. Google is not being my friend :dunno_black:
Happened yesterday, soon as i guess it hits paper or whatnot, ill post it. There was no excuse for that mishap. Driver had MANY chances to not do what he did lol
I looked too but gave up,..... :dunno_black:
Paper hits on sunday here. Had i brought the tablet along id have grabbed a shot. Was kind of a wtf lol moment
That just looks like a fustercluck for trailers. Btw, Clinton looks about as big as my neighborhood lol.
Michael Jackson would probably know exactly what's going down here. :cookoo:
Maybe... depends which hand he wears the glove on...
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There is absolutely no shortage of odd sh!t going on here at LPW.
And that Ebola thread gettin' a might strange too. :icon_rolleyes:
Just saying.
A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel hanging from his belt.
The bartender asks, "What's that for?"
The pirate responds, "Aarrr, its driving me nuts".
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Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr that's the worst thing I've heard in ages!
Bahahaha! .. adding that one to my dad joke collection!
A. Pirate, a nun, a jew, a lesbian, and a horse walk into a bar, bartender looks at this group and says "what is this, some kind o f joke?"
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Yeah id prolly get stabbed for telling that in public lol
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Freaky... and entertaining...
Ive got that gif saved. Dam🐧ed nearly hypnotising
From whom?
A damn nice bike.
Thanks for showing us, mate. :thumb:
Haha, helping a friend resurrect a 1989 gsxr 750 slingshot. Got carbs mounted, fuel lines run, vents and vac hooked up. Got to find a better plug wire for the outer righthand cylinder, am going to set it up as a naked/streetfighter. My friend however is a bit of a 40yo squid. Well not that bad, but likes to ride a bike a tad aggressively. His mother GOD bless that woman, is scared silly, and rightfully so. Going to try a couple things, 1 convince her to talk him into msf, he has no endorsement, which will give some of the things he needs to make himself a better rider. And 2 going to try talking him into selling me the basketcase. Ill be taking the first ride on it while he follows since im turning the wrenches on it. Bike has a nearly new set of tires on it, perfect brakes, new chain and sprockets and a full d&d polished exhaust. The po however rattle canned it flat black. Moron. Got 1 pic of it right now, will upload it later on today, a full photoshoot sat. Filling oil and fuel then pre ride. Then the test :icon_mrgreen:
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Cool bike! ! !
Its a stainless steel battle wagon. :cheers: :thumb: :bowdown: :icon_mrgreen:
Haven't seen mister in ages. Anyone know what he's up to?
Mischief... obviously!
I cannot believe the boobie threads are gone
Quote from: mister on November 08, 2014, 02:58:55 PM
I cannot believe the boobie threads are gone
Cant believe "mister" is back! :cheers:
Some of your old LPW posts are legendary.
And yeah, good to you post.
Sleepy... stayed up to watch MotoGP... pity Jack Miller missed out by 2 points...
Quote from: peteGS on November 09, 2014, 12:59:12 PM
Sleepy... stayed up to watch MotoGP... pity Jack Miller missed out by 2 points...
Ah, dedication to the true sport! :icon_mrgreen:
I stayed awake to begin the upgrade of my clash of clans wallbreaker :icon_mrgreen:
stayed awake watching Walking Dead with my beautiful wife
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fav part so far ^^^
Quote from: mister on November 09, 2014, 04:32:05 PM
I stayed awake to begin the upgrade of my clash of clans wallbreaker :icon_mrgreen:
Ahah! I am addicted to that game...
I just got to Town Hall level 9 last Monday avo'... my archers are on their way to level 6, archer queen on her way to level 3... lots of other upgrades to do! What clan are you in??
game you say?
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finally killed this sucker,...he got confused after smashing my hireling,...turned around,...lost sight of me and three sneak attack arrows took him down. Killed my long time traveling companion though. :dunno_white:
Got that 89 gsxr 750 running. Damned ears are still ringing from the d&d exhaust . will give it a better test ride once im satisfied everything is as it should be
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on November 10, 2014, 01:35:40 PM
game you say?
I heard you gamers are all mad. >:(
Another odd thing. . .
Doesn't that look a hell of a lot like Jester? ? ?
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Just sayin'
Hmmmmmm lol
Looks fast! :)
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Of course EJ... it's a Zuk!
And Mister, you must tell me what clan you're in... I'm in PillagerElite
Ahh clash of clans. .. played it for several weeks and got tired of it and all the bloody wait time.. teeny fanboy game! Blarg! :p
Teeny? Hahahahah oh I... Aaah.... Don't remember my teenage years... Hahahaahahaa
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Yeah but that's just your memory Pete! :p. ...
My 14 year old nephew and all his mates are rapt with clash of clans! ...
Now me.... I much prefer HayDay! Lol
Hahahahaha
I tried Boom Beach but can't get into it... and for passing time if I have a shield in CoC I play Indestructible...
Hay Day... now that's just classic... I wasn't even tempted to try that one! My inner child must be too old...
I'd attach a screen shot of my CoC base but I can't... do we not allow attachments in Tard Farm??
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Haha love it...
Delayed double post FTW :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Friday afternoon winning,....
Saturday morning sweating...
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Quote from: peteGS on November 14, 2014, 06:59:49 PM
Saturday morning sweating...
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Saturday morning... I have shaZam! to deal with.
Finish painting the daughter's bedroom,
Wife has house guests coming over this evening so the whole damn house has to be cleaned,
Kid's Honda Civic needs to have upper ball joints replaced, (and I already but it off too long).
I need to ride. :sad: :icon_neutral: :icon_sad: :cry:
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Perfect choice of photo EJ :thumb:
I have to continue chiseling concrete however we bought an air hammer to use instead of the humongous heavy electric one that's giving me forearms like Popeye...
Then on the public holiday on Friday I went to give it a go but the compressor gave up the ghost... and today is predicted to be 40 degrees so I won't be getting the electric one out either, think I'll be sitting in the pool swilling beer...
Quote from: peteGS on November 15, 2014, 01:24:34 PM
. . . think I'll be sitting in the pool swilling beer...
Thursday night it snowed here so our pool weather is gone for at least 6 more months. :icon_neutral:
But Yes! Now I remember...
You're the fellow with the nice pool behind his house. I think we talked about it in a previous thread.
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My missus wants a nice pool behind the house. .. good luck with that! .. I ain't adding cleaning a Damn pool to my chore list! .. there's a public pool 2 mins walk away and the ocean 10 min drive!
Pools are a lot of work every day.
Ive has several above-ground pools over the years when my kids were young.
Kinda' fun at times but have to be serviced every day regardless of if you use them or not.
Just saying. :dunno_black:
Yep! . Nice and cooling. .. but money pits!
Got the 89 gsxr running and almost rode it, but oil line blew in his drieway :technical:. sourcing parts for him now lol
Quote from: Janx101 on November 16, 2014, 03:15:18 AM
Yep! . Nice and cooling. .. but money pits!
Let me know when its ready and I'll come over and have a swim! :icon_mrgreen:
- - - -
1989 GSX-R750 :icon_question: What does the odometer say?
On the train to work.... 3hr45 min sleep. . Blarg!
At the old house we had an above ground chlorine pool... a lot of work and was like a bowl of soup in summer.
This house has a bigger in-ground salt water pool with a proper pool cover. Keeping the pool cover on keeps the maintenance down and the salt and chlorinator takes care of keeping the chemicals under control. It's still some work but not as much and in summer it stays perfect :thumb:
Of course it helps that we purchased the house with the pool...
Not quite 6am and over 24C/75F already...
And I forgot to mention we had the ducks come by for a visit on Friday too! They had a swim and then sat on the side of the pool for a few minutes before flapping away. Very cool :thumb:
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Yes indeed. A very nice setup.
Looks great! :cheers:
You have such 1st world problems dontcha Pete! Lol ;)
Delayed double post win! ...
Just had an amazing experience. ...
For 7 glorious seconds I became the most lethal ninja the world has ever seen!
details Janx!
Lol. .. walked thru a backyard spiderweb hung under the clothesline! ;-)
Just been looking up info on 2015 Yamaha MT09 Tracer in Race Blu. ... I'm gonna need a wrist brace for a few days!
Hahahahah nice Janxy! Mental image I could do without there... hahahahahaha
And yep EJ, I very much like my back yard :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on November 17, 2014, 10:38:24 AM
Just been looking up info on 2015 Yamaha MT09 Tracer in Race Blu. ... I'm gonna need a wrist brace for a few days!
Hmm... Is that whats called an FZ-09 here in the states? That 3 cylinder thing?
At 414 pounds (187kg), its probably like riding a feathered rocket engine.
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Yeah the fz09 in states. .. I'm 5'11" and it's comfy.. the new tracer variation has more ride height than the standard one I test rode (yt vid of it) ...
A feathered rocket? ... nawwww. .. more like a JATO with attitude! .. put that engine in "A" mode and twist the throttle quick and you best have leaned forward first! .. it's a explosive little Powerplant!
Dang touchscreen. . On a few fz09 forums in the states there are tall riders like you EJ ... so I reckon you would be fine. .... except for your face muscles... they going to be sore from the Cheshire cat grin... test ride one! .. you'll laugh and laugh!
I'm trying to ignore the Yammie talk on the GS forum :technical:
Sacrilege!
I got a new rear tyre yesterday so I'm all set for Saturday morning :thumb:
Sorry Pete ... But I'm not a religious person.... So I don't do sacrilege! :flipoff: :icon_lol:
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Nice retort Janxy!! :thumb:
Janx,
Don't tell anyone else here but my kid got a 2014 Yamaha WR250R Dual-Sport back in April.
A sweet little ride. The thing is bone stock and will do 93 MPH (153kph). <wow!>
That sort of speed from a lil' 250cc was unheard of back in my younger days.
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But personally... I like Suzuki cause there cheap, (and I'm broke), so its truly a match made in heaven. :thumb:
I won't tell Pete. .. him a brand snob! :p. ..
Nice 250!
Test ride fz09. .. just for fun. ... but you will be addicted within a mile!
..... sigh. ... train home from work. .. some wanker bought some type of weapon on board and threatened someone else... train stooped just short of next station. .. everyone off through front emergency exit. .. cops flooding the train and surrounds. .. change trains. .. moving again. .. why do wankers be wankers?
Coz they have no regard for others :technical:
So glad I don't have to train it any more... storm here on Wednesday afternoon took all the trains out for hours... most people I work with didn't get home until 9pm or so...
Now you watch the 450 break so I have to catch the train :technical:
1.) I want something new, and fast, and sporty! I don't care if it's a car, a bike, a fuken jet-ski.
Hell, I just want a new toy.
2.) Janx, No shortage of wankers here in the states either. :icon_rolleyes:
3.) Pete.... Not to worry: GS will run forever.
Lpw broken? Can't see last 10 posts/page 557 on tapa. ..
In other news... hot arvo, hungry jacks, fantastic mango slushie! Nom nom nom!
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woo hoo bottle rocket zombie blow out party
Quote from: Janx101 on November 20, 2014, 10:13:24 PM
In other news... hot arvo, hungry jacks, fantastic mango slushie! Nom nom nom!
Somebody get me a damn translator. Even Babelfish cant decode this stuff. :confused:
P.S.
Looks like cbr got some serious acid-indigestion going on.
Bloody hot EJ, all you need to know :thumb:
Hungry Jacks = Burger King
Mango Slushie = .... I dunno some frozen mango flavoured drink...
I'll pass on both :D
It was so damn hot yesterday I was sweating eating brekky up on Mt Mee where it's normally about 3 - 4 degrees cooler than down here...
And I so need a new toy too! I know exactly what I want though... but I need to finish fixing this concrete cancer on the back balcony so I can get the shed done... get rid of the little Duc and try to make some $$$... then I can get a Kat :icon_twisted:
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Looks nice Pete. Cool bikes and Normal looking people too.
A bit different than my view here in New Jersey... And yes, its cold here too, about -3C at night.
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Just saying.
Yeah just a tad different! I'm fortunate to have some nice twisties so close to home... Depending which direction I travel I can be at the start of some within 10 minutes...
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Seems like Aussieland is a nice place.
Just saying.
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Straya is the BEST place! ... I think there are more "easygoing" people in general. ... the animals and critters will kill you though! Lol
Yup! Straya' rocks :thumb:
Yeah, I'm kind of envious of your Aussie pride.
Over here (as you know), the US is in a downward spiral. Its rather embarrassing too.
Too many people here chasing some sort of socialist utopia. We're using the media & politics to create us a dysfunctional panacea.
Over here Obama & big government have become the messiah.
It's a sickness that has infected the moral core of a once great country. :sad:
You Aussies, Stay proud. Stay self reliant. And avoid the socialist slide toward the Prime Minister being your God. :bowdown: :nono:
-Ej-
Chin up EJ ! ... America the LAND is awesome! So many fantastic lakes, mountains, gorges, rivers, plains etc etc! .. it's political/economic system that's crook and sick, be proud of where you live because its durn Purty! ... you can't control the manmade system anyway, so don't fret it!
Our Aussie political leaders and tribes are little/no better than any other crimiticians anywhere on the planet! , Aussies are Country Proud, not system proud...
Any country's scenery is so great! When you actually look at it... be prideful of yours too! .. :)
Thanks for the uplift Janx. :cheers:
Thinking of taking Tuesday off from work and taking a leisure ride. I'm long over due.
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Did you do it EJ?
Yes. :thumb:
Took a nice ride, and a few hours later it began to snow.
Glad I went when I did!
Thanks for asking. :cheers:
Good deal EJ, perfect timing! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Geez this place is dead!
Things are so slow at LPW that I have been forced to go over to the Odds & Ends forum to start any trouble. :dunno_black:
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Ummm. ... err. .. what IS that .... exactly? .... a junkyard dog! ?
second oil line failure on the 89 gsxr 750. same line, sleeve/patch failed. should have seen that coming. between two failures, ther3e went ten quarts of oil :technical: :mad:, i will NOT patch the thing again. was patched securely but its 20+ yo so i should have seen this coming. C'est la Vie :oops:
Patching oil lines is asking for trouble Yama! .. you know dat! Lol
Go Yama Go! :D
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They call him Yamahonkawaexxonvaldezuki! Lol
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Thanks EJ for restoring sanity... that's so much more normal than that... thing... posted earlier... :dunno_black:
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Holy dog sh!t Batman... Am I ever distracted by that! <gasp>
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Quote from: Electrojake on December 02, 2014, 05:58:33 PM
Holy dog sh!t Batman... Am I ever distracted by that! <gasp>
yeah, thatvgasp will get you every time Eh?
Lah di dah... really want these showers and storms to be gone by next Saturday... :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on November 30, 2014, 08:31:22 PM
They call him Yamahonkawaexxonvaldezuki! Lol
if i could id change the name. Lol
Been raining a lot here too. :icon_neutral:
But anything... ANYTHING is better than snow!
The bikes are worthless once the winter snows hit.
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Forget kneedown! .. pannier down! , followed by ass down!
I tried riding both my gs and my sportster at the time in the snow. Didnt drop either, but couldnt go much faster than 5 maybe 10 mph
That's sucky! They're now predicting showers for Saturday :technical:
I have a rain suit...
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 08, 2014, 09:48:01 AM
I tried riding both my gs and my sportster at the time in the snow. Didnt drop either, but couldnt go much faster than 5 maybe 10 mph
Do NOT ride anything over 250cc in the snow! :cookoo:
Quote from: Electrojake on December 08, 2014, 03:33:13 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 08, 2014, 09:48:01 AM
I tried riding both my gs and my sportster at the time in the snow. Didnt drop either, but couldnt go much faster than 5 maybe 10 mph
Do NOT ride anything over 250cc in the snow! :cookoo:
i think 250 would be overpowered in snow. My goped gtr the 45 mph one got hairy in snow
GoPed?
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Now they say rain on Saturday :dunno_black:
Quote from: Electrojake on December 09, 2014, 04:56:39 PM
GoPed?
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stand up scooter with a 5hp 2 cycle engine.
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>:( Looks bloody dangerous, mate.
Heh-heh... that little sucker must fly! :icon_mrgreen:
That was the battlepig lol. Miss that thing. Going to start saving to get a 4 stroke 50cc for the bicycle. Anyhoo heres one of the goped vids :)
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 10, 2014, 08:36:55 PM
That was the battlepig lol. Miss that thing. Going to start saving to get a 4 stroke 50cc for the bicycle. Anyhoo heres one of the goped vids :)
That looks scary. I like the mk2 VW in the beginning though.
Had fun racing the thing against it. The day i blew its engine, i outran a ford taurus. I changed gear ratios. Iirc was a 7/70. Previous it was a 7/94. Course the ford was occupied 4x, maybe 1200lbs of passengers. The ped with me on it maybe weighed 190lbs
Quote from: Electrojake on December 08, 2014, 03:33:13 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 08, 2014, 09:48:01 AM
I tried riding both my gs and my sportster at the time in the snow. Didnt drop either, but couldnt go much faster than 5 maybe 10 mph
Do NOT ride anything over 250cc in the snow! :cookoo:
In high school I rode a 1984 KDX200 in the snow with just knobbys and it was super hairy in the powerband. Got stuck on a hill though, I was walking beside it, full throttle pushing it up the hill with the rear tire just spinning the whole time. Couldn't stop very well, although I think the front/rear drums were an advantage at that point.
That's crazy shaZam! Yama... but I bet a whole lot of fun! :thumb:
Now they're saying possible shower for tomorrow, most likely in the afternoon... I reckon I'll just pack the rain suit and see what happens :cheers:
Madness, I say madness! Dual sport goped :D :thumb:
When i converted it to the interceptor model, by a carb, gearing and tire t w eak went faster. Added a set of kenda 671s, still could offroad it. Just had to be careful lol. Cant wait to subaru the mongoose
..... hmmm. ....
Ima go out on a limb here. ...
ML=NW
I'll pass. :dunno_black:
Troll arguments persona I think
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Quote from: Janx101 on December 16, 2014, 10:01:00 AM
Troll arguments persona I think
Heh-heh... I save all my troll posts for Stromtrooper.com.
The most hypersensitive collection of old men you've ever witnessed. :icon_rolleyes:
Funny thing is... over the years Ive been a member there, I think I may be morphing into one of them!
Yes, yes indeed. I do believe your last post offended me! Where the fuk is Buddah? I want to file a complaint!!! >:(
Don't file it too much! .. once the material is gone you can't put it back! Lol
Hey Yama! I got a re-build project for ya' :D
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That'll buff right out...
A bit too much octane booster added to the fuel tank. :icon_rolleyes:
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Lol
What was the ratio... 20:1? Octane booster to fuel that is...
I'm going to attempt shimming my needles half a notch higher than their richest settings today, lean at 1/8 - 1/4 throttle which is causing the shitty hesitation in traffic which I've been trying to fix for months.
I can't get other needles for my carbs so it's dodgy it up or new carb time... :technical:
What a waste it is to lose ones mind, or not to have a mind is very wasteful - Dan Quayle
Needle dodginess performed... should be an interesting commute this morning as I didn't get time for a test ride yesterday.
Found two small tears in each diaphragm yesterday too :technical: :o >:(
"A successful dump!" --Joe Biden, explaining his whereabouts (dropping deadwood at the dump) to the reporters outside his home, Wilmington, Del., Aug. 20, 2008
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 21, 2014, 02:16:53 PM
"A successful dump!" --Joe Biden, explaining his whereabouts (dropping deadwood at the dump) to the reporters outside his home, Wilmington, Del., Aug. 20, 2008
Did I ever mention that I despise the government? Yeah, I did mention it... Lots of times.
May I rant?They take advantage of the stupidity and shortcomings of the populace and spin it all to their obnoxious, self-serving advantage.
Meanwhile blacks & whites hate each other, poor & rich dont trust each other, we all get spied on, etc, etc...
And the government knowingly profits from all the bedlam they create.
And the kicker is that all of their evil doings is always stated as being done in the name of compassion. Oh really?
Heh, it's all B U L L - S H I T.
So many people in need of assistance in this land and the govt is busy feeding themselves like fat hogs at the trough.
When Judgment day comes, Al Capone and Chopper Read will be in better shape than most politicians.
Quote from: peteGS on December 21, 2014, 01:20:54 PM
Needle dodginess performed... should be an interesting commute this morning as I didn't get time for a test ride yesterday.
Found two small tears in each diaphragm yesterday too.
Two cylinder bike with two damaged diaphragms?
If you been missing your top-end, I think we may have just found it. :icon_mrgreen:
I hear ya ej. Hence the gaffe postings
Funny thing is the top end hasn't felt wrong... the issues are all at that 1/8 - 1/4 throttle openings... but now I know about it I'm wondering if the top end is missing something as well :dunno_black:
I need to make a decision/purchase soon before they get worse!
Would love some VM33's for a nice juicy upgrade but they're not cheap... after market diaphragms should be around $US60 including shipping...
Decisions decisions... of course if I go the after market diaphragm route and mess it up I'm off the road... but if I don't do anything I will be off the road at some point anyway... :cookoo: :icon_rolleyes: :technical: :wink:
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nice haul
Quote from: peteGS on December 22, 2014, 12:45:18 PM
I need to make a decision/purchase soon before they get worse!
Would love some VM33's for a nice juicy upgrade but they're not cheap... after market diaphragms should be around $US60 including shipping...
Decisions decisions...
Ah... The joys of buying a second set of carbs, putting them on the bike, then taking your original carbs and doing your own custom rebuild on em'. :D
... apropos of other threads recently.....
Fraggin hell! .. what is it with all the comparison arguments lately? .... thinking. ... ahh... nth hemisphere winter... little or no riding. ... got it!
Lol
You get a warm winter and a cold summer, we get a warm summer and a cold winter. This would make for an interesting trip for the un initiated lol
Mmmmm... year round riding rocks :thumb:
Been offered diaphragms from Katana 1100 stock carbs if they fit... thinking can I make the carbies fit? :icon_mrgreen:
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Indeed!
Merry Christmas all!!! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
That one makes me chuckle for some reason :D
Quote from: peteGS on December 24, 2014, 02:02:27 PM
Indeed!
Merry Christmas all!!! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Same here!
:star: Merry Christmas :star:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 25, 2014, 05:56:42 AM
THank you 10x Yama!
My daughter sings that stupid song constantly! Now I finally got to hear it for real!
Cool deal man!
A spin on felice navidad lol
Hahahahaha classic! :thumb:
And delayed double post FTW :woohoo: :cheers:
Raining here... not that it matters much because I'm not game to go too far until I get these carbies sorted out... why did I have to find out just before Christmas? Sheeesh... typical! Hahaha
Double post you say?
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Double post you say?
Sync the carbs on this sow.
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Errrr... no... :icon_mrgreen:
And then back to this. . .
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Ooooh XN85 turbo... rareness! Almost as rare as GS450's lately...
Quote from: peteGS on December 28, 2014, 01:04:05 PM
Ooooh XN85 turbo... rareness! Almost as rare as GS450's lately...
Heh - heh... I know a guy that has a GS450. ;)
Really? So do I! :thumb:
Delayed double post again!
Happy New Year LPW!!! :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: :icon_lol:
Good to see somebody at LPW noticed the date!
Happy New Year. . . and lets look forward to another year of 2 wheeled adventure and some great wrenching too.! 8) :D :laugh: :) :cheers:
Bloody oath EJ!
Eyeing off a set of GS500 carbs on Gumtree at the moment... gotta solve my diaphragm dilema!
Quote from: peteGS on January 01, 2015, 12:56:05 PM
Bloody oath EJ!
Eyeing off a set of GS500 carbs on Gumtree at the moment... gotta solve my diaphragm dilema!
Follow my advice from an earlier post...
Get a second set of running carbs for the bike and when time & money permits, rebuild the originals.
Unless of course you have a second bike to ride while the 450 is down for carb work.
Yeah, I know... it's kinda' costly to have 4 carbs for a 2 cylinder bike but, well... :dunno_black:
Is this them? ? ?
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I bit the bullet and ordered diaphragms... $US66 for both including shipping is too good a price to ignore.
Those carbs are for the newer 450's... more like the older GS500's I think.
The GS500 carbs here locally are $150 but they look crusty like they've been sitting for a while so they're gonna need a rebuild. All the decent ones I see over in the US are $US150+ and shipping ain't cheap...
When measuring for the diaphragms yesterday I noticed another two small tears so I really need to do something soon, hopefully the new diaphragms are the answer :thumb:
I had to overhaul and sync carbs on a cbx :technical: while at mmi. My job for a couple weeks was to resurrect a cbx. A fully dressed one. It was like an ugly person at a dance. They know its there, but wont go near it. I not knowing what i was getting into said why not.I'll give it a try. Got to admit, at first it sucked. But actually was fun :embarrassed:
Pete. ... 'another' 2 small tears and you say soon? .... naaaaaah really!? Lol ;)
Pete,
As long as you know what your up against I see no problem with riding until your diaphragms have completely disintegrated.
Hell, eventually you can simply reach down the throat of the carbs and lift the needle with your fingers, (at 100kph) :icon_mrgreen: :icon_rolleyes:
Keep us posted on your progress. Maybe a couple of pics of the repair work too!
Speaking of pics...
Found an old shot of my bikes, (before I sold the GS). Probably Summer 2010.
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Love whoring the bikes. ;)
Hahaha lifting the needles at 100kph indeed! Hmmm... bit of wire connected to the throttle maybe... hahaha
Nice pic there EJ, nice to see the stable! :thumb:
Working on a CBX? Hmmmm nah... 4 on a Kat would be fine but not 6!!
And soon is right Janxy! Hahaa soon indeed!
USPS tells me they have arrived at a USPS facility in Chicago... I won't see them this week but hopefully early next week. I can make a needle adjustment in about 45 min's which includes getting the tank off and on, so it should be about a two hour job for the diaphragms I reckon, potentially doable at night so I can test ride on the commute which is always so much fun...
More of my 07 GS500F whoring. . .
And yes, those are "chicken strips" on the side-walls of that rear tire. :embarrassed:
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Heh... I feel like a cheap tramp.
And here's the carbs shortly before I did surgery on them with a bag full of "Buddha" parts. . .
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Buddha is our resident carb guru. Has plenty of crabs err carbs.
My day sucked badly. May be going deaf in left ear. Last april 26th, 2 days before we lost patrick, i had surgery in both ears, implanting pe tubes. Anyhoo, month and half ago, pain develops in left ear. Made appt with surgeon to check/remove both tubes. Today, severe pain in l ear, with off andd on hearing loss. My appt isnt until the 22nd. Not gonna :/ make it. Another surgeon won't touch others work. Idk what to do. >:( :technical: :oops: :cry: pain is intense 12 on a scale of 10
Ouch Yama! And I mean literally ouch! Ear pain is maddening... fingers crossed it's something simple like an ear infection and not worse than that!
EJ, always like lookin at GS whoring :thumb:
And I neglected to mention there will be pic's of diaphragm replacement... even if it goes pear shaped and I'm sitting on the floor weeping... hahaha
Still cannot getvin before the 23rd :technical:. If its in the bone, waiting that long would notbe good
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not you yama,.....sorry and hope you get some relief asap!
Me too lolv :cry:
Damn that's a long time to wait!!!
Equilibriums mostly gone :technical: i wander like a drunkard down a 25 ft hallway to the bathroom named baghdad, but was able to get into my gp at 8:45am tomorrow, if ct or mri is needed, its next door to him.
Best wished for speedy solution Yama, big needle of antibiotics in left Ass cheek for infection and big needle of painkiller in right Ass cheek for let you sleep!
Weird riding bicycle home lol. If i sit, im not dizzy unless v i look upwards. Anyhoo 845 comes early. Time to attempt sleep
All the best Yama, hope it goes well!
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kitteh humor for yama,.....
Lol a severe ear infection. May not fill the ear drop prescription tho. Even with insurance, still nearly 168 bux. Anyhoo on a lighter note janx called it 100% lol 2 shots in the hind end. 1 anti biotic in left, and a shot Of toradol in right. And i was dozing off while awaiting a lift
Btw i FINALLY figured why Chuck Norris is so pissy. He no longer has the biggest set of balls. They belong to an israeli pilot.
Yama .. lol that's funny with the shots in Ass thing. .. bahahaha....
Can't claim all credit though. ... Clarence told me!
Was just weird tho. You hit it 100% lol
Very glad to hear it Yama! :cheers: :thumb: :woohoo:
The ciprodex drops prescribed forear were pricy, but c was able to get that changed to something cheaper :thumb: having to dip into net funds to cover it and the other one. Hopefully verizon lets it slide for a week or two. Will see. But all appears well. Will see on the 23rd when i see my surgeon for follow up :)
Good luck mate, hope it all clears up nicely for you!!
Now that's what I call a delayed double post!!! :thumb:
Still waiting for my diaphragms to arrive from the US... almost as bad as waiting for stuff to arrive from Aus... hahaha
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Nice! She passes the "sniff" test. :D
My phone screen tastes funny!
MUTHAFUCKERS :flipoff: :flipoff: :flipoff:
Hey looks it's Cods!
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Look out, Cods is alive!!!
Diaphragms arrived and are in... gonna be an interesting commute to work this morning! I started it briefly last night but that's it...
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I'm devestated... post photos... reply to LPW... noone cares :o :oops:
:bs:
Hahahaha
Bike is running, crack the throttle and she's great but the plugs are fouling badly at idle or nearly closed throttle so mixture screws have been wound in. May need to drop the needle a notch yet.
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we care Pete! wait what are we talking about?
heheh no seriously,..waiting on more pics!
Quote from: peteGS on January 14, 2015, 01:05:00 PM
I'm devestated... post photos... reply to LPW... noone cares
Lost track?
I remember. . .
We were dissing CODS and ignoring Pete. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodworkingcafe.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Frotfl.gif&hash=eb821937cd616d1ff5accf96a54d002aa9d3f528)
BTW: Thanks for posting pics of you old & new diaphragms.
Heh... Looks like outlaw bikers come in the 2-stroke variety too. :thumb:
These gey fellows seem to be having a grand time terrorizing their wench.
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Errrr no more pic's guys :oops:
Didn't photo the black plugs... haha
I dropped the needles one notch last night and discovered the gasket under the screw for the balancer nipple on the right cylinder has a split which may be letting air in, so I put a dab of threebond on there for the moment.
Mixture screws back to 2.5 turns out so we'll see what she does today...
No pictures, mate? ? ?
O.K. Then...
I got some pictures.
They have absolutely nothing to do with anything but hey, they're pictures.
Turbo my Son took off an old VW, rebuilt, and put on one of my riding lawn mowers...
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Clutch & water pump replacement. . .
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Previous winter overhaul on the DL1000. . .
and one of two Street-legal 42 MPH, 1970's vintage mopeds in the background.
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And one more: A vixen, cougar, biker-tramp lady...
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Nice pic's EJ, thank you kindly sir! :thumb:
After my first good ride yesterday since before Chrissy, I now have to drop my needles back to stock. Riding part throttle for a while made for some interestingly fouled plugs... open throttle, pop bang pop bang... horrendously rich!
So this morning or tonight I will be dropping the needles again... seems all my "tuning" since the rebuild has really been working around buggered diaphragms.
Also, the shortened slide spring and enlarged vacuum port on the slide probably just helped me not to noticed the slides weren't lifting properly.
I will try to remember to take some more pic's!
There was also some discussion around ditching the K&N pods in favour of some mesh filtered bell mouths as well... more centred around the fact that the pods don't create a nice airflow into the carbs as they don't have a bell mouth shape like a stock airbox does etc.
A bit over my head but makes sense... a change may be made in the near future...
Quote from: peteGS on January 17, 2015, 02:05:25 PM
Riding part throttle for a while made for some interestingly fouled plugs... open throttle, pop bang pop bang... horrendously rich!
So this morning or tonight I will be dropping the needles again...
seems all my "tuning" since the rebuild has really been working around buggered diaphragms.
I will try to remember to take some more pic's!
There was also some discussion around ditching the K&N pods in favour of some mesh filtered bell mouths as well... more centred around the fact that the pods don't create a nice airflow into the carbs as they don't have a bell mouth shape like a stock airbox does etc.
Now that your not sucking random air into the carbs from unintended places it's no doubt going to be running rich.
Also...
Agreed! The manner in which the moving air-flow enters the carbs is indeed important. A lot of science went into designing the original airbox (which 98% of owner's promptly remove).
Final thought...
As Dr. Buddha and others state; Filtering the intake air is critical to longevity of the engine maintaining its rated HP over its useful life.
Omitting the air filter (or massively reducing it) is not worth the power gains it may bring you.
Just saying. That Buddha guy is indeed a genius.
All hail the Buddha! :bowdown:
-Ej-
PS, All LPW crew is waiting for your pics. :icon_mrgreen:
That cycle tramp lass has a ROCKIN set of cans! :thumb:
I've done some measuring, Googled some formulas... and I think bell mouths/velocity stacks are the way to go, but yes I want filtered ones. At worst a fine mesh would do.
Looking at tuning for 6500 RPM about 75mm long stacks are the go, but the stock stacks in the airbox are just shy of 50mm which has them tuned for something like 7300 RPM going by the formula I found.
At this stage I am eyeing off these as they will be a close length to the stock stacks when fitted and they have a filter... they're also cheap!
http://www.dimecitycycles.com/vintage-cafe-racer-caferacer-bobber-brat-chopper-custom-motorcycle-carburetor-parts-lightweight-50mm-velocity-stack-12-6650.html
And here is the colour of my plugs after Saturday's run... the right (second pic) is not quite as bad as the left so they need to be balanced, but I have since lowered the needle back to stock so I will see how she runs on the commute today... and yes the base of the plug is damp with fuel...
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No peteGS... Ya' see, once the bike is running your supposed open the choke!
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Heh-heh. Just having a bit of fun with that nasty plug-chop.
Aaaah so that's how it works! Hahahahaa
I went back from 142.5 mains to 137.5 mains for yesterday's commute... plugs black and fouled when I check at lunch and she was still horrible.
Last night down to 127.5's so we'll see how they go today...
Quote from: peteGS on January 21, 2015, 01:11:55 PM
I went back from 142.5 mains to 137.5 mains for yesterday's commute... plugs black and fouled when I check at lunch and she was still horrible.
Last night down to 127.5's so we'll see how they go today...
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Hot dang Pete!
Does All Gore know about your GS450's Carbon Footprint?
:thumb:
When you finally get done leaning that out your gonna' double your current fuel economy.
Footprint like godzirra! Lol
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Hahahaha I don't have a footprint, I have a full body print like a crime scene... hahaha
I have neglected GSTwins for a couple of days so the latest is...
I ended up going back completely stock Thursday night, so retained the stock pilots, stock 117.5 main jets back in, needle still at stock middle position, and mixture screws back to 2.5 turns out.
End result on Friday was... "oh geez I'm glad it's raining to keep her a bit cooler and make her run a touch richer", way too lean! I almost turned around and came back home coz she was starving of fuel at quarter to half throttle cold... then I thought let's just get her a little warm and see what happens...
Warmed up a minute or so later she was at least rideable, but getting to the main felt choked also, so I wound the mixture screws out a full turn to at least try to get some fuel in there and she was marginally better.
Anyway, Friday night put the two size up mains in (122.5) and lifted the needle a notch and returned the mixture screws to 2.5 turns out again.
I was supposed to be out riding yesterday but bailed because of the wet weather, but I did start her for a minute and held the throttle at about 1/8 to see what happened to the plugs. Ran and sounded good but plugs were a little damp so I've set the mixture screws to 2 turns in.
I'm headed out this morning so I'll see how she runs...
Quote from: peteGS on January 24, 2015, 12:46:24 PM
Anyway, Friday night put the two size up mains in (122.5) and lifted the needle a notch and returned the mixture screws to 2.5 turns out again.
I was supposed to be out riding yesterday but bailed because of the wet weather, but I did start her for a minute and held the throttle at about 1/8 to see what happened to the plugs. Ran and sounded good but plugs were a little damp so I've set the mixture screws to 2 turns in.
I'm headed out this morning so I'll see how she runs...
Hey, good to see you experimenting peteGS. :thumb:
You'll hit the sweet spot soon. Test & tune!
I myself haven't done much mechanical work lately, however... I "watched" my Son change a headlight bulb in one of my bikes yesterday.
That sort of counts as mechanical work. No? <cough-cough>
Pete. . .
Could you check these for me. :icon_mrgreen:
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The twin units on the right of frame seem to be in top notch condition!
I think a closer inspection would be in order...
Now as for tuning, I am far from a guru!!!! After all that time I have been running... LEAN!!!!!
The fouled plugs seem to have been purely from closed/low throttle on the commute. When the throttle is open and rev's are up, she's stumbling, not fouling plugs.
When I checked them at the brekky stop Sunday morning they actually seemed a reasonable colour, but that was after holding about 1/8 to 1/4 throttle for a few km's.
I figured I had a vacuum leak from where the diaphragms were a little loose around the slides given I also started having a hanging idle, so I put some form-a-gasket around there and did another test ride yesterday morning... still lean!!!
Then it dawned on me... I'm pretty sure I've put the diaphragms too high up on the slides, so when the diaphragm starts getting sucked up with the vacuum, it's not actually lifting the slide for the first bit at all, so it will constantly run lean and get worse as I open the throttle more.
I hopefully fixed that last night but the test will be the commute this morning unfortunately as it's back to work today... wish I could do a proper test ride!
Anyway, here's the difference:
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Quote from: peteGS on January 26, 2015, 12:38:11 PM
Anyway, here's the difference:
Good find! That is indeed significant.
Keep de-bugging. Once you get it perfect, you will undoubtedly have many thousands of miles of good service from those carbs.
It's a nice feeling knowing that your bike runs better that thy neighbors because you took the time to get it perfect. :cheers:
And while I'm talking here. . .Part of what makes GSTwins.com better than the other bike forums I belong to is that the GS500 (& 450) is a humble little bike. It is owned by people that love the damn thing.
Nobody here is a high-strung, world-touring, moto-geek with a garage full of pristine candy-red Ducati's that spend their on-line time telling everybody about how good they ride the "twistys".
I like it here. People can wrench and get just about anything to run good. Even a tired 450. :thumb:
Nobody here is a high-strung, world-touring, moto-geek with a garage full of pristine candy-red Ducati's that spend their on-line time telling everybody about how good they ride the "twistys".
I like it here. People can wrench and get just about anything to run good. Even a tired chinese scooter :thumb:
+1
Slips was a bit highly strung! ... but he don't hang with us plebs anymore!
Well said EJ! :thumb:
142.5 mains in last night so we'll see how she goes... and of course it's raining and I had to stick 98 octane fuel in it yesterday coz they were out of 95 :technical:
Just means the comparison won't be spot on but close enough to see if the main has had the desired effect...
Quote from: Janx101 on January 27, 2015, 10:19:59 AM
Slips was a bit highly strung! ... but he don't hang with us plebs anymore!
Heh...
A high-strung Beamer Dude. :icon_mrgreen:
If I wasn't so damn tall I'd still have my GS500. Maybe even two of em' by now.
The GS was a lot more fun than the DL but it was a cramped fit.
I used a booster seat, bar-risers, and dropped pegs, and I was still cramped as hell on the GS.
I kinda' felt like an ape riding a tricycle. :icon_neutral:
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A booster seat? ... didn't make it hard to mount/dismount? :p
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It was an AirHawk. It kinda' looked like this one...
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It helped keep my knees from getting caught under my chin when I put my feet on the pegs.
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Bahahaha! .. know I can always rely on you EJ! ... you are a smooth unruffled Yankee! :thumb:
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Booster seat hey? Awesome I'd like to see that! Hahahaaha
Carbs are still too damn leeeaaaaaannn!!!!! Put the needles in richest position last night, no idea what to do if that doesn't solve it... I have bigger mains but surely 10 sizes up is enough! We shall see how it goes today... :technical:
Quote from: peteGS on January 28, 2015, 01:22:46 PM
Carbs are still too damn leeeaaaaaannn!!!!!
Put the needles in richest position last night, no idea what to do if that doesn't solve it...
I have bigger mains but surely 10 sizes up is enough! We shall see how it goes today... :technical:
I don't have an air/fuel ratio meter to lend you, but a good starting point might be two fresh clean spark plugs.
A clean plug makes it a bit easier to do a plug-chop.
The other difficult question is; Are you too lean at idle, mid, or max throttle? Without a dyno and an ratio meter you may drive yourself mad trying to nail this down.
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Just saying.
May? ... there is no may! ... there is just MAD! :cookoo: lol
Mad it is!!!! This is sending me mad... haha
It is definitely either the needle or the main that is lean, idle circuit is fine although a workaround yesterday of winding the mixture screws out a full turn has the idle circuit too rich now.
I did however manage to get home nearly hesitation/stumbling free!
Last night I put the mains from 142.5 to 145 and left the mixture screws where they are.
If I get to work and back hesitation/stumbling free, I will do the dodgy richer than rich needle setting and set the mixture screws back in a bit and that should have me sorted :thumb:
Two things left to do are new plugs and a carb balance, the right is definitely a little leaner than the left going by plug colour, but I haven't had an opportune time to get that done yet... maybe Sunday.
Quote from: peteGS on January 29, 2015, 01:10:04 PM
Two things left to do are new plugs and a carb balance, the right is definitely a little leaner than the left going by plug colour...
That gives me an idea. . .
How about tuning the left carb to run correctly from idle to 5000 RPM, and the right carb to run proper from 5000 to red line? ? ?
That way you would have at least one jug running at the proper mixture at all times. :whisper:
That's called Yankee ingenuity. :thumb:
<cough-cough>
That's brilliant! .. extending the idea tho.. .. setup the right side with high compression piston, aggressive cam grind, blue print and balance, bore/stroke the cylinder... so it has a redline of maybe 15k? .. then Florence the right carb and up the jets to feed it right....
Commute on left side of engine and track days on the right side! ... howzat for ingenuity!?! Lmao
Florence? .. wth! .. flow bench
Janx, with ideas like that we should open a motorcycle "Speed Shop" !
PeteGS can be our first customer. 8)
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Hahahahah love it guys! I'm onto it tonight!!!! Well maybe not... hahaha
I'm damn close at the moment, 145 mains made a difference but mixture screws at 3.5 turns out is too rich at idle, so I'm pretty sure the answer is simply that the new diaphragms are a slightly deeper dish than the old ones, so it's still just not quite lifting the slide enough.
So, the answer to that is my dodgy richer than rich position on the needle again with the mixture screws wound back in :thumb:
Oh, and try to find time for a carb sync tomorrow...
Quote from: Janx101 on January 27, 2015, 10:19:59 AM
Slips was a bit highly strung! ... but he don't hang with us plebs anymore!
Oh Snap! Hornets nest......
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look it's Cods again!
This cbrfxr67 guy...
Seems no one can top his "put-ups" :dunno_black:
And how'd he get the cool gif of Cods as a young man?
Unbelievable but true.
Hahahaha
Gonna be a great week this week!!!!
1. State elections yesterday, a bit close but seriously looks like the arrogant fools who have ignored us and tried to pull the wool over our eyes with dodgy practices for the last 3 years will be gone :thumb:
2. Lane filtering for motorcyclists was introduced today so my commute just got easier.
3. I'm gonna nail these carbs!
Quote from: Electrojake on January 30, 2015, 08:51:28 PM
This cbrfxr67 guy...
Seems no one can top his "put-ups" :dunno_black:
And how'd he get the cool gif of Cods as a young man?
Unbelievable but true.
LOLOL You guys know that I still read this forum everyday even though I dont post :)
I thought you only looked at the pictures!? ... you're reading now!??! ... well done young fella! :thumb:
Ok I'm done banging my head against this wall...
Needles cannot physically be lifted any further and still she stumbles and hesitates when cracking the throttle!!!
These diaphragms just aren't right for these carbs so now I can commute but no weekend fun... dammit all to hell and back!!!
Time to find out engine side diameter and carb spacing and see what's available to replace them with, so over it...
Maybe just throw the carbs and chuck a set of 37mm webers on there man! .. side drafts perhaps! Lol
this one's for you ej,....thoughts?
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:dunno_black:
Someone's having a bad day!
As for me... man I'm a noob... noob noob noob!!!!!
I had trouble rolling the diaphragms when I installed them and thought it was only to make installation easier...
Read this and see how much of a frickin noob I am!!!!
http://jbmindustries.com/Operation.html (http://jbmindustries.com/Operation.html)
What's to bet when I get back in there tonight and do that it all works perfectly... except she'll be too rich for my dodgy arsed attempts at fixing my noobishness...
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on February 02, 2015, 09:38:27 AM
this one's for you ej,....thoughts?
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Heh... Just another day on the New Jersey Turnpike. :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: peteGS on February 02, 2015, 01:24:27 PM
As for me... man I'm a noob... noob noob noob!!!!!
I had trouble rolling the diaphragms when I installed them and thought it was only to make installation easier...
Read this and see how much of a frickin noob I am!!!!
http://jbmindustries.com/Operation.html (http://jbmindustries.com/Operation.html)
Actually PeteGS,
The awkward feeling your experiencing is just "noobness" leaving your body on a ship called The SS Stupidity.
I have occasionally gone back and read my own tech threads from several years ago and it makes me feel like a full blown moron.
As I said in an earlier post; Once you get this carb issue ironed out, you will be at a place called "perfection" and it's a damn nice feeling!
BTW; are you getting tired of inhaling gasoline fumes every night yet? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.fropper.com%2Fzones-images%2Fsmileys%2Fscratching_chin.gif&hash=3d0b55fc889320370055a822a5ae1170adc495af)
Well... the long and short of it is that these diaphragms will never work in these stupid damn carbs!!!!
I remember now why I didn't roll them the first time... as soon as you let the slide drop into the carb they unroll and pop up, that's it! There is no full on recess like the carb on their Youtube video shows, just a shallow groove and it does not hold the diaphragm in place to stop it unrolling.
I believe everything they have on their website is correct and that with the more common BS34's around the place, the diaphragms will be good, but these stupid damn carbs are just so weird that nothing works... so I'm done with them.
On the hunt for new carbs... :technical: :technical: :technical: :mad:
Get a Holley squarebore 1050 Dominator carby. .. lol
Quote from: Janx101 on February 03, 2015, 07:45:32 PM
Get a Holley squarebore 1050 Dominator carby. .. lol
Excellent choice Janx!
But he's running a "two" cylinder bike so obviously he's going to need "twin" Holly Dominators.
And PeteGS...
I'm thinking that gravity feed may not work so plan on buying a fuel pump too. A
big fuel pump. :thumb:
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Hahahaha nice guys!
I had one last ditch attempt last night of propping the slides up while installing them but no go, still not gonna work.
A pair of 01 GS500 carbs have popped up locally so if my questions get answered that could be the solution.
Just gotta figure out how the choke goes on those puppies and what jetting I need to do... oh and tempted this time to ditch the pods in favour of stacks... given that in theory these should be better carbs to work with in terms of jetting then it should be a better solution all 'round...
Quote from: peteGS on February 04, 2015, 01:08:41 PM
Just gotta figure out how the choke goes on those puppies and what jetting I need to do... oh and tempted this time to ditch the pods in favour of stacks...
given that in theory these should be better carbs to work with in terms of jetting then it should be a better solution all 'round...
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Quote from: Electrojake on February 04, 2015, 09:47:49 PM
Quote from: peteGS on February 04, 2015, 01:08:41 PM
Just gotta figure out how the choke goes on those puppies and what jetting I need to do... oh and tempted this time to ditch the pods in favour of stacks...
given that in theory these should be better carbs to work with in terms of jetting then it should be a better solution all 'round...
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For those times of the day when you absolutely, positively HAVE to die within the next 15 minutes!
:thumb: lmao!
I'm sure I see Katana lines in there somewhere... :icon_lol:
01 model GS500 carbs purchased and a set of cams from the same bike, so I'll be doing some upgrading :icon_mrgreen:
He says he has a choke cable so that should solve that.
Need to get me some pilot and mid main jets as I already have mains that will fit, and some air filters... then it's fun time!
Quote from: Malfruen on February 05, 2015, 12:15:09 AM
For those times of the day when you absolutely, positively HAVE to die within the next 15 minutes!
Good God Man!
It's yet another Aussie on LPW. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thereeftank.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fdoh.gif&hash=ae36194f8b1e7e45b3e29b7aea0b0b5c3d7ff5e4)
I'm starting to feel like the token Yank around here.
Can't let these other arseholes have all the fun now can I?
Welcome to the depths mate! Lol
EJ bad punctuation there bro! ... you are THE token Yank! :)
This place is the only thing keeping me sane until Monday!
when ye lass arrives?? arrrg eets piraht frideey errr,....
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on February 06, 2015, 10:09:11 AM
when ye lass arrives?? arrrg eets piraht frideey errr,....
OK, No problem.
:whisper:Somebody translate this pirate talk matey.
Whisper? :whisper:
Thank you.
Plumbing the depths of LPW... yeah that sounds about right!
Wish this bloody eBay seller would call so I can pick up my carbs and cams!!
maybe a repost,..saw this earlier
'What the ad says What it really means
Asking $16,000, make offer Someone please give me $10,000
$11,500 firm Someone please give me $10,000
$8,000 firm, no low-ball offers Short of selling a kidney, I have no means of paying off the $7,500 balance on the loan on this $5,000 bike
OBO Just give me two thirds of what I'm asking, please God
Ran when I parked it, needs carb work The 10-year-old gasoline in there has turned to mica
Needs battery I don't have $100 for a new battery, and even if I did, putting in a new battery would only reveal that it won't start
Turns over, good compression At least the damn thing hasn't seized and I'm gambling you won't show up with a compression gauge
Must go this weekend I'm six months late on the rent and the eviction proceedings are starting to get serious
No low ballers The payoff on the loan is way more than it's worth so I have to get an inflated price
Wife says it has to go I haven't ridden it in five years, but I'm the kind of person who feels better blaming someone else
No time to ride I drive my car every day because it has air conditioning and I'm lazy
Over $5,000 in extras I wasted a lot of money on farkles nobody wants
Extended swingarm, lowered Clutch is fried from playing Rickey Dragracer at every light and the bike now handles like a garbage truck
Aftermarket exhaust, sounds great Obnoxiously loud, guaranteed to tick off your neighbors
Stock exhaust but I removed the baffles, sounds great Obnoxiously loud would be an improvement; also, runs poorly
Custom paint Been crashed
Fresh paint Been crashed
New plastics Been crashed
Lots of new parts Been crashed
Cosmetic flaws typical for its age Been crashed
Converted to a streetfighter Been crashed
Salvage title Been crashed really bad
Barn fresh Mice ate holes in the air filter
Barn find Damn, I forgot this junk was still out here
Classic style Looks dated
Instant classic It's old
Collectible I know, because it's been collecting dust in my garage for 15 years while I've been hoping it would go up in value
Good beginner bike Underpowered
Good first bike My only hope of unloading this junk is finding an uninformed and gullible buyer
Mechanic's special Too many problems to list
Needs a little TLC You probably won't make it home from the sale without breaking down
Sold "as is" If you make it out of my driveway on this thing, I don't ever want to see you or hear from you again for any reason'
LOL
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on February 06, 2015, 10:09:11 AM
when ye lass arrives?? arrrg eets piraht frideey errr,....
Aye, scabbie eyed landlubber. Thats when the wench pulls into port!
:end pirate talk:
Before I get into trouble for saying "plunder", "her" and "booty" in the same sentence. :D
Aye, a pirate you say?
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Looks like you forgot to put your face on EJ... :icon_lol:
GS500 carbs and cams on the work bench... carbs look clean as much as I can tell except I can't get the cheese head float bowl screws out :technical:
I see an impact driver and some fresh new stainless steel allen heads in my future... and possibly a throttle cable as I have a feeling the stock 450 cable will be a bit short...
Quote from: peteGS on February 07, 2015, 01:04:36 PM
Looks like you forgot to put your face on EJ...
GS500 carbs and cams on the work bench... carbs look clean as much as I can tell except I can't get the cheese head float bowl screws out
I see an impact driver and some fresh new stainless steel allen heads in my future... and possibly a throttle cable as I have a feeling the stock 450 cable will be a bit short...
Um, PeteGS. . .We need photos ! ! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaeljacksonhoaxforum.com%2Fforum%2FSmileys%2Fpopos%2Fscreaming-7365.gif&hash=02786ad944233338336309dcd8b96216f98a1e6c)
Errr yeah I have some still on my phone... I promise to post some soon!!!!
The dremel and impact driver worked a charm, carbs are nice an clean inside with no gunked up fuel anywhere to be seen and the jets look nice and clear :thumb:
Tic toc Pete! ... did you not put another 20cents in your phone? Lol. .. the gunzels will be howling at image lack soon :p
Quote from: Janx101 on February 08, 2015, 10:49:03 AM
the gunzels will be howling at image lack soon :p
Not to worry, I got this covered. . .
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Wow I wish my carbs were that clean! :o :cookoo:
Here ya' go...
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S w e e t !
Now were talking moto guts. :woohoo:
Preparing bike for sale :/
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What the??? Why Janx!!??
Got jets ordered yesterday, and both those and the air filters should be being express posted, so hopefully they all rock up today and I can do the risky move of a mid week carb swap tonight.
I'm going to book in Friday off work as well so I can get a service done and swap the cams out as well and hopefully get time for a carb sync and test ride or two.
Umm #1 haven't had time to ride in most of a year and this year isn't looking good either!
#2 I need the $ to use elsewhere to get myself out of a. .. not so much a hole but nearly a chasm!
#3 I'd rather have someone using it and loving it!
#4 I have itchy undies about the MT09 Tracer for the future, which I will be able to finance later this year probably and can only really have one bike! Space wise
Its one of those things I wish I didn't HAVE to do but it's necessary at the moment :/
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on February 09, 2015, 08:20:41 AM
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No... Wrong thread. ;)
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Aaaah got ya' Janxy! Bugger but I understand... sucky...
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It started and ran but only for 5 seconds coz it was 10:30pm... should be an interesting commute this morning...
Ah, ha-ha-ha... I can link to his photobucket page and bask in all the carb photos now.
This is wonderful. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.websleuths.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fskipping.gif&hash=607e5b39c1aa0d421ad0dd512e579e3e7945fd2a)
I can make carburetor Screen savers! Tee shirts! Greeting cards!
Hahahahah nice EJ! Glad I can provide some entertainment :thumb:
Idled at 2000 RPM yesterday or higher, and running lean...
Lifted the needles a notch and stuck the 150 mains in last night, and proceeded to break two of the posts that hold the needle in place on the left slide :technical: Still holds in enough but now I need a new slide...
Went to visit a legendary mate who magically shortened the idle screw so it no longer hits the camchain tensioner:
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This shot is a gear-head's delight. :cheers:
Perfect!
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You posting porn EJ?! Lol
Haha glad you liked it EJ!!!
Should have my new slide on Monday :thumb:
Heading out shortly for a morning ride, hoping to get a wide open plug chop so I can see where the main jets are at...
Cool...
New slides and some robot-porn! 8)
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:icon_eek: :dunno_white: :cookoo:
Wide open plug chops have her lean, and I marked the throttle positions to determine she's lean at quarter throttle which is where my flat spot is...
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However...
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Need to try to get time for another run after fixing that this morning to see if wide open was lean or a bad plug lead... sheesh!!!
Ha, ha!
Now we're talking!
This is "scientist" stuff! :cheers:
Nice foam grips too.
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Yup! Indeed!!! Love my foam grips, less vibes and bigger grip :thumb:
Spark plug lead didn't make a difference so it's time to order more jets today.
I did however replace my tail light yesterday for a much lighter/smaller unit... now my indicators look way too big and I need to do something about the bent left one...
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Nice tail! ... just a observation following here Pete. . From something I saw just last week...
A random old mate was riding south thru Sydney about 20m in front of me... had those ultra small super bright led blinkers on the back.... well I realised what they were when alongside him a bit later anyway!
But for a few kms he was changing lanes thru traffic. . As we do. .. and maybe 70 percent of the time
.. bloody touchscreen!
70% of time the small bright led flash just disappeared into the daylight! .. I knew he was using them (very careful rider actually!) .. and I knew where to look... but the position and angle of the things meant the flash just washed out!
Small may be cool... but not too small! They get lost! ...
I have little doubt that at night they are plenty visible! ... but how many bike/ car accidents are day time.? .. and I'm starting to wonder if a small part of the smidsy thing is tiny led blinkers!?
Agreed Janx, I got a set of little LED blinkers to replace my original blinkers which fell apart after being held together with Tarzan's Grip for 12 months. I didn't realise how friggin' small they were until I recieved them.
On my travels since, I've been told several times by the rest of the mob that they are extremely difficult to see in the day, and not bright or noticeable at night. Not as unnoticeable as a friends Ducati Diavel, mind you, which has a brake light on each side, and that same light glows amber when the blinker is on the corresponding side. When he's braking, you can't f%$king see the blinker AT ALL.
They're the first thing I'm replacing when I start refurbing the bike next month.
Yeah definitely not keen on those tiny LED jobbies!!! I've never been a fan of them, which is why so far I've stuck to the big stock ones :thumb:
I got pointed in the direction of TL1000 indicators which are a little smaller but still similar shape and nice and bright... if I feel like spending $$$ at some point I'll consider a set of those instead... for now I'll take it the way it is...
Word on the street is you'll take it any way you can get it Pete! Lmao
Quote from: Janx101 on February 16, 2015, 02:14:25 PM
Word on the street is you'll take it any way you can get it Pete! Lmao
So that would mean that I'm
not the only one here that is "motorcycle poor"? :whisper:
On some of the other boards I visit, It seems like I'm the only guy
without a garage full of new bikes.
My old (2003) Jeep TJ is also a long distance runner.
My Son tells me I was luck to get one of the good ones that didn't rust out in a few years. Thank god for that! :thumb:
I see your jeep and raise you a 2001 ford ranger (I think that USA designation) dual cab 4wd pickup with 451k km on it .. that's 280k miles! ! :thumb: ... and soon I will have only the picture of a motorcycle (with tear stains) hanging on the garage wall. .. lol?!
And EJ ..All those other board chaps with garage full of new (unloved really, just greed grabbed) bikes. .. they likely all drug dealers and pimps and cross dressing shores. .. so there!
Whores... not shores!
Quad post. . Just because I can!
Quote from: Janx101 on February 16, 2015, 05:52:30 PM
Quad post. . Just because I can!
Your going over to the Dark Side? ? NO BIKE ? ! ? >:(
Heh... Dont tell anybody here but I too have been bike-less back in my younger days.
The job, finances, wife, two little kids at home to raise, etc...
So um, whats your story? :dunno_black:
I owe money! .. it's sitting in my garage doing little. .. it sad to sell but also clears path for another toy later on!
I'd rather the bike be enjoyed by a new fresh L plater. . Who I will steer here also...
I NEED to clear some medium size debts so I can start attacking large debts in meaningful amounts! .. not sell bike = another 18month's of juggling payments and hoping for random overtime!
... if I get the ride itch I have 2 or 3 mates who will lend me either their bike or their spare bike... but the amount of mental energy I have last few months I haven't even taken the offers up!
It's been unregistered for lack of funds since Sept last year. . Borrowing some cash from family to rego it, sell then replace the borrow, tedious but necessary!
Triple post this time cos I'm tired and forget stuff..
People may gasp and carry on about the following...
I have mentioned before about how I was deliberately using e10 in the bike. . With no apparent ill effects, apart from replacing fuel lines which may have needed doing anyway. .
Bike has sat with half a tank of the stuff since Sept 2014, looked in there... no fungus, no 'compost', no rust.... started bike, no gurgling, no stuttering, no miseries... revved it a bit. . Still no drama. ..
Granted I expect that when doin registered and I can have a bit of a ride. . The old fuel might make the bike a little sluggish, but any type of old fuel can do that...
I'm gonna take a sample out of the lines and check it too... before riding. ..
I suspect there won't be as many devastating moments/discoveries as folk make out!?
So there! Lol. ..
If things do go bad I will accept told you so's. .. but reckon that won't be necessary!
So double there! :p
Ah, I see. Some fiscal responsibility. I respect that!
Here in the USA, us Yanks simply follow Obama's lead and spend into oblivion.
Soon I'll need to barrow money from China just like Obama does. >:(
No you won't need to borrow anything!, they will invade the world and we won't have three fifths of fuckall! Lol? I think?
Rice and...whatever else those lot feed themselves with. That's all we will have.
Oh, and CFMotos. No Suzuki, Kawasaki, Honda or Harleys. Just CFMoto the whole way.
I reckon I'd kill myself :P
Oh I'm sure we'll have Hyosungs as well...
And got 67.5 mid main and 155 main jets in last night, hopefully she's got no flat spot and not lean up top today!
... and why do you lot think we would be allowed motorbikes? ... lol. . "You!, westerner scum! , you walk! , you catch bus! .. motor only for illustrious homeland people! ... now you clean toilet and after read communist manifesto again"
Ok it may be extreme. .. but invasions are not huggy kissy events!?
Heh... I been waiting for the boys from ISIS to show up, not the Chi-Com's.
Besides, China make all the cool iPhones iWatches, Ipads, etc... Slave labor is mighty cheep. ;)
.. only double this time.. I'm getting better at memory!..
.... in other news. . WTF!! is it with the new bods and the multiple Farken identical 'I've got a problem' threads at the moment?!? ... never used forums?, can't Farken wait a few hours for an answer? ... bloody goldfish! .. maybe they work at subway sandwich stores?
.. heavy breathing.... /rant off
:thumb:
Or not double.. ej!
But now double so Nyah!
But Janx, the search option is all the way in the top right hand corner of the screen! It's soooooo much work to click it, and type in my search and hit enter!
Not that it matters. A lot of the newer ones are quite happy to disregard the advice of the older users and throw a tanty when they don't get the answer they wanted.
I hear that!
.... hang on. ... :confused: the WHAT? option?! ... lmao
I'm sure the same thing runs through some peoples heads all the time.
"I can do WHAT on this forum?!"
People are losers... what can I say? Oh wait, I'm people... errr... oh well... hahahahaa
New jets in, still got a flat spot :technical:
Needles lifted to highest position last night but gonna be a lot of rain today/tomorrow so it'll be an interesting test ride to work...
How much of a flat spot?... little hundred rev lag or 2k slump?
Well needles are too high because she bogs right when the throttle opens... horrible... then she goes then she almost immediately hits the stumbling point...
When I get her through it and the throttle open she feels choked up...
I'm so frickin confused!!!!
I need to some time check out a potential exhaust leak and then get the carbs off and get some carb cleaner and compressed air through all the passages like I should've done in the first place... what's to bet I was wrong and there is some gummed up fuel in there somewhere?
Gummed ... air or fuel leak... a seal not quite right?
Better you than me! Carbs woulda gone 'fwip fwip whoosha crash bang' over the back fence by now if it was me?
You've no idea how close they are to doing just that Janxy!!! So over spending so much time on this...
Ran it for a few minutes yesterday, can't detect an exhaust leak from either header.
Ducked up to Supercheap and bought a can of carb and throttle body cleaner... I'd prefer to do a full and proper dip but I need her back on the road tomorrow.
They're coming off the bike today and getting dismantled and gonna get a spray through every circuit, let it soak for a bit, do it again, then blow through with compressed air.
I'm thinking my problem is going to be the mixture screws... they sit vertically from underneath so what's to bet even though the float bowls were drained there's gummed up fuel in there because there's no way for that to drain without removing them.
I knew I should've cleaned the carbs before putting them on... and I hope that's all the issue is!
You didn't clean them? .. to the naughty corner! Lol
Quote from: peteGS on February 21, 2015, 01:34:15 PM
So over spending so much time on this...
Ran it for a few minutes yesterday, can't detect an exhaust leak from either header.
Ducked up to Supercheap and bought a can of carb and throttle body cleaner...
I'd prefer to do a full and proper dip but I need her back on the road tomorrow.
They're coming off the bike today and getting dismantled and gonna get a spray through every circuit, let it soak for a bit, do it again, then blow through with compressed air.
I knew I should've cleaned the carbs before putting them on... and I hope that's all the issue is!
I have a 2006 DL1000 with a "parts-receipt" value of about $20,000 but a street value of about 1200. :icon_mrgreen:
Any bike I ever had that ran good I got bored with and soon sold...
But any bike I had that ran buggy, I always held onto and dumped countless money and time into. <go figure>
Keep going Pete! You'll get it eventually.
Heeey! .. business idea! ... buy old bikes with some problems.... add some more problems! .. market them to the wrenchy types as "tinkerers dream!" .. with a modest markup for 'entertainment inside!' ...
Would you care to pre order EJ?! Lmao :thumb:
I said this in other forums many times in the past;
It's my habit to purchase a bike, new or used, doesn't matter. Then tweak, tune, and mod the hell out of it until I reach what I consider perfection... then once I'm done, I get bored and sell the damn thing.
Yeah... $ell it at a $taggering loss that is... ...Which kinda' explains why I'm 20 months from retirement and near flat broke. :technical:
Why are these machines so damn addictive? :icon_rolleyes:
Hmmm. . Thinking... you need a bush beast bike EJ ... something to thrash and bump into things with, bend the bits on the bike so its in a constant never ending repair cycle... lol. ..
... or an old triumph bike... same effect really! Lol
Janx...
Do you never rest? :dunno_black:
Impressive postmanship.
Umm yeah I do. . Laying down now and settling for sleep... 9pm my time (which is 90mins later than I like but I had stuff to do!)... wake up 2.30am, drive halfway to work and train from there at 3.54am.... start 5am... I got odd times to post eh! .... plus lunch time (9.30am ish) to try keep awake a bit... leave work 1.30pm and home again at 3.30pm ish. ..
Not ideal but it's the job that's paying bills right now!
Damn.... I'll bet you dont get much sleep-time, do you?
Sounds abusive but I do admire your work ethic.
I have been working in the Electrical Engineering Department for the railroad here for 30+ years.
Office is 9 miles from my house. Cant complain.
Living this close to New York City has its congestion problems (and shitty winters) but work is plentiful and jobs typically pay more as you get closer to the city.
I have about 2 years before I retire. Then I may move south, away from the city, to warmer weather and less congestion.
(unless wife does not want to move away from our grand children) :whisper:
<sigh> :icon_rolleyes:
5 blissful hours just done sleeping!, last week was rough with 4ish a night (humid and warm nights & woke up a lot!) ... weekend just gone I actually slept more hours than thru the week! Lol
.. currently the waste depot has me driving most days which is easy enough, only get out to help the loaders on the bigger pickups. . Jogging the roads behind the trucks and loading the bins is a energy drainer though.. not missing that at the moment!
Side note on loading/driving. . Xmas I got one of those step counter/watch thingies. Garmin Vivofit. . Basic model but does what I need..
Loading trucks- anywhere from 17k to 24k steps a day (depending on the route) .. driving I'm maxing at 14k steps....
The online tracker told me last week that I have passed 700k steps since I got it! .. I'm getting exercise while being paid to work! Lol. .. some poor bastards have to go out on purpose to get their weekly regime done! SUCKERS!! bahahaha
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Sleep's over rated right Janxy?? I don't envy you mate!
Anybody got a match?
With your business idea my 450 must be worth like $20K now...
Took it round the block after doing the carb clean, worse than ever... popping/farting/carrying on and one cylinder.
The left needle had come loose from the slide...
Tried to go to work yesterday, got half way there, exactly the same symptoms... popping/farting/carrying on, also some spits through the pods... like it was out of fuel but only when opening the throttle.
Closed the throttle as much as I could and I was able to limp home short shifting.
Stumped, no idea... one thing I noticed when draining the float bowls last night was that about half as much fuel came out the right bowl as the left bowl...
I hate the train but I'm on it now this week... lovely...
Wow... No sleep and no acceleration!
If I had to choose one, I'd pick, um... I'd pick... :icon_neutral:
Pick no acceleration! .. no sleep causes psychosis and random conversation with a drinks machine! ...
Pete. .. I don't know crap about carbs.... but my premonitious invisible friend (NOT imaginary.... just invisible. .. drop dead Fred/guardian spirit/whatever) .. makes me think you have a bad seal somewhere.... maybe an o-ring , maybe a little gasket or a surface that's a tiny bit twisted or has gunk/layer extra..
You have fuel flow into the things, I reckon you make sure the boots are on properly... which leaves my very basic understanding. . Thinking that there is either air getting in somewhere it shouldn't and messing with the mixture delivery.. or maybe air making a bubble and interrupting fuel flow/delivery ?!
The very few times I have messed with car carbs. . Replacing gaskets around the sides... bad seal jobs were the prime suspect. ..
My scattered reading of info on these bike carbs also makes me think... the slide bits... they go up with vacuum or something right? .. not a gunk up where they slide to? Or a slightly skewed motion dragging at them? Bent pin bit?
I just feel that whatever is causing your woes. .. LOOKS correct to the eye but has a slight flaw/problem
Just talkin out my Ass probably :thumb:
I believe it's definitely a *too* sealed problem Janx!
Took the needles/seats out last night and blew through the fuel inlet hose while holding my thumb over the seat hole in each carb one at a time. Left seemed easier to blow through than the right, and I could hear that sound when you blow through a straw that's still got a little liquid left in it... not quite a bubbling sound, so there was definitely something going on there!
A few hard blows and some more carby cleaner and they both seem equal now.
I'll try to get motivated enough tonight to give the rest of them another once over and assemble them again...
Fair nuff! :thumb: ... tiny air bubbles seem like nothing lol. .. that's why years ago I spent 2 hours in the rain, under a truck on the freeway. .. o ring on canister filter bolt wasn't right.. had a twist/roll. .. enough to prevent fuel draw from engine mounted pump. ..
You make sure you check all the bits though!, compare side by side too. ..for sameness!
Or I'll..... I'll. .. send you my 3 daughters for a whole week! Lol
Casting an eye about the threads. .. seems to be carb 'season' at moment... never cracked mine open yet and they still run fine! ... strange! :thumb:
Umm Pete .. your inlet hose blowing thing..... just had a thought! ... the inside of the right (troublesome carb?) Hose... it hasn't delaminated? ... like.. there's a section of inside wall loose and partly flap across the hose blocking fuel flow?... a bit of fuel sitting around that? When you blow it could make the wet straw sound... more blow and carb cleaner would dry that off and sound goes away?...
Just a thought! :thumb:
Don't think it's delamination... the hose goes to a T piece and the hose is brand new just cut to length by me :thumb:
I tried to separate the carbs last night but there are two very long bolts holding them together and I could only get one out, I need to get serious with the impact driver on the other.
Once they're apart I can have a better inspection of the inside of the T piece and the inlet on each carb :thumb:
Good plan... maybe gunk in t piece? .. hoses clamped on there?.. hoping you get a resolution soon bro!
Well... this whole thing has been a let's see how much we can &*^% Pete over thing... :technical:
Carbs separated, cleaned some more, leaned out in case I just had them too rich, put back together, sync'd, all looking good.
Test ride... fuel in, up a hill, badness... stumbling and carrying on again and just got worse as I went further. Plug chop shows right plug ok but left wet... quite wet. Hmmm... keep going, notice the tacho doing weird stuff... doh!!!!!
A coil was breaking down at temperature... stock coils back in and another test ride with none of the same issues.
However leaning her out has brought a flat spot back... so richened her up a bit with the mixture screws and mid main jet last night so we'll see how that goes.
Of course it's raining today so that won't be a good test at all!
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Good god cbr! Thats nuts. The guy got blown off his feet. >:(
Here... Try something a little calmer from my YouTube page...
The link... http://youtu.be/hjTLgEcYHBk (http://youtu.be/hjTLgEcYHBk)
Hey cbr. .. that pic looks like a scene from a mission in far cry 2..... or was it 3?
Hahahahahaha rant much EJ???
Definitely still lean so I think I might try butchering a stock pair of main jets if I have a drill small enough to see if it's the main or mid main/needle that's causing the flat spot.
At least now I can ride around it again and keep riding to work.
No time/opportunity for full throttle plug chops at the moment as I'm on call at the moment...
Quote from: peteGS on February 27, 2015, 02:28:13 PM
Definitely still lean so I think I might try butchering a stock pair of main jets if I have a drill small enough to see if it's the main or mid main/needle that's causing the flat spot.
This is the most fascinating (and ongoing) carburetor tech-thread I've ever witnessed!
pGS is going to be the needle-valve king of the internet.
Cant wait for the final chapter when you get this all sorted out! :cheers:
I'm with Janx on this. If I had carbs that did this to me, I'm have filled them with lead from a 12 gauge ages back. A lot more patience than I will ever have.
Mate I can't wait to get this sorted, she already feels like she's got a bit more sting in the tail so I'm really keen to get this done!
I've got those GS500 camshafts to go in yet too... nearly got motivated to do that last night but decided it was too humid so gave it a miss...
As for patience... well... there's no budget for a new bike or a brand new set of carbs so it's either work with what I have or go without a bike... I ain't goin' without a bike again! :thumb:
Not questioning your wrenching skills Pete... but still reckon whatever the issue is..... is probably a really small issue/part/oversight that is gonna make you scream when it's sorted! ... wear a helmet before running headfirst at the garage wall! Lol ;)
Lmao' been there many o time lol :oops: :cheers:
Oh I hear ya' Janxy!!
Right now I'm pretty sure it's down to getting the fueling right. I think it was the coil leading me up the garden path.
The old carbs the problem was definitely the diaphragms, these new carbs I'm 99% sure I just need to get them tuned properly.
I reamed the stock mains out last night... and the best indication I can find is that the 115's are now about 185's... :icon_eek:
But if the issue is too lean a main, then my flat spot should be gone and once I get up over half throttle she should be way too rich...
If that works out, then I'll be on the phone ordering proper mains :thumb:
Cos I'm old-ish .. and tired... and forgetful. ..and tired. .. and on my phone.... and tired...... did I mention tired?...
The last several weeks seem to have brought in a rash/influx of new owners, multiple but same threads, 'fresh faced instant experts', people with revolving door reasoning and some/few normal types. .
Is it always like this at this time of year and I forgot/didn't notice before? . Or are we having a bumper season for signups? ..
Maybe I'm just more grouchy and noticing more?
BTW. .. I haven't been all over the threads. . But it's been ages since I actually noticed any post by our illustrious leader Johnny boy!? , I may have missed his posts too? ... or is he holed up in the arctic wilderness with only a leprous llama for company? .. hiding out from 'the men in grey suits'? .. lol
.. apart from that... I'm gonna buy bacon. .. much bacon!... on my way home... BBQ it on the plate and sit in front of tv eating its greasy goodness!...
Nyah Nyah!
Can I join you Janx? Bacon sounds amazing right now...
Hmmm... sharing my bacon? .. that's a tough choice! ... torn between brotherly sharing is caring ... and... MY bacon! Grrrrrrr!
Lmao
Lol, it's all good. I have my own bacon. And Jack Daniels. I can finally put today behind me.
Nods. .. didn't think of that... we can share a virtual arvo bacon snack! ..
I did mine as a sandwich, 'just' crispy bacon, wholesale thick cut bread, mango pickles and black pepper... delish!
:technical: :technical: :technical: :technical: :technical:
My dodgy main didn't make a scrap of difference to the flat spot and it feels worse when I get it open.
Stock 60 mid main back in, main back down to 132.5... I'll bet I'm too rich across the board... going by what Big Rich said over on the GS Resources... he has the same carbs on the same bike and went *leaner* than the recommended jetting listed for the 500... doh!!!
See if I get to work and back ok today...
Mmmmmm bacon...
I actually bought a kilo of bacon yesterday.. . Separated into 4 packets of 3 large rashers. .. ate one yesterday.... guess what's for arvo snack today?! Lol
Oh Pete! .... just to stir your imagination. ... scrap the whole carb idea and just work up a induction fuelling system with 9" long velocity stacks that suck the air in about under your nads area of seat!
It'll be fun!
Just been informed of a ride this weekend. Gotta do some cleaning of the bike I think...
At least it'll give the other riders something to laugh at :P
Hahahahaha sounds good Janxy, on it now!!!
I get to ride this Saturday with my big shaZam! eating grin on :icon_mrgreen: :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb:
I got to work and back yesterday with just one brief stumble where I think she's still a bit rich on the main jet.
Dropped them to 127.5 last night and will see how she goes today... oh I was a happy boy when I got to work trouble free yesterday!!!
I would just buy another bike :dunno_black:
Quote from: codajastal on March 03, 2015, 05:26:26 PM
I would just buy another bike.
His GS450 "is" the other bike. :whisper:
2 bikes? .. what's the unmentionable one?
Quote from: Janx101 on March 03, 2015, 07:41:11 PM
2 bikes? .. what's the unmentionable one?
No. The "another"
is the only bike.
<sigh> Never mind... It must be a Yank thing. :icon_rolleyes:
l wanted to get another bike, but I think I should pay off the shaZam! I have at the moment... Oh, and save for a house. Cause that's important to I guess...
Dang Yankees and their crazy sayings! :p
Yes Malf! Pay the debts out first unless you have an emergency buy to do!... fridge or washer etc....
I didn't... and been try pay down my credit card for...... 6 years now!
Finally starting to see some light in tunnel.... but it's still like a glow bug at 100m!
And for a triple....... 'we' need a language filter of sorts..... so the semi broken English and thinking lately on some threads makes Farken sense!
Hashtag: GrumpyWhiteGuy!
:facepalm:
I got 2k on a Credit Card thats been maxed out for 3 years now. Being unemployed until yesterday has made things VERY interesting for the last 6 months, that's for sure. I'm not a favorable customer of the ANZ bank at the moment, I can say that much.
Agreed on the language filter though. The one we have now doesn't work properly. I need to be able to swear properly to make my thoughts known!
You got a job! :woohoo: :thumb:
Second bike ain't an option at present... and a second bike will be the Kat when I get to that point :thumb:
Best ride to/from work in a long time yesterday :woohoo: :cheers:
Got them gremlins evicted eh Pete?! .. good show that man! :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on March 04, 2015, 10:10:19 AM
You got a job! :woohoo: :thumb:
Two, actually! It never rains, only pours. I'll be able to get the bike painted after my last paint attempt ended with Silver paint turning Gold on me. And probably have new stickers made up that say SPEWEY. Good times.
Quote from: Janx101 on March 04, 2015, 03:30:47 AM
I didn't... and been try pay down my credit card for...... 6 years now!
Finally starting to see some light in tunnel.... but it's still like a glow bug at 100m!
Heh... I been trying to turn the corner on paying off my dept for 20 years. :technical:
Just saying.
Well I came up with an odd plan.... find the smallest debt that I can finalise... pay that in one go or at least a few split payment. .... do that again with next smallest.... removes some mental pressure! ... then the extra money I 'have' from not trickling funds into the small ones is put towards the next in line again!.... etc etc. .. less pressure on my stress levels each time cos I am actually removing debts (household bills don't figure in this...., they just 'are')
Still trickling some.funds into the bigger ones for now to keep the wolves back a step tho...
Its tedious but it's working!
Malfruen, I missed that good news on getting a job, great to hear!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
Good deal Janxy! Just knocking them off one at a time will definitely give you a mental boost if nothing else... and as long as you trickle some into the big ones as well I reckon you're on the money there (hahaha) that it will help a lot once the smaller ones are done and dusted to give you that extra boost :thumb:
... reminds me. .what job malf? .. blow job is better than no job!!
My only debt is a CCard at $800 (needed tyres for the 4WD) I owe nobody nuthin
I work the street corner on Wed, Thur, Sat and Sun. Corner of Fitzroy and Bultje Street. I'll be the one in pink fishnets and 5 inch platforms. ;)
Nah, I've taken on a traineeship to become a Financial Planner, and I got a part time job stacking shelves until I get the bills back under control.
We will have to wait on the blowjobs, I'm afraid. At least another month I'd say :thumb:
Quote from: codajastal on March 05, 2015, 03:35:36 PM
My only debt is a CCard at $800 (needed tyres for the 4WD) I owe nobody nuthin
Good job bro! :thumb:
Quote from: Malfruen on March 05, 2015, 03:37:48 PM
I work the street corner on Wed, Thur, Sat and Sun. Corner of Fitzroy and Bultje Street. I'll be the one in pink fishnets and 5 inch platforms. ;)
Oooooookie dokie.... I'll make some calls ... See if I can send some customers your way ... Lmao
Nah, I've taken on a traineeship to become a Financial Planner, and I got a part time job stacking shelves until I get the bills back under control.
:woohoo: good job too!
We will have to wait on the blowjobs, I'm afraid. At least another month I'd say :thumb:
Bahahahhaha
Sooooo... had my best ride since before Christmas yesterday morning :icon_mrgreen: :cheers: :woohoo:
Managed to get a full throttle plug chop in and she's a bit lean up top so I need to go back to the 132.5 mains, but she was pulling just fine everywhere I went. Got a great run through my favourite corners over Mt Mee and had a great blast :thumb:
The wee beasty is back :icon_mrgreen:
Awesome Pete, it's about bloody time those carbs behaved themselves!
Our charity ride yesterday went extremely well, 2 Harleys blew up and an L Plater came off the bike (too much front brakes in a gravel stop), but we raised close to $3500 for the local childrens ward. I also won some hooch, so I was drunk for the 4th time this week.
My liver hates me!
But the kiddies in the ward will love ya! ... good show Malf!
Good show indeed!!!
Nice one mate :thumb:
And yes, very nice to be able to just ride now :icon_mrgreen:
First delayed double post for a while :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Got the bigger mains in and mixture screws out half a turn last night so we'll see how she feels today and if some of the snap crackle and pop has gone away... otherwise it's needle lifting time...
Commuting on the train in the rain.... is no pain! Lol
Hope it runs deliciously Pete! .. weren't you at a similar stage...... ummm.. 3 weeks ago? ... is this the directors cut then? :p ;)
Commuting on the train... anytime... is a huge pain! Hahaha... oh I hate it...
I was at this stage about 3 weeks ago but I didn't know it... :technical: damn stupid coild :technical:
Now that I actually know where I'm at I can move forward this time :thumb:
Pretty sure that 65 mid main is too big, sorta feels like a dump a huge amount of fuel when I crack the throttle and it hits that point but just before that it's a bit lean... only plug chops will tell but I haven't really had the opportunity yet... might give it a crack tonight by dropping the mid main and lifting the needle a notch instead.
And I had two dodgy connection issues yesterday, can't damn well win! :technical:
Managed to knock the 12v connector partially off the indicator relay when putting the tank and seat back on so the indicators worked with the bike off but the vibration of it running made them not work...
Then trying to leave work yesterday had me standing on the side of the road for 20 minutes working out which connector was loose because I had no spark... damn signal generator connector! Need to replace that one, a bit loose after 34 years...
Train saving me fuel cost and sitting in the Damn traffic on way home!... lol...
You seem to thrive on bike niggles Pete! ... maybe you should buy a antique Norton with the Lucas harness. .. that be keep you excited! Lmao
Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One loose 34 year old connector is enough thanks... don't want a harness full of connectors designed to be dodgy from the start! Gotta get a trip to Jaycar in today as they have a 4 way weather proof connector that should do the trick nicely.
Funny thing with the train here... it's a quarter of the price of the train to ride to work... and it's quicker despite the traffic, even more so now that filtering is legal. Parking is free out the front of the building as long as you get in early enough for a spot.
On the train, I need to leave home a minimum of 10 minutes early to ensure I don't miss it because they shut the pedestrian gate at the station... then it's a 26 minute train trip providing there's no delays, then it's a 10 minute walk from the station to work...
Riding is normally about 30 minutes from rolling out the driveway to walking in the door at work... worst I've had with traffic issues was about 45 minutes... still 1 minute faster than the train trip...
Take the train you say?
Heh... 32 years working on the railroad.
Have seen my share of angry commuters. :icon_rolleyes:
They are a durable lot. Especially here in the Northeast where snowy winters really fuk things up!
BTW; Pete, If I ever become wealthy by chance, I shall indeed buy you a pristine GS450 form a collector or motorcycle museum.
Your fueling issues have crossed the boundary into full blown insanity.
You need relief, and soon...
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Hmmm yeah. Straight drive to work is 75 mins at 3-5am timeslot. . Drive home can be 90 mins, can be 120 mins and worst was 180 mins (yep all in mins to make you lot do mental maths ;) )
Drive to first early train (which still gets me there on time) is usually 40 mins or 45 if foggy... train takes 50 mins. . so slower trip in. ... but can be much faster to get home, (station to work is 500m and from where I leave car it's all freeway home!) and I get to nap if I want on train, not deal with arvo traffic and saves me 20-25 bucks a week in fuel/travel cost incl train fare...
If I had the bike registered I could ride it in, but riding home in moderate/heavy traffic when I'm tired from 2.30 am wakeup? .. nah. . I have to stop car sometimes and nap for 15 mins (lean seat back and nap!) .. can't do that on bike...
My orig plan was to ride in much as I could. . Fatigue realisation quashed that. . Lol
I can get anywhere I need to within 10 minutes. Car or bike. But not the bike for a while after this week.
I've had to have surgery on my back to remove a cyst which got its dumb ass infected and cut circulation off too my lower spine, woke up on Tuesday in pain, paralyzed Wednesday. I'm walking again, now the problem is fixed, gotta wait for the wounds to heal before I bike again. That and some weakness in my legs from it all.
I just thought I pulled a muscle. Until I couldn't f%$king walk the next day. At least there's a bright side. The nurse was pretty fine too look at, and now I have a great reason to be lazy for a couple of days.
Crikey! .. glad you ok now bro!
Quote from: Janx101 on March 11, 2015, 11:18:04 PM
My orig plan was to ride in much as I could. . . Fatigue realization quashed that. . Lol
Yes. Exactly!
Thank you for the reality check.
My ability to "ride" to work seems to become less and less of a reality with each passing year.
A combination of all the things you mentioned in your post are making "bike time" a damn rarity. :icon_neutral:
EJ... if you're wealthy, forget the pristine 450 and get me a Kat :icon_mrgreen: :D :cheers:
Insanity... yes... doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result... so now I'm doing the same things but I'm getting different results :cookoo:
Ok Mr Janx, now I see why you take the train! It would be a touch choice for me with the 2:30am start too...
Glad to hear you can walk again Malf! Ugh!!!
Quote from: peteGS on March 12, 2015, 01:14:55 PM
EJ... if you're wealthy, forget the pristine 450 and get me a Kat.
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But if/when I get rich I will get you something "fuel injected" so you never have to worry about suffering from carburetor-madness again. :cheers:
BTW; Do rich people own GS500's? I'm thinking "no".
Fuel injected eh? ... Pete! .. I think EJ wants to get you a HP4!!
..... in other news...... f%$k!! FUUUUUUUUUCK! ... got to station 1 min late for usual train. ... no biggie.. got a coffee and chilled out with you guys for half hour.... but. .. so busy replying on here I just let the next one go too! ... another half hour! ... bloody trains that go to other branch from this line are every 10 fucken minutes! . . But nooooooo! ...
Oh well ill just chill and perv on the lycra clad chicks on way home from their gym sessions... taut bodies.... lightly sweaty... tight lycra..
I'll survive I think! :thumb:
And EJ. .. rich normal people. . Probs not! ...
But rich and crazy as a rabid coin people... are called eccentric! ...
Eccentric people could own a GS500! ?
Coin? .. goddam spellchecker! . Coon.... raccoon!
I can see a rich eccentric person owning... 50 GS500's... just coz...
If I was rich, I'd still keep the GS. But I'd buy the shaZam! out of a new Indian Scout, and I'd get an old BMW F650 Funduro to flog around the dirt.
I'd just have Katanas... lots and lots of Katanas... while keeping the 450 of course!
Might throw a Triumph Scrambler into the mix there too...
Quote from: peteGS on March 14, 2015, 01:43:25 PM
I'd just have Katanas... lots and lots of Katanas... while keeping the 450 of course!
Might throw a Triumph Scrambler into the mix there too...
Ah yes... The good ole motorcycle wish-list.
Put me down for a new FJ-09.
And what's as warm & cozy as my DL1000 but would NOT be over 600 pounds (272 Kilo) road ready? :dunno_black:
. . . Whatever it is, I want one!
Well... soon as one of us commoners strike it rich.
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Is this the correct stuff ? ?
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Dats the Straya Cash fo sho EJ
Yup that's it EJ!!! Need lots of those ones on the right...
I was busy today...
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Nice malf! I tried that as a wee laddie but it didn't work, probably because I had no idea what I was doing :cheers:
.. random thought. . EJ. Your money pic above....
Why yes that's exactly how our money comes too! .. the roll shape is a bit tricky at first but it's ok if you carry some tubing on the car/Ute. . This bloke is one of our millionaires!
http://www.heritageplastics.com/images/home/heritage-truck.png
Rolled money... Wood jewelry... and carburetor madness. Perfect material for this thread! :cheers:
My accomplishment for the week: Install new alternator, speed sensor, o2 sensor, & countershaft sensor on my 96 Honda Civic LX.
Check engine light is out, all codes reset, she runs great again!
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Wow you been busy EJ! .. that car have the serpentine belt setup for the pulleys?.. if so.. how much do you love the slack adjuster pressure? Lol
Wow busy boys!!! I lay off the carbs and you guys step in to fill the void :cheers:
I like the first comment on your process Malf... regarding shoes... I was going to say I like your safety shoes :flipoff: :icon_mrgreen:
I have found two options for velocity stacks too... one local and a bit on the pricey side ($29.10 each plus $44 each for filters) and one in the US not so pricey ($US17 each with mesh screens).
The local ones look like a better product quality wise though and I could potentially just throw some sock filters over them if I could find some that fit!
http://www.jntperformance.com.au/index_i6515601.html?catId=269035 (http://www.jntperformance.com.au/index_i6515601.html?catId=269035)
http://www.speedmotoco.com/60mm-to-63mm-velocity-stack-ram-tube-intake-vm36-p/smc-62vcs.htm (http://www.speedmotoco.com/60mm-to-63mm-velocity-stack-ram-tube-intake-vm36-p/smc-62vcs.htm)
Sock filters? .. just go to Kmart mate!.. pair of short gym socks for 3bucks! Lol
Now why didn't I think of that?? :icon_lol: :2guns: :technical:
Cos your daughter doesn't leave her gym socks in the car till they rot and just buys new socks every fucken week! Lol
someone say gym,....
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gym :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on March 18, 2015, 01:28:37 PM
I have found two options for velocity stacks too... one local and a bit on the pricey side ($29.10 each plus $44 each for filters) and one in the US not so pricey ($US17 each with mesh screens).
The local ones look like a better product quality wise though and I could potentially just throw some sock filters over them if I could find some that fit!
Wow peteGS... :woohoo:
I like the way your thinking this.
Velocity stacks are on the list. Nice!
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I wish there were some stacks locally I could physically look at, too damn hard via email and Internet photos... but I think the local ones are looking better and better... unless the price jacks up with all the options :technical:
And managed another very wet ride yesterday... what is it about organised rides in March? Nice weekends either side but pouring down the one weekend we're out and about...
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Pics!
He posted pics! :bowdown: :bowdown:
Hell... All I got here in New Jersey is frickin snow.
Obviously you/they pick the wrong dang weekends Pete... next time the mob decides on 'that' day... shout them down and pick the other one!
Yes pic's!!! Pic's and pic's!!! Hahaha
If only I got to choose the weekend! The weekend before was perfect weather...
Unfortunately the trip is an overnighter for the other guys so accomodation is booked in advance so if it rains, well it rains... haha
Of course it's better dry but it was still a good day out... the only issue was the moron on the Ducati on Kyogle Rd on the way home who can't turn corners... kept pulling his elbows in to check his mirrors and yep I'm here... still... yep still here... yep still here... what can't you see I'm up your ring every time you brake into and through every single corner?? Of course he cracked the throttle in every straight so I couldn't get past where it was safe to do so... :mad:
Quote from: peteGS on March 22, 2015, 12:53:21 PM
... the only issue was the moron on the Ducati on Kyogle Rd on the way home who can't turn corners...
kept pulling his elbows in to check his mirrors and yep I'm here... still... yep still here... yep still here... what can't you see I'm up your ring every time you brake into and through every single corner??
Of course he cracked the throttle in every straight so I couldn't get past where it was safe to do so.
Some track time with a decent instructor would help cure that... ah, never mind the track-time. Just some good conversation (um, advice) at the end of the ride can go a long way to make riders aware of their poor style and/or weak habits.
Heh... One of my Son's Sportster buddies thinks is normal to wreck every couple of seasons.
You know the type... the guy with the obnoxiously loud, but painfully slow bike. :icon_rolleyes:
I remember after my first run up to Thredbo on the Snowy Mountain Ride I had a chat with an instructor for the Upright course who was travelling with us. The tips he gave helped immensely, especially when I came in WAY too hot into a 35kph corner at around 100 (no sign).
In other news, physio said I should be right to ride next week. So that'll be fun!
EJ .. check out 'the best GS eBay description' thread.. project bike for you!
Lads.. it's worthy of the LPW crew's attention eh! :thumb:
Malf... you push the bars and lean and trail brake and ease on the throttle? .. or how?
I'm sure the Duc rider looked twice when I finally managed to get around him... I don't think he expected to have a 33 year old little Suzuki sitting on his tail... I really wanted to tell him... I'm not that fast, you're just that slow... :cookoo:
Malf that's great news!
And that eBay description, that there is pure gold! :cheers:
Pushed bars, leaned the bike over, and kept the power smooth through 5th gear, hit the apex of the corner and powered through. I grazed the exhaust and foot peg, but came the other side upright. Found the closest safe spot to pull over for a smoke and to let the adrenaline settle down.
The guys behind me said it looked like something from MotoGP. I never, ever, EVER want to do it again. It was exhilarating, but so f%$king terrifying I was almost convinced I was dead going in.
I think someone got it on their GoPro. I'll see if I can track the footage down.
The best (worst?) part was the response we got from the local council when I sent them a letter about what happened, and that the sign was missing for the bend. I got a phone call and the bloke was more or less like "when someone dies, we might get funding for a new sign". A new sign was up last year. I really hope it didn't take someones life to get it put in.
Lol. .. so Malf. . Just how hard was you arse vacuumed to the seat?! Lol. ...
... goes to show though, most of us NEVER reach the riding/handling potential of our bikes! .. the machine will do more!
Pretty sure I sucked most of the saddle into my colon. There was ALOT of clenching involved.
Bahahaha. .
Closest I can come to that on road.... riding early last year... twilight run up mountain twisters... first run in several weeks, mate riding behind me....
Not too quick into the corner.... but got distracted and nearly went straight ahead over corner!, last second was deep countersteer left with a short throttle feed to try bring the Ass around...
The distraction? ... something small with many legs crawling out of top helmet padding/vent and across my bald scalp!!... thinking "fucken SPIDER!!" .. was a little German cockroach! ... who was politely evicted during the stop immediately after recovering the corner!
Mate near wet himself with laughter!.... I nearly went looking for a nice soft leaf to clear my undies with!
Counter steer is an amazing effect when used properly!
It sure is.
One of the other things we learnt on our first 5 day outing was to pick your own lines. Don't follow the leader directly, so to speak. Make your own way through, cause if old mate up ahead isn't paying attention, and comes off, guess whose next?
Case in point, my younger brother, who was riding ahead of me during one section of the ride, decided that the nice, smooth, grippy, black and inviting road was too boring, and went offroad coming out of a corner, off and down into the table drain. He probably could have pulled it back in, but I think he was just getting to the point where he thought "This'll be good for a laugh." An amusing sight to see is a bright orange '97 BMW F650 cruising up the table drains. He didn't fall off, he just shrugged, checked to see if anyone else was doing it, and when he realized he was the only one playing offroad, he pulled it back onto the black stuff. Had I been following his line, I'd have followed him.
I don't think I would have stayed on, that shaZam! looked rough as hell.
Nice recoveries guys! Haha
I've had a few where I know I'm running wide and it's all you can do to force those bars down and down and down... I'm so glad my bike is more capable than I am!!!!
There is one particular corner on a little side road we take regularly that comes back in on itself... it's a right hander with a bit of armco and a very steep long drop to the left.
It took me about 4 runs up there before I didn't feel like I was going to go sailing over the edge... then I followed another guy up there on his first ride up that road... watched him going in and thought to myself... he's doing what I used to do! I backed right off and watched him do exactly what I used to do and just be able to pull it back in on time...
Even though I knew what was happening I still found it difficult to pull my focus from his line and take my own line through...
PS: I think I have a solution to my stacks and sock filters... be a few weeks by the sounds but I think I'm sorted!
Quote from: peteGS on March 24, 2015, 01:20:28 PM
There is one particular corner on a little side road we take regularly that comes back in on itself... it's a right hander with a bit of armco and a very steep long drop to the left.
Down-hill runs suck. They suck the courage right out of me.
Conversely, going up-hill through the twistys is so very much easier. Corrections are a snap on the the up-hill runs.
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:confused: ... I like down hill runs MUCH better! ... and if its downhill at night then I'm ecstatic!
I ride with guys who love down hill... I used to be freaked out by down hill and if it's an unfamiliar road at speed then I'm still a bit more cautious than I probably need to be, whereas yes uphill I find so much less daunting. After riding so much with guys that love down hill I started to get a bit more comfortable with it.
I think it's because you feel like you're relying so much more on the front tyre going down hill, and that's where my confidence has always been a bit lacking, dunno why but it just is...
Incidentally I ordered the velocity stacks yesterday and Unifilter are releasing rally pods that will fit over the top in a few weeks, so I should be all set some time in April to get rid of these bloody awful pods :thumb:
PS Janx, I believe you're full of shaZam! :whisper:
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I may be full of shaZam! Pete! .. but I can always string together smoother lines on a downhill! (Shrug) .. uphill I tend to miss apexes and exit bad ish. Each to their own I guess!?
Quote from: peteGS on March 25, 2015, 01:29:52 PM
PS Janx, I believe you're full of shaZam! :whisper:
Quote from: Janx101 on March 25, 2015, 03:33:28 PM
I may be full of shaZam! Pete! .. but I can always string together smoother lines on a downhill!
(Shrug) .. uphill I tend to miss apexes and exit bad ish.
Each to their own I guess!?
Hey Pete...
Tread lightly here. He like the steep stuff.
It's a truck driver thing.
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:thumb: you know it! Lol
I've always been more comfortable in uphill turns then downhill. I think it's the feeling of being driven into the saddle that sort of gets my confidence up. Going downhill, everything feels lighter, so I think to myself "Where the f%$k has all the grip gone?!" and feel the need to slow down.
Strange as it is, I feel more confident doing corners in general at a higher RPM. I feel like I can turn the bike in harder when the engine is spinning at 8K rather than at 4K. Maybe it's just knowing I have the breakout power and shaZam! if I need it.
I'll bet it's all f%$king psychological.
EJ... yes them there stacks are what I have coming!! :icon_mrgreen: Except I need some filtering...
Janxy... sorry I thought you were being sarcastic! Hahaha... if you get better lines down hill then good onya mate! I'm now just somewhat comfortable with it, I still generally prefer the uphill twists but I don't have the pucker moments downhill I used to have...
Malf, yep, I know what you're saying, and agree 100% on the RPM deal as well. For me it's a matter of what power I have on the 450 is around 6K RPM and up, therefore I want to be right there when going in to the apex of the corner and coming out of it...
Here ya go. . .
A video I found from 2011 of a car my Son used to off-road.
One of the few videos I ever posted that wasn't a rant. :thumb:
http://youtu.be/qX24bAyonA0 (http://youtu.be/qX24bAyonA0)
Quote from: peteGS on March 26, 2015, 12:34:44 PM
EJ... yes them there stacks are what I have coming!! :icon_mrgreen: Except I need some filtering...
We want pics of stacks with filters!
Sponge bonnets? or dust bags? :D
Pete, it does help on my local mountain twisties (Macquarie Pass) that I've been up and down it in trucks, bus, vans, cars, towing trailers and caravans and most recently my bike for 25+ years and hundreds if not low thousand times!.. the nighttime thing too, less traffic but what there is present, you can see coming before they hit the blindside of corner ahead.... headlight beams! ..
And I have been gamer on the down hill since the Sonics went in the front! And katana in the back!... No bottoming out!
I don't woosy out on the uphills, just not as smooth (well smooth for me anyway)
I can still beat the mate on his gix 1k up there!, by 2 mins! Lol. .. he is a dragstrip man not a twister! Plus I have the corner maneuverability on his fatass gix! Bahaha
Ej that is pure gold!!! Hahaha... love the shorty offroad lifted beast! Pity it's not finished and no video of it in offroad action...
Unifilter are releasing rally pods next month that should fit the stacks I have ordered, so they will be going over the top... like this except a larger diameter:
http://www.uniflow.com.au/contents/en-us/p1650.html (http://www.uniflow.com.au/contents/en-us/p1650.html)
Janx, got ya! Makes perfect sense now :thumb:
Night riding I'm fine with except out on the fun twisties... the wildlife can get a bit scary with wallabies and so forth jumping out in front of you...
Quote from: peteGS on March 27, 2015, 03:01:27 PM
Ej that is pure gold!!! Hahaha... love the shorty offroad lifted beast! Pity it's not finished and no video of it in offroad action...
Unifilter are releasing rally pods next month that should fit the stacks I have ordered, so they will be going over the top... like this except a larger diameter:
http://www.uniflow.com.au/contents/en-us/p1650.html (http://www.uniflow.com.au/contents/en-us/p1650.html)
Janx, got ya! Makes perfect sense now :thumb:
Night riding I'm fine with except out on the fun twisties... the wildlife can get a bit scary with wallabies and so forth jumping out in front of you...
peteGS, a list of items. . .1.) From our New Jersey Red Neck "junk pile" We've done hoover crafts, 80 MPH snow mobiles, 45 MPH killer-mopeds, countless off-road buggies, turbo-charged lawn tractors, etc... I just never film the creations before they explode or simply get too old to be used anymore. Wish I had more videos or picks of our creations!
2.) Stop greasing Janx. He'll be fine, (just cause you dont believe he's worth a sh!t in the twistes). <cough-cough> :icon_rolleyes: :icon_mrgreen:
3.) The green sponges get stuffed into the velocity stacks???
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Hahahaha now me thinks EJ wants some drama in LPW!!! Stirring the pot... hahahaha
The green sponges... aren't green sponges :icon_rolleyes:
They're pod or sock filters... they go on over the top of the velocity stack, the spring is meant to sit on the lip of the stack to keep the filter in shape instead of collapsing with the vacuum as you open the throttle...
The filters are pre-oiled :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on March 28, 2015, 02:22:51 PM
The green sponges... aren't green sponges :icon_rolleyes:
They're pod or sock filters... they go on over the top of the velocity stack, the spring is meant to sit on the lip of the stack to keep the filter in shape instead of collapsing with the vacuum as you open the throttle.
Got it!
Thanks for explaining.
-Ej-
No probs at all Mr EJ, glad to oblige! :thumb: :D
Should be here any day now... and I'll be so tempted just to whack 'em on but that's not a good idea with a potentially wet week and no filtering at all...
WTF Saturn AMC Jeep one night stand bastard child is that?
Quote from: jestercinti on March 29, 2015, 03:43:02 PM
WTF Saturn AMC Jeep one night stand bastard child is that?
Holy alley cat!
Look who stopped in to the LPW thread! :cheers: :bowdown: :thumb:
What you been doing Jester? Update please, update...
Jester! .. I hope you have a letter from your mum explaining your recent absence!? . Hmmm?
Blow me
Cods AND Jester commenting all in same couple days!? ... now there's a thing! :thumb:
Wow Jester and Cods!!! Or are they both now being one post wonders and remaining silent again????
While I'm concerned the velocity stack won't fit the right carb due to the location of the frame rail (I measured the left for clearance dammit!!) they are here... just need some filters...
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Nice!
1950's roadster style!
First ride since my surgery went well, even if it wasn't on the GS...
My cousin has recently gotten herself a riding license. She asked if she could borrow the GS to get some experience on it, she's looking to buy one for herself (offered me 2k for mine, which I declined...)
She asked me to bring the bike to hers. She lives about 3 minutes walk away, so I wasn't concerned about walking home. I got there, and her old mans Honda VFR800 was sitting out the front of the house, running, and waiting for me to show up.
All told, a good day. Shes got good form, she's been riding dirtbikes since she was 4, she needs some more experience in corners and stuff, but it was a fun day out. And probably a good thing I had someone else with me if anything went wrong.
You didn't suffer too much cruising the viffer Malf? Lol :thumb:
Nice Malf!!! Riding is always good no matter what really... although I'd probably draw the line at a scooter...
And I test fitted the stacks last night, no cutting required except to slot the base so I can clamp them down with hose clamps...
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Now to wait (im)patiently for Unifilter to release the filters to fit...
Looking mighty snazzy Pete! :thumb:
You'd ride a scooter if offered Pete!.. don't fib! Lol
... and you realise of course that you gonna have to do a good audio quality recording of those stacks suckin the air in eh!?
Quote from: Janx101 on March 31, 2015, 02:07:52 AM
You didn't suffer too much cruising the viffer Malf? Lol :thumb:
Don't appear to have. Only thing I noticed was the SHITLOAD of power on tap. Actually scared me quite a bit. If I'm going to upgrade to a larger capacity bike anytime soon (which I am, honestly), it'll be to a cruiser or something a lot more laid back than the VFR.
Yes EJ they sure do! They'll be covered up by the filters though...
Yes Janx, I will have to employ some form of audio recording indeed! The GoPro is probably all I really have though...
And noooooooooooo! Never a scooter!!!! Unless maybe if it was one of those T Max's or something with more cc's than the 450 has... but especially not one of those Piaggio 3 wheeler dodgy things... that would scare me...
And Malf, a cruiser??? Please say you're kidding!! Although if you do go that path one of those Suzuki M90's or M109's look like a bit of torque generating fun... in a straight line anyway...
Quote from: peteGS on April 01, 2015, 01:15:42 PM
And noooooooooooo! Never a scooter!!!! Unless maybe if it was one of those T Max's or something with more cc's than the 450 has.
Damn... That doesn't say much for me and my two mopeds or Cods and his posty bikes. :dunno_black: LOL
I 'believe' that the M109 has enough torque to slightly straighten some corners?! Lol
Quote from: peteGS on April 01, 2015, 01:15:42 PM
And Malf, a cruiser??? Please say you're kidding!! Although if you do go that path one of those Suzuki M90's or M109's look like a bit of torque generating fun... in a straight line anyway...
Yeah, a cruiser. Not kidding though. I first learnt to ride on a cruiser, albeit an anemic Hyosung GV250 with EFI issues for 3 months, but still.
The M90/M109 IS on the cards, but I do have concerns about the weight of those things, so probably more towards the smaller M50. I've been looking at the Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom (They look alright, but I've never really been a big fan of Kawkas), and the new Indian Scout.
Won't be happening for months, maybe even a year anyway. Still a lot of rattling around on the old girl yet.
Mopeds and postie bikes really don't fit into that scooter category there :thumb: Especially not mopeds like Yama's gopeds!!!
My first bike was a Honda CA250 Rebel... a CB250 in cruiser clothing... a parallel twin in a 250 cruiser? Oh well... it was the best option at the time. I wanted the V250 as it was a hell of a lot larger and I wouldn't have looked so stupid on it, but it was about $4K dearer and out of my price range at the time...
I could certainly do a cruiser now to be 100% honest, but it wouldn't get a lot of use... and it would have to be a third bike after the 450 and a Kat. Cruisers are nice for the longer distance open stuff, especially with a big torquey motor. After having ridden the Harley I get that now... so if you could have the torque of the Harley motor in something that brakes and at least has some sort of turning ability you'd be set...
Quote from: peteGS on April 02, 2015, 02:04:53 PM
Cruisers are nice for the longer distance open stuff, especially with a big torquey motor.
After having ridden the Harley I get that now...
so if you could have the torque of the Harley motor in something that brakes and at least has some sort of turning ability you'd be set...
Hence my 06 DL1000 with 50,000 miles on it, which is parked next to my 06 Harley with only 3,000 miles on it.
Cant imagine what miles are on Cod's posty bikes but it must be up in the millions by now!
And hey... dont disrespect small cc bikes. Theres a thread here on GSTwins about some kid with a Ninja 250 blowing the doors off a Ducati Diavel someplace in California.
Something about
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Quote from: Electrojake on April 02, 2015, 06:15:50 PM
Cant imagine what miles are on Cod's posty bikes but it must be up in the millions by now!
Just under 70,000
Hey I love smaller cc bikes! That's why my 450 is staying when I get a Kat :thumb:
Oooooh delayed double post :cheers: :woohoo:
Parked nearby street from Sydney Easter show ... waiting to pick eldest up from work... she working for the mob that does the ticket/gate sales.
Also on apparently is the football... Parramatta Eels and another team?.. only seen Parramatta colours so far! ... what a bunch of yobbo/ hillbilly looking folks! .. maybe I parked in the 'cheap' street?
Parking? Thought you were supposed to have a girl in the car for that??? And I'm not meaning your daughter... that would be wrong...
One step closer... slotted the stacks and picked up some stainless steel hose clamps for them yesterday, just waiting for Unifilter now...
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Parking..... you so old school Pete! Lol...
Nice Stacks!! Phwooooar! Nudge nudge wink wink!
Quote from: peteGS on April 06, 2015, 01:10:53 PM
Parking?
Thought you were supposed to have a girl in the car for that??? And I'm not meaning your daughter... that would be wrong...
Fascinating... So you Aussies do have rules over there, eh? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.fropper.com%2Fzones-images%2Fsmileys%2Fscratching_chin.gif&hash=3d0b55fc889320370055a822a5ae1170adc495af)
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Hell yeah. . Those ultimate friends peeps are nutcases!
Hahahah yeah I'm old... school... only way to go!!!!
Gotta love a frisbee playing croc, which is way better than a croc wearing frisbee player...
Hey! ... I've got crocs!... 3 pairs! .. one for garden work, 1 for shops/casual outings and 1 for in car on way home from work if my joggers get soaked or feet are extra tired! ....
Don't play frisbee though... unless 'things that should work. . Don't work.... then it a brief flight to the back fence!' Lol
Got a job agency interview this arvo..... still driving/loading waste/garbage trucks. . But local to me (not 96km away) and 28.50/hour instead of 26.47 ... :)
Well I say interview... but these things usually are:
Watch safety video
Answer 20 multi choice questions to prove you not a moron !
Fill in tax/bank details
Wait a few days for start day
Do trial period. ... and keep going!
Should be interesting, I only drive/work rear loaders currently... new place has rear load, side load (joystick controlled hydraulic robot arm... be like the PS3! Lol) and front load (1500 liter dumpsters lifted by 'rhino' truck)..... oh and 12k litre waste fluid trucks... grease trap pump out etc.... hope not much on them! ... they STANKS!
Did interview... went quite well. . They pass my info and other applicants to employer shortly. ... so now we wait!
They say you should dress for the job you're trying to apply for. Did you roll around in raw sewage to strut your dedication to the work?
Nice Janx!!! Fingers crossed for ya' so you don't have to do that horrible commute every day...
Cheers Pete!
Hope you get it Janx. Be f%&ked if I'd do that commute everyday.
Maybe Pete can help you out with some filters for your nostrils so you dont have to smell the liquid haha
Good luck Janx!!!
You'd probably only need the one filter, most are big enough to cover both nostrils at once :thumb:
Thanks Malf and Wolf !!
Pete.... I dunno... My nostrils can flare pretty big! :icon_lol:
And the smells...... Well ... As he said in the movie "Kenny" ... 'Mate!, some of the smells in here are going to outlast religion!' ... ;)
Hahaha nice!!!
How soon 'til you hear back Janx??
I'm off to Bunnings this morning, gotta try to find some plastic I can make a new battery cover out of so I can ditch the aluminium one that's started rattling in recent times... and will give me more room for the filters over the velocity stacks.
Pete.. . If you can't find it at bunnings, go to a glass/windows type shop and grab some perspex. .. heated in a low oven you can mold it around stuff fairly well
Oops... hopefully hear back this coming week... dunno exactly though
Ummm 'poot!!' ... :/ no go chaps. .. they want minimum 1year experience on waste..... how much more am I gonna learn about garbage in another 6 month's? :confused:
Bugger Janx!!! They could've told you that before you went for the interview though... not telling people minimum requirements is quite poor...
Don't wanna use perspex for a battery cover, it doesn't flex well and cracks easily... I did however pick up a big black plastic storage box for $8 I can cut apart and bend to shape.
Made a prototype cover last night that fits ok but discovered my heat gun is either melting hot or not hot enough so I will need to refine my technique when I make the next attempt. At least now I should be able to make a neat one properly :thumb:
Oh, no pic's yet... wait til I make the good one...
I know they normally want about 12 months exp for the sideloaders. .. was hoping to get into the rearload section and transfer across later.... I'm not broken about it though... onwards and upwards! :thumb:
Oh and the heatgun. . Full temp but pull it back about 4-6" ... makes a big difference in surface temp delivery! ... even a normal hair dryer its noticeable when varying the proximity!
Oh and for a triple post.... love no edit in tapatalk eh!....
Storage boxes. ... usually injection or blow mold plastic/nylon/whatever.... they use heat as part of mold process.... the material is often good at reverting/shrinking back to original size..... so heatgun WILL be tricky process!
Yeah attempt 2 (the real attempt) will need a bit more finesse with the heat gun... and some better support for creating the bends too, haven't gotten there yet.
I tried mounting the velocity stacks again last night but I just can't get them to clamp down firmly, I think I need wider slots in the base... dammit!
And Unifilter have had a delay on the springs that support the filters, so end of the month now :technical:
Ok. .. it's a battery cover yeah? ... so put your battery on a bench. .. cut the top view battery shape out of some 5ply or chipboard scrap. .. keep the surround! ... heat your plastic, place on battery. .. push your rectangle template down over the plastic and battery.... let cool. ... prise the battery loose. .. mark and trim the bits you don't need.... install it! ;)
Wow that's far too much effort for my lazy arse!!! But a great idea :icon_mrgreen:
If I get enthusiastic I will put it to use... if I don't I'm sure you'll hear me whinge Buddha Loves You and moan because I did it another way and it didn't work...
It's not bloody effort! ... 10 mins with a drill and fretsaw and you have your timber ready....
You spend weeks farkling around with carbs but a template mold is techo?
You drinkin Pete? ! Lol ;)
Hahahaha yeah well... you know... hahaha
If you saw the mess (and lake of timber type materials) in my very limited work area at the moment you'd understand why it's so much effort :confused: :technical:
However! I shall definitely keep it in mind in case I find something suitable to make it with :thumb:
I nearly had my stacks on with some dodgied up screens except that the clamps I have a too large a diameter and bind up before they clamp down fully... so damn close to getting rid of those crap pods!
Delayed double post FTW :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb: :bowdown:
Wow 2 days and no post? :o :o :o
There is now! .. white posture speak with forked tongue! ;) .... garbage trucks in the rain... delightful! ... least I could get in out of it when moving truck... you bike it or van it with wet weather Cods?
How hot does that area get Pete? .. nylon collar under the clamp or the stacks maybe?
It gets a little warm being directly over the cases but not too bad... I was thinking of a bit of thin aluminium wrapped around the base of the stacks then the clamp on top. I have some 0.8mm aluminium sheet here still.
I was too busy riding Sunday morning to think about it though... out with one of the Kat guys plus a mate I used to work with on a WR, a mate I work with now on the previously-mentioned-in-this-thread DL1000, a GSX14, a non-Suzuki GS, a Harley, and a bunch of metric cruisers...
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Quote from: Janx101 on April 19, 2015, 11:21:53 PM
There is now! .. white posture speak with forked tongue! ;) .... garbage trucks in the rain... delightful! ... least I could get in out of it when moving truck... you bike it or van it with wet weather Cods?
Rain, Hail, Cyclone or Shine I deliver on the bike Mate
Only way to go Cods!!!
Oh, and I completely forgot to post up my new battery cover!
I didn't have any timber to make a nice mold for it, so a couple of house bricks with the heat gun on melt mode (used carefully) did the trick...
Seems I'm having some issues getting to Photobucket to upload pic's at the moment so stay tuned...
Here we go... this:
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Becomes this:
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And covers the battery like this:
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Not perfect but so much better than the rattly loose aluminium one I had in there that was hinged with a lock and just took up way too much room... and the rivets kept coming loose.
I'm happy with it :thumb:
Delayed double post WTF? I even posted pic's! :technical: :dunno_black:
Whoops, thought I responded last night :technical: looks good mate! :cheers: As a side note, what's up with the new emoticon arrangement? it's getting on my nerves...
Hahaha thanks mate! I was expecting Janxy to chip in on my non-melted bends but he's obviously slacking off...
And I haven't noticed a difference with the emoticon layout? Seems the same to me...
Pics were not loading in tapa. . Are now tho....
As my grandad used to say.. there's never time to do it right but always time to do it again!. Lookin at you Pete! Lol :flipoff:
Hey PeteGS, Posting pic is great.
You're obviously a skilled "tin-knocker"
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Hahahaha nice Janx!!! First go was definitely a practise run as I've never attempt to melt... errrr... bend plastic with heat like that before, second go was the charm :thumb:
If I had some timber around to make a mold then that would've been perfect!
Next time I do something like this (and there will be a next time I'm sure) I'll fork out for a sheet of some cheap thin timber that I can use for just that purpose, will make life a lot easier for sure!
EJ, you give me far too much credit ;)
But I have bent and cut a few bits of metal type stuff... some even resembles what I intended it to look and function like...
Delayed double post again? What's wrong with you slackers?? Doing lots of winning :flipoff: :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb:
With any luck I might be able to post pic's of mounted velocity stacks at some point this week...
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
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:o what are those sexy bits and where did you get them?? Also like, do they actually filter? :cheers:
Now you just teasin EJ ... Lol
This is getting interesting. . .
The last 3 or 4 posts have nothing to do with each-other. Exactly why I love this thread.
Anybody have a good recipe for Bean Soup?
Better make it "Yankee" Bean Soup! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodworkingcafe.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Frotfl.gif&hash=eb821937cd616d1ff5accf96a54d002aa9d3f528)
Bean soup? Not right this moment. . But. . A joke. .
Cannibal tribe captures a missionary, roasts them up and everyone gathers for the feast. .its an upmarket tribe so they have a bar also... chief asks for some rump and imported beer, witchdoctor asks for ribs and jug of craft beer, chiefs wife asks for some crispy feet and sherry, best hunter asks for shoulder and whiskey... etc etc and so forth.. last man in the village to be served and there's little left.. the cook says "little man there is only the 'things' left and because the missionary was old and unmarried it's a bit shriveled and dry.... normally you, as lowest of the village could only ask for cheapo wine. But since your serving is so poor you can ask for anything top shelf!" .. the lowly man shrugs and just asks for glass of Coke.. cook urges him to choose fine brandy or single malt whiskey but the man still just wants a glass of Coke! .. the cook shrugs and serves it up.
After the meal everyone is full and tipsy... but the lowly tribesmen is smiling and joking and chatting away the most.. chief is puzzled, shriveled 'things' and a single glass of fizzy drink don't seem like a happy dinner, so he asks the man why? .. "why only Coke?, anything you could have!?" ... the little man shrugs and replies "best meal ever! Things go better with Coke!" ...
:flipoff:
Oh noooooooo... that is the lamest dad joke ever!!!!
EJ, mine ain't that purty... but they're on...
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What you hear is what I've heard so far... commute's gonna be interesting today :icon_mrgreen:
And yes that is gutter mesh over them for now... still waiting for Unifilter...
Yes, a lame joke indeed.
And Pete, the stacks are great! The "bird mesh" over the intakes is classic red-neck.
Mad Max would be proud! :D
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Max would be proud. .. but that's "The Collussus" ;) :flipoff:
Hahaha yes indeed!!
They do seem to sound good when the throttle is cracked... definitely a nicer sound at 1/2+ throttle than the dodgy pods!
The transition from closed to part throttle is now a lot smoother too...
"The Colossus"
Was is not produced in Australia?
Yanks simply don't look like that. :dunno_black:
We're too soft. :icon_sad:
That pictured character name is the colossus...
He is the lead bad guy in mad max 2
He is not max! :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on April 27, 2015, 10:34:44 PM
That pictured character name is the colossus...
He is the lead bad guy in mad max 2
He is not max!
Got it. :thumb:
So um... is that kinda' what peteGS looks like? I mean, ya-know, when he's out with the boys kicking ass and being a bit of a hoon. :dunno_black:
Just wondering cause I know you Aussies are a rowdy lot.
Oh yeah I look just like that! Minus the gun... minus the muscles... minus the mask... minus the studded armbands...
Yeah I look nothing like that at all... hahahaaha
I've got a photo link to post when at home on this particular subject... heh heeh heeeeeh
...... Right.... Ok.... Where is it.... Oh yeah found it!
This is what I imagine Pete looks like when someone in the same room mentions the word Katana !
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Jesus Christ, whats happened in here since I left?! Dad jokes, misappropriation of movies...at least the fuckin' stacks are on Pete's bike now.
On a side note, I've decided I hate co-workers. Or more directly, I hate stupid coochies that can't understand "Don't f%$king touch that guy's back. Seriously, don't even look at it sideways!"
You'd think "Don't f%$king touch" would also mean don't hit, slap, punch or otherwise attack said persons back. Fraid not. Smartarse decided it'd be a crack up to whip my lower back with a cardboard tube. He "apparently" thought it was empty, which it wasn't. Camera tripods sure do collapse up nicely in cardboard tubes.
At least he got fired on the spot. Makes the pain a little easier to deal with. The oxy helps a shitload as well though. And the nurse at the hospital was pretty fuckin' cute. When I was being released, she was telling me to stay away from strenuous exercise or anything that required me to put pressure on or move my back in any sort of "rhythmic" fashion. Which was then followed with "No sex or exercise until your doctor gives you the all clear. I'm sorry. You're a clever guy, I'm sure you can work something else out."
Response? "900 ks of separation makes sex very difficult, nearing impossible; and I'm allergic to exercise. Just give me painkillers and I'll let righty know to take it easy on the spine, k?"
Hahaha... and ouch... jeeez! Did you tell the nurse she should demonstrate what she means?? No, that would be wrong... wouldn't it??
Hopefully you're on the mend in short order!!
Janxy... minus the moustache... you got me! Hahahahaaha
Jeez Malf! You having a battle eh! ..
... but. . This is what the swamp IS normally like! ? .. you just happened to start in when it was more sensible for a little bit! Lol
Pete.. yeah I know you antique bike fanboy types! Bahahaha
Yup! Malf is 100% LPW material. :cookoo:
:D
I'm old school LPW material. I sent the better part of my highschool years on a forum that had a very similar thread...
I'm pretty sure my lifetime ban from my final post still stands. Oh to be 17 again...
Logging in just to tell the Mod to Behave!! :P
:thumb:
Oh yeah I like these buttons!!
lol you c@%t
Cant edit my own post here :P
Oh shitnuts, I didn't even notice. Grats Janx.
Does that mean we need to tone down the Tard Farm? Or is this a showing that now all Tard Farm behaviour is appropriate in all forum areas?
I'm confused...
Dunno about johns rules...
I have always seen the whole board as a LPW area! ... I'm not urging you to do same... Just sayin!
Tard farm is what it is.... Shrug ..
I'm still figuring out my buttons?!
Something, something, giving an aussie ultimate power, something, something c&^t isn't gonna be censored for much longer.
I don't think they thought it through. Any time we arrive in a thread it derails completely. Girl threads turn into cat threads, boobs in threads about carbs. I dunno...Maybe we're a bad influence on the rest of the world.
:icon_lol: you know it!!! STRAYA!!!
Onya Janxy!!! Get some Aussie on the board, start teaching them thar yanks how to talk properly :flipoff: ;) :kiss3:
Hahahahaha
And I ordered a pair of 62.5 mid main jets yesterday... I have white crusty plugs...
Two items. . .
1.) There was a Cods sighting here today?
2.) Fuk-in-eh Jack... I'm from Brooklyn. :2guns:
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Hahahah I always found kids scary... now I'm gonna have nightmares!
Stay alert! Cods is lurking! :icon_eek:
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Quote from: Electrojake on May 01, 2015, 03:29:25 PM
Stay alert! Cods is lurking! :icon_eek:
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Yes I am and dont you forget it :P
Decided weather was going to be shite yesterday so I made plans that included not going for a ride... doh! Perfect weather...
Having said that the new mid mains I ordered Thursday via Express Post didn't arrive yesterday... dammit!
Quote from: peteGS on May 02, 2015, 01:24:07 PM
Decided weather was going to be shite yesterday so I made plans that included not going for a ride... doh! Perfect weather...
Having said that the new mid mains I ordered Thursday via Express Post didn't arrive yesterday... dammit!
I'm no mechanic, but I've known a few.
What my Son would do when he was working on a project engine that needed to be custom jetted is...
He'd make jets larger with torch-tip-files, and if he went too large he would make them smaller by filling them with solder (melted lead) and re-fileing them.
Once he got close to what worked it was a simple matter of gaugeing the resultant test-jet hole and installing a properly sized (healthy) jet.
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Oooooh fancy! I have 2 size up mid mains (65) here but every time I've tried them it bogged down when cracking the throttle... to be fair though that was with the dodgy pods.
I've got one size up (62.5) on the way... apparently it can take overnight to get 1200km's or so from North Queensland to the south side of Brisbane... which is going past where I am on the north side... and then it sits there for the whole weekend... :cookoo:
I hope they arrive today, I want to get them in tonight and see if that fixes the mid range!!
... thinking.... I reckon yer an honorary Yankee there Pete! ;)
Hahahaha... insult or compliment??? Now I'm confused!!! Not that that's particularly unusual... but with yanks like EJ and Jester (where is he??) it has to be a compliment right???
The way I see it. . .
The damn carburetor is the most complex part of the whole bike. Too many springs and gizmo's in there. :technical:
Maybe you need an E-Bike.
No carbs. :whisper:
Them thar yanks love messin with their carbs.... and.... them thar yanks seem to be Forever! messin with their carbs! ;)
Oh and while the train whisks me past the arvo traffic jam. .. 5am to 1pm loading garbage truck... 21097 steps! ... now I know why my calves feel like hot salami! Lol
if each of your steps is about a meter you walked 21 kilometers, janx. :icon_eek: that's about half a marathon!
Felt like half a marathon! Lol
My running stride is well over a metre but a lot of times I am short stepping around obstacles and pulling loaded bins which may be down to 50-70cm (1.5-2 feet) .. the Garmin tracker gave me about 18km ish on average figures
..... and it's STILL easier than being a furniture removalist! :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 05, 2015, 03:08:49 AM
Felt like half a marathon! Lol
Janxy a heath-nut? :D
Here is a shot from my last work-out. I call it the -Ej- system. . .(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fljbgojilb%2Fwhat_should_you_do_in_the_brief_time_before_the.jpg&hash=a8c578bb419f9bb8e1192a491daa093ab570ea94)
Ahhh I know that! .. gym! .. or more correctly Jim's Burger Bar!
Bloody touchscreen! .. went for p and hit post...
... please tell me you washed that burger down with Diet soft drink EJ!? ... well known that diet drink negates any evil in fast food! Lol
And. . A health nut?!?!? . Nooooo, I am really passionate about accepting whatever task of the day at work though!.. full weeks pay means no street corner dot hocking! Bahahaha
Remember, I'm a Yank and your speaking Aussie up there.
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PeteGS, perhaps you could translate into simple Yank-English before he gets back on-line tomorrow.
Heh- :cheers:
's true, and google translate doesn't even have Australian! :cookoo:
Eh?.. the dot hocking? ... oh.. sometimes when the budget is tight at home the missus jokes that I should get down the corner as a male prostitute ;) ... hock/sell my 'dot'/ass! ... I usually claim her sister (who 'we' don't talk to anymore!!) has taken my prime corner spot and it's too hard to get clients! ... it's our inside joke ;)
There is no Aussie translator... we talk proper language here :thumb:
Sad days here unfortunately... we had to say good bye to our oldest kitty Tuesday afternoon, my wife helped deliver her nearly 20 years ago. We've managed her failing kidneys for the last couple of years but her heart failed her in the end.
RIP Smudge the Wonder Kitty.
20 years?? :icon_eek: I'll set aside the who speaks the one true way (it's us) debate for a moment in memory of that cat. Sorry for your loss, mate. (is this the correct application of "mate"? I shall add it to my upcoming software if so)
Very good use of mate mate! :thumb:
... Sorry to hear about Smudge Kitty pete!! :cry:
20!! ... That's an excellent effort for a Cat!! ... :thumb:
Thanks guys! She is very much missed, a big part of our family has left us...
And that was a very good use of mate... mate :thumb:
:woohoo: I'm learning!
That's the way cobber! ... strewth we'll have you gobbin Strine in a short shake! ... fair dinkum!
That's it digger!
I'm going riding this morning... bike seems a bit better with one size up mid mains so far going by the commute yesterday :thumb: :woohoo:
Schmicko Pete! ... you lovin the trumpet song?
A deceased cat? Oh Dear! I have been away much too long.
My Mom's cat lived 18+ years.
She is long-gone now... Heh, and so is Mom. :whisper:
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That's a good age EJ!! Our next oldest turns 18 on Halloween this year... that's old enough to vote here!
I'm lovin' the trumpet song, sounds great getting that throttle cracked! However she got a little overheated yesterday and I had to pull over for a bit...
White and crusty anyone?
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Seems the 62.5 mid mains weren't the whole answer despite the fact she felt a whole lot better with them in. Needles were raised one notch last night so we shall see...
I'm pretty sure it's the needle where she's lean as most of the riding when she overheated was 1/2 to 3/4 throttle tops.
Quote from: peteGS on May 09, 2015, 02:31:46 PM
She got a little overheated yesterday and I had to pull over for a bit...
Seems the 62.5 mid mains weren't the whole answer despite the fact she felt a whole lot better with them in.
I'm pretty sure it's the needle where she's lean as most of the riding when she overheated was 1/2 to 3/4 throttle tops.
Overheating?
Plugs looks light in color but still has some fluffy white deposits?
If stoichiometric ratio is proper, then perhaps a former owner altered the ignition timing? :dunno_black:
Have a pic your your cat? (I mean when she was still alive & healthy of course).
-Ej-
Stoicsomethingsomething?! ;)
Isn't that vodka?! :flipoff:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 10, 2015, 04:32:49 AM
Stoicsomethingsomething?!
Isn't that vodka?!
Actually it's a mix of 14.7 parts vodka to 1 part rocket fuel. :whisper:
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Sounds good! :thumb:
... eh chaps! . Seeing as we are all Men of the World. . Down here in the swamp! .. graveyard shift radio bloke had a question for 'all the insomniacs out there'.. "what is the origin of the word Gig as used by bands for a event?" .. it's in the dictionary but only says early 20th century usage. ?
So anyone have more info? ..
I suggested that there was a manager with a cold and stuffy nose who told a band he had a boogig (booking) for them, being ratbag muso's they hassled him about it and always asked if they had another boogig? .. eventually shortened to gig as that was the error ;) ....
Radio bloke was amused but asked for other interpretations. . So. .... what we got? :thumb:
The timing is all stock... and verified to be correct by yours truly on several occasions :thumb:
She's just way too lean... like way way way... like if I continued on like that I would have had a hole in a piston lean... :oops:
As for kitty pic's... here's two... one when she was hanging around on the 450 in stock form before I tore it down at our old house... date on the photo is 28/9/2003...
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And a recent one looking her beautiful self:
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The bike (and the cat) look so much younger in them pic's! :thumb:
Hey Janx; "What's your gig Dude"? (as is often said here in the US)
I first heard a teenage girl say; "hey, what's your gig?" as if to insinuate a problem, back in the early 1980's shortly after I left the Air Force.
I had no idea what she was talking about. It was several years later that I started to hear the term "gig" get common usage here in the New York area.
I just assumed it was an English (as in England) Rock-Band term.
Janx, you are quite "hip" with your New English lingo. :icon_mrgreen: Let us know the origin!
Hip? ... yeah one on each side! They hold my legs on! ;)
Dictionary has a few different meanings of gig apparently..
Your reference EJ, small boat (captains gig) , a type of horse drawn vehicle.. the music one... just no real point of origin for the music one! ...
Its one of those small words that have likely been butchered and adopted in language for a long while?!?
Quote from: Janx101 on May 10, 2015, 08:32:36 PM
Its one of those small words that have likely been butchered and adopted in language for a long while?!?
So the English created it,
The Aussies twisted it,
And the Yanks use it but have no clue as to what they are actually saying.
Sounds right to me! :icon_rolleyes: :icon_mrgreen:
By EJorge he's got it! Lol.
Like. .... Fanny. .. English use it as a name, Yanks use it to describe the ass.... but if you pat a ladys Fanny in Australia then you better be married to her or similar!... the front side of the hips is where it describes! :thumb: Bahahaha
Interesting. . .
My real name is George.
Was always called Jake as a child growing up.
The Spanish spell my name with a "J" instead of a "G" and pronounce it "Whore- Hey"
In Greece, (lived there for a year and a half) I would be called Yorgo.
So I guess the big question here is; What was the name of PeteGS's cat!
By the way, my Mom's cat's name was Jasper. <cool name, eh> (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.fropper.com%2Fzones-images%2Fsmileys%2Fscratching_chin.gif&hash=3d0b55fc889320370055a822a5ae1170adc495af)
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Lol. ... Yorgo it is! ...
.. and here I was just thinking I was making a witty word manipulation! Lol
Family and myself had many cats over the years. Sometimes simultaneously .. Puff, Miffy, Bacchus, Tinker, Jack, Pepper, Kilby, Tom, Tom II (weird cos tom passed but II was same!, I mean REALLY SAME! Not just cat/cat), George W Puss, Striker. .. and the other one?.. dangit I can never remember that cats name!, mums cat when I moved out of home first time... I normally called it Hey You! Get off the table! Lol
... Sunny! ... thank frag for that! . Woulda bothered me all day!
Her name would be Smudge :thumb:
And how about thongs???
Smudge? I think I like that. :icon_mrgreen:
Thongs! ... flip flops, g strings and stretchy bag ropey holder thingies! ... all of which can be made with rubber, silk, plastic, hemp and other natural plant fibres!... versatility in production methods! . Just don't mix the wrong thong with the wrong usage!! .. uncomfortable ranging to illegal!
Bahahaha
something something fanny comment :icon_lol:
:thumb:
Haven't checked this thread in a long time so I figured I'd pop in... such a beautiful kitty Pete!!! Very sorry for the loss of her. 20 years is awesome :D I lost my first kitty when she was 19.
You guys all crack me up... thanks for always being entertaining... this site keeps me company at work :D
Riding train to work at 4.15 am.... blah!!!
Noticed a few mins ago though... since the cleaners have last been thru this carriage.. there has been a geek prankster in here! .. rolling around on floor under the seats, mostly while stop/start at stations are.. (so far)
A peppercorn
A Malteser
A super bounce ball
A squash ball
A tennis ball
A orange
I think that's it but I'm hoping for more! Weird entertainment!
Few weeks back the same guard for a few days would play a short sound bite before the announcement of next station... on different days I heard
Lone Ranger- Hi Ho Silver, Awaaaaay
Fast Furious- doesn't matter inch or mile, winning is winning
A-Team intro- so if you're in trouble and can afford them, call.... The A-Team
Ghostbusters- who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!
And others I kinda recognise but not sure which show/movie. . Was funny!
QR have no such sense of humour up here... you're lucky if you get an announcement at all! I don't miss the train...
Although for a little while there I did get announcements that I swear were made by Arnie himself...
Lol. . Arnie the train guard! ..
The funny guys are rare here too... usually monotone 'lost the will to live' voices... but there's a few cheerful chaps, if I get the later train home in arvo there's sometimes this big heavy cheerful lad.... you could bottle his sweat to cure depression I think!...always true happy and do anything to help passengers. Maybe he on drugs? ;) lmao!
Story time! Kinda train related. Bear in mind out where I am we have 1 train that goes from Dubbo to Sydney. Thats it. One. Thats if it doesn't f%$king explode in Lithgow or catch fire just outside of Mount Victoria.
I was travelling with a group of about 12 to a music festival (No Sleep till Sydney 2010). We started off from Dubbo at 7:30am, planning to catch a plane down to the city. Bar was open, "f%$k it, it's 5 o'clock somewhere!" Drinking began. I've had a worse breakfast than a can of rum. 3 drinks later (Roughly an hour or so waiting)
We "accidentally" took 2 cans of booze on board the plane, which we were apparently not supposed to do (Regardless of whether we were pretty open about having them, the guy at the bar said it was ok, we walked past 2 girls, one in security and one to tell us which seats we'd be sitting in, cans in hand, no-one said anything to us), and had to skoal the 2 cans in the space of 3 minutes while we were taking off. We landed an hour later, got through domestic arrivals, turned around, went back in to go to a bar at the airport. One of the guys we were with is in the Army, and had used his bag he brought with him as his gear bag when he was out field. He got tested for explosives, which of course came up positive. Took us 15 minutes of waiting till he could contact his superiors to confirm his story of "I'm in the f%$king army".
What I remember to be about 4 drinks later, we decided enough was enough, one more drink then on the train to get out closer to Mt. Druitt. We were pretty loud and obnoxious, being that we were 21-25 year old blokes, drunk as medieval lords, and ended up with the carriage from the Airport to Central for ourselves. Get the next train out west from Central. This is where it got interesting. I thought it would be funny to superglue a 2 dollar coin to the floor of the train to see how many stops it would take before someone got on who was desperate enough for it (I had superglue in my bag because I was going to play a trick on one of the boys, but I hadn't got a chance to put it into practice. This seemed like a better use of my time.) It didn't take long, the first bloke who got on in Burwood, which was our first stop on the line, wanted it pretty badly. He tried kicking the shaZam! out of it with his thongs. Then he tried prising it up with keys. He tried jumping on it. He got his missus to give him a friggin' nailfile, and snapped it in two trying to get that coin off the floor.
I have never, in my life, seen someone so determined to get 2 bucks off the floor. Not only was he determined, he was like a lion or something protecting his freshly caught meal. He mouthed off at anyone who looked at the coin funny, at each stop he stood on top of it so people getting on couldn't see it, he literally hissed at people who looked at him while he was trying to get the coin off the floor. From Burwood to Mt. Druitt station, this guy was hard at work. You could hear the cogs in his head grinding away thinking about how the f%$k he was going to get this coin off the floor. It was probably the only thing he's ever actually put any work or effort into in his entire life.
All the while, us 12 are in the train, searching song lyrics on our phones, getting the tune off YouTube and singing it to whoever was on the carriage as a group. I ended up with 3 numbers from random girls who thought it was sweet. Nothing like a drunken ballad to get a phone number it seems. Eventually someone who looked like they had some tenuous iota of power stomped into our carriage and told us to shut up, and that we were upsetting the passengers. This particular person hung in the carriage for the last of our trip, which was one stop between Rooty Hill and Mt. Druitt. Once our station came up, we all broke into a sea shanty, "Hi-oh, come roll me over", and wandered off the train, walking like chained slaves.
My first train ride in the city was hilarious. Not as hilarious as getting kicked out the Irish Pub in Mt. Druitt, or trying to thumb a ride from some maniac running from the cops in a beat up Commodore, but those are another story.
Excellent Adventure Yarn!! .., good laughs just had!!
Now where's my superglue? ... I swear I put it in the kitchen drawer! :thumb:
Hahahaha that's awesome... I live such a boring life!!!
Nicely done, mate!
We were long over due for a massive post.
Sound like a good time was had. :cheers:
Supposed to be riding on Sunday with some work colleagues and contacts... hopefully time for another nice ride!
And hopefully now I've raised the needle and put larger pilots and mains in she won't overheat from being too lean like last ride... :oops:
Oooooh delayed double post FTW :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol: :kiss3:
Man, I thought I responded to this last night! what did you change your jets out from/ to?
The 01 500 carbs have 17.5 pilot, 60 mid main, and 117.5 main. Needle is at one notch above the middle.
I'm now at 20 pilot, 62.5 mid main, and 137.5 main. Needle now is one notch below the middle.
Mixture screws are currently 3 turns out also.
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nice! is she treating you better now?
She seems to be, definitely feeling stronger and happier when I get on the throttle, but the real test will be the ride today... can't wait!!
She also got washed and polished for the first time in about 6 months yesterday...
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Hahahah yes I should know better but I didn't... and now it's like it never happened after going through three or four heavy showers yesterday :icon_rolleyes:
I thought showers were supposed to make you clean? :flipoff:
Yeah... Apparently not!!!
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It's been a long time since I washed the bike. But I did manage to take it for a ride on Saturday. Nothing special, just down to the shops and back, but damn it felt nice.
This is, of course, after my younger brother wanted to take it for a run to his work since I haven't been able to ride it. He goes out, spends 15 minutes trying to start it, it won't go. He assumes something has gone wrong, so he kicks over his BMW F650 to go to work, and texts me "something is wrong with the GS, no start. Typical Suzuki."
I go out, give the throttle 2 good squirts, pull the choke on hard and push the button. Starts first turn.
Maybe Spewy just hates him?
You shouldn't need to squirt the throttle though? ... just choke and go...... ?
I think it had issues cause it had been about a month since it had last run. Either way, it went, and it went well.
Hey, speaking of sitting bikes, my dad took Thursday out last week and said she's doing well! I'm pumped! Hopefully when I get home I can just get on and ride, instead of having to clean carbs or something :technical: :technical:
Just get on and ride... I love that feeling!!!
And with the CV carbs on these, pumping the throttle does nothing to help them start, it only opens the butterflies so with the engine off there is no vacuum and you will get no fuel/air mix action... just a wee tip ;)
Forgot to mention I had to pull over early on Sunday's ride... I had fouled the left plug something shocking! It was running on one cylinder until I cracked the throttle way open... swapped the plugs over and she was good the rest of the morning... something tells my my carbs are waaaaaay out of sync... I know what I'm doing this weekend!!
Another delayed double post!!! :cheers:
Where is everyone??
Quote from: peteGS on May 19, 2015, 01:01:25 PM
Another delayed double post!!!
Where is everyone??
The warmer weather is here in the USA so less time on-line & more time cutting grass, drinking beer, fixing up outside of house, etc...
Good to see the LPW regulars are keeping this place alive. :cheers:
Quote from: peteGS on May 18, 2015, 01:26:25 PM
And with the CV carbs on these, pumping the throttle does nothing to help them start, it only opens the butterflies so with the engine off there is no vacuum and you will get no fuel/air mix action... just a wee tip ;)
I think in the back of my head I knew that, but the front was saying "Remember that old car you had? Remember what you had to do to get it to start?! TURN THE THROTTLE DIPSHIT!!" That car gave me no end of trouble starting, even in summer...
I think what Spewy really needs is a complete overhaul, carb clean, balance...I should replace all the fuel lines since they're getting on 3 years old now, it needs a value check done soon as well. The last one was done about a year ago. Oil and filter needs to be replaced again too...
And I think its probably close to time I get to respraying the fairings. Ruddy rattlecan job just didn't cut mustard. At least I have all the equipment here to do it properly this time.
On a side note, a friend of mine picked up a new Kawasaki Vulcan S 650 yesterday...when I say a friend of mine picked it up, I mean he drove himself and I down to collect it. 150k run out to his place to drop it off. I walked away from it impressed; comfortable, nimble, plenty of pull for a learner legal cruiser. Only drama I had with it was I looked like a gorilla f%$king a tricycle riding it. Almost comically small. He's a shortarse, so the dealer moved the bars and footpegs to match, and swapped the normal seat out for a reduced reach one instead. I reckon if it was all set for my size I would have looked a little cooler on it.
That's just no excuse EJ!! No excuse at all!!! Unless there's plenty of riding involved of course... and beer drinking is good...
Definitely get those valves checked Malf, well worth it... mine's nearly due for a service which will include the same and maybe the swapping of the 450 cams for the 01 500 cams as well if I'm feeling keen enough...
I still couldn't do the cruiser thing... although I do like the torque on tap of a big V Twin...
Another DDP :woohoo:
I'm here!! Guess I have to check this thread a bit more often... the thread can't die!
Quote from: peteGS on May 20, 2015, 01:08:48 PM
I still couldn't do the cruiser thing... although I do like the torque on tap of a big V Twin...
There are some who feel a Ninja 250 (in the right hands) is the fastest bike on the planet.
That's completely unrelated to this thread but I just wanted to get that out there. :whisper:
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And while I'm double posting here. . .
Be warned... My 49cc moped (with a top speed of 32MPH) can kick some serious ass too. :2guns:
Zoom zoooooom :icon_mrgreen:
b-b-b-braaaaaaaaaaaa-put-put-put-put-put-put :cheers:
Little bikes can often provide the most fun :thumb:
I still need a big Kat but there enough guys on big Kats that like to swap to have some fun on my little 450 that it keeps a smile on my dial ;)
Last night I took a ride on my GS for the first time in at least 6 months. It felt really good.
I have been riding a Vstrom 1000 which is such a different animal. The GS just makes me smile. I don't think I can sell it.
I would be miserable without my GS :sad:
Quote from: Bluesmudge on May 22, 2015, 03:37:16 PM
Last night I took a ride on my GS for the first time in at least 6 months. It felt really good.
I have been riding a Vstrom 1000 which is such a different animal. The GS just makes me smile. I don't think I can sell it.
Welcome to my world Blue... 1.) I ride when I can fit it in, and that's almost never. :icon_neutral:
2.) I have a pristine DL1000K6 with about 48,000 miles on the odo.
3.) I "Had" an 07 GS500F that I sold to make room for the Vee, the Harley, and my kid's WR250R. The GS was indeed "fun" but a little small for my 6'3" body.
What year is your DL1000?
Are you on Stromtrooper.com forum?
And... Why would an up-scale, world-touring, Vee rider wander down here to our humble little poor-mans, LPW forum? :dunno_black:
Regards,
-Ej-
Hahahah
Coz the GS' are addictive... that's why!!! I don't see me ever parting with my wee 450 at this stage... maybe if it died... but then I'd likely just rebuilt it again... bigger... stronger... hahahaha
GS450 is a classic!
Must NEVER sell her. :nono:
just go dig up an old gs1000 engine and throw er in! :icon_mrgreen:
Gonna re power an old bike?... go full boar! Turbo busa donk, stretched swingarm, animal print decals, fox/coon tails on the bar ends, rainbow neon body lighting, skull head tail lights, gold plate badges and key, sissy bar with rebel flag aaaaaaaad lime green screen just to give it that edge! ..... can you imagine! Bahahaha
:icon_eek: So guys, what sauce is janx on, and how much do you think he's had?? :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 23, 2015, 09:03:41 PM
Gonna re power an old bike?... go full boar! Turbo busa donk, stretched swingarm, animal print decals, fox/coon tails on the bar ends, rainbow neon body lighting, skull head tail lights, gold plate badges and key, sissy bar with rebel flag aaaaaaaad lime green screen just to give it that edge! ..... can you imagine! Bahahaha
So that repulsive crap is not limited to the people here in the New York metro area?
I have seen leopard skin paint jobs on Busa's here in Jersey. All tricked out and gaudy as all hell.
Thanks for that verbal description of the Busa Janks. It was spot-on perfect. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromtrooper.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fnew%2Fyesnod.gif&hash=60c9fb054265649f4565678706466f634a05ed0a)
Quote from: Electrojake on May 21, 2015, 02:00:01 PM
And while I'm double posting here. . .
Be warned... My 49cc moped (with a top speed of 32MPH) can kick some serious ass too. :2guns:
I know my 42cc goped gtr40 was FUN . Day I blew its engine I hit 47and passed a ford Taurus lol.them blew lower seals IN my driveway. Didn't have to do the walk of shame lol. Gotta build another one 🌈😇 this walking is killing me lol. Btw' working at goodwill, has ts perks. cause' got a muzzy exhaust. From an sv 650. For $5lol. Slight scffing but perfect. Yesterday' got my hands on a Yamaha Av surround reciever. Works perfect. For $4. Got my hands on an apple iMac g4. Free n box lol. It works too lol. Then theres the lead crystal lol. Job has its benefits lol. Ties why ice not been on. Much work lol
Repulsive gaudy crap on bikes??? Noooo!!! Not my cup of tea...
I think some GS500 barrels and pistons in the 450 would do well :thumb:
Nice scores there Yama!!
Quote from: mennobike on May 23, 2015, 11:15:42 PM
:icon_eek: So guys, what sauce is janx on, and how much do you think he's had?? :thumb:
Chilli BBQ sauce! :thumb:
Oooooh that sounds good :thumb:
Elizabeth Montgomery? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.fropper.com%2Fzones-images%2Fsmileys%2Fscratching_chin.gif&hash=3d0b55fc889320370055a822a5ae1170adc495af)
We look very similar... I've been given the nickname Samantha quite a few times :D
Can you do the lip twitch though? Lol
LOL I'm not too bad at it !! But nobody could do it like her ;)
Cool! ... yep she had the knack! ... :thumb:
I prefer I Dream of Jeannie... Barbara Eden...
Those outfits ;)
Ooooooooh the outfits! ... Jeannie in the afternoon then Elvira at night! .. what more did a young lad need?!
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on May 25, 2015, 10:14:00 AM
We look very similar... I've been given the nickname Samantha quite a few times.
Heh...
I've occasionally been referred to as "Quasimodo". :D
See... y'all get cool references.... I normally get 'weirdo' or 'grumpy prick!' ... I'm good with that tho ;)
..... right! .. I've been patient with cityrail this arvo. .. but these fucktards are fucktards! ... I got on my normal train going to my normal stop..... they even announced it onboard!! ..20 mins later I'm fucken magically on the branch line train without moving from my seat! ... ok. .. so I get off at a transfer station and look to see next 'right' train. 7 mins.. cool ... then 19 minutes... now 27 mins? ... for f%$k sake! If it broken and they don't know when then just say so!! ...
... plus every 30 seconds on the PA system announcements of how city rail staff can help or advise you if you feel sick or lost?!? ... f%$k me! .. these bankers would be lucky to find their arse with both hands at the same time! Best out of 3!!
... extension rant pending!!
Bankers? - Wankers!
4am trains are much better than 2pm trains!!
Don't worry... Qld Rail is no better! They couldn't manage their own turds...
And I usually get grumpy old bastard...
Brother!
Heh... I got 33 years working for the railroad and I know the people that ride our trains are a mighty durable lot.
I give them credit for tolerating the insanity of commuting by rail every day.
Sorry for your troubles. :icon_rolleyes:
Wow... you a paid gunzel EJ!?
Quote from: Janx101 on May 26, 2015, 05:18:34 PM
Wow... you a paid gunzel EJ!?
No... But I've cleaned their dead mangled bodies off the tracks once or twice over the years. :icon_neutral:
And yeah... I had to look up "gunzel" in my Aussie handbook to know what the hell it meant. :whisper:
Muttley laugh!
Playing with carbs and jets again last night... and think I have discovered why the right plug keeps showing lean compared to the left plug... I think the 450 carb boots just don't play nice with the 500 carbs as the 500 carbs are just a touch smaller diameter on the engine side.
I think I clamped 'em down just a touch better this time but we shall see... could mean another $100 to get the 500 carb boots, O rings, and clamps on there... it never ends!!
You open the gates to hell (carbs) then you walk the lava path for eternity! ;)
Yeah for sure... the way this is going it will almost be as expensive as just buying new VM32's... although having said that there would be throttle linkages to deal with and the inlet side of things... so no it's still way cheaper :thumb:
Watching Welcome Back Kotter
Working until midnight... then riding home and having some beverages :cheers:
Someone coming to eyeball the bike this afternoon. .. if they want it then cool! . Reluctant sale but still necessary!
Heading out riding this morning... marked the throttle positions with tape again last night, hopefully I can squeeze a half and full throttle plug chop in and see how she's going.
Janxy... on the one hand I hope it sells quick for you... on the other hand... I hope you get to keep your bike...
Couldn't have said that last part better myself Pete... :sad:
Yeah me too on the last part..
No rego for over 6months cos of budget... but even if it had been rego, so few chances to have a fun/relax ride.... I could use it to commute to work at 3.30am (cold/ sometimes wet) and home at 2pm (tired/traffic) . . Yeah sounds like excuses :/ .. still no rego tho!
Quote from: jestercinti on May 28, 2015, 06:58:42 PM
Watching Welcome Back Kotter
Damn... Things must be mighty slow in the big leagues if you've come down here to the LPW thread. :confused:
Either way, good to see your still alive & kicking.
I must be blind... I didn't notice it was Jester who posted!!! Wow nice to see you Jester!!!
And I forgot to do my plug chops yesterday, was way too busy having way too much fun coz she's pulling well all through the rev range and I got to crank up her and let her go through some fun corners.
Only catch is with the stacks on I need to start wearing ear plugs again... the howling at half throttle and beyond was starting to give me a headache by the time I got home yesterday...
Ha, ha! Your air box free. :woohoo:
Yep. Like a bad rash, I always return.
Hahahahaha but nowhere near as annoying :thumb:
They give you weekend parole jester? ;)
Finally starting to get a little chilly... had to break out the dressing gown...
Had a stuff around with the drill press my dad gave me ages ago and it seems like it actually does work! So last night I got some bench space cleared and bolted it down ready to roll... will be nice to have a drill press! Will come in very handy...
Now that's done I can see where I can create a bit more room and get a bit more organised on the work bench and clear up the access to the tools. Might pop in there again tonight and do some more... pic's when I'm done ;)
Oooh a tidy work bench!. And pics!! , might need some Kleenex for this! ;)
A little more done last night but still more to go... Kleenex? Hmmmm... not sure if it will be *quite* that exciting... but you never know!
I'll build up the suspense with updates without pic's... then give you a big anti climax pic when it's done...
Tonight may be carb boot replacement rather than work bench tidy if they arrive today...
Ooooh you said climax!!
Hahaha I did!!!!
450 boots:
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500 boots:
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Dodgy pods back on because the carbs are now lifted back where they belong, so the right hand stack hits the frame rail :technical:
Will hopefully shorten them 20mm or so this weekend which will let me get them back on again.
So the catch now is that my fueling will once again be way off in the meantime with those horrible pods on there so I actually won't know if I've solved the issue until I get the stacks back on... :technical:
f%$k you
That is all
Over & Out! :cool:
Why don't you tell us what you really think Cods? :flipoff: :kiss3:
Shortened the stacks last night... now I can't get them to clamp down again because I now need to clamp the tapered section and the clamps I have are too wide :technical: :2guns:
Dodgy pods are staying on in the meantime...
He would Pete, but it's yet to be conclusively proven that he actually thinks!... it may be just random neurons firing off!! :thumb:
Hello? :technical:
Anyone there? :dunno_black:
No one here but us squirrels!! :flipoff:
I'm here!! Checking in from the American Red Cross Greater Alleghenies Region :icon_razz:
I'm sorta here... and sorta not...
Need more coffee!!!!
I love coffee... it is a need.
Quote from: peteGS on June 07, 2015, 01:22:16 PM
I'm sorta here... and sorta not...
Need more coffee!!!!
You've all gone mad!
Well, everybody except for Cods and Jester that is. :kiss3:
Quote from: Toledo Jim on June 07, 2015, 09:50:29 AM
Hello? :technical:
Anyone there? :dunno_black:
I am never here, yet, always here :thumb:
That is very true!!
Cods is the Cheshire Cat! ;)
What do you mean gone mad? Was I ever sane???
On another note... persistence paid off yesterday and the shortened velocity stacks are back on...
And another note... been distracted from the workbench clean up so it's still a big mess...
Last note... service time for the 450 this coming weekend, thinking if the valve clearances are in spec then the 500 camshafts will go in.
Pic's will follow once the workbench is cleaned up (maybe tonight if I'm keen?) and I will try to remember to get a shot of the reinstalled shortened stacks as well...
Oh, and another final note... I need to make up some sort of support for the carbs to stop them causing the boots to distort too...
Support for the carbs? .. or the stacks?
Support for the carbs... the stock ones were so heavy that having them hanging with no support from the airbox distorted the carb boots over time. So I need to fab up some sort of mount to attach the carbs to the frame for support, don't want that happening again!
I think I may have my filter issue sorted, bought a sheet of this off eBay to make my own given the extremely small amount of space available:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ramair-Panel-Air-Filter-Foam-Material-Stainless-Steel-Cage-Mesh-Custom-Filter-/271277137175?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item3f29609d17 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ramair-Panel-Air-Filter-Foam-Material-Stainless-Steel-Cage-Mesh-Custom-Filter-/271277137175?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item3f29609d17)
I did do more cleaning in the garage last night... not done yet so still no pic's... told you there would be a big build up to an anti climax :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
I do like a good climax though...wait anti-climax? I'll wait and see...
I lost my job. Nuff said. Now I gotta find another one. Jobs market sucks.
aww malf, that's a crappy deal. I hope you can find a new one soon! :icon_sad:
Malf... sad news with job lost... :(
Get blue/yellow traffic control tickets. ... nearly always work somewhere for casual controllers!
Bugger Malf, that's no good!! Fingers crossed another one pops up soon :thumb:
Now for the anti climax...
Part 1, shorter stacks... and I swear they are even louder this way:
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Part 2, not quite finished the clean up but close. Room to move and do work now but I still need to tidy some tools up and organise my component drawers a bit better:
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Ooooh. .. look at all that space! ;)
Stacks looking good too! :thumb:
The lair of a mad man. :whisper:
NICE work space!!!
Cheers guys!!! Although I think EJ may have hit the nail on the head there...
DDP FTW!!!!! :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: :icon_mrgreen: O0 :bowdown:
Wow! DTP??? Really???
Got stuck in to the service yesterday... valve clearances in spec so tried to put the GS500 camshafts in... :technical:
These have the 1.1mm shim which makes them too wide, need the 1.0mm shim :technical:
Maybe some other time...
Mr Murphy and his laws Eh?
I'm more of an O'Reilly fan... thinking Murphy was an optimist :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on June 14, 2015, 01:24:38 PM
I'm more of an O'Reilly fan... thinking Murphy was an optimist.
Heck... I was thinking more in terms of Armageddon. :dunno_black:
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Go ahead... Pull the string!
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Gotta be better than pull my finger...
~Pull string.... pull finger~ ..... now what happens? ;)
two explosions?
Reckon so. ... noisy and wet!?
Yup. Someone's arse ends up talkin sh*t lol
And this is the appropriate thread for just such a thing :thumb:
DDP FTW again :woohoo:
Got my air filter material in the post yesterday, so at some point I need to get motivated and work out how I'll get that on the stacks...
STACKS STACKS STACKS YHAAAAASSS :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Hahaha yup I love 'em!!!! There's a definite difference with the shorter version on... a bit fluffy down the bottom end but she perks up when the rev's get up that's for sure... hopefully the weather works for this Saturday morning as I'm hoping to get out for a ride...
I'm now accredited for blue and yellow ticket traffic control in NSW .... :)
Fluffy eh Pete!... you love a bit of fluffy down low! :thumb:
I did not want to think about pete's fluffy preferences today, Janx :dunno_white:
Congrats Janx!!!
And yeah... fluffy all the way baby!!!!
Cheers Pete.. . :thumb:
.. working on small lane cleanup truck today with unmotivated crewmates. ... cliched council worker day. .. sigh! :(
..... However..... On way home stopped at bank to check on status of missus car loan..... And paid the final small amount out!! Now that's a WIN!! :woohoo:
:woohoo: way to go janx!!
Cheers Menno! :)
Great news Janx! One bit of debt down, that is always a great feeling :thumb:
Totally!!! That is indeed a great feeling to pay bills offffff :icon_mrgreen:
Cheers Pete & ShowBiz :)
"Apparently" the weather is going to cooperate for a ride this morning :thumb:
I'm in Coraki. .. truck trip... not done long distance in a while... some bits are better (new road) ... some bits are horrendous (lets see how many surface level changes we can fit into 500m!) ... arse still gets numb after 5 hour stretches in the saddle tho!
Quote from: Janx101 on June 27, 2015, 07:11:56 AM
I'm in Coraki. .. truck trip... not done long distance in a while... some bits are better (new road) ... some bits are horrendous (lets see how many surface level changes we can fit into 500m!)
... arse still gets numb after 5 hour stretches in the saddle tho!
Keep them wheels turning mate.
Hell... 5 hours on the bike would also destroy your arse, but at least in the truck your getting paid to roll! :cheers:
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Do these things "bite" or can tourists pet them? :whisper:
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The weather cooperate yesterday :thumb:
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I took the GoPro so hopefully I can get motivated this week and get some footage up which will include the sounds of the wee beastie with the new stacks on :thumb:
NICE!!! :D
EJ ... emus are more of a kicking beastie ... they can deliver a hefty peck tho! .. tend to be a bit skittish even in animal parks but can be touched with care...
Wild ones just run away at speed, unless it's momma with babies and you get in the middle. . then it's on like ostriches! ;)
Pete: I want to see footage!!
EJ: look at that face. why would you WANT to go near it?
Janx: you still out bouncing on your rear or what?
I opened the video editor this morning... so that's 100% more effort than I've made on getting footage up than the whole past 6 months put together :thumb:
Yeah menno, day 3 today and 1175km to go today as soon as I finish my maccas pancakes and coffee, unload tmw and travel home, then if not too late home, sleep till 2.30am and back to normal job
It's 9.45pm, 250km to go, its foggy and I'm wearing ugg boots..... hit it!!
Now that's sexy Janx...
I went looking around through my old photos, and found this gem.
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My little brothers 1997 BMW F650 Funduro in Orange, my then fiancee's 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 250R, good old Spewy and a friends Suzuki SV650 in the background. We later had another BMW F650 in Black dubbed "Mister Bicycle", a 2011 Hyosung GV250, a 2010 Kawasaki Ninja, two 2011 Yamaha XVS650's, a 2011 Yamaha 250 Virago, and a 2009 Hyosung GT250R show up. Then we all drank a shitload of beers and put shaZam! on the SV rider cause he'd had more accidents than we could count. He sold his bike this year, which is probably the best thing for him.
Good times.
Good times indeed! There is a lot to be said about a bunch of bikes sitting together...
Our neighbours had alot to say about it. Too noisy. Only Spewy and the orange BMW had stock pipes at the time.
It's been good doing some travelling and thinking.... 3000km worth! .... but back home with my mattress and my pillow is great! :D
That is a lot of distance!! Omg I would love to be home with my pillow right now I am soooo sleepy I don't do well on early shiftttt
Yep EMS sucks hairy dog goolies!
Early Morning Start. .. that is... says ems on my payslip, a whole 28bucks a week extra! :rolleyes:
So you get extra for starting early Janx? That is pretty cool... I get a bit extra for doing 2nd shift (which I enjoy) but because of how hard it is for me to get up EARLY, I feel like THAT should pay extra LOL
Doesn't matter how long/hard I work... I get the same :technical:
If I get a call at stupid o'clock to fix something I get time off in lieu...
Garbage trucks, 8 hour standard day, 1.5time next 2 hours (if o/t available) 2x after that. Public hols 1.5 first 4 hours and 2x after that, Xmas day and new years day (if they fall Mon-Fri. ..yes garbage never sleeps!) 2.5 first 4 and 3x after that :)
WOOT!!! :woohoo: It pays to get dirty :icon_lol: ;)
It also pays to be in an industry with unions and lots of guys actually fighting for good pay and conditions :thumb:
The IT industry sucks for that sort of thing... can you imagine a bunch of nerds and geeks standing outside a parliament building waving placards and chanting stuff? Yeah neither can I... it would be laughable in the extreme...
There is apparently a union for IT workers although I can't remember the name now. I once enquired about membership fees and went :o Naturally I didn't bother...
Being an IT protest... doubt they'd have mere signs! ..... large screen tablets!, laser writers on building walls, streaming the chants direct to mobile phones. .. lol
IT protests are easy. Everything you maintain, suddenly, just doesn't work anymore. "Must be the firmware boss, I can't fix it until the network comes back up, and that can't happen until the uplink is working from HQ."
Dunno boss, I'll need dental before I can fix this. :dunno_black:
Ahhh got it.... so IT are modern day jobbing wizards!.... it's all in the electrickery! ;)
Quote from: peteGS on July 03, 2015, 01:46:58 PM
It also pays to be in an industry with unions and lots of guys actually fighting for good pay and conditions :thumb:
The IT industry sucks for that sort of thing... can you imagine a bunch of nerds and geeks standing outside a parliament building waving placards and chanting stuff? Yeah neither can I... it would be laughable in the extreme...
There is apparently a union for IT workers although I can't remember the name now. I once enquired about membership fees and went :o Naturally I didn't bother...
I work as a Manager for a department that consists of (geek) electronic technicians...
The tech's are in the IBEW union, (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers).
Unofficially speaking, if they dont (eventually) get a raise, "I" would not likely ever get a raise.
So as you can see, even though I am "management" and NOT a union worker, if the people that work under me don't grow, "I" dont grow.
And if the Union goes out on strike, then I will be working grueling hours with NO pay so I do hope the union I.T. workers get their contract peacefully. :bowdown:
Just sayin'
-Ej-
I wish it were like that! Truth be told I'm paid ok so no complaints now (although more is always better right? :D), but back when I looked into it I worked for a little IT company that paid crap, and that's where I needed the Union I couldn't afford... :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: peteGS on July 05, 2015, 01:28:10 PM
I wish it were like that! Truth be told I'm paid ok so no complaints now (although more is always better right? :D), but back when I looked into it I worked for a little IT company that paid crap, and that's where I needed the Union I couldn't afford... :icon_rolleyes:
Hmm... A conundrum. ;)
A puzzling conundrum wrapped in an ironic enigma?!
under a perpetually confounding blanket!
Inevitably! Perchance a chartreuse dromedary covering?
Alright Janxie, you've got me. Googled dromedary, and it gave me pictures of camels. Whatsit?
Yellow camel blanket!
Too many big words being used. :nono:
Lets not forget that I work for the railroad, not NASA.
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so uh, how many times have people spontaneously started singing "AAIIIIVE BEEN WORKIN ON THE RAILLLROAAAD" when you told them that?
PS Janxie: Nice! That's a new one for me!
Iiiiiiii get no kick from champaaaaaagne.... raaaaw alcohol doesn't soooooooooth me at aaaaaAAaalll..... ;)
Aaaaaah a bunch of nutters... normal service has been resumed :thumb:
WTF? Frank Sinatra? :dunno_black:
Damn this thread is a bugger to follow.
https://youtu.be/NmAAEntLaYI (https://youtu.be/NmAAEntLaYI)
:D :thumb:
it's like riding a motorcycle through a bog: no matter what happens, no matter what you see... just keep going! :flipoff: :dunno_white:
Ugh...... tired.... one of those head feelings like wearing a metal baseball cap that's "just" too small. .. big glass of water and a paracetamol and some catch up sleep is the OOD!!
Quote from: Janx101 on July 08, 2015, 02:29:28 AM
. .. big glass of water and a paracetamol and some catch up sleep is the OOD!!
Yeah, Yeah!
600 mg. and a tall glass of water. That stuff works like a miracle! :woohoo:
Ugh, getting old sucks... I found out the other week I need glasses... surprise surprise considering I'm finding it difficult to look at my screen all day at work and finding fine print hard to read and doing the old pull it further and further away, squint, and yeah I can sort of read it..
Apparently I have some little defect in my left eye as well, so off I go to get some glasses, that'll be 2 weeks they say. Week and half later I get them and I think wow I need to get used to glasses, everything looks weird!
When I look at my screen at work the left side of my monitor looks about 12 inches tall and the right side looks about 8 inches tall... WTF? Seems like my right eye is having troubles but my left eye is clear.... WTF?
Go back to the shop who did the test (not the shop who made the glasses)... oh, they put the scripts in the wrong eyes... idiots!!!!!
So now I am still without glasses and have to wait another "oh, 7 to 10 days... but we can try to mark it urgent"...
Quote from: peteGS on July 08, 2015, 12:51:48 PM
When I look at my screen at work the left side of my monitor looks about 12 inches tall and the right side looks about 8 inches tall... WTF?
Go back to the shop who did the test (not the shop who made the glasses)... oh, they put the scripts in the wrong eyes... idiots!!!!!
So now I am still without glasses and have to wait another "oh, 7 to 10 days... but we can try to mark it urgent"...
Perhaps that same shop should have a go at your carburetors?
how could I resit :icon_mrgreen: (https://doberman-chat.com/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rofl.gif)
7 to 10? Fark thats slow! ... you go opsm? .... should go 'optical superstore' or specsavers, 7days max! ... plus they f%&ked it! They should automatic mark it Expedite!
EJ... hahaha you funny f*&*&er... hahaha
Janx I got the eye test at OPSM but couldn't find frames that didn't make me look like George Costanza so I ended up getting them from the Optical Superstore... that's where the 7 to 10 days is.
And this time it's marked urgent, and it will still take 7 days at least... so "urgent" obviously means... well we'll try to squeeze it in for you despite the fact that it was our f*&k up... They got taken back on Monday and I called yesterday and she said... Monday or Tuesday next week... after quality control testing... WTF?? You mean you have quality control testing and *still* didn't get it right??? I guess quality control doesn't involve comparing the end result with the script... :technical:
Ooooh now that was a bit of a vent! I feel slightly better now :D (probably because the headache trying to focus my eyes all day hasn't set in yet)
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That's disturbing cods! ... tin tin isn't like that!
Quote from: Janx101 on July 06, 2015, 04:31:33 AM
A puzzling conundrum wrapped in an ironic enigma?!
a perfect custom title Eh?
Um... 1.6% of the population prefers? :dunno_black:
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Hahahaha oh geeez...
At least we know what Cods has been up to now :flipoff: :icon_lol: :o
"Sheila" (pictured above) is attracted to strong husky gents. :icon_razz:
I'm attracted to Sheila for her chops, roasts, shanks, neck and saddle. ... mmmm roast sheep!
Hooly Dooly. .. just accidentally realised/found the mod tools icon on tapa! .... thanks clumsy thumb! ...
Note to self, focus and pay attention to screen things! ;)
Rode 4 different BMW 2015s on a demo rise this weekend. G650gs, F800gs, F800r, and R nine T. Love the R nine T. Need to find $15,000 now to buy one lol.
Hey there Jester! .. you got the Bavarian bug eh?! .... two paracetamol and a nice nap on the couch may help with your racing heartbeat! :thumb:
I found winding my mixture screws in 1/4 turn has helped :thumb:
Quote from: jestercinti on July 14, 2015, 06:24:34 PM
Rode 4 different BMW 2015s on a demo rise this weekend.
Love the R nine T. Need to find $15,000 now to buy one lol.
Heh! Don't poison yourself with that Beamer stuff.
We used to have a Suzuki GS guy here that went Beamer on us. It wasn't pretty. :nono:
Stay poor, stay humble, stay Suzuki.
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Amen to that :D
Slips got rear ended on the Beemer a month ago, superman into gutter, he sore but ok... bike write off... got a k12r? now I think?
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2015, 07:18:47 PM
Slips got rear ended on the Beemer a month ago, superman into gutter, he sore but ok... bike write off... got a k12r? now I think?
Crack-up. Move-Up.
Yup, life is good.
Can't remember what he got but yeah the Beemer ain't pretty any more... not that any Beemer was pretty to start with...
But yeah stay with the GS series, they rock!!
Oh, picked myself up a cheap top box so I can ditch the throw over saddlebags... fitting is gonna be fiddly but pic's when done hopefully over the weekend :thumb:
Yep ... Just checked on FB .. K1200r .... I've asked him if he can post a pic in here please..... Even if it IS a Beemer it's still a sexy beast! ..
Greetings Janx has informed me you all wish to see the new bike... Just for you guys here it is. How are we all?
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Damn nice helmet too. :thumb:
There was one of those on its side on top of a work mate's brand new S1000R which was then on top of a scooter yesterday... strong winds at the moment and over they went... :sad: :cry:
Fortunately it looks like the extreme lean angle of the worn side stand axle of the wee beastie saved it from a similar fate :thumb:
Wooo that is neat lookin' !! I like those wheels and I bet that helmet is quiet :thumb:
Errrr... In other... Ummmm ... News....
Thursday at work ... I discovered that Suzuki DR650's have a secret parked bike mode......
They become magnetic! ...... Especially where it involves heavy garbage truck bumper bars! :icon_neutral:
.... Stood it upright again..... No people around as it was 6am... Took details down and left one of the standard council incident advice forms on the bike..... Reported when back at depot after run finished ...
Bike was under a flexicover and that was tied in tight with something under the front end, so I couldn't get the cover up to see any damage..... Suspect right mirror, right bar end, maybe both right blinkers..... :icon_rolleyes:
We aren't allowed onto resident property or to door knock to find owner.... Time issues, insurance issues and trespass 'rules' .... Plus sometimes in the past workers have found the owner and it escalated into argument no matter how many sorry so were said....
So... Bike owner has truck fleet number and rego plate on incident form, hope it was minimal damage and easily fixed...... So there is minimal downtime....
Caught the rear wheel and tail light by maybe 20mm?? .... Tight street.... Felt bad but nothing more to be done after the fact!
Your an honest fellow. Not sure if I would have been that good of a person. Hope this goes well for you. :icon_neutral:
That's why you can't have nice things
Yeah honest is necessary .... GPS track in trucks, lots of houses have cctv cameras now... Council cctv cameras around .... Not that there were any I saw where it was .... But if I report it, the bike gets fixed... And I never have any drama on that incident forever more!! ... If I try hide it and someone did see... Then I have no job! .... And have to pay for bike too!!
Easy math!!
Oh yeah... Janx, that's called "good judgment".
It is a very rare commodity here in my land. Glad to see its alive & well over there. :thumb:
Good judgement indeed, good man! :thumb:
Top box mounted yesterday, forgot to take pic's... will get to christen it today with a ride to the Laverda Concours... let's hope my mounting is solid!
Quote from: peteGS on July 18, 2015, 01:00:40 PM
Top box mounted yesterday, forgot to take pic's...
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Guess hell has frozen over.
Cods you are eternally on the "A List" here.
I remember, several years ago you were indeed a prime contributor here. Then you went MotoVLog on us. :icon_neutral:
You became hypnotized by the glamor, the fame, and bright lights of YouTube mega-popularity.
Regardless, I'm glad you still visit us here in the grave-yard of topic-less posts.
Stay frosty, mate. :cheers:
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And the Cods avatar is cool too. :cheers:
Great to see the rules being broken
Errrr... I still forgot to take pic's...
And Slips has NO avatar? He's running naked. :whisper:
We need a Slips avatar contest. :D
Quote from: Electrojake on July 19, 2015, 07:59:28 AM
Cods you are eternally on the "A List" here.
Regardless, I'm glad you still visit us here in the grave-yard of topic-less posts.
Well I do still own and ride my GS :P
Quote from: codajastal on July 20, 2015, 03:37:34 PM
Well I do still own and ride my GS :P
WR250R, Harley, DL1000... but no more GS.
So technically, you Sir have more right to be here than I do.
Now excuse me... I'm going over to YouTube to troll the comments section of your MotoVlog site. :icon_mrgreen: :flipoff: :kiss3:
Quote from: Electrojake on July 20, 2015, 05:01:48 PM
Quote from: codajastal on July 20, 2015, 03:37:34 PM
Well I do still own and ride my GS :P
WR250R, Harley, DL1000... but no more GS.
So technically, you Sir have more right to be here than I do.
Now excuse me... I'm going over to YouTube to troll the comments section of your MotoVlog site. :icon_mrgreen: :flipoff: :kiss3:
You may as well troll cause you dont bloody comment. :dunno_black:
Oh please...
I try to be brief and polite on YouTube.
I'm headed there now to inspect your latest work. I expect nothing short of a Class-A reality-TV production from you.
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I like to watch YT with time to myself, quiet house, no questions every few minutes.... which. .. when I did a rough count several weeks ago. .. means that from all the people I subscribe to in motovlog terms. . I have about 1 week solid watching with time out only for toilet breaks! .... lol
I love when ol' Codsy rants in his videos!
It makes for a fun interlude. :cheers:
I'm still waiting for more vids from you ej
Quote from: Electrojake on July 21, 2015, 11:26:03 AM
I love when ol' Codsy rants in his videos!
It makes for a fun interlude. :cheers:
Everyone loves a good rant :)
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 21, 2015, 08:02:03 PM
I'm still waiting for more vids from you ej
It's too damn hot for this old bugger to be riding much. I only do some evening rides after the sun goes down.
Be back on the bike a lot more by late September. :thumb:
Without your video I wouldn't have found that visor pouch
Quote from: Electrojake on July 22, 2015, 02:56:24 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 21, 2015, 08:02:03 PM
I'm still waiting for more vids from you ej
I only do some evening rides after the sun goes down
Vampire! !! .. like... Blade?!?
Quote from: codajastal on July 22, 2015, 02:37:12 AM
Quote from: Electrojake on July 21, 2015, 11:26:03 AM
I love when ol' Codsy rants in his videos!
It makes for a fun interlude. :cheers:
Everyone loves a good rant :)
Quote from: slipperymongoose on July 22, 2015, 07:35:32 PM
Without your video I wouldn't have found that visor pouch
At the request of a few of my fellow motovloggers I produced a video explaining all the gadgets, indicators, and switches on my DL1000.
I'm an electronics guy so you know I love gadgets! :D
Problem is that the video turned out to be 20 minutes long and boring as hell.
I shot the video with the bike parked.
Perhaps I need to try it again and explain things while I'm actually riding. :dunno_black:
Quote from: Electrojake on July 23, 2015, 08:54:35 PM
At the request of a few of my fellow motovloggers I produced a video explaining all the gadgets, indicators, and switches on my DL1000.
I'm an electronics guy so you know I love gadgets! :D
Problem is that the video turned out to be 20 minutes long and boring as hell.
I shot the video with the bike parked.
Perhaps I need to try it again and explain things while I'm actually riding. :dunno_black:
No do not do it again, I love your gadgets, Please upload what you have, Its the requesters like us that want to watch this stuff. You can have it unlisted if you wish and post the link here just for us?
My one-car garage (um, shop) is so packed with sh!t I'm not sure I can even find the bikes!
I should do a video on what a rat's nest my once workable garage has turned into.
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I have nothing to say :dunno_black:
Harry finally decided to tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend and marry her.
One evening, after the honeymoon, he was in the garage with his wife cleaning his motorcycle for an upcoming show.
His wife was standing there at the workbench watching him.
After a long period of silence she finally speaks; "Honey, I've just been thinking, now that we are married maybe it's time you quit spending all your time out here in the garage. You probably should consider selling some of these bikes too, along with your gun collection.
Harry gets this horrified look on his face. She says; "Darling, what's wrong?"
"There for a minute you were starting to sound like my ex-wife."
"Ex wife!", she screams, "YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED BEFORE!!!!!!!"
Harry's reply: "I wasn't.........."
NICE ;) ;)
The government redesigns the toilet. It uses 50% less water per flush, but you have to flush it three times to get it to "flush" properly.
Government accounting: The new toilet reduces water consumption 50%.
Honest accounting: It raises it 50%.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Global warming...
Trickle down anything...
Government mandated everything... >:( :technical:
I'm having a rant-fest!
That wife was in the garage helping clean the bike? ! Sounds a bit far fetched to me!! Lol :thumb:
Hey EJ, you saying you don't believe in trickle down economics OR global warming?
Not a position I've seen many people take is all :dunno_black: :dunno_black: Not trying to start a political thing here!
Trickle down echo-gnomics is political for sure. .. global warming can be but isn't such per sé. .. it's just a popularly debated climatic event. ...
But to spin/twist/spice it a bit....
What does god have to say about global warming? And if he did the whole design/construction brief in 7days...why the heck was the 'cheap aircon' installed?... far too many fluctuations! ....or to twist THAT ... if god is omnipotent and omnicogniscent (sp?) Why the heck does he allow such climactic machinations to occur!
Ok. .. Shadetree Philosophers. .. discuss! :thumb:
Oh god, Janx, you're opening up a can of worms there. If god does exist, lets ignore the shoddy workmanship and air-con issues, what about shaZam! like childhood cancer? If a god truly does exist, why is that sort of thing allowed to occur? What could a child have done to deserve that?
If a god does exist, and he is omnipotent, and he allows that to go on willfully, then he's just a duck. I apologize if I ruffle feathers about this, religion is a touchy subject in most places, but I would think that a truly "Good" god would maybe do something about all the spectacularly awful f%$king things that happen to innocent people in their lives.
Not to mention certain people shooting, killing and blowing other people up for the hope of everlasting happiness.
Oh, f%$k it, I'm not allowed to get worked up for another 2 days. You people and your god questions are going to make my blow out my stitches :P
I know a good air-con guy, he does good work. I'll ask him how much it would be to reverse this so called "Climate Change". (We're not allowed to call it Global Warming anymore cause apparently it's "Not just warming" anymore, it's actually making some places colder.) On the topic of Climate Change, who's to say the changes in climate aren't some sort of cycle the Earth has? If the climates shift every 10,000 years or so, maybe we're just at that point where it's starting to become noticeable. Maybe we can only notice it now because of our technology? Maybe we did cause it, but I'd wager there's a lot more to this blue marble then we could ever hope to fathom.
Quote from: Electrojake on July 27, 2015, 07:03:25 PM
The government redesigns the toilet. It uses 50% less water per flush, but you have to flush it three times to get it to "flush" properly.
Government accounting: The new toilet reduces water consumption 50%.
Honest accounting: It raises it 50%.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Global warming...
Trickle down anything...
Government mandated everything... >:( :technical:
I'm having a rant-fest!
speaking of dropping bombs a deuce if you will. Should beillegal to do that on a greyhound bus. Someones airplane dropped a bomb outside asheville nc and it cleared up shortly before our de d tination in knoxville
I think I'll just sit back with some popcorn on this one...
1.) Global warming is a "phenomenon", not a selfish plot started by George Bush, nor shall it be cured by Al Gore.
2.) As for trickle down economy...
I work like an animal so that my family & I can live comfortably in spite of the government's never-ending inefficient waste and our politicians taste for endless (taxpayer funded) luxury.
3.) Me and "God" are homies. :D
YRMV
Quotegovernment's never-ending inefficient waste and our politicians taste for endless (taxpayer funded) luxury
Google "Bronwyn Bishop"...
Quote from: peteGS on July 29, 2015, 01:12:14 PM
Google "Bronwyn Bishop"...
Send her to Washington DC. She's perfect. :icon_rolleyes:
Gladly, you can have her! We don't want her... or her fool of a leader... Who's your prime minister? Oh, he's the one on the beach with jug ears and budgie smugglers telling the women they should all be bare foot, pregnant, and doing the ironing...
Quote from: peteGS on July 30, 2015, 01:26:34 PM
Who's your prime minister?
Oh, he's the one on the beach with jug ears and budgie smugglers telling the women they should all be bare foot, pregnant, and doing the ironing...
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I guess electing counterproductive dysfunctional leaders is something all humans do. World-wide insanity.
The best part is that the Prime Minister, who wears budgie smugglers and reckons women's rights should be taken back to the 1950's is also the Minister for Women.
And we have the balanced and completely unbiased media to thank for his successful campaign. Thanks Rupert Murdoch!
Hahah yes very true!!! I had forgotten that...
And yes, go look at all of our media and you'll think he's a legend... then listen to what he actually says when he opens his mouth and, well... yeah the truth is very scary...
Oh well. At least old Bronnie finally caved to public pressure. She can't understand why she can't spend more than $800K in one year on travel expenses and not get away with it.
And we f%$king wonder why the budgets are all up shaZam! creek. Crazy dried up worn out old fuckwits are spending it on helicopter rides and private jets. They're earning 200k a year on government money, make them pay for their own f%$king flights.
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welcome to government 101 Eh?
So glad she finally pulled the pin, only wish it was sooner! And they have no clue yet try to say they understand what the average Joe Blow is going through... yeah right!
True that. I'd like to see how well they themselves go on an average wage with all the shaZam! we have to pay for and deal with at the moment.
I should get into politics. I'm not corrupt or white enough though, they wouldn't let me in the door.
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Don't worry, they'll take care of all of that once you join :thumb:
ill stay out of politics til '16. now ill get into home theatre.
the unit is an onkyo tx ds575x speakers are jbl northridge series.. sub is a polk 12" powered. for picked up at work for $25 3 mos ago. along with tape deck and dvd/cd unit. for the sevond time it popped while turning on briefly going into protect mode. tujrned on qgain ( i turned it on again) working fine. now been on for 3 hours. idk what problem is. net says problem is with wiring and to reinstall everything. which is what im leaning towards. opinions?
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 03, 2015, 07:07:14 PM
ill stay out of politics til '16.
Oh no! Mentioning politics stymied the thread.
OK then... Its August here in the Eastern USA. The hottest month of the year. It is also the least ridden month of the year.
Have I ever mentioned that the hotter it gets, the worse my bike runs?
But NOT the GS.
The GS500 always ran great
(thanks to special TOP SECRET Buddha jetting). No, it's the DL1000 that sucks wind in the heat.
I have the stage-one fueling set about 15% richer than stock in the idle to 10% throttle band. That probably doesn't help matters on a hot day.
Over & Out! And barely a mention of politics. :cool: (somebody spell-check "barely" ?)
Well I had to lean the wee beastie out, mid main down one size and main down two sizes... flat spot up to about 1/4 throttle once warmed up is nearly gone but I've yet to see if the main is fixed.
Had a mate follow me on Saturday and when I had her cranked at full throttle with the rev's up she was bogging down again, and apparently my mate was getting a face full of unburnt fuel and there were puffs of black smoke... think I made her a little rich ;)
And sorry Yama, I'm clueless on that one! :dunno_black:
Only thing I could suggest from experience many years ago might be... are you running 4 ohm speakers on a stereo designed for 8 ohm speakers? Or do you have two 4 ohm speakers hooked up to the same speaker outputs in parallel? That would make them effectively 2 ohm speakers... those are known items to overheat stereos and either (in the good old days before protection circuits) blow them up or make them cut off if protected.
Quote from: peteGS on August 05, 2015, 01:17:06 PM
Well I had to lean the wee beastie out, mid main down one size and main down two sizes... flat spot up to about 1/4 throttle once warmed up is nearly gone but I've yet to see if the main is fixed.
So PeteGS... How rare is your GS450 out there in Aussie land?
How many other bikes like yours do you typically see cruising around over there?
speakers are jbl northridge 8ohm each. all 5. so is the amplified polk 12" sub
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 05, 2015, 07:12:20 PM
speakers are jbl northridge 8ohm each. all 5. so is the amplified polk 12" sub
Yea I know these, I had those bookshelves long time ago and I have heard the floor standers.
Polk sub also I have heard, though I prefer to run phantom but that cos my B&W's will hit 10 hz no problem. They have a FS of 19 hz. They will do that right out of the amp with my dinky 1 st order XO goobered up between the pcs8 sub and the fcm8.
Cool.
Buddha.
EJ, it's pretty rare! Usually the older bikes I see are Honda 750's or Kawasaki Z's, although there are a few GSX1100's about (similar era to mine), and of course mostly I ride with the Kat guys so I see a number of those :D...
Typically when I go to the Laverda Concours there's a GSX250 or two and maybe a GS450 in the parking lot, although this year I missed out on looking due to time constraints.
Aside from that, I don't ever see a GS450 anywhere...
Oh, and I have brand new front brake pads in after last night's effort as well as cleaned/greased caliper axles and fresh brake fluid :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on August 06, 2015, 12:54:08 PM
Oh, and I have brand new front brake pads in after last night's effort as well as cleaned/greased caliper axles and fresh brake fluid :thumb:
Being able to "stop" is always a good feature. :thumb:
Thanks for the info too!
GS450 = Cool ride!
Yes indeed!!! I love to go but I also love to be able to stop... :icon_lol:
;) .. this dojo knows no stop! ... stop is for the weak!... dodge & swerve & weave! ... this dojo knows no stop!! ...
Cobra Kai Cobra Kai !! ... errr. Hang on. ... Gee-ess Twin Gee-ess Twin!!!
Hahaha love it Janxy!!!
Outside temp. .. 6 deg C .... train climate control temp. .. 22 deg C ... glorious!!
Quote from: peteGS on August 07, 2015, 01:04:51 PM
Yes indeed!!! I love to go but I also love to be able to stop... :icon_lol:
:icon_mrgreen: beats the hell out of the flintstone method Eh? i had a frake failure on frankenbike. had to go past my home and turn around to go uphill in first. got on my road then flintstoned in the gravel. still got those shoes will have to show ya. lmao. then clutch waled her up driveway to carport.
Not a fan of the Flintstone stop :technical:
Quote from: peteGS on August 11, 2015, 02:43:22 PM
Not a fan of the Flintstone stop :technical:
only had to do that once. hopefully never again
It seeems LPW is slowing down... can it be??? Really???
my guess is that its summer time. here in us anyways. my guess. quite busy during cold weather. heck i was checking on the board while in the ER. earlier awaiting doc to read xrays ( broke leg err fibula. carries 17% of body weight.) i fainted 12 hours earlier and hit the deck HARD lol. breaking the bone plus obtainining a mild concussion. twas fun lol. what sucks is i was sposed to have a job intervoew tomorrow. now not so sure 8"<S.. kinda hard to get a job on crutches lol. and pain in leg makes sleep nearly impossible. other than my life story lol :( i feel alot of LPW deals with gs or other bike stuff, or politics or the occasional rantings and fights. really no fights anymore here. bikes were covered recently so not much need for that. then no need for politics. afaik not much of a major election yet.
... and I been busy/blurred days at work! .... tired now,.. sleep time... for the win!
this vitamin V they gave me isnt taking any pain away. course this is my first broken bone. other than a fused toe. heck cant sleep so might as well stay up til job interview. id postpone. but am broke and need the money so aint letting this chance slip away. wish me the best Eh?. looking forward to some postwhoritude. bad thing is LPW and my nsfw thread 1 person cant post immediately after themselves. so postwhoring on either thread is slow going. til winter err off season
Luck to you Yama! :thumb:
Hope the interview goes well Yama!!! Crutches could get you the symathy vote :thumb:
Damn Yama!
You never get any slack time, do you? :o
Glad you manage to stay "On The Air" with us via the internet.
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crutches got sympathy points yes. but a concrete job offer no sadly. i was too active on it today. frig that hurt lol. a bit of activity tomorrow doc 1 at 9am doc 2 at 10am. roughly a thousand feet separates the 2 places. bus dropps me off at stop one pics up from stop 2 dont have the cash for extra fare, even if i did dont think theyd pick me up intime from stop one and get me to stop 2.
You should be a motivational speaker.
You are indeed a survivor and NOT a quitter. :bowdown:
KEEP IT UP YAMA
Indeed!
A special breed!
Indeed!
DDP FTW :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: :D :flipoff:
do believe this energizer bunny is going to have to hold off seeking employment for a bit. swelling has yet to diminish. foot is funny looking lol. tried today to hit old work place. was a slightly wasted effort. got a half mile ride to urgent care clinic planned for midmorning if its not raining. even if it is still may have to go. would not have left today had it not been for a minor bill i had to cover. but on a good note lol, got the 'puter patched into the av system. wished i hadnt let the led tv go. but what effs, a glass tv works. just adds a few feet to the land o spaghetti.. not sorting that mess out until 1 foot/ankle/leg quits throbbing. ( dAy 5 thusfar) and dr obvious gives me the go ahead to persue this. i hate damp weather with a passion. know whats funny about all this i can ride the bicycle better than i can walk. as long as i dont push off with the broken leg side im good. ( slight downgrade is a plus). next investment is a good ankle brace. so i dont roll this anymore. anyhoo as mr rogers would say " its a beautiful day in the neighbourhood" kinda dont want to let the av gear go if i dont have to. best setup i have ever had thusfar. specially for 25 bux. 27 including the technics cassette deck. ( next on project list is to build a tube amplifier. either from scratch or from parts im recieving from a friend of both buddhas and mine
... Yama. .. stay off the leg! ... rest it up!... health and agility long-term is more important!!
:thumb:
i know but i MUST find work. am broke foot still swollen i wish this would go down.
get your opinion on the swelling see what you think. my username at photobucket is yamahonkawazuki. i have to make money in next few days. have an infection in my big toe. ( blister which burst late last week). got on bicycle to go to urgent care. friggin copay was nearly 60 bux.. so i hobbled home. have to go out in morning to try and make some money. have no choice. cant wait for normal doc. too long. other choice would be waambulance to er. this blows. :"( ohh janx still have that sportster air cleaner plate im going to send your way. going to do that when i send the muzzy exhaust to cods. found a cheaper way to do it. in meantime though got to round up 150 to clear out my pawns so i can throw them on CL. BANGING HEAD AGAINST WALL trying to figure out how. if its not raining may take bicycle out in am
Yama,
Your posts are hard to top. Photos can be a bit scary too. :icon_eek:
In spite of your difficulties, we do appreciate you letting us know what is going on in your life.
Stay frosty mate!
photos tbh arent gross. swollen foot looks funny tbh. i press into ikt it holds for a while. getting used to wheelchair. what sucks is im trapped here at home. lol i could see from porch where i could go. and its maybe 1200 feet away. but id be offroading to get there. so its a no go :(
Yama, got your pm's .. been heck busy!.... will address on weekend.., sorry bro.
There are online survey companies that pay... if you can get on their lists
Also (over here at least) secret shopper job places that give you some leeway in timing and method?
No community transport available?
Heal up good mate!
been leery of paid surveys. we have whats known as ethra which i use ALOT. GOT PRESCRIBED A WHEELCHAIR LOL armstrong propulsion ftw. would love to use the ethra ppl to take me and chair to an area mall so i can kill some boredom. they charge 3 in county (anderson in my case) and 3 for each addl county you enter. so mall is in knox co. its $6 there andb6 back. not bad at all. dont care what car you have you couldnt touch that.
Sounds like a cheap way to get out of some boredom Yama! Heal up quick mate and I hope you get some $$$ coming in soon!
having plates and screws put in right ankle next tuesday. :( . cant fill prescription that surgeon gave until pain mgmt doc clears. so wont be sleeping much tonight lol
More random hardware than an old GS. ;)
i went ahead and filled prescription. even if pm doc kicks me out i can find another. i wouldnt have made it until monday. 2 broken ankles and a sprAined wrist. im a walking encyclopedia of durable medical equipment. its funny tbh. hoping copay on chair isnt too much. id say short term, might need chair 2 mos. so was easier to set it up as a rental. ill be casted on surgery leg that one will HAVE to be elevated. the free chair guy from church gave me wont work. had no foot rests. those are a necessity. i can stand and walk maybe 15 ft to transition from den area to where. chair is. got to find work. going to see what i can do in a wheelchair.
Parking lot attendant?
Data entry clerk?
Agreed.
Telephones or computer input might be doable. :icon_neutral:
got to get my rebel xs out of hock. that is my key to cover wheelchair copay. and bill due on 31st. after friday im down for a while. depressing lol :( wish me luck Eh?
Geez... That's a "film" camera, is it not?
Wouldn't a digital be a more economical way of doing photography work? :dunno_black:
Just saying.
Item two...
Getting camera out of hock and paying wheelchair co-pay are mutually exclusive. No?
Meaning that either action will require $$$ to do.
Item three...
Is w/chair co-pay weekly or monthly?
How much they hitting you for on each co-pay?
Thanks,
-Ej-
its a dslr. a digital. pulled it out. can clear a pretty penny for it if it comes down to selling it. with the 18-55IS lens. love this thing. hoping to figure how to keep her, it is the ideal ebay selling camera. takes NICE macros rated to .8 feet ive gotten within milimeters of my subject.
Ah, it is a digital!
I have a Rebel T4i that has lots of miles on her.
Wife has a T5i and I don't think it has ever left the house. :dunno_black:
Both cameras are near identical.
BTW, 18-55/IS lens is nice. :thumb:
chair copay was covered so all is well for that :)
you were right EJ. canon first released the rebel xs as a 35mm film camera back in the day. heck they still sell the rebel xs/1000D as a DSLR. its fun pointing at moon and holding shutter open and drawing pictures with it lol
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 22, 2015, 06:38:15 PM
its fun pointing at moon and holding shutter open and drawing pictures with it lol
Heh-heh... so it's not just me? :icon_mrgreen:
I have an Olympus OM-1 MD and the stock 50mm prime lens. I bought it new when I was in Greece about a million years ago.
The built-in metering always seemed unpredictable but in its day it was considered a "snazzy" rig to be shooting with.
And no, I never bought the motor-drive (MD) part. Have no use for it, plus it woukld be a shame to bulk-up such a compact 35mm body with a heavy motor-drive unit.
Just saying.
have a sears i think its a kr2? got an om1 in house somewhere. and a mid 90s maxxum. 300si? would be nice if some of these lenses would interchange with the canon. iirc it can use pentax k mount. ( non is of course ) and open shutter drawing, got to remember its upside down and backwards. lol. otherwise it resembles drunken fingerpainting
i know im breaking rules by posting after myself lol but i am scared. in 12 hours i go in for surgery. i got copies of the xray film seen why they were concerned. i did some circulatory damage. what scared me was ( following surgeons instructions) i removed splints to give sponge bath with the antibacterial stuff they gave me my foot was grayish not flesh toned. and 2 toes had almost black bruises have other bruises elsewhere on this particular foot but until seeing this wsasnt overly concerned. i should have listened. to yall pljs and most importantly, to the MDs ill be happy as long as i dont wake up a monopod. im begging for those thaat pray, please do so. for those that dont, some good karma Eh?. after midnight i begin my 12 hour fast. which i do monthly for church for 1 day. have no appetite anyways so this wont be a problem. on a humorous note though after engaging the armstrong propulsion system on the wheelchair lol starting to gain some muscle tone in my biceps :). ill grab a selfie tomorrow with the dslr before they put me under shot will be safe for work i promise :). will touch bases before i go in at noon . GOD bless yall :)
Best wishes Yama!!, I don't pray per se but I'm thinking massive streams of good karma at ya bro! :thumb:
much appreciated my friend. i couldnt hardly sleep. and general anesthesia isnt a forced nap. its controlled unconsciousness. looking forward to getting this issue over with. church said theyd drop off some groceries. idk when. ill end up pigging out for sure tho. prescriptions will be fun lol. picking those up will be an issue. i may ask for samples from hospital. this works often lol.
just returned. after 3 shots of demerol, and one percocet its not doing much of anything. this scares me ALOT. i thought i could handle pain. on a 10 scale this is a solid 15:"(
Is this pain post surgery?
What is it that's causing the pain issue? :icon_neutral:
aye12 hours post. GOD bless this hurts lol foots been screwed
frig its swollen. and infection developing. forget waterboarding this would work for torturing prisoners.
I know you understand the hard facts on where you are with this situation.
The infection will require attention.
Seeing as how it's your Lower extremities, time is on your side but eventually you will need to jump on the antibiotics.
Yama, your fortitude must be tattered considering what you have handled thus far. :icon_rolleyes:
Dont let this freak-you-out. Stay the course.
thought i was having to return to hosp. ( fever pain and bausea) just got off phone with dr reat. said lets adopt a wait and see attitude. will find out in morning
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 26, 2015, 05:36:36 PM
just got off phone with dr reat. said lets adopt a wait and see attitude. will find out in morning
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aye i hate that lol. temp is only 100 atm and nausea still there. going to wait a couple days actually. dr reat told me to remove split examine it and reapply. almost grabbed a selfie of it will save that for the 4th p7c is sfw so no need for warnings. got to get together with job coach tomorrow. got a lead on a few. cinemark for one in their office. i go to church with their 2nd in command also their voc rehab office for state is looking for data entry person. either one i can do via wheelchair. going to be in the thing for a few mos if all goes well. next friday stitches get removed and first cast is applied. ohh ej found some cool lenses i want to get for the rebel. that 1000mm one for sure and a super wide angle. not going to sell camera. i fell in love with it
Looking for work?
Damn boy, You need some down-time.
Stay the fuk off your feet (legs) whatever. :nono:
Sometimes I think you dont stay still long enough to ever heal.
O.K. then, good luck and keep an eye on that infection. If it stats to move up your leg (red & inflamed vertical artery) get some help!
-Ej-
yeah i know. may just go to library and fill out applications. spebt most of night window shopping camera lenses. found a 1300mm dslr telescope,a macro ( even tho i can get within a few MM using my settings also and a 75/300 tele. less than 300. which all in all not bad :).
A new lens can help keep your mind off the pain & aggravation.
But save a few dollars for some Stouffers Mac & Cheese. :)
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Been in hospital since yesterday. People gettin bitchy cause,i didnt bring phone with me. Hell i,was out of . it, i didnt know where phone was lol
This should help take your mind off it...
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Had a short ride on the Kat to the right of my wee beastie (Reg's who is standing there)... man that thing has some sting! 1360cc in that one and she pulls real hard! Other than that she's all stock.
Interestingly enough I much prefer the handling and ride position of that one compared with the one on the left with all the Brembo, Ohlins, and BST bits and pieces.
Pics o the herd
Got em to b release me one day early. Got :/ to bbc.co pay bills lol. But all :) in all going b to be lazy as much as possible. I see b surgeon tuesday to have :/ leg stitches removed and casted. But yay b can do b this recovery at home.
am at home half out of my mind lol
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 30, 2015, 02:30:33 PM
am at home half out of my mind lol
I would have cracked long ago.
You must have special powers or something. :confused:
not been fun. at all sadly i dont think its over. last thing i remember was scooting over onto the or table. dont remember getting gassed or anything. my glucose level was 256 going in i hit 24 and coded briefly. still have the scars on my chest from that. all i remember was my levels crashing and yelping "haaalp" lights out then fast forward to friday. had a dka ( diabetic keto acidosis) throwin up blood lol. my bs was north of a thousand. got out yesterday. anyhoo today dropped off my antibiotic prescription. those friggin things are HUGE. an inch across. i cant eat solid foods yet i MUST take these. theres a job opening i may look at tomorrow. ( data entry type computer work) locally. but no choice. gotta shoot for it. but putting off avail. start date for a month unless they allow telecommuting. meeting surgeon friday to have stitches removed. and cast put on. first of many. also have to meet an oncologist. had a slight protein spike. he didnt sound alarmed. so neither am i. :)
today while using chair to get from den to the oval office, i stepped on leg wrong.. felt that pain again. keeping it on ice until friday :). dont think they can do much else to that lower section of leg. depressing tbh. 3 weeks ago all was well till i got my first DOTY (dumbass of the year) award. :( got my camera tho so im going to play with it :). and when i get t my office @ church sunday ill upload the xrays ( pre and post op)normally i dont give up but da*n this was pushing it lol :(. heres hoping for good news from the home front Eh?.
Aaron
p.s. this was a bit terrifying, still is tbh ( calling doc tom.) when i returned to hospital, i was weighed in at 151 lbs. today realising nothing fit anymore i checked weight again it was at 130. in 4 days time :O no more armstrong propulsion system for the wheelchair lol well still do. but the muscle tone i had built up since the 12th is gone lol
Good God man! :icon_eek:
I'd almost think this was all a big scam. A giant fictional thread, but I have seen the pictures. I know it's all too real. Wow.
OK then, keep the posts coming.
Glad we didnt loose you on the table too!
-Ej-
have to see bone doc.. weight down to 124 from my average of 151. i do believe id better follow docs orders and keep the right leg above heart level. cant risk breaking it. again. happens again idk if it can be salvaged. got to gain weight tho. saving up going to hit this asian buffet immediately below hospital. cant swallow burgers...yet. i made pasta and spicy meatballs last night. couldnt eat it. so i gave it away :) yeah that incident in the OR scared me like no other. funny thing about this weight loss im finding stuff from gradeschool i can fit in again
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 01, 2015, 06:44:12 PM
weight down to 124 from my average of 151.
saving up going to hit this asian buffet immediately below hospital.
funny thing about this weight loss im finding stuff from gradeschool i can fit in again
At this point in time would it not be advantageous to stay skinny until you heal a bit more?
Why try to bulk-up and put all that extra weight on your bones right now?
Just saying. :dunno_black:
To heal well requires FUEL! ... not eating much means the body scavenges itself to provide fuel! .... eating both good food and reasonable portions is critical! .... 25ish lbs loss in a short time when sick is NOT an advantage! .... feed the machine Yama! :thumb:
indeed. have plenty of pasta. may try it while this mess is going on
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But yes, Janx may have a good point... Perhaps 124 pounds is getting a but too light for good healing.
i agree. doing my best to gain lol. to get back to around 150ish
It's not about the actual weight! .... it's the loss of that much while body under stress from healing/infection etc....
Can be a vicious cycle of body stores/energy scavenging to deal with most serious issues (as your body/immune sees them!) first! ...
Providing fuel/energy/calories in a recovery is every bit as important as medication and rest!
I take it i need to chill on the posting. im running over LPW. LOL. am up to 132. been uploading weight via fast food. bad idea sure. but as fast as my body is losing weight seems like sure fire way to gain weight. but bad idea as far as nutrition. frig cant eat more than one sandwich. stomach was not liking it. i cant swallow. no swallong strength. its like taking sacrament at church. cant swallow the bread. sounds bad when i have to gag to swallow.. will have to work on this. me and doc and GOD. anyhoo, transferring this story over to O&E.. to leave LPW as it was. not involving me. :) contemplating starting a gofundme page. will get pics for it tomorrow. not pretty lol. will get the post op xray pics to go along with it. as well as post op xrays involving this ( pins plates and any needed repair pics) just dread any further needed repairs avoiding activity and such.
costs of healing and supplies are adding up. necessitating the gofundme idea.
You can load a lot of nutrition into soup/stew/broth also Yama! , just don't Fast Food your arteries closed eh?!
aye. leaving the fast food alone. its getting old. ate some fried stuff at hosp. was good at first then became ewwww. bout gagged. anyhoo. finished doc today. go back in 3 weeks. now got to work on income.bselling off my posessions. sinking financially. know anyone looking for a great av system? lol. anyhoo i need to leave LPW alone. ive hijacked it lol :"(. i started a thread in o&e and moving all updates there. :) pics will be up within a few days. perhaps by sunday
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gotta do it sometimes. a nature of the beast :) will give me a couple days to figure stuff out
In that case I better post this quick! Just purchased an import 750 Kat from on eBay... been waiting for one to be listed and it was posted with just the right $$$ I had available :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
pics dammit lol. its like my friends gsxr1k canadian colourscheme. the copper one
If man evolved from apes why do we still have apes? :dunno_black:
Quote from: Electrojake on September 05, 2015, 07:54:40 PM
If man evolved from apes why do we still have apes? :dunno_black:
And man, often in the same location to boot lol. an interesting question,
What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant? :dunno_black:
Saw a GS450 riding through Nerang today
Thought of peteGS :icon_razz:
saw one this past week thursday while at the hospital.a gorgeous bike
I shall post pic's of the frame once I get it in my hot little hands... hopefully tomorrow :thumb:
And what time was that Cods? I was actually riding through Nerang somewhere around 2pm returning from a ride with the OzBikers crew... went down to Kyogle and back through Nimbin, Murwillumbah, etc.
could it be a 'twinner sighting? :)
Quote from: peteGS on September 06, 2015, 01:03:50 PM
I shall post pic's of the frame once I get it in my hot little hands... hopefully tomorrow :thumb:
And what time was that Cods? I was actually riding through Nerang somewhere around 2pm returning from a ride with the OzBikers crew... went down to Kyogle and back through Nimbin, Murwillumbah, etc.
Yep I would say it was you then :)
Got a chance to take a GSX1000S for a day since Spewy was in having a new front tire put on.
Insane doesn't even cover it...
if thats similar in nature to the power of a gsxr 1k youre right insane puts it mildly. VERY mildly. specially if youre not ready for it lol
Cool Cods, I'd say so! She's running real well at the moment, especially with the new steering head bearings and fresh fork oil. Forgotten how fun the Mt Lindsay twists can be!
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:woohoo: cheers pete!
Oh yeah!!!! :thumb:
Pick up my Kat frame today... already have offers of bits and pieces to start fleshing it out... like a fat kid with cake!!!
imports are always fun Eh? gives you a bit of exclusivity :). having something neighbour will not
If a man stands in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him... Is he still wrong? :dunno_black:
in this case id say yes lol. men aare always at fault even when a woman is clearly wrong. i will be judged in the wrong for this and will don my flak jacket for the impending firestorm lol
Here 'tis... now I need to get the rest!!
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Um, Pete... Not to upset you or anything but damn! Your missing a ton of parts there. >:(
Well, on the positive side... she looks fast as hell. :laugh:
I got a front cowl as well... Hahaha... Yes but looks like some bits won't be too far away, an 1100 motor will be the tricky bit!
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body has turned intoa barometer. yay arthritis. like my dog kne1w she like i felt rain coming 20 mins ahead of time lon. i remember a gs750 i rode for a few days. old bike was fun :) like the gs better though
Don't worry, the 450 won't be going anywhere... I still love my 450 and it will continue to be my daily rider :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on September 09, 2015, 01:31:30 PM
Don't worry, the 450 won't be going anywhere... I still love my 450 and it will continue to be my daily rider.
Um... from the looks of your "new" silver bike... The GS450 will continue to be your daily rider for a long, long, time. :whisper:
See now hes going to have both a girlfriend and a mistress. wife at home or wherever will know about the two. hes got it made. a wife, a girlfriend, and a mistress. and not doing anything morally wrong.
Heh-heh... I once rode two mopeds at the same time. :whisper:
Rode em' mighty hard too! :icon_mrgreen:
Hahahahahaha that's hilarious Yama!
EJ... yeah... it'll be a while... quite a while... but I've already been waiting quite a while so I'm sure I'll cope :woohoo:
I've already got parts lined up though and I think some key ingredients are already close as well so things are looking good. It's gonna be a long term project either way so I'm prepared to try to be patient.
The hardest part will be offloading that little Ducati and associated bicycle bits I think but that will generate some $$$ for the project as well as free up space for the Kat bits.
Not that I'm excited or anything... :icon_rolleyes:
DDP FTW :woohoo: :thumb: :cheers:
Looks like the Kat parts are being lined up for me... I'm trying not to get too excited but damn it's hard!!!
Quote from: peteGS on September 12, 2015, 01:49:36 PM
Looks like the Kat parts are being lined up for me... I'm trying not to get too excited but damn it's hard!!!
What's the model year and the displacement of that thing :icon_question:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 09, 2015, 03:21:00 PM
See now hes going to have both a girlfriend and a mistress. wife at home or wherever will know about the two. hes got it made. a wife, a girlfriend, and a mistress. and not doing anything morally wrong.
A better man than I; I haven't got the organisational skills to have an affair, much less the lady pulling power to get the attention of more than one female at a time. Hell, I sometimes wonder if the main squeeze even interested :icon_lol:
In any case, it looks like that frame will pretty soon house far too much horsepower and go way too fast for the nanny-state to allow. We better see pics!
The frame was listed as 1984/85... 'tis an import so doesn't have a local compliance plate with a date of manufacture on it. Just waiting on the import papers at the moment so I can see what's on those.
Capacity wise... I believe there is the bulk of an 1100 motor in the parts being lined up for me, but my hope is to be at 1260cc or larger if I can swing it :icon_mrgreen:
The problem is that the two Kats I've had the pleasure of riding have been 1260cc and 1360cc... so now I just don't see the point in anything smaller... but of course I need it to remain reliable and streetable so I can commute if the 450 is off the road for some reason...
DDP FTW again??? :cookoo: :dunno_white: :flipoff:
Really?? DTP???
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You tease, you!
lmao
Well... The frame and the bonnets look mighty fast.
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lol cmon now
Light indeed for a Kat! A mate has his under 200kg now... I reckon I'm beating him :D
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Go all out Pete and install a 12a in it! ;)
or a 13b lol. that would be wild Eh?
Hmmmm 13b hey? Hahahaha
Now that would be one wild Kat!!!
no redline. will never float a valve, ( arent any) nor break a con rod arent any. hardest part would be getting power to rear wheel. possible if bike was shaft driven. would be wicked and prolly lethal lol
Haven't pooped right in days...
I think I have I. B. S. :whisper:
Errrrr... TMI!!!! Laxatives...
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He might be the other way Pete?
Could be!!!
Most definitely still in the TMI bracket...
Discussed all things Kat during our brekky stop while riding yesterday... going out to see a mate about some bits and pieces today... everything's on the go!!! My mind is getting a tad overloaded with options :icon_confused: :sad: :wink:
DDP again? Lots of win!!!!
Got a few more Kat bits... picked out a lot at the mate's place I need to purchase :thumb:
Now to get the funds for said purchase... :icon_eek:
you are required to do a happy dance when finished Eh? an unofficial official rule lol
Aaron
Last day or so there's been several news reports of a 7month pregnant woman stabbed to death at Mt Druitt. (Western Sydney suburb) ..... turns out is was a guy from my workplace/section! ... he been there 2 months! ... his own missus... handed himself in at local PD ...
.... mind blown! ... knew he had a wild boy history but damn!!!!
D'oh lol, small world Eh?
Wow yeah saw the headlines :icon_eek:
This world has become quite... interesting... in recent times... not all for the best...
Oh, and a happy dance... mate it'll be the happiest happy dance of all time when the Kat is done!!! Got even more bits in the post yesterday and I have a line on the wheels I like too so looking up :thumb:
People's generosity is amazing sometimes...
They have their hooks in you Pete! .... eat the pie!!
indeed on the generosity part. or kindness had ppl open doors for me while i was in my WC. even while in hospital this past weekend. had to draw the line tho when they offered to assist me in using the bathroom lol.
Aaron. ps. what is DDP?
That's Pete's patented Double Delayed Post!
... so really it's a PPDDP !! Lmao!
Hahaha yes that's it!!!! There's also a DTP reserved for special occasions of ultra-quietness in LPW...
Must make a call about the little Duc again today, must offload it to generate $$ and space so I can get more Kat bits... I'm getting way too impatient to get cracking!!!
So what year is this Kat? Or will it be a mixed breed? :dunno_black:
Quote from: peteGS on September 24, 2015, 01:10:51 PM
Hahaha yes that's it!!!! There's also a DTP reserved for special occasions of ultra-quietness in LPW...
Must make a call about the little Duc again today, must offload it to generate $$ and space so I can get more Kat bits... I'm getting way too impatient to get cracking!!!
Little Duc you say..... What is this?
Please... No Ducati jokes. :technical:
The Kat will be registered as a 1984 Kat given the date of the frame... but it will be a bitsa... not sure what year engine the 1100 is but I suspect an earlier one... the rest of the bits will be from here and there :thumb:
The little Duc is a 1949 Ducati Cucciolo T2 but will be going to a new home today... easiest sale I've ever done :thumb:
Looked like this when I got it... and that's the tiniest Weber carby I've ever seen!:
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Wasn't making funniest EJ ... curious what 'little duc' actually was....
Congrats on easy sale Pete! :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on September 26, 2015, 02:27:41 PM
The little Duc is a 1949 Ducati Cucciolo T2 but will be going to a new home today... easiest sale I've ever done.
Wow. That blows my two 1978 PUCH bikes out of the water.
Hell, a new Duc is a big enough pain in the ass to service. Getting parts for 1949 must be near impossible.
Glade you're having fun with all this nut & bolt work, :cheers:
Cheers guys!! Those little motors are rare but popular, it's amazing the bits and pieces that are still available, especially in Italy!
But it's all gone now and I'm starting to get some more Kat bits sorted :thumb:
Need to get my shed build ASAP, two weeks off work soon so I'm hopeful the weather lets me get some done!
Shhhhhhh!! ... ixnay on the eatherway chatter whilst mentioning the edshay! !!
You'll be up to your ears in aterway otherwise!! ;) :thumb:
Hahahaha yes!!! My lips are sealed... ;)
I'm tired... train commute home.... the seat material design is blue/black/yellow speckled. ... there are 'faces' in the design!.... they are watching me!! .... waiting till I fall asleep!!!
An observation i made today. doc says post trauma arthritis is permanent. when weather comes in, 2 hours befre it arrives i feel it. pain triples way beyond a 10. dog hides i locate my meds and prepare lol. or to shorten this,
"dog heads for the hills i head for the pills" but its funny lol. dog looks at me saying " here it comes lol. we literally pick it up within moments of eachother. going to obtain a large sketch pad and plan the GS trike. thank you janx for reigniting this. i had thought of it a long while back in 04-05. now with a med necessity this may happen. janx may get together to share ideas on this. ( this will take a bit to happen. maybe 2 years. cause i have to acquire everything.
A Gs obviously it will be Gs based.
rear end will be a honda 400ex swingarm. has inboard brakes etc and will fit with some modifcation.
have to extend driveshaft of the swingarm. either i use/machine a longer axle, to make it semi stable.
wheels will be Gs ( probably fronts. cause drive is contained inboard on swingarm. getting stoked :) thankyou janx. for kicking it off. can probably use a stock gs exhaust . janx you made my day my friend. :) got me to shift focus.
What are your thoughts on using airshift? reverse im not concerned about. i will be able to walk assisted by a cane lol. so i can 1 leg push a bike backwards if i need to.
Aaron
Airshift. ... well now.... I'm gonna have to research what that is before I venture a shadetree engineer thought on it!
Hmmm I know in the UK they use Robin Reliant diff etc. for trike conversions, dunno if there's something equivalent in the US. You lot seem to like things over sized so I suspect not :icon_lol:
For reversing, you could just do an electric motor on the drive shaft. Have it only be able to switch on when in neutral then a push button on the left 'bar to engage it. I think that's how they do the reverse assist on Goldwings etc.
Well I'll be forked! ... yeah Pete!.... Better/simpler idea!
Had a quick chat yesterday with a mate who is a machinist. .. explained my concept to him.... he said yeah ok could do, but why?... as in why so much parts for just reverse? .. then said... "there's better ways, have a think!" ..... ...... did he tell you first Pete!? ;) ;) Lmao
or just 1 leg push. friend of mine saw me in pain yesterday offered mee a small bottle of jack daniels. i said thanks but no thanks. 1st i dont drink anymore and 2nd ive 2 broken ankles with problems. last thing i should do is drink and fall lol.
still scheming/thinking on design here. leaning toward no bodywork. just making the exposed mechanicals pleasing to the eye.
Aaron
Hahaha no Janx, didn't chat to your mate ;)
Many years ago I had an XS750 semi basket case that someone had hacked the frame on to lower the seating position. I had ideas of what to do with it at the time and one of those was a trike conversion, so I was looking at various ways of doing that.
And I reckon that was a sensible move Yama :thumb:
Got PBS tuned in again OTA. ( Dont have cable) me and patrick used to watch the same programs on a 3 hour time difference. :( couldnt tell him lol i.e. spoiler alert lol) vegetation here screws with the motorised antenna. have to wait until im able to be on my feet so i can put antenna on roof. got best reception thusfar putting it on pole in back yard. wont let anyone else on roof for liability. so roof mount may be indefinately postponed. :(
Had a chat with a mate last night, got a bunch of Kat bits sorted, should have them here in a week and a half or so... can't wait!!!! :woohoo: :thumb:
Sooooo. ... Pete. .... you will have a whole box of bike parts ready to assemble according to instructions. .... ..... ..... it'll be a Kit Kat!! ..... bahahaha.. .. (insert pic of the husky dog excited face! ) ;)
theres an idea pete lol. paint bike in colour of a kit kat wrapper ( an off red or brick red) and have a decal set made up for it saying KIT-KAT. cant wait for this to be on road and im 13k miles away. but watching closely.
Aaron
Yama. .. vegetation screws with motorised antenna. ...
Distant trees block signal? ... or you have weeds/vines fouling the mechanism?
Kit Kat or Kat Kit? Hahaha
The way things are looking I'll probably be about 75% complete with bits and pieces in the next week or so... at least I hope so anyway!
The assembly however will have to wait for a bit, I must build the shed first. Timber for that arrives on Monday as I start 2 weeks leave from work :thumb:
still think it would be interesting painted in colour of kitkat wrapper and a kit kat logo ( or kat kit ;) in place of the emblem on tank. this reminds me of my 4th gs. i had plans of painting it john deere green the wheels john deere yellow, AND putting the john deere logo in place of the tank decal. then outrun someone in a car, catch them later on and ask " how did it feel to be outrun by a john deere. but finished and sold that bike. legs being what they are when i build my trike, out of a gs ;) it will either be the john deere theme or the first one. a bonafide yamahonkawazuki ( my first gs lol had asst parts on it. still got the tank decals here somewhere lol.) ( also the source of my username lol) am sorry this sparked my mind to do this again. [/threadjack]
Aaron
My 450 used to have a Honda bit on it... but it still has a Kwaka bit on it... I just don't like to admit it ;)
Oh, it does have bits meant for a Yammie too but they're after market so I say they don't count :D
No one should have to admit to kwaka bits! ... it's just not done! ;)
Unless its nothing more than a headlight.
creepiest thing ever. watched cathy bates in ( the day the earth stood still) day after watching the 1951 version. she is CREEEEEEEPY specially as sec. of state. lol. shes always been creepy. didnt know she was in this remake, i saw here saying awww hell cathy bates. lol ( then saw credits on case.
Cathy Bates is creepy... you've seen Misery I take it?
Funniest thing on talk radio. this applies to all us presidents. except for maybe washington. the exiting president gives a quick run down of whats what and where. watch vids of this tour. theyre :) at beginning of tour and :( at the conclusion
Aaron
Got way more done than expected on the shed yesterday... rear frame and two side frames are done... so just the front frame to go! Then it's the fun of getting the colorbond tin on the outside then making doors... oh and figuring out the inside insulation, shelving, etc. Need to paint the outside too... while it's colorbond it's quite old and faded (bought recycled stuff for half the price per metre of new).
Pete, painting colorbond is a bastard depending on the actual orig powder mix, lot of times the paint just starts to bubble and flake/lift. .. you can etch primer it then paint but that's expensive. ..
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Is colour actually faded/gone or is it just white chalky over the top? .. if so..
Best result for low price I've seen is floor cleaner and scrub/scourer pads (the green ones you use for non stick cookware) ... or if you have access to air comp and air power buffer/grinder type unit, get a larger sheet of the green stuff and make a disc of it instead of the buffer cloth, still using floor cleaner....
Then when all the whitish gunk is gone and you not sick of the process... give it a spray coat of (cheap) urethane car polish (nu finish 2001 is reasonable. .. bright green bottle) and a quick wipe down... ideally you coat it again every year or so but depends on your sq mtr total and care factor :thumb:
BTW janx i tried the pancakes with sour cream and honey. = EPIC
Cheers Janx, got it all scrubbed down with sugar soap yesterday and a whole lot of the colour just came straight off along with years of dirt... at this stage I think we'll scrub it down as best we can and give it a coat of paint so I can call it done, then if it starts to peel I can scrub it back some more and go again in 12 months time... got just over a week 'til I'm back at work so I wanna get the thing done :D
But now for the real exciting stuff... paid a visit to a couple of mates yesterday and Kat Korner in the garage now looks like this:
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peteGS, you're my hero. :bowdown:
Wrenching and more wrenching. This is the true purpose of life!
I myself am waaaaay over-due for a project. well hell, what am I saying??? I'm way over-due for a simple ride. >:(
Thanks for posting the pics! I love a shop crowded with parts. :cheers:
I kinda' like these emoticons too. :thumb:
Just saying :whisper:
-Ej-
Sour cream? There's a thought! Not done that! ... I use cream cheese so far.... hmmmm. .. to the shops!
reminds me of cheesecake. very filling tho
Aaron
Hahahah me too EJ!!! :woohoo: :thumb: :icon_lol: :cheers:
How about more pic's?
Proof I really am building a Kat...
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And the shed is close to getting a roof...
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Hmmmm DDP FTW time :thumb: :cheers: :woohoo:
DTP FTW perhaps????
No 4 banger for you though matey! ;)
He's a busy fellow. :icon_eek:
Hahaha no no 4 banger... dammit! Hahaha
Busy alright! I need to go back to work for a holiday...
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Not far to go now...
Oh no another DDP FTW!!!!! :cheers:
The shed has a complete roof and tin on the front... bit of finishing off to do above the doorway then it's door time today :thumb:
Then of course I'm up to getting an electrician it in to wire it up...
That's exciting, Pete!!
Digging through my coin collection found a 1913 and 1914 imperial german 1 pfennig coin surprised me being a century old still has amazing detail :)
Aaron
And here I was thinking I was old... :icon_lol:
found a 1938 1 pfennig nazi germany. and a 1923 tunisian franc as well as a uk new pence. thought about liquidating some of these, but the nazi pfennig came over with my great grandfather he came over just prior to ww2. as 2nd mate on queen mary. so that one stays. the imperial pfennigs im not sure. he was a young man in germany at that point.
You are old Pete! ... but the coins are olderer!
Damn I hate it when you're right!!!!
Shed doors are just about done, had a short storm last night... need to sort drainage on the high side... was quite wet inside when I checked it last night. I knew that would be an issue, just haven't gotten around to putting a gutter in there yet. Water runs down the gap between the slab and brick wall and has no place to go except in the shed, a bit of gutter will solve that :thumb:
a gutter topside and a french drain on the perimeter. will solve this. also consider sealing the seams ( silicone?)
Quote from: peteGS on October 21, 2015, 12:43:38 PM
And here I was thinking I was old... :icon_lol:
Hmm title would fit then if my german is ok ( = the old fart) was either that or DDP FTW lol. amazing how many ways one can say fart in german lol. ( teaching myself the language to kill boredom on the homefront
Aaron
This shed is kicking my butt... went and got some drainage channel yesterday so that will sort the water issue, and started digging the trench for the electricity run from the house... 600mm doesn't sound like much but digging clay sucks!
The doors are driving me insane... the shed ended up on the slightest little incline off dead vertical, so opening the doors has them jamming into the concrete. Need to take them off and hang them again :technical: :technical: :technical:
I knew trying to be fancy with a set of doors opening up to allow the shed to expand would bite me... turns out I was right! :technical:
Day off the shed today so I can go riding, then back into it tomorrow... as long as I get the doors hung and drainage channel sorted then I can safely go back to work knowing the shed is sealed and I can start looking at the inside :thumb:
lookin fwd to seein her ( and the bike) done :)
600mm trench?? .. conduit along the fence or house and one single cross over section mate!! Easier to check/inspect later too!!
Oh the trench isn't long, only goes directly from the house to the shed... less than 1.5 metres... it's just that 600mm's is a pig to dig in wet clay!
Shouldn't be long Yama, doors should be done today just in time to go back to work tomorrow...
Advice for clay (red here) ive used a spike to break it up first then to dig. great for stress relief and upper arm strength lol
The outside still needs paint, some trim, and drainage finished up but it's essentially done to a point where it's lockable... once that drainage is done it's useable for storage at least.
Once I have power sorted then I can finish up the inside and it's ready for use :thumb:
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And yep that does work a treat Yama! Although my arms don't feel it's a treat at all...
used a4ft spike to assist digging a porch foundation ( 12 of them 10"dia. and 4ft deep. in red clay. to place concrete tubes). i DESPISED red clay at that point. wet red clay is as slick as a babies bottom on a bad day, this one i hand parked my truck on it. hell it looked dry. it wasnt. insta stuck lol. friend and myself walked about 3 miles to get his truck to pull mine out. :technical:
Aaron
Well they took almost as long to get about 15 km's from Brisbane airport to my house as they did from Wisconsin to Brisbane airport, but got my Kat forks yesterday :thumb:
This weekend should be rolling chassis time so I can see what else I'm missing...
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Blame Cods for the slow Qld routing I reckon! ;) ... he shoulda give them the secret deliveryman's wink for express service
love the guy to death i hope he is okay. but you bring up a point ive sent things to him and youre right. would take as long upon arrival to your country from mine, to then clear customs. and be delivered.
Ahhh good ol' Cods! 'Bout time he chipped in here... so I'll blame him then :icon_razz:
Sorted through all my Mick Hone bits last night and labelled what part they belong to so I can just get to it and start assembly... I'm far too excited to stuff around finding what goes where first!!
Isnt that the fun but once all the ducks are in a row, and assembly can begin without pausing? or in my case id get a few bits, install... wait..... get a few bits ( repeat ) the story of frankenbike. lol. im impatient when i get to the wait section, or cant afford next piece, and MUST wait, i become impatient again lol. specially when i could start the engine and listen to it. that part sucked . made me even more impatient lol
Aaron
Dentist appt done! - checkup, xray, clean & fluoride treatment... by a lady dentist with a beautiful Edinburgh accent! ...... fee = no gap on the health fund card! :woohoo:
Its only been a decade! :icon_lol:
Teeth feel weird! All slippery and bumpy! :thumb:
I hear that Yama, fortunately I think I'm about 75 - 80% done with the big stuff. Just need to get all that loosely assembled on the frame so I can ascertain where I'm at, I haven't even been able to assess the condition of the engine at all yet. Still need to check out the crank, gearbox, barrels, etc. before I know where that's at.
The fun of the dentist Janx! I go every six months but my health fund doesn't pay all of it of course... legalised black mail I tell ya'!
DDP FTW!!! And more!!!!
Shed drainage done:
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Got a lot of bits loosely assembled on the Kat now I can use the shed:
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And started trying to take the dent in the tank out:
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Perseverance will win that one :thumb:
gonna be SICK man! :cheers: good luck on the tank.
Now I get the idea. :icon_mrgreen:
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Haha cheers!!!! Did some more on the tank... starting to begin thinking it was wishful thinking that it was starting to budge... but I shall persevere some more and see where it ends up.
I did start on the motor last night though, crank rotates smoothly and clutch cover came off with no dramas :thumb:
That dent puller. .. got metal structure inside that plastic/nylon frame? ..
The location of that ding with the rollover edges involved is going to take more pressure than if it was a flat panel! .. quite a bit more pressure!!
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Granny!! .. can I have a cookie please!?
Where's the comma after "cookie"? >:(
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Hahaha oh you lot... better watch my grammar!!!!
And no, no metal in that bar... not convinced it's working but I haven't given up yet either.
I'll persevere for a bit longer... it is a lot larger dent than it's designed for!
http://youtu.be/vEyE8PibVDs (http://youtu.be/vEyE8PibVDs)
Hopefully that link works Pete, but if not Ytube search 'stud weld dent puller' ...
I've only ever done bodgy backyard panel work with a mate but that dent of yours doesn't look like a low pressure solution! :thumb:
Ddp! :P
Felt seedy and sore throat at lunch, now ache everywhere and shivers. ... dreaded man flu! .... but hopefully my differently motivated immune system will have it sorted in 8 hours or so when I wake up for work!
Been that way for 2 decades.... miss out on lurgy for 3 or 4 years then have an overnight episode....
Still on light duties from knee (recovering well.with focussed exercises) .. so I can probably manage if I'm still influenced! .... even though workers comp, unless I have a pre notified medical appt then no work is no pay!
I hate shivering!
Hahaha nice Janx! On the DDP that is...
Bugger on the shivers!!! You don't get sick leave?? That sucks!!
Good call on the stud puller, have seen them in use on the car shows on Discovery Turbo... but I don't have a MIG and I'm disinclined to do something like that to a fuel tank myself anyway... my welding skills are "ahem" average at best.
However I do have an old swingarm shaft that I think may come in handy... tack a nut on the end the same thread as those pulling rods I have and improvise a slide hammer with that. Might just do the trick if the glue holds strongly enough.
I think some of the issue is actually the paint that's on there. It doesn't seem to be of particularly good quality and I suspect it's starting to pull the paint off before pulling the dent, so I may need to sand that back so it can get a better purchase.
Either way, no rush on the repair so I can just try stuff here and there as I get time, plenty of other things to do! Like make an engine stand attached to the workbench so I can get the Kat motor up off the floor and split the cases :thumb:
Casual employee on light duty... no sick days :/
Would have to be hectic glue bro! ... even rough sand bare metal would be hard to slide hammer enough pressure to shift the ding. ..
Those stud welder units. . Pretty easy to use.. place and pull trigger... vaguely recall seeing a mention of hire option for them too? ... would be ideal situ!
Janx is down with the flu?
Not good! :technical:
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True!... finished with shivers and aches when I woke up.... but now got cough like an old steam tractor with a leaky cylinder!..... but least it covers the frat noise that the cough also creates! ;)
Oh nice Janxy, musical man!!! :D
I will have to research further on stud pullers etc... see what I can see ;)
Just as an aside.... my missus is a stud puller! :thumb:
Hahahaha oh dear...
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Stud service? Heh... we're getting spicy on the old LPW thread, eh?
And Pete... A dented tank is one of the oldest problems in motorcycling.
I'm sure you could find a cure on one of the old bike restoration forums. Maybe a Classic Harley forum?
Just saying. :dunno_black:
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http://www.motorcycledentrepair.com/ (http://www.motorcycledentrepair.com/)
-Ej-
Yup, I've been Googling away... stud pullers are hideously expensive so the only way one of those is being used is if I pay a professional to do it.
I think I'm going to sand the paint back and persevere with the hot glue method, but I'll dodgy up a slide hammer attachment for the bits using that swingarm shaft I reckon. If I can get those creased bits out then the rest in theory should move a lot easier...
DDP FTW :woohoo: :thumb: :cheers:
Not so much for the win:
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Found in the Kat clutch basket... :technical:
DTP again??? Geez you lot are slack!
Got an engine stand made...
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Cooling fins. Lots and lots of cooling fins. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.somethingawful.com%2Fforumsystem%2Femoticons%2Femot-colbert.gif&hash=de25a33abb66c81e2fdd77f30a52863fe5a11701)
Oh they cooling fins!! I thought he had a shiny new grill plate for the BBQ!! ;)
Air/oil cooled all the way!!!!
But if you get stuck in too much traffic in the middle of summer they could certainly double as a grill...
DDP again? What's up with you lot!!?? :flipoff:
Had some fun getting the sprocket off the Kat motor... needed to get some leverage some how...
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Crikey! ... looks a bit funky!
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WTF?
Pssst... Janks, :whisper: ...You sure he's not from Poland? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flaserpointerforums.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fthinking.gif&hash=573ab604694a3d9f418aad539b9caee97f6220f9)
Nah... that's just bloody Queenslanders for ya! .. no finesse! No gentle easing or gear pullers! ... just burn a lug on there and rip the thing off.... wouldn't be surprised if he chained the bloody thing to a 4wd and let it rip! ;) ...
Bloody Queenslanders!
Bahahahahahaha :thumb:
Yeah, that's some serious sh!t right there. Thank goodness he's not a dentist. :icon_rolleyes:
On the positive side; It did get the sprocket off.
Lol yes... desired result acheived!
Unconventional gear pulling method, cotton. We'll see how it behaves when he throws the gear back on! :thumb:
Finesse? What the hell does that mean? Hahaha... bloody Mexicans!!!
And speaking of a lack of finesse... I reckon someone ran the Kat motor with a loose cam chain... split the cases last night and found where the little broken bits came from... cam chain guide holder in the lower crank case is smashed. Hopefully it'll be an easy fix... the holder itself is cheap at least.
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At least the rest looks clean :thumb:
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Yikes, It's been disemboweled!
Bless you peteGS :bowdown: No, make that "Doctor" peteGS. :bowdown:
Quote from: mennobike on November 11, 2015, 10:07:06 AM
Unconventional gear pulling method, cotton. We'll see how it behaves when he throws the gear back on! :thumb:
Usually will still work. those those things dont bent THAT easily lol.
Aaron
Doctor? Me? Hahahaha there's a scary thought! Queensland Health would probably employ me though... :cheers:
I think we have a plan to fix that broken post too :thumb:
And it looks like the head has been ported and the valve guides cut for much smoother flow in there... could be a bonus right there ;) :D :woohoo:
Your like an motorcycle engine archaeologist. No really, think about it. 8)
Ill have to get my DL straightened out (health susp.) and visit, and take a spin on one of the PUCHs :)
Aaron
Doctor is a title of education level, not necessarily medical! ... ~smarty pants mode- OFF~
Quote from: Janx101 on November 12, 2015, 10:44:10 PM
Doctor is a title of education level, not necessarily medical! ... ~smarty pants mode- OFF~
Sheee-it!
No Sir :nono: "I" am the forum genius.
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Now that's scary right there!!!! Imagine waking up to that on a dark and stormy night...
Motorcycle engine archaeologist... I like it :D :cheers:
Heading out for a ride this morning, hopefully there will be lots of discussion on all things Kat related... in particular whether all my pistons are within the service limit or if I need to go up a size... and how to address that broken post with a suitable permanent non-dodgy fix :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on November 13, 2015, 12:38:59 PM
...whether all my pistons are within the service limit or if I need to go up a size...
and how to address that broken post with a suitable permanent non-dodgy fix :thumb:
1.) If there's no actual damage, life will be a kinder place if you avoid a boring and re-use the old pistons.
2.) Broken post? :dunno_black:
My hope at the moment is that the bores and pistons are still well within spec so a hone job is all that's required. Any more is going to push the budget up and time frame out which is frustrating at the very least...
Broken post... yeah there's a holder for the chain guides in the lower crankcase under the crank. Something has happened that smashed it and took out one of the mounting posts. Looks like it should be a fairly straight forward fix though. The holder is dirt cheap too fortunately.
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EJ, dammit are you still chiming in from Jersey about wrenching?
JESTER lol how ya been man, its a nuthaus still lol.
dealin with broken bone arthritis here lol. thats alright tho its near winter anyways. how you been doing?
Aaron
Hey Jester! .. you hanging for a bit or just a splash and dash before your leather and whips lady catches you again? ;)
Quote from: jestercinti on November 14, 2015, 05:21:42 PM
EJ, dammit are you still chiming in from Jersey about wrenching?
Holy valve-tap... It's "Hit & Run Jester" :woohoo:
Thanks for swinging by the Tard Farm to let us know your still alive!
This may seem like an odd thought but time is flying by: How old is you Son now-a-days?
Are you still wandering the banks of the Ohio River?
Good to see you post!
-Ej-
Hey hey it's Jester!!! Good to see you're still alive :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
I've got some clean valves now...
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Oooh. .. Purty! !
Now we're getting serious. :whisper:
Oh yeah!!! Another five cleaned up last night, four to go... and did some more measuring and so far the crank is looking good :thumb:
I have a feeling third gear in the transmission is a bit loose but I need to measure the backlash to be certain.
DDP FTW!!!
Last four valves cleaned up... transmission has some issues :technical:
Third gear backlash is out of spec by 0.002" as are all three shift forks by 0.001". Not sure if that's critical or not but I suspect the teeth on third and fourth gears are... this is third drive gear, fourth is just starting.
If I replace all that it's roughly $650 brand new :technical:
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Those 2 teeth to left of centre image. . Looks like hard face is worn off?
If the bike is going to be just used for occasional local rides you'd do best to NOT get too involved in that trany.
With a high mileage unit changing one of anything will inevitably force you to change everything to get it to shift properly again.
Besides,,, Can you even get parts, bearing, gears, shafts, etc.. for that thing? :dunno_black:
However, If money is no object, you certainly have the skill to rebuild that thing to good-as-new condition. <beer helps>
I say; "go for it!" :cheers:
Possible 40deg Celsius here at work today... if the heat gets to me I may end up doing a nudie run to the nearest creek! ... was a humid 34 yesterday and gave me the grumpies!
That's 104 in the archaic measure! Lol
Yep, facing going/gone on both 3rd and 4th drive gears... parts are easy to get but not cheap... the awkward decision is new gears or second hand gears? If I do new for those two pairs... then I should do the others as well... that's not cheap... so maybe just two good second hand pairs instead... aaargh decisions, decisions!!!
You mean you not going to reface, resurface and temper them yourself!? .... what sort of Queensland bush mechanic are you!?! Lmao ;)
Yeah Janx... He's "pussing out"
Hell... If he was a real man he'd forge his own in a home-made blast-furnace. :whisper:
Bloody oath!! .. 44 gallon drum with a hatch cut into it should do! .... mind the edges though!
Errr... yeah... sure... hahaha
Turns out I measured wrong, used the dial gauge the wrong way... measured properly and they're all out of spec :technical:
peteGS working on the bike. . .
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Go Pete, GO!
Maybe we as a collective group can locate needed parts and ship? (gears, forks etc)
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on November 19, 2015, 02:14:19 PM
Maybe we as a collective group can locate needed parts and ship? (gears, forks etc)
Aaron
Hell yeah... If he down grades to a late model GS500 :whisper:
Quote from: Janx101 on November 19, 2015, 10:32:15 AM
Bloody oath!! .. 44 gallon drum with a hatch cut into it should do! .... mind the edges though!
Or he might have to supersize it, going for a 55gal.
Aaron
Hahahah yep EJ that looks about right!!!!
And cheers Yama but no need, the Katana boys here are looking out for me so all under control I hope :thumb:
It seems the Kat's bottom end has had a hard life... crank is out of spec on the runout too so not sure where to go from here, I'm awaiting advice from those in the know...
Concerning our vehicles...
Powerful - Reliable - Inexpensive. Pick any two at a time, the third is not included. :nono:
Exactly EJ, spot on!!!
I have a DL1000 that is very powerful, and rather inexpensive. <ahem> :technical: :icon_mrgreen:
Hahaha the wee beastie is pretty reliable, reasonably inexpensive...
The Kat will be reliable, will be powerful...
I'm seeing a theme here for sure :D :icon_lol:
Speaking of the Kat, trying some plastic welding... from this:
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To this:
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The acetone in the ABS slurry should have all evaporated by tonight so I should be able to tell how strong it is or isn't. Fingers crossed it's all good and I can sand the chunky bits back and have a proper tail piece to mount up.
Cool! :woohoo:
A mobile meth lab.
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Sssssh don't tell everyone!!!!
Repair work successful though :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
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The amount of loose "stuff" on that garage floor is damn impressive. :thumb:
They call him Al Quaeda Pete!! ;)
I'll betcha' The Buddha could find use for some of that floor-scrap.
Clean it up and sell it to the South African gang members he was dealing with over the summer. Them seemed like a nice group of fellows.
I distinctly remember their Customer Service Department. :thumb:
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Hmmm I need to clean my work bench up... all my crap is cramping my style... :cool:
You have bike bits on your bed? ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on November 26, 2015, 11:09:26 PM
You have bike bits on your bed?
. . . And in his pockets, in car, in kitchen, etc, etc... :icon_mrgreen: peteGS is a mechanic!
I was baking a rear differential gear in our oven recently when the Mrs. walked in and freaked out.
My Son also got busted by the Mrs., He was storing 6 gallons of nitro methane under his bed. :icon_rolleyes:
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Hahahah and I thought I was bad!!!
6 GALLONS! of nitro!! .. safe enough with care I guess... but the possible mayhem! ;)
Also. . Today is mentally tough. .. been on champix tablets for several weeks (stop smoking aid) .. budget and associated requirements mean that I don't have cash to buy cigs. . Last one was Saturday arvo. 24 hours ago.... still on tablets so the nicotine craving isn't there (been fading for few weeks) ... the damn hand/fidget/do something habit is giving me the shits tho! .... gaaaaaaaa!
Took me 5 years of "try & fail" to get off all nicotine. :icon_neutral:
Been off that crap for 14 years with absolutely NO urge to go back.
Good luck with your "cold-turkey" attempt at quitting smoking. :cheers:
Get a copy of this book somewhere:
http://allencarr.com.au/ (http://allencarr.com.au/)
My wife went to a seminar a few years ago and after having been smoking since her early teens has not touched one since. No patches/pills/etc. and probably only about 48 hours of struggle coming to grips with it afterwards. You don't have to go to a seminar either, it's not a money making scheme as far as I can see, especially given the results... oh it's not hypnosis or anything like that either.
I stopped about 4 and a half years ago I think and used patches, haven't touched one since either, but man I wish I knew about that book and seminar then!
The trick is understanding that 95% of the withdrawal is mental and not chemical and that it's your mind that's craving them, not your body... and that all the things you *think* cigarettes were doing for you actually wasn't the case at all and they did nothing but cause you grief...
Also, you're not "quitting" because that implies you're giving up on something good, you're "stopping" doing something that's bad for you...
Thanks lads. . Have used this medication to quit for nearly a year once before... I know it works ok....
The first week is the worst for the fidgets. .
EJ .. not cold turkey... the tablets have been neutralizing most of the nicotine response in my brain for weeks/months. .. it used to be a anti-depressant when created... but studies showed that users also often gave up smoking "because it's not doing anything for me" .. or something like that? ...
So next couple weeks I'm a 20/day TicTac/Mentos man!
Once you quit, The true test is to drink a few beers, then do a nice fat line of "crank" (crystal meth), and head to the local pub and sit between two mates that are heavy smokers.
If you last thru that, then you've officially "kicked the habit". :thumb:
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Your METHod seems a bit extreme EJ! ... it was BBQ and beer that undid me last time! .. such an easy habit to fall back into..... dangit, but I am also $ motivated to stay off them! .. I'm bloody sick of calculating if I have enough fuel money for work or whether I can get a bloody coffee in the morning! .... snarl grump ptui mumble grumble. .. ;) :thumb:
After 48 hours without nicotine. . .
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Janx.... There are safe and proven drug-free options to help you pass the BBQ & Beer test too...
Electo-Shock Treatments are administered every time you have an urge to "light-up"
You only have to wear the medically implanted head-band for about a week and then you'll be cured.
Hell, The doctor can give the remote control key-fob firing button to your boss or your wife for even faster results. :thumb:
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Bahahaha. .. yer a funny fecker! ;) .. I'll be ok... if I have BBQ I just won't have beer! Easy peasy!
BBQ without a cold beer? It simply cant be done. :whisper: :cookoo:
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Beer with BBQ is good! .. but it's like a seasoning kinda.... there's lots of other seasonings tho!
I've had. ... counting.... 5 maybe? Beers this calender year? .. its not a big loss! .. but my willpower varys widely with beer! Lol
Oh Janx... One last thing; Let us know if you get fat after you quit smoking. I didn't but I'm told that some people do. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fg90cnqjvf%2Fbelly_dance.gif&hash=cf53a6d8c0ec0cbc6cf49e829d4f078ff6ae9c2b)
An unrelated pic of a guy an a Star Wars Speederbike in LA, USA.
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Lol yeah.. it's on my mind.
I kinda avoided it by getting fat over winter! 23lbs or so extra! . And the knee thing I've been having dramas with is partly due to 'excess baggage' ...
However in the last 2 -3 weeks I've clocked up about 60km or so on the MTB .. which is 60km more than all year! .. haven't weighed recently but I'm feeling fitter already!
Best thing I did was the day after I stopped smoking was Australia Day, so it was dinner down at the local leagues club... my wife was still smoking and we were drinking... I lasted through that without a smoke then all good :thumb: No problems going to the pub or whatever since then and I have no desire to have one any more.
On another topic, cleaned up that work bench last night, forgot to take a pic though so will have to do that tonight for your viewing pleasure...
Two items...
1.) we like pics, Pete. Pics are joy!
2.) some people are not serious smoker-drinkers. They're not pub dwellers. I think most of them can quit with out too much fuss because smoking is just a habit and not truly a part of their lifestyle.
By the time I was 40, I was no longer a pub dweller so i was capable of finally quitting.
25 years of smoking just stopped. :dunno_black:
All I can say is more power to you Janxy, you can stop!! :woohoo: :thumb:
And I finished the work bench clean up last night, I was really only half way there the night before as I had spanners everywhere as well...
And here is the proof!! Showing off the newly installed power points in the left corner and fluro above the work bench as well... and I moved the bench vice further towards the drill press so I could utilise that little desk lamp to properly see what I'm doing.
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The "miniglades" is filling again ( a miniature everglades) i had put cut brush in middle of a retention pond a few years back awaiting a burn permit. county wouldnt issue for nearly 2 years. due to drought. and now weve got small trees growing there. and when pond fills from rainfall it looks like a scale model of the FL everglades lol. been raining for 3 days solid.
Aaron
Hmmm. .. this is page 666 ! ..."this is not heresy and I will not recant" -supercharger heaven, white zombie
Ahh yes. If only my shop was roomy like the peteGS shop.
But nope! Mine is tiny and packed with bikes that seldom get ridden. <sigh>
peteGS, your pics are cool! :cheers:
Roomy??? Hahahaha that's one word I would definitely *not* use to describe my workshop!! Hahahaha
No Pete, be honest...
It's more like this. . .
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If that's yours EJ I'm gonna cry!!!! That's the workshop of my dreams, never gonna happen in this house :technical:
Pete. .. if you build one they will cum!
Quote from: peteGS on December 02, 2015, 12:57:24 PM
If that's yours EJ I'm gonna cry!!!!
Heh-heh... I wish That was my photo. :whisper:
Ever watch any of my videos?
That tiny equipment (and junk) packed little garage is "my" shop.
I'm thinking of converting an old shipping container into a little shop (because everywhere else at my place is either off limits or dusty like the '30s).
Just want a nice place to wrench!! :technical: :technical:
Errr Janx... think you're out of context :flipoff: :icon_lol:
I think I have seen that EJ, yeah you need a bigger one :D
Shipping container would be perfect!! Lots of room in there and if done right it would be semi portable as well :thumb:
And I have a nice set of rebuilt Koni's for the Kat after a bit of effort :thumb:
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My Rat Hole from the front. . .
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Same Rat Hole from the back. . .
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You get the idea. Backed with junk, especially for the winter. Once the snow comes it's just me, the bikes, and the rats! :thumb:
You need a couple lawn lockers or one of those flash expanding bike storage things for the bikes only!... then your workspace will be roomy. .. only wheel the bikes in there while actually working on them! ...
Its not bad as it looks.... 20+ years removaling tells me this! :thumb:
Yes. I have a shed in back, (no heat or lights) where the bikes go during a project.
But the "shop" has heat & lights. And a dehumidifyer running.
I've lived here for 25 years. Probably die here, so my one-car garage will do.
Plus I can't stand to discard anything mechanical. My junk is my pride & joy. :bowdown:
Ahhh. .. a 'good stuff' aficionado! :thumb:
You have *heaps* of room EJ!!!! +1 on shuffling the bikes out to the shed and you will have so much room you'll want another bike! Oh wait... :dunno_black:
Seriously, if I had an entire one side of the garage just for the workshop and bikes I would be over the moon!
Quote from: peteGS on December 04, 2015, 02:52:34 PM
You have *heaps* of room EJ!!!! +1 on shuffling the bikes out to the shed and you will have so much room you'll want another bike!
I been thinking of a new FJ-09 that I really don't need at this point on my life. <sigh>
I dont know. :dunno_black:
My wife been pestering me to buy a new truck literally for a few years already.
I'm looking at ordering a RAM/Longhorn/Cummins 3500.
If I roll that Cummins back to a gas engine and buy it off the lot rather than custom order it, I would surly have enough left over to get the FJ.
Hell, I'm almost 60. I should be looking at rocking chairs, not rocket sleds. :icon_rolleyes:
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Oh go on, do it EJ!!! You know you want to :D
What about those mixed nuts? Looks like just cashews to me. :dunno_black:
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Hate to say it EJ ... but you are categorically, entirely and indisputably wrong!
....
You DO need that FJ09 in your life!!! .... overwhelmingly so!
:thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on December 06, 2015, 04:02:27 AM
Hate to say it EJ ... but you are categorically, entirely and indisputably wrong!
You DO need that FJ09 in your life!!! .... overwhelmingly so!
Buy a cheaper truck so I got a little left over for a new FJ?
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:icon_lol: I think that's your mixed nuts answer right there! :icon_lol:
DDP FTW :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: :icon_lol:
Move over DL1000. :icon_mrgreen:
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BTW...
What is this "DDP" you speak of? :whisper: :dunno_black:
Nice EJ! :thumb:
Double Delayed Post ;)
Quote from: Janx101 on December 07, 2015, 04:41:31 PM
Nice EJ! :thumb:
Double Delayed Post ;)
DDP? :cookoo:
Some kind of Aussie term no doubt. :icon_rolleyes:
peteGS, post us a picture of something technical.
Thanks.
And Yama... welcome back to the farm.
DDP = Delayed Double Post... as in you slackers taking too long between posts so one whole day later I get to post directly after my last one :thumb: :icon_lol:
Hmmm got nothing particularly technical that's new, just some cardboard mock ups I've been doing for the inner rear mudguard/under seat tray on the Kat...
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Exactly the type of stuff I was looking for.
Thanks you Sir. :bowdown:
Oh noes! .. Pete has gone hippie feral recycler! .... Bahahaha
Quote from: Janx101 on December 09, 2015, 02:51:02 AM
Oh noes! .. Pete has gone hippie feral recycler! .... Bahahaha
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Hahahahahaha
Sorry, nothing else to post pic's of at present... exhausted from yet another crappy week at work so can't get motivated to get out to the shed at night... :technical:
You should work on waste collection truck like me Pete! .. we rarely have a crappy week!.. a day here and there maybe but the crews are always laughing and joking :thumb:
There's always a job on a honey wagon lol
Errrm no! ... that's one job ... if they said to do from now on.. nope! Seeya! Not ever! Lol
This time of year just sucks at work, everyone wants everything done before Christmas so everything's a big rush... we don't have enough staff to cover normal workload now so it just gets to be a nightmare :technical:
It'll be over in a few weeks...
Quote from: peteGS on December 11, 2015, 12:31:52 PM
This time of year just sucks at work, everyone wants everything done before Christmas so everything's a big rush...
we don't have enough staff to cover normal workload now so it just gets to be a nightmare.
Wait! I have an idea:
To hell with that xmas rush crap... Bring the Kat to work and work on it there. :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on December 10, 2015, 10:48:31 PM
Errrm no! ... that's one job ... if they said to do from now on.. nope! Seeya! Not ever! Lol
an honest to goodness sh*tty job. There is a local company that does this. And honey wagon is their name lol
Aaron
Quote from: Electrojake on December 11, 2015, 02:46:19 PM
Quote from: peteGS on December 11, 2015, 12:31:52 PM
This time of year just sucks at work, everyone wants everything done before Christmas so everything's a big rush...
we don't have enough staff to cover normal workload now so it just gets to be a nightmare.
Wait! I have an idea:
To hell with that xmas rush crap... Bring the Kat to work and work on it there. :thumb:
I like the way you think ;) :thumb:
Come on slackers, DDP again!!!
Here's a revised under tray layout for the Kat, think this is pretty much the final version before getting some aluminium to bend to shape...
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'Tis nicely hidden too...
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Nectar of the Gods. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
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Hahaha cheers EJ!! Can't wait to get them made out of something a little more substantial though...
Substantial eh? ... so you going the whole 9 yards to ice cream containers? ... ~stirring!!~ :D
If I myself could pick the next president of the USA. . .
I would pick a Tard Farm poster.
Hell, I'd even consider Jester from Cincinnati. :whisper:
Well, that's stretching things a bit too far, but he does remind me of a younger version of Donald Trump. :thumb:
No no no.... jester may be a fine fellow. .. but I'm gonna vote for the President EJ campaign! :thumb:
Yeah vote 1 EJ!!! I'd vote Janx but you guys won't let a foreigner rule...
And to show my support for EJ, here's some more pic's of how the tail light should work on the Kat and how much room I should have for tools and a spare clutch cable...
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What??? I posted pic's!!! Yet still DDP FTW :dunno_black:
Just downloaded/installed InkScape as apparently it can be used to draw up wiring diagrams... which is just what I need to do :thumb:
I posted a heated reply last night and then deleted it this morning cause it was vile.
It was a self-serving rant about Barack Obama, which was brought on by your comment that there is a rule in America that says you must be a citizen to run for president. Obama is living proof that the rule is certainly NOT honored here.
I'll leave it at that... before I get upset all over again. :2guns:
BTW, Your cardboard fabrication work is great! :cheers:
My Son refers to that as a "mock-up" and does similar things with cardboard or light gauge steel before he goes for the final build.
It look's good peteGS!
-Ej-
Hahahahaha cheers EJ!!! And probably a wise move to hold off on that sort of rant... big brother is watching ;)
I also refer to it as a "mock up" and I did a sort of test fit of the electrical bits and pieces last night...
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Should work out ok I think, the starter relay's a bit more exposed than I wanted but still tucked reasonably out of the way.
And I discovered I still have enough 0.8mm aluminium sheet here to make the battery tray at least so I can get started on that soon I reckon.
Nice! I'd expect nothing less. :cheers:
Except today I have nothing... nada, zip, zilch... technical to post... however I do have these two...
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Last ride before Chrissy for me, apologies for the glare...
Very sporty! :woohoo:
Indeed! Fun morning out as usual :thumb:
And the wee beastie got a clutch pushrod seal replacement during the service yesterday, hoping there's a chance of fixing the mystery oil leak at last... ignore the RTV around the shift shaft seal, that was my attempt at fixing it last service...
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DDP FTW :dunno_black: :2guns: :woohoo:
DTP???!!!
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Haha yay someone posted something!! :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb:
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if ej was a dog,...
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Rolly poly puppy... love it!
Christmas morning hangover...
And I got reindeer fur in my boots! What happened last night? :woohoo:
I think you caught mummy kissing Santa and wanted in...
And just to keep the pic posting up...
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Internal walls on the shed and the insulation is getting close to done.
And Santa was kind to me...
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So what did yall get?
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 26, 2015, 10:27:03 PM
So what did yall get?
Aaron
I got an iPad Pro from the Mrs. (the low-end one, but its all I really need), and oh yeah... a sh!t load of credit card debt too.
<sigh> Hey Yama, you ever get that old PC running?
Second thought. . .
Wouldn't an unlocked iPhone-6 allow you to type to forums and such via it's Siri voice commands?
Educate me, brother. :cheers:
Oooh iPad, nice score!
Quote from: peteGS on December 27, 2015, 02:07:00 PM
Oooh iPad, nice score!
Yeah, nice gift but... I been married 28 years. Eventually there will be a price to be paid.
Second thought...
I was kinda' hoping for a new FJ-09 under the tree. :icon_rolleyes:
Heh-heh, it didn't happen.
-Ej-
clip ons ooh ahh nice,
Hahahahah you can only dream EJ!!!
And yup CBR, need some 'bars for the Kat and there they be :thumb:
Now if only my triple tree bits would hurry up and arrive from being back ordered I can again assemble a roller and at least wheel it around instead of having to assemble/disassemble it to get it moved... :technical:
Waiting for parts.... Its an old dilemma. :icon_rolleyes:
Hope your stuff arrives soon.
Yeah me too! Although truth be told the longer before the arrive the more time I have to finish the internal cladding in the shed... should have that done this weekend I hope!
Made up some Visio stencils yesterday/last night for motorcycle wiring based on the Suzuki diagrams. A few more to go yet but then I can start planning the diagram for the Kat :thumb:
You dont rest much, do you? :whisper:
...phone works again after bill payment issues....
Which is handy, cos the serpentine belt on the car just let go while on the freeway to home! ... gives me something to do instead of kicking the car while I wait for a ride to the Toyota dealer...
.... I hate cars. ......
Yup... I drive 13 year old Jeep (rattle-trap).
I feel your pain brother. :icon_rolleyes:
It is Done ... But I was that overall cranky with the whole situ.. Even after fixing... Got home and cracked a beer! .... You might think nothing of it.... But this will be .... Hmmm ..... My 5th or 6th for the year maybe?
Ej,....been looking for a jeep lately. Hard to find affordable ones!
I hear ya' Janx!!! Cars drive me nuts... a little spring in the door lock mechanism on my wife's Festiva gave out the other day meaning you could unlock the drivers door but not open it... had me cursing and sweating for hours just figuring out what it was... then more hours trying to find a replacement... then more hours trying to make a not quite the right size spring fit... but at least it works as good as it used to now... :technical: :technical: :technical:
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on December 30, 2015, 09:24:37 AM
Ej,....been looking for a jeep lately. Hard to find affordable ones!
Funny you should mention that!
I have a "used Jeep price" story to tell ya' soon as I get a bit of time to post it. :cheers:
-Ej-
Well Happy New Year you lot!!!! And for you US folk it is all sun and blue skies in the future :D :woohoo: :cheers:
DDP FTW!!! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Happy New Year fellas!!! (In US time)
Errrr DTP???
What comes next? Quadruple that's it!! DQP FTW! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Some shed goodness...
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Cool beans man! peteGS has a bunker. :cheers:
Is she Nuke-Proof?
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Unless I produce that nuke from my own body... then nup! :icon_lol:
And yup she's nearly all done, just some internal stuff to finish up and get shelves/workbench sorted and I'm all set :thumb:
Quote from: Electrojake on December 27, 2015, 10:04:30 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 26, 2015, 10:27:03 PM
So what did yall get?
Aaron
I got an iPad Pro from the Mrs. (the low-end one, but its all I really need), and oh yeah... a sh!t load of credit card debt too. <sigh>
Hey Yama, you ever get that old PC running?
Second thought. . .
Wouldn't an unlocked iPhone-6 allow you to type to forums and such via it's Siri voice commands?
Educate me, brother. :cheers:
Got my left hand mostly working now, so this im QUITE happy with. the pc is working, so no issue there. was in Hosp. from 24th thru 30th. I cant give my christmas gifts until the mrsa is gone. ( my artwork) so delays there. but all in all, i survived, and am VERY greatful. with the pc running, i can use dragon, i deactivated the smartphone, due to data usage. back on little phone. so can postwhore on the fly. no plans on getting that ankle fusion unless ABSOLUTELY necessary. braced footwear and im good i feel. Me and ORs and casts seem to not like eachother. all in all i made out well. Oh a mystery gift card from besty buy as well for 25. no idea from whom on the homefront. btw ej get a case of some sort for the ipad. armor that pig lol.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 05, 2016, 01:55:21 PM
Oh a mystery gift card from besty buy as well for 25. no idea from whom on the homefront.
. . . btw ej get a case of some sort for the ipad. armor that pig lol.
Aaron
Got the typical rubber-ized case for the iPad-Pro.
It seldom leaves the house since it is WiFi only so no chance of travel or work related damage.
My PC is a 2008 home-built dinosaur so the iPad will be my emergency backup if/when the old PC dies.
You know how it is: when I'm not out on a job my life revolves around LPW. :-)
-Ej-
I swear by otterbox defender series. i had one with a samsung galaxy tab 1 it dell OUT of a moving car at speed, no damage whatsoever to tablet. ill go iphone 5 or 6 when prices come down. and they can be activated on the cheap. but in meantime, im going to try and get comcast turned back on. ( seems to be a bit of a charge left over from last time.) but no worries, posting can be done by this thing, and photo uploads and such can be done via wifi when needed. :). i could talk church into issuing me an ipad if need be. but not necessary atm. got my tablet here. Ill rehab my left ankle FX, get the prosthetic footwear to brace BOTH ankles, and avoid the fusion surgery on left ankle if possible, and move forward :). PC runs, its not seeing the 1tb drive yet, it will though. goal with income tax, is a mobo and cpu. ( am2 mobo. and phenom black quad core.), goal is to get back on my feet literally. everything else will happen after that. the mrsa, will be dealt with. once in remission ill remain there :). may use the best buy card and pick up a jump drive or a converter. ( micro sd to usb) anyways, heres to a GOOD new yeah Eh?
Aaron
Glad to hear you're doing well Yama :thumb:
Totally unrelated but speaking of things I really, really dont need, but still want. . .
I been itching for an iPhone 6s+
My old 5s is perfectly fine but as I slowly go fuk-en blind from old age I been thinking a big-assed iPhone would make it seem less noticeable.
Probably a lot safer than a new FJ-09 too. :icon_rolleyes:
Anybody else have a short-list things they really dont need, but for some reason want? (things somewhat affordable, that is)
Never mind... This will do for now. :icon_rolleyes:
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Hahahahhahahaa
I really don't need my Katana done... but I really really really want it done... :D
Other than that an iPad or iPad Mini would come in handy sometimes.
Quote from: peteGS on January 07, 2016, 01:01:10 PM
Hahahahhahahaa
I really don't need my Katana done... but I really really really want it done...
The Katana? You have no choice in the matter. It MUST absolutely get done.
. . . Or end up as a Buddha parts collection in your bunker. :nono:
Oh it will be done... it will be done :D
DDP again?? Come on slackers!!! :D :flipoff:
Got out for a solo ride yesterday, perfect weather for it!
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Then popped in to see a fellow KA member on the way home and picked up some control blocks for the Kat :thumb:
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And I should soon have a first draft of a wiring harness to post up...
Progress baby!
Well I need a Terminator style skeleton installation! ... this one gives me aches and grumbles! Lol
Oh and a taller diff ratio for the 91 Hiace van. .. and a roots supercharger would be cool! Bahahaha
Oooooh supercharger! I'd like me one of them :D
For the wee beastie and the Kat... now wouldn't that be fun???
DDP again??? You lot are so slack!!! :laugh:
Nah Pete. .. busy mate! Busy! .. and not hyperactive as some! ;p
The Kat must be done. its written into law somewhere lol.
Stuff id like to have? sure theres ALOT. ipad would be nice tbh. you can make a phone out of those ( or really any flavor of android too) just install ( usually google voice or something and be near a wifi spot. sure it looks as tho youre speaking into a giant calculator. but a BT headseat works ;). an iphone 4 or newer i wouldnt mind getting hands on at some point. the wifi thing can be done until its activated or flashed to really any carrier. ANYHOO, stuff id like to have on a practical scale;
mobo and cpu for the pc. although its older, an am2 socket mobo, along with an amd phenom black ed. x4 cpu which allows for easier overclocking. like my old one. i brought it from 3.0ghz to nearly 4. on air. (using a btf 90 cooler) 4.0 DID work, but wasnt stable. 3.9 worked great. temps never went above 44c. this is on the to get list. and use win7 64 bit. along with the new 1tb hard drive, build a dual boot pc. ( win7 AND apple IOS) OR IF I ADD ANOTHER 1TB drive, a triple boot. adding linux to it.. Anyhoo. this i will try to do. displaywise, ive got 2 4:3 lcd monitors. i would use for flight sims. ANYWAYS, id like at some point to pick up a 120hz rate lcd tv. theyre common and fairly cheap. using 1080p or that 4k, use it for everything. soundwise, i use my Yam 665 av reciever and jbl northridge, along with a powered polk subwoofer. THAT eliminates soundsyystem for pc.. once i stabilise health, going to try and acquire these items. once surgeries are done, recovery includes 6mos MINIMUM of restricted movement. almost non movement. GAAH sorry lol. need to save med talk for doc thread. lol. plans for a GS trike are now no longer just a hypothetical want, rather a NEED. driving a vehicle with a manual trans will be no longer possible without hand controls. ( doc offered 3 weeks ago to fill out paperwork for this.)
All of that is unnecesary for now until i get the waiver for the med suspension . this soon will happen. :) or trike could be a bombardier. :)
Aaron
First messy ugly draft... colours are a mix of stock, what's already on the bits and pieces, and what I made up... no consideration given to simplification, least wires, etc.
Next version should be closer to how it will be laid out on the Kat and include connectors...
I need to add a legend too although most items should be self explanatory.
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I meet with Orthopaedic surgeon tomorrow to plan next move. im going to inquire about amputation of this limb. Why? one might ask, well, it doesnt make sense to fuse a joint with these conditions. i.e. the purpose of the procedure is to protect the joint from further damage or injury. which by itself makes PERFECT sense. BUT the addition of the bone fragility AND the addition of charcot foot/ankle, takes the justification of this procedure and throws it out the window.
Aaron
Pete,
You cooked that up from scratch (nothing)?
What did you do the graphics in?
Yama,
I'll pester you in your own thread! :icon_mrgreen:
Pete cooked up a batch in his "lab"?! 8)
Hahaha yes I cooked it up! Somewhat based on a combination of the stock harness, the Acewell diagram, the various components I have, and my own head.
It's all done in Vision and I made a custom stencil with all the components so I can edit and do it all again.
Next revision will lay things out more like where they'll be in relation to each other when in use.
Refresh and you'll see an updated version with two issues fixed... starter won't work now unless the kill switch is on and the horn button actually has a ground connection so it will work as intended.
This peteGS guy is looking mighty sharp.
I'm thinking this cool wiring job more than makes up for his (cough-cough) sketchy carburetor work. :icon_mrgreen:
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Vaginas: Good on loan, troublesome to own. :icon_rolleyes:
Hahahahahahhaa
And just FYI... most of my work is sketchy at best ;)
DDP? Meh... gettin' old now, just like me! :D
The tail light assembly for the Kat is getting there albeit very slowly...
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Need to finish filing the plate to size (slow, tedious, boring) then make the posts that will mount and support the lense.
Oh, there will be an ADR approved LED tail/brake light in there. This is to give me more room in the tail piece compared with the big chunky stock assembly. But it will still look stock from the outside...
Cool box lens.
A nice place to store drugs next time your crossing the Mexican boarder!
Or perhaps top secret documents next time your headed into North Korea or Iran! :whisper:
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Hahaha yup EJ, perfect for all those and more!!! Wrap 'em all up in a spare pair of undies and they won't go near 'em...
Nice fabrication skills. :thumb:
Went riding on Saturday morning :thumb:
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Then did most of the compressor room on Sunday... unfortunately this photo highlights the slight lean of the shed and also the one wonky bit where we ran over the formwork for the concrete and lifted one corner up... hence the shim under bottom piece of pine. Basically it's essential to have the doorway as close to a perfectly squared rectangle as possible.
The door will lift vertically and double as a work bench.
I'll run some left over bits of MDF/melamine and quad up the sides and across the bottom to make it look a bit neater and I hope to get a strip of foam rubber for the compressor to sit on to stop it vibrating directly on the concrete. Also need to cut a breather hole up towards to the top.
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Motorcycles with rectangular headlights. You dont see much of that anymore. Very unique. :thumb:
Oh I see them all the time! :D
Just bought a 9 metre retractable air hose off eBay for the shed, be a bit easier to manage in the limited space than the 20 metre non-retractable I have. Make it a lot easier to keep things tidy.
Oh look another DDP FTW!... meh... ha!
Bought a 9 metre retractable air hose off eBay for the shed, supposed to be here by the weekend.
Will be nice not to have to uncoil and fiddle around with 20 metres of hose in such a restricted space...
Big, boxy 80's vintage tail-lights are a good thing. :bowdown:
BTW; The news here in New York (temperature currently -10C and windy) is that in eastern Australia it's 107 degrees Fahrenheit!
Damn that's hot! >:(
It's bloody hot alright! Rode home yesterday avo', cracked a beer and jumped in the pool... perfect!
Got my retractable hose for the shed and set it up in there last night, no pic's yet though. Will save those for when the compressor room door is done and the trim is tidied up so it looks like it's supposed to.
After that it's shelving and tidy up and the shed will be in full swing :thumb:
Then I can finally concentrate on the Kat... can't wait!!!
peteGS, You have a high energy level. Even in the heat!
Um... Pete, You know this girl? :whisper:
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Hmmmm sometimes... last night no energy at all even though I *really* wanted to get started on cutting the mounting posts for the tail light lense...
And nah don't know her... glad to see she's wearing gloves though :o
I sound like you,...I *really* want to finish these bleep bleeping floors in the chevelle. Cmon already,...
Chevelle you say?
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Oh, and cbr. . .
Word on the street is; my neighbor's daughter is handy with a wrench. If you need your vavles lapped let me know and I'll send her over.
Just saying :dunno_black:
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Hahahahaha I'm detecting a common theme here EJ... going for equality in the workplace and women's rights? They're just as good at stunting and mechanics as their male equivalents?
And do it CBR! You know you want to...
Today I have to get this damn compressor room door on, got it started yesterday and must finish it today. Soon as it's done the shed can go into action even without shelving sorted :thumb:
Equality.... yeah ok. .. good for them! .... don't see many women wanting to be garbologists tho!? .... pity really. ... I'd love to see them sweat like we do! ;)
I bet you would Janxy! Hahaha
And YES... I'd ride in a trash truck with her all day, Janx. :bowdown:
Count your blessings... she sweats rose-water!
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Gives new meaning to the term "White Trash" :thumb:
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Janx, admit it... you got it sweet on that job. :whisper:
Hahahahahahhaha
I now have a compressor room with a door that doubles as a work bench...
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Clever!
That square headlight bike is a Katana, right? That vintage has a cult following.
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my chevelle needs all the help it can get,....and EJ that one you posted looks like it came off the showroom floor compared to my turd! Finished floors this past weekend finally. Back to the dash and cowl area,.....(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revitforum.org%2Fattachments%2Fforum-suggestions-feedback%2F8351d1339274585t-facepalm-smiley-facepalm.gif&hash=7cc9e5d708d71def0a5a697aadcc2069b89ecf31)
Bluesmudge... yep! I'm building one at the moment albeit very slowly. I ride with them regularly here :thumb:
CBR, looks like you got help already!!! :icon_lol:
Hmmmm DDP FTW again! :thumb: :flipoff:
Excuse me... May I "bump" the thread? :icon_razz:
Keeping
thread
bumped
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:cheers: :woohoo: :thumb:
Ignore the shade of red coz it's fugly and I just found this on the Interwebs, but it's basically the scheme I'm thinking for the Kat... a deeper "redder" red will fix it:
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DDP F... meh... that's gotten' old now... slackers! :flipoff:
.... today on the garbage truck I saw......
A twenty something lass. .. in cutoff denim shorts, bare feet, a killer cheeky grin. .., and a thin tshirt. .. with no bra. ... perkiness extreme with high beam!
....
And she was deliberately walking with a bounce in her step which made bounces everywhere! ....
..... that's when I ran over the bin in the laneway and had to call depot for a new bin! ... (bins get whacked sometimes so no biggie) ...
I.wish I was younger! ... or failing that. ... in Gor. .. with her in silks. ...
Readers of Gor will understand. ...
... she was "girl next door" incarnate! ...
:/
Don't know Gor but I know the rest :thumb:
Cheeky bugger! :icon_lol:
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reminds me of,...
Sugar daddy anyone?
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reminds me of,...
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Let's face it, nobody driving a GS500 has enough scratch to be a sugar daddy (maybe we could start an offering for janxie??) :thumb:
Bahahaha! .. thanks for the thought menno! ... when I comment on younger items its mostly wishful time travel ramblings for when I was young! ...
My "sugar mama" might get a bit tetchy if I was chasing wiggly tails! ;) Bahahaha
What he means is; If the Shelia didnt kill him the Mrs certainly would. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2F50unyddej%2FROFL_Smiley.gif&hash=621ddd0fb015359799c29d60cdb524cfef7a38e2)
Pssst... I'm in the same situation. :whisper:
I hear ya brother! ...
... and today my treasured travelling companion. . Back pack of 20 plus years has made its final journey! :( .. I may do an obit thread later.. it's still too raw right now!
Oh no, did it spill it's guts???
At last some order in the shed... still pic's to come of the pins to support the compressor room door/workbench legs but I still too much crap at that end of the shed... cleaning time on the weekend so it can be put to use at last :thumb:
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Gradual mid zipper integrity failure (which like a geriatric hound dog I kept coaxing along despite the issues)...
But what killed it beyond sensible repair was being on my shoulder as I slid down from the truck cab, the belly strap (normally tucked away when not using) caught on the compactor control box beside seat. . 70's era type steel cube with switches (weapons grade structure!) ..
Felt it catch and hung onto pack! .. my 130kg pulling down caused catastrophic wide spread seam failure. .. :/
It 'could' be sewn back whole again in a Frankenstein type way... but having had minor repairs done before I know it would be over 50 bucks for that and probably another 40? for same type zippers with installation. ...
And while it would last more years.. the repairs are never as good as original structure/ stitching I find!...
So... last night was late night shopping. .. I trekked around 6 shops/locations for a worthy and affordable replacement. ..
Got a "Kathmandu 'Transfer' 30 litre pack" .. normally 200 bucks! ... sale for 119 dollaridoos! .. which was only 20 more than I had thought of spending for a "good durable" backpack. .
It even has a tuckaway waterproof over-liner! .. and more pockets and hidden pockets than I had time to put my stuff in last night!...
Im happy with the new item. . But still wish the old one was 'alive' !
Such is life eh!
Three itesm here. . .
1.) Sometimes in life we just have to "let go"
2.) Sounds like you got ten years of faithful service out of that old pac.
3.) Back packs became blindingly expensive since kids now use them for book-bags at school.
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Caption reads; "reminds me of my prom night"
Husky chicks are the bomb! :thumb:
Bahahaha. . Go on Rover get into it! ..
Ten years!? ... 20 plus years matey! Lol. ..
I have moved on .. it was just shocking because after all the usage/abuse it got and survived.. then 2 seconds ended it. ...
Hmmm. .. 2 seconds is critical in heaps of stuff! .. accidents, near misses, meetups/ stay strangers..... it might be a cosmic quantum significant time period!!
2 seconds changes so many things...
Finally pic's of the pins on the compressor room door/workbench legs:
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And got whiteboard/cork board up yesterday, second pic is a sheet of contact which is a great size for a whiteboard but my ability to apply it sucks... for $3 I can do it again if need be...
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And more pic's!!!!
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30 minutes in the oven for the bearing, freezer for the lower triple clamp, Bob's your aunty.
Got a bit of organisation done in the shed...
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Means I have room now to do this...
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Nice!!!! :D
There's a triple tree growing in your shed. >:(
If that thing spawns all hell will break-out!
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Hahaha I could do with some extra parts!!!
I got to have my very first pretend ride on the Kat last night
And yes, she already has a fan...
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Nice!
At this point She's got better fuel mileage than Yama's knee scooter. :thumb:
45 years ago today, my mother lay resting in hospital after childbirth, thanks Mom!
Dad went rabbit hunting to celebrate! Lol
Awe Janx that was a really nice post :D Happy birthday!!! :cheers:
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:cheers: happy birthday Janxy!!! :thumb: :woohoo:
And yes my Kat is so fuel efficient at the moment she doesn't even need fumes to run...
Her sexiness will protect her when she gets hit, right? :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo:
anyways, Happy Birthday Janxie!!
Yeah... She could get a skinned knee or something. :dunno_black:
<just sayin'>
Haha yeah I guess she wasn't going that fast, but still :dunno_black: if you're actually going to be employed based on your looks, getting on a bike with no gear seems like a bad risk/ reward scenario.
Quote from: mennobike on February 09, 2016, 09:25:02 PM
Haha yeah I guess she wasn't going that fast, but still, if you're actually going to be employed based on your looks, getting on a bike with no gear seems like a bad risk/ reward scenario.
On the positive side... It did get her all the way to the Tard Farm. :thumb:
Such an appropriate place for one such as she...
Thanks for the good wishes folks! :)
Got out with the Kat boys for some fun yesterday morning and had the pleasure of a ride on a somewhat fettled and tuned GSX1100... fun!!! Twist the throttle and hang on, it was literally hard staying on the thing with that throttle cracked...
One of the fellas handed me a turned up front spacer for the Kat as well which means I officially have all the bits to make it a complete roller :thumb:
Pic's will be forthcoming tomorrow after I get it rolling today.
I can now finalise my plans for any custom body bits I need to do and start on things like getting the frame powder coated... :woohoo:
Cool, A rolling chassis :cheers:
Speaking of wrenching ladies, ill have to get a shot of my friends 69 chevelle. WAS a 307 2 spd powerglide. between myself and her, and her BF we built a 383 stroker. it had no oil dipstick. the compression would blow it out lol. 4 rotations on the crank, on a hot battery, if it didnt fire, battery was dead lol. wired in a single wire start. i.e. turn key to start rotate engine 2x let key go she fires. was hairy at first on 4 drums. ohh the geared cam too. i THINK ive got pics of the car on my pb acct. (specially the engine shot) will locate then update.
Aaron
Sounds like a beast!!! I like it :D
My wife gave me an old gym mat which I put to good use to dampen the vibration of the compressor through the concrete:
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The aforementioned spacer:
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And a roller :D :thumb: :woohoo:
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There is still one item I'm missing for the 100% complete roller which I keep forgetting... swingarm bearings!
Applied for a different job last night. .. still as a casual garbo and relief/holiday/sickleave fill in driver/loader. ..
And still with a council... but only 16km/15 mins from home, not 96km/75-120 mins from home!
Got all my bits crossed for luck!
Need to see that yammy!
Quote from: Janx101 on February 16, 2016, 11:46:11 PM
Applied for a different job last night. .. still as a casual garbo and relief/holiday/sickleave fill in driver/loader. ..
And still with a council... but only 16km/15 mins from home, not 96km/75-120 mins from home!
Got all my bits crossed for luck!
My company is set for a massive strike on March 12.
First time this has happened since 1983.
I may be selling off bikes and stuff from my junk-pile to pay for food & beer.
Oh S H I T ! >:(
Quote from: Electrojake on February 17, 2016, 04:28:39 PM
My company is set for a massive strike on March 12.
First time this has happened since 1983.
I may be selling off bikes and stuff from my junk-pile to pay for food & beer.
Oh S H I T ! >:(
That blows, man. . .
Hang on... wait. .. what?! ... :icon_eek:
have project in mind. since i am a watchmaker, going to build a desk clock using a 671 detroit piston. got 95% of my left hand back so ill use that to buildbthe clock. will post the project step by step in the doc thread. since it involves whats left of my nerves, and will keep carpal tunnel away lol. stay tuned Eh? going to check hobby lobby for a mech clock movt. ( thinking skeleton) anyhoo this will be fun :)
Aaron
A piston clock, eh?
A 2-stroke Diesel piston clock!
Bahahaha! 2 stroke piston c...... oh.. cLock. .. nevermind.. not as funny as my blurry morning eyes made it! ;)
So Janx... Now that you're officially "old" are you feeling any new creaks or pains when you get up in the morning?
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Stay frosty!
No new ones yet thankfully! ... ear hair, grey hairs and 5dollar reading glasses in the last 12 months have been enough excitement! Lol. ..
Have started taking Tumeric capsules recently tho... was recommended to try by a friend... seems to help with knee and other joint aches!...
Used to be I took a single panadol if I was dying of manflu! And 2 a day if I had the plague! ;) ... now I swallow a variety of herbs and minerals every night to help alleviate ongoing owies! :icon_eek:
Thinking about headlights and an oil cooler for the Kat in an unusual location... not sure but it's growing on me... all depends how well I could make the fibreglass work blend in with the stock cowling...
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And a bit of aluminium work on the weekend... bit of trimming and I can try to braise it up...
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Moving ever forward.
I kinda' like them bug-eyes. :whisper:
Me too! I am enjoying this thread.
liking petegs' work :thumb:
Yeah ol' bug eyes has somewhat grown on me... quite a lot...
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Awww that poor kitty!!!!
And I'm going stock headlight on the Kat... funky cool round ones ain't gonna work with a stock Kat...
.. there is a distinct and peturbing lack of places to buy a pineapple donut on my way home from work lately! .. this is unsatisfactory!!!
Reasonable coffee can be had at many points along my path. .. and a multitude is snacks to accompany said coffee.... muffins, brownies, slices, protein bars, trail mixes, ice cream bars, cookies and other donut variants that promise satisfaction but fall meekly by the wayside in the hierarchy of culinary bliss! .
Something is seriously awry with the snackdonian universe when a pineapple donut cannot be present!
I may create a FB page relating to this poor situation!
I remain currently irately unsatiated!
:(
:icon_eek:
I've never ever had the pleasure of stumbling across a pineapple donut!!!
I want to. I must try it because it sounds very tasty. I wonder where I could find one....
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Pineapple donut?? Ok, no, that just sounds wrong... my taste buds are offended just at the thought of said supposedly tasty treat... :icon_lol:
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Yes it sounds wrong... but it works. .. there are some that are pineapple frosted.. these are ok in a pinch. . But the 'real' ones are drenched in a thin commercial pineapple topping liquid. .or if you are especially lucky sweetened pineapple juice that's been simmered down to a syrup. ..
Many moons ago I too was offended by the concept... a couple bites later I was a fanboy!!
You absolutely cannot knock it till after you have sampled! Twould be a crime against the universe! ;)
Hmmm... well if anyone ever offers me one I shall accept and taste and see... probably with a grimace and closed eyes... hahahaha
Had a nice little ride with the Kat boys yesterday, was a little brisk in spots and a nice almost chilly breeze up on Mt Mee was a nice change from the stinking humidity of late :thumb:
.... and tonight I had. .. breakfast something icecream (I'm laying down to sleep and can't remember exact name) .
Woolworths brand, 4 bucks for 500ml tub, biscuit and butter, maple swirl and maple bacon pieces.
Its Absofuckinglutely awesome! ... flavours are true type, some up front and some on the linger time....
Just y'all try it. .. if you can!
I'm not really one for ice cream (I know, what a crime!!!) :icon_eek: But that sounds like something my dad would enjoy :D
There used to be a store in my town here called Woolworths!! It was like a Dollar General or a small Walmart... but it closed years and years ago (like so many other stores/businesses in this town) :icon_confused:
That sounds about right for our Woolworths :icon_lol:
(Woolworths and Coles are our two main grocery stores here... not always the best)
I may have ruined my battery/electrics tray yesterday... tried brazing but the melting point of the brazing rods is higher than the melting point of the 0.8mm aluminium I used... I'm sure you can imagine the result...
I've tried a dodgy patch job and an alternative method of sealing the joins but won't know until tonight if it's succeeded.
But I had good success with the front inner guard which needs some small refinements but overall is pretty much done!
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Found a bit of related info for ya Pete!
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/fabrication-cnc-laser-waterjet-plasma-welding-and-fab/soldering-aluminium-132074/
That's some lovely work so far!
Hmmmm interesting Janxy! Food for thought right there...
And cheers Daeouse!
The battery tray did work out :D
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Now to trim that rear section down to be flush with the front and add some mounts and she'll be ready to paint :thumb:
:thumb: :cool:
Indeed!
Revised the rear tray/inner guard design last night so I should be able to get started on that now:
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Even seems to have the tail light in the right spot...
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DDP FTW :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Hot damn Pete... You are a busy fellow. :cheers:
And there ain't no end in sight! Should be cutting out if not bending the rear inner guard/tray today I hope.
Looks like I've got a GSXR 600/750 front master cylinder sorted and have a line on some foam to form the mould for the seat/tail piece.
Busy busy and lovin' it! :woohoo:
Keep on rocking, man!! :thumb:
.... so now the doctor says I'm pre-asthmatic or mildly asthmatic? ! .. puffer every 4 hours using a spacer.... and steroid tabs to stop my chest inflammation. .... grrrrrrr. .. 2 weeks ago I just had a frickin seasonal cough/flu!
Medical stuff sux!
gotta love doctors!
That sucks Janxy! I had asthma as a kid but it disappeared around 18... now if I get a chest infection I get a bit asthmatic but nothing like what I had... it can however be triggered/caused by allergies initially which I believe was my issue...
On another note, the Kat shelter is built, just needs to have the crap moved and concrete pavers put down... and a bike cover is required. Not as good as a garage but should do the trick in my limited space.
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And the rear inner guard/tray is cut ready to bend...
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:woohoo:
Hahaha cheers!
Rear tray mostly bent to shape... may need to trim the rear if it's a touch too long so I haven't bent that up yet... and I need to adjust the front a bit to sit in nicely with the front inner guard. And I need to work out a suitable steel bracket to support the rear so it doesn't flex/vibrate and crack once the weight of the tail light is on there.
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Looking damn good!!!
ready for more pics!
Master cylinder and throttle turned up yesterday... so more pic's as requested :D
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:woohoo:
It's like watching a stop motion of Frankenstein! :thumb:
EJ! where for art thou EJ?!?
Aaron
Hahahahah yes Janxy exactly! Well sort of...
Tail light lense and LED strip mounts cut/trimmed but need to be drilled...
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Drilled and tapped the mounting holes for the LED strip...
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This pos phone wont show pics most of the time, ill catch up next time i hit a WiFi spot . looking fwd to it. ill see if i can find the perfect side shot of her and photochop a KitKat logo upon it.
Aaron
Forfeiting a win, heres motokat :)
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Aaron
Hahahahaha love it Yama!!!
Poor man's compensation for no lathe...
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As long as you line it up right you get a nicely centred hole following the entire length of the post, yes the first one wasn't lined up right...
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Seems to be bright enough but I definitely need a new lense...
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LOLOLOLOL I'm dying over here :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
hysterical! :icon_lol:
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Lense mounting holes drilled but only had energy to tap two...
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Out of how many?
Aaron
Four... which are all done now :icon_lol:
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And the point of all this? Aside from running LED's to avoid bulb replacements, I'm also gaining nearly 100mm of under seat space:
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Will need pics at some point Eh?
Aaron
I now have some stainless steel rivets I can use to get the rear inner guard/tray mounted up so hopefully I can finish up the not quite right bends and get it in place. Then I can work out the rear mount to support it, and then I can work out correct placement of the tail light and the correct length/location for the rear mudguard and license plate mount...
And yep there'll be pic's as I go as always :thumb:
As promised...
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There's about a 5mm gap between the rear of the tray and where the tail light needs to sit which should be pretty much spot on for some rubber I have here so I can reduce the vibes to the light.
I need to trim the angles at the front so it meets the front inner guard nicely, then I can drill the holes to attach those two together.
I also need to get the support bracket done for the rear. I think I'll use the 3mm plate I have here which is a bit of overkill but I don't want to risk vibes and cracking with anything too light.
Hmmm quiet... DDP FTW???
Wtf is it with Yankees and credit scores? Its like only 1 step below the bible!??
Or is it just me with self created long term and difficult to fix debt issues that doesn't really give a feck about credit scores ?! I have a null score so far... positives and negatives have cancelled each other out!
Well... you just lost me... NFI what that means??? Although I do seem to recall to have a good credit history you need to actually have a loan or something at some point and keep the payments up to date... having no loans is just almost as bad as having bad debt... I think...
Soooo... I guess I win?
It certainly seems that way !!! :thumb:
Nah... I win now! ;)
Nein, nyet, no,no, I win. :woohoo:
Me! Me! :icon_mrgreen:
back to winning? sweet
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winning
Knew that would bring some life back :D :thumb: :woohoo:
:o :embarrassed: :thumb: woowwwwww :D
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No! The page count must climb!!! :icon_lol:
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boing page count
How the hell do you corner on that thing?
On the chick or the bike ? 8) ;) :icon_lol:
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on March 23, 2016, 12:59:17 PM
On the chick or the bike ? 8) ;) :icon_lol:
Only a fool turns away from a lady that lovely.
Only a fool rides a bike with a tire that wide on a swing-arm that long. . . Its turning radius is "no".
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Work good Friday, triple time... 8 hours.. yeah boi !!
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on March 23, 2016, 12:59:17 PM
On the chick or the bike ? 8) ;) :icon_lol:
Hahahahahahha not the comment I was expecting!!! :icon_lol:
And good deal Janxy!!! Good Friday's a horrendous boring day you can't do anything good on, so working for triple $$$ sounds like an absolute bonus to me :thumb: :woohoo:
You can count on me ;) :angel: :-D
:icon_lol: now that's what I like to hear!!! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Wow I'm winning again!!! :woohoo:
Anyone get out to ride on Easter?? :icon_mrgreen:
I got out with the Katana fella's on Saturday morning for a short ride, brekky, and a chin wag which was nice :thumb:
I've been slack and haven't taken any happy snaps in recent times though...
I got a ride... Saturday evening. ... not on a bike tho! :thumb:
hahahahaha way to go Janx :thumb: :woohoo:
Hahahahahhaa onya Janxy!
:D :thumb: :woohoo:
..... Chalkboard.... Chalk.... I will not reply in serious threads to noobs while tired!! ... I will not red in serious threads to noobs while tired!! ... I will not reply to serious threads to noobs while tired!!
..... I get all grumpus and catawampus when I'm tired!! :icon_confused:
tired makes me grumpy too... that and being hungry omg that makes for a really really mean showbizwolf >:( :2guns:
Tired and hungry = badness every time! I have no patience when in that situation...
What is this, a game? o_O
Idk the exact deets of this thread... and the first two versions I can't find... but I believe it's just a thread where you post random things to keep it going ?
Peeps who have been on this forum!! Back when the first two versions existed, what were the rules (if any) of Last Post Wins?
Tell me tell me plz
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on March 30, 2016, 08:41:24 PM
Idk the exact deets of this thread... and the first two versions I can't find... Original was shut down due to getting to 999 pages, "Bosses" were not sure what would happen when page count rolled over to 4 digits (1000), V2 shut down because original hadn't shut down yet, V3 started when original finally locked, but I believe it's just a thread where you post random things to keep it going ? Yep
Peeps who have been on this forum!! Back when the first two versions existed, what were the rules (if any) of Last Post Wins?
"rules"? What "rules"? This IS the "Tard Farm" isn't it?
Tell me tell me plz
I hope that answered most of your questions? :cheers:
No real rules apart from forum wide no porn one!
It is sometimes considered bad form to simply post 'I win' ... but if it's quiet that is a good way to provoke activity!
Its just a "over the fence" chat area really.... about anything and everything!
.... in the past it was also considered poor form to double post.... although now petegs has turned that into an art form! ... and one afternoon I put 30 something in a row just to see how far I could get before someone jumped in! ;)
... this thread is contained within the tard farm. .. so it's kinda extra curricula to the forum. ... see tard farm sticky for 'rules'
Hmmm. .. Yama and I are mods and post(whore) in here on and off.... so don't offend us and it's golden!....
I got offended last.......,, ummm 3 years ago? Lol
Got it. :thumb:
What is this?
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Hahaha I'm just playing.... no one will guess it correct!
Looks like a spinny thing on top of a round thing... :dunno_black:
Yes my patented delayed double posts are here to wake you slackers up when there's no posting in 24 hours :thumb:
In the meantime... more pic's... I got some stuff done!!!
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Rear guard and tail light mount done at last...
That is correct.
Aside from graphic pics i.e. moto vs truck or whatnot, and porn, mainly its "last post wins" speaking of grumpy kittywampus ( my cats nickname lol) theres that african disease known as "Lackanookie" which tends to push ppl to that end. BUT thinking positively its less of a headache without lol
Aaron
p.s in self taught german,
"Ach übrigens, ich gewinnen!"
Quote"if you come in with the bottom of your cast black,
neither one of us will be happy"- Alan Silverman MD
Yama, the quote in your sig is the funniest damn thing I've read in a while. . . :icon_lol:
Quote from: Hupjai on March 31, 2016, 04:43:07 PM
That is correct.
:woohoo: I got it right first go! :thumb:
:cheers:
Quote from: peteGS on April 01, 2016, 12:25:15 PM
Quote from: Hupjai on March 31, 2016, 04:43:07 PM
That is correct.
:woohoo: I got it right first go! :thumb:
:cheers:
You're the closest guess, even in the game thread.
Hahahaha that's not like me at all... I'm normally way off!!!
Out with the Kat boys yesterday, my goal is to add another to this group on a Saturday morning...
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Sheeesh I even post pic's and no replies! Slackers!!!!
Time for my patented DDP FTW :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Pete, you have me envious! :flipoff:
Hahahaha
We're into Autumn here and it's typically the absolute perfect riding weather time of year :thumb:
My Kat is a long way off joining those others yet but I can't wait to get her done...
Another little tiny bit of progress, mounting done for the electrics/battery tray...
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Kant wait! ;)
Love the pics!!! And the progress :thumb: You'll add to that group in no time, I have no doubt :D
Cheers!!!
Work is kickin my butt lately and stealing all my energy so not getting the time in at night that I like to put in... but yes I hope it won't be too long!
Bloody hell!! ... not sure just what's doing it.... but if I could clench my arse just right I'd be able to crank out a tune! ;)
Errrr thanks Janxy... you musical man you!!!
Wow another DDP FTW!!!!
DDP?
Delayed Double Post... basically if I see no activity the next day after my last post I'll declare delayed double post for the win... coz it's last post wins right?? :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers: :flipoff:
It's just part of the OCD eh Pete! :thumb:
You got it Janxy!!!
It's interesting how 'advances in technology' work sometimes. . At work our old garbage trucks were emptied by means of external body mounted control levers, you turn up at tip, jump out and operate controls and get back in then away you go!...
the new trucks (couple months old now) have gee whizz in-cab touch screen tipping controls. .. "there ya go boys no more tramping around in the crud at the tip" ...
except that there are safety props that are mounted to the door lift hydraulic rams, they hinge at the bottom and point upwards.... (you have to pull a lockpin and lower them when any repair work is done on back with door up. Prevents crush injuries if hydraulic valves fail etc) ....
So when you push a full load out with the gee whizz cab controls now, bits of garbage and bags get hooked on the tips of the safety props... we aren't allowed to travel on road with 'loose garbage' that might pollute environment .... so you have to get out and clear the hanging garbage bits with a shovel (comes with truck for 'spills') ...
The old trucks had safety props too but mounted on main body and swung around into lock position. .. but never got fouled with garbage!
I'm always glad when the bosses remind us we have these new $300k trucks that are cleaner to work with! ... Bahahaha ;)
At least your guys clean the "spills" up, the trash companies around here just leave it everywhere. . . If they empty the dumpster, they leave any loose debris laying everywhere, and you can track the route of the truck by looking for the trail of debris. . . :mad:
It seems in our part of Florida, the further you get from the depot, the less they give a damn. . . :2guns:
Ring the company, keep ringing the company every time!
Yes! Bug them til they fix their shaZam!!
And yeah Janxy, that sounds about right... some IT geek designed your truck... it's a pity reality stepped out of the picture there... :cookoo:
Quote from: Janx101 on April 11, 2016, 10:38:36 AM
Ring the company, keep ringing the company every time!
I plan to start! Its like they don't care to get out of their trucks! :mad:
Yeah it can happen they get too complacent on their runs.... so ringing their supervisor each time helps, supervisors hate being dragged away from their Tetris or Minesweeper games!
Don't be angry on the phone tho! ... be annoyed certainly! .. but an angry rant is just going to drag things out further!
A mild approach will get you much further almost always according to my experience :thumb:
+1 Pete !!
quietly observe and process... think and then *maybe* speak... and make sure you've thought it through... that's how I tend to do things !
Yep.
Only way to go ShowBiz! :thumb:
I really need to pull my finger out and get going on the Kat again... work is exhausting me at the moment and by the time I get home I can't bring myself to do much more than play games on my phone... sad really.
I must get into it tonight!
Quote from: peteGS on April 13, 2016, 01:12:13 PM
Only way to go ShowBiz! :thumb:
I really need to pull my finger out and get going on the Kat again... work is exhausting me at the moment and by the time I get home I can't bring myself to do much more than play games on my phone... sad really.
I must get into it tonight!
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omg... could you imagine... how productive we would all be and how many projects we'd finish if it wasn't for that pesky thing called work? ?
How dare it... eating up all our time like that. Smh... it's so true. My car would have been done, my van would be fixed up, the things I'd like to experiment with on the GS would be done, my basement bathroom would be done... ugh but we needz the money money money !! $$$$
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on April 13, 2016, 02:21:25 PM
omg... could you imagine... how productive we would all be and how many projects we'd finish if it wasn't for that pesky thing called work? ?
How dare it... eating up all our time like that. Smh... it's so true. My car would have been done, my van would be fixed up, the things I'd like to experiment with on the GS would be done, my basement bathroom would be done... ugh but we needz the money money money !! $$$$
The grim truth. I know for me, since I'm unemployed, its getting away from the internet and dividing my attention between my bike and other projects. . . :technical:
Pete, there was an advert on my fb... one of the bike mags is doing a Kat cover story or similar coming up next issue?
Yeah that four letter word "work"... always gets in the way!!!!
I did at least stand in the shed for a while last night... it was actually productive though, working out the best way to go about making the fibreglass mould for the seat and tail piece. I'm going to attempt making a one piece fibreglass seat/tailpiece so I can get it registered as a single seater as that seriously reduces registration costs here and is the only way I can justify having two bikes registered at the same time.
Yes Indeed ShowBiz, we need those $$$$!!!
Janxy, there is apparently an article on the Katana 35th anniversary in Australian Motorcycle News this issue. I haven't bought it for ages (used to be a staple) but I think I'll be getting me a copy of this one :thumb:
Hmmmm...
DDP FTW!!!! :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb:
Pete you have won a million times :bowdown: :thumb:
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :cheers: :woohoo:
It's rainin again... was all set for a light 15km dusk ride along lake foreshore on the MTB , charged my Cree bike lamp battery up, got my gear together. . And from the house to the end of the road it went all biblical!! .. I don't mind some light showers but when it's that hard and heavy that it sounds like white noise on the helmet I draw the line!...
I was lucky tho, mate that was gonna meet me at the start point was about 1.5km from home when it started. .. I only had to sprint back 150m! ...
Didn't even look like it was gonna drop! . Sure clouds were heavy but quite high and moving along.. now it's just steady big drops.. rain radar tells me it's not worth trying later.
Ah well .. trackpants, dry shirt and slippers on the lounge for a cuppa and grilled cheese will do nicely! :thumb:
Mmmmmm grilled cheese!!!
Damn you're making me hungry now Janxy!!
My trip to the dentist on Friday involved a few spits of rain as I raced a big line of showers there... then was lucky enough they all passed over while having my appointment and got home dry. Doesn't usually work out like that but I love it when it does :thumb: :woohoo:
Time to start the fibreglass seat/tail piece on the Kat... gonna use the bottom of the front part to make a mould for the front section, then will stick that mould to some foam which I'll use to shape from the pillion seat back.
May or may not work but worth a shot.
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House mate arrived home with a Cigweld 135 gas/gasless MIG welder yesterday :thumb:
Typically $470 - 600 but got it for $350 brand new, bargain! Should do everything I need to do around here including welding aluminium :woohoo:
Hiya janx, can you check your inbox? A personal request. A just in case thing. Thank you my friend.
Aaron
Oooooh secret squirrel stuff hey? :whisper:
My Kat headlight arrived at work yesterday... just after I left... doh! :technical:
Squirrel stew with taters and turnips! .. mmm taste the twitchyness! Bahahaha ;)
Errrr... no :nono:
Hahahahaha
One Kat headlight in my possession... needs some lovin' to fix surface rust but the lense is pretty much perfect :thumb:
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Man I hate limited $$$... getting close to a rear tyre for the 450 but I also need to buy some bits and pieces from Mick Hone for the Kat and I need to get some fibreglass supplies so I can start making the seat mould... I don't wanna choose what I do and don't buy, I just want it all!
Boy do I understand where you're coming from on that one. :technical:
I've got my car that I am itching to get on the road but I still have the interior to do... there are things I want to do to the bike... I'm working on my basement bathroom and I also need to paint the foundation on my house along with the window frames and my garage door (going to buy that paint tonight)... it's like wtf I need more time AND more money !! I want it all and I want to get it all done !!!
There needs to be two of me. One to work full time and make the monies and one to do all the projects ;)
Aaaah yes!!!! We need clones... just one would do the trick :thumb:
But could the world cope with two Pete's? Hmmmm scary concept!!!
I think I can get away without a new rear tyre until next pay, it's just the centre that wears due to the commute... I need to buy some new mounting rubbers for the headlight so I can adjust the fitment to suit and I need a seat lock so I can ensure the seat/tail piece I make fits right... and I need those fibreglass materials... oh decisions decisions!
Maybe I'll just buy them all and say screw it my rear tyre is a slick :cookoo:
Photo time...
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Don't even start me on limited funds!! ... Y'all are doing fine!
Quote from: Janx101 on April 23, 2016, 10:19:21 PM
Don't even start me on limited funds!! ... Y'all are doing fine!
Errr... yeah... guess so :oops:
Lol. .. ~hashtag~firstworld problems
Easy day at work today, public holiday so not much traffic, felt so alert on the way home I text a mate.... how about an hour on the MTB's on the bush trails nearby? .. just pedal along easy and chat a bit.... we haven't been for a ride for ages!
(Well I haven't... he rides a couple times a week) ...
16km/10mi later. .. yeah! Feels good... feels pumped.....
2 hours later on the lounge... I go to get up.... yeeeeeeaaaaaaarrrrggghh!!!! ... legs- quads and calves are feeling like they dipped in hot curry! ....
Magnesium tab, multi V tab, turmeric tab..... water water water. ..
I'm always good at recovery program AFTER it starts to hurt LOL?
Bedtime now, hopefully can move tmw! ... or I be driving miss daisy on the garbage truck! ;)
Hahahahaha no pain no gain right?
Anyone pulled an ignition switch like this apart? Three roll pins hold the barrel in, can't seem to drill them out nor do I have any screws small enough to get a grip and pull them out...
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Hmmmm working fine for me... I did see a post on the GS Resources about Photobucket issues though... perhaps it's intermittent?
Working pic now on tapatalk. ..
Small gentle taps with a centrepunch and hammer? Try one way then if both ends available try the other way?
That moment when. .....
You're just the right amount of sleepy, your think and do list for the day is done, you lay down on the mattress and it cradles you like grandma's hugs...... ahhhhhhhh! Blissful stretch and sleep time! :thumb:
Hmmm centre punch... could be a thought there! Don't think I have one small enough but I may be able to improvise...
And yes, that drifting off is bliss :thumb:
Couldn't agree with you more Janx... I love sleep :kiss3:
Jewellers punch if your man cave punchs are too beefy!
Oh yes indeed :)
Aaron
Drilling worked... if you call "drilling 'til you think it's drilled and then destroying the housing getting it out" working... :oops:
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Didn't intend to destroy it but oh well... I had to make a new smaller more compact housing anyway...
Coulda just bashed it with a hammer and saved time! ;) lol
Yep... you're spot on there! Oh well... I just get to be even more creative now :icon_mrgreen:
Wow this is what I really call DDP FTW!!!! :woohoo:
I guess I win :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers: :flipoff:
Dangit! Out appointed thread-bumper has failed us! LOL!
Well done you! :cool:
There's an appointee? ... I know there's a few volunteers!? .. did I miss the vote/memo? ?
Quote from: Daeouse on May 03, 2016, 01:18:33 PM
Dangit! Out appointed thread-bumper has failed us! LOL!
Well done you! :cool:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 03, 2016, 01:50:01 PM
There's an appointee? ... I know there's a few volunteers!? .. did I miss the vote/memo? ?
It was not 3 days from previous post yet. 8)
Quote from: Toledo Jim on May 03, 2016, 05:05:41 PM
Quote from: Daeouse on May 03, 2016, 01:18:33 PM
Dangit! Out appointed thread-bumper has failed us! LOL!
Well done you! :cool:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 03, 2016, 01:50:01 PM
There's an appointee? ... I know there's a few volunteers!? .. did I miss the vote/memo? ?
It was not 3 days from previous post yet. 8)
I stand corrected, good sir! Carry on with the excellence! :thumb: :cool: :cheers:
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Damn and here I was thinking I won...
Today I learned new things! ...
Don't lock your keys in the car 90km from home!
Whatever your thinking, buying a $5 rolling pin ,from the cheap shop is NOT the right tool for breaking a window! (I checked with a mate works at a wreckers first to guarantee cheap replacement)
Rolling pins kinda just bounce off windows!
Don't get the shits after several failed strikes, go full retard and swing wildly.... your hand goes thru the breaking glass and gets cut!
Hand sanitizer is NOT your friend on a fresh wound!
The missus will laugh loud and long when you explain several bandaids on your hand!
......
I went to visit daughter after work.. in a Sydney hospital after her gastric sleeve operation yesterday, got her flowers and a few cheerful nicnacs.. not complaining about that....
I've said it before and I'll say it now! .... no good deed goes unpunished!
:thumb:
Remember? Ej was promoted bumpmassa. []D[] []V[] []D [] []\[] bumpmassa that is
Aaron
Yes! .. so he was! ... still AWOL tho...
T-Jim is very dedicated with it also tho...
We should title him. .. 71 hour Jim!
It could be worse Janxy... that rolling pin could've bounced off the window, knocked you in the forehead, and knocked you out cold...
PS: Hope your daughter's surgery went well :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 05, 2016, 05:16:32 AM
Yes! .. so he was! ... still AWOL tho...
T-Jim is very dedicated with it also tho...
We should title him. .. 71 hour Jim!
i came up with 71hr guardsman
until i can find something better. lol. suggestions? will give you credit ian, the title is mostly your idea.
Aaron
>:( :technical: Keeping threads going :icon_twisted: :cheers:
Quote from: Toledo Jim on May 07, 2016, 05:28:17 PM
>:( :technical: Keeping threads going :icon_twisted: :cheers:
Keeping up the good work like a boss! :cool:
Only way to go! :thumb:
It's rainy and foggy at work this morning... such a pity that I'm on transfer truck duties today, I take empty garbage truck to full truck, swap and take to tip... then repeat..
Hardest part is my elbow might get wet from sitting on door sill!
:thumb:
I'm claiming a PeteDDP!!
This afternoon I ordered ... Two ... Reflective ... Punisher logo .. Decals ...
For the van ....
I've been slightly intolerant in early morning traffic lately..... Best to warn people that I'm unreasonable at times when they "fail as a human being in control of a motor vehicle" !!
Sorry about the mega linky!
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Nice!!! Reflective too :cool:
Hey you can't steal my DDP, they're patented!! :flipoff:
I'll happily lend you one though :icon_lol: :icon_mrgreen: :thumb:
Just make sure you wipe it off first Pete! ... lol
.... cos I'm tired and almost in bed...
When I get my bike back on road. .. it'll feel like being a noob for a short time I expect...
So... being noobish. .. I'll put a square wheel on the back for better powerskids, a star shape wheel on the front for pointing into corners, a vertical truck exhaust stack for leaning back on, a old tractor steel seat to cup my ass, a set of ape bars so my armpits get air, a set of old school rear spring/shocks so the monoshock has friends........ aaaaand. . A set of fuzzy dice because they style anything up to primo level.....
Wild mods before getting to know the bike..... it's all the rage these days! :icon_rolleyes: :thumb:
Quote from: Janx101 on May 11, 2016, 05:06:06 AM
.... cos I'm tired and almost in bed...
When I get my bike back on road. .. it'll feel like being a noob for a short time I expect...
So... being noobish. .. I'll put a square wheel on the back for better powerskids, a star shape wheel on the front for pointing into corners, a vertical truck exhaust stack for leaning back on, a old tractor steel seat to cup my ass, a set of ape bars so my armpits get air, a set of old school rear spring/shocks so the monoshock has friends........ aaaaand. . A set of fuzzy dice because they style anything up to primo level.....
Wild mods before getting to know the bike..... it's all the rage these days! :icon_rolleyes: :thumb:
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Yep. . .
You'll be all set with those mods!!!!
Don't forget to chop the exhaust off at the headers coz it sounds awesome :thumb:
No.... it's vertical truck exhaust or not! ... back rest and in cool weather a handy dandy heater!
Oh you're missing forward controls! Like right out near the front wheel so you can really stretch those legs on the highway...
Been gone for a few days, just got back to Ohio from Arizona, so I decided to do this > :cheers: >:( :technical: Keeping threads going :icon_twisted: :cheers:
Quote from: Toledo Jim on May 14, 2016, 07:05:07 PM
Been gone for a few days, just got back to Ohio from Arizona, so I decided to do this > :cheers: >:( :technical: Keeping threads going :icon_twisted: :cheers:
Thread-bumping waits for no man! LOL!
Good man Jim!
Nothing like a good thread bump...
Quote from: peteGS on May 13, 2016, 04:08:02 PM
Oh you're missing forward controls! Like right out near the front wheel so you can really stretch those legs on the highway...
Heeey! .. idea! .. convert the front axle/bolt to clip on (screw on?) Bars! .. steering with feet! ..
Throttle control in seat by squeezing ass cheeks onto a pressure pod.... and you will be squeezing!... steering with feet does that! Bahahaha!
No takers?... guess I won't need to start a gofundme page then! Bahahaha
Do it do it do it!!!!
arse throttle? what if you fart? do you accelerate, or have to explain to cop why you suddenly stopped. " umm flatulence? i think" lol.
Aaron
Why couldn't the bicycle stand up?
Coz it was two tyred...
How do you catch a Unique Duck?
U neek up on it!
;)
What did the grape say when he got stepped on?
He let out a little wine.
heehee
Hahahahahaa
I love these!!! :D
... and how do you catch an ordinary duck? ....
U neek up on it too! ;)
Nice one cbr!
What's blue and smells like red paint?
blue paint. ;)
Hahaaaaa!
What's brown and sticky?
A stick!
What's green and looks like a red bucket?
A green bucket!
What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A fsh
speaking of dad jokes, ;)
" a nun, an athiest, a jew, a mormon, a horse, a dog, AND a parrot walk into a bar, bartender looks at this monley group and says, "what is this, some kind of joke?"
Aaron
What do you call a nun in a wheelchair?
Virgin Mobile
Hahahahahah aaaah these are gold!
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No eye deer...
LOL :icon_eek: :icon_lol: Oooo that reminds me of one I know...
Redneck fella gets pulled over and the officer says, "Do you have any ID?" And the fella says,
"I D 'bout what?"
Hahahahahahahhahaha love it!
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no eye deer...
Lol. ..
On the subject of offbeat humour ... I invite you to hire,Netflix,Google or otherwise search out. .. Guest House Paradiso.
A symphony of black humour situations. .
And it starts with a motorbike scene!
Hahahah Bottom on the big screen, watched the trailer on Youtube... yeah that'll be a classic!
Yeah same actors :D
The candle scene cracks me up every time!
I gotta find it and watch it somehow...
third day, >:( :technical: Keeping threads going :icon_twisted: :cheers:
Been watching Mike and Molly from start to finish (on 5th season now)... very funny !
My neighbor's internet is too spotty for Netflix :icon_eek: Don't worry, she's been my friend for 19 years and gave me the password :thumb:
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on May 27, 2016, 12:24:23 AM
Been watching Mike and Molly from start to finish (on 5th season now)... very funny !
My neighbor's internet is too spotty for Netflix :icon_eek: Don't worry, she's been my friend for 19 years and gave me the password :thumb:
My neighbours internet is too spotty for Netflix too.
We're not friends though. In fact we hate each other. Probably because something keeps on making his printer print 100 black pages once a week. It ain't me.
Although idiots should f%$king secure their WiFis if they don't want bad shaZam! to happen...
Hahahahah neigbourly love... our neighbours are tools... get a deck built the week leading up to Christmas and have them finishing it up 6pm Christmas Eve and wonder why people complain...
Ummmm... DDP FTW???
Looks that way! Lol. .. it's bloody freezin this morning! ... talk about walnut season !! :/
Hahahaha yeah it's gotten chilly up here too... and they're predicting some showers around later this week... cold wet riding to work and back... yay! Still beats the hell outta the train though...
I'm really appreciating the new work trucks more last few mornings! ... seat heaters!! ... hmmmm toasty warm ass and back!
Pete thingamajigger! ..
The following may be lost on the younger ones..
What is Batmans favorite time of day?
Dinner
... dinner dinner dinner dinner Barman!
;)
Aaaaah hahahahahahaha
Kapow! Bam! Whap!
LOL that cracked me up :D
Hewwooooo anyone around...
where is everybodyyyyyy
RRR weekend :thumb:
.....perfecting the art of being lazy ...... ;)
2 websites i want to see if they are still active,
1 is the " last page of the internet"
2 is the "insanity test"
i know the insanity test one works usually. had 6 terminals playing it at same time in the cardiac unit last week.
Aaron
I is here... just haven't done much to rave about...
Hoping I can get some fibreglassing started today, need to start making the mould for my seat/tail piece.
We'll see if I can actually make that happen though...
>:( :technical: Keeping threads going :icon_twisted: :cheers:
Not sure if this will translate to ConUS or not.....
How many Fairys does it take to make Fairy Bread?
Hundreds and Thousands!
Hahahahahahhaahhaha
Sorry, been slacking... haven't logged in for a couple of days...
However! I've been welding...
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And customising an ignition switch...
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And fibreglassing...
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You are a busy beaver Pete!
There we go! Updates ftw :icon_mrgreen:
Still smoke free, though I'm pretty sure the next door neighbours kids learnt some new words the other day though...and I'm out of mints again.
New bike in our garage. Little brother picked up a Triumph Street Triple 675, which was brought back this weekend just past. For those who aren't on our side of the pond, it's been f%$king POURING f%$king rain and shaZam! all week, flooding and collapsed coastal houses left, right, and centre. So, I was glad it wasn't me riding in that shaZam!, I got to be the car Buddha Loves You, with toasty warm climate control and heated seats...though my heated seats just ended up being glove driers in the end.
Hahaha progress indeed! Taken a few weeks but getting there...
Malfruen, good deal on the no smoking, I stopped a number of years ago now and so glad I did.
And another update...
You can pretty much ignore the colour coding for the moment, but here's the (still messy) revised wiring draft. I think I need to edit the relay shape to get the coil driver connector away from the switched feed connector so they're a little easier on the eyes.
I might have to see if I can thin down the wire lines a bit too while still keeping the colouring obvious enough.
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What??? I post a pic and no reply??? Slackers!!! :flipoff:
Very sorry!!! I only had a little bit of time this morning... saw it and was like woahhhhh that's awesome! But then had to rush out the door without a reply... so here it is now!
Woaaahhhhhhh that's awesome Pete!!! ;) :woohoo:
Hahahahah cheers ShowBiz! Glad someone cares hahahahhaa
I got the mould separated yesterday too, couple of low spots to fill and some trimming/sanding required as well as another layer underneath for strength.
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I'm leaving extra at the rear to stick some foam to so I can form the pillion area mould.
HOORAY!!!! :cool:
Hahahaha
More progress yesterday, stealing another fella's idea and using some 3mm brass rod to reduce the connectors needed for the fuse box.
I need two switched circuits and six always on, so they've been effectively joined together meaning only one connection required from the battery for the six always on and one from the ignition switch for the two switched circuits.
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Hmmmmm... DDP FTW!!!!! :woohoo:
Sanding fibreglass is painful... literally... No matter how careful you are you will inevitably slip and stick your fingers with some fibres that go through the gloves...
I don't use any gloves :icon_eek: But then again, I do most of my sanding with a wheel rather than by hand. The skin on my arms felt a bit prickly last night when I was done but that's all gone today :thumb:
Don't you wet the glass down first?
Quote from: Janx101 on June 14, 2016, 03:49:15 AM
Don't you wet the glass down first?
Not that I've ever seen. You're just supposed to cover up as much as possible and wear eye/face/lung protection. . . :dunno_black:
I try to use sanders whenever possible, because sanding by hand takes FOREVER. LOL :icon_mrgreen:
No gloves?? You're keen! :icon_mrgreen: What are you fibreglassing???
I haven't had any itching so far this time thankfully! But yes face and eye protection in particular is a must... don't want those fibres in your lungs or eyes that's for sure!
The shapes on this are a bit complex for the moment as I've got a few too many holes and bumps so it's hand sanding for the most part.
Once I get the low and high spots a bit more worked out I can fill and sand and move on to the orbital sander for a bit of a speedier finishing process.
I made a patch for the huge low spots last night to hopefully get that side spot on:
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I confess, I am SO bad when it comes to PPE. If my safety glasses are within arms reach yeah I'll put them on (I had to learn the hard way by getting two little specks of fiberglass dug outta my eye like 6 years ago) but as far as masks and gloves go... :icon_rolleyes:
Pete I just updated (today) the projects thread I started forever ago... I'm mainly using fiberglass on my car for patching and strength, not so much to make an actual object... but it's still really fun and I love working with it!!
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=69125.100
Last time I did any fibreglassing, I didn't wear anything. I wear glasses already, so safety glasses are useless. I either don't see anything or I won't see anything later. And I doubt fibreglass is worse than the cigarettes I was plowing down at the time.
Also looks like the GS will be moving onto greener pastures. I've put an offer down on something a little bigger, and a lot more forgiving on my back and shoulders. Assuming it all goes to plan, there'll be pics incoming when it's all done...
Haha right got ya ShowBiz... but that sounds way too painful!!!!
I started wearing reading glasses last year so I have them on anyway for this sort of work, but gloves I've always used.
I'll check out your projects thread momentarily ;)
I believe I've screwed something up though, the resin was still quite wet last night... pretty sure I got the MEKP % right but maybe I laid the matting down too soon after the PVA release agent? Painful if I have to do it over yet again...
Malf... so come on... what is it???? And please don't fibreglass in the nude!!! I don't want to think about the places that would itch...
Pete, put it out in a sunny spot, resin gets funky sometimes as the weather cools a little
It was beyond that... last night 48 hours later it hadn't done much if any curing at all... so I ripped it off and started again... 2% MEKP this time and made sure it was mixed well.
Take two...
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Quote from: peteGS on June 15, 2016, 01:22:20 PM
Malf... so come on... what is it???? And please don't fibreglass in the nude!!! I don't want to think about the places that would itch...
Fibreglassing in the nude is the way it's supposed to be done! It's how the ancient masters did it...maybe.
And I don't wanna ruin the surprise. You'll get photos tomorrow :cheers:
There's no way I'd fiberglass in the nude unless it was the hot summer months... wait... :icon_lol: :angel:
*dies laughing*
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on June 16, 2016, 05:04:08 PM
There's no way I'd fiberglass in the nude unless it was the hot summer months... wait... :icon_lol: :angel:
I- uhhhh- *ahem* errrr-
Leaving that one alone. As hard as that is.
What's hard Malf?! Bahahaha ;)
Lots of things Janx. Lots of things :D
lolololololol :D :D :D
Hahahahahahhaha
If only my resin went hard!!! Ha!
My patch did work out ok though, in fact better than the rest of the mould because I used packing tape :technical:
Being much thinner and easier to shape, it moulded much closer to the shape of the seat... compare it to the opposite side using duct tape...
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So... I'm starting from scratch... gonna fill the hollows up in the front with cardboard, tape it all up with packing tape, and do it again. This time I'll also mould the whole seat pan and then I'll build the foam on top of the pillion area which should be easier than making the foam match the mould.
It also means I'll be moulding the seat latch area which should make locating that a hell of a lot easier too.
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I'll be sparing everyone the mental imagery... I will *not* be fibreglassing in the nude!!!!
You can thank me later :icon_lol:
Well, you guys have stewed long enough.
I bought a Suzuki C50T Boulevard. Pics below
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oooooOOOOOOooooo shiny!!!! that bike looks CLEAN 8)
@_@ . . . so shiny. . .
Shiny indeed!!!! I do like the white walls though, suit it :thumb:
I also have more pic's to share... 80's and skinny tyres rule :thumb:
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Malf. .. that is an excellent buy for your geographic area!
It is indeed very shiny. I'll enjoy it a hell of a lot more then this rain buggers back off to hell and the roads aren't quite so slippery.
We're back to sunshine and blue skies today :thumb:
No sunshine for us until Thursday apparently. :icon_sad:
Normally I would say harden up Malf! .. real riders go out in all conditions! .... but I've seen some of the tarry grooves left by the trucks out your way! ... for which you would need a bloody snowmobile! ........ so you're excused for now! :thumb:
Plastercene and packing tape for a smooth-ish surface...
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Six layers of matting cut out...
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Three layers applied... shape at the rear is not important, just as long as I get the seat latch location.
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Separated it from the seat last night... I believe the phrase winner winner chicken dinner is appropriate :thumb:
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Time to add another three layers for strength then start building up the foam on top of the pillion area.
Hooray!!!!!! :woohoo:
Tired and grumpy.... just stopped myself from ranting on 3 separate threads tho! ... it's a win! ;)
:woohoo: cheers ShowBiz!!!! I took the packing tape off the seat pan to test how good a fit it is after removing the mould and it's nearly perfect... I'm stoked!!! :thumb:
Janxy... how dare you deprive us of a rant!!! Rant on my good man!!!
Yes Janx don't hold back! The Rant Thread must live on!!! ;)
More 80's goodness in the hills...
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You gonna get a Bananarama print t-shirt and mullet haircut for the first ride of your completed project Pete? ;)
Ummmm let me think about that... nope! Hahahahaha
Might just play lots of Acca Dacca and the Oils ;) :woohoo:
And in case anyone watches it and hasn't seen it I won't spoil it... but MotoGP was especially awesome last night :woohoo: :cheers:
DDP FTW anyone? No? Oh... ok then... :flipoff:
Mould is taking shape nicely, needs a tidy up and some little gaps filled then onto getting the pillion area foam on and shaped...
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ahhhhh this is so cool!!! :D pete I spy an ipod in the background... looks like mine but maybe a tad larger... what kind is it?
Haha cheers!!! Can't wait to finish the mould off so I can make my seat and move on :D
Yup, that's an iPod nano from... ummm... 5 years ago maybe? Serves me well in the shed and garage :thumb:
Currently full up with AC/DC, The Offspring, Midnight Oil, Live, Days of the New, Tantric, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bush, Fuel, Wolfmother, and The Sunnyboys. I just have it on shuffle :thumb:
Shuffle is the way to go!! You have an awesome list there... a few I haven't heard of so I will have to check them out :D
I wouldn't even be able to list all the different stuff I have on my ipod lol... I like pretty much every kind of music there is. I got my ipod almost 10 years ago now :icon_eek: I think it's the 3rd generation nano... green!! Only 8 gb though and it's been full for years. I'm always going through my library and changing things out.
The first ipod I got actually survived being washed with my laundry... I took it out of the washer and it was still playing so I turned it off and dried it out for like a week. Worked perfect for months... until I washed it again :2guns: :technical: :mad: :icon_rolleyes:
I liked it though so I just went on ebay and bought another one. Super blessed that it's been working without problems for years now :kiss3: You're so right, music helps at the garage... and while mowing the lawn... and cleaning... it just makes things better.
Hahahah that's one tough iPod!!! Mine's only a 4GB model so I'm limited how much I can put on there... got a bunch more not sync'd on iTunes.
KC and the Sunshine Band, Rick James, Kasabian, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, Hole, John Butler Trio, Florence and the Machine, and many more...
Oh, I forgot I do have Radiohead and ZZ Top on there at the moment too :thumb:
I don't like a lot of new music, not really into "boppy" stuff or rap or whatever, more of a rock sorta guy but I do hear some new stuff I like at times.
Oh, some of the bands I think are awesome you've probably never heard of as they're Aussie bands of varying degrees of success. Midnight Oil, John Butler Trio, Little Birdy, Spiderbait, Operator Please, Jet, The Screaming Jets to name some...
Got the little gaps sealed up:
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And the edges all wetted down properly for extra strength:
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And good progress on the ignition switch, frame mount seems to be ready to weld on to the new housing so it can bolt to the side cover mount:
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lol.
Aaron
Lah di dah... need to do more grinding/welding this morning... fun times!
That seat is really *shaping* up!!!
hehe
:icon_rolleyes:
Hahahahahahaha
More welding and grinding on the ignition switch housing yesterday and more to do today... if I was better at welding it would be done much quicker... :icon_rolleyes:
My mate says "grinding a weld clean makes you a grinder not a welder!" ;) ...
He also says. .. when he sees my welding. .. "wtf! Gimme the damn stick fer crying out loud!" ... lol. . :thumb:
Your mate is a smart man ;)
A welder I am not!!!
But all the same I did more and 95% finished the switch aside from paint... keep in mind I had to make it from scratch, bend the steel into tubes to suit and finagle it all to align correctly etc.
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It works at least... some paint and noone will ever see it... :icon_lol:
A friend of mine said my welds look like "Hammered sh*t"
beyond fugly but strong lol.
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on July 03, 2016, 01:43:33 PM
A welder I am not!!!
...
It works at least... some paint and noone will ever see it... :icon_lol:
A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't! :wink:
Oh jeez! That's some special welding Pete!! :woohoo: :flipoff:
However.... That fabrication/design/finagling...... That is proper Man stuff!! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Hahahaha yeah my welding is... ummm... awesome? Hahaha
Still about 1000% better with the MIG compared to the stick though. I gotta be fair to myself at least a little though... that's 0.8mm steel except for the brackets which is 1.5mm steel, so blowing holes in the thin stuff is so easy. Getting good at filling holes :icon_lol:
Oooh DDP FTW!!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
Wish I had some more pic's to share but alas not yet... nothing more done...
Wow I'm winning!!!! :woohoo:
Ahahahaha, I want one of these.
(A theremin)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/208185059/twin-t-opto-theremin?ref=related-2
Lol a weird sound but feed it thru an effects pedal. You can come up with some weird sounds Lol .
Aaron
Interesting... but I have no idea what any of it means :icon_lol:
Winning again!!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
Still winning!!!!
Cut the mounting holes so the little plastic cover clips in nicely to the ignition switch and elongated the mounting hole so it tucks away a bit more.
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You are the Winmeister lately Pete! :thumb:
It certainly appears that way!
Committed a big tidiness in the shed yesterday, screwed some timber to the base of the mould, then started cutting chunks of foam ready to start forming the pillion area of the mould.
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Pillion?! ... they just slow you down, jean the wrong way in the corners and need pee breaks all the bloody time! Lol
Hahahahah
That area is gonna be solid fibreglass... no pillion... :thumb:
Wow... I really am winning aren't I??
You are totally winning Pete :D
I check the thread pretty much every day !
:woohoo:
Hahahahahaha
I must admit I have no progress pic's to share... so just the occasional DDP FTW is the most I can contribute at present... hahah
I am working on the harness though so I can finalise that and buy some wire.
Will post it up once done and ready to start making.
Damn electrical appliances!
Looks like the dishwasher drain pump let go Friday night so I was up to all hours mopping the floor from the overflowing water... Fingers crossed it's a cheap/easy fix... really don't want to be buying a new dishwasher!
Had a wine glass break in there a little while back and found a piece in the drain pump assembly, so I suspect it has jammed it and caused it to burn out. At least that's what I hope has happened because it's easy to replace... $75 via eBay as opposed to $400 - 500 or more for a new dishwasher...
They usually simple item to replace Pete, most machines it's easiest to remove the metal cabinet if present and then sit machine on its front for easy pump access... but if it's pumping all over the floor you might have a pierced hose rather than a bad pump? Best to inspect and identify before ordering parts in!
Yep looks nice and simple, on it's side is easiest for this one though. It just unclicks and two spade terminals to take off, with any luck the new pump will be here today or tomorrow. And yeah, no split hoses, the water only goes all over the floor when I open the door... :technical:
And I forgot to share from the weekend...
Most of the foam to form the "pillion" area of the seat mould is glued in place ready to start shaping:
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Once done I'll lay a couple of layers of fibreglass over the foam (after protecting it) to make the mould nice and strong ready to form the actual pan.
Got the front of the rear inner tray/guard tidied up and drilled the holes so the front inner guard can bolt to it. I'll use nicer stainless fasteners when it's done.
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And a profile shot of how neat I reckon the ignition switch looks now I have it mounted properly:
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Good work on the seat! :thumb:
Check that the broken glass hasn't just left a shard in the sump and then gone in to block the impeller from spinning! ... my kids left a short bamboo skewer on a plate a few years back and it did the same.... only takes light pressure to stop the impeller! ;)
All seemed clear... but I will double check before re-assembling. Cheers for the tip!! :thumb:
It gets plenty of water in though so I don't think that will be an issue.
I've pretty much sorted the wiring diagram for the Kat, just need to do some labelling and I shall post the end result probably tomorrow. :woohoo:
Impeller don't need to move for inflow... pressure does that!
Even with the pump right out. Remove the pipes and look right in.. make sure you can rotate impeller by finger or gentle screwdriver pressure...
glass is a bastard sometimes.. depending on your impeller size and tolerances... a nugget of glass as big as 2 grains of cooked rice can jam them! ... especially if there are sharp pointy ends on the nugget to dig into the housing!
AMHIK!! :icon_rolleyes:
Got ya! Well the pump ended up not solving it so after some... discussion... a replacement dishwasher will be being sought today apparently...
On another topic... wiring diagram anyone? Just need to finish labelling the colours...
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And still deciding on fuse sizes but this label will go just behind the electrics tray...
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Ooh diagrams and all! Yer a bit flash ain't ya! Lol
.... discussion. .. yep I hear ya!
Sudden thought Pete. Exhaust hose not blocked with crud and grease?... and check the fitting under the sink where the hose pumps out to your house plumbing.. also for crud and grease blockage... Shame to have new machine and it could flood the floor. .. just in case. Eh!
Haha yes fancy diagrams! But very useful I feel :thumb:
Making a wiring harness by the seat of my pants without a diagram is not an appealing idea to me... hahahha
Definitely no blockages in the lines anywhere, new dishwasher installed last night and no wet floor this morning... except of course the tap is now dripping because it's been untouched for 8 years and now has been touched... :technical:
And I see the issue with my headlight mounting...
The new subframe's mounting ears are notably lower than another one...
The scaling's not perfect but close enough to see the difference.
Hmmmm...
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More winning!!!!! :woohoo:
Not just in LPW but also because the middle of winter temperature yesterday was 29 degress celcius which made for perfect riding weather...
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And still winning! :cheers: :woohoo:
Wow still winning???
Dash design done... the spray can lid will be replaced with an Acewell 2853...
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And started...
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Wow, I won!!!!! :woohoo:
Winner winner chicken dinner!!! :D
Hahahaha that's the one!!! Or is it won??? :icon_lol:
:o >:( Keeping thread going. :technical: :2guns:
We have another poster!!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
Color poster or arty black&white?
Nice ;)
The glossy big kind every kid tacks to the wall. ;)
Hahahaha love it!
10 colours of 10m rolls of 3mm x 20A wire arrived yesterday along with 2m each of red and black battery cable and another micro relay base.
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Excellent!
:o >:( Keeping thread going. :technical: :2guns:
Also, upping my post count. :icon_twisted: :woohoo:
Tard farm posts don't add to the count IIRC?
Quote from: Janx101 on August 04, 2016, 04:55:34 AM
Tard farm posts don't add to the count IIRC?
:icon_confused: Well,,, shucks, I tried. :dunno_black: :sad: :embarrassed:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 04, 2016, 04:55:34 AM
Tard farm posts don't add to the count IIRC?
Diabolical! :icon_twisted:
LOL!
Well... 'tis the tard farm... where the tards live... oh wait... :technical:
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: I know I can be quite a 'tard sometimes LOL
Woooooooot for wiring!!! I've been working with that lately as well... just put a new dvd player in the Turtle Van and also figured out some of the wiring on the Spirit.
Wanted to see why the cd player in it wouldn't turn on anymore... checked the fuses... plugged in a spare I had... nothing. Turns out if you pull the dome light fuse (which I did months and months ago since I have the doors open a lot while working) it disables the stereo. :technical: :icon_rolleyes:
Also gave me a chance to clean up really well in the dash... and get rid of some old wires from past fog lights I had installed and other crap from people messing with my car when I wasn't confident enough to do car audio myself :embarassed:
Dome light fuse disables the stereo... yeah that sounds about right! :cookoo:
Wiring can be fun or tedious, depends what you're doing... if you're cleaning someone else's mess up it can be a royal PITA!
I'm lookin' forward to making the Kat harness, get to do it how I want it, but it will also be a learning experience as it's the first one I've done from scratch.
I won again!!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
No... I did! ;)
.... and the Australian Bureau of Statistics website has crashed on census night! Preventing millions from submitting an online form!... good job dickheads! Bahahaha. ...
I'm gonna wait a few days... ring them and ask for a paper one to be sent... old school reliability! ... then casually fill it out and be difficult about collection times/days!
Power to the People! :thumb:
Yeah like noone could predict someone would try (and succeed) to bring the website down on census night... bunch of fools!!!! :technical:
Best thing is... put aside time... end up wasting nearly 2 hours because the thing don't work... and if you decide not to do it because you wasted all that time, they'll give you a lovely fine after September if it's not done.
I saw comments around the place that IBM were involved in the Census project... and that worked so well for Qld Health... I deal with IBM at work regularly and trust me, there is no way on earth I'd rely on IBM services to support anything at all! The support for their products is... interesting... and if you escalate to your supposed account contacts... it's like emailing my cat, except at least you'll see a confused expression on my cat's face...
I wish I could email my cats when I'm at work LOL... or text them!!
Haha they would probably ignore me though lmao :icon_rolleyes: :icon_lol:
If cats could email then your credit card would burn up! .. "100lbs of sardines- 1 day rush!!" :thumb:
ohhhh crap I didn't even think of that... they would most certainly be ordering as much food as they could from anywhere, you're right!! :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:
Quote from: Janx101 on August 09, 2016, 03:59:27 AM
.... and the Australian Bureau of Statistics website has crashed on census night! Preventing millions from submitting an online form!... good job dickheads! Bahahaha. ...
I'm gonna wait a few days... ring them and ask for a paper one to be sent... old school reliability! ... then casually fill it out and be difficult about collection times/days!
Power to the People! :thumb:
No collection I think mate, with the paper form it comes in a pre-paid envelope and you have to POST it back.
Bugger.... I'll post it on the last day then!... they can sit and spin!
Website was finally back yesterday so I did the damn thing last night.
Our kitten likes to internet shop with my wife on her iPad... paws on the screen and all... she has some dodgy taste I tell ya!!!
LOL dodgy taste!!! I love it :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Kilo of catnip! 1 day rush! ;)
Hahahaha nooooo!!!! That's the last thing she needs!!! She's psycho enough already!
Yeah but some cats get hyper, some cats get smoochy and some just go chill out in a corner to watch the pretty colours! ...
You tried that mouse scurrying around the screen app? Lol
Hahaha no not tried that one... she does like to sit back and watch the telly though, gets right into it!
:o >:( Keeping thread going. :technical: :2guns:
Good man Jim!! :thumb:
Got some fibreglass on the pillion area of the seat mould... not quite perfect...
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Spent an hour trimming and sanding the other night, still mucho work to do...
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Winning again!!! :woohoo:
Friday, 10 mins till knockoff! . . That's a win!
Sure is!!! Although that was yesterday... :icon_lol: :woohoo:
Today is tap replacement day... tomorrow I'm hoping is fibreglass day... but I need to stop sanding with thongs on, my feet have not been happy this week!!! Must find my crappy old painting shoes...
Don't know how I missed a song 4 years ago... Thrift Shop by mackelmore. .. aka I'm Gonna Pop Some Tags.
On radio today, grooving along in the garbage truck. Lol. .
Hell, I might even go pop some tags myself! .. do a Style Saturday! :thumb:
love that song!!! haha and going to thrift stores :cool:
Not exactly my sorta music but that wasn't a bad one :thumb:
Hmmmm I believe I may be winning again! :thumb:
Definitely winning!!!!!! :woohoo: :cheers: :flipoff:
Oh no I'm still winning!!!! Is LPW dead???
Bought a fork brace for the Kat off a mate on Saturday morning, the dust boots have nowhere to attach to properly though so I need to figure something out there.
Got pretty much no time on the seat mould though unfortunately and I need to get that done ASAP!
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a theremin makes a truly unique sound lol.
aaron
Imagine a theremin and dulcimer duet?!
Awww man I had to Google both of those!!!
I'm just not that edumacated...
Pete Simpson eh?! ;) .. I only know what theremin actually is/looks like from big bang theory show, knew the sound from Dr Who theme but always thought it was a keyboard!
Well now I know something new too! I always thought it was a keyboard also... but I've never watched Big Bang Theory...
Did some more patching on the seat mould last night, I reckon there's a good chance I might be able to coat it ready for wax and use this weekend!!!
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And looking around on details of a fork brace I scored I found another black and red Kat for some more inspiration...
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Never watched Big Bang?!?! .. but. . But! ... well damn!!
Nup, never! Seen a snippet here and there channel surfing but working in IT means watching a show with geeks is very unappealing... I get to deal with people they remind me of every day... and that's just after watching probably a sum total of 20 seconds of the show... :2guns:
I reckon I'll be putting the coating over the mould ready for wax this weekend :thumb: :woohoo:
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Lookin' great Pete!!!
There is a theremin app for tablet use. from what ive read the device both predates tablets and the tv show. its got a sound unique to itself lol.
Aaron
Yama, it definitely pre-dates all that.. the Dr Who tv series that ran for decades used it as the theme song sound! Right back to black and white tv days.
A quick Google reveals it was invented in 1919 by a Russian chap.
This video link is the man himself playing his instrument!
http://youtu.be/w5qf9O6c20o
aye. it has a unique sound. going to try teaching myself to play it. maybe go as far as trying to play the brandenburg concerto on it ( the app) may fail miserably but wth Eh?
aaron
Cheers ShowBiz!!! Hope to have it ready for final coating this weekend... if not actually coated :D
Quote from: Janx101 on September 01, 2016, 07:01:07 PM
This video link is the man himself playing his instrument!
I nearly couldn't bring myself to click the link with that introduction :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Oooops...
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Fixed... I hope!
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Quote from: peteGS on September 04, 2016, 01:25:35 PM
Oooops...
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Fixed... I hope!
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..Thats what the veterinarian said at the neutering clinic..
Ohhh, i figured out how to motorise the knee scooter. a 49cc chinese goped clone. a replacement engine and trans cheaper than the alternative. geared for speed. i know, kinda stupid Eh? , reason being is to cut down on wheelie potential. and training wheels to recover from wheelies.. ( while turning) located the engine, hes hollding it for me. ive already got the training wheels.. hehe i see fun err bad things happening. ( i jest, ill be careful)
Aaron
Sounds like fun to me!!!
Saving my nickles and dimes to grab a 100ft spool of 14ga. speaker wire to redo my av system. ( when ankle calms down a tad. house WAS cluttered. ( buddha has seen that. but goal is to move the rear surrounds to the library wall, ) a floor to ceiling bookshelf area and run the wiring along the exposed ceiling beams. its either that or break out the lightning rods to snake the wiring under the floor. which hasnt been accessed since 1967. im going beamside on this one. too much wiring in one place is killing my fm reception. :technical:
Aaron
Bad reception is just plain annoying eh!
I think we should tag Pete 'the fibreglass whisperer' !! ;)
Change whisperer to mauler and you'll be spot on :thumb:
I did get the first coat done last night though...
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oooooOOOOOOoooooo moar plz :icon_mrgreen:
Hahahaha am I pressing your buttons ShowBiz?? :o :oops: ;) :icon_lol:
Kidding of course! Hahaha
Second coat went on last night but didn't bother with a pic because it looks exactly the same...
Will do a third and final coat but need to put some PVA release agent over the top a bit after finishing so it seals it up from the air and cures with a nice non-tacky finish :thumb:
LOLOLOL reminds me of the naked fiberglassing convo that happened not that long ago :icon_lol: :laugh:
Not gonna lie, I'm super excited to see how this turns out ;) :-D
Nekkid fibreglassing... I think I remember that... nooo!!!! Not for this little black duck!!! :o
I'm getting pretty excited myself! Well... at least to see how it turns out... the final test will be the first pan and that's when I'll decide if I really am excited or not... hahahha
Final coat done:
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Had to wait nearly 2 hours to put the PVA on it to seal the surface though due to the humidity yesterday, at least I beat the rain:
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Gonna be Tuesday night until I get to check it out I reckon... gotta leave it cure which will take a while with the rain yesterday and overnight, and I have to work tomorrow night, so Tuesday it will be.
Well, my welding is as ugly as ever, but the seat fasters are made up and seem to fit the mounting hardware well :thumb:
Some random holes so the resin will flow through and bond them securely when embedding between the layers of matting.
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Woke up 5am yesterday... went to work as normal... did some more work starting 10pm last night... all hell broke loose, finished 3am... ugh... so not a fan...
I'm cheering for ya Pete! :thumb: ...
And for some 'strange' reason.. when you post pics. .... they show up! Pretty much every time.. even on tapa!
:icon_rolleyes: ...
Its strange¿ because there's a lot of folks still whinging they cant upload pics.. :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes:
You must be doing something bizarre like hosting with a 3rd party and hotlinking them in!!!
:facepalm:
hmmm, this talk of nekkid fibreglassing got showbiz nearly hot and bothered lol. ill have to take yalls word for it. cant see posted pics on this phone. ( rather limited ) :technical: only time i can see pics is via tablet in wifi spot.
Aaron
Well... there were no pic's of ShowBiz gettin hot and bothered... nor of nekkid fibreglassing... and of course when that refers to me the world is a much better place for having no pic's of that! :dunno_white:
Cheers Janxy!!! I'll get there with it :thumb: And yup you're on the money... Photobucket + link = win for pic posting :woohoo:
Dunno why it's so hard... or maybe that's the nekkid fibreglassing making it hard? :oops: No, just resin...
I think I need a fourth coat... cured a bit tacky so I was late with the PVA and rubbed through where it's a bit thin on the back corners. Rubbing it back is removing the tackiness which is excellent news though!
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Bit of a modification following a hot tip on the hardware... chamfer the top edge to discourage the matting from popping up and file some V's in the outside edges to let the resin get more grip...
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I wouldn't say the naked part got me excited haha... just fiberglass/repair/customizing/projects/etc in general gets my attention :icon_mrgreen: ;)
PETE I have to ask you... what exactly is the white coating you're using? The only fiberglassing I've done so far in my life is repair stuff and then I use duraglas over top to smooth it out... or if it's in a place that doesn't have to look nice I just use self-etching primer and then whatever top coat I'm using.
Totally gotta knowwwwwwwwww
Hahahahaha safe response ShowBiz!!! :icon_lol: :thumb:
That's just gelcoat, nothing special at all. I believe the duraglas is basically gelcoat with additives to make it cure nicely in air without going tacky. Gelcoat is designed to be used in a mould where it goes on to the waxed mould first with the fibreglass laid in on top of it. This way the gelcoat cures with no exposure to air, so when the glass is separated from the mould it comes out with the gelcoat adhered to it for a nice smooth finish.
If you use gelcoat like I am (the wrong way round), you need to do something to block its exposure to air to allow it to cure without going tacky, hence the layer of PVA over the top.
The trick is to get the PVA on at the right time. Leave it too late like I did and it will still cure tacky...
I did finish getting the mould rubbed back last night, now I gotta wait for the right weather at a time when I can get another final coat on and still have time to put the PVA over the top once it's started to cure. Might have to be the weekend as they're predicting late showers and maybe a storm this avo/evening.
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[guttermind]nekkid fibreglassin gettin one hard Eh?[/guttermind]
Aaron
Hahahahha
I used to biatch about getting fibreglass in my hands when making kayaks in highschool. ..
Perish the thought of anywhere else! :icon_rolleyes:
Random thought quick post...
Something I noticed a awhile back. Don't think I've posted it here before. .
Had tired eyes from driving night roads a loooooong way. ... closed and rubbed them, then just applied gentle but steady pressure to outer edge of eyeballs while eyes still closed.... after about 5 seconds you see white! Kinda shimmery movie screen white but it's there!
What's up with that?!
Just me maybe?
Don't go all Arnie with the pressure! It is a micro-uncomfortable sensation as it is!
I don't think I'm damaging anything... eyes return normal every time!
I think Jack in your avatar says it all really... :confused: :nono: :icon_lol:
Hopefully this is the final coat... I want this damn thing done so I can make my seat already!!!!
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:o >:( thread going keep. :technical: :2guns:
Had to re-weld my fasteners but they're all good now and have 2 coats of cold gal to stop them corroding under the foam and fibreglass...
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And at last the mould cured minus the tack!!!
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Should just need a light rub back then wax ready to make the first pan :thumb:
It's pretty much ready!!!!
Day off work yesterday to get the pest control done (I'm still here!) :icon_lol:
Finished rubbing it back and added/buffed four liberal layers of release wax to the mould. I'll probably do one more given it's a fresh mould, then it's time to cut the matting to suit the shapes and get it laid down. Can't wait!
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Extremely slow progress this week, should be taking the first pan off the mould this weekend but I'll be lucky if I've started laying the matting down...
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Winning!!!!! In more ways than one... should be able to see if the first seat pan is a success or not today...
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Wow I'm still winning!!! Should we rename this Pete's Kat build or what?? :icon_razz: :flipoff:
Got some repairs/patching to do and then trimming/clean up but for better or worse the pan is off the mould...
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Still winning... really??? What gives you bunch of slackers???!!! :flipoff:
I was working on my bike this whole weekend... and also mowing the lawn and cleaning the house AND watching my dad get to drive a Nascar car at a local speedway (Christmas present from my brother) :D
BUT of course I keep checking on the threads during the week and I love your progress, as always! NICE work pete that pan looks great!!!
Haha ShowBiz been a busy gal!!! :icon_lol:
Painted ceilings on the weekend myself but they turned out ok so I'm glad they got done! :thumb:
Looks like this pan will work out... still sitting too high at the front and it's holding the tank up and pushing the pan backwards, but the tongue is bolted on and it sits nicely in the seat plate at least. So, need to reattach the seat latch area, repair the tear in the right side, add some reinforcing underneath, then finish up the trimming.
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Noice :D. oh in a moment of lunacy lol i was considering "furring" the knee scooter. hmm figuring costs and all. shouldnt be much. ( less than a yard of material. and 1 can of spray adhesive) lol :D
Aaron
https://www.fabric.com/apparel-fashion-fabric-faux-fur-fabric.aspx?page=1
lmao
https://www.fabricdepot.com/fashion/faux-fur/wild-leopard-faux-fur
Do it!! You know you want to...
COOL pete!!! Wowweeeee that's killer :thumb:
Ugh ok this has been bugging me... your bike/project/posts don't belong in the Tard Farm...!!! I know it just kinda... ended up that way in this thread but your bike needs a proper thread for all this lovely customness
Thanks ShowBiz!!!
Yeah I did think about that... but... well... it ain't exactly a twin... it's a pair of twins I guess... so I'm not really sure where that should fit in...
But in the meantime I did get the seat latch area reattached and the repair done... then it's time for another test fit, final reinforcing, and trim to size ready for upholstery :D
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a pair of nekkid twins Eh?,. ehh if i furr it have yyet to figure the color/pattern. a couple close contenders though. ;)
Aaron
What? You haven't done it yet?? There's been plenty of time! :flipoff: :icon_lol:
I need to reattach that seat latch again... attached it too far to the right so the seat sits a bit to the left... dammit!
coming soon ! ( i hope) the furred kneescooter. i go into details on doc thread ;)
Aaron
Haha keen to see it!
going to hobby lobby tomorrow after ear surgeon appt. ( iff tubes still there he schedules day surgery anytime after 20th.) anyhoo would have went today cept owners/founders of store are mormon and theyre closed on sabbath. anyhoo i digress, if anyone has UT orange fur, they will. if not, a place called joann does. course theres always online places but i want to examine before purchase.
top frame tune and wheelmount will be orange, bottom tube, seatpost and front arm will be white. then for addy, orange replaced by purple. ( attaching with velcro to allow for quick changes or removal as needed.) almost looking forward to it. it SHOULD match with my UT skunk hat. ( orange fur with fat white stripe)
Aaron
Gonna be a wild scoot!
I did get a lot closer to finishing my seat pan yesterday but no pic's 'til I'm done... sick of posting progress pic's that don't show a finished product... hahaha
Not much at local area stores. and dads nowhere near tech savvy. so onlines out. going to see if i can find an odd job i can handle to get the material/supplies. going to probably use long pile fabric/fur so it matches my skunk hat lol.
Aaron
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That's gonna be one funky scoot!!! :icon_lol:
My seat pan is toooooo looooong!!!!! Nooooooooooooo!!!! :technical:
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Ahhh crumbs!!! That should be easily fixed tho, am I right? Cut off the extra and then seal up the edge with some resin?
Hopefully so... do a bit of a cut and shut in the middle of the pillion area... that way I don't have to stuff around with the seat latch again.
Oh good good :thumb:
Cut...
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And shut...
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Fingers crossed!!!
WOOT O0
Oh yeah! Love the O0 by the way :thumb: :D
Checked it last night and it fits :woohoo:
Will get some pic's once I've had time to start finishing it up ready for the upholsterer, hopefully today/tomorrow.
:o >:( And again, keeping. :technical: :2guns:
Good stuff Jim... haven't touched the seat...
Ended up spending every minute I had spare on the weekend fixing the kitchen sink plumbing instead :technical:
Couldn't be bothered getting out to the shed last night so we'll see how I go tonight... I do have to replace the handgrips on the 450 before the weekend though...
im not a ut fan but it seems 90% of this area is. so using auto velcro the fur can be applied/removed at will.
now could you shorten the seatpan somehow, or do you have to start over?
Aaron
Velcro sounds like a sensible idea! :thumb:
The seat pan is shortened, and it does seem to fit well now, but I still haven't touched it since then... I did however get the new handgrips on the 450 last night although that didn't go smoothly either. What the hell is going on lately? Nothing is going as it should...
I have motorcross handguards on, so I loosened the left one to take it off, but the little end bit that the long screw threads into to tighten it up inside the bar came off the end of the screw and slide right down into the bar... bit of long wire poked in from the right side pushed it out but geeeez... can something not go smoothly for once?
And I discovered yesterday if some hardware arrives at work tomorrow I'll probably be spending a fun Friday evening getting it installed and some services cut over to it urgently so my Saturday morning ride is now in jeopardy... ugh... :technical:
i had seen a sign once , your post reminded me of it, ( my days too.) anyhoo the sign said " if everything went right for me, nobody would be around to see it"
Aaron
That sign is absolutely spot on :thumb:
I like the other one with the pelican eating the frog but the frog is strangling the pelican and it says Never Give Up... hahahaa
:o >:( And again, keeping. :technical: :2guns:
Good man! :thumb:
I got stuff done... between working... 18 hours on Friday, several more hours on Saturday morning then on and off for the rest of Saturday and Sunday. Then a normal day yesterday plus some more at 10:30pm last night... will be back at it normal hours today...
Hopefully I got the rear of the seat pan sorted and the underside of the seat latch area reinforced properly.
Tonight should hopefully be the finishing touches so I'll call the upholsterer today and organise a time to get the seat pan to him :thumb:
Also received a quite rusted seat pan for the 450 yesterday that I'll need to neaten up and repair and also make into a single seater so I can get that done before the rego is due in December. Gonna be a tight squeeze to get it done in time!
It's booked in with the upholsterer on Monday... just needs a bit of a final tidy up :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
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:woohoo:
NICE WORK Pete!!!!
Haha cheers Showbiz!!! Pretty happy with how it's turned out... not perfect but certainly workable and the imperfections should hopefully be hidden once upholstered.
I need to take a detour now and get my 450 onto single seat rego before it's due in December, gonna be a fair bit of work. Here's the only seat pan I could find on eBay... ugh...
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I should be able to bend some steel plate to suit the left side and front, the centre bit isn't pretty but it's pretty much just on the surface so will clean up ok.
The real fun bit is due to the front bit being gone, that also includes the tongue to hook onto the frame, so I need to make a new one... all fun stuff!
Now THAT'S something I'm used to seeing...!! Unfortunately lol... but yes you can certainly do something with that skeleton, no doubt.
How much did u pay for that beauty?
$60 in the end... but $40 was postage... given the condition probably too much now but most of the left side damage was hidden by the seat trim, I at least knew the front bit was buggered and the tongue was missing.
Should be getting a sheet of 1mm steel today which I'll use to repair it and I'm thinking I can build a storage compartment in the rear under what used to be the pillion area... if my lack of welding skills let me that is!
Does this mean I win??? :woohoo: :cheers:
Seems Photobucket is having some issues... but the Kat seat is at the upholsterer and I've started the rust repairs on the 450 seat :thumb:
You totally win Pete... without a doubt :D
Wahooo!!!!! Hahahahahahaa
Made chili for chili cookoff yesterday. 2 mistakes. 1 i went to wrong cookoff and 2 i left the seeds/fire in the peppers. i was the only one that tried it. lmao. made too too much. lmao. used 4 jalapenos, 5 serranos, and 1 habanero. and no mace lol.
Aaron
I'll pass... I like the taste of spicey food... after it passes through my mouth you don't want to know the rest... :nono:
ooooooo I love spicy food... there's a place here in my town that makes "triple atomic wings" where you have to sign a waiver to eat them and they give you gloves too. if you eat them all they give you a t-shirt...! I could have had like 10 shirts by now because I keep going back for more!
Idk what my stomach does but when they <ahem> exit... there is no spicy left LOL :icon_mrgreen: 8)
mace and chicken wings lol ;). this gives a new spin to the southern term " sh*t fire" lmao. finally finished the hellish chili.
ill pay for it dearly later lol..
Aaron
My body would never forgive me...
mine still is complaining lol :technical:
im burnt out on fast food,pizza, pretty much everything. except for hell chili. go figure.
Aaron
:o >:( I'm back, late again and still keeping. :technical: :2guns:
Hahaha nice work Jim!!!
I'm still gettin' my butt kicked by the rusty 450 seat pan I have to rescue then convert to single seat... it's mostly repaired now so time to get into the single seat conversion, will post pic's once I can get Photobucket to cooperate with me again.
Omg I hear ya about photobucket... it never has even loaded here at work and at home it's so buggy...
I gave up on it a while back and started hosting my pics on my facebook. Any pic I want to show on here but not in my albums I just click the little privacy thingy and set it so only me can see the pic. The use the link on here etc etc.
been times where i called it photof**kit. course just about all of the time it was my phone at fault. tablet seemed to have no issues.
Aaron
Aside from a couple of times it's been relatively trouble free for me but can be slow... I'm not on Facebook or other social media so that don't help me unfortunately... and funnily enough it's working again!
Bit of cardboard helps with the mock up...
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And if you ignore my ugly welding you can see it's pretty much repaired... still need to treat some more rust though!
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Awesome!!! I love it :D
Hopefully it works out... rego is due on the 8th December so I need to get it done so I can get it to the upholsterer ASAP... nothing like a bit of pressure to make life interesting!
hahaha ! , never thought id see the curse of the billy goat lifted. last time the cubs won the series waas 1908 lol.
Aaron
:technical:
Oooops I forgot to post in here!!!
Very slow going because it seems every time I get a move on either I have to stop making noise or the phone rings and I have to work... but I at least got the metal welded onto the seat pan over the pillion area. Underneath this will be a storage area.
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tonight we find out if donald trumpS hillary or hillary trumpS donald. lol :technical:
Aaron
Congratulations guys! You chose the racist bigoted misogynist over the deceitful untrustworthy candidate :thumb:
lmao, interesting choices we had.
some interesting sh*t Eh? C'est la vie lol
Aaron
I didn't choose either one tbh.
tbh i wasnt thrilled 'bout the choices. damned close on race though.
Aaron
[win forfeit]you know youre getting old when...
1. you remember drew barrymore in ET
2. robin williams in mork & mindy
3. harrison ford in the original starwars (late 70s early 80s)
4. the music which was current in your childhood is now in the oldies station.
[/win forfeit]
Aaron
Except for the music, yep to all of that..
Still haven't gotten this damn 450 seat done. If I was a better welder I would be done by now, but I keep blowing holes in it which I then have to patch up and of course there is a lot of follow up grinding to be done...
Haven't heard back from the upholsterer on the Kat seat though so I still have this weekend to get it done by the looks.
Finally! Try not to look too closely as my welding sucks, but got it done and primed yesterday. Need to give it a couple of coats of black today and it'll be ready for the upholsterer. Managed a decent size storage area under the pillion area now too :thumb:
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yup, youve got to have a stash box.
Aaron
Stash? Hmmmm... nah maybe not... hahahahaha
Should give me enough room to move the toolbag and rag under there which frees up the tail piece, may or may not get motivated enough to get one of those little Shorai or similar Lithium Ion batteries and relocate it into the tail piece.
No photos yet but I got the black paint on today and found some rubber trim I can use to line the storage opening so it's neat and tidy :thumb:
ooooh updates and pics!!! super awesome pete :star:
Hahahah cheers Showbiz!!! Gotta clean the house this morning but provided the little kitten doesn't pop her kittens out today I'll try to get the trim on the storage opening and get some finished pic's.
omg pics either way !!! bike parts or kittens... they always have my attention ^_^
kittens win hands down :)
Aaron
Hahaha no kittens yet, but painted seat yes :thumb:
The rubber trim I found is too old and brittle so I have to buy some to suit, but other than that done and fits well. The foam is just the chopped down stock foam to see how it is, it'll get new foam when upholstered... not sure when that will be as I haven't heard back on the Kat seat yet.
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oooooooh so so nice :D What kind of primer and paint did ya choose pete?
Basically left over aerosols from the original 450 build... some self etching primer and acrylic satin black that I used on the dash. Mainly I just need to stop the pan rusting again, it's going to be upholstered front to back so I'll only ever see the bottom when I take the seat off :thumb:
I love etching primer... that stuff is amazing for sure. The kinds I've used have a cure time of like 72 hours though and it's like ugh ain't nobody got time for that lmao
rustoleum or rhino-liner (spray on bedliner) would be ideal for the pan. or even clear coat.
Aaron
oooh yes that's a good idea... I've used loads of spray on bedliner. I like using it on the underneath of my car and my van rather than undercoating.
lasts longer. plus nowadays at least here in the us, you CAN buy it in a spray can as well.
Aaron
For me it was a matter of whatever I had laying around... once the seat's upholstered I'll only ever see the bottom...
Bedliner would be good but no idea if we have that here without it costing a fortune though.
check the local partshaus ;)
Aaron
Winning!!!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
So I guess I won then??
for ASSEMBLING kit-kats definately. i just eat them lol.. on the other side of the world,. east tn has been dealing with brushfires. buth natural and mmanmade :technical: gatlinburg ( about 70mi as the crow flies) from news other day looked like a scene from hell. course you build wooden houses on mountainsides,bEVENTUALLY it will burn.
just sayin. but frig this was insane.
Aaron
Hahaha Kit kats are good too though :thumb:
Yeah bush fires get scary, we're entering bush fire and storm season here now... got extremely wet on the way home yesterday...
i was making all sorts of tasteless fire commentaryy though. like walmart running a special on smokers etc. had a hell of a time stifling that though. still do. these folks going through and have went through hell and will be going through hell. and then some.
Aaron
Peeeeeeeeteee I'm having withdrawals I need an update please :kiss3:
She needs her kit kat fix . imho kitkats taste better after 20 mins in a fridge. during my last and hopefully last hosp rendezvouz i was able to get my hands on a semi cold kit-kat. = paradise lol.
Aaron
yanno I'm not one for sweets... will always go for some beef jerky or cheez-it crackers before I reach for a candy bar but... kit-kats just outta the freezer are awesome :D
indeed :D
Aaron
Haha yes they gotta be chilled!!!!
And sorry ShowBiz, I got nothin' at the moment... *still* haven't got my seat back (upholsterer has been crook) and I've been sorta at a stand still with enclosing the back deck and looking after the kittens... and I'm back at work this week.
I'm hoping I'll get a call soon that the seat's ready and I can get some momentum happening again... although coming up to Christmas probably means I won't get a lot done. Working through it this year but typically most places shut so I doubt I'll be able to get the frame powder coated this late in the year. :technical:
However... as soon as I have something to show I will post an update :thumb:
that is all totally acceptable pete but I am left wondering, whyyyyyy haven't you taken pictures of the kittennnnns ?? =^_^=
I hear ya with Christmas fast approaching... I'm trying to decide what to do this weekend, either stay home and put up my lights and decorations and finish up some insulation in my garage or go to my dad's shop to work on my van some more. Then it's gonna be time to start wrapping presents too once they arrive in the mail... and a few more places to go to buy stuff... ugh but oh well 'tis the season!!
see, to be normal, showbiz wants to seee your pu$$y lol.
Aaron
LOL YAMA :icon_lol: :nono: :icon_razz:
sorry , i had to ;)
Aaron
Hahahahahahahahhaa
Sorry, I have been slack... gotta hit the road for my Saturday morning ride but I will get some kitten pic's up tomorrow :thumb:
And I didn't log in at all yesterday :icon_rolleyes:
Here's the finished product from the outside:
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And proud mummy with her 6 little babies... she's so damn happy and they're so damn cute!
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Oh my, this makes my day!!!
I would love to take a swim in that pool (haven't been swimming in like 8 or 9 years?) and those kitties are precious... they look like those expensive bengal kittens that are bred and sold... ugh... too often here in the US AFAIK...
But absolutely beautiful and I am so jealous you get to tend to them <3 <3
If I could I would take the white one because I will always have a super soft spot for white kitties :kiss3:
Love my pool, especially in this weather! So nice to crack a cold one and go for a dip in this 30+ degree weather :thumb:
She's an Oriental, so when mated with another Oriental or Siamese she can have either. They're the same breed but different colouring... Siamese are white with coloured points, Orientals are coloured. She had two Siamese and four Orientals. They're all beautiful little kittens! :D
We have our birmans as well, fluffy white kitties with coloured points... love them too of course :thumb:
Mama saying " dahell you looking at?"
And a blast from the recent past, semi relevant
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on December 04, 2016, 05:22:13 PM
Oh my, this makes my day!!!
I would love to take a swim in that pool (haven't been swimming in like 8 or 9 years?) and those kitties are precious... they look like those expensive bengal kittens that are bred and sold... ugh... too often here in the US AFAIK...
But absolutely beautiful and I am so jealous you get to tend to them <3 <3
If I could I would take the white one because I will always have a super soft spot for white kitties :kiss3:
I agree. If 1 could be brought stateside id be all over that. They are adorable. Btw Pete Wifi could id trade you this pissy December weather for an hour in that pool. Course our warm weather is your cold, and vice-versa
Aaron
[Winforfeit]
Seen on a T-shirt
Obama played the race card
Hillary played the woman card
America played the trump card
[/Winforfeit]
Ill get flamed for this, so brb while I don my firesuit
Nobody won on that one methinks
Aaron
Hahaha yep noone won on that one alright!!! But that whole thing was the lesser of two evils wasn't it?
Let me think... trade this weather for chilly weather and potentially some snow? Hmmm... nah sorry Yama, pass :icon_lol:
With any luck I'll have some brake caliper dismantling pic's after the weekend...
baah i tried lol. im sitting here coming up with prosthetic cover designs. one that just came to me is the gstwin smileys page. covering the entire thing. plus the two i made up for pandy back in the day. or a simulated lego cover.
Aaron
thought about making a prosthetic cover striped like a candy cane with a sticker saying " wanna lick it?" also going to locate a sock monkey kit, and make a cover using that too. also one with inspector gadget which says " go go gadget leg. heck i might as well have some fun at my own expense Eh? :). still thinkikng abojut a few gstwins decals as well. i seem to end up putting those on pretty much all of my projects.
Aaron
You know for some reason when I read prosthetic I read it as prophylactic... :o :cookoo:
Bit hard to show but I got a good start on the temporary fold out part of my shed yesterday... the extra room is impressive! This will let me move around a bit to paint in there.
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And the Kat calipers definitely need some paint and a rebuild... time to order some bits this week me thinks...
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cool :)
Aaron
Haha yup!
Ripped the front master cylinder apart last night too...
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A few ideas for the kitkat build
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Aaron
Might have to pirate this one and swap the C for a K :icon_lol:
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First two kittens got out of their box under their own steam last night and one out again this morning :woohoo: :thumb:
No pic's of them out yet but will try to get one... they're sooooooo cute!
go for it :).. get used to mama moving them around. specially if you or guests handle them. that one picture, she was eyeballin you kinda like sayin " i trust you but be careful Eh?" theyre adorable. i love it when theyre learning how to hiss. oh i planned my first prosthetic cover. a sock monkey. or slightly south of the decency line, playing on the prophylactic idea, grab a bunch of condoments from health dept, LEAVING THEM IN WRAPPERS ;). attach them to a plain cover. call it the prophylactic prosthetic. heh there is some truth to the saying " an idle mind is the devils playground" lol
Aaron
Haha yep mum definitely has them under control... she gets quite assertive with them! Mainly just the one out and about but the others are watching and biding their time... won't be long now! Tried to get some pic's but it's a bit dark and I don't dare use the flash on their little eyes yet.
The prophylactic prosthetic... I like it! Might get a few looks out and about but when they hell hey? :icon_lol:
well couldnt find a new insurance policy to replace the one im losing, SOOOOOOOOO, fri when i see the prosghetist friday, ill let him/them know whats happening. and then begin the process of a charity leg application. OR will see if hanger will go ahead and submit invoice for the 2 legs. ( the temp one and the perm one. then work on building it. OR i can build them myself. parts ARE on ebay. really the only one id need their assistance with is fitting of the socket cup. did find a slightly used racing blade foot. lol i WANT lol. the condoment one im considering. although NOT for church use lol. still wish to get hands on a full size 21" sock monkey and craft a cover using it
Aaron.
Look out, Yama is winning!!! Oh wait, not now :icon_lol: :flipoff:
You can buy leg parts on eBay? That's pretty freaky actually when you think about it...
indeed i AM winning. and yes you can fffind the parts. for 1 reason or another, people either upgrade, or replace or just quit altogether. i did find a couple wanted blade feet. search prosthetic parts. or some similar search. youll see it. cheaper vs new.
Aaron
Wow, cool! Very handy :thumb:
Merry Christmas guys and gals!!!!
Time for photos... temporary roof/wall parts for the shed extension done except for paint and some latches or something to hold them up while in use:
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And I borrowed a master cylinder off a mate which made it nice and easy to pop the front caliper pistons out:
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And save the best to last... wake up Christmas morning to find the little ones have decided to start using the litter tray at last!! :woohoo: :cheers:
Now they're exhausted...
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That looks awesome! Super cool shed :cool:
The kittens omg the cutenessssss :D :D :D
Made my day !!!
Hahaha cheers ShowBiz! Can't wait to be able to paint in the shed!
The kittens are now starting to eat solid food too!!! :cheers: :woohoo:
i remember having to teach my cat dammit to use litterbox.. he looks at it like wtf is this?, soooooooo, i took a leak into box, he looks at it, then me then it, then climbs in and uses it.
Aaron
Hahahaha I didn't have to do that personally.. but getting mumma to do it first is usually the trick :icon_lol:
Weaning them off mum's milk is the fun bit now, put out some food, get them to open their tiny little mouths and pop some in and watch them chew. Then watch them lick their lips... and think mmmmm that's yummy!
Eventually they seek it out for themselves and job done they're liking their solid food!
its amazing watching kittens grow. and momma thinking FINALLY im not the lunch lady. they try, and shes like NOPE ! not gonna happen.
Aaron
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLnNOnPz.jpg&hash=59a5941521b1227c72f0293dfc64ce6fecef848f) here ill make one out of legos. But reading her story ill build mine AROUND the prosthetic frame. Instead of in place of it.
Aaron
Haha that's pretty cool! She better watch out she doesn't get mugged by a bunch of kiddies looking to play though! :icon_lol:
Little mum's still happy with them feeding off her for the moment... funny story... when she was a kitten their size and a bit older (not so long ago!) she refused to eat kitten food and would only eat adult cat food. Now, put kitten food in for them and she scoffs it down before they can get a nose in...
that is just too adorable ^_^ I love the kitten updates
Quote from: peteGS on December 29, 2016, 01:13:16 PM
Haha that's pretty cool! She better watch out she doesn't get mugged by a bunch of kiddies looking to play though! :icon_lol:
Little mum's still happy with them feeding off her for the moment... funny story... when she was a kitten their size and a bit older (not so long ago!) she refused to eat kitten food and would only eat adult cat food. Now, put kitten food in for them and she scoffs it down before they can get a nose in...
i remember in the mid 90s i used to partake of cigs of the "herbal" variety ;) anyhoo there is a cat story here lol. 6 ppl 5 joints and 1 cat. all going anti-clockwise. only thing we had to do was keep the cat AWAY from the campfire. beffore this, her cat was as hateful as anything. after this it was the most mellow feline ever. plus iit quit eating catfood after this. it would only munch on puppy chow . and would follow us all everywhere. was doing great until its passing a few years ago. was an adorable cat. ( a tortoise shell) tbh id never do this again if the opportunity presented itself. mainly because you had to focus your entirety on this cat. we ended up getting it back on catfood. but it took awhile. but it lived nearly to 20yo. teeth were perfect as was his bones, muscles as well as joints " no pun intended" now my cat named dammit follows me around like a dog. i believe because when i brought him home, i was the closest thing to a parent that it knew.
OH get this, insurance will cover the prosthetic leg, i pick it up tomorrow. :D. I DO WANT TO GET MY HANDS ON SOME LEGOS to cover the frame and carbon fibre bits. i will also have a spare lower segment to which i will fasten addys piston to as a foot. :"(
Aaron
p.s. the cat/herb thing im quite sure is safe to say belongs in the "dont try this at home" category.
Great news on the leg!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
Definitely gotta be careful with that situation... years ago my wife and I were looking after my brother's cat. He lost one back leg after an altercation with what was probably a car but he was a bit of a legendary cat.
Anyway, we came home one night to see him lying in the middle of the road just looking at us drive up to him and he just wouldn't move which freaked us right out (he was normally real quick to move despite the missing leg).
My wife jumped out and picked him up and he absolutely stank of pot smoke, and we knew exactly which neighbour it was! He went there regularly because they fed him apparently and it looked like they let him inside and partook quite a lot while he was in there. My wife had some words with them...
He was a stray my brother adopted and he didn't cope well when locked inside, so that wasn't an option unfortunately.
As to our kittens here... well it's a mad house in there! They're either passed out or hyper running around everywhere... and now mum has decided she won't eat anything but kitten food... :technical:
Smart mama !! I'm thinking it's probably good that she's after the kitten food... has more nutrients and whatnot in it that she probably lost while her milk bar was open to the kits :thumb:
Aye Pete. Ended up UN potheading the cat due to the fact it would follow ANYONE hoping they would share. That's a thing I will NEVER do again. Oh got the new leg. I placed an update in doc thread. But its not seeing much in traffic. So here's a thumbnail.
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Haha love it Yama!!!
Yep I reckon your spot on ShowBiz, her milk bar is still open non stop... at least the kittens get in on the kitten food action too, they're starting to really enjoy it!
Happy New Year you lot!!!!
Happy New Year everyone! ... May the year ahead be better than the one we leave behind! :thumb:
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Agreed!!! Happy new year to my biker family here on this forum :cheers:
Took my friend home around 4:30am, got into bed around 5, took an hour nap, got up at 6 for church and breakfast with the parentals and now it's time for some SLEEP !! :icon_mrgreen:
Wahoo!!! Janxy's alive!!!!!! :cheers:
Did some shed stuff... framework up for a tarp to seal off the end of the shed with shelving to protect everything up there from paint:
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Putting press studs in a silver tarp to hang it up there, still more to go:
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Yeah still living... Xmas new years was busy work plus helping unload interstate furniture trucks for couple hours on many arvos! $$ for xmas!
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welcome back friend :).
btw ever notice cats b*tch and gripe at you sometimes? , instead of meow you kinda get a terse "Meh" as they walk off?
Aaron
I know exactly what you mean lmao it always cracks me up
or if you disappear for a few hours. youre not greeted by HEY HOWS IT GOIN? instead its meh, meh meh MEH.
i.e. where the heck have you been !?!?!?
Aaron
We have chooks now..
(Both bunnies got Myxamatosis just before xmas and we had to send them to heaven) :(
.. Anyway.. Chooks are funny!.. Come sit with us on back verandah, cluck and parp little chats to us.. Go racing off around the yard chasing garden moths which is belly laugh time! They pinball around everywhere!.. 2 chooks and 2 eggs a day for time being.... When you crack the eggs the whites are so firm and not oozy!
One of them also will jump to my lap, to chair arm then to my shoulder and inspect my bald head in case it suddenly bursts forth with tasty bugs! Lololol
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my condolences on the bunnies :( heres hoping for a positive year Eh?
Aaron
Haha glad you're alive Janxy! And with chooks! That'd be a laugh and a half for sure! But yes, sad for the bunnies... we don't get to have them up here...
And yep, that flippant little "meh" from a kitty is hilarious!
its funny when they gripe like that and you talk baack to them. BUT theres a difference when theyre making "conversation" using the same meh noises.
Aaron
Haha yes indeed, they do like to have a chat at times!
dammit is still vengeful though. heclimbs up to cuddle with me faces away. and i see the brown starfish for 15 seconds. soooo i farted on him again lol. 15 seconds later he returns the favour. knowing i cant get away from him like i used to be able to do. followed by a rather abrupt "MEH" cats are unique animals. they train us lol.
Aaron
We're very well trained in this household, let me assure you of that! :icon_lol:
Some of them have learnt to growl... so they hold a toy they want to play with and growl at whichever other kitten comes near... except for the little Siamese girl who has quite figured it out so it's more of a squeak than a growl... hahahaha
or when they learn to hiss lol. Dammit also loves the catnip. which i store in the bedroom. otherwise hed locate it . but when i go back there hes there waiting on me. " meh meh meh meh mehhhhhhhh meh" hes like cmon i want my fix, pleasssssse?!?. but the right cat will know when youre not feeling well and do something crazy just to get your mind off of whatever is ailing you.
Aaron
p.s. dogs will do this also ;)
1. "I once knew a man with a prosthetic foot named Smith."
"Oh really? What was the name of his other foot?"
2. If you buy an eye patch, I'll chip in for the parrot.
3. Wow. You look a foot shorter.
4. I think it's sickening that people are making jokes about your leg. Frankly, it's prosthetic.
5. I'm really proud of you. It's hard to walk away from something like this.
6. Don't you hate it when you start the day off on the wrong foot?
7. I was going to get you a prosthetic leg for Christmas, but it's just a stocking stuffer.
8. Hey, I'm really sorry I keep making all these insensitive jokes. Sorry I... sock.
Even these made me chuckle
Aaron
Hahahahaha
Glad you can have a laugh about it too :thumb: :thumb: I can imagine it's not an easy thing to adapt to...
Just keep on putting your best foot forward Yama! . ... No mucking up and you better toe the line on that!... ;p
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speaking of the circus on wheels, what is the funniest thing youve dealt with. or observed?
Aaron
Ive seen a few scary moments...but the funniest HAS to be this....
Early 2015 i was fill in driver for a recycle type garbage truck, we had a load on and were headed to the tip/transfer station.
One of the regular loaders on that truck is a very highly strung chap! ... Great fella and would offer you his couch to sleep on with a knock on the door!... But he's jittery a lot of the time!!
Its a hot summer day and even though the trucks have good Aircon we had the windows down for the fresh breeze...
We stop at traffic lights and old mate is chatting away flat out when a honey bee comes in the window and hovers in front of his face! (I know he is anaphylaxis type allergic to bee stings but i also know bees!).. I open my mouth to tell him hold still and no harm will come...
His eyes focus on that bee and he lurches back in the seat.... And tries to Box the bee!.. Marquis of Queensbury style!!!.. While emitting a manly yodel sound!... (The bee flew out as it would have anyway) i laughed so hard i nearly pee'd!!
Ive seen folk swipe at bees and flap hands and duck to the floor and freeze in fear.... But never before have i ever seen anyone shadow box!
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reminds me of me spazzing out with bee/wasp encounters here. im not allergic by any means . but id get verbally and physically animated.
Aaron
Trying to decide when I build the prosthetic cover out of legs lol, to use and and all colors? Was eyeballing a thousand lice set on amazon, Walmart and toys r us
Aaron
Ah Lego... always good memories with Lego! Hahahaha
Been slowly working out building my air recirculation box for the shed... not the best thing to do to deal with paint fumes but should at least stop them going outside the shed which is the main thing.
Going to start off using an old pedestal fan geared up with a couple of V belt pulleys and a belt to drive it so the motor can be kept away from the fumes. The big issue I'm having at the moment is locating paint booth filter material in small quantities... everyone seems to want to sell you 20 metres of it!
I'll also put one of those ceiling exhaust fans in the temporary wall extension with a filter behind it as an inlet fan to keep the circulation going. Trying to keep the $$$ down as much as possible.
I'll get some pic's up hopefully this weekend as it starts coming together... keen to get something happening pretty soon as I really need to get moving on this project!
can always find a pizza place or food place retiring an exhaust fan ( belt driven) or a bench grinder motor?. ohh in news from dammit land, i had to give him some ear drops, after which i swear he cursed me. MEH? MEH ! MEH!. with a look that said " ivve been viiolated" and he runs down the hallway. news from leg land, found 2 pair of black scrubs, at a thrift store. so for now im set for church services.
Aaron
Tmw after work i go to meet and chat with a man that needs drivers for his concrete trucks!... Itll pay 250-400 a week more than current (more hours but so what! Cash is king right now!)..and the best bit is that e trucks park up overnight a mere 3km from my home!... Instead of the 96km approx that i do mow!
It could be a win on several levels!
If i get a start with it in the next week or so ill post up pic of truck!... Its older.... But so very ORANGE! lmao
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you ought to change your title to "crazy mo'trucker" go for it friend. just DONT let the cement set up inside the tumbler. jackhammering that stuff out is NOT fun. and its usually the driver that has to do it. or a hired lumper or goon such as myself. ( got suckered into this once. got paid double for this, plus a paid day off to boot) btw what shade orange? safety orange by chance? i could send you a magnetic white T to place on door. i know ivvve got one here somewhere. would be great for a photo op. (if they dont care) but orange and white is colourscheme of local college football (american. not soccer) team.
Aaron
Ummm. .. Very orangey orange!
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Sounds good Janxy, hope it works out for you!!
hehe excuse the geek mod i had to.
Aaron
This much orange!... The one on the right... Still gotta have a try out day and boss make final decision. If ok then a week training and ill be into the work full bore!
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Yup pretty much safety orange. Lol
Aaron
Wow that certainly is orange!!!
Happy Birthday Yama! You Gentleman you! :thumb:
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one step further into middle agedness lmao
Aaron
Hahaha happy birthday Yama!!!
Hey Pete this might make you laugh. In reality its part of my prosthesis. But in this pic it represents mama cat after weaning the kittens.
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Geez!... Its all a bit Madonna there Yama! Bahahaha.:thumb:
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Hahahahahah Madonna alright!!! But yes, definitely reminds me of mumma right at this point in time... maybe just not quite so pointy...
heh i realised i need to change my avatar. ive had it since his passing. ( addy) :"(. but i cannot i feel change it to something without being a tribute to him. i finally figured out the one ill use. ive got a piston of his and a pair of his gloves. i can use that instead of his picture. so people wont have to be reminded of that day. i still miss him dearly. he was a good man. :")
Aaron
Wow this thread went dead real quick!! That means I win right? :flipoff:
Got presents in the mail yesterday, love getting those red and white labelled bags!!
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And got my inlet fan in the shed sorted... fly screen on the outside and air con filter material on the inside to keep the crap out.
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You buy the shop there Pete?! Lol
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sorry lol ended up talking about cats when there was a cat thread for that lol. ive a bad habit of threadjackking. course it wasnt really threadjacking, but anyhoo, have you considered an air exchanger at some point? or after the kit-kat build would it not really be necessary?
Aaron
Hahaha not quite Janxy... those brake parts aren't cheap... but compared with modern 6 pot calipers etc. they're very cheap! One of the other fellas has 6 pots on his resto mod Kat and he mentioned a price for a single caliper rebuild... after I got up off the floor again I'm glad I'm staying stock :o
Yama, this is LPW... there is no thread jacking :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
I'm building a recirculation box that will hopefully filter out the overspray and fumes, so between that and the inlet fan hopefully it should be all good :thumb:
Just waiting on an old washing machine motor to arrive at the moment so I can set up the belt driven fan that will keep all the (potentially explosive) fumes away from the motor.
i know, but we had a well established cat thread already lol. but wth your cats are part of the kat ( pun intended?) build story. had a rough weekend. after church, went to lady friends house, played legos with her son after lunch. but i popped my RIGHT knee on the medial ( inside) and back side of it. that was sunday, it all but quit hurting. now today i sit down and kapow there it goes again. i feel a grinding popping noise. since im sans insurance, hoping i can hold off getting it looked at until my ortho appointment on friday. and say " since were here could you check this one out now?. lol. this is getting old. i try to get my cat to pull an impromptu shiatsu massage on this knee. but he wont. course 18lbs of cat/claws maybe not such a wise idea Eh?.
Aaron
Oooh lady friend hey? Yama gettin' the moves on?? :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Clip claws, make cat happy, starts purring and kneading paws, instant massage therapist :thumb: :thumb:
Maybe it's just a matter of that knee getting used to the prosthetic on the other one? Weight distribution and all that?
Just my amateur guess here.... But your prosthetic is a wee bit too long for your comfort or current "being used to it" level
OR
You need a sports shoe on your right foot with higher arch/heel support to correct a current pronation issue
Just my thoughts! :thumb:
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Lookout! Janxy getting all doctory in the house here... free advice with no medical bills!!!
bill shows 3 weeks later Eh?. i hope leg length is the cause. my left leg with the prosthetic is bent. i.e. at the knee/stump. been like that since procedure. since im my own physical therapist, i have to work on straightening it out. ( no ins. since jan 1. i figure with usage leg will straighten itself out. as this happens, it will also shorten. cause with angle it was set up with right one being straight. BUT i can bring it to prosthetist to have it adjusted without charge. :)
Aaron
No doctor me!! ... I'm just remembering how and what my physios have said when I've blown out medial and anterior knee ligaments over the years....
Yours would have to be a most problematic case Yama because you have to learn to move slightly differently also! ... and I reckon overall you are doing a champion job! :thumb:
Also... consider it this way.... cobblers of old days and the modern shoe fixit stalls in the malls... do frequent repairs to heels on ladies shoes , men's business shoes and other formal shoes ... some of the heel replacements are really thin! ..but without them the shoe I should difficult to walk in.. causes ankle and knee pain ... can ruin the comfort of an otherwise fantastic piece of footwear!
Podiatrist would also be someone to look up to see what solutions could be offered. Feet and legs keep your ass from dragging on the ground all day!! .. it's important to keep them cruising as level and comfy as possible!
Yes indeed... if your hips aren't level your body would want to compensate by having you walk funny I would think... in your case I reckon this would be majorly amplified.
quite possibly. knee areas been popping for awhile, will try to figure this out hopefully soon. most of pain has eased. popping hadnt stopped yet. soon im hoping it would.
Aaron
Another thing that can exacerbate knee pains... Illiotibial fascitis... Which is what took me out of regular work for 2 months last year....
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0415/p1545.html
Physio had me doing all sorts of little toning stretching exercises... But what helped the most (and what i continue to use when it flares up a little) is a high density foam roller! . you lay on your side, roller at hip and you then push your upper body up! Which drags/rolls your outer thigh along roller! .. If you have any degree of fascitis it will hurt! But it busts up the scar like tissue and over a week or so of repetition eases the problem greatly!..
The main cause of my issue? ... Lack of useful stretching after work exertion! Everything started to glue together! With early middle age not helping!
I can imagine with your extended leg issues last year Yama that similar could occur!... Even a good GP can diagnose this and reccomend a home regimen to treat on the cheap!.. Physio is better of course but management is possible on low cost situations!
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Concrete truck tryout day.. 5am start, drive an hour to loading plant.... Wait..... Wait..... ...... Wait..... See how we go i reckon!
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You can do it Janxy!!! Just don't dump the concrete on your supervisor... reckon that might not count in your favour... although he'd have a hard time catching you :icon_lol:
lmao. im thinking its got something to do with unequal leg lengths. only happens when ive got prosthetic attached. waay uneven with it off, still pops but, in the extension of leg not when sitting. no worries.
Aaron
My completely unedumacated ignorant opinion is that only time will tell... how's that for helpful? :dunno_white:
How'd ya go Janxy??? New job or what???
agreed. time will tell this impatient arse to chill out and sit back lol. i think janx is busy chipping concrete off his phone before he can reply. hoping he got the job, crazy motrucker needs a better gig Eh?, im hoping for the best.
Aaron
Maybe he's still celebrating... :woohoo: :cheers:
will know for sure if he pipes in on the rant thread about an epic hangover lol. oh i believe yall were right about the unequal leg length causing the knee/tibia popping. i put the leg back on and after an hour of this i sit down and POP went the weasel. time to break out the allen wrenches and shorten it a bit. ( until i can make it to the prosthetist for a proper adjustment that is..)
Aaron
Sorry folks... Busy busy and all that! . try out went fine, the bloke showing me the ropes said no dramas truck handling, only gotta learn the slump rates (how wet the mix is) and be confident that i get it right each load!.
Still waiting on final decision by the bossman. Im happy enough to wait. He tends to waffle around a little for this kind of decision apparently. :icon_rolleyes:
Tell ya what though. The old truck is strong.... But not fast!... With a full load on level road we talking nearly a kilometer to hit 60 km/h!. 9 sp Manual gears. Double clutch shifts for no gear grinding....
I learned some stuff... Incl concrete weighs 2406kgm/cubkc metre!.. Oh and stand back more from the chute when discharging load! Less cement freckles all over me! Bahahaha.:thumb:
Best fun ive had in a while!
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course as a trucker you probably already know this but can shift sans clutch pedal. it have a splitter below the knob? 1-2-3-4 (split high/repeat pattern) 5-6-7-8 ? am curious of pattern. an h pattern?
Aaron
Time to wrench on your leg Yama... not everyone can say that!!! :icon_lol:
Good stuff Janxy, sounds like you enjoyed it and the slump stuff I'm guessing is simply an experience thing, hope it works out!!
Yeah Yama.. Repeat H with Reverse and Lo-Lo thru a spring gate on left of the H.. And yep ive shifted without clutch on several different trucks over the years.... This one is problematic tho with a number of drivers trying it, without getting the revs right!.. So its worn and fidgetty.
Given the chance I'll pull the shifter linkage rods, clean/sleeve/grease the joints and also put a kit thru the clutch air assist cylinder. Pretty sure its losing minor pressure thru a seal... Or get the boss to order a new one and change it!.. The clutch is waaaaaay too heavy thru the action and only grabs in the top 1" or so!
The good thing about minor mech repairs on that age of truck is theres plenty of room to access stuff when you tilt the cab up!
Im trying not to sit and stare at the phone! Lol
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And thanks Pete! .. Yes the slump is experience, a week of training minimum just to get it "close" and then just learn with each load. Not that the concrete labourers care! .. They ALWAYS want more water! Lol
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in the late 90s i had trained on a '97 freightshaker (freightliner) condo. i.e. an american road truck. never usedd low or 1. just always went 2345, switch 6789.
orientation/test guy never saw me slipping the clutch. ( HEAVY PEDAL lol). funny thing was it was all for naught. i was a diabetic with a CDL. lol. couldnt use it hardly. although i did briefly driving al ancient mack with a 2 stick. seems i was the only one at the facility who could figure this thing out. or crazy enough to try? was a mack cabover b truck ( straight truck/ box truck) fun days lol.
Aaron
2 stick!.. Now thats a old school Man's shift system!. Ooorah!
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this was before the days of youtube how to videos. i had sat in on a how to when i was training for my cdl. thing had a trolley brake also. fun in traffic lol.
Aaron
Had some fun yesterday! Had another ride on the Kat you see beside the VFR in the first photo, got comfortable on it for a change and it was fun!!! 1260cc I think, goes a little harder than my wee 450 does :laugh:
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Ahhh it is so nice to see a picture of no snow and sunshine... AND bikes! Thanks Pete I needed that :D
Hahaha any time Showbiz!! I love it here, even the middle of winter is still riding season. Dunno what I'd do anywhere you couldn't ride year round...
I'm going crazy here. It's been 15 days since I've been on the bike and it feels like 15 years... been snowing for the past 2 weeks off an on each day... and not even enough to pile up to your a$$hole... just enough to keep coating the roads and making things a mess :2guns: :technical:
Wow bugger! Be careful what you wish for though or you'll end up with a cold butt!!!
I do wish it was a little cooler though... sitting around doing nothing at night is a sweat-fest... so can't get up the motivation to get into the shed or garage like I usually do to get moving on the Kat which is really bugging me.
Ugh I know what you're sayin Pete... I sure had a cold butt last year at this time!!! All this crap fell within like 12 hours:
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Wow that looks cold alright!!! Definitely pass on that!
I'll stick to my sitting in with the kittens doing absolutely nothing and sweating my arse off...
I can't wait for the 80+ degree days... That's my comfort zone right there. For some reason I'm always colder than most people... but it comes in handy during the summer and I don't need to spend any money running my a/c :D
Oh now that's a handy skill to have!!
I'm usually happy with a fan, it's the humidity that gets me...
I had to freakin' say it. We just got about a foot of snow over night. Just spent over an hour shoveling before work today :2guns: My house currently looks similar to the above picture. COME ON SPRINGTIME I AM READY FOR YOU HURRY UP PLEASEEEEE
Hahahaha awwwww...
We're getting setting for a top of 36C (96.8F) today and 39C (102.2F) tomorrow with the night time temperature supposed to be staying at 23C (73.4F).
Apparently overnight Sunday night it's going to stay at 27C (80.6F)... not looking forward to that!
There is a small part of me that envies your snow... just a small part... mainly I'm glad it's hot enough to justify the pool and cold beer! :cheers:
ohhhh a swimming pool :dreamy look: darn you pete... I haven't been swimming in years :cry: My neighbors have a pool and I see them get to use it maybe and I mean maybe 10 days a year. It just doesn't get that super hot here very many days. I wish I could uproot my job and my house and my family to a warmer climate!!!
And thank you for the temp conversions to F for me :kiss3:
Oh I love our pool, granted I don't get to use it as much as I would like but at times of year like now where it is just too damn hot to do anything it's a life saver.
The pool at our old house was a small above ground pool and in weather like this it was like soup... this one stays pretty cool always which is awesome.
But you definitely have to live in the right climate, I can't imagine why you'd bother if you live somewhere it gets cold enough to snow. Unless it was an indoors heated pool maybe...
Two kittens went to their new home yesterday, hope they're doing ok! The rest are probably going to have their first big adventure outside the back room today, exciting stuff! Will hopefully get some pic's if I can... they're pretty damn quick now...
Should I not say that we had a BEAUTIFUL sunny, warm day in the San Francisco Bay Area yesterday? That's what I figured....I won't say it! O0 (I need to find my purple 'fro again, Yama!). (Found it! Duh on me! Per usual! LOL! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi519.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu360%2Fgstwin%2Fafro3.gif&hash=44eb44327432e0f8498689648f935c273a6bfa8a) )
LOOOOOVE the pix of the bike line above. I am going to get back to riding if it kills me!!!!!!!!
Oh...and I'd like a kitten, please.
One last thing.... I think I win here! :woohoo:
Love,
purplepanzy :icon_lol:
Sorry, gotta steal your win :flipoff: :icon_razz:
Despite the heat I actually got most of the rest of the recirculation box for the shed done yesterday... filter cages done, motor mounted up, another inner wall done, and the motor room door on.
All that's left now is the left internal wall where the belt channel goes through, some bits at the top of the front, and some sealant then she's ready to roll as soon as the filter material arrives.
It's not the prettiest but I'm just using whatever offcuts I have left around the place.
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And Saturday saw two of the kittens off to their new home and yesterday saw the rest have their first big adventure outside the back room... took some photos but they move too damn quick so they're all blurry except this one once they'd calmed down a bit...
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Yep, they're getting big!!!
Awesome re-circulation box!!!!!!! And completely and totally awwwwwwesome kittens......how I love them.... I really, REALLY need to get another kitten!!!!! *checking the section we're in* Oh good....TF....I can awwwwwww over the kittens s'more!!! Where are the darned heart emojis when I need them!!!!! <3 <3 <3
I'd like the one that looks like a Siamese, please. I'm a sucker for them! <3
*Edit: now I need to go find all the threads with kitten pix. Oh yeah....and did I mention that I win? :icon_lol:
Hahaha hopefully the re-circulation box does what it needs, would love a decent environment to spray in this time around after the little dirty bits that got embedded in the white stripes on the 450... :technical:
And yeah those kittens are awesome and mum's really just a big kitten too, she's just over 12 months old.
The white ones look Siamese because they are :icon_lol:
Mum is a short hair Oriental, and Siamese and Oriental are the same breed with different colouring depending on genes. Mum's a chocolate silver spotted tabby and their dad is a solid chocolate Oriental just like the kitten in the front there. The other kitten is a Chocolate tabby Oriental also. The two that went to their new home were Lilac and Chocolate tabby Orientals.
Oh, and the little girl Siamese with her face to the camera is a chocolate point and the boy Siamese is a lilac tabby point...
Fantastic little guys but quite psycho as kittens can be :D
Hey...all Siamese are psycho, even before adding the kitten in...I think that's why I like 'em...I identify! LOL!
The Lilac Points are my fave...probably a perfect name for the little lovely that already went to a new home. I can look at kitten pics all day (see, I *am* psycho ;-) )
Those snowy pics are pretty impressive, too (I *think* that's what the white stuff is....I'm in California, and it's sunny and beautiful today! :flipoff:
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Lucky you!!! We do have some sunshine here today finally!!! But it's still in the 40's and the wind here has been vicious :grumble:
But we all still have each other!!!!!! :kiss3: (And some of us have sunshine and riding weather *running away* :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:)
baaahhhhhh lol!!!
I would have ridden yesterday and today but I've got that fender and cowl project going on... which sucks cuz last night would have been a great opportunity to finally try out the heated gloves I just bought!
I DEARLY want heated gloves. That's going to be my next purchase. If it's any comfort, I can't ride right now anyway....so I'm here tormenting YOU! :icon_mrgreen:
hahahaha ok ok torment away :laugh:
these are the gloves I got... (on page 2) http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=71244.0
AND since they don't wire into the bike I can also use them for shoveling snow which (as you have already seen) I gotta do from time to time :icon_rolleyes:
I'd get ones with batteries, too, but I'm hoping to find ones with hard knuckles, too..... I could have sworn I saw some out in the world last time I looked (though they might have been $400.00, which might account for why I don't have some right now..LOL).
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Lest anyone get the idea that this is a motorcycle site or that any of us are serious...... I win!!!!! :woohoo:
I wanted hard knuckles as well and the ones I got have them inside! Or were you looking for ones that have them on the outside for looks as well as the protection?
Just for protection. The ones you posted on your winter thread look darned perfect to me! Thanks! :icon_mrgreen:
(and i still win!)
Heated gloves? Nah, last thing I need over here :flipoff: :laugh:
damnit you!!!!! my body needs to live in the same climate as you!! and so does my house and family!!!
There are some good benefits from living in a temperate clime... :flipoff: :icon_lol:
Hahahah... but which "you" are you referring to??? I need answers dammit not more questions!! :icon_lol: :technical: :dunno_white: :icon_lol: :laugh:
Mum and son kitties came back from desexing yesterday avo'... son is fine but still a little wobbly from the twilight anesthetic, but mum seems to have had some good drugs... she's still in an excellent mood and all purry and tarty and doesn't want to be left alone, just wants to be patted and patted and patted... it's awesome and exhausting all at the same time but I suspect once the drugs wear off she's not going to be quite so happy...
LOL! She'd prolly rather live with you, pete! You probably have pretty seasonable weather ALL the time.... we get a little rainy once in a while, and downright FREEZING (yanno....when it gets down to 50F degrees or so) :icon_twisted:
ok ok I keeeed! We can get down to the 30s, snows nearby where we like to ride maybe once or twice a year.
Poor kittehs.... enjoy those good drugs while ya can, baby girl! As I recall, the lady kittehs need better drugs since their operations are a bit more complicated (feel free to set me straight if I'm not remembering right). Boys they just yank out the....oh nevermind... no one will appreciate THAT graphic... girls they need to go in slightly deeper and take out slightly more. Just thinking about this makes me want THEIR drugs! LOL! I do recall my last boy kitty coming home very wobbly. We had a good laugh with him trying to walk. We finally cuddled him 'til he slept it off.
Well... we do have a 365 day riding season here :D
Yep, more drugs for the girls but her's is all worn off, was back to normal yesterday. The little man is still having some wobbly issues though... just keeping an eye on him now.
Our riding season in California is called Springsummerfallwinter. :woohoo:
We won!!!!
No more kittens grumbling and hissing at mum, they're all just having fun again... and trying to escape their room at the slightest provocation... open screen door and instantly kittens jumping the partition... and mum sits there watching saying yay they're out!
Quote from: peteGS on February 17, 2017, 12:26:04 PM
We won!!!!
No more kittens grumbling and hissing at mum, they're all just having fun again... and trying to escape their room at the slightest provocation... open screen door and instantly kittens jumping the partition... and mum sits there watching saying yay they're out!
Where are the pictures and gifs and vids!? :flipoff:
Hahaha yeah trying to photo or video kittens at 1000mph doesn't work for me... they're lunatics!!!
Had a fun Saturday morning ride with the Kat boys yesterday which was awesome except for one minor hiccup... stopped my bike with the kill switch at the cafe and mustn't have quite pushed it fully on again. Down the hill round some nice local road detours that are a bit bumpy and the bike died completely. Scratching my head why it won't run and start button won't crank... then noticed the kill switch not quite sitting right... :technical: :technical: :technical:
Needless to say it was a little embarrassing to say the least... won't live that one down too quickly!!!
... That moment when.. You arent talking to yourself because of "what you said" and you killswitch your bike in retribution! ;)
Just had an idea for the kittens tho!.. A dashcam or sports cam. Even just leave it on the floor to capture random investigation moments!.. Or put a rubber mousie on top of it to provoke actions!
Quote from: Janx101 on February 19, 2017, 12:09:31 PM
... That moment when.. You arent talking to yourself because of "what you said" and you killswitch your bike in retribution! ;)
Hahahahahaha
And yeah good call! I should put the GoPro in there... can't recall if it has motion activation or not yet but that could be a bit of fun!
That is an awesome idea Janx!!
This is my favorite livestream to watch... there's always something TinyKittens rescue is broadcasting live:
https://livestream.com/tinykittens
Normally it's got live kittens/cats that they have rescued that waiting for adoption or ones that are in recovery from some illness they got out in the wild.
Right now though it's the second Feral Fix-a-Thon they've ever done... the first one was last October and it was amazing how they helped 61 cats in only 2 days!
https://livestream.com/tinykittens/fixathon
Thanks for the link Showbiz! That's pretty cool... I can sit here and watch kitties for hours...
Very addicting, for sure! I have donated to them a couple of times... and that is really saying something because I don't easily part with my money lol but that organization seems to have their sh*t together. =^_^=
finally got out of the hospital. had a blood glucose levvel of 1206. 24 hours in a coma. veins had collapsedd. paramedics put ivs in y neck (weird lol) dang this will be pricy for me. i got to sleep not feeling well in my clothes and wake up in a hospital gown and nothing else. on a funny note a nurse in er was wearing green scrubs and a red thong/butt floss lol. she asks how you doing? i said i like red :) look on her face was a combination of confusion, wtf?, and oops !. i said im sorry i was thinking of something random and saidd that.
waitin on the bills to arive now. thats ok 10bux a month will work for now. anyhoo all is well now :D
Aaron
Showbiz I'm about the same... don't donate to much but if I do it has to be kitty related :thumb:
Yama, that's mad! I don't know what normal levels are of course but sounds pretty bad to be out of it for 24 hours... glad to hear you're back now :thumb: :thumb:
ill give you a breakdown of levels. btw ive been as low as 14. (death is near zero but in the teens death can come easy)
anyhoo reference or normal range is 80 to 120. ( feel fine)
120 to 200 ( still feel fine mostly)
200to 300 (start feeling rather foul borderline flu feeling.)
300 to500 (feeling foul now but functional i.e. flu feeling)
500 to 700 ( now sh*t happens. bad flu feeling, drinking constantly
700+to 1000 (hit er soon)
1000+ (death is near if not at hosp. death sstill possible but hosp. staff usually can reverse this. coma is possible (explains that 18-20 unaccounted hours.)
plan on spendding a few days at the hosp. bed and breakfast. btw mr foley and his catheters usually visit :(
Aaron
Wow you were up there alright!! Glad you're still with us to post :thumb: :thumb:
on the flipside usually nastier and more violent (although the ultra hhigh was violent this time (1st time that happened)
anyhoo @ 70 to 60 gettin hungry as well as thirsty (like high one)
60 to 50 all the above plus shaky plus starting to sweat. even on a 0c day
50 to 40 above more sweat plus zoning out/ starting to anyways. THIS IS WHERE it starts to get bad.
40 to 30 above, drenched in sweat regarrdless of temp. you ask this person a question any question, they might answer simply ok, staggering like a drunkard.
30 to 20 semi conscious, plus usually pissing allover themselves. do NOT try to feed them something. could choke. plus we (diabetics) have no concept of pain at this point, and usually fight back. a glucagon shot is safest bet. IF you can land the shot. ;). EMS usually can theres more than 1 of them. plus usually a cop.
20 south all the above but mostly unconscious.
and well 0 is dead. i did have one show up as 14. via lab. meter wouldnt display it.
Aaron
Wow... that's scary stuff!!
I really don't want to find that out first hand...
Holy crap, Aaron! I'm diabetic, but I can't imagine having the blood level you had. Did the nurse ever figure out what you were talking about with the red??? Also....how did you see the thong (and color) through scrubs?? They usually cover everything so well???
And why do you have to pay for this bill for this when you're disabled?? I know I'm very behind with what's going on and you may have explained all this earlier, so forgive me if I'm obtuse....but you're disabled! You shouldn't have to send $10 for ANY medical treatments!!!!!!!
How are you doing now? Have you regained some balance? Do you know what caused this major blood-sugar flux?
Love,
pandy
normally one cannot see thru scrubs. twas torture to be able to do so lol. that aside, no clue what sent this bg episode awry a week ago.
been rackin my brain trying to figure this one out so i dont repeat it.
Aaron
Perhaps there are "special" scrubs that allow docs and kewt young patients such as yourself to be able to have something more pleasant than hospital stuffz to think about while you're in the hospital. Heck, I'd have been looking at that red butt floss, too!!! :woohoo:
heck thats friggin torture :technical: at least at that situation, i couldnt do anything with it. to beat all shes the same one to evicted mr foley and his blessed catheter. its a conspiracy i tell ya lol.
Aaron
You not drinking a lot of diet soda lately Yama? Saw a thing other day about if diet soda with aspartame gets hot/warm in transport then the aspartame can change and start forming methanol (another process in there also?) enough consumption can then cause methanol poisoning? .. Not sure if that could also affect sugar levels.. I'll try find the article again.
no diiet soda. cept in the hosp. ( diet coke)
but at home i do drink mio ( its an energy drink.) but not to excess. usually just a diet ( aspartame) kool-aid.
btw got my paws on a gas scooter. i get the thing going,baffix my knee pad may try either today or tomorrow, and take it for a spin. id have to do it right, because if it quits, doing the walk of shame, in my case is not an option. but hoping to test ride either today or tomorrow.
Aaron
At least they remembered to cath' ya, Aaron. I had major emergency abdominal surgery (WAAAAAAY open), and they freakin' FORGOT to cath me in the operating room. Had to GET UP OUT OF MY BED a few hours after that surgery. That's all that cursing you heard that night all the way from Cali to TN that night! :technical: :technical: :technical: :cry: :2guns: :2guns: :2guns: to that nurse! :icon_mrgreen:
P.S. I use the little electric scooters at the grocery stores.....LOVE those thangz! :icon_lol:
i do too. if im not using my kneewalker. (which i converted to sit down use.) :)
Aaron
Everyone needs to laugh once in a while. Lord knows I can use an emotional pickmeup. This always works. Love ya pat. :(
Aaron
The 450's been quite rich at part throttle for a while, so I removed the shim to drop the needles to the middle slot and gave the carbs a balance while I was at it.
Both plugs were a bit on the dark side but the left obviously more so than the right.
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And then there was the lazy Sunday afternoon :thumb: :D
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Well GOD took Sundays off, you and the cats might as well also ;)
Oh, got the stand up scooter started. Fun teyimg to do that using only 1 foot. Will mount the knee pad to ride it. Anyhow, need to replace tank fuel tank fuel line grommet. Like these.
https://www.amazon.com/20mm-Diameter-Rubber-Grommet-Husqvarna-Homelite/dp/B00T9IEUA0
Going to see if available locally. Although Idk if locally they'd be THAT cheap. But I'm close to being finished :). Once finished ill be able to get out by myself. Yay . lol
Aaron
.. Hmmm maybe... "And on the seventh day he ended his work and rested" .... Its a bit ambiguous!! ... Theres semantic room there for a couple hours in the morning, maybe some final touches on the paint or perhaps tidy the worksite and hose the concrete down? ... Then pack everything up and hand the keys over to the agent! ... Being a Sunday tbough, hope it was properly paid on penalty rates!!
:thumb:
back in the day, had a great job. regardless of weekly hours. err weekday hourrs. weekends paid time and a half and holidays paid double. but no if a holiday fell on a weekend, you wouldnt get 3.5x time. just the double. but still 10hrs on a weekend day, was the equivalent of 20 during week. ALSO during week, if you werent scheduled to work, but were asked to come in, you got 1.5x i kinda missed that job.
Aaron
That'd be nice... I'm just on salary... any calls at 2am results in time off in lieu... at 1.5x but still no extra $$$. I do get an on call allowance but that's just to be available to answer the phone and fix whatever is broken, time in lieu for the actual time it takes to do whatever needs to be done.
Having said that, on a busy week with lots of late night calls the time off is good.
Now of course I've had a promotion to more of a team leader but I haven't seen my PD yet... it's a funny world at the moment...
Winning!!!! :cheers: :woohoo: :flipoff: :flipoff:
¡ nein !
Aaron
Hahahahaha
I need new tyres... desperately... must remember to call and organise them today.
Winning!!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
Filter material finally arrived, recirculation box done:
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Made a jig of sorts so I can repair the broken out thread from removing one of the screws from the rear master cylinder reservoir on the Kat:
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And got the first round of paint stripping done on the braking components:
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Coolness. Almost done with my stand up gas scooter. Just have to save funds around 10 box to order the tank fuel line passthrough. After that, I fit the kneepad and in done yay lol.
Aaron
Wahooo! :woohoo:
We do need pic's though...
Wonder how the Kat is fairing? Stuck it out in its new home to get some room in the shed... under a bike cover and there's a bit of tin for a roof but we're actually getting a little rain this week.
Gonna be an interesting trip to work today with a rather bald rear tyre... new ones on Friday :thumb: :thumb:
be careful my friend. will try to have a pic up tomorrow.
Aaron
Ended up with plenty of traction... fortunately it seems there was enough dampness to bring all the oil to the surface *and* wash it off... bargain! :thumb:
One more day today then new tyres tomorrow... can't wait!!!
Still my friend be careful. Here's the new to me death scooter.
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Aaron
I did find the fuel line grommet. You can see it on the lines. In photo.
Found it for less than 10bux on amazon with fuel lines. Time to save nickels and dimes lol :)
Nice one Yama!! That'll keep ya' mobile :thumb: :thumb:
Got my new tyres yesterday but only after the tyre people managed to send my mechanic the wrong rear tyre... so I had a loan of a Bandit 250 while we waited for the correct tyre to arrive. If that bike had some power it'd be a fun ride, like a modern version of my 450. The 250 just doesn't have the grunt... gotta get it up above 8 or 10K RPM before it does anything...
least it wasnt a cheesy 250 err gz250 ;)
in the spirit of st patties day,
q:why shouldnt you iron a 4 leaf clover?
a:because youd make an ash out of yourself !
same question different answer.
q: why shouldnt you iron a 4 leaf clover?
a: because you dont want to press your luck
anyhoo i found the tank fuel line grommet with lines for 6.95
or the grommet alone for 2 bux.. methinks i should save nickels and dimes and get the one with lines included, and replace both.
Aaron
Hahaha funny!
Tyres scrubbed in :thumb:
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less tghan a month ago, dammit the wonder cat, decides one day he wants to be an outside cat as well as inside too. no biggie, getting used to that. also decided he likes to eat dog food. no i promise this ISNT herbal cat 2.0
Aaron
They have a mind of their own... we just do what they tell us :D
More paint stripping action...
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And a bit of JB Weld to the rescue to repair the rear master cylinder reservoir where the screw post broke off, just need to drill and tap once it's cured.
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ive got a crazy kitty cat lol.
Aaron
I have several... :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Drilled and tapped...
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Success!
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All that's left to do is run the dremel over the JB Weld to smooth it down in line with the original post which I'll do hopefully on the weekend when I can make a bit of noise.
lookin forwardd to pics my friend :)
Aaron
I've been a bit slack on the kitty pic's lately... will have to upload some... they're getting hard to catch now!
YAY!! I've been busy packing up my house, but I've got to pull out some pix of my monster fuzzball, too!
Ugh... moving... man I hate moving... I have no plans to do so any time soon... I don't envy your packing!
And I've still been slack...
Quote from: pandy on March 22, 2017, 06:02:19 AM
YAY!! I've been busy packing up my house, but I've got to pull out some pix of my monster fuzzball, too!
isnt porno frowned upon here?, im sorry i jest, i jest. psycho kitty cat keeps trying to play footsy when i go to baghdad ( you know, where ppl go to take a shiite?) or commonly called the oval office? soon as door is closed a LOUD thump of dammit sliding into the door and 1 paw appearing on inside of room under door lol. cat is nuts lmao.
Aaron
Hahaha yep that sounds about right!
And I'm still slack...
You have 36 hours Pete!
28 now!... Tick Tock! :thumb:
Hahaha got it!!!
These kitties are awesome...
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What? I fix my slackness and share pic's of ultra cuteness and still I win??? :icon_mrgreen: :flipoff: :cheers: :woohoo:
Oh my gawsh.....those kittehz are absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!! You deserve to win with those beauties!!!! :bowdown: :icon_mrgreen:
This spring I'm getting kittens...can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Erhmagerd!! Pretty Kittys! Lookit those EARS! :thumb:
Sorry Pete, didnt reply yesterday.. 5am start and 7pm finish in concrete truck!.. Almost fell asleep in the dang shower! Lol
Purple pansy postwhoress ! ! !
Aaron
Hahahaha man you can't go anywhere or do anything without those ears pricking up... they're huge alright!!
And I have had more success...
Hand filed my repaired post...
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Finished getting almost all the stubborn paint off with the wire wheel...
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And made a frame to hang everything on to paint... fingers crossed I can finish prep this week and paint on Sunday!
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Winning!!!!
Oh and Janxy... I assume that means you got the new concrete truck job? Congrats!!! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Thought the kitten pic's would suck ShowBiz back in... must be too busy actually being productive on her project though :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol: :flipoff:
Hahaha I'm always lurking, don't you ever doubt it Pete ;) ;) ;)
And yes I have been productive :woohoo:
Yay purple panzy postwhores...and scrumptious, GORGEOUS kittehz.....aaaaaaaand...I get to go get new kittehs this spring!!!!!!!!
New PURPLE PANZY KITTEHz!!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3Can you tell I'm' trying desperately to put off packing.....procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate...thanks the gawdesses for Dice (Yahtzee) for Buddies!!!!!!! :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 26, 2017, 11:24:30 AM
Purple pansy postwhoress ! ! !
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on March 24, 2017, 01:52:53 PM
Hahaha got it!!!
These kitties are awesome...
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Didnt have the job on Saturday Pete... Was my 6th "experience" day.... And i was a little over it!!.. Only so much volunteering can be done! He had only offered paid sarurdays "soon mate"
But... 5.30 pm on Monday, he rang... One of the older drivers is tired of every week and just wants 1 official day for pocket money and fill in for sickies.
So i officially start on Monday coming!!! 3 months "casual" rated on probation then roll to f/t.. Still earn a rdo from the start tho, plus sickies and holidays!
Im pretty chuffed! :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on March 23, 2017, 12:48:41 PM
( you know, where ppl go to take a shiite?) or commonly called the oval office? soon as door is closed a LOUD thump of dammit sliding into the door and 1 paw appearing on inside of room under door lol. cat is nuts lmao.
Aaron
Bahahahaha!!! Last katzer did this, too...that paw would come in and the door would slide open slowly....slowly....he couldn't stand that door being closed. Privacy? That wasn't allowed with the last katzer. LOL
ive got a double lock on door. if need be. but if needed i.e. for medical, it can be forced open. when he cant get it open, i hear him grumbling meh, meh , meh, i reply wth im kinda busy here, him : MEH. love him to death. like a child. hes got his quirks but thats what makes him unique. the dogfood eating i cant explain. hes NEVER obtained wackybacky. ive gave that stuff up in the mid 90s. so thats not it lol... its just inexplicable. or a movie quote,
"do you have an explanation for your inexplicable behavior?" cat: meh. he reminds me of fred sanford ( sanford & son, a tv show way back) spends most of day chillin, with occasional moment of weirdness.
Aaron
Hahahha classic Pandy!
ShowBiz!!!! Good to see you in LPW again :icon_razz: project progress is awesome!! I haven't got back to the shed to get the sanding done yet so I can't see paint happening on Sunday but we'll see, might be able to work something out yet!
Janxy, awesome news!!!! :cheers: :woohoo: Congrats mate and sounds like you're on a winner!!!
Yama... I think they all have their weird moments, as they get older they get weirder... our little stripey mummy's girl (the one in the right in my latest pic) usually doesn't stray far from mum, she's like a little munchkin... but she's becoming more and more like mum. When mum was her age, she would play games running away every time you wanted to pick her up... now little stripey mummy's girl is doing exactly the same... none of them are exhibiting weird behaviour yet except the Siamese girl who likes to sleep in the weirdest positions...
kinda like sisters cat, who will fall asleep laying down in your lap, while its back end remains standing on chair you sit in. can do this stunt for hours. if i tried to sleep standing up, id fall, as soon as i fell asleep. yet with the loss of a limb i can balance on remaining foot with ease. go figure lol.
Aaron
Hahaha yep the body does some weird things some times... it's amazing how resilient it is... and yes... cats can sleep in the weirdest of positions that make you cringe but yet seem to be incredibly comfortable for them...
Wow I guess I'm winning!!!! :woohoo:
Spoke to the upholsterer on Thursday and apparently my seat has made it to his workbench :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb: :thumb:
And my brake bits are now all prep'd and hung ready for primer and paint which will have to be next weekend now... didn't get time to get all that finished during the week unfortunately.
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Very nice!!!! I love it :D
Wahooo!!! Hahah
Let's hope they turn out nice from the paint... and let's hope I get time to do said painting on the weekend...
my cat is crazy again tonight. im sitting on porch filming a severe nearly tornadic storm, i open door to go back in, cat comes running out, not realising its pouring rain, flying off porch into yard, does an abrupt about face, back onto porch, griping. meh meh MEH, i talked back to him, " hey YOURE the one who took a flying leap into a storm., Buddha Loves You at yourself lol. wished id have taken a pic. a rainsoaked cat is hilarious to see. since you hardly ever see one.
Aaron
Passed my driver eval today! Woot woot!.. Theres a new Deputy in town!
https://g.co/kgs/OCHGQs
Congrats Janx!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Wahooo!! Nice work Janxy!!! :thumb: :thumb: :woohoo: :woohoo: :cheers: :cheers:
I'm also ecstatic... mumma cat spent two nights in the vet with a fever of unknown origin... vet did blood tests but no clues from that, then yesterday she came home good as gold. My wife reckons it's cause the bubba's were suckling too long and a couple of her nipples are all bruised and sore, and I reckon she's spot on. Mumma cat now smacks them away if they try to suckle... happy days!!! They're 4 1/2 months old, no need for that any more!!
The milk bar is now CLOSED lol!!!
Boobie bar is out of business :angel:
Aaron
Hahahaha yep! And she let them back on over night... sheeesh! But I think they're getting the message and all bar one is all happy now, and she's just being a little grumpy bum!
Got home yesterday avo' and drained the oil in the 450 ready for a service this weekend, and went out to the shed last night to put the filters in place and put the tarp up to seal the other end of the shed off ready to paint the brake components. Fingers crossed I get it all done!!
Primer done!!
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And the recirculation box works... I didn't do anything about sealing the big gaps around the doors of the shed but outside it smelt like a hint of thinners rather than oh someone's been painting. Happy with that!
OOoooooh... purty...
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So many shiny things!
Settling into the new job quite well!
Thanks for the cheer squad folks!:thumb:
Haha yep! Very happy with the end result :thumb: :thumb:
And very glad you're rockin' the concrete truck Janxy :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Don't know about rockin it... In condensed form or fast forward it would look more like a Cha Cha... Manual gearbox gives the leg action! Lol!:thumb:
Haha you're gonna end up with one strong left leg!!!
Upholsterer called me yesterday... seat is ready!! :woohoo: :thumb: :thumb:
Yay comfy seat!
Left leg and left arm/trapezium area... Already bulking up! Lol
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Tried to find a funny gif with someone with one strong leg... but no luck... just use your imagination :icon_razz:
Gotta clean the house... then it should be seat pick up time!
o_O
Can't wait to see that seat finally Pete!!!
Getting outta work in an hour and I'm gonna do some cleaning too. Time to vacuum yet again... it's spring and the kitties are sheddin' fur like crazyyyyy
Gotta say these Orientals and Siamese are great with the fur... so much less to worry about than the Birmans!!! Still love my old Birmans though, they're all great :thumb: :thumb:
Now the big news....
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:o :o :o :o
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Haha yep pretty much my reaction exactly ShowBiz :icon_mrgreen:
Can't wait to get stuck into tearing the roller down now as everything will be pretty much a step towards having a completed roller then once the frame has been powder coated :thumb: :thumb:
https://youtu.be/54fZuyvtFnw
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Looks the gear Pete! .. And slightly reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica bikes!.. Ahhh memories! :thumb:
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Geeez Janxy! I clicked on that link... bad bad bad move... ugh! :mad: :icon_razz: :flipoff:
And yes, Kats are certainly reminiscent of the Battlestar Galactica bikes! Minus the flying bit of course... and yes we're talking about the one and only true Battlestar Galactica here, not the dodgy re-make which just doesn't work at all...
I also got the roller dismantled yesterday and the footpeg rubbers removed so I can paint the brackets now too. Gettin' some momentum going here!!
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A successful ear-worm always makes me smile... On a cloudy day.. When its cold outside, something something May... Doo do dee dee dee dee dooo
Bahahahaaaa
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What the? Hahahahahahahahahhaa
This morning i did my first ever load of slurry! ... To prime the hose of a pump truck.. And now i know to stand further away when discharge into the hopper of a pump truck!. Bottom half of me looks like a paintball championship! Bahahahaaaa.:thumb:
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Quote from: peteGS on April 13, 2017, 01:40:30 PM
Tried to find a funny gif with someone with one strong leg... but no luck... just use your imagination :icon_razz:
Gotta clean the house... then it should be seat pick up time!
lol 1 strong leg lol. My right one erm really my ONLY one, has bulked up from this hopping. Double clutching a commercial truck is fun :technical:, this I remember.. Now at urgent care place having b right forearm examined. Can't figure that one out lol. Pete, that black paint you used, can it withstand high heat? (Calipers mainly) looking good thusfar.
Aaron
Haha nice work Janxy!!
Yama... good luck with the arm! And I have a mate who has used the paint with great success on calipers so I'd say yes at this point :thumb:
Mm. Good to hear on the paint.
Aaron
Well I'm having a forking good time getting some good progress done of late :thumb: :thumb:
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Ooooo that DOES look like a forking good time right there!!
I remember when I had a spare set of forks to take apart and mess with. Forks were and still kinda are intimidating to me... and it's much more fun and less stress when you have some to mess around with at leisure.
Ive got a extra motor ... Sitting in the shed, waiting waiting for one day when i have time to mess with leisure!.... Sigh
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I don't pretend to understand forks but I'm happy enough as long as I can dismantle them and put them back together properly :D
A spare motor Janxy? Sounds like time for some fun!!
And I got a free set of headers in the post the other day that look like they'll fit nicely and aren't in too bad shape at all. Gotta finish sitting the motor in properly today and get it up on some bricks to see for sure though, pic's to follow of course!
I'll also be pulling all my various bicycle bits and pieces out to photograph so they can get sold to fund the powder coating :thumb:
Bicycle bits? What sort of bicycles? If its older bmx or old school school dragster type then i have a couple mates who are very likely customers!! :thumb:
Yes i have toyed with various project ideas for the spare donk, but mainly got it as a learning tool for maintenance. An engine sitting on a bench is a lot easier to fiddle/inspect to see how to do stuff!
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Nah not BMX or dragster, Malvern Star and Sturmey Archer stuff plus some other vintage rims etc. All from '39 through to the '60's.
New headers test fitted... just touching a couple of fins on the sump cover :technical:
However I don't think it's a no go, I think I could set the rear mount up to hold them down off the sump cover, and worst case I can trim a couple of mm's off the fins without compromising cooling.
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And clean but not yet shiny swingarm and fork lowers... not going to polish as such but maybe a bit of a cut and buff to get the 30+ years of age out of them...
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Damn... I've always liked the look of those 4 pipes like that on bikes... so mean !!!
Well... it does need a few more things yet... like a running engine, wheels, forks, brakes etc. and a bit extra at the rear to avoid unwarranted attention... and a coat of paint or two... but yes I agree :icon_mrgreen:
And I have been remiss with kitty updates... so let me make up for it with a nice family photo :D
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ohhhh my sweet Jesus in HEAVEN that is the most darling picture I've ever seen*!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
*on this site LOL ;)
Pete they are gorgeous =^_^=
I have one to share too although it's nowhere near as good!
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Yep they're awesome kitties and we're so lucky to have them! I couldn't believe I got that shot... an instant before/after the Siamese are completely distracted.
Love that shot of yours too, the one on the table is definitely saying "I really wasn't trying to eat your tape measure, honest!"... while the other has the "I'm chilled right here where you want to walk, don't make me move" look...
Hehehe you know 'em too well!!! This is actually the second pic I took!
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Hahahaha that cheeky expression gives it away every time!!
The little chocolate girl (Cocoa Chanel... yep that's her name!) has decided to adopt me now which is awesome... every time I come home from work she's waiting outside the laundry door for me. I walk in and she goes "waaaah" and starts purring and tarting up to me, such a little darling.
That is an awesome name!!
Win
Hahaha yep! She's quite awesome... and nice try dohabee but... no cigar... you're dealing with pro's when it comes to last posts here :flipoff: :flipoff: :D :D :thumb:
Posts? Is someone building a fence? ... :thumb:
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No, we're building a wall... to keep the Mexicans and the Cockroaches out :laugh: :laugh: :icon_razz: :icon_razz: :flipoff: :flipoff:
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All in all... You should use.. Bricks in the wall!!
Massage today.. Chinese place... 5'6" lady did it.. She isnt a big person but can apply pressure like a industrial hydraulic press!!... I was all bent and owie before and it hurt!. Now im all pimp walkin'!!!..
Lol
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So you got a happy ending then? :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Quote from: peteGS on April 30, 2017, 02:42:20 PM
So you got a happy ending then? :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Goes without sayin'
What? Noone else took the bait?? How lame :flipoff: :flipoff: :icon_razz: :icon_razz:
Making some anti-dive block off plates for the Kat...
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I was happy.. Without that particular ending... Pete you cheeky chap! Lol
This chain of stores actually has issues with blokes asking fairly regularly.. They have the shops in the middle of shopping centres for cryin out loud.
They now have signs on the front counter. "No EXTRAS, do not ask or appointment cancelled immediately" .... They are serious proper trained masseuse, some acupuncture and some have the training for the walk on you massage. Which feels odd to start but is great for deep tissue problems!
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Hahahaha it DID cross my mind to ask how it ended :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
That's one way to deter people from doing that though... we giggle about it but that's cuz we don't hafta put up with hearing about it each and every day idk how many times a day from people... I imagine it would get very irritating to be asked that constantly lol !!!
Glad you're feelin' better Janx :thumb:
All my mates.... ALL OF THEM!! think or say the same thing? ... Only 1 or 2 actually might have had a serious massage! ... I dont mind them having a joke mostly. . but it gets tedious at times... Also knowing they would probably enjoy/benefit from a regular massage! ...
Every single time i go to the place i go in feeling like Quasimodo and come out feeling like i could levitate around the shopping centre!.. Its awesome!
If anyone has been meaning to but never does... Find yourself a good massage place and treat yourself!.. Its worth every dang cent!
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Quote from: Janx101 on May 01, 2017, 08:40:24 PM
If anyone has been meaning to but never does... Find yourself a good massage place and treat yourself!.. Its worth every dang cent!
I am one of those people!! But I couldn't do it right now... was out doing lawn work and I don't want
anyone touching my sunburned shoulders and neck... unless it's to very tenderly put some Noxema or Aloe on !!! :D
ooooh vintage bicycles with the chevrolegs powertrain iim envious. im a bit miffed at the bluetooth connection to my stereo. it occasionally ALWAYS gloes downwards a half step. like from an a to a minor. just enough to be noticeable. no matter what is played. :technical:
Aaron
Bluetooth? Meh... modern technology is so crap...
Witnessed a bit of awesomeness first hand yesterday...
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Check the battery in the remote Yama!
....
Another massage on shoulder and leg this week, this time with acupuncture.... The woman is like a bloody Terminator! Lol... Here i was thinking it be easier this week, but she ramped it up till the pain was right at that point where i was gonna go all Gamma! ... Had to say STOP a few times and collect some calm!... But the shoulder needs more work for sure.. Its an old scar tissue area built up over many years.
I might drink neat vodka before next appt!
It still feels better now than it did... Just the workover was very sharp!
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Haha she's the torture queen Janxy!
Getting some more done...
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Getting some cleaning/tidying done...
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Ooh so shiny Pete! .. You using a drill press for those rebates or freehand? .. Looks good!
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.... Y'know... I think I'll give up falling off the back of the Concrete truck for the rest of the week... Maybe even for May!
Missed the low step, went backwards, grabbed at the chute with left hand and skinned a couple fingers open a bit, continued down, collected the concrete pump machine with left shoulder and hard hat (saved me a nasty head strike!) , arse in the dust and then rolled back to lay flat with a thin stream of concrete over my legs!...
Im ok, just a bit sore.... All reported and first aided.... Working again tmw so long as scapula dont freeze up overnight......
Yep..... I've had my quota of owies for now.... Please refer any pending owies to the archives section! :icon_rolleyes:
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Oh no Janx!!! That's awful :sad: :sad: :sad:
Yes I am in total agreement, that is too many boo-boos for you for a while. You are shut off, young man :nono:
Ouch Janxy!!! But did you do it to a Benny Hill soundtrack? That would've been entertaining for everyone else at least... :icon_lol:
And yep, I've got a not-so-flash drill press that does the trick. Got a mate who's offered to end mill some recesses for the screws though so they don't just sit on top like a sore thumb.
Thanks folks!.. Dont be too sad Showbiz, it was a "learning experience".. Pete, not so much a Benny Hill soundtrack as a Kevin bloody Wilson soundtrack!
Panadol and anti inflamatory tablets and i dont feel too rough today.. I know the aches are there but they are just muttering not yelling! :thumb:
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Hahaha Kevin bloody Wilson... nice!!! :cheers:
lol janx, not laughing at you, just with you. if that would have been recorded, benny hill on way down, homer simpson D'oh upon landing. we are both at our lifetime quotas for owwies :). oh on the bluetooth, it runs off of a 2a mini usb charger ( aka phone charger) plugged into sony dvd/home theatre reciever. sender is my tablet. just waiting to locate a transformer for my yamaha rx v861 that is one elusive sob :technical:
Aaron
Soooo... my wife's been doing this for a while but for me it started last Friday night... we're now on a low carb high fat (LCHF) diet... although I hate using the word diet as it implies weight loss and short term goals that you won't stick with which is not the case here.
Main reason for doing this for me is experiencing what are effectively pre-diabetic symptoms... ravenously hungry every 90 minutes to 2 hours... growing manboobs to accompany my beer gut... foggy head if I don't eat... etc.
Anyway, side effects of this change? In four days I lost 3.4kg which I think is about 6 pounds for you US folk if I convert correctly. Still dropping 100 grams a day or so but not as rapid.
Read two books "Wheat Belly" and "Grain Brain" and you will never look at a loaf of "healthy wholemeal" bread the same way again... or any other grain for that matter. It goes well beyond that of course and in a nutshell, carbs are really bad and natural good fat is really good and is what our bodies need.
It's not the easiest thing to do but is well worth it.
It was my wife's birthday yesterday so we had plenty to eat.
Here's what I had yesterday between breakfast and dinner...
2 long black coffees with a teaspoon of cream in each... the full fat stuff, no light cream here and you gotta make sure there are no "thickeners" in it which will be wheat based.
A poached egg and a couple of slices of ham and chicken meat.
Munched on some celery and carrot sticks with some camambert.
Had a few low carb beers.
Then dinner...
Delicious red wine.
Garlic "bread"... made from almond meal etc. no grains in this "bread".
Turkey breast smothered in a cream cheese sauce with butter-fried cale and spinach and some asparagus.
Desert was some coconut raspberry slice, again cooked with plenty of butter and no grains in sight.
A couple of pieces of 90% cocoa Lindt chocolate.
And accompanied by some Tia Maria which is apparently a zero carb liquer.
End result after all that? Happily satisfied belly without feeling over-full and stuffed and lost another 100 grams compared to the night before (I weigh myself just before jumping into bed).
I'm gobsmacked with it all so far... and have not been missing the ice cream I munch on at night nor the occasional chocolate bar through the week and I don't miss the fruit I used to eat in the morning either.
A lot of my favourite foods which I used to minimise due to "high fat" are now back on the list... eggs... bacon... cheese... it's all good stuff!!!
And no, high fat is not going to give you a heart attack, and in fact there is scientific proof having these natural fats and oils will help as well as reduce your risk of diabetes, Alzheimers, and a bunch of other stuff. Our housemate's psoriasis has all but gone as well.
Wheat Belly is written by a cardiologist and Brain Grain is written by a neurosurgeon, so there are plenty of actual scientific type references in there that go way over my head.
Wow that's a long post... but worth the read I can assure you!!
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Witnessed a bit of awesomeness first hand yesterday...
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What am I looking at here?
Quote from: peteGS on May 12, 2017, 01:39:28 PM
Soooo... my wife's been doing this for a while but for me it started last Friday night........
Good for you, man! Paleo's normally my jam, but I'm envious of your wine consumption. Might have to consider a switch.
You're lookin' at pic's of 10 awesome classic Katanas plus a couple of GS1100G's (one with a sidecar) and my little GS450 :D
My wife did the paleo thing for a bit but found she was just missing out on dairy for no good reason.
The LCHF thing is really just based on the types of food we've always had access to over the many thousands of previous generations, so in theory it's a more realistic diet for us... and so far in practise I find it to be working well. Just over a week and nearly 4kg lighter with changing nothing except what I eat. My manboobs are still present but are definitely diminishing and I'm going to have to put another hole in my belt soon...
I am going to look into some exercise though, I don't get a lot of time so a gym is out and to be honest I'm not a fan of exercise for exercise's sake, I really like to get exercise as a part of actually doing something or achieving something. One reason I'm happy to hand sand and hand file stuff on my bike projects rather than using power tools sometimes :)
Hmmm... Sounds like more of a eating plan than a diet.... I dislike that word!.... It gets all bent around every different concept!
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Yes Janxy!!! I hate the word diet too, especially where this is concerned... yes it's changing what I eat, so it's changing my diet in the true sense of the word... but it's not a fad diet or something you can't stick to because it lacks critical nutrients or anything like that. It's actually somewhat of a lifestyle change really to a certain extent.
On another note my fork legs are just about ready to re-assemble, just need to visit a mate so I can end mill some recesses to make the bolts look a little neater:
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Not knocking it Pete! Daughter #3's boyfriend is right into Ketogenics.. Its working for him!
Im more of an Omnivore! Lol
That Kat is gonna be a finessed unit when complete! Nice to see you're filling in all the little jobs as you go!
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Good stuff Janxy!! And no, didn't take it that you were knocking it, I was agreeing with your diet comment :thumb: I have more energy than I've had in years... I'm thinking late 20's early 30's here... completely shocked! Been doing a little yoga type exercise which is interesting but I just signed up for the gym through work yesterday and will be starting on Monday... three of us at work are starting the Decrepit Old Man Gym Club :icon_lol: Haven't weighed myself much this week (trying to do it weekly now) but I know I've lost about 4.5kg in about a week and a half now... and I'm not going hungry etc.
As for the forky bits, yeah they've come up well! Went down to a mate's place last night to do some milling on the plates but haven't done photos yet, will probably get some on the weekend when I get them to the same finish as the forks.
I'm taking a bit of a different tact than the 450... rolling chassis first... but while waiting for $$$ for powder coating just knocking over all those little detail bits I can so I can actually do some final assembly once the frame is done. That'll give a nice little boost to the project and motivation... at least that's the plan! :thumb:
You know you're gonna have to do a actual first ride VIDEO of the Kat, none of this just pictures! .. Dont have to speak, just some happy/maniacal giggling will do! Lol
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Totally agree!!! Need a vid :icon_mrgreen:
Oh don't you worry about that... there will be video!!!
First start and first ride :thumb:
Just don't hold your breath waiting for them... they'll be a while yet...
Y'know when you have a weekend off... So you take the opportunity and sleep.. And sleep. . and laze on the lounge. And somehow you feel tired still?! . yeah that!!
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Yep, been there done that! I think we all have at some point...
I wasn't lazy this weekend though :icon_mrgreen:
Went shopping for gym shoes and got one of my forks mostly assembled except for not having anything suitable to drift the fork seals in with...
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Very very nice Pete!! What kind of shoes did you get? Need pics!!
I'm going to show some dumbness here and ask what those nifty square (diamond) plates are for?
Also, I'm gonna be doing a lot to my forks soon and I'm super nervous about it, not gonna lie. Will be spending a lot of time watching vids and searching on this site for info about what all I need to know/do. I tried just switching to 20w fork oil and putting in new fork seals but they are still leaking and I have little teeny weenie imperfections on the chrome tubes so I'll be buying new ones... and also some of those fancy sonic springs... I thought my weight didn't warrant the purchase of upgraded springs but every freakin' time I go to work and ride into the parking lot, there's a cement bump about and inch and a half tall you hafta drive over and the bike bottoms out no matter how slow I go :technical:
Many apologies if that wasn't as clear as it could be... I've been havin' some beverages and I'm very very tired !!
i seriously want one of these things. until i can get either my stump straightened out or they take it to the knee. the prosthetic is hard to use on a bent leg. either one of these things or a kneeboard for a crutch.
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Aaron
ShowBiz, the plates are to block off the holes in the fork leg where the anti-dive units bolt on. Basically under brakes they're supposed to prevent the forks diving so much by increasing the damping rate (at least that's how I read it). Their effectiveness is somewhat limited and I've not heard anyone say anything good about them. They just complicate the bleeding process and add extra bits to maintain. The forks I got didn't come with them, so I just made the plates to suit instead. You need to leave a channel so the fork oil can flow freely between the two holes otherwise you end up in permanent anti-dive mode.
The shoes are Nike somethings... I dunno... they're comfortable :D I'll see if I can get a pic for ya'...
Hopefully you can get your forks sorted! That doesn't sound like fun...
Yama, that's a fancy piece of walking aid right there!!
Thank you for the explanation Pete... that is really interesting to learn about the anti-dive technology. The plates and the forks really do look nice!!!
Nike's were always my favorite choice for shoes :thumb: And then sometime around 9th grade I switched to skater shoes like Etnies and Osiris and Airwalks and never really bought regular/athletic/basketball sneaks again. But I still think they look really awesome!!!
Going to try and get one when funds are avail. or the cheaper cousin, the plate that bolts onto a traditional armpit style crutch. the cheaper one though idk. i HATE those things. got a pair from hosp. they got me into the house. that was it. i want to see if the bolt on bit would work with a braced arm crutch. ive tried walking one legged with it as it is. not easy tbh. good leg is forced to hop. it is semi swollen recently . so im not taking chances. the knee scooter ej sent has MILES on it now lol.
Aaron
Bless EJ!... Where is he? . that scooter is the Gear eh Yama?!
Nikes... Pfft... Asics are more comfy!! Yeah i went there Pete! :thumb:
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.. Just thinking. And yeah i double posted!. What you need Yama... Is a Jet Hog from Riddick movie!!.. Those tech boffins at SpaceX need to step up their game!!
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just kidding Eh? lol. i keep in touch with ej via email. i keep trying to get him to return to the dark side lol. maybe one day :).
Aaron
Yes young EJ needs to return to the fold!!! Tell him LPW is alive and kicking as always :thumb: :thumb:
Haven't snapped a pic of my shoes for ShowBiz but they're Nike Zoom All Out Low in Black.
This link may work... http://store.nike.com/au/en_gb/pd/zoom-all-out-low-running-shoe/pid-11241583/pgid-11520460 (http://store.nike.com/au/en_gb/pd/zoom-all-out-low-running-shoe/pid-11241583/pgid-11520460)
All I know is they're incredibly comfy! And no we didn't pay that much for them, my wife knows how to find a bargain :D
Ohhh man those are SHARP!!! I like them :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
These are my current kicks. Lots of ankle support so they are kinda like a riding shoe/boot but really comfy... and they are lined with fur so my feets stay warm when I hafta go into the walk-in freezers at work! My third pair. I hope they always make 'em!!
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lol pete he will return. idk why he departed tbh. (unless work. i COULD try a redirect on a url send a link via email. but saving that nuclear option for later. will figure something out. oh may end up just saving for the knee pad for crutch. 50 vs 150. and configure it to work in place of the stump cup for the prosthetic. my armchair engineer is working overtime. the idea works on paper anyhoo.
Aaron
Fancy ShowBiz!!! Couldn't wear those hear though, I'd be sweating within seconds of putting them on! The look comfy though :woohoo:
Nice Yama, gives you stuff to think about and keep your brain working, that's always a good thing! You may even come up with a revolutionary item that everyone loves and makes you rich!!!
lol i wish.
Aaron
Haha you never know!!! People have gotten very far with just an idea... not me of course but others :icon_lol:
thought about a ccw pistol holster (too late been done lol) or same with a small flashlight holster :/ or a mcgyveresque tool hoster which would clip to a prosthesis. idk. but first things first, as soon as im able going to get that crutch kneepad and configure it to work with the prosthesis. (in place of the kneecup. thats cheaper versus the kneewalker. by 2 thirds. then i work on the other ideas :).
Aaron
you know youve been around a few years when you know WHAT justin bailey and a buch of hyphens means/does
[/win forfeit]
Aaron
Who's Justin Bailey when he's at home with his feet up? :dunno_black:
metroid (nes) justin bailey (all caps) with the_ underneath each letter. took the armor off of samus aran aka the only player in metroid. and put her in an 8bit bikini lol. bad thing is i remembered this code since before the days of the google lol.
Aaron
Ok now I'm even more lost :icon_lol: :dunno_black:
Went and watched a mate run in his two recently completed track bikes yesterday... ah the sights sounds and smells of the race track! Haven't been out for years... old singles, modern fours, methanol, two stroke... mmmmmm
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Mmmmm rich exhaust fumes.... Hot rubber.... The shriek of bouncing off the rev limiter as they fang down the main straight!.... Bliss!
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pete this explains it in detail:
metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Justin_Bailey
Aaron
Ah right! now I got it :thumb:
I found a piece of PVC pipe the exact right size for the fork seals and the copper washers for the damper rod bolts showed up during the week so I was able to finish the forks off yesterday.
Pretty happy with the end result, nice and clean and tidy.
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And I remembered to the do the fork caps as well.
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Mighty purty pardner!
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Beautiful!!! :star:
Cheers guys!!!! (and gal :icon_mrgreen:)
Thinking I need to make myself a bit of a mini press to get the swingarm shock bushes out... they're quite stuck!!
ive used heat via propane or a hotplate, and a socket thats the size or a hair smaller than the bushings, heat up and pound them out. or jerry rig a press out of some tubing and a 1 ton hydraulic jack . but heat helps ALOT.
Aaron
Yeah it's looking like heat is the way forward... and maybe a mini press. Found a couple of Youtube ideas using a good old car bottle jack that I might be able to whack together. Not sure if I have one around here or not, but Supercheap have a 4000kg one on sale for $35 at the moment.
I've got a perfectly sized socket to suit the outside of the bushes, but so far using that with a large socket for the back side all I've managed to do is bend the arm on the vice when trying to press it out and break the bolt I used threaded through it all to try to do the same thing. They're stuck pretty good!!
maybe heat (via hotplate?) then the socket. SHOULD do the job. had to use heat to press valve guides out of a harley head. (put on hotplate for MAYBE a half hour then press. btw i know i dont have to tell you but wear gloves for this . ( ask me how i learned that one lol)
Aaron
Hahahaha yeah gloves are a must!!!
The torch will be ok for the heat, just gotta keep the direct flame away from the rubber.
House mate reckons he has a bottle jack around somewhere... handy if he does and I can find some scrap steel and make me a mini press...
Would a disc brake cylinder pusher thingy work? .. Only small but they provide a fair bit of force and.. If you line it up well... the force goes just where its needed!?
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or a jerry rigged contraption involving heat a socket, and perhaps 2 sockets? and a fairly large c clamp? idk lol been there. ingenuity born out of necessity Eh? lol. i still swear by the use of a hotplate. although once used for this. probably not advisable to use for cooking lol.
Aaron
Nice thought Janxy as yes they certainly do put some force out, but it's not going to have enough throw unfortunately. I'm sure if you were smart you could wangle something to get it to push a longer throw shaft or something, but I'm not that clever...
I hear ya Yama, but I've got a good idea in my head on how to go about it now, just need to get some U section steel, a bit of square steel tube, some threaded rod, round tube to go around the threaded rod, and a bottle jack... I reckon it'd be quite the handy press too!
Wahooo!!! I'm winning!!! :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: :thumb: :flipoff:
Not even bro!!.. Cos i am!:flipoff:
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Hahahaha I knew that would bring someone out of the woodwork!!
Re-assembled the basic roller yesterday and did a quick and dirty check for straightness with a spirit level... all good :thumb: :thumb: :woohoo:
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Cleaned up the wheels, I rekcon they'll be right without a paint job, so that's a bit less work to do.
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And I picked up some steel, threaded rod, etc. to make a press so I can get the shocky bushes out of the swingarm.
Pretty productive day I reckon!
Very productive indeed! Yes those wheels look mighty nice the way they are :thumb:
I like your "Bench N'Vice" :D I have one too but it's Black and Decker's version called the Workmate. They are soooooo nice to have!
Oooooh! Now thats taking the term naked bike to the extreme! Lol
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Hahaha yes indeed! It's the Fred Flinstone edition Katana :icon_lol:
Yep very handy ShowBiz! We have two, one in the shed and one in the garage, they get lots of use for sure!
Those wheels are my favourite of the three GS/GSX/Katana variety from the '83 and on models... there's the wire wheels, the "snowflake" like on my 450, then these ones. I like the snowflakes on the 450 as they suit it, but I really like the '83 on pattern on a Kat. :thumb:
Winning again!!! :woohoo: :flipoff: :cheers:
Still winning!!!???
Calm yer Farm there Petey! You havent slept thru an apocalypse and are the only one left!.... Lol
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LMAO JANX hahahaha this is where I wish I knew how to make it do the laughing smiley that keeps turning upside down!!!
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THAT'S THE ONE HOW DO YOU DO IT I NEED TO KNOW lololol
Hahahha I'm going to guess it's on some generic smiley page on the interwebs at large...
yup black and pecker. :) ive got one as well. (the workmaate lol) i fragged my crapsman speedstart weedeater yesterday. used the electric starter i bought with the last of my savings, tried to get it going again (carb issues) it fired, then backfired thru carb disintegrating the speedstart nut on the crank. soooooo now got to find one of those and a carb lol. :technical:
Aaron
Oooops!! Don't ya hate that? :mad: :technical: :icon_rolleyes:
I got all my bits and pieces together to make my press and my house mate did me a favour during the week and cut the steel and threaded rod for me. Then between Saturday and Sunday morning I got some holes drilled in the steel for the rod to pass through but that's some seriously tough steel and I have seriously dodgy drill bits! Had to keep spraying some Inox on to keep it cool enough and had to keep sharpening the bits also, but finally drilled... and of course none of them ended up in exactly the right spot so I'm going to have to file to get them to line up :technical:
And of course the phone rang about 7:30 Sunday morning and I had to do some work for a few hours... then again about 11:00 for a few more hours... then again at 8:30pm and finished just in time to watch MotoGP. And I'm not even on call any more :mad: :technical:
Then some stuff I did yesterday avo' before leaving work broke as I was riding home, so yep logging back in at 4:30pm to about 6:30pm to sort that out...
So, consequently, Aside from finishing drilling those holes, that means zero progress on the Kat over the weekend, the time I needed to start learning new stuff for work on Sunday night went out the window, and more time gone yesterday avo'/evening... gotta love it! :technical: :mad:
Anyway, taking today off as time in lieu... hoping I can get *something* done to compensate...
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Well they do say dogs resemble their owners... :confused: :dunno_black:
It's good paintwork!
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It's freakin' me out man!!
Why a chicken dinner?? ... Couldnt a winner winner enjoy venison or lamb or meatloaf.... Or even a vegetable tagine?....
Its a puzzler!
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Mmmmm meatloaf... bacon wrapped meatloaf...
Yay progress!
I finally got to finish my press off to a useable state yesterday.
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I still had to apply heat to the swingarm but getting the bushings out wasn't that big a deal once I was able to use the press.
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Getting the new ones in was even easier after 30 minutes in the freezer and then using the press again.
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Good Job That Man!!!
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:thumb: :thumb: :D :D :icon_mrgreen: :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb:
Supplying loads to make kerbs today... Machine inches forward 10cm/3.5" at a time? .count 6 moves and creep truck foward to keep chute inside hopper. Sloooooowly sloooooowly. Only 120 linear metres to go! Started at 420m!
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So I guess dropping the clutch is out of the question then? :icon_lol:
Bahahaaa yeah! Happened once couple months ago. Foot slipped off pedal when i was wiggling my leg to ease a muscle cramp Earned me a colorful telling off! But they didnt realise till then it was a manual and eased up a bit on the cranky pants!
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Hahaha ooops!
Well no more takers on my bicycle bits and pieces from the bicycle forum, time to put them on the infuriating eBay... sold my first item on there the other week. eBay fees are 9.9% plus over $1 for the listing fee, plus the PayPal fees... so it sold for nearly $80 including postage but I actually got closer to $60... and of course $4.80 out of that was the actual postage cost. :mad:
The fees decrease when you list more so at least hopefully if I split the bicycle bits up a bit the overheads will decrease... although of course they're having to add GST as of the 1st July now :technical:
That's just bizarre... but it's Honda so that sounds about right :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
A "balmy" 5.5deg C/41.9 F and foggy where i am in western Sydney waiting to unload.
Theres crazy people walking around in short pants and shirt!
Must be polar bear in their ancestry!! :icon_rolleyes:
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Pass! Did a solo cruise over Mt Nebo/Glorious/Mee yesterday and oh yeah it was chilly! Lots of cloud cover so the sun never got a chance to warm me up.
Qld does chilly? .. Was it under 24c or something? Bahahaaaa
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About 820 posts ago on March 5th 2016, I was abducted by aliens. Trust me; it wasn't pleasant.
For months I was probed, altered, and violated in their lab.
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They promised that inserting the cranial probe wouldn't hurt... but let me tell ya'... it did!
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During my abduction I had been physically transformed into several different lower-life forms.
And that wasnt much fun either. . .
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But regardless, I'm back, And the only side-effects I have is a reoccurring nightmare that I ride a Ural. :icon_rolleyes:
It would appear that PeteGS, Janx, Yama, ShowBiz, and a touch of cbrfxr, have kept this place alive during my alien captivity.
Thank you. Your work here is appreciated.
---> But most importantly. . .
I would like to give a special thanks to my intergalactic brother yamahonkawazuki.
It was a direct result of his on-going negotiation with my alien captors that eventually led to my release. :bowdown:
Regards,
-Ej-
hahahahahahahaha lmao this is great!!! :D :D :D
Glad you're back !!! :cheers:
Bahahahahahahaha he's alive!!!! :cheers: :woohoo: :bowdown:
However... I happen to know this story is all fake... you made one little mistake in there that reveals all...
You said your nightmare was riding a Ural... if it was true... your nightmare would be that you are constantly repairing and never being able to ride a Ural... :flipoff: :icon_razz: :icon_lol:
Glad to have you back EJ!!! :thumb: :thumb:
Oh my! The mighty one returns! ... Careful folks he could be wearing a wire! The aliens may be monitoring communications! Bahahaaaa
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Yama came in with guns blazing.
The little greys didnt know what hit them.
He's not bad for a mono-ped air-breather in a martian suit. :thumb:
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Here's a 'Flash Back" from the past. . .
It't the girl with the sox! :D
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Or was 'this' her? :dunno_black:
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Either way, we need some fresh material here. Let me look around and see what I can put up. :cheers:
-Ej-
Now we're on the move. . .
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I'm a "wet Schnauzer" and I violated one of your cats last night. :whisper:
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Yeah, I'm a lucky guy.
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OK then... Lets get back to basics. . .
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Why is that 'little grey' walking across the pasture? :whisper:
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Boom! It's done. . .
It ends here!
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But first... Let me take a selfie
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Hahahahaha I think I was wrong, EJ was really abducted!!!!
So how far back have you been through the thread???
Did you see how my seat turned out?
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Did you see how my forks came up with the hand made anti-dive block off plates?
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My goodness! You back with bells on EJ!!. Didnt they let you have web time in the State Pen?! Lol:flipoff:
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Quote from: Janx101 on June 29, 2017, 03:56:14 PM
My goodness! You back with bells on EJ!!.
Didnt they let you have web time in the State Pen?
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All you need to know about my 'absence' from the forum is. . .
A.) I have been rehabilitated and I'm fit for re-entry into society.
B.) Upon my release the State Placement Service got me a job working as a custodian in a children's day-care center.
I'm perfectly fine now.
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Love,
-Ej-
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The last thing I saw (before my ahem... vacation) you were fabrication a sheet-metal tray of some sort.
There was no seat. Actually, there was nothing but an empty frame.
Looks good. :thumb:
BTW; What year is the bike?
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And peteGS,
Sorry about all your forum photos being held hostage by PhotoBucket. As I understand it for a ransom fee of $399.00 U.S.D. you can get your photos back on the forum again.
Yep they tried! And failed :woohoo: :flipoff: :flipoff:
I have a local copy, deleted my account last night and have set up a new account with Mediafire.
Sure it's going to be a PITA to upload and edit links, but I ain't giving a morally and ethically bankrupt company any of my hard earned.
If I will exceed Mediafire's free policy I will happily pay their moderate and acceptable price for hosting my files as their terms of service are very agreeable.
I have to do the same thing too... :technical: :technical: :technical: :technical: :technical:
I think my heart stopped for a moment when I saw that price!!!!!!!! :2guns: :2guns: :2guns:
Started setting up Mediafire... then discovered I actually have a Flickr account... undecided now... Mediafire looks good but Flickr is really about photos... I'll make a choice one day and think about fixing broken links...
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And peteGS,
Sorry about all your forum photos being held hostage by PhotoBucket. As I understand it for a ransom fee of $399.00 U.S.D. you can get your photos back on the forum again.
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Welcome back my friend, that thing about Photobucket scares me Lola
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on July 02, 2017, 07:01:29 AM
Welcome back my friend, that thing about Photobucket scares me Lol
Aaron
It's about time you showed up! Your late to the party.
And BTW... Where's the riding mower thread? :icon_mrgreen:
And yes, I'm back will and do my best to pester the Off-Topic section with twisted observations and plenty of photos. :cheers:
And lots of smileys too. :D :laugh: ;)
Regards,
-Ej-
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Tried some aluminium welding yesterday... front chain guard mount... not pretty but it worked!
Oh, and Flickr it is :thumb:
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no mower thread yet lol. ( havvent been able to round up the remaining cash.) will be a BIG difference moving to a cub cadet (ltx 1045) from a 13.5hp murray. i dislike riding sidesaddle on a mower. ( i do this to be able to work brake/clutch with whats left of my good leg. the cub has a pedal on right controlling motion. plus the old murray is near the end of its life lol. ffs i can turn its crank pulley WITH MY HANDS. yet it doesnt smoke idk lol.
Aaron
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I'm 3/5 paid for on it. MAYBE another month. 500 wasnt bad at all.
Aaron
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Hot dang... Cub Cadet... That's a nice machine! 8)
And peteGS... You weld aluminum with TIG ? :dunno_black:
-Ej-
aye. with the pedal on r i can control its motion with right foot. pedal on left is the brake. alone.
Aaron
Here's a walkaround by some random Youtube. Ill film mine when I'm able to pay the remainder of it.
Aaron
Nup EJ, I wish though! Using a MIG... not ideal for aluminium but it's all I have, can't afford fancy machinery like a TIG.
tig is fun. ( friend has a setup ive used in the past. ) my welds always looked like hammered sh*t though lmao.
Aaron
going into week 2 missing my dog. she ran off. 14+yo but in no signs of discomfort. hoping someone took her in.
Aaron
I'd love to try my hand at TIG... maybe one day. My welds all look like crap...
Sad news on the dog Yama! Hope she either is healthy and happy somewhere or preferably comes back home soon...
I finally spent some time last night mocking up the Kat colour scheme... been threatening to do this for a while. I'm not good at this, but a little imagination should give you an idea... the engine will be black is the main difference and this is a photo I found on the interwebs, so the red on the frame isn't quite right compared with the seat colour.
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without thinking morbidly, ive not seen any vultures in the area around my property (7.5ac) so im holding on to that someone took her in. NOW on to your kat eh? takke this as an idea ( or what i would consider if it were my project) take the red from the american kit kat wrapper, a DARK brown for engine and frame perhaps, and have 2 tank decals printed saying nothing more than kit kat. or substitute the off white version of said wrapper. sure youd be riding a candy bar with tires but why not? lol. i could probably run that throughbphotochop to give some idea.
heck i need a new photochop challenge anyways. last one i recall was when we as a site ran pablo through the photochop wringer lol. sadly most of those were on the uploadit.org site :"(
Aaron
(https://s25.postimg.org/6jv36p21r/kawasaki-gs500e-6.jpg)
? ? ? :dunno_black:
do a conceptual picture of what his bike might look like ;)
Aaron
I'm thinking out loud here. . . :whisper:
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kk lol. :)
Aaron
i had erased the actual photo of the cub from the tablet. just now found it on this phone. transferred via bt to the tablet again. will post it shortly.
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Hahahahaha... kit kats don't really work with my low carb high fat diet... so I might pass on that one :icon_razz: :icon_lol: O0
i might just photochop it anyways, make sure im not TOO rusty lol. also take that gs pic and john deere it. that was a plan for that 97 i had. paint tank jd green, and the wheels jd yellow. and put their decal in place of suzuki. out run a carf and then ask " how did it feel to get passed by a john deere? lol. ( this never happened YET.)
Aaron
Lawn mower wars! :woohoo:
once im able to get the thing, may "mod" the exhaust. cause the valve cover sits directly over the muffler. thinking of finding 2 flanges that fit. and have 2 seperate mufflers with a crossover pipe. ( 20hp kohler courage engine) still at least a month away from rounding up funds to get it. selling off what i can spare to make it happen. if the otherone is still running when i acquire this one, ill keep it as a spare. cub has new tires on front, plus a new battery. so fwiw, to me its worth the 500 asking price. he is the original owner of it.
Aaron
Here's the plan after im able to acquire the cub. Going to finish thebknee scooter build. Going to get 3 of these
https://www.ebay.com/i/162122103922?chn=ps&dispItem=1&ul_ref=http%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay.com%252Frover%252F1%252F711-117182-37290-0%252F2%253Fmpre%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.com%25252Fi%25252F162122103922%25253Fchn%25253Dps%252526dispItem%25253D1%2526itemid%253D162122103922%2526targetid%253D322696525420%2526device%253Dt%2526adtype%253Dpla%2526googleloc%253D9013349%2526poi%253D%2526campaignid%253D852366916%2526adgroupid%253D40923065462%2526rlsatarget%253Dpla-322696525420%2526abcId%253D1128836%2526merchantid%253D101819793%2526gclid%253DCP2Ks8jm_NQCFRC4wAodtGcDAA%2526srcrot%253D711-117182-37290-0%2526rvr_id%253D1253230249397
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And 3 of these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bicycle-Wheel-Front-12-1-2x2-1-4-203x25-Sf-5-16-Axle-/311653523516?hash=item488fff603c:g:tM8AAOSwygJXgdAt
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Ooooh he's going to go all fancy shmancy!!! :icon_lol: :thumb: :thumb:
I hope my 450 solo seat is done soon... the foam I used on the one on there now is all but collapsed... did an over 400km round trip down to near Ballina and back yesterday and my arse is still sore from it :technical:
that happens. keep the anti-monkeybutt powder in the toolbag Eh?
Aaron
p.s. i had thought about going with 52 spoke wire wheels. but those are pricy. so 12 spoke wheels will work. just figured out i cant use front wheels. have to use 3 rear wheels.
Realised I had no clue as to what a knee scooter was so I googled it... cool! Much handier than a set of crutches :thumb: :thumb:
this is true. lol. made by a company called "knee_rover" alot easier to maneuver vs a wheelchair too. although a wheelchair turns far sharper. my home isnt on one level. a step up here or down there, anyways converted this one to sit down use. ( using mtb seatpost and one of those weird schwinn bicycle seats that puts no pressure into or on the nether regions lol.
Aaron
Haha nice! So does it become and arse scooter then? :icon_lol:
in more ways than one. sadly. if i blow the turn on my stump side, i end up on it, or if i go too fast down a ramp backwards then brake too harshly same thing. lmao. ive not repeated those incidences .
Aaron
Hmmmm, if not wires, maybe this? 3 of them
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bike-Bicycle-Front-or-Rear-Wheel-12-X-1-75-2-125-2-5-Aluminum-Scooter-eBike-/262918756203?hash=item3d372dd76b:g:TX0AAOSwmgJY32PN
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Would this work with whitewalls?, might as well set goals after the mower acquisition to finish the rolling stock buildup on the arse scooter
Aaron
Roll them bad boys!
idk if WWWs ( wide whitewalls would work with the aluminum wheels? it might though. once im able going to grab 3 of those plus the rubber. ( which ill have to grab 4 of. since only sold in pairs).
Aaron
Well one thing I've seen done on the custom car shows is they don't use white walls at all... instead they paint the rims in a way that with the tyre on it looks like a white wall tyre... of course they use low profile tyres too...
thinking ablut getting those wheels at some point and keep the black city tires. maybe use a bit of tire dressing to shine the sidewalls. whitewalls seem to only look decent on vintage type wheels or wires.
Aaron
http://pgmv8.com.au/ (http://pgmv8.com.au/)
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vehicular pornography lol :)
Aaron
Phwoooooaaarrrrr! Gimme gimme gimme!! BRAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Double post but so? ..
334 hp!! That makes my gentleman area tingle!!
triple x vehicular porn. as beavis wouldd say " BOINNNNNNNG !" LOL :D
Aaron
That radiator is fugly though... like big time fugly...
tbh i think nearly all bikes with some installed bad assitude have some fugliness to them. would love to see if they could say split the rad and hide it that way. ( like in exotic cars) btw i figure if im able ill just get the three alum. wheels and keep the black city tires and just polish the rubber with a bit of tire dressing.
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on July 14, 2017, 01:09:00 PM
That radiator is fugly though... like big time fugly...
Meh... Not to worry... none of us poor pikers will ever have to worry about such painful thinks like an 'ugly radiator' on a million dollar bike.
And forget about the f-ing insane 334HP power rating. :cookoo: My GS500 was plenty for my shitty road-skills!
Now how bout' a nice pic. . .
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Maybe this is better? :)
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kinda like putting 750bhp in a hellcat. fun? maybe. lethal prolly. but youd NEVER be able to use all of its power. tbh my first moto project will be another gs. after that i do want to build up a cbx. after goin thru a hellish carb sync on one, strangely i want one. course i AM weird. lol.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on July 14, 2017, 08:24:46 PM
kinda like putting 750bhp in a hellcat. fun? maybe. lethal prolly. but youd NEVER be able to use all of its power.
Power?
Hah! I'll tell you about power. . .
I traded my 02 Jeep Wrangler for a Toyota Rav4.
Before that I had a Plymouth Voyager. Yup, I know how to handle 'power' (https://s25.postimg.org/59p80otr3/hehe.gif)
-Ej-
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Voyager!! :kiss3: What year?? Gotta be pre-1991...
The Turtle Van is a '94 Caravan :-* :-* :-*
lol been there drove one.
aaron
Power?? My 450 got dyno'd at 32HP when I had the stock carbs on it :thumb: :thumb:
EJ... good to see your lady friend there has colour coordinated herself with her bike too :thumb: :thumb:
I need to pick a powder coat colour to go with my seat... left to right in the middle row is Really Red, Bright Red, and Astatic Red... so hard to tell from Internet photos!!!
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Heh... your sled is gonna' be red. :rstar: :rstar: :rstar:
Hahahaha it is! Well... bits of it anyway...
Discovered my wheels need painting after all yesterday after giving them a once over with the pressure washer along with all the bits to be powder coated.
VHT wheel satin black is the go I reckon.
Got some cleaning and paint stripping done so I can start prep'ing some more bits for paint too... Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black for these bits...
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what about ferrari red. no mistaking that color.
Aaron
Astatic red!... So when people ask and you telk them.... You know they know they dont know what that actually is!... And they know you know they dont know!
Baaaaahahaaaaa!
hmmm ok :)
Aaron
https://www.facebook.com/thehumortrain/photos/a.126895770717807.28294.126894987384552/1666439280096774/?type=3&theater helping people by staying alive
Aaron
Yep Janxy!! Hahaha
Called yesterday and they actually have Astatic Red in stock... hopefully enough left to do what I need without having to order more as they get it from the US :thumb: :thumb:
Love it Yama!! :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
was stayin alive evidently. or was it his jive talkin? wonder if this doctor practices in massachussetts. or helped out with the new york mining disaster in 1941. or if his goal in life was to love somebody? if post medical school his first thought was the morning of my life? lemme pull up the rest of the song list, i could continue indefinately lol.
Aaron
Oh no you didn't...
i found a simple reciiipe on fb yesterday. peas and corn. you end up with " porn". lol.
Aaron
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Oh dear... :dunno_white: :nono: :icon_mrgreen:
Gotta pick up some paint stripper, fine masking tape (for curves/corners on the wheels), and one of those aerosol paint applicator things to stop you're finger aching in the next couple of days.
Week off next week so I'm hoping to get some painting done while the frame etc. is off to the powder coaters. I can see a roller happening before too much longer! :thumb: :thumb:
Bring the peas and corn Ala porn dish to a church potluck, ill do that and maybe this for dessert.
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= many raised eyebrows, and giggles.
Aaron.
Heh, porn and spotted duck.
Fount this guy lurking in another thread... :whisper:
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muwahahahahahahhahahahaha lol.
Aaron
He looks... ummmm... well... interesting fashion statement? :icon_lol:
Kat frame going off to the powder coaters this morning :thumb: :thumb:
And discovered I need to paint my wheels after all... run over with the pressure washer started taking some paint off so I got half way done taking the rest off yesterday...
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i found online, a 33cc 4 stroke friction drive kit for the knee scooter. yay. ill have to start saving for it. it will work lol. fits 12" bicycles upwards. prolly will have to put some sort of safety on the throttle, plus a training wheel because the engine will be sitting on the stump side of my scooter. it will be easier to wheelie. course i hang off the dlminant side anyways. im stoked ! this has NEVER been done or documented before. so it will be a first. ill document it on youtube plus a walkthrough as well.
Aaron
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/252437412538?ul_ref=http%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay.com%252Frover%252F2%252F0%252F8%253Fbu%253D44241440183%2526segname%253D16TE179842_T_GENERIC_CT1_CT1_CT2%2526crd%253D20170723090000%2526loc%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.com%25252Fulk%25252Fitm%25252Flike%25252F252437412538%2526ch%253Dosgood%2526url%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.%252524%25257Bprefix%25257Debay.%252524%25257Bdomain%25257D%25252Fulk%25252Fitm%25252Flike%25252F%252524%25257BITEM1_NUMBER%25257D%2526osub%253Db4489afb86472294a2794c85ae4c60e3%25257E7521cab6b7c7a604b2fa0b18475b8163%2526sojTags%253Demid%25253Dbu%25252Csegname%25253Dsegname%25252Ccrd%25253Dcrd%25252Curl%25253Durl%25252Cch%25253Dch%25252Cosub%25253Dosub%2526srcrot%253D0%2526rvr_id%253D0&ul_noapp=true
And it's red so it'll go faster!! :thumb: :thumb:
Did you see the 49cc version as well? :icon_twisted:
i did, but its a 2 stroke. kinda smelly when indoors. ( storing indoors. 4 stroke not so bad.
Aaron
Aaaaah the smell of 2 strokes... mmmmmm...
for indoor storage, a 4 stroke or propane. if it stays outdoors with only minimal indoors excursions a 2smoker would be doable.
Aaron
Shed is sealed as best and simply as I could think of... Some thick plastic that was lying around, a tarp, some press studs, and some velcro and it seems to work pretty well. After spraying, I can only seem to smell the fumes outside after I've opened the door. Once the door's been shut again they seem to dissipate pretty rapidly.
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Mucho roomy for painting too!
And I got the two primer coats on the footpeg brackets and rear caliper bracket.
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gotta love the gas chamber setup :)
i was thinkking once i motorise the scoot, if i leave it cold, i can put a cover over it to minimise the smellage. 2 stroke is out because no matter what it stinks lol.
Aaron.
it is awesome to actually see the end result even though its yet to happen lol. :)
Always love your updates Pete!!! :cheers:
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on July 26, 2017, 02:33:15 PM
Always love your updates Pete!!! :cheers:
pete youve got to promise 2 things, 1. a video of the initial engine start on the completed bike, with the narrated walkaround of course ;), and 2. a ride on video :) im excited to see this thing come alive. if you want , i could take the stills and any forthcoming video and combine them into one production which you could youtube ( or host wherever).
Aaron
p.s. my friend, amazing work thusfar.
1.) PeteGS stays incredibly motivated on this stuff. Very impressive!
2.) Investigating funding options for the Yama 4-stroke 'knee breaker' project. ;)
I gots a few ideas in me noggin.
Stay tuned!
that kit with the "cheap" shipping option @ 75 entails it being im assuming clearing customs there or here, but its in HK. THEN being boxed and put on a trans pacific cargo ship. taking up to 3 months. next level up is roughly 3 weeks at 2x the shipping cost @ 155ish. which is im assuming airmail. ive shipped things airmail to australia before so i can understand cost. box is probably 18"x18"x18" if i had to guess. so idk lol. checking to see if anything is available a bit closer lol.
Aaron
edit :
YAY found something both cheaper as well as closer @ www.bikeberry.com a 38cc 4 stroke friction drive kit. ships in 5 to 7 days. not weeks, DAYS lol. things looking up.
http://www.bikeberry.com/flying-horse-38cc-lock-n-load-friction-drive-bicycle-engine-kit-4-stroke.html?keyword=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzJiR3eCp1QIVTS-BCh3WXApvEAQYAiABEgIz7fD_BwE
Ive used bikeberry with the motorized bicycle builds, as well as the gopeds
Cheers guys!!
Yep, motivation is high indeed :thumb: If only the time and funds matched the motivation... not back to work until Wednesday though so hopefully more can be done!
Three top coats on the bits yesterday, hopefully today will be wheel prep followed by paint on Sunday at this stage.
Yama, video will be taken! I have other fellas in the US wanting to see it as well as interstate here in Aus, so I'll be in deep shaZam! if I don't do some videos.
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plus the required happy dance upon first firing./ ride.. yay motivation, trying to see what a one legged man can do work wise. plus with a 4stroke mounted up, getting out and about will be easier. might have to stock up on street tires. until i get tension on roller dialed in. ( or convert to a smoothish roller.
Aaron
I might spare you all the happy dance ;)
Hmmm friction drive... yeah that could be brutal on tyres if you set it up wrong! Slightly lower tyre pressure may give better drive... larger surface area to bite on.
contemplating that. or eventually converting to a semi smooth spindle so i can revert back to normal tire pressure. and use a mtb 3 finger brake lever for throttle instead of a twist throttle.
Aaron
And Yama...
I hope your fabrication skills are up to the task. That engine is gonna' look & feel mighty large on that lil' knee scooter. :whisper:
true. i caould probably either get a single training wheel for the engine/stump side or a counterweight on good leg side. ( or both) adult size training wheels are pricy though. so may be able to rig up a mount out of steel and use that one tire i set aside for it. whichever way i do want to also rig a case guard of some sort. if god forbid i go down.
Aaron
for the cage probably some stiff wire kinda like fence fabric but stiffer. and probably a driill also. an ex friend ran off with mine ( and never returned it) hes since passed on, so a cheap black and decker from walmart orr something. in case i have to drill mounting holes in the back supports.
will have to get another camera mount for the back wheel though. my other one broke finally. but its in the perfect spot. on engine side maybe 3" above gound level. pointed at front tire. perfect for low filming of the initial ride lol.
Yes the initial ride must be filmed!!!
Wheels and spacers are done... except I dropped the top right spacer while turning it around during the clear coat, so gotta do something about that yet :technical:
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lookin forward to it my friend.
Aaron
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that's some bullcrap
indeed :technical:
Aaron
Footpegs reassembled... if only I had something to bolt them to...
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looking good thusfar my friend, looking good :)
Aaron
Cheers Yama! Spoke to the powder coater yesterday and he says the frame etc. will be done this week for sure. Back to work today so I'll have to wangle working from home on Friday so I can pick it up, I can't wait another weekend!
The wheels are unmasked... need some overspray clean up but not too shabby :thumb:
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looking good :), cant wait to see the rest. ive figured out how to finish project kneebreaker lol. getting stoked :)
Aaron
Eeeeeeeeeee everything is looking so great!!!! :woohoo:
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on August 01, 2017, 03:09:30 PM
Eeeeeeeeeee everything is looking so great!!!! :woohoo:
looking forward to the bike porn grand unveiling.
p.s. rich whats your thoughts on semi-pneumatic tires?
if the friction drive will chew a bit of rubber, was eyeballing them. a 12" tire and wheel is about what i pay for tires as it is. i may try one and see. besides it would have a bonus. after i wear out three of them ( theyre mounted on wire wheels, i could drill a hole for the schraeder valve and there i go. my wire wheel set lol.
Aaron
Working from home today in anticipation of the frame being ready... I hope I won't be disappointed again!!
I also need to pick up another set of swingarm bearings after destroying the first lot... pro tip... swingarm bearings should be flush with the outside of the arm, not drifted in to the inner lip :technical:
I now have some threaded rod sorted to install the new set I should be getting today...
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noice. btw my project err potential/planned project. nicknamed either project kneebreaker, (credit to ej for that name) or "safety third" lol ( credit steezin and wheezin for this name). is in the planning stages. will set up a separate project thread for it. it will be pic heavy and maybe youtube heavy also lol. because this has NEVER been done. finally get the chance to do it first. if it has been done its not been documented. but will have to use the idjit warning. "dont try this at home" will have to be CMA on this. but will be fun :)
Aaron
Are you planning to rig the thing with an outrigger? :whisper:
adult size training wheels are PRICY so may just be careful until i can rig one out off say 1/8" steel bent into a j shape with 2 holes. one for the axle and one for the wheel. i took one of the semi pneumatic wheels off moms electric wheelchair. ( from the wheelie bar.) it shows minimal wear so that in itself will support it. (and me)
Aaron
Well... I think I'll let the pic's do the talking :icon_mrgreen:
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4357/36227346151_c4fa62992d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XchBSp)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/XchBSp) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4360/36363993445_5e01cbb3b7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XpmYme)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/XpmYme) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4347/35555450093_0c85598cbc_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WaUYzB)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/WaUYzB) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4333/36365977305_7a1766a5b8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Xpx95H)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/Xpx95H) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4425/35969154580_67eaa72167_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WNtjvA)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/WNtjvA) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
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Ohhhhhh myyyy Lol wow. Your guy earned his pay on that one.
Aaron
Holy crap!!! :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :cool: :cool: :rstar: :rstar: :rstar:
:woohoo:
You must be SO excited :icon_mrgreen:
i swear with this frame and such so far, the kit-kat is steppin up into showbike status. i guarantee had addy been alive to see this :( hed be VERY impressed.
Aaron
As the saying goes. . .
"That's some serious sh!t right there" (https://s25.postimg.org/tn8eagwf3/Thumbup19%5B1%5D.gif)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4411/36363995245_8d9c17fda1_c.jpg)
absolutely. cant wait to see the rest my friend..
Aaron
Hahaha cheers guys! (and gal :icon_mrgreen:)
Yep, very happy with their work, and that red is spot on what I wanted.
It's not going to be show bike quality, I can guarantee that! But as long as it's good from 10 feet away and is neat and tidy I'll be happy.
I was lucky enough to have back to back rides on two different Kats yesterday and that was awesome, just keeps getting me more and more motivated to keep the momentum going and get mine done. Riding a stock Kat with a hotrod motor up one of my favourite sets of twisties yesterday proved just how much I need one!
even if its a 10ft hotrod, idk from here im beyond impressed..
Aaron
p.s. it appears that project kneebreaker will kick off towards the end of this week. ill start another thread the day i lift my first wrench on it. prolly down here in the tf. or heck maybe even in o&e. (that way posts count lol)
Aaron
Yeah!
We want a project thread with an occasional link posted here at the tard-farm.
Yeah!
along with some youtubage eventually. :). will have to use wifi to get this stuff posted. cause it will blow my data cap to hades and back. but will try to do that at least twice weekly.
Aaron
We definitely need a thread, pic's, and vids Yama!!
In the meantime I'll keep the action coming (I hope)... still smiling here :icon_mrgreen:
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drooling.....
Aaron
Found some pictures of me and old girlfriend having 3-way sex with a young orangutan. :whisper:
(https://s25.postimg.org/ufyb9jyjj/screenshot_2.png) . (https://s25.postimg.org/ufyb9jyjj/screenshot_2.png)
This next pic is really nuts...
We must have been at the aquarium!
I dont remember but it looks like she was screaming. (https://s25.postimg.org/8b47fhc0v/doh.gif)
(https://s25.postimg.org/ufyb9jyjj/screenshot_2.png)
Ya know Pete, I'm thinking that the final build must be the absolute best part of the kat project.
This is where all that work really starts to shine. :thumb:
I still can't believe you stayed with the program literally for years!
Very nice,
-Ej-
Hahaha EJ got the photophucket treatment too! :technical:
This Kat build is quick if compared to the 450 build :oops:... 'tis my dream bike so I definitely gotta get 'er done!
Chucked the back wheel on last night so she rolls again and just slid the tank and cowl on to remind myself I'm building a Kat :icon_mrgreen:
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Quote from: Electrojake on August 06, 2017, 11:26:42 PM
Found some pictures of me and old girlfriend having 3-way sex with a young orangutan. :whisper:
(https://s25.postimg.org/ufyb9jyjj/screenshot_2.png) . (https://s25.postimg.org/ufyb9jyjj/screenshot_2.png)
lmao. anyways im digging thru my tool stash looking for the bits ill need to begin the engine install. looking for a surplus smartphone holster. (mines had it. lol) id say a week from now if all goes well ill have pics taken then after that a ride vid. and put it all up at once. (wifi will HATE me lol.) prolly use moviemaker or vegas to put it all together.
hehe getting stoked. dusting off the other knee scooter, cause once this is motorised it will probably stay outside.
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on August 07, 2017, 01:22:45 PM
Hahaha EJ got the photophucket treatment too! :technical:
Well actually guys. . .
I dont have a Photobuckt account, and I've NEVER had a Photobucket account.However... Janxy continues to use Photobucket even tho 3rd party posts are blocked (unless you pay the $300.US random).
So I figure if Janx can do it, so can Electrojake. (https://s25.postimg.org/gz2le71jz/tooth.gif)
Thus I did a screen capture of one of Janx101's many worthless photo-posts and saved it to my own server as an image.
So here you go, my new trademark...
. . . (https://s25.postimg.org/ufyb9jyjj/screenshot_2.png)
NOTE: I would like to send a special Thanks to Janx101 for completely ignoring the Photobucket ransom issue and leaving his photos up "as-is" :thumb:
Just cause we can see em' doesn't mean we dont like em' (https://s25.postimg.org/tn8eagwf3/Thumbup19%5B1%5D.gif)
Love,
-Ej-
The what? . ... Ah so thats what the pic comments were the other week?
If they are blocking my stuff ill delete the lot and cancel the acct if i can.. Feck em!
No real valuable images on there anyway.
Cos i use tapa on the phone almost exclusively i wasnt aware the images werent showing! Oh well.
They never sent me an email about it tho! Or if they did i deleted before reading.
Being oblivious to some things is useful but annoying at times!
Quote from: Janx101 on August 07, 2017, 04:39:03 PM
The what? . ... Ah so thats what the pic comments were the other week?
Cos i use tapa on the phone almost exclusively i wasnt aware the images werent showing!
My advice to you is: Delete the 2 pics in your signature, but leave your avatar alone.
IMHO, It's cool as all hell. :cheers:
And thanks for checking-in on us Janxy!
Regards,
-Ej-
Yo... I got a possible re-build project going here. :cheers:
(https://s25.postimg.org/i3wu5q1zz/20120312-140251.jpg)
ill end up using tinypic to document the kneebreaker project. while i search for a more perm. host. will use youtube as well. the yt vid will also contain the still pics. hehe fun times ahead for all it seems. heh next time i get to library will use their comp to acquire my pics for offline storage. ( did that with my sig. that ive had since maybe 2005? from my planetside outfit.)
also will probably change my avatar from patrickks portrait, to one displaying that piston of his as well as the 2 gloves).
Aaron
Sounds like you have a plan. :thumb:
Good luck with the adventure that your about to undertake.
-Ej-
Keen to see it start Yama!
After the knee banger we do the butt slammer. :whisper:
(https://s25.postimg.org/a99q6zs7z/Yama_Tank_Chair.jpg)
Quote from: Electrojake on August 08, 2017, 02:22:14 PM
After the knee banger we do the butt slammer. :whisper:
(https://s25.postimg.org/a99q6zs7z/Yama_Tank_Chair.jpg)
there was a wheelchair that was off readable . yet weighed no more than a standard folder.
Aaron
Put a gun rack on that bad boy Yama and go bag a deer!
dont tempt me lol. seems to be a thing here in the south (hunting deer lol) so i may call it something else. i cant call it battlepig, cause that names already been used by me. thought about battle cow because when i swapped the front end on it to be able to change bars, i also put on an old set of mtb lazy bars on it. theyve a vague resemblance to bulls horns. going to try to also order a knee crutch pad for one of my arm crutches, cause i wont be able to bring it indoors after i motorise it. ( here sure but elsewhere prolly not) or since it has the "horns" call it bullsh*t? tbh it would be funny if i could find or craft a miniature saddle lol. i KNOW ill catch hell from cops because it wont be a motorised bicycle, or a moped or really anything. so i will get hassled. so ill have to mount my lights on it, plus obviously a helmet of some sort. ( prolly my dot tortoise shell helmet for now.) this will be fun. going to examine engine to see if i can make a drill start for it. if need be. many things i do need ill have to purchase or craft or both. but also many things i can craft out of parts stash things. (such as the thumb throttle out of a mtb brake lever. i dislike twist throttles on things other than motorcycles)
Aaron
Got me some fair dinkum, true blue, ridgy didge, original clipons for the Kat... I was warned off the cheap Chinese ones and after putting the genuine ones on they just feel so much stronger and sit in a much more comfortable position.
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Chinesium free He? :bowdown:
Aaron
Engine SHOULD be here 24hrs from now. It as of 7pm est. Was in Nashville tn :D
Aaron
Both your projects are great to hear about! :woohoo:
Ive got a half dose of the Deadly Man-Flu!... So i should survive.... Just feel like a run-over metal trashcan right now
Early bed for me after some flu tablets with codeine... Im already going cross eyed!
Night!
Quote from: Janx101 on August 10, 2017, 02:51:19 AM
Ive got a half dose of the Deadly Man-Flu!... So i should survive.... Just feel like a run-over metal trashcan right now
Early bed for me after some flu tablets with codeine... Im already going cross eyed!
Night!
Usually takes a few days for that sh!t to clear away. :icon_neutral:
Watch out for high body temp. We don't want ya' to blow a head gasket! :technical:
Hope you're feeling better soon.
-Ej-
Quote from: Electrojake on August 10, 2017, 07:12:03 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on August 10, 2017, 02:51:19 AM
Ive got a half dose of the Deadly Man-Flu!... So i should survive.... Just feel like a run-over metal trashcan right now
Early bed for me after some flu tablets with codeine... Im already going cross eyed!
Night!
Usually takes a few days for that sh!t to clear away. :icon_neutral:
Watch out for high body temp. We don't want ya' to blow a head gasket! :technical:
Hope you're feeling better soon.
-Ej-
yes gotta work on keeping our Australian postwhore in one piece
Aaron
Heal up Janxy! Been missing your posts...
Any sign of that motor Yama?
I ordered some cush drive rubbers for the Kat from the UK 3 weeks ago and still no sign... tracking number provided says this service does not provide tracking :technical:
While I'm not in an urgent hurry for them it would be nice if they showed up sooner rather than later...
i know when i would send things overseas ( usually aus.) usps tracking would stop the moment it got on the plane. besides a cursory customs note. kit should be arriving shortly ( on truck for delivery. waiting the arrival of the brown turd/ups)
Aaron
p.s. kit arrived at 6pm. :D, anyways will begin assembly tomorrow. have to go to hardware store. the bolts that hold the front clamp are too short. will get 3 of them 1/2" longer. then assembly should be quick. if i have to do any modifications it would be more than likely drill holes in the rear mounts to account for the smaller frame dimensions :).
Aaron
What no pic's?? Come on Yama that's a bit slack :laugh: :flipoff: :kiss3:
Still waiting for the cush drive rubbers... :technical:
just got back with the longer bolts. started the mockup. had to remove the back legs to drill them. prolly will start the actually assy. (with pics) in am.
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on August 11, 2017, 01:27:36 PM
What no pic's???
Still waiting for the cush drive rubbers...
Meh... I got a shot of the cush drive rubbers in the ass end of my DL1000k6 if that helps. :dunno_black:
(https://s25.postimg.org/esiahiilb/R0011402.jpg)
-Ej-
There's ej and his rubbers :thumb:
Aaron
An old mechanic once told me that 'rubbers' were little more that a head gasket for a "hot-rod" (https://s25.postimg.org/lqjzzp2u7/rofl_1.gif)
(https://s25.postimg.org/dri1se1lr/durex-condom-packet-extra-safe-condoms-_BG5_MBE.jpg)
interesting. btw i had seen finger condoms at a local drug store. not their true name, but made to cover a wound on finger while doing other things. but they looked like condoms lol.
Aaron
They do lol!!! I've seen 'em too :icon_rolleyes: :icon_lol: ;)
meh... being married for 35 years I'm not sure I even remember what to do with one of those nasty looking rubber things.
Um... Not that I ain't still a stallion at 61, <cough-cough> :icon_mrgreen: :icon_rolleyes: :thumb:
Yikes! The threads going down-hill.
We should be discussing a valve-job, not blown head gaskets.
...But the again, that may even be worse. >:(
yeah its in tf,. weree talkin blown head gaskets, rubbers, bike porn, and at least 1 death rocket. weve got it all here.
Aaron
Bike porn... its always bright red too. :whisper:
indeed :) same as car porn. ps saw a dodge 396 (charger i think newer model) it was ferrari red. was on way to a church food thing, and saw that, i blurted out "whoa car porn" speaking of which i made that porn dish for it. (peas and corn and added bacon/porn) that didnt last 5 minutes lol. they asked "what is this? i said "porn....with bacon" watching people try to stifle a chuckle was fun. btw buildwise i used the last of fundage to acquire the longer mounting bolts i needed. $2 ea. :technical: anyhoo after i drill the rear legs, and re mock it will do the photo shoot. ( prolly have something to post tomorrow using their wifi)
Aaron
Wahooo we have progress!!! :woohoo: (well I'll believe it when there's pic's :flipoff: :icon_lol: :laugh: :cheers:)
I'm not commenting on the rubbery side of life :o :laugh:
Call me crazy but this notion of putting a gas engine on a knee-scooter seems a little, um... insane. :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: Electrojake on August 12, 2017, 02:20:31 PM
Call me crazy but this notion of putting a gas engine on a knee-scooter seems a little, um... insane. :icon_rolleyes:
true Lol
Aaron
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=71910.msg865373#msg865373
got the front motorbmount installed FINALLY. PIC IN ABOIT 20 minutes.
Aaron
And while your down there... Check Your Email Too!
-Ej-
Meant to put link to project thread down here not half way up.
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=71910.msg865373#msg865373
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 12, 2017, 09:16:54 PM
Meant to put link to project thread down here not half way up.
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=71910.msg865373#msg865373
Aaron
Cool!
I love machinery pics. :woohoo:
In that case you should love these!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4385/36533159985_6485ab8e13_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XEiZEH)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/XEiZEH) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4376/35698346474_daaf11f244_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WoxmGj)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/WoxmGj) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
boiiiiiiing ! :) impressed.
Aaron.
p.s. approaching the homestretch of the battle cow build. got to pick up a 3/8" drill bit and a hacksaw blade. after that the rest will go on quickly. updates in the build thread perhaps by tomorrow.
Looks good peteGS.
Now you have a rolling chassis.
Thanks for keeping un updated! :thumb:
-Ej-
Quote from: Electrojake on August 13, 2017, 05:16:01 PM
Looks good peteGS.
Now you have a rolling chassis.
Thanks for keeping un updated! :thumb:
-Ej-
absolutely !. if i had the means to travel id see this 10ft bike in person ;). from this POV it looks amazing. and the best is yet to come methinks.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 13, 2017, 05:54:52 PM
Absolutely !. if i had the means to travel id see this 10ft bike in person ;). from this POV it looks amazing. and the best is yet to come methinks.
Aaron
Them Aussie's live mighty far away. :icon_rolleyes:
sadly true lol.
Aaron
Naaah... 'tis just a hop, skip, and jump over a big puddle surely!! :icon_lol:
and if google maps is still correct, a Loooooooong jetski ride from seattle lol.
Aaron
im thinking end of week? def before late sept for sure. im thinking well before 9 01.
Aaron
Cool!
We'll make the apocalyptic deadline.
Man, that's a relief. <thumbs-up>
absotively lol.
Aaron.
Hoping to have it on road this weekend. It ran for the first time an hour ago. Tapped out my Paypal act getting many of the needed parts. Need to get a set of mtb handlebars. This set of bars isn't quite what I need. Found a set locally for around 35. Need to get that before final assembly. Along with asset of grips.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2F11qo2lf.jpg&hash=43bfc937a609e80d1473189729d5dcc66054c24d)
Aaron
Apocalyptic deadline?? Surely not! I gotta get my Kat done and ride it first!!! :technical:
Look out Yama, nearly time to get mobile!!! Let's see the zombies catch you on that!!
The daynafter, I will be writing those folks and saying bahahahahahahaha, wrong again.
Aaron
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :thumb:
Well, on the positive side, Biblicaly speaking its supposed to take 7 years of pestilence and horror for the end of time to finally be complete. So yeah, even if the shaZam! hits the fan on 9/23 we still have 7 locust & plague filled years to ride our bikes. Heck, I'm good with that.
Now remember: If at noon in Jerusalem on 9/23 the sun goes dark for three hours... we're done for, but if the sun stays in the sky, then we're good... until next time. <wink>
As for peteGS and the Kat project...
I'm making arrangements to have all active Last Post Wins members spared from annihilation. I mean your still gonna' have to deal with the zombies and locusts and such, but you as an individual will be fine.
Keep building them bikes boys! It's gonna' be one hell-of-a party! :icon_twisted:
-Ej-
And if nothing happens at all on the 23rd, we all send emails or whatever to the folks making the predictions, telling them to place that into the book of blown predictions. ill hand deliver them via the battlecow.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 15, 2017, 04:57:57 PM
And if nothing happens at all on the 23rd, we all send emails or whatever to the folks making the predictions, telling them to place that into the book of blown predictions. ill hand deliver them via the battlecow.
Aaron
This EXACT same prediction of Revelations was made in 2015 and nothing happened. They re-did the astrological calculations on a computer model and found an "oops" in their planetary alignment.
Now they say that 2017 is positively correct! They guarantee this September 23rd. is indeed the second coming.
I'm figuring CNN will probably do a live interview with Satan. Come to think of it, he probably knows where Hillary's 34,000 emails are.
Just saying,
-Ej-
Ill still see them on the 24th and lol. Although a slight increase in locust activity. But only one truly knows the exact time. The rest guess, and have failed thusfar.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on August 15, 2017, 09:16:54 PM
Ill still see them on the 24th and lol. Although a slight increase in locust activity. But only one truly knows the exact time. The rest guess, and have failed thusfar.
Aaron
You mean this stuff I been watching on Youtube might be wrong? Come-on now... Youtube is never wrong!
Speaking of which... I wonder whats going to happen to all the "little greys" that live here with us on earth in a parallel existence?
I'm heading over to Youtube to try and figure out where all the aliens will lay-over during the Apocalypse.
I'll be back with an update shortly. In the mean-time please keep the knee-sow project oinking along!
-Ej-
Crop circles.
That's the answer to all this... Crop Circles!
speaking of aliens, a wise man once said, "beware of the klingons near uranus"
Aaron
Yikes! You posting again? Honestly now, when do you sleep? <LOL>
bones were aching again. so i was up later than normal.
Aaron
Scored a rear disc for cheap yesterday :thumb: Gotta get some proper disc and caliper bolts though...
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4407/36614232985_a9fd2ae3cd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XMtvR4)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/XMtvR4) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
Beautiful!!! :D
kinda like what i have to do with the battlecow. front hardware, far too short. had to get longer bolts to safely clear frame. plus had to make use of an sae hex key since hex key shipped didnt fit. but other than that all is well. going to acquire a long allen socket for a tool kit. so if the need arises i can tighten engine to mount.
the unused or unusable bolts ill keep for spares for something. lol.
Aaron
Battlecow vs. the peteKAT... This is gonna' get interesting.
indeed my friend, indeed. MAJOR update today on the build thread. hmmm going to change thread name lol.
Aaron
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on June 13, 2017, 11:48:26 AM
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How does he find this stuff??? :icon_rolleyes:
If Beavis and Butt-Head were "little greys" . . .
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Quote from: Electrojake on August 16, 2017, 09:08:25 PM
If Beavis and Butt-Head were "little greys" . . .
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if that was the case, GOD hdlp us weve got issues heh heh m heh heh.
Aaron
Something tells me the battlecow may take a little less effort to get done than the peteKat ;)
hoping ;). have to go to ace hardware. in order to get some threaded rod and nuts to build an extended axle. going for i think the size of the centre of the wheel its a hair larger than the threaded part. but just go threaded all the way @ that size. WHICH will necessitate me widening the axle holes on frame MAYBE a half mm. and same on supports. shooting pics shortly. anyhoo if one is curious, pick up a 3/8 socket extension. on the shaft it is the exact needed diameter. it fits through the bearings with no play.
Aaron
If you have a machine shop locally they can probably thread something for you...
Thought of this. Using a 10"socket extension. But at amazon mart can get a 320mm length 8mm threaded rod for 12.49 plus shipping. Going to try that idea first. Will acquire the extension for later use at a pawnshop.
Aaron
''Broom-stick' it!
lol since it is the battle cow, thought about (for sh*ts and giggles) hang a set of those rubber bull testicles from the lower end of the seatpost.
Aaron
Do it!!! Highly appropriate, especially for the high speed run... need some serious testicular fortitude to do that!
If things go to plan today I should have most of my electrical components mounted properly on the Kat so I can get serious about the harness rather than just laying some electrical cable on the frame.
ive come up with another drive setup for the hard tired scooter. this one is battery operated. going to try to patent both. ej as well as myself and anybodyinvolved with ideas or supplies etc will be listed on patent application. going to try and make both bolt on as much as possible. i.e. a kit if you will.
Aaron
Time for some electrickery on the Kat... I need to steal the R/R off the 450 for 10 minutes at some point to drill mounting holes so it can go underneath the tray.
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ahh yes ! bike porn in the making.
cow porn wise, update to come id say mid week? awaiting the threaded rod to fabricate the axle.
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on August 20, 2017, 01:15:09 PM
Time for some electrickery on the Kat... I need to steal the R/R off the 450 for 10 minutes at some point to drill mounting holes so it can go underneath the tray.
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Me think's you're gonna' be bored shitless once that Kat project is finally completed. :icon_mrgreen:
Me hopes I'll be riding said Kat far too much to get bored :icon_mrgreen:
Plus the 450 needs some serious lovin'... I'm thinkin' get a 500 motor, go a bit oversize, rearsets so I can use the stock 500 shift pattern (reverse of the 450 gearbox), then pop it back in with the 450 head so I can keep the same pipes.
That plus a cosmetic tidy up should keep her happy for quite some time :thumb:
But only after the Kat is on the road and run in, don't want the 450 off the road for too long as I don't want the Kat to become a daily rider.
Bike porn ftw lLol.Slight delay on the cow. What was supposed to be 8mm threaded rod arrived today, turned out to be 1/4" or 6.35mm may try to sleeve this to fit. It IS possible. If only fir a temporary setup.
Aaron
what a day, i view the eclipse, and get pissed at the amazon guyy. but idk maybe this will work. will decide over a couple days.
Aaron
Oh wait! I just remembered something...
We have a new bike in the family collection. My Son bought his wife a Honda Grom for Christmas last year.
A 125cc, 4 speed rip-around bike!
My daughter-in-law is very petite, maybe 110 pounds. So in her hands it more like a little rocket-sled.
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She looks cute on it.
It actually fits her quite well.
Unfortunately for me, at 6' 3" my knees are under my chin when I ride it. Not a pretty sight. :-(
-Ej-
so to her its the way the gs fits us. to you however, its the "monkey bike" im not large in stature either ( 5' 10" 143lbs losing weight again for some reason) but i tried riding a pw50 once although fun, my knees were almost up to my ears lol. or like my norwegian/american grandfather nearly 7' tall lol (roughly 6'8") he rented a car on a budget many years ago. a friggin geo metro. seat all back, and knees as high as wheel.
ohhh the fun lol.
Aaron
My GS500F (even with a seat-booster cushion, handlebar risers, & dropped foot pegs) fit me kind of tight.
However, the DL1000 fits me perfect. When stopped at an intersection and standing flat-footed, my scrotum just clears the seat by an inch or less.
On the other hand... The DL is not nearly as much fun as the GS was.
Thanks for asking!
-Ej-
im short in stature really. i could clear a gs with ease yyet many cruiser bikes that sat lower than the gs i couldnt flatfoot. mainly due to seat width. ive got to see this lil honda lol.
Aaron
I followed a pair of fools home on Groms yesterday... the guy second in line was far taller than me and he couldn't see shaZam! out of his mirrors, he spent more time moving his whole body around on the bike trying to see what was behind him in his mirror than he did looking forwards.
Swerving in and out of traffic so they kept in front of me (I refuse to do that, I like living too much) and of course the one "fun" spot on the way home is a short twisty uphill section that's lots of fun if you do it right, but of course those things have no power so I got stuck behind them at the top... :technical:
Anyways, front indicator mounts sorted... need to slightly reshape and paint satin black, but they'll work :thumb:
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im going to collect these images of the kitkat, set them to thus sprach zarathustra and make a production out of it. :) methinks youd like it. btw if by chance you can get the monkeybike money shot of those guys, go for it. thats a meme in the making right there.
those little minibikes are fun. if i can get some seat time on a pw50 again ill do likewise. granted only one leg so it wont involve shifting unless i use my hand.
Aaron
Mighty nice work peteGS :thumb:
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Quote from: Electrojake on August 22, 2017, 09:34:27 PM
Mighty nice work peteGS :thumb:
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absolutely :)
Aaron
Cheers guys!! Getting some spaghetti going now... next I need to start running the short runs between fuse box and relays to actually make some connections :thumb:
Gotta work out a location for the USB charger yet too. Just want something I can plug a phone or GoPro into if the need arises.
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Psst the gopro need must arise. lol that being said from a parts haus do like i did for the gs. pick up a cig lighter plug with waterproof cap. and for extra ocd lol protection sake mount it pointed down. you can then make use of a simple car plug connection (the cellphone charger type dongle.) many of which have usb connections ;). if those arent available locally, let me know. ill do my best to ship you one. i keep PLENTY of spares lol.
Aaron.
no updates on the cow to report...yet. awaiting the axle rod. theres a few minor things i COULD be doing, such as moving the clamp bolts closer together. but probably will wait to do until the axxle piece arrives so i can knock it out at once. hmmm in meantime could run throttle cable and kill switch wiring...
Aaron
Lets hope this next one is truly 8mm!
indeed lol.
Aaron
Not sure it's easy to see Yama but the USB charger is sitting on the rear tray beside the pliers. Dual port USB under a "weatherproof" rubber cap.
The plan at this stage is to make a rectangular compartment on top of that tray with some foam padding so it's a storage box with the charger inside. I'll have a tool roll at the rear inside the tail piece so there won't be tools banging around in the compartment to destroy the phone/GoPro battery/whatever.
Going to change up the indicator brackets also. My initial thought was to have them mounted by one of the bolts holding the front cowling on which looks better and neater IMO, however it looked to me like I couldn't get good clearance from the fork leg without extending them out too far. After looking at how one of the other fellas did his and revisiting last night, it's definitely doable, so that's a win :thumb:
Will post pic's once it's more than a thought... gotta service the 450 this weekend so won't be much time for the Kat though.
kk i see it now you mention it lol. btw anyway to turn the voltage down on a 20v liion battery so i can use automotive voltage grade devices, a rheostat or some sort oftransformer? ive got a 20v black and decker drill.. the battery could be used to power said device/soff of this if i can dial down the voltage down to im assuming 13..8-14.4.
Aaron
Google voltage divider... but depending on the current involved it may not be suitable because you may need a ridiculously large resistor! You can also use voltage regulators for a slightly more complex but more accurate solution.
Serviced the 450 Friday night and yesterday... repaired a buggered thread for one of the valve cover bolts (boy that was fun), new oil/filter, adjusted and lubed the chain, adjusted and lubed the clutch cable, valve clearances checked, and new fork oil.
I also installed some extremely expensive fork preload spacers. I got a hot tip that 20 cent pieces were the way to go for preload, but they didn't fit, so 10 cent pieces it was. 4 in each leg, so I have 80 cent preload spacers :icon_lol:
Going to give her her first bath for the year today (yep, how slack! too busy riding...) and then will take a test ride. I have a feeling the front's going to be nice and firm now but the rear may need another notch on the preload to match.
coolness :)
Aaron
Test ride seemed successful, didn't hit too many big bumps and no real fast sweepers to properly test stability, but so far so good. It's potentially a little stiff on the bumps but need more time to tell, so far it doesn't feel like the rear is too soft.
While there's nothing really to photograph yet, I did start some terminations on the Kat harness. I'm to the point where I can start splicing in the short runs off to the components and get more bits terminated, so the bulk of the harness shouldn't be too far away from being done. I'm mainly just missing a horn and the dash when it comes to completeness. I have plans for a dash but nothing decided on a horn yet, and it's not exactly an urgent item to worry about. Those wires I've just left long enough they can hang around unterminated until I'm ready.
coolness :)
Aaron
Wiring porn... well... is that a thing? Not really I guess... but here's some pic's anyway of starting to terminate some of the Kat harness...
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Am loving what i see even with the loose temprary runs, that has to be some of the cleanest wiring "porn" ever. are you planning on using some sort of run or conduit to enclose the wiring? ( or run it within the frame rails? ive done this before, a tad tedious but worth it if yyou want no wiring visible)
On my end im awaiting the arrival of the hopefully correct axle material. if i set the long end out under engine i MAY be able to use it as the outrigger. (exploring this option)
Aaron
Haha it's way messy right now! But cheers :D
At this stage I'm planning on using some self amalgamating tape to wrap it. It's not adhesive so it doesn't stick to the wires, but it does use some sort of magic to adhere to itself, so if you ever need to unwrap it it doesn't leave a huge sticky mess behind.
Definitely not going through the frame rails as that would require drilling holes in my freshly powder coated frame... no thanks! :dunno_white: :icon_razz: It would be neat for sure though!
I need to keep rolling on it though, soon as it's mostly done I can hook a battery up and see all the pretty lights turn on and off...
may be messy but still i like it. the frame run was just a thought. a pain in the butt but mainly a thought. i was actually considering running the minimal amount of wiring thru the cows frame. along with the cabling for throttle and brakes. but idk. but it can be done at any point so might actually do it.
Aaron
If I ever do the little Yammie YB100 sitting around the side of the house I'll be contemplating lots of things... the way the frame is on that running the wiring through it might be an option. It's a neat idea that I like, just the Kat frame is a bit too valuable to risk drilling holes in. The little YB is not valuable at all... it would get other things like a disc brake front end in place of the drum, maybe a big bore kit and a bigger carb, and a conversion from 6V to 12V... but that is all ideas in my head that may never see the light of day as it would come after the Kat, and then after the 450 gets a much needed tidy up as well.
contemplating doing same wire in frame idea on the cow. along with painting the engine shroud the same shade blue as frame. so the silve casee colour would go along with the ble frame with silver pinstripe i had added a ways back.
Aaron
Do it! That's a good paint scheme :thumb:
Still terminating wires... had to do a major redesign of the harness due to changing which Acewell dash I'm using... and then discovered last night I had both the left and right sides of the harness joining for the dash (thankfully before I started actually terminating any of those wires)... which would make it very difficult to remove from the bike... :technical:
Will make some minor adjustments to fix that then all will be well :cheers:
going to find some dark blue rustoleum spray bomb stuff. they make some versions which are made for plastic use. it being a shroud i wonder if i should go hi temp. ehh naah disregard that. when i test fired engine i could put my hand on the shroud. it would be warm but tolerable.
Aaron
Make sure to use some plastic primer first, helps the paint be a little more flexible.
Discovered another wire I'd missed last night that the diagram had running down the right side of the bike... but was being terminated to the same connector as a bunch of stuff on the left side :technical:
At least I discovered it before it was terminated and it's the same length either way, so easy fixed :thumb:
I need to clean the shed up tomorrow so I have room to put the workbench back up and start on some fibreglassing. I need to do the repair on the front cowl in addition to starting a seat pan for a mate who wants a fastback style seat for his Kat. This will be in part payment for the tank and some other stuff which he gave me a while back.
I'll be very happy if I can keep the wiring going and do the glassing at the same time.
on a semi related note, there wsas a guy hailing from indonesia looking for a set of gs500 carbs.. i mentioned to him it would be EXPENSIVE to purchase and ship from us to his place. im assuming if he could locate a set of aussie carbs, wouldnt the cost be lower since distance is far shorter?.
Aaron
The shipping costs *may* be a little cheaper... but we tend to pay a hell of a lot more for second hand parts here, so the price of the carbs will typically be more expensive. Having said that, GS500 stuff doesn't seem particularly expensive compared with other models like the Kat...
Got to try out my fork preload adjustments in anger yesterday, much better! Upped the damping on the rear shocks another setting on the way back too as they definitely felt a bit soft compared to the stiffer front end. Better again :thumb:
For now it's off to the gym then I need to clean the shed out so I can get started on some fibreglass work... time to repair the front cowl and start working on the seat pan for my mate.
Tryingnto figure a solution for him if it comes down to that. Oh, maybe mid September will have the correct axle part in so I can proceed.
Aaron
I spent my shed time committing a tidiness yesterday... gave me room to set the workbench up again so I can work on the harness or the fibreglassing without having to pack one or the other up :thumb:
Before long you'll end up with a redneck addition. I.e..a workshop bigger than the house.
Aaron
Yay... Tapa works... One day in 2 weeks for me? ...
Nice updates on Kat!
Im still alive y'all!
we know lol :). never used tapacrash. always get updates from them as far as posts made but dont recall using it. dont see the need to tbh.
Aaron
Wahooo! Janxy's alive!!! :woohoo: :thumb: :cheers:
Still going on this harness... getting there slowly termination by termination... still lots to do... there's nothing really to photograph though as it still just looks like the same bunch of spaghetti...
looking fwd to updates :)
Aaron
Still quite spaghetti-ish... a lot done though. The left side is pretty sorted as far as terminating and splicing goes, and most in the electrics tray is done now also. The big thing now is figuring out how I'll run the control blocks so I can terminate those and that will then mean the bulk of it is done.
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yay for wiring porn on bike porn lol. the cows wiring will be far simpler. a feed from the switch housing up front to engine for kill switch. and if the magneto/ignition output is enough, may be able to run lights of the LED variety. at least for front.. hoping both.
Aaron
oooOOOOOooooo that looks sooooo nice!!! :rstar: :rstar: :rstar:
Hahah cheers guys! (and gal of course :D)
As of last night I have a chassis ground and the 12V side has a connection to the fuse box so in theory I could connect a battery and turn the ignition switch on... not that it would do much but turn the main relay on and off.
Pretty much figured out the routing for the control blocks which funnily enough is pretty much stock Kat routing, so they're next on the list. Then I really will be able to hook up power and at least turn the indicators, parking light, and headlight on.
cool. lookin fwd to it. btw the axle parts arrived for the cow. :D
Aaron
Ooh nice! Let's see how she works out :thumb:
Had to go over the wiring layout for the left control block last night before putting the plugs on... turns out for some reason when I initially figured out which wires go to which switches I'd written the colours down wrong. Eg. I had black listed... but there is no black wire :technical:
Anyway, sorted that, had to give it a squirt of contact cleaner as the left indicator didn't want to switch on after sitting so long, and it now has a pair of plugs ready for the harness.
I'll get pic's after getting everything else terminated and the right control block sorted, it's really close to that hooking a battery up point for testing :thumb:
Not sure how soon that will be though, this weekend is going to be a clean-and-sort-a-thon getting ready for the pest control dude who's in next week. It's getting to that creepy crawly time of year and they need a good spray.
Pic posted in the cow thread 😊
Aaron
Nice!
I dug out my old crappy battery last night, had to top the water up so no idea how well it will hold a charge, but I'll need something to test the Kat harness with.
I did however get to hook up my little variable power supply after doing some more terminations. It won't have enough grunt to run lights or indicators but it can at least turn relays on and off. So far I can turn the ignition on and the main relay will turn on, and I can do the same for high/low beam and the horn, all relays clicking as expected. :cheers:
I think I only have to hook up the indicators to the left control block and then I can move to the right side of the harness which doesn't have a lot on it, and then the rear which is just indicators and brake/tail light.
I also think I've had yet another change of mind as to which Acewell unit to use...
YounCOULD test using a jumper lead from car connected to bike battery. With engine off of course.
Btw cow thread updated.
Aaron
True that! Definitely an option if the old battery doesn't hold charge long enough for the 5 minutes I need it to.
Usually Saturday night is my night off the bike but had to go do more... made some minor adjustments to match the Acewell dash I'm going to use (ACE-3701 https://www.s3performance.com.au/acewell-3701-digital-speedometer-tachometer-with-p/ACE-3701 (https://www.s3performance.com.au/acewell-3701-digital-speedometer-tachometer-with-p/ACE-3701)), so all that's left for the left control block is the left indicator and parking light connections.
Then it'll be onto the right side of the loom and right control block (which is just the kill switch and start button), then the rear lights/indicators.
Today is garage tidiness day, must get it neatened before pest control dude this Friday. If time allows it'll be more wiring fun...
Apparently I've gotten slack with pic's... but I will get some soon I promise.
Garage is tidy, and I even got time to gently sit the crankcases in the frame so I can work out the length of the starter, ground, oil pressure, and neutral wires for the motor :thumb:
The left control block is all hooked up now as well.
If time is on my side, this week should see the harness pretty much sorted, or at least as much as I can do until I get the missing bits like horn, Acewell, etc.
indeed. the end is almosst in sight :)
Aaron
:woohoo: :cheers: :thumb:
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lookin good my friend lookin good.
Aaron
p.s. dealing with irmas sloppy seconds for a few days so heh might be a good time to knock out some work on the cow.
Looks likely I'll end up with another dodgy battery to use for testing the harness. I've had to bump start the 450 the last couple of days after she wouldn't crank Monday morning. Found the negative terminal a touch loose yesterday but tightening made no difference :technical:
Going to try a jump off the car this morning to prove it's the battery and not the starter motor... I really don't fancy having to take the cam chain tensioner off to get the starter motor out, such a PITA design that!
At least I have a nice slope on the driveway at home and there's a nice slope in the bike park at work... :icon_confused:
Don't think I'll bother spending the extra $$ for another Motobatt this time, has lasted just about the same time as the cheapy lead acid one I had originally which was significantly cheaper.
question my friend, the lead acid unit can you add distilled water to it if low? also always the option of having a SMALL set of jumper cables in a pack. they pack well.
Aaron
New battery yesterday so I'm all sorted :thumb:
I'll use the Motobatt for the Kat wiring testing now and ditch the old lead acid. Incidentally it turns out the Motobatt's are cheap crap they charge a lot for, not made to a very good standard and tend to die unexpectedly. I've gone back to a good old lead acid again this time.
awesome :) looking forward to this :).
hehe it seems were both in this "field" on the contruction phases of our projects. to quote field of dreams " build it and they will come" and to quote yoda " Do or do not, there is no try"
Aaron
Hooked the Motobatt up last night, headlight actually works :thumb:
Picking up my newly upholstered solo seat for the 450 today and hopefully on the weekend will finish up the indicator mounts for the Kat and maybe the harness so I can move on to something else...
Pete, ive got a SSB Powersports battery... My gs has sat in the shed for 3? years now... Still good charge in it and it cranks well!... Only test it every 5 or 6 months!... The carbs are dirty so it wont run... Its not receiving charge at all!...
They are good batteries!
Impressive. Not on a tender either?
Aaron
Nice Janxy! I've ended up with a bit of Katana in the 450... it's a Katana branded battery :icon_lol:
Picked up my seat yesterday which is awesome, and got my bike converted to single seat rego at Qld Transport on the way back :thumb:
As a bonus, my spare clutch cable, bungey cords, tool bag, and rag are now stored in the compartment under the pillion seat meaning my top box has more spare room and no more tool bag banging the tail light and indicator wires in the tail piece :woohoo:
I was going to christen the seat with a good ride today but I have a somewhat embarrassing injury from go karting which is making riding difficult and the trip yesterday was quite a PITA... quite literally. Acceleration is eye watering at present so all the red lights were a nightmare.
Hopefully this awesome weather we're having holds up for next weekend when I should be right to ride.
I'll get a pic this weekend some time of the new seat and storage under it as well.
With any luck I'll also get some good Kat progress I hope!
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Aaron
Oh dear :dunno_white: :icon_lol:
While it's way too early I decided I should find the invoice and import approval for the Kat just to be 100% sure I have the necessary paperwork when it's time to register her.
Turns out it was purchased 2 years and 2 days ago... I really need to get moving!!
Must get some stuff done today :2guns:
Left indicator bracket sorted and picked up a horn and made the mount also...
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And the new very comfy solo seat for the 450, pillion area is hollow and contains my spare clutch cable, bungey cords, and tools :thumb:
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Still... that gorgeous frame though... :rstar: :rstar: :rstar: ;) ;) ;)
No tbere is no battery tender!... Im quite surprised by the situation really!
impressive. :)
btw the cow is FINISHED ! structurally. will do a short test run... TODAY. running throttle cable and kill switch wiring, then most importantly hooking brake line back up. then off i go.
Aaron
Nice Yama! :cheers:
And yep Showbiz... that frame... it's actually gotten quite hard to work on it because... well... I keep stopping just to look and imagine... then I have to kick myself into gear because that doesn't help get her finished :oops:
If I had a motor in there last night I could've actually hit the button and fired her up as I got the right switch block connected.
Ignoring the dash which won't be purchased for a while yet, all that's left now is to terminate the oil pressure switch and neutral sensor and the rear lighting/indicators. Once that's done it's just a matter of tidying and finalising runs and bundling the harness together ready to wrap. :thumb:
Oh, nearly forgot there's still the horn and USB charger to be terminated yet although the USB charger will have to wait until after I get a little compartment sorted for under the pillion area.
the cow is mobile. took it on a 1.3mile test ride roughly. now have to return on same route. with a long downhill. filming it. will compile the vids tonight and try to get it on yt tomorrow at some point.
Aaron
Nice work!! Keen to see the vid :thumb:
All the Kat lights work as they should, very close to done with the harness aside from the dash... tried to get a video but not enough room to do it properly in the shed so will get one on Sunday so I can also do a sound test on the horn and make sure the tail light is bright enough in the sun.
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vids up on the cow thread. btw saw a honda grom at ghe burger king today. (i was there using the wifi to upload.) guy riding it was about 6'5" 240lbs riding with his child. it actually rode them without a problem
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Aaron.
I saw that same pair on the Groms ahead of me the other day, just kept my distance... psycho's! They certainly go ok... until they hit a big hill...
I think my centre stand on the Kat may not be a Kat stand... it's quite floppy and doesn't seem to sit even close to horizontal so I got a brand new spring for it yesterday which I put on last night. It's better, but still doesn't seem right. Going to have to look closer on the weekend when I can get it out of the shed and see what the deal is. I suspect it's either hunt for a slightly shorter spring or I gotta find a proper Kat stand... not sure what will be more difficult...
i seriously want one of these things lol. coulrse id have to figure out how to shift though lol. lookks like it would be a fun ride lol.
Aaron
Well you can always do the suicide shift and mount the clutch lever on the suicide shifter... not for the feint hearted though!!
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Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 22, 2017, 09:16:05 AM
i seriously want one of these things lol. coulrse id have to figure out how to shift though lol. lookks like it would be a fun ride lol.
Aaron
Avoid the Grom and think "Chinese"!
Most Chink Scooters are automatic (variator). That would certainly simplify things for you. :thumb:
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This might be best...
And at 150cc you'll most likely live a lot longer than riding that widow-maker you running now. :icon_mrgreen:
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true. lol. but damn its a honda. but frig it wins on the coolness factor. that minibike had sportbikeesque tires on it. would be A fun ride. lol.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 22, 2017, 01:59:55 PM
true. lol. but damn its a honda. but frig it wins on the coolness factor. that minibike had sportbikeesque tires on it. would be A fun ride. lol.
Aaron
You? A Honda lover?
I had no idea. :whisper:
well my username (inreference to my first gs) covers everything but harley or italian stuff. i miss my sportster too lol.
Aaron
Oh no not a Hoooonda!!! :oops: :flipoff: :laugh:
Gotta be Suzuki, only way to go! :thumb: :cheers:
First real bit of fun riding on the 450 with the new seat yesterday, lovin' it! So glad I got that done. Also the first real ride after bumping up the rear damping to match the stiffer front, and also much better :woohoo: :cheers:
Today must be Kat day, must get some more stuff done.
i wished suzuki made a mini bike like this. i seriously want one. image a formation of these things. say a dozen on a cruise somewhere.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 23, 2017, 04:40:20 PM
i wished suzuki made a mini bike like this. i seriously want one. image a formation of these things. say a dozen on a cruise somewhere.
Aaron
I occasionally go the the international motorcycle show in January when it's in Manhattan at the Javits center.
There are lots of <ahem> bikers there wearing their colors. Amongst them you can usually find a "scooter gang" or two.
Yup... A real gang of outlaw scooter hoodlums wearing their colors and acting as such.
Go figure. :icon_rolleyes:
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idk how well it rides, but i think honda got it right in the looks dept with the grom. idk about the headlight, but i suppose it could grow on me :),
Aaron
I've come to the conclusion that modern bikes have ugly headlights... there's nothing as aesthetically pleasing as a good old round or rectangular headlight, unlike these melted blobs they put on these days :icon_neutral:
Didn't really achieve much on the Kat at all after all that, and certainly didn't get to do the electrickery video with a horn sound test either. Maybe next weekend...
could always put airhorns on it lol.
Aaron
True! They're legal here too... but there's no room...
I ran a set in a car for a short time many years ago but what I discovered was that there was too much delay between hitting the button and the compressor generating enough air volume to get them sounding off... could just be that those particular ones were crap though.
I looked at where I was with the Kat last night and decided I want to get something else actually finished up that's currently half done. Getting annoyed with myself for being in the middle of several different things.
So, battery/electrics tray, rear inner guard/tray, rear guard (what you lot in the US call a fender), and tail light mount are all removed. I'm going to finish them up as I need to drill some holes for wiring grommets and the starter and R/R leads. I'll also make the indicator brackets up. Then all those will get some paint and can then be mounted properly which will mean the actual frame components are pretty much complete.
have you considered a dual tone horn? (high and low?)
Aaron
Same deal with room I think, the 450 doesn't have a lot of room but the Kat has bugger all room... I keep forgetting how much wider the 4 cylinder motor is, and there's not a lot of room above it either. The Kat guys are of the impression I will be struggling to fit the new horn in as it is without having a second one... I suspect they're right but won't really know until I go to fit the motor. Not going to bother finishing or painting the horn mount until then...
Once I get the video up with the sound test, I suspect you'll agree a dual tone is not necessary compared to the stock meep meep ;)
I always liked dual tone horns or oogah or even air horns which I did use on one of my GAs but if stock works, by all means my friend.
Aaron
Except for the drag chute and lighting the cow is finished.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 26, 2017, 02:35:36 PM
Except for the drag chute and lighting the cow is finished.
Aaron
meh... who need lights and brakes anyway. :whisper:
Lol true. Ride during day and flintstone it to stop Mao.
Aaron
Phew... back from two very long days in Melbourne for work, and two delayed flights :technical:
Exhausted today but back to work, then hopefully a relaxing long weekend with a public holiday on Monday. Need to gather my thoughts and get some Kat stuff done this weekend, don't wanna waste any opportunities.
Quote from: peteGS on September 28, 2017, 01:35:53 PM
Phew... back from two very long days in Melbourne for work, and two delayed flights :technical:
Exhausted today but back to work, then hopefully a relaxing long weekend with a public holiday on Monday.
Need to gather my thoughts and get some Kat stuff done this weekend, don't wanna waste any opportunities.
Agreed!
Kat work should be a priority. :thumb:
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that would make a great tank decal. lol
Aaron
1.) So what's with the clutch??? :icon_neutral:
2.) How do we improve it?
3.) Have a link to an upgrade?
I adjusting rear clamp downwards. I.e. more tire pressure = less slippage. If I were to upgrade is go with an easier spring. The clutch is inexpensive like less than $20. So when able ill persue. Was digging through my spare parts and found a bag for my motohuffy project. It would work for a toolbag of sorts. Also using that cb750 conrod I can make a knee crutch support when I cross this bridge. The cow and an iwalk . would play nicely together. Anyhow for now i think we are good. Will persue the clutch upgrade when able to do so :D
Aaron
Well, getting stuff done, but nothing to really photograph... been cleaning aluminium welds up and got some Argon so I could finish off the bits I hadn't welded. Also got the indicator brackets worked out but they need some shaping and the two parts need tacking together. I need to re-do the centre stand bump stop and then should be ready to paint all those bits satin black.
Once I get to that point I can post some pic's that actually show progress :thumb:
8)
James stops in for a visit. :D
Thank you Sir.
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All in good taste of course. :whisper:
Quote from: Electrojake on October 02, 2017, 11:48:16 PM
All in good taste of course. :whisper:
What?
They cut my leg off.
That pic is of my stump.
Quote from: Toledo Jim on October 03, 2017, 10:38:51 AM
Quote from: Electrojake on October 02, 2017, 11:48:16 PM
All in good taste of course.
What?
They cut my leg off.
That pic is of my stump.
I have a friend that builds gas powered knee scooters (complete with an anti-tipover outrigger) for guys like you. :kiss3:
The little sucker will do 25+ mph!
He's got it perfected... well, everything except the brakes. :icon_rolleyes:
But yeah, Just saying,
-Ej-
indeed. lol
Aaron
Getting slack with the progress pic's... working on the under seat storage compartment at the moment which is where the USB charger will live also, haven't worked out what I'm doing about a lid though. Initially thought don't need one, but then thought it might be best as I really don't want stuff flying about under there on bumpy roads, especially if there's a phone or GoPro battery charging in there. I shall see what I can figure out...
have you considered making it either waterproof or resistant? (as much as possible?) even though seat covered moisture can get nearly everywhere.
Aaron
Sheet of 3mm polymer or similar...size= Overlap the top edges of the compartment by twice its depth. Cut off the corners diagonal by single depth... Heat the sheet in the oven till its floppy..using gloves! And quickly but carefully! Lay the sheet on a flat surface and put your storage box upside down on the sheet..
Lift the edges up over the sides off box and push them down onto the base surface....
Let it cool and trim away (got a band saw?) the excess polymer on base till just a little of the bottom fold is wrapped under the edge. ...
Pop it apart and drill yourself a finger hole... Or bolt a very flat latch ring to the polymer so you can pop it up and down when its installed. Get some cheap foam rubber and glue inside the polymer lid.. Just enough thickness so it can form around contents of box and stop them slide!
Abracadabra!
nice idea there. just dont use the missus' or the household oven for this.
Aaron
Yep, nice thinking Janxy!
The box is being made out of 1mm aluminium sheet, just need to finish the holes to mount the USB and aux power modules in the front wall. I still have to flatten the bottom so it sits nicely on the tray under the seat. I'm just bolting it down so it can be removed. If I ever put the Kat back to dual seat it won't fit under a stock seat pan.
My thought last night was just some elastic cargo netting over it (I have some sitting around here) but of course no waterproofing there.
I do have some smoked clear acrylic perspex from making the fly screen for the 450 though...
One thing I'm confused on is your cut diagonally comment... I get cutting them diagonally so you can fold the sides down, it's the "by single depth" which has me confused...
Oh, and when making the 450 fly screen I just used a heat gun rather than the oven, worked well enough :thumb:
Also, yep, the box will absolutely be lined with foam rubber, that was definitely in the plan to protect whatever sits inside there :thumb:
she will be done right :)
Aaron
I really am slack with pic's... got the front of the box rivetted on last night with the holes drilled/filed out to take the two aux type devices. All I need to do is sort the mounting holes to attach it to the rear tray that sits under the seat and I'll be ready to decide what's happening for a lid. I like the perspex idea, just gotta translate Janxy's thoughts into actual execution.
I was planning on running some rubber U channel around the top edge so I'll need to take that into account when moulding the perspex as well.
Err.. By single depth... Yeah made sense at the time... Novella length post and all that... Diagomal cuts to the point where it will fold down across the single depth of the box... Maybe? Lol...
Or just take a squarecout of each corner. If you have a bandsaw!.. If a handsae then diag is easier to not fracture the material near the eventual first bend point...
:thumb:
The u channel is gonna give dramas with this type lid... It'll drag off all the time... Umm... Thin flat rubber strip glued around inside edges of the lid maybe? . to stop lid rattle..
But if its a tight mold and with foam inside its gonna be snug anyway!
Yep, thinking the U channel will likely be unnecessary actually... I think I know what you meant so I best just give it a shot I reckon :thumb:
Can't see me getting to it today though, want to try to get all these aluminium and steel bits ready for paint as I'd ideally like to paint them next weekend.
Today's list of stuff to do... finish up the storage box (flatten the bottom bits and drill mounting holes), finish tidying the welds on the battery/electrics tray, and make a centre stand bump stop. If I have time I'm going to try some heat and air pressure to pop the majority of the dent in the tank out. Can't see me getting all that done but see how I go. Gym first though...
Photo time!!
Centre stand bump stop, should hold it high enough to have no clearance issues in corners...
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The storage box sans lid, will make that after paint most likely.
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Getting set to paint, this week's job is to prep all these bits, and hope like hell it's not a wet weekend next weekend so I can get it done.
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Looking good my friend.
Aaron
Long way to go yet! Got about an hour in the shed last night and based on that I think I'll have enough time to get the prep work done. To have any chance of spraying this weekend I need them ready to walk in and start the etch primer first thing on Saturday morning. Two coats of that with 15 mins between, wait an hour then 3 coats of primer surfacer with 5 mins between.
I won't get the colour done on Saturday so that will be a Sunday morning affair... 3 or 4 coats with 5 mins between.
It's all going on aluminium or galvanised steel so the etch primer is a must in addition to the primer surfacer.
Indeed it will be exquisite. as much as it iis now, it will end up even better. thought about painting the cow in some cow themed scheme. (sticking to the blue and silver idea. but that is an idea for another date.) working on horn and lighting next along with the metal wheel idea. although it isnt necessary,. it would help with descending hills.. anyways sorry lol. lets redirect my de railing of thread back to the kit kat :).
Aaron
You could do blue/silver cow spots... that'd be some fancy cow!
Oh, and this is LPW, didn't think there was a thread/theme/continuity thing? :icon_lol:
I did get more sanding done last night though, still on track for prep work to be done in time for painting on the weekend :thumb:
i know my friend, just that its beeen the defacto build thread for the kat since i started mine in o&e. anyways thinking the repaint. heck since i already have blue on it could paint the silver spots. but then again a full on repait would probably be better.
Aaron
All parts sanded and washed and last night I got the masking done on the two parts that require it and got those hung up as well.
Tonight I need to hang the rest up and give them all a once over with wax and grease remover. I also need to get the shed expanded and get my tarps/plastic clipped up ready to go.
The prediction for the weekend is showers on Saturday and rain on Sunday, so I won't be surprised if I do all this and just have them sitting there waiting for paint until next weekend... :technical:
Mr. Murphy and his friggin laws Eh?
Aaron
I subscribe to O'Rielly's law... Murphy was an optimist...
It's cloudy out but no rain in sight yet, might luck out!
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true. but whichever way it goes, youre set up. im sittinng here trying to figure out what next for the cow. basically at a creative and budget impasse. its essentially finished except for making a metal wheel. the rest is aesthetics ( and electrical work.
Aaron
(https://s25.postimg.org/r40yh24gv/spraying_vs_urinating_cat_behavior.jpg) :icon_rolleyes:
basically meant that pete is ready to go even if it rains hes et up. on my end, the electrical work would be wiring in a horn to a battery, and switch along with relay. ( this is what i meant by electrical work., the wheel disc is secondary. cause it really isnt necessary unless i hit hills. but definately on to do list hopefully soon. after these things its 100% done. its rideable as is. just not complete. (horn and lights)
Aaron
Keen to see the finished product once the cow is done Yama :thumb:
And I got two breaks with the weather yesterday... one in the morning to get two coats of self etching primer and two coats of primer surfacer done, then another break in the avo to get four coats of satin black done.
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i lack probably around 75 to get the last bits for it. once i raise that, the end shall come quickly. ( this covers the battery, horn, maybe some wiring connectors, and im thinking of setting up a quick disconnect on the battery as well, as well as the pizza pan discs for the wheel "metallization" (as well as the short bolts to fasten those to wheel assy.) cool thing is i wont have to remove rear to mark the discs for cutting and drilling. since all 3 wheels are idenntical i can use front for this purpose.
Btw forgive my rudeness my friend.. meant to say i see the end coming in your sculpture. you are sooooo close. :)
Aaron
p.s. ive located some older working battery operated bicycle flashers i can put to use plus a BRIGHT (slyde) flashlight for headlight. so this will minimise expeditures in that dept. ( except for a handlebar mounted flashlight clip)
Cash is always the biggest issue... time is annoying but things can usually get sorted.
And now I have a disaster... tried a suggestion to pop some of the dent out of the tank using heat and compressed air... I've ended up with a slightly smaller dent and a distorted out of shape tank... kicking myself right now :technical: :technical: :mad: :mad:
Not the fault of the suggestor, my own fault for not taking due care and attention. I don't know if it's repairable or not now... will have to find out.
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Tankenstein! :icon_eek:
Yeah something like that! Still kickin' myself but have had a couple of people who know their stuff say it can be fixed, so there's hope. I need to have a chat to a man about a horse...
Omg I would have had a stroke!!! :sad: :sad: :sad:
SUPER glad to hear it can be fixed.
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nice :). btw if ive not said it before, ive read your buddha sig, and after meeting him in person, he is that sig, but in a good way lol.
Aaron
ShowBiz... I didn't quite have a stroke but hung my head in shame and shook it... almost decided to walk away from the Kat for a bit but chose not to admit defeat :thumb: Just hoping it's repairable for reasonable $$$ otherwise I'm a little stumped as to what to do other than just delay the project even more to save up some more cash.
CBR, that's pretty cool!
And Yama, that buddha quote is spot on for my 450, took nearly 10 years between off the road and back on again :icon_lol:
Happy with how the painted bits worked out :thumb:
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if worse comes to worse my friend, have you considered the use of body filler? ( bondo or whatever its called there) if done right it tends to last.
Aaron
Body filler ain't gonna work out now... the way the tank is it won't even fit on the Kat any more :technical:
Time to do what I should've done and leave it to the experts :thumb:
Managed to collapse the shed and bring the Kat back inside between showers last night so now I can work out what fasteners I need and get all those painted bits mounted up. I also need to get the rubber edge trim permanently secured to the battery/electrics tray so the wiring doesn't chafe on the edge, I have some adhesive around here somewhere for that.
Hopefully I can get out of work early enough tomorrow so I can pick all the fasteners I need up and get some progress done on the weekend. It'll be raining again so no riding this weekend as it just won't be fun.
gotcha, i misunderstood. heres hoping for the best Eh?
Aaron
All good, and yep can only hope for the best!
Won't get out for a ride tomorrow with the weather how it is so hopefully next weekend I'll be able to catch up with him and see what's what.
Ordered a bunch of fasteners last night and hoping I can pick them up at lunch today which will let me get the various trays and such mounted up to the frame where I can then just leave them there as another finished item.
yes the end of the truck trailer is within sight. ( i uloaded trucks back in the day. the moment i saw the front end, i knew the job was nearly complete) youre knocking out lil piddling jobs for right now. other than mounting engine and such, not much in major job land left to do :)
Aaron
I like your optimism :icon_mrgreen:
Got all my nuts and bolts yesterday and my cheap eBay discs showed up as well ($50 for the pair) and they seem pretty good for the price.
The plan for this weekend is to get the lid made for the storage box (as per Janxy's cool idea), get the rubber edging on the electrics tray, and get as many as possible of the trays/brackets/etc. that just got painted mounted up permanently.
As long as by the end of the weekend I have room in the shed to set the workbench up to start working on the fibreglass repairs on the front cowl I'll be a happy chappy. :thumb:
The big things left to do are... (there are many little things to do yet too of course)
Bodywork repairs and paint
Lower crankcase repair where a post for a cam chain guide support has broken off
Motor painting (yeah sounds simple, won't be quick or easy)
Crankshaft truing
Engine build
We'll have to wait and see if June next year is a realistic goal or not... time wise it probably is, money wise is the big question...
Indeed. Off season helps for major mechanical. Ideally winter would haveworked for cow assy. But since it began this summer it went quicker lol. Here's hoping all goes well with your build. My job is prettymuch done except for acquiring the few remaining bits :)
Aaron
The cow is nearly cooked :icon_razz: :icon_mrgreen:
Put Janxy's plan into action yesterday, seemed to work out ok. I need to tidy up the edges a little yet and had to bend the sides in a little further so it's a nice friction fit but I think it'll do just fine :thumb:
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And while I had the heat gun out I moulded some U channel to shape for the electrics tray. Just need to stick it in place today.
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Looking fwd to her being 100% complete Lol. Then figuring what's next
Aaron
Once she's done, the "next" will be riding her ragged :icon_mrgreen:
Ready for some more pic's?
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That colour still makes me grin ear to ear :icon_mrgreen:
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always ready for bike porn. also caught a gliimpse of a green toyota pickup in background? ( a hilux perhaps?)
i bought one in 1994. miss that thing.
Aaron
Nah that's my wife's 1990-something Ford Festiva... no matter what happens it just seems to keep going on... and on... and on... and on...
I guess this means I'm winning :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol: :cheers: :thumb: :woohoo: :flipoff:
Wow... Look at that! :thumb:
I see we're moving forward on the build...
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-Ej-
Indeed
Aaron
We are indeed! Slowly but surely :thumb:
Spoke to a man about a horse while out riding yesterday morning... should be taking the tank up to his place tomorrow night for a better set of eyes on the issue.
In the meantime, today is going to partly be trying to replace the microswitches in the Acewell on the 450 after they died due to failing O rings and water ingress and then I hope to be looking at repairing the front cowl on the Kat and maybe even getting a start on laying down some fibreglass towards making my mate his solo Kat seat as part payment for the tank and other bits he's given me.
The issue with the Acewell seems to be what I'd almost call a design flaw in the 2853 models. The lip of the chrome bezel allows water to pool when sitting out in the rain, and so when the O rings age and don't seal so well, that allows water to seep in when the pool of water is deep enough to partly submerge the buttons. I'm still happy with the gauge and find this to be more of an inconvenience, but on the Kat I'll be using a 3701 (I think) which is one of their more rectangular gauges and has no bezel to allow water to pool.
i wonder if some type of siilicone sealer along with the orings, might have prevented or delayed this?
Aaron
I thought about some sort of silicone... the issue is around still letting the buttons move enough to hit the micro switches. They're pretty tiny too, outside diameter is something like 2.8mm...
Moved on to the front cowl repair finally, broken/cracked bits cut out and started sanding back the paint and cracked gel coat... I really need some more aggresive paper though! 80 is not enough...
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And I should be taking the tank up for another set of eyes to give it a look-see tonight hopefully...
armor all or 3 in 1 oil, or even thinner, waatchmakers oil. applied sparingly ;) keeps the rubbers lubricated.
Aaron
True... although knowing me I'd put too much on and it'd be dripping onto the micro switches and circuit board... :oops:
Got my tank up for a look-see last night, see what he comes back with after he has a play and talks to his people.
For future reference, a q tip works wonders :D
Aaron
40 grit paper is much better... but still tedious... might end up leaving the sanding until I can break out the power tools and make some noise yet...
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Should be ready to break the matting and resin out tonight and make a mould...
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i see the front of the trailer :) the end is within sight :)
Aaron
My tapa shows the rant thread as completely null.. No title or anything once opened... Anyone else the same?
it shows fine on this dying cellphone, but nothing shows on tapacrash .. other things do, but not that one.
Aaron
Don't think I've posted in the rant thread... and don't use Tapatalk...
Slight change in plans with the cowl repair.
Ripped all the tape off last night, going to wax just the areas matching the repairs, mask the rest off, two layers of matting on and they will become my external patches for the holes.
I'll laminate those on then build up layers behind for strength, then sand it all back to shape with some blade putty to match the smooth gelcoat. :thumb:
looking forward to it my friend.
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on November 01, 2017, 01:06:04 PM
Don't think I've posted in the rant thread... and don't use Tapatalk...
What good is the rant thread if a person cant use a bunch of obnoxious, vile, filthy, hurtful language??? :dunno_black:
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The profanity filter forces us to use creative word choices rather than a simple 'bucket-mouth' approach.
I hate it when I have to think. :technical:
Rant over...
Over & Out!
And thank you peteGS for allowing me to vent.
Ranting about the rant-thread is very therapeutic. (https://s25.postimg.org/psgl5a5r3/valentine-kiss-smiley-emoticon.gif)
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:laugh: :D :icon_lol: love your work EJ!!! Nothin' like a good rant to let off some steam and improve the mood :thumb: :cheers:
4 coats of release wax, some PVA agent on, then 2 layer patches laid up on the loaner cowl last night...
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peteGS... You never grow weary. Always pushing forward with the next phase of the project.
Quite commendable, mate! :thumb:
slightly rewritten: ahem,
"Twas the night before christmas
and Obama was shaking
Michele was doing some holiday baking
The ingredients were scattered this way and that
No sugar, No eggs No chocolate or fat
The children knew from past Christmas eves
that Michele's cooking would give them the heaves .
Obama raised his glass for a holiday toast
he started with "I don't want to boast"
But I spent more money than work on Pelosi's face
I apologized for America all over the place .
Over the past 2 years in every way
I worked to help only those
who had not worked a day.
Over in the corner a drunken Biden stirred
His face contorted and his speech slurred
America hates us for the damage we've done
How else could the tea party candidates have won?
Don't they realize that we know what's best ?
the damn morons would be in such a mess
Then he ended with this comment
Maybe we just take 100 percent .
Then out on the Whitehouse lawn there arose such a sound,
Secret Service began running around .
When, what to their wondering eyes should appear,
A fat , old , white haired man drinking a beer .
Smoking a cigar and looking at porn
Obama yelled "Clinton get the hell off of my lawn "!
In his trademark voice that is always hoarse
He looked at Obama and said "of course"
You are the Prez, Barack Hussein Obama
but maybe later I will visit your mama .
Then he called all the liberals by name;
Ted kennedy was dead, what a shame.
"Now, Schumer! now, Kerry! now, Reid and Pelosi!
Damn Nancy , you look just like Bella Lugosi
He sprang to his limo, the backseat was tight
Bottles were flying out as they drove out of sight
But they heard him exclaim, as he drove into the night ,
"Merry Christmas to all, and Santa is White ."
Aaron
Wow I posted this 6 years ago lol
Haha okey doke :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
From afar I prefer Obama to the moron who's in charge now... but let's not start a political debate!!
EJ... yep I must get this done! I want to be riding by my birthday at the end of June next year, so I must keep going. The good thing is that as I complete each of these things, I can actually see it all start coming together. If I can get the paint done by say January, that gives me 5 months to sort the motor out. Sounds like a long time but the issue will be waiting for the $$$ to build up.
Patches made so now to break out the sanding discs to get the rest of the paint and gelcoat off those areas and start the repair work in earnest.
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Mighty fine glassin there Pete!... :thumb:
Working a nightshift on concrete truck.. Tonight we are te reason the rail line is shut! Hahahaaaaa... New pylons for a new signal gantry!!... These buggers would be late for their own funeral! Lmao
Haha cheers Janxy!!! I'm hoping the repairs work and set up well, see how things go today...
They seem to close the rail line regularly up here for the whole weekend... glad I ride these days!! :thumb:
Hope they're paying you well :icon_mrgreen:
here they pay cement truckers quite well. idk about aus.. , but id assume so.
Aaron
Roses are red... violets are blue...
Fiberglass is prickly... and the resin is like glue...
Patches on!
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Timber support seems to be holding it reasonably symmetrical now, see how it is tonight when I remove it.
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It worked!! Screws removed and the left side maintained the correct shape with the patches in place :thumb:
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Added some extra strength behind them, and now the fun of sanding it all back and smoothing the patches begins...
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hehe you deserved some forward progress on this build :).
Aaron
I'm lovin' it!!! :D
Indeed :D
Aaron
Yeah agreed.
This peteGS build and all his posts are amazing. :cheers:
-Ej-
Cheers guys!!! (and gal :icon_mrgreen:)
Had a day off for Melbourne Cup yesterday and got a start on the sanding, much more to go now but with the patches done it should indeed be all forward progress now :thumb:
Quote from: Electrojake on November 01, 2017, 11:15:29 PM
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lol had one of these back in the day, these along with the amc pacer, are classified as birth control cars :icon_lol:
Aaron
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Is that the Wayne's World car? We never got those here but I thought they were pretty cool... and would be even cooler if you jammed a big V8 under the hood :icon_mrgreen:
I've abandoned hand sanding the cowl, gonna take months to get all that paint off... I'll wait 'til Sunday when I can make some noise and will break the power tools out instead.
I got a slurry mixed up last night to fill all the low spots around the patches though and that should take care of the screw holes as well.
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actually helped a guy v8 both a pacer and a pinto. good GOD those were dangerous then. they loved to go, didn't like to stop lol.
Aaron
Sounds like fun to me!!! Definitely need bigger brakes for a bigger engine though...
one had iirc a 383 stroker and non assisted drums . it Was safe technically. but fwiw drums really arent made for that.
Aaron
FWIW, I had a 1968 Buick Electra that had drums all around.
Was a damn fine motorcar. :thumb:
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Actually had driven one if these. Kinda enjoyed it. Weirdest cars ever driven were either a 77 mercury marquis (460v8) which I owned briefly. Or a 77 Lincoln town car which I almost bought. Either one i could steer with a fingertip with absolutely no feel in steering.
Aaron
Ah big ol' Yankee steel... one thing we just don't really get over here. Back as a kid I wanted my dad to keep his old late '60's HK Kingswood (don't recall the exact year) so I could do it up and have it as my first car but alas he sold it... 161 cubic inch straight six, three on the tree, bench seats front and rear and I thought it was cool as hell even though it was bone stock and needed lots of work. Drum brakes front/rear too! If you look after drum brakes they work just fine, just don't expect them to work like disc brakes!
Looked like this except not in as good condition:
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Broke out the power tools yesterday and now have the cowling probably 75% where it needs to be before I can apply filler and putty to get it properly smooth.
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My Dad had a 1982 Grand Marquis with a 'variable venturi' 351 CID V8. What an under powered sow, even when it was bran-new. :icon_rolleyes:
If you took a Lincoln Town Car and a LTD Crown-Vic, and put together all their worst features you would then have a Grand Marquis.
peteGS, Your posts keep this thread alive! :thumb:
Thanks!
-Ej-
4 tons at least of car. About the only thing good was a trunk almost large enough to fit a Honda within lol.
Aaron
I just like that big ol' American iron... I'm sure many of them for you guys are just meh... but for me they're all awesome.
As for my posts? Nothing from last night, watched MotoGP recorded from Sunday night as it was on a bit late to watch live, glad I watched it :thumb: :cheers:
Hopefully tonight is back to sanding.
i do as well. just like big cars.
Aaron
No sanding, had to duck out and pick up a helmet to send to WA instead... see how tonight goes.
Plus my shoulders are a tad sore from gym yesterday... supposed to do chest but my shoulders are sore... I must be doing it wrong :dunno_black:
sweet moredoors right there! love me some moredoors,....
that 67 impala on supernatural is my all time fav 4 door though
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love that rear end and those lines
Quote from: peteGS on November 14, 2017, 12:55:51 PM
No sanding, had to duck out and pick up a helmet to send to WA instead... see how tonight goes.
Plus my shoulders are a tad sore from gym yesterday... supposed to do chest but my shoulders are sore... I must be doing it wrong :dunno_black:
no, youre doing it right if youre sore ;). if i could figure out my issues with dominant leg id be happy lol :technical:
Aaron
You may have missed my point ;)
I was doing chest but my shoulders are sore...
Did some Googling and I've most definitely been doing it wrong :technical: At least I know better now!!
CBR... Impala's are nice indeed! Don't know years, but yes I like those :thumb:
Got a little more sanding done last night, nothing picture worthy but slowly getting there. I figure if I do half an hour each night then most will be done by the weekend and I can do the last little bit as well as clean out the layers of fibreglass and paint dust on absolutely everything in there so I can work on something else.
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on November 14, 2017, 03:42:22 PM
sweet moredoors right there! love me some moredoors,....
that 67 impala on supernatural is my all time fav 4 door though
love that rear end and those lines
Let me rephrase that for you. . .
"Yank Tank" or perhaps "Lead Sled" is the proper description. :icon_mrgreen:
-Ej-
Had almost purchased a late 70s eldorado. It was almost 8 or 10 inches longer than my 77 marquis. 460 and the po put 2 single chamber flowmasters on it lol.
Aaron
Yank tank sounds right to me :thumb:
Nearly got a whole side of the cowl finished last night, might have something photo worthy tonight if it keeps going like this :thumb:
errr single chamber flowmasters. that pig was LOUD!
Aaron
I always liked an old "big-block" that was loud on the intake side of the engine.
Flip the air cleaner bonnet over and let that pig QuadraJet suck wind! :icon_mrgreen:
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Here's a beautiful example of smog-belching, ozone-depleting Yankee ingenuity. :thumb:
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Can we mount it on the Cow???
Quote from: Electrojake on November 16, 2017, 04:38:06 PM
I always liked an old "big-block" that was loud on the intake side of the engine.
Flip the air cleaner bonnet over and let that pig QuadraJet suck wind! :icon_mrgreen:
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lmao my friend i did this on both a 77 ford wagon ( 351w) as well as my marquis
Aaron
heres a 76 mine was a 77 in SAME color
was digging around the net and re found this. epic. i managed to gtet thread locked for kicking the zombie thread
https://community.futuremark.com/forum/showthread.php?23914-Mwahahah-(milk-comes-out-of-nose)&s=5ec30031cfc8a09923b2e39087c56641
Quote from: Electrojake on November 16, 2017, 04:42:20 PM
Here's a beautiful example of smog-belching, ozone-depleting Yankee ingenuity. :thumb:
(https://s25.postimg.org/6iv08eev3/0704ch_03_z_chevy_big_block.jpg)
Can we mount it on the Cow???
with some frame work and a huge bank acct maybe
lol
Aaron
And a couple extra support wheels too me thinks :icon_lol:
Found out I'm hand sanding with 40 grit paper designed for timber not auto work :technical:
And found another shade of pink on the right side that looks like filler as opposed to primer, guess she really has had a hard life! Getting there now though...
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kinda looks like bondo/filler. but it will be better than when it was new methinks
Aaron
peteGS... It looks wonderful! :woohoo:
I'm still following along and that is some great work Pete!!!
Haha cheers!! Better than new? Well, we'll see how it all shapes up in the end. Given the bulk of it will be gloss black I definitely need to be sure it's smooth and shaped properly otherwise every imperfection will get highlighted.
I tried a slightly different tactic yesterday and cut one of the 36 grit discs I have in half and started sanding with that. Huge difference! The paint and primer comes off so much quicker... could've saved hours with some better paper :technical:
I'll see if I can get the sanding finished today ready for filler and putty, then it'll be time to put it aside and move onto some other stuff while I let the funds build up for the paint job.
Overall better than new yes. Your taking thenfactory oem standards and raising the bar quite a bit above that.
Aaron
I gotta find better sandpaper... keep hitting my sanding tolerance without getting much further, using the wrong sort of paper sucks :technical:
Nowhere near ready for filler and putty yet!
dont forget to video the "happy dance" upon its initial firing.
Aaron
Or even this lol
Ah that's such a classic video... :icon_lol:
Got some 80 grit wet/dry paper yesterday, seems to be working much better :thumb:
Got bad news about the tank yesterday... external rust under the paint and has been repaired before and has filler over rust as well... not repairable :technical:
Now I gotta find another tank... I can buy a new one but they're $721 ready to paint which would guarantee I don't get the Kat done by my birthday next year :technical:
you get what you pay for most of the time as far as sandpaper goes
Aaron
That is very true! Probably 95% paint removed now, definitely should be on to the filler on the weekend, maybe even some putty. Would be nice if I can get a guide coat done as well but that could be pushing it.
Also, should be acquiring a brand new tank in January :thumb: :cool:
Ehh, January is what only 5 weeks away. Sooooooo, not terribly long from now.
Aaron
Yes indeed! Well, probably closer to six weeks as pay day is mid month but either way something to get excited about :thumb: :woohoo:
Excited about sandpaper, or finding another tank?
Just wondering.
BTW; I priced a tank for my DL1000 a few years back... $680 USD.
That's ridiculous.
Just saying. :dunno_black:
BTW my friend, that usd means u sh*tting dollars lol
Aaron
Excited about both :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
The tank is $AU721.05, which I actually don't find bad at all... considering it's for a 30+ year old model they no longer sell...
Trying to do some financial calculations at the moment but I think with the money I'm consequently not spending on the tank repair/rust treatment, I can hopefully spend on getting the gearbox and bottom end bits and pieces, so by the time January rolls around I might be able to get that stuff as well which will put me well on track for a June 2018 completion :thumb:
I never been too good with 'money' :whisper:
Soon as I get some I spend it!
Poof!
Gone!
Then I'm broke again until the next miracle comes thru.
Good luck with the tank peteGS. I know you'll meet the challenge! :thumb:
Quote from: Electrojake on November 25, 2017, 07:18:18 PM
I never been too good with 'money' :whisper:
Soon as I get some I spend it!
Poof!
Gone!
Then I'm broke again until the next miracle comes thru.
Good luck with the tank peteGS. I know you'll meet the challenge! :thumb:
I know the feeling lol. That's usually when stuff happens 😞
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on November 26, 2017, 01:52:35 PM
I know the feeling lol. That's usually when stuff happens.
Aaron
Your right!
On my brokest hour the water heater rots out and floods the basement. Or the furnace dies.
My karma only goes bad when I'm cash starved.
Glad it's not just me! :icon_mrgreen:
-Ej-
speaking of waterheaters going south like the union army, mine did, 8 months ago. course its been in basement since the 70s sooooo 30+ years isnt too bad lol. had 3 items from same era. the waterheater, the stove and the fridge. all the same pea green colour. ( sears kenmore). the double oven still works great .. everything else has died. lol
Aaron
Don't worry I'm a bit the same EJ... I'm having to exercise great financial discipline right now! Still sticking transmission parts into a spreadsheet but I *think* I'll be ok to get the bottom end in January :confused: :cool:
Yep Yama, that's the way it goes! This house was built late 60's/early 70's so we've had our fun fair share of stuff here too... at least all the electrical bits and pieces have been replaced over the years...
Oh, and the initial sanding is done!! Time for body filler, sand that back, then putty, guide coat to check for low/high spots, more sanding, then primer and paint :thumb:
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ive got a 1450lb offset printing press in basement. will be fun to get that pig out to sell it. :technical:
thinking a sled and towtruck lol.
anyhoo i had a month to come up with an illustration for church christmas bulletin/program. this i did in 45 minutes. not quite finished as of yet.
Aaron
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That's pretty cool, I can barely draw a stick figure!
Had to get the 450 towed home the night before last due to a screw in the rear tyre :technical:
Glad the forum is back :thumb:
dont you just hate it when your bike gets screwed?
Aaron
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: yes indeed!!!
I must get back to that cowl, gotten nowhere this week...
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on November 28, 2017, 10:37:00 AM
i had a month to come up with an illustration for church christmas bulletin/program. this i did in 45 minutes. not quite finished as of yet.
Aaron
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Cool art work. It certainly fits the season.
Thanks for posting that.
-Ej-
Quote from: peteGS on December 01, 2017, 01:05:41 PM
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: yes indeed!!!
I must get back to that cowl, gotten nowhere this week...
peteGS,
Sometimes taking a break does the soul good.
You've earned a break from the Kat.
Just make sure the 'break' doesnt last 2 or 3 years like some of "my" projects did. :icon_mrgreen:
-Ej-
Yes indeed, breaks are good. as yoda hypothetically would say " A break you must take" :cookoo:
Aaron
Or like my Yamaha Zuma 155 which had no brakes. :whisper:
a goodwill set of shoes, ala flintstone lol.
Aaron
:icon_lol: :icon_lol:
I did get a bit of filler on the cowl yesterday, but I'd forgotten how quick it goes off, so I need to get back to it after the gym this morning and mix smaller batches. It would be easier if there was one big area needing filling, but it's all the little screw holes and low spots so it's going to be a bit tedious. If I can get that done this morning I'll consider it a win :thumb:
Indeed
Aaron
The man's amazing! :whisper:
Couldnt have said it better myself my friend :bowdown:
Aaron
Awesome pic yama! Takes me back to when I was working on my fine arts degree... I love the subject matter too :angel: :thumb:
Pete, I can't wait to see how that cowl turns out!!!
One of those moments where the urge to sketch took over and couldn't put it down until that point.
Aaron
Hopefully I don't disappoint!! :oops:
Got the body filler all done and sanded yesterday. Right side there's more than shows up in the pic, lots of little holes and low spots here and there.
Left side I had to do the same plus fix the shape of two of the patches. Seems I sanded the little curved one on top a bit much, whereas the concave one at the rear seems to have lost some line definition in the moulding. Both of those feel symmetrical to the right side now.
Next up is blade putty and a guide coat, then ready for primer. Primer will be a while away yet, won't get primer and paint until January at least. At least I should be getting the tank at the same time. That will at least give me time to finish the prep work on the rest of the bodywork.
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:cheers: :cheers: :woohoo: :bowdown:
Aaron
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on December 03, 2017, 06:58:36 AM
Pete, I can't wait to see how that cowl turns out!!!
The entire GST community is waiting on the final unveiling. :woohoo:
yes indeed !
Aaron
Quote from: Electrojake on December 03, 2017, 10:22:13 PM
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on December 03, 2017, 06:58:36 AM
Pete, I can't wait to see how that cowl turns out!!!
The entire GST community is waiting on the final unveiling. :woohoo:
No pressure right? :oops: :cool: :icon_eek: :icon_mrgreen:
I can't either actually... may not get back to the blade putty until the weekend though, other things are taking my evenings up at present but that's ok, like I said I can't get the paint and primer until at least January so there's no specific rush although I would like to have all the items I have prep'd ready for when I can get it.
it will be amazing when it happens. and january really isnt that far away. youll have her ready when youre ready. and we will be here for it :)
Aaron
True, early December already... and I'm working through Christmas so the only extra time I'll get is a little bit of public holiday time, but that usually doesn't end up in a lot of bike time over this time of year, so the time before I get to purchase the tank should pretty much fly by.
Going to take my lower crankcase down to a mate's place tomorrow night to drill and tap to fix the broken post for the cam chain guide holder, so if I get to the point of being able to paint the crankcases I can get that done too.
time to delve into the belly of the beast :)
Aaron
I have plenty of time to wait for the peteGS Kat project. No hurry here. :D
i wonoder what is next after the kitkat, that one set the bar quite high :) and rightfully so
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 05, 2017, 09:50:30 PM
i wonoder what is next after the kitkat, that one set the bar quite high :) and rightfully so
Aaron
Nice!
He didnt close-out the current project and we're already talking about what he should do for his
next project. :D
not just him. but the community as a whole ;)
Aaron
Next? By rights it should be a refresh of the 450... which is commonly known as the wee beastie in the local Kat community here.
She needs some TLC after rushing the end of the rebuild and not getting the cosmetic lovin' she deserves in recent years. All the little bits I either didn't do due to rushing or didn't think about or pay attention to as my first ever project are starting to show either their age or that they were missed.
At the moment I'm thinking GS500 motor with the 450 head, rear sets (keep the stock GS500 shift pattern too), tidy up the headlight and headlight mounts, and at least a different front caliper, maybe different front end. If I end up tearing it down completely I'll likely get the frame powder coated as well.
That will all be at least 6 months after the Kat is done because I'd need to have everything ready to go before taking her off the road. I really don't want to be commuting on the Kat for any more than a couple of weeks and I'd be nervous enough about that!
Then after that? I still have the little 1980 YB-100 sitting out the back...
All planning for the future. Methinks the big cat will be its centerpiece
Aaron
Ducked down to a mate's last night and got some drilling and tapping done, so the cam chain guide holder that bolts to the lower crankcase can now be installed properly. The original one was smashed and one of the posts cast into the lower crankcase was broken off, so that's now all sorted :thumb:
No pic yet... but another small step forward has been taken :thumb:
to quote a moonwalker " Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 07, 2017, 12:40:00 PM
to quote a moonwalker " Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
Aaron
Yeah, she ran a little lean in that atmosphere but there are indeed single-track tire prints on the moon.
(https://s25.postimg.org/y8wotjrj3/earthrise.jpg)
Just saying, :thumb:
-Ej-
Imagine in the far future, some person will be the first to set foot on uranus Lol
Aaron
Sadly I have no progress to report yet :dunno_black:
Hopefully tomorrow will be a day of progress :thumb:
Nights are getting warm now so it's getting a bit more difficult to get motivated to get to the shed but I must give myself a wee kick in the pants to get moving, otherwise I'll have funds to buy the next round of stuff that needs doing but I'll still be finishing the prep work...
my warm is your cold and vice versa. i wonder how many people get off the plane there, in july ( cold season?) without a jacket lol
Aaron
Well, in my city you probably could get off a plane in July with no jacket and you would be quite comfortable :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
Got the blade putty on the underside of the cowl last night so I could let it set overnight, letting me just do the bulk of it this morning. It needs between 45 minutes and 4 hours to cure depending on the thickness so I'm not sure if I'll get sanding yet.
In the meantime, another unrelated pic...
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BIKE PORN FTW LOL nice :bowdown:
Aaron
Haha yes indeed!
Not so pretty in pink... but ready to sand...
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And cam chain guide holder post hopefully repaired...
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I think I should've used the spray putty... still tempted but it's acrylic, so not real sure about using that and then two pack primer/paint on top...
The blade putty is so uneven it's not funny...
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would sanding not help that?
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on December 09, 2017, 01:48:12 PM
Well, in my city you probably could get off a plane in July with no jacket and you would be quite comfortable :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
In the meantime, another unrelated pic...
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Man that bike picture was exactly what I needed! :woohoo:
Here in the USA New York area its dark, cold, and snowy.
Thanks for the boost of sunshine peteGS!
-Ej-
bike porn for the win
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Aaron
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Yep Yama, sanding will indeed help that, that is the next step which I've started on :thumb:
I was just hoping to get a more even layer of putty on, but apparently not, so just extra sanding is all.
The good news I discovered last night is that the putty has done its job well, and all those little divets and so forth in the patches and elsewhere are filling nicely with the putty. These are the bits where the fibreglass slurry and body filler were too coarse to fill.
I'll finish up this sanding then put it aside until it's paint and primer time, then I'll do a high build two pack primer and then guide coat that to make sure it's all nice and smooth. Multiple times if necessary.
EJ, definitely happy to post those pic's to brighten your day :D
bike porn is always good :)
Aaron
Yes indeed!!
Had a night off last night, but had some work to do instead... might get some more sanding done tonight.
it will happen, maybe at a slow speed, maybe at a fast speed. but it will happen. :cheers:
Aaron
This is very true... I'm hoping for a little more speed but suspecting my target of June might be missed at present... we'll just have to wait and see. The effort part is in my control, but the funds part is a different story, requires me to be frugal but unexpected expenses crop up from time to time which hinder that.
sadly :icon_confused:very true
Aaron
Hey Yama,
Cool bike porn GIF's :bowdown:
It kinda' reminds me of how much I cant ride for sh!t. Of course at my age (61), if I slide thru a corner its controlled terror, NOT skill. :icon_mrgreen:
-Ej-
and perform a maneuver called a sphincter clencher lol.
Aaron
I believe us amateurs need to be experts in that maneuver :thumb:
unofficially that corner is called oh sh*t
Aaron
win surrendered. i give you boeing not boner
Aaron
Hhahaha that would make for an interesting flight!!
Got my 2nd gear pressed off... seems it may have spun on the shaft and partially welded itself... not sure if this means a new 2nd gear as well as a new 5th now or if it can be re-used as long as it's welded... :technical:
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Crankcases degreased and pressure washed so I can start the paint prep on these too.
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2nd gear will get re-used and welded :thumb:
Front mudguard paint prep has started..
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And used the soldering iron to plastic repair a minor tear at the rear which you couldn't see from the outside...
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looking good my friend :)
Aaron
+1 !!! :D :D :D
this will end up being a gorgeous, noooo, wont be gorgeous, to quote wolf it will be a HAWT ! bike when finished.
Aaron
Hahah cheers you pair! We'll just have to wait and see how it ends up... as long as it looks good from 10 feet away I'll be a happy man :icon_mrgreen:
I've gotta get motivated to finish that sanding off yet, getting quite humid and warm at night so it's a struggle getting out to the shed... nothing quite like sweating in a pair of overalls at 8pm at night...
i think the looking good distance will be closer than 10 ft. jus saying from what ive seen thusfar. still waiting for the first firing happy dance and the video ride/tour :)
Aaron
I'm looking forward to doing that video!! :icon_mrgreen:
Hot dang pete... Them pics are great.
Thanks for posting that!
see with all the pics, plus eventual video, he will have a good production. " see , before it got to this point, this is what made it happen ..."
Aaron
Actually Yama, your a good motivational speaker. :thumb:
Yes indeed :thumb: :thumb:
Having guys and gals follow along and offer encouragement is definitely good on the motivational side of things :thumb: :cheers:
Been a bit warm at night to get motivated enough to keep sanding, but hoping to get the cowl and mudguard finished up over the weekend so I can move on to the tail piece and side covers. The side covers just need roughing up ready for primer really, they're smooth with no repairs needed. The tail piece I need to check out a bit more carefully yet.
Should be less than a month away from ordering gearbox bits, the tank, and paint :woohoo:
put it all together, the production will probably be an hour in length. ubt in a good way methinks.
Aaron
Only catch is my PC ain't real good at movie editing... one of the reasons I haven't bothered too much with the GoPro in quite a while. It takes so long to edit and process properly... could probably do with a computer upgrade at some point to something that's not quite so old... this one has to be 7 or 8 years old now... still runs Windows 7 :icon_eek:
i upgraded to 10 free via microsoft. just a couple weeks ago now. got an idea since im not really that good as far as figuring out how to transfer LARGE files. shoot teh happy dance and ride videos when time comes, and just chuck them up on youtube, i could put it together for you then send back via youtube? heck ive got freetime in abundance. can hash out the details when the time comes. the pictures are already here. via your host so , its in a spot where i could work with it.
Aaron
I had the offer to upgrade... but I don't like upgrading Windows, comes from too many years as a PC tech and too many issues with upgrades... it really needs a fresh install but motivation to do that is seriously lacking due to how long it takes to make sure everything's backed up and saved first before even starting...
Maybe one day I'll get motivated enough :dunno_black:
Video wise, that could work... it's all theory until the Kat is done anyway right? :D
theres time to figure out the particulars, between now and then. :)
Aaron
I'm still a moderator!?!?
Who's scratch? :icon_confused: :dunno_black: Welcome to LPW! :cheers: :icon_mrgreen:
I realise I'm a little early for you US folk but... Merry Christmas!!! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
heck scratch has been a mod here since the days of moses almost. anyways within 24 hours or actually less than 2 now youre close enough :D. merry christmas to all.
Aaron
Ditto.
so did yall make out this year giftwise?
Aaron
Bah!
Yama, I got a dang cold. :technical:
The wife is doing a little better though.
Thanks for the Christmas blessings in the email.
Waiting to see if peteGS got his favorite wet sanding paper from Santa Clause :woohoo:
And send me a link to the 2018 New Years resolution thread. That should be a fun read once it gets started.
-Ej-
:icon_lol:
Nope no sandpaper for chrissy but that's ok coz I got enough in the shed already :D
Hope to get back in the swing of things soon, another long weekend coming up and hopefully this one can be productive.
I'm keen to not just finish the sanding but to get the Kat out of the shed for the first time in months and give it and the shed a much needed clean so I can get on with other things.
Quote from: peteGS on December 26, 2017, 01:13:55 PM
I'm keen to not just finish the sanding but to get the Kat out of the shed for the first time in months and give it and the shed a much needed clean so I can get on with other things.
If your sanding in there is must be mighty dusty by now. :icon_rolleyes:
i would think so too. btw i thinbk most of us remembers this guy. heck guys been dead for 27 years now
Aaron
Cool post Yama.
Wow, how time flys by... :confused:
lol sadly ive driven many of these cars
Aaron
Next week or the week after should be Kat part ordering time... can't wait!!! :woohoo:
Just back from a 400 mile round trip to Mablethorpe.
It was cold and loads of snowy roads on the way home, no slithers tho, 5.5 hrs of riding constantly into the sun on diamond gleaming roads... couldn't even read road signs they were just siloohuoettes... EffiN' chilly, uggghhh!
Now just nommed a pizza and lit the fire, hot bath next wiv' a brandy for fun...
happy seasonals to all,
grunts
:cheers:
i remember riding my HD to work in december. many times. around 30f or colder. but it was only 6 miles or so. but frig i still arrived a popsicle. even with trashbags stuffed within my leathers. i would start and warm up bike, then go inside and put gear on which strangle sounding also included rubber gloves worn inside my riding gloves. blocked wind
Aaron
I frequently dont ride in the summer because of the heat.
I frequently dont ride in the winter because of the salt & calcium chloride on the roads.
I think I need to move. :sad:
hmmm bound to be a happy medium there somewhere. they hardly salt teh roads in winter here. unless precip is expected.
Aaron
All I can say is... I frequently ride...
ive not in awhile. hoping to one day soon tbh. even as a monopod.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 30, 2017, 04:31:34 PM
ive not in awhile.
hoping to one day soon tbh. even as a monopod.
Aaron
I ride more in the dead of winter than the sweltering heat of summer.
But these brutal-cold temps we been having take the joy out of riding.
28*F
(-2*C) with a light breeze, no problem, will ride, and no bugs too!
6*F
(-14*C) and gusty winds, Forget it.
When daytime temp in the summer hit the mid 90's
(35*C) I only ride at night, in spite of all the damn bug hits.
Thanks for asking. :D
-Ej-
I should've perhaps not ridden yesterday... had to make a last minute dash to the bottleshop, not that I was in a particular hurry, but I didn't notice the line of oil trough the corner. The result was inevitable with a dented left header, broken clutch lever, bent left footpeg, and scored muffler. I'm sure there's more but I don't know that I want to look. At least I was able to get the clutch lever functional enough to continue to get the bottle of (then much needed) Scotch and back home again.
Left knee copped a bit of a bash but thankfully the Draggin Jeans did their job and it's only some bruising and a material burn from where they rubbed across the skin, could've been oh so much worse.
lol Ej, night riding i remember as well. i wore a bug screen/balaclava? at times ( depending on helmet being used)
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on December 31, 2017, 02:33:36 PM
I should've perhaps not ridden yesterday... had to make a last minute dash to the bottleshop, not that I was in a particular hurry, but I didn't notice the line of oil trough the corner. The result was inevitable with a dented left header, broken clutch lever, bent left footpeg, and scored muffler. I'm sure there's more but I don't know that I want to look. At least I was able to get the clutch lever functional enough to continue to get the bottle of (then much needed) Scotch and back home again.
Left knee copped a bit of a bash but thankfully the Draggin Jeans did their job and it's only some bruising and a material burn from where they rubbed across the skin, could've been oh so much worse.
Let's hope 2018 has none of that! :nono:
Good thing you ate the pavement 'before' you were carrying the booze! :whisper:
We'll be looking for a follow up report on this "off" event and road rash.
-Ej-
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 31, 2017, 07:09:57 PM
lol Ej, night riding i remember as well. i wore a bug screen/balaclava? at times ( depending on helmet being used)
Aaron
A foot of snow predicted for tomorrow :icon_rolleyes:
No bike rides for a long time.
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there are two typess of riders. those that have had an off, andd thosse that will. pete heres hoping and saying we're glad things worked out..
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 02, 2018, 12:54:09 PM
there are two typess of riders. those that have had an off, andd thosse that will.
Aaron
1.) No matter how many times I hear it... That's a chilling statement.
2.) I always tell myself that all my spectacular "offs" in the dirt protect me from a spectacular "off" on the highway.
3.) I do worry about hitting deer at night at speed. I tend to ride fast at night here in deer country.
But honestly now, If I slam one in the black of night at 55 MPH or 85, would really it make much much difference? :dunno_black:
4.) Meh... I'm getting too old for all this moto crap anyway.
I'll be 62 this Spring and pretty well busted up from 40 years of working like a jackass on heavy equipment.
OK then... I'm done complaining.
Have a good evening crew! ...well, except for you Aussies. You guys have a good day. :thumb:
-Ej-
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(https://s25.postimg.org/6qgy3kumn/Deer-images.jpg)
The interesting thing about a deer-strike at 80 MPH in the black of night is that "if" you survive it, there is little to fear since you never saw it coming anyway. :dunno_black:
Just saying...
And yeah, it bothers me. The furry bastards are like highway snipers at night. It's the one aspect of rider safety that I have absolutely NO control over.
-Ej-
i had one hit miss piggy ( my crown vic, 2 days AFTER replacng cornering lamp. i get a few dozen coming through my yard daily. too bad city of clinton frowns upon gunfire. course 1 ive no gun atm, and 2 no way a 1 legged man can pull/drag bambi to dinner table lol. ( deer steak if done right = yummy) anyhoo back to bikes, ive had a few offs. all thank god were low to no speed. including a 24ft box truck backing into one of my gs' while i was sitting on it. memories Eh? lol. prolly will make it to 43 on the 16th, lets try for 44 lmao.
Aaron
Fortunately we have no deer issues where I am, and the places there's a chance of them being I don't ride at night, so that works for me.
As for dodging that oil on the road though, I need to get better at that!
This is my third off, first was the ute changing lanes on top of me and just barely collecting the end of the left bar (I predicted it and nearly avoided it but not quite), second was being rear ended while waiting for traffic to clear so I could turn left (his foot slipped off his brake pedal was his excuse/reason), now oil was the third one.
First two, my options were limited in avoiding them, I at least got close on the first one due to seeing the traffic banking up in the left lane when I was in the right lane and slowing down as a precaution.
This one, if I had've given the road a bit more of a look, I would've likely seen the black line... I know now I guess...
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Pete my friend, the most important thing is this can be fixed. you cant be replaced. so its good that you survived to tell about it. thats al that matters. and on the flip side, you now have a project set up post kitkat :)
Aaron
Very true, the whole thing could've been so much worse...
The plan was definitely to refresh the 450 after the Kat is done, that refresh just got a bit bigger... repairing the pipe's gonna be a bit of a bugger because that will mean the 450 has to be off the road while it happens, so I definitely need the Kat completed and run in before then.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 02, 2018, 11:30:48 PM
memories Eh? lol.
prolly will make it to 43 on the 16th, lets try for 44 lmao.
Aaron
Please dont drop dead until I get this truck load of "stuff" to Tennessee. :nono:
I was explaining it to my DW over breakfast yesterday. . .
I told her that soon as she is well enough to travel again we will be heading to TN and then turning around for a stop in New Hampshire to have some specialty work done on the RV.
Just saying. Your on my bucket list. :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: peteGS on January 03, 2018, 12:57:14 PM
Fortunately we have no deer issues where I am, and the places there's a chance of them being I don't ride at night, so that works for me.
As for dodging that oil on the road though, I need to get better at that!
This is my third off, first was the ute changing lanes on top of me and just barely collecting the end of the left bar (I predicted it and nearly avoided it but not quite), second was being rear ended while waiting for traffic to clear so I could turn left (his foot slipped off his brake pedal was his excuse/reason), now oil was the third one.
First two, my options were limited in avoiding them, I at least got close on the first one due to seeing the traffic banking up in the left lane when I was in the right lane and slowing down as a precaution.
This one, if I had've given the road a bit more of a look, I would've likely seen the black line... I know now I guess...
Geez pete! You are quite a durable fellow. :technical:
I've never had a "off" on the street, but you ride about ten times more than I do so its understandable.
Glad you can shake it off and continue.
Thanks for posting the pic too. :thumb:
Best regards,
-Ej-
perhaps both on the 450 and the kitkat, a guard of some sort . a crash bar if you will.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 04, 2018, 03:16:16 PM
perhaps both on the 450 and the kitkat, a guard of some sort . a crash bar if you will.
Aaron
FWIW...
I run crash bars on my DL1000, see below circled in yellow...
(https://s25.postimg.org/o3n3ogugv/DL1000_crash_Bar.jpg)
They look good, fit good, work good
(ahem... bike drops), but they make getting under the front schrouds to do maintenance a major pain in the ass.
Just saying,
-Ej-
but fwiw, would you rather deal with the pita or damage from a drop. plus you gain an extra grab handle :)
Aaron
my roomie in 2002 in phoenix, said duuuuude you wont make 50. last year i was certain of this. damn near didnt make 42. but im embracing my inner optimist and will give it the best ive got :)
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 04, 2018, 09:18:48 PM
my roomie in 2002 in phoenix, said duuuuude you wont make 50. last year i was certain of this. damn near didnt make 42. but im embracing my inner optimist and will give it the best ive got
Kinda' funny that we always think we know when were going to "check out" but honestly, there's only one guy that knows the exact time and date... and he aint talking. :D
Well... other than when he was talking to Moses on the mountain, but that was a mighty long time ago. ;)
-Ej-
indeed. december 2015 actually christmas eve, was teh suck. the er floppy hand incident nov21st of that year was although very painful was hilarious at the ER. after i rebroke or broke worse left ankle ( now stump side) at a church outing. went to er upon arrival back from nashville. ended up with radial nerve palsy in left wrist. doc saidf will prolly be like this ohhh for 4 to 6 weeks. ( he was off by 5 days short of 6 weeks. ) i figured how to still wave with that wrist, which was bent at that point. no muscle controll; i see a very pretty nurse walk past, i grab left wrist with right hand and shake it, making a comical waving motion. after 4 walkbys of the nurse i had the doctor nearly laughing. its taught me alot about life in general. in closing, i agree with what you said. " he aint talkin" my job to try my best to hang around for as long as possible :)
Aaron
You pair are going strong, keep at it, you'll be just fine :thumb:
I've wanted crash bars on the 450, but unfortunately that's the price I pay for that custom set of pipes... the left header obscures the typical mounting points for crash bars.
The old school three point ones can't fit around it, and the more modern slider stile replaces the front engine mount and comes straight out each side. The left side of course is still obstructed by the header.
Something else to consider during the refresh.
For the Kat, there's no such obstruction and crash bars are already on my to do list, probably the modern slider style will do unless the old school three point ones pop up at a reasonable price.
I had no crash bars on my GS500F. None on the Harley either.
Geez, come to think of it both my 49cc mopeds don't have em' either! :whisper:
Meh... I ride like an old woman now-a-days anyway. :icon_mrgreen:
-Ej-
And peteGS... the chicken strips on my DL1000 tires tell it all. LOL
Hahaha I hear ya! Don't matter how fast you ride, as long as you ride right? :thumb:
And Yama you may be restricted to the battlecow for now but at least you can ride it too right? :thumb:
Got some confidence back with a decent Saturday morning ride yesterday so I'm feeling good again :thumb:
i guess the pipes were the crash bars. theyre scufed up but they and their owner ride another day :)
aaron
Yes indeed!
Was having a chat with a mate on our Saturday morning ride and we came up with a potential solution.
There are some modern style frame sliders that mount by replacing the front engine mount bolt with a longer one, and the sliders go on each end. The catch with that is as I stated earlier that the left header is directly in the way of them.
However, if I were to make some new front engine mounts that were more square rather than triangular, that would allow me to mount those style sliders above the engine mount, moving them up and away from where the headers curve around. The only question is if they're long enough so they still hit the ground before the header does.
I'll likely be buying a set of those for the Kat anyway, so that would be an ideal time to do some measuring and calculating, and would therefore be done before the 450 refresh :thumb:
was eyeballing the owie 450 pic, and what about a c shaped bar, connecting above ipe, over and around and reconnecting at frame below pipe?
Aaron
That pic is the wrong angle to see... but the headers out the left there are in front of the frame rail as well as curving around where all the engine mounts are, so most options like that are obscured.
Probably the only stock-ish crash bars I can think might fit are the big rectangular ones but they're way too ugly...
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Incidentally... test fit of the front cowl on Sunday to make sure it still fits after repair:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4693/27797729619_7f65f4b9de_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JmoCyk)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/JmoCyk) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
And the gearbox is dismantled with no extra nasty surprises so I'm ready to buy the bits to rebuild it now, although 2nd will need to be pressed on then welded.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4683/27797730229_b406714d94_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JmoCJR)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/JmoCJR) by starpoint73 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/89703844@N08/), on Flickr
Now we're talking peteGS! :woohoo:
Plus it was nice to see a picture without snow on the ground. :bowdown:
or damned cold rain. 8 days til bday i wished for at l;east 45f not this cold rain cripe lol
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 08, 2018, 03:48:11 PM
or damned cold rain. 8 days til bday i wished for at l;east 45f not this cold rain cripe lol
Aaron
Yama... Your weather for Saturday...
Rain/Snow & Temps dropping to 18 degrees. LOL :icon_mrgreen:
-Ej-
yeah i know lol :technical: going to take engine off the cow., until it warms up this way i can use it indoors. noit much left to do except the battery and cow horn, and a metal wheel if possible or i minimise hills lol
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 08, 2018, 07:56:29 PM
going to take engine off the cow., until it warms up this way i can use it indoors.
Aaron
Wow!
I completely forgot that once you built the battlecow you would have no more knee scooter. :o
Gee, that is a situation.
Hmm...
got teh hard tired one. but the air one is easier in places with carpet. actually want to get the knee crutch thingamabob worked up so i can be a bipod for a short duration)
Aaron
Well happy birthday in advance Yama, cause I got a memory like a sieve and won't remember :icon_mrgreen: :cheers:
odds are ill make it 7 days lol. jury is still ut to 2019 but im a yearly optimist. going to probably pull the cows engine tomorrow. takes about 20 minutes. 2 wires from kill switch, 1 throttle cable, and 4 allen bolts. takes 20 cause i dont have any long allens, and have to undo rear mount to lift plate up. when i can ill grab a t allen, and knock the 20 down to maybe 10 to 15
Aaron
Easy on/off will be handy, maybe come up with a bit of a quick release mechanism for it? That'll keep your brain busy during the cooler months when you can't ride it outside too :thumb:
hell thought about a t typoe connection. a basic lock with bolt for tightening on engine side. but fwiw, an allen socket will work for now. cause with a qr, if even slightly loose it will vibe. those 4 strokes have some internal mass. lol its a heavy little piglet
Aaron
Ah yes, it would have to be a solid quick release mount to work right!
Placed a parts order for the Kat yesterday at last... some bits not in stock so fingers crossed they're in the local warehouse and don't have to come from Japan, otherwise I'll have to be patient for a few weeks. I'm already excited too much for that!
looking forward to the kats grand entrance Eh?
Aaron
Yes indeed! The anticipation is real... even though it's all up to me to get it done.
Order placed, almost got held up by one single lock washer that has to be back ordered from Japan but got that sorted to be sent whenever it arrives and the rest should be on its way on Monday, hopefully get it some time next week.
Now I'm getting excited again :icon_mrgreen:
i know the feeling lol. i figure while the cow is de engined, i can take the time to roughen the clutch bell and give her a much needed bath. has dust from tn, tx and ca lol. mostly tn though.
Aaron
Tonight it's 63F and tomorrow it's going to be 17F?
WTF???
Oh wait... I have some PM's to check!
Hmmm... Lets see. . . :cool:
ya glad i pulled engine yesterday versus tonight ( or next week :/ ) will be cold enough to fart ice fog.
Aaron
less than 2 days i make it to 43. woot. with luck i make it to 44 :) hoping to be as old as moses one day lol.
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 13, 2018, 01:28:35 AM
ya glad i pulled engine yesterday versus tonight ( or next week :/ ) will be cold enough to fart ice fog.
Aaron
Less than 2 days i make it to 43. With luck i make it to 44 hoping to be as old as moses one day lol.
1.) Cold & windy again. Not happy.
Two days of 60 degree weather and then right back into the freezer. >:(
2.) I dont mind the snow... its the 10,000 tons of salt/sand/calcium chloride they dump on the roads that ruins everything.
3.) You cant 'kick' until I unload all my valuable junk in your shed/basement/attic/front yard. LOL :icon_razz:
Happy Birthday!
i was off a bit. tis a tad over 2 days. ( the 16th) npo plans of a departure. not yet anyways. and hopefully not in the forseeable future :)
Aaron
Heck accd to this https://www.death-clock.org ill hit 80. Id be satisfied with that.
Aaron
So happy birthday today? Tentative... :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
Found an issue I need to clean up/smooth out after paint stripping the cases:
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And I have primer, paint, and clear coat... need to pull my finger out and finish all the prep!
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5 hours and change. will eat burgerking for dinner that day lol :/ gotta cut loose once in a blue moon :)
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 15, 2018, 04:24:43 PM
5 hours and change. will eat burgerking for dinner that day lol :/ gotta cut loose once in a blue moon :)
Aaron
Happy birthday old friend. :-)
Thank you. I made it to this one, lets shoot for the next one now lol.
Aaron
OK so... happy birthday this time? :icon_mrgreen:
I figure if I say it every day I'll get it right eventually :cheers: :D
ya i made it lol. its snowing here so doing nothing lol. im browsing amazon. found my next purchase for the comp. at some point https://www.amazon.com/Ocamo-GT730-128Bit-Express-Graphics/dp/B077Z7LP53/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1516134109&sr=8-6&keywords=4gb+video+card current card isnt THAT bad fwiw, but this one would semi futureproof the pc. cpu would bottleneck it, but it would be able to make the migration into the next build.
Aaron
hmmm next project idea
https://www.ebay.com/itm/iWalk-2-0-Foot-Part-Knee-platform/201987389513?hash=item2f0762f849:g:XywAAOSwpHFZaHhJ
forget that nvidia card, ill shoot for this one lol :)\
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0787NT967/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
i love amd/ati
Cool... I think :D
I work in IT but have zero interest in PC's or games these days... but plenty of guys at work would be impressed I reckon :thumb: :icon_lol:
Hope you had yourself a good birthday!! :cheers:
This is the stuff that impresses me now...
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My poor Kat fund has taken a beating so far this year...
ehh no presents and ate leftovers. but had a decent day :). all is well.
regarding your situation, isnt it fun to be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel?
Aaron
No presents? That sucks a bit! But a good day somewhat makes up for that :thumb:
Yes it is indeed good to be seeing some light... at this point I'm pretty sure it's the end of the tunnel, not a train coming in the other direction... :icon_lol:
Pipes froze lol. So had to shut off waterheater. Computer is tied into same circuit :technical:
Aaron
That's gotta suck, especially this time of year!!
Easy fix or not?
around 45f today, 50s thru monday. if its not unfroze by monday, will have to have well pump checked. methinks 2 weeks of roughly soiuth of 20 and into single digits caused a hard ground freeze. will take a few days to thaw. :technical:
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 19, 2018, 02:21:43 PM
around 45f today, 50s thru monday. if its not unfroze by monday, will have to have well pump checked. methinks 2 weeks of roughly soiuth of 20 and into single digits caused a hard ground freeze. will take a few days to thaw. :technical:
Aaron
Look at it as a Birthday Challenge.
Certainly more exciting than a neck tie or argyle sox. :icon_mrgreen:
peteGS...
WTF? :technical:
Damaged casing???
(https://s25.postimg.org/4rf37ywwv/Busted.jpg)
socks ties and underwear are usable things. this involuntary shutoff thing is the reason behind this smiley lol :technical: i found an extension cord so i could plug my 'puter in, and tv. what a day lol.. heres hoping for good luck by monday lol
Aaron
As long as the TV has power all is set right? :thumb:
And yep EJ, something has had a go at taking a chunk out of the rear of the stator area there, outboard of where the starter motor sits. It's a bit too far outwards to be a drive chain, I'm thinking it's more of a slide down the road, spin backwards and hit a gutter or something. There's no stator cover with this motor so I can't see what damage happened to that to compare.
It's been repaired with what looks like JB Weld, but it's not a good repair and it has already started to fail where it obviously wasn't cleaned or prepared properly.
I'll clean up what's there to get rid of any other bits about to fall off, then give it a good thorough clean and tidy up and I'll use JB Weld again to fix it, but I'll make sure it's a proper repair this time. As long as it's oil tight it will be fine :thumb:
i always hate jb weld, but sometimes its the only choice other than some uber fab skills lol. fun washing dishes without running water. 4 gallons and a double stove. 3 hot and 1 rinse. a tad labor intensive but it works. got to get inside pump; house to see if i can bypass the frozen pipe with a hose temporarily. unless pump is fubar. near 60f today so hell it should be flowing before long. just a couple weeks almost of sub freeze it froze solidly. going to pawn/sell a few things to grab some garden hose and other items so we can insulate this pipe. or rent a torpedo heater and point it at that 10ft stretch of grass infront of the marble bricks ( retaining wall) to try and head up the earth. yeah i know it will ruin the grass but fwiw grass can be replaced early spring.
Aaron
tbh i believe pumps dead. the valve on side has mnothing. it was empty i activated it and hit outside spigot. nothing except a tiny dribble. hell its older thanme sooooo, but water table here is quite high. so methinks dead pump. woll have to find a [ump person that works on the cheap. at least for a consult.
Aaron
Bugger! Never the easy/cheap fix is it??
I fixed the airflow issue in the filter box by adding some angled sheet... air was hitting the back wall and bouncing straight back at the fan rather than going around the corner. Much better!
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And lucked out on some pinstriping tape for the tank and front cowl, colour should work nicely.
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got this at least 44yo pump going again. all is well. :) eating on cheap for a few days to cover electrician cost. but hey im happy :)
Aaron
Hey peteGS... what the hell is the big boat prop??? :dunno_black:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 21, 2018, 03:31:07 PM
got this at least 44yo pump going again. all is well. :) eating on cheap for a few days to cover electrician cost. but hey im happy :)
Aaron
Nice to have water again, eh? :D
yes indeed my friend. now i realised how they did it in the old days. you heated water to bathe from a stove or fire. the commode well i used it indoors by flusing a half gallon of water. it worked. dropping bombs was done elsewhere ( stores etc) but it works. next project is to get the kneecrutch idea moving. found just the pad on ebay was able to examine via photo, it would work with my prosthesis. then finishing up comp buildup. then the last 3r pieces of the cow :). then i figure whats next. perhaps project cub. its still on the radar.
Aaron
Flowing water? Wahoo! Good stuff Yama :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
EJ... that's actually the fan blades from a pedestal fan. That's inside my filter box in the shed for when I paint in there. Normally there's filter material blocking it from view, it then goes in and around the back of where the motor is, then out the other side where there is an activated charcoal filter to catch anything that made it through the first filter.
Works pretty well for a dodgy home made job and was the only way I could see to make an "explosion proof" fan without spending a huge amount of $$$ :thumb:
Quote from: peteGS on January 22, 2018, 12:22:06 PM
Flowing water? Wahoo! Good stuff Yama :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
EJ... that's actually the fan blades from a pedestal fan. That's inside my filter box in the shed for when I paint in there. Normally there's filter material blocking it from view, it then goes in and around the back of where the motor is, then out the other side where there is an activated charcoal filter to catch anything that made it through the first filter.
Works pretty well for a dodgy home made job and was the only way I could see to make an "explosion proof" fan without spending a huge amount of $$$ :thumb:
Wow, that's fascinating. Way out of my league. Impressive setup. :thumb:
Thanks for explaining.
Quote from: Electrojake on January 22, 2018, 06:22:11 PM
Quote from: peteGS on January 22, 2018, 12:22:06 PM
Flowing water? Wahoo! Good stuff Yama :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
EJ... that's actually the fan blades from a pedestal fan. That's inside my filter box in the shed for when I paint in there. Normally there's filter material blocking it from view, it then goes in and around the back of where the motor is, then out the other side where there is an activated charcoal filter to catch anything that made it through the first filter.
Works pretty well for a dodgy home made job and was the only way I could see to make an "explosion proof" fan without spending a huge amount of $$$ :thumb:
Wow, that's fascinating. Way out of my league. Impressive setup. :thumb:
Thanks for explaining.
agreed :cheers:
Aaron
may shoot for this thing for the prosthetic conversion a third of the price. dont really need the rest of stuff anyways for this particular use
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IWalk-2-0-Knee-Platform-Pad-Part/132449453980?hash=item1ed69a479c:g:7FIAAOSwQ59ZYXZQ
attaching this thing to my prosthetic so i can actually use it
Haha it's not that complicated really and is the best I can achieve in limited space without venting fumes out between our house and the neighbour's house, trying to keep things civil :thumb:
It's also quiet enough not to be a nuisance either.
That should be real handy Yama, definitely something you kneed!
pun intended Eh? lol :) going to try to get this thing. will perhaps sell off a few personal things to cover it :)
anyways got to love the setup you've come up with. it will fit the video at end quite nicely methinks ;)
Aaron
dug around a bit more and found a nearly complete one, for less
https://www.ebay.com/itm/iWalk-2-0-Hands-Free-Knee-Crutch/352261846198?epid=861143839&hash=item52047134b6:g:NscAAOSwYNxaZla5
drooling a bit now lol
Hahaha yes pun fully intended!! :icon_lol:
Hands free knee crutch looks the goods :thumb:
nvm that one it awsnt a bin ( buy it now) but an auction. its up to 51 plus shipping. meh. back to drawing board. im good as long as tghat platform is still around. i can mount the ti leg from my prosthesis in the bottom of that. for a rather unique kneecrutch lol
Aaron
theres this option, or i can use picture as a template and fab my own platform.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/332525088552?ul_noapp=true
Fab'ing up your own is a cool idea, you can make it suit your height and style it up spot on how you want it too :thumb:
Got the oil in the 450 changed last night, this morning it's valve clearance checks and hopefully get motivated enough to try to identify my persistent oil weep from one of the four seals under the sprocket cover.
shes your daily rider ( until kitkat) so shes expecting daily it seems tlc lol.
Aaron
I reckon I found it... counter shaft seal behind the sprocket is wet, that's not right. Not only that, but there's obvious wet fling marks where oil's sat behind the sprocket then flung out when the sprocket starts moving.
Was hoping it wasn't that seal... oh well... going by the teeth I need a new sprocket too...
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yeah shes seen better days but youve found it ;)
Aaron
i think the lab rat guinea pig thing starts wed at 10am, this will help fund things for me :)
Yay we're back!
Lab rat guinea pig thing? Please explain! (unless I missed something)
clinical research program. im basically paid to do what i already do. not paid much but hey needed funds. ( testing new insulin)
Aaron
i want to order this next time i go in for the labrat visit. opinions?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077Z7LP53/ref=s9_acsd_simh_hd_bw_b1C5u_c_x_2_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-11&pf_rd_r=46V8HHBCTXJHN10K6JQF&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=ad112e6b-2646-5740-bcb2-f227e6e7d96e&pf_rd_i=284822
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Ummmm go for it Yama?? :dunno_black:
Sorry... my interest in computer hardware has dwindled off these days... I no longer have a clue what's good, bad, or indifferent... next time I have to replace the home PC I'm going to just get one of those Intel NUC things that bolts to the back of the monitor... I think that suitably demonstrates the care factor :icon_lol:
CBR... love it! :icon_lol:
indeed lol. not looking for the best or the greatest, but somethign that i can futureproof this older machine a bit :)
Aaron
I'm currently trying to future proof myself... learning new stuff for work... making my head hurt a bit but I'm getting there!
I'm what you would call a crusty old infrastructure guy... good at looking after storage, backup, and virtualisation stuff that lives in our own data centres, but the new world is all about the cloud (private, public, and hybrid) and working with CI/CD and devops type methodologies. It's all very interesting but a steep learning curve for me..
I'm sure that paragraph will give you lots to Google :icon_lol:
im the person that will try to get the latest and greatest down the road a bit when its far cheaper. with teh cryptocurrency mining tho its pricy for a gpu. :technical: but found some stuff on the cheap. better than what ive got now. ( although its decent. ) im on a 4650 right now. the one im eyeballing is a 4gb card. a bit more ooomph
Aaron
Cool... there's guys at work who drool over the latest stuff but I just don't get it any more... rather throw my $$ into the Kat these days but it's all horses for courses, everyone has their own hobbies and interests and sources of enjoyment :thumb:
irony lol. watching a stormchaser thing on netflix. then i switch over just now. and hit accuradio. a song playing on the folk station, song called needle of death. ( rather dark, but im thinking damn, what a coinkidink lol
Aaron
Hahaha nice!
Slept in this morning... I hate that... :technical:
just weird when two unrelated thigns are briefly related.
the video was about tornadoes. ( on netflix. ) this was on accuradio
Aaron
Weird indeed!!
i spent an hour getting trolled on gtav online. i then made it to my office to chill for a bit. and gave the company a name lol
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lol
Aaron
Hahahaha nice!!
Time to get out for a ride this morning, in desperate need of some head clearing :thumb:
put a vanity plate on the fastest car in game. a retro 80s supercar. it says "imapnus" will grab a closeup of that one later on. i saw the time counter on game. i bought it idkk 5 weeks ago? and played 159 hours on it. which as of 4 days ago was 6.625 days solid. lol. break time on that one methinks.
Aaron
(https://i.imgur.com/54B9uVw.jpg)
Hey at least you've got something to do! Nothing wrong with a bit of escapism at times, gets the mind cleared up and ready for the next dose of reality :thumb:
Nice sunny weather for a nice ride out yesterday, really need to get chain and sprockets done of the 450 though, they're not feeling terribly nice or smooth at present...
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
lol i want. even has reverse lol. these engines dont have too much torque, i wonder how they got somethign with that much mass, moving without frying a few clutches.
Aaron
Greetings peteGS and Yama,
Good to see you fellows have kept the thread rolling. :thumb:
Just saying.
keeping the door open and the heat on in here :) i drove my car pictured here. out to where my helo was parked, then using the helo, picked the car up and carried to the top of game office. (arcadius tower) there was a bit of a battle at street level, the lag from the graphics card and fighting lol, was a bit stuttery ( made up word) anyhoo, i decided to see how far it would fly, sooooo i drove it off roof (25 stories up). landing was harsh lol. i survived , so did car ( yay realism) but other player we landed upon did not. he typed in " wth happened, i said " you got donked" we both laughed about it.
Aaron
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Cool screen capture. :thumb:
It brightened up an otherwise bland thread.
-Ej-
Nah not bland. I'm sure we've got stuff to post. Maybe working on airlifting a tank or something to m same point lol.
Aaron
Hahaha nice Yama!!
I'm afraid I have nothing of interest to post... it's all been work work work for me lately, no real progress on the Kat unfortunately.
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lol found one of my first ones. seems like a while back, but only 6 weeks lol and yes the same idea was i think on a show called top gear iirc
Aaron
was in the dry canal area near los angeles
Sports car in the desert or on the beach?? Why not! And yes, how very Top Gear of you :D
On the beach not farm from my office tower. My video card is not far from death Lol :cry: so enjoying this departure from reality while I can, finding any source of employmentmy body is capable of. Found a card I'm going to try to save for in a month or two. https://www.amazon.com/HD7670-PCI-Express-Durable-Video-Graphics/dp/B0787NT967/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1518828940&sr=8-3&keywords=4gb+ddr5+graphics+card firstly the saving to treat ej and his wife to a nice meal. I owe them this first and foremost for personal reasons. I owe them far more than that, but at least the meal when we get together. Will be my 4th meet up. Kerry 2x, and Buddha. But the card is nunumberor 3 on list. Then the rest of the cow. More pics tonight. Going to find a quiet i.e.. No hassles, and put all cars outside but more pics to come while health, sanity, and the CPU allows lol.
Aaron
in game i moved to the tallest building in town and tonightwe had a party on the rooftop. couldnt get closer cause the one gal there was top;ess as were a couple others. the one near me was upside down and topless. had a modder there. dressed as a top;less dancer. was pole dancing. although no pole so it wa weird looking. anyhoo love the view lol.
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Hahaha nice! Pole dancing with no pole... interesting concept!! :thumb:
I understand the owing people stuff, I know it well. I owe a mate a solo seat pan for his Kat yet and it's bothering me that I can't seem to get the time to get into it.
this isnt directed at our beloved gs or other suzuki. this was directed at a certain hacker. zuki was part of his/her username. the first three letters, i cannot post . cause sounded out it is a curse word of the f kind
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Aaron
Hacker? Did someone say Hacker?
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like cockroaches in a rundown trailer park. theyre everywhere . fun to mess with tho,. the bait cars get their attention. mainly the plates
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Aaron
Love it EJ :icon_lol:
I actually did something towards Kat progress yesterday... took a great big lump of steel down to a mate's place where we started making a crank truing stand. Gotta go back Wednesday night to continue, fingers crossed it works out like we've planned.
Aside from painting the crankcases, truing up the crank and getting second gear pressed and welded back on to the drive shaft are the big things holding up getting the bottom end together.
I can in theory do quite a lot at the moment, I just need to magic up some time...
Quote from: peteGS on February 18, 2018, 12:54:52 PM
I actually did something towards Kat progress yesterday... took a great big lump of steel down to a mate's place where we started making a crank truing stand. Gotta go back Wednesday night to continue, fingers crossed it works out like we've planned.
I can in theory do quite a lot at the moment, I just need to magic up some time...
Good to know the Kat project is moving forward.
(The only thing I been moving lately is snow) >:(
Thanks for coming down here to the frogotten end of the message board to give us your updates. They are appreciated!
Keep up the good work!
-Ej-
Well... moving forward but at a snail's pace at present... fingers crossed this weekend lets me finish the paint prep I need to get done which in theory means the weekend after could be high build primer time.
That would theoretically get the bulk of the painting prep work out of the way, just need a few days then to do the actual paint job.
I have yet to finish prep'ing the crankcases for paint too but that's a separate paint job with different paint. It would be nice to have the body work finished and bottom end together and in the frame.
Got back to house. Cardiologist wants me to report to hosp.within a week for a nuclear stress test . that will be fun lol.
:icon_rolleyes:
Aaron
Nuclear stress test? You mean stick you in a nuclear reactor and see how stressed you get? :icon_lol:
lol no, but they try to trigger my heart along with an mri to measure damage. have to drop off the poor man paperwork so i can hopefully if approved write off alot of the cost of this.
Aaron
today in simple planes and yes it does fly. idk how but it does
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ej that was great!
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found 6 of the hardest to locate cars in game. assembled for a future youtube gta rampaging video
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Aaron
more game shots yama,...enjoying these! :icon_mrgreen:
Alllllmost there. a hacker/modder playing that night. the person placed that suited on on my shoulders. so i made hte comment now if it were flipped upside down at a certain spot, all would be right with the world. this was the result. close lol
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Aaron
EJ, love that! Kitty playing with Australia :icon_lol:
Cool Yama, is that a bunch of multi coloured herses?
And I'm finally ready for high build primer...
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I went overboard. Car is ratherbland performacewise. But very rare. So i made 5 appear after the blue one. All have vanity plates,including liberace.....the pink one lol
Aaron
I cant quite put my finger on it but somehow cbrfxr67 is in the loop here. (https://s25.postimg.org/kr61zk0in/scratching_chin.gif)
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Indeed lol. With warmer weather pretty much here, going to reassemble cow when i can get some grade 8 hardware to replace the chinesium ones :)
Aaron
Chinesium :icon_lol:
So true...
Wished i could lay claim to it. seen it here on the twin. by another person. sooo true.
Here Ej this is for you. nearly crashed getting shot ( pic)
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Aaron
lol i was being chased. i kinda borrowed their airplane without permission.
Stay Frosty!
Thank you!
Am sending that to my sister in Florida.
That has always been her saying when things get difficult.
She will love it! :D
-Ej-
Saw this while getting shot at. Said. Wth,i MUST get a shot of this lol.
Aaron
Love these shots yama! :bstar:
Theres another one. An armored car co. Called Gruppe sechs
Aaron
no that was gta4 theyve toned down the innuendos a bit. i stole this one lol
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how baby cars are made lol
Aaron
Hahaha... I think that pick up may need some new windows though...
It died shortly after. Nooo actually i did. Both vehicles were moving in same direction. I was along for the ride. All contestants were in truck lol
Aaron
Ps party at McKenzie airfield
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and some days youre flying too long and you see floating people
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lol
Aaron
beginning of a 7499ft freefall
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That's a long way to fall with no shoot!
I've been absent for a bit... but not alot to report aside from new chain and sprockets on the 450 along with new cush drive rubbers and a new counter shaft oil seal.
I've yet to see if it's stopped the oil leak or not as I had no time to degrease it and then the last couple of days have been rainy so no idea if it's dripping or not.
The new chain, sprockets, and cush drive rubbers have however made a very nice smooth ride for the first time in quite a while :thumb:
Rain and humidity have however prevented getting high build primer on the Kat parts :technical:
I opened mine about 107ft above the hardstuff
Aaron
dont you just hate it when mother nature slows your probgress a tad?
ohhh the chrome birds are flying. ive got a larger one in my fleet, plus one thats smaller and faster too lol. i must take a break tho. the GPU wasnt amused. BUT for a few minutes ill try and grab a screenshot of the whole map. this past one was almost half of it. ill start from LSIA ( los santos international airport) which is in this pic at top of map. but in reality is at very bottom. heres a friends chopper
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Actually its in the parachute pic
great stuff yama!
oh and
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Nice again Yama! And hilarious cbr :icon_lol:
Death of an emoji...
Well, after riding in the pouring rain on Tuesday finally did the washing of the excess oil I hadn't had a chance to do after replacing the oil seal, I haven't had a single drip of oil, so I reckon there's a fair chance replacing the counter shaft seal did in fact fix my leak :thumb:
Riding this morning should show it up one way or the other...
Either it repaired it or youre out of oil. I believe its the former va the latter 8)
Aaron
new shots from today
this one im not on fire its a smoke marker. im delivering counterfeit currency see the yellow dots in sub screen lower left?
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And this one, i found a glitch . i have two buzzards. ( those small attack helicopters. i only bought one. ( 1.7m GTA$) i painted my ceo one and it parked it here. now ive got 2
the two fixed wing planes i purchased both. one accidentally. cant sell aircraft :/
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this one i thought hmmm british racing green. on a cloned classic ferrari. maybe it will work
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imho i thought wrong. changed it to guess what? lol red.
pic to come tomorrow
now this one. duplicating attack buzzards in different colors. i think there are 7 of the small ones in the fleet. meh i think thats enough.
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and the pretty pic of hte day. turning onto short final to LSIA ( main airport in game.)
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Will keep em coming as long as card holds onto life.
Aaron
love it yama
the red ( imho proper ) version of that green car will be up tonight. LOVE driving that thing. looks like a 60s ferrari.
Aaron
Teh sexy
Card fan was goin nuts on this one along with the pimp car but Dang i like using this car
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i did get the when pigs fly award on this run
Notice the flying police car ;)
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i never thought id love a car in a video game. but dang i love driving this thing
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Aaron
why's it so great yama?
Idk. But its not the fastest, i do have one of those too. But its easy to control modeled after a ferrari 250 gtb
easily driven without traction control. the one next to it in the garage is nearly impossible lol. amd thjat sound it makes
Aaron
Well apparently I'm still alive :dunno_black: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
I actually got stuff done today!
High build primer and guide coat on the bits that need it at last.
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Yaaaayyyy!!!! Very exciting for sure :D
The end is drawing nearer ☺
Aaron
The Tennessee State Trooper version of Cow Tipping. . . :police:
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On todays episode of repo bobs dramatic tows
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Aaron
tomorrow i go deal with he cardiologist to discuss a test which hasnt happened yet. :bs: ghospital approved the po man application, doc ( free clinic) had yet to send over orders. C'est la vie lol.
Oh Ej the timing of thst gif cops saying
"Give...Me...My ...whopper"
Hahah classic EJ!
Exciting indeed Showbiz!! Keen to get this paint done and dusted :)
Yama, fun stuff as always, hope all goes well with the Dr!
My $48 eBay special turned up yesterday...
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It's aluminium (at least a magnet doesn't stick to it) and is a straight through 61mm internal diameter job... might need to add a baffle to get the Kat registered though, could be a touch loud :D
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Perfect peteGS... Absolutely perfect! :D
Stuff some fibreglass in it
Aaron
:icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
Something like this in the right size I reckon should quieten it down enough without killing it. Good thing with an 84 model is the noise rules are a little more lenient than modern bikes.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Motorcycle-Exhaust-Muffler-DB-Killer-Silencer-Insert-Baffle-Can-42mm-45mm-48mm/272840035477?hash=item3f86888c95:g:mbAAAOSwAk9Zooo6 (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Motorcycle-Exhaust-Muffler-DB-Killer-Silencer-Insert-Baffle-Can-42mm-45mm-48mm/272840035477?hash=item3f86888c95:g:mbAAAOSwAk9Zooo6)
Its like t hat in many places.
Aaron
Please stop the snow already!
It's Easter, not Christmas! :mad:
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Thank you,
-Ej-
Yeah we got tornado warnings monday. A meh tuesday, and cold enough t o cause pain today. Video carda wearing down but damn check this sunset.
Aaron
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weeeeeee
Got another one facing right side up. Will post in a bit.
Aaron
After a bit...
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Will keep posting as long as card holds. after it dies it will be awhile.
That lil plane is fun. Sometimes ill fly it to a car show lansing on atreet with traffic. And surviving.
Aaron
cbrfxr67 approved tail gunner :thumb:
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Regards,
-Ej-
Beware of the bullets lol grabbing another screenshot brb
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crashed shortly thereafter i tried to fly upside down. cargo planes dont like it it seems. will try tomorrow
Aaron
ej (https://www.motohouston.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing6.gif)
Flying in the minibird. About the length of a compact pickup truck lol
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Aaron
Ohh check out the new flight suit
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And hte spambot thign folr tinypic i had to watch a photobucket ad. lol. irony.
Oooh fancy fluro! :D
Fingers crossed I have some progress to update you lot with tomorrow :thumb:
Absolutely worthless low light camo. As you can see lol.
Aaron
I want the mini bird.
:icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
Camo? Yeah maybe worthless... entertaining? You bet! :D
I do have progress of sorts, but a little different... the old Festiva is being put out to pasture later this week, so somehow I've ended up with half the garage free. Room for the Kat to move in beside the 450, but very messy as I have a lot of stuff to sort out now.
I'll get that finished up today then back to sanding. Supposed to be wet tomorrow so Wednesday I should be able to lay some more primer down.
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LOL since Ej liked the minibird, i got a size comparison for him and all. maybe a foot longer than the toyota clone i stole err borrowed for a moment and parked beside it. and if i turn it at an angle it will fit in motorcycle parking there.
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Aaron
p.s the comic sign there says FLickers not well not what it appears to say
who hasnt rockstar cloned? ( ppl that made gta. btw ej you CAN actually buy one
Aaron
That's a tiny little helicopter there! Video not working for me though? :dunno_black:
Probably about 50% sanded... definitely need more high build primer, lots of low spots...
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now try it. i fixed link i think.
Aaron
high build primer is my friend
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M'alive...just busy!
Concrete is a hard mistress!
Tisha boom!
Janxy's alive!! :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
Concrete... hard... :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Yep Yama, video fixed... that is indeed a tiny copter!!
Agreed CBR, high build primer rocks :thumb:
I'm all ready for the next lot of high build primer tomorrow providing the weather cooperates...
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More primer with a nice run and a divet...
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Then decided to start tackling this dodgy repair I found while prep'ing the cases for paint a while back...
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It was an awesome repair job... whatever they used just flaked off as I filed away at it, almost no effort required to remove the dodgy crap. The gasket surface part of the repair was so uneven there was no way that was oil tight without a bunch of gasket goo in there...
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Cant wait to see how you fix that!
Well... I won't say easy as... but theory is pretty straight forward ;)
Clean it all up *really* well.
Scrap aluminium shaped to the inside curve and coated with anti seize, then build up JB Weld around the outside and above the gasket surface.
File it back close to the right shape and close to the gasket surface.
Finish off with sandpaper to match the gasket surface.
Just need my hands on a stator cover first and hopefully some of the other Kat folk on the other forums will share photos of that area so I can make it resemble how it should look.
Some items here. . .
1.) Janx is still alive? Cool! :woohoo:
2.) Hot damn.... I found a pic of my old GS500 on Imgur just before I sold it.
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If I was five foot nine instead of six foot three I'd still own that bike.
*She ran like a clock.
*Fun to beat.
*Very forgiving transmission to! ;)
-Ej-
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 25, 2018, 11:16:49 PM
who hasnt rockstar cloned? ( ppl that made gta. btw ej you CAN actually buy one
Aaron
Flying in that little mouse-trap Looks scary as all hell.
meh... I guess I'm getting too old for that sort of thing.
Dang cool video though! Thanks for posting that. :thumb:
I couldnt either lol. But still looks like fun. But zero protection.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 28, 2018, 10:04:57 PM
I couldnt either lol. But still looks like fun. But zero protection.
Aaron
I was thinking the same thing!
There is on "plan-B" if things go wrong. :dunno_black:
Other than autorotation. And thats not guaranteed. They DO tip over if landed slightly sidewards. Ohj been pricing barebones pcs. May do this when able. Only t h ing to add is a gpu.
Aaron
I will definitely pass! Looks like one decent gust of wind and... bye bye!
I suspect I won't be getting my paint done any time soon, typical that I take time off work and the weather forecast turns to shaZam!...
Forecast through to Thursday next week is shower or two or just plain showers, guessing my one chance to get out for a ride tomorrow is getting screwed too :technical:
Oh well, two more weeks of holidays, hopefully the last week has decent weather although I was hoping for a break from things during that week :dunno_black:
Well... found an issue with the front cowl while chucking all the bodywork on for a look see tonight... cracked around the top mounting hole, dunno how I didn't find this sooner but I'm glad I found it now and not after the colour and clear went on...
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Do you strip primer and repair it?
Aaron
He's been a busy fellow, eh? :thumb:
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Indeed. This bike will be epic.
This in addition to working.
Aaron
Oh, shoulda said I got 3 weeks off work at the moment hence why I'm getting so much done for a change :icon_mrgreen:
Didn't strip the primer to repair it, well not too much anyway.
I sanded underneath a whole lot and added a couple of layers of fibreglass, turns out that's actually someone else's dodgy repair already... sanding it back revealed a nice ring of body filler with a hole drilled in it with no reinforcement which is why it cracked and was moving :technical:
I kept it in there for the hole location, but it now has reinforcement from underneath and putting pressure under there just flexes the top of the cowl as it should :thumb:
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I also got what I'm hoping is the final round of primer done... although the front cowl may yet need another round depending what sanding shows up.
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I'm so over priming and sanding... but I have at least one more round to do after finding many little pin pricks in the front cowl again.
I reckon the issue is that I never sealed the bare fibreglass properly after the repairs and sanding back the original gelcoat, so I keep hitting little air pockets. I reckon they're too deep for the high build primer to fill and too fine for the body filler to get into properly, so I'm giving some blade putty a shot this time, and then more primer tomorrow.
At least the other bits are good for colour at last...
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:bowdown:
You are the grandmaster of primer (and patience!)
Day 43,....wife: 'what are you doing today?' me: 'more bodywork,....' :icon_rolleyes:
:icon_lol:
It certainly feels that way!!
I'll be back at it shortly... hopefully that putty got good coverage and this will be the last round... otherwise :technical: do it again...
Very very nice work Pete.
This guy's amazing...
I can barely muster enough motivation to get off my ass and lube the chain once a month and peteGS is working 7 days a week creating a masterpiece. :dunno_black:
-Ej-
agreed. i hope to be able at some point to be able to do 1% of that minimum. this is amazing.
ohh look what i found at the local boat mart!
Aaron
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Cheers guys and gal!! Dunno about a masterpiece... but I'll be stoked if it turns out shiny, neat, and tidy :thumb:
That's somewhat of a large boat Yama... take it for a cruise?
Hopefully last round of primer done today... a bit ugly though as I laid it on real thick and got some runs happening. Oh well, better too much than not enough primer this time round I reckon!
Given I had to mix more primer than I needed I got the front fork brace primed and painted as well as I conveniently happened to degrease it the other day. It's just got aerosol satin black acrylic on it as it's not seen but I want it neat and protected from rusting.
I really hope the weather cooperates tomorrow, I wanna get some colour painted!
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Lol its costly to move it. Like 25k per location change.
Aaron
what a major pain on your $ yama :icon_razz:
pete are you going to clear it? What are your plans? I'm looking at 2k but I've read so much about isocyanates and a bit concerned about using it,....
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Actually not much daily. Unless i move it. Plus i can stare at coast. And unleas they have a sniper rifle, cant touch me.
Aaron
need aerial view yama!
Abaolutwly. Its my xhillpad lol. I crashed the helo into it when keyboard sruck lol. Will fly out to ir uaing my other bird so it shows all.
Aaron
Cool yama, gotta see the big boat in full!
Yep CBR, it'll all be getting cleared as well. I don't know if I'll get the black done today or not, currently rather wet outside, although if the rain radar is to be believed there's a chance it will clear up a bit later on this morning, see how it goes.
I get your concern with the 2K paint, and that's why I've laid my shed out like I have. It's certainly not a professional spray booth by any means but I'm comfortable I'm not causing anyone harm with the small amount of spraying I'm doing. The isocyanates are only bad when air borne during spraying, so that's the time to deal with them.
I have the shed 100% insulated (ceiling and walls) for noise but it also means I've had to seal all that in properly. The compressor lives in a box (also for noise) but it means it's sealed away from the fumes. On top of the compressor box I built the recirculation box with a filter in front of a fan, then an activated charcoal filter on the exit. The fan is driven by belt by an old washing machine motor so the motor is also sealed away from the fumes.
I have tarps and plastic that I put snap locks and velcro on so I can clip them to the walls which seems to give a good seal around the door and the removable part of the wall and roof (the bits I add in to expand the shed a bit).
So far after spraying when I walk outside, there's really only the slightest hint of thinners, and from what my house mate said that's typically only smelt after I actually open the door. There's no smell while it's sealed up.
Of course the isocyanates don't smell, but if you can't smell the thinners then there's not much chance of the bad stuff being outside either...
For my personal protection while spraying I wear disposable overalls (cheap as dirt on eBay) which also have a hood, old boots, gloves, a proper 3M 6000 series half face respirator with organic vapor cartridges (ok to use with isocyanates as long as you replace the filters regularly), and goggles.
The 3M respirator is awesome and was only about $40 from memory which is well worth it. I'll need to replace the filters after this round of painting I think but they can be had around the $30 mark so well worth it in my opinion.
They recommend a forced air setup for spraying isocyanates but that is unaffordable for me.
Pete, what's that # on the 3m 6000 respirator for the charcoal cartridges? Please good sir?
Had severe weather come thrust again so had to abort before taking pics. Will have exterior pic with speedboat parked along side for comparison. Found this card on ebay, may save for it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-AMD-Radeon-RX-560-4GB-GDDR5-PCI-Express-3-0-Graphics-Card-Black/192493482515?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D44040%26meid%3D58a1a6ea685c40f993a3230959a92c93%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D123057840471%26itm%3D192493482515&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982
Aaron
Hmmmm charcoal cartridges? Not sure on those... the ones I use are organic vapour, A1 6051 is the number I believe. The charcoal filter I referred to is at the exit of my recirculation box. I got the filters from eBay very cheaply, designed for acquarium usage I think? They're just a rectangular shaped piece of activated charcoal filter.
I hear ya' on the weather Yama! Rained on and off all day today, only just got a chance to get the primer done (again) on the front cowl real late this afternoon when it finally cleared.
Hopefully a final rub back tomorrow will show all is good for colour, and hopefully the weather is as good as predicted.
10-4 pete,...was trying to piece together what to order and misread what you said.
cat and pancakes,...
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Cool, thought that may have been the case ;) :thumb:
Haha clever kitty!!! Can never be too many cat pics... nor too many Kat pics...
This is my favourite colour schemed stock Kat... but very very limited edition from 1987. I think I have found a seller interstate here in Aus who can do those sorts of tank decals for me which would be awesome. Silver outline of the Suzuki only, not solid letters so the tank colour will be in the centre.
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as promised. the full tour. almost. but close
outside port
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Master stateroom lounge
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Aft helipad
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ohh and bar overlooking bow helipad. and a russian barmaid with a foul attitude. a british captain and a russian bartender. alli need is a swedish lifeguard and i have it made
lol
Aaron
Wait... a boat with its own port? Ok, that's a big boat!! Quite fancy too!
Mmmmmm glossy black...
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Pete you may have said it before but,..what paint are u using?
yama can you go anywhere in that ginormous fooker? Like below deck, engine room, etc?
The primer, black, and clear are PPG's Autothane brand (their economical brand), but the silver is PPG Deltron as that's the only series that has the proper Suzuki 13L Bright Silver Metallic formula.
I've been assured it's common to mix them up like that and I should have no compatibility issues :thumb:
Getting keyed up to get it finished up today... trying not to get too antsy about it so I don't stuff it up though!
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on April 05, 2018, 06:44:23 AM
yama can you go anywhere in that ginormous fooker? Like below deck, engine room, etc?
Yeah! Engine room! Shaft alley! The poop deck too!
Back in my Soldier of Fortune and First Person Shooter days I had a cheat that let you walk thru walls.
Had more fun with that than I did with the actual game. It was fascinating the stuff you could find that was not actually part of the normal game-play. :thumb:
Just saying.
-Ej-
FPS games... my fav will always be Wolf 3D... I have a '97 Packard Bell desktop PC which only has MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 on it. I love to sit there and play Wolf, Spear of Destiny, Blood, Duke Nukem, Blake Stone, original SimCity, Skyroads, King's Quest.....
PETE I love that color scheme!!! I can see why it's your favorite :thumb:
Haha yes indeed Showbiz!! Not quite the same scheme I'm doing myself, but mine is definitely inspired by it :thumb:
And speaking of paint schemes...
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"Yeah! Engine room! Shaft alley! The poop deck too!"
where pics? :dunno_black:
pete that's lookin sweee-eeet
Yeah come on Yama, don't be slackin'! :icon_mrgreen:
Cheers CBR!! Pretty happy with the results so far, see how they look in the sun tomorrow :thumb:
Nice work peteGS!
BTW, I'm thinking Yama's video card finally overloaded. :technical:
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Hahahaha yeah could be!!
Funny but true story... our building at work got evacuated about a month ago... someone's PC a few floors up did indeed start smoking :confused: :icon_eek:
Tried to get some sunny shots today, but of course the weather continues to be inconvenient just like the rest of my time off work and it was quite cloudy... also got the satin black done on some various other bits and pieces and the inside of the cowl and tail piece :thumb:
All the bodywork most definitely needs a rub back to get rid of overspray after clogging the recirculation box's inlet filter and to get rid of some orange peel, then a good cut and polish.
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shes screaming at times :/ specially with this shot. and keyboard too :(
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keeping eyes open for a decent deal. found one for 80 used maybe 2 times ( locally)
Aaron
as far as inside of vessell, one floor up from helicopter there is capts quarters. can enter that. then one down from helo is living quarters. and staterooms. ne in middle is lounge and bar . i wish i could get insie lower deck. i know you can when buying drugs in game because you have tio storm and clear a yacht, a tad smaller than this one. so it IS in the game.
and pete, loving hte work thusfar.
Hopefully you can get your hands on a card soon and enjoy that gaming :thumb:
Cheers! Pretty happy with it except I made it look like crap today after wet sanding it ready for a cut and polish.
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And I need a touch up on the front mudguard tomorrow, found a mark on it today where I've obviously brushed up against it when the silver was wet... rubbed it back and ended up through the clear and then the silver in a couple of spots :technical:
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wetsanding is always a depressing experience! but when you hit it again it will be that much BETTER!
Hope u find a card yama!
Yes indeed! Gotta get that touch up done and get some better polish, then make them all shiny again :D
Touch up done yesterday, should be able to rub that back and polish it today as it got some sun for about an hour :thumb:
And the tank got a quick once over on the black only with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound on a wool pad on the drill... can't wait to get it all cut and polished now :D
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Initial cut and polish all done... although I need to redo the silver on the front mudguard tomorrow... aside from that I'm loving this paint scheme :icon_mrgreen: :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
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:bowdown: gorgeous work pete. Man I can't wait to see you put this all together :woohoo:
Here's my paint theme,...paint scheme(?) fender after wet sanding! Yours is so clean and your lines precise and mine is like a turd rolled down some stairs :icon_razz:
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Hahaha cheers CBR!! Definitely happy with that scheme :thumb:
Wet sanding always makes the parts look like crap, once you get some primer and paint on it's a whole different world!
I'm soooo loving all the pics!!! This is fantastic! :D :D :D
Glad you're enjoying Showbiz!! :icon_mrgreen:
Here's some more...
Re-sprayed front mudguard...
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Repair done in the stator cover area to replace a dodgy PO repair...
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This guy's freekin' amazing! :bowdown:
Go pete go!
Hahaha I wouldn't go that far EJ!!!
Definitely happy with the progress though :D
I need to pick up some better polishing pads for the drill, hopefully today. The wool one I was using has gone past it's expiry date I reckon, little bits of wool flying off everywhere are not helping...
I also wasn't happy with the end result of the side panel switches and filler panels, so the black plastic paint made an appearance yesterday. I have a white paint pen to redo the triangles too.
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Looks like your using an autopsy of an opossum to lay your parts on,... :icon_razz:
How did we survive before the internet? :dunno_black:
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Quote from: cbrfxr67 on April 13, 2018, 01:43:22 PM
Looks like your using an autopsy of an opossum to lay your parts on,... :icon_razz:
:icon_lol: could be! Threw that paper out today so we'll never know though :dunno_black:
Cheers EJ! Glad we have clear diagnosis available now :thumb: :bowdown:
Unfortunately this is an update without pic's... I spent yesterday and today sorting out my Acewell gauge on the 450 and replacing the voltage monitor with a new one http://www.sparkbright.co.uk/sparkbright-eclipse-battery-voltage-monitor.php (http://www.sparkbright.co.uk/sparkbright-eclipse-battery-voltage-monitor.php)
The O rings that waterproof the buttons in the Acewell perished a while back and the microswitches corroded meaning no way to reset the trip meter, reset the clock, or check the odometer etc. :technical:
A mate suggested I seal them up and use external buttons, and he gave me a couple of waterproof ones as well, so they went in and I now have a fully functioning dash again :thumb:
On the downside, my replaced voltage monitor shows me I have a charging problem I wasn't aware of :technical: Gotta disconnect the stator from the R/R tomorrow and see what the AC voltage out of that is...
Oh, actually, one pic... picked up new polishing pads for the drill today so I can get back to the Kat polishing tomorrow...
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gotta make it look ugl...not pretty, to make it look pretty and not ugl..... yeah card was artifacting when i was loading scenes. shes not happy. hoping she can hold out for a bit. i mbroke lmao. anyhoo this pic, INCHES to spare. i put it down quickly didnt hit the building. surprisingly
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Aaron
(_!_) a regular ass
(__!__) a fat ass
(!) a tight ass
(_*_) a sore ass
{_!_} a swishy ass
(_o_) an a** that's been around
(_x_) kiss my ass
(_X_) leave my a** alone
(_zzz_) a tired ass
(_E=mc2_) a smart ass
(_$_) Money coming out of his ass
(_?_) Dumb Ass
You have just been e-mooned!
Boobicons? ?
.Y. flat boobies
(.Y.) curvy boobies
( . Y . ) fat boobies
( o Y o ) boobiecons
(.)(.) little boobies
(o)(o) regular boobies
( O )( O ) big boobies
( ' ) ( ' ) perky boobies
( , ) ( , ) droopy boobies
{.} {.} cold boobies
( @ ) ( @ ) hairy boobies
[ _ ] [ _ ] android boobies
( $ )( $ ) silicon boobies
Hahahahah love it Yama!! And nice work on the landing :thumb:
I thought the Kat paint was looking pretty decent after the initial cut and polish... but then today I did it all properly... Meguiar's Ultimate Compound on white then yellow wool, Fine Cut Cleaner on orange then black foam, then glaze by hand... end result is just so much better and I'm absolutely stoked! :cheers: :woohoo:
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Absolutely beautiful :D
Wow.....just.....wow
Aaron
Cheers Showbiz and Yama!! Definitely stoked with the results :icon_mrgreen: :cheers: :thumb:
Then. . .
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Now. . .
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I know it. Will post one pic then letting card cool off awhile
Aaron
Yes indeed EJ, a marked difference!! That is a completely different (new) tank of course though :oops: :icon_mrgreen:
Good call Yama, let it cool down and post away :thumb:
If shes this pretty now, imag i ne when done
Quote from: peteGS on April 16, 2018, 12:32:34 PM
Yes indeed EJ, a marked difference!! That is a completely different (new) tank of course though
Understood, but compared to what you started with the overall restore job is amazing. :cheers:
-Ej-
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 15, 2018, 08:41:40 PM
"Will post one pic then letting card cool off awhile"
Aaron
I had a Commodore 64 that had a bad DIP chip. It would overheat and and crash the computer right in the middle of my codeing secession. It used to piss me off big time!
Then I got smart and grabbed an aerosol can of component freeze from work and would freeze the bad chip about every 20 minutes until I was done programming.
Yes sir... The good old days. :cheers:
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ive got one of those lol.
heres the rare car collection part of it.
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Aaron
the first 2 floors are gang cars.
those are DIFFICULT to get.
and the gunny is dead now. ( the drill instructor in full metal jacket
That's a serious car collection alright :thumb:
Pinstripes look right as the separator between the black and silver, but not sure if the satin red is right yet, need some sun on the weekend as the garage lighting is horrendous.
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Thats MAYBEA 25% of it. Cards pn life support. Artifacting hard. So letting it cool off until 8. W l get shots of it all. Cant wait to upgrade the gpu if nothing else. Frig rho, cards been amazing , in time ive had it :O
Aaron
Hopefully you can get one sorted soon Yama :thumb:
I got almost all the decals on tonight, just gotta figure out a minor issue with the black stripe decals that go on the side covers.
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i hope i do too. she was screaming after this. first my entire criminal enterprise in one picture. out there. beyond distant mountain peak is my stolen cars and crates enterprises, then on left is the weed farm...in the desert. in middle is the guns, cocaine, meth work within walking distance of eachother. also a prison lmao.
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literally she was screaming after this particaular pic. i turn around and see this.....
on a 5yo game...
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Aaron
All your ill gotten gains on one screen hey? Cool! :icon_lol:
Nice sunset too!
Finally got all the decals done, no more dodgy garage photos after this I hope. I wanna get some good sunny ones on the weekend so I can see how those pinstripes and Suzuki decals look out in the true light of day.
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Drooling.....
Aaron
Hahaha cheers!!
I must say it's weird walking into the garage now... open the door, look right, oh there's a Katana in there now! :icon_mrgreen: :cheers: :woohoo:
And it gets better every visit :)
Aaron
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Pickled possum peckers? Ok I've seen it all now... :cookoo:
Quote from: peteGS on April 20, 2018, 01:02:50 PM
Pickled possum peckers? Ok I've seen it all now...
Them damn red-necks south of here will can just about anything. :icon_rolleyes:
BTW; Where are you with the engine/trans assembly?
Just wondering. :dunno_black:
-Ej-
they eat some WEIRD things thats for sure lol
btw ever have that sinking feeling?, ohh htat mountain i jumped from other day in picture, is at very top of this picture...and about 3300ft...below me in alt. i finished htis jump at 7600 and change;. bout had contest won. until someone hit 7765 lol ahh well. all in good fun
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Aaron
https://www.ambiz.net/pickledpossum.htm
That's a long way to fall!!! Lucky it's only a game right? :D
EJ, the crankshaft is away to get checked out at the moment as it needs some truing up (exceeding runout specs).
I started prep'ing the crankcases for paint a month or so ago and should be getting back to that today, and I laid all the gearbox bits out on the workbench last night ready to get that together.
I'll need someone to press second gear and weld it for me but I believe someone is lined up to take care of it :thumb:
Right now I'm focusing on finishing up all the things I've already bought parts for or prepared for so I can let the $$$ build up again. No idea how much the crankshaft will set me back, could be a significant outlay there... so I'm trying not to spend at the moment.
Super happy with the red pinstriping and silver Suzuki decals after seeing it all in natural lighting today at last...
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Got some more bits paint stripped....
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And started on the gearbox, got the drive shaft all together ready to install.
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I absolutely love it!!! The red part of the seat and that frame (still) are my favorite parts. :rstar:
Cheers ShowBiz!! I can only agree :icon_mrgreen: :cheers:
Countershaft is now ready for second to be pressed on and welded...
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Trying some different engine colour combinations... still leaning towards stock black with polished head fins, although the blacked out cam caps and red head fins is sorta growing on me...
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Idk. Thinking testarossa aka redhead.
Aaron
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It doesnt even matter Pete! That thing is sweetness either way
Might be my art degree part of my brain waking from the dead a little lol but I like the first one the best.
IMO you don't wanna over-do the red.
But cbr is absolutely right, it's total eye candy no matter what!
Hmmmmmmm, showbiz makes a good point.
Aaron
But yes total eye candy
GPU fan was screaming after this cheech run. guy in truck, buys truckload of weed. i have to drive....becsause guy in truck is smoking it like crazy .aka clambake/contact stoning. guy on top of truck was my backup
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Haha cheers you lot! Input is always welcome :D
And I can only agree, stock black with polished fins is the way to go, every time I look back my eyes keep being drawn to that one, and it seems the consensus on multiple forums also... any red on there is just not quite right :thumb:
That's a truckload of weed alright Yama!!! :icon_lol:
The morw you say it the more i agree . polished fins fits it better than other ideas.
Aaron
Yep indeed :thumb:
And some thread repair tonight... and my crankshaft should be ready to go next week too :D
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Quote from: ShowBizWolf on April 25, 2018, 09:00:46 AM. . . I like the first one the best.
IMO you don't wanna over-do the red.
^^^ :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
^^^
Yep! Too much red would be bad! Don't wanna take away from the silver/black combo...
Today is crankcase painting day too :D
More painting!
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awesomesauce with a side order of impressive.
btw i want these fence posts, and the volleyball nets on beach. either one will stop this truck. nothign else will. except for buildings. she wasnt happy after this. fan was roaring. so its cooldown time
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Aaron
Hahahh everyone needs those fence posts! Security plus to stop those ramming attacks :thumb:
Paint re-done on the front axle spacers last night and put the forks back together.
I guess the anti dive plates were leaking a lot longer than I first thought! Each leg has 227mL of oil in it, and I had to add a total of 140mL between the two of them :icon_eek:
Oh well, should be all sorted now at least with the threebond.
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killing me pete,...SO ready to see this assembled
Hahahah I have a feeling patience may be required sooner rather than later... I can see me rapidly hitting a point where I will be waiting for $$$ to finish things up...
Ran out of thread locker doing the anti dive block off plates again so I couldn't start on the lower crank case assembly tonight, so all I could really do is get the top case in the engine stand and get the drive shaft in.
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until thread locker comes in,...
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Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high, into the sun....................
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keep updating us pete or i start posting WEIRD game shots :icon_twisted: lol i jest.
Aaron
Errrr thanks CBR... I think? :D That's a big butt!
Nice to see you getting some air Yama!! Feel free to keep posting up :icon_mrgreen: :thumb:
Lack of thread locker solved yesterday and got those couple of bits installed along with the left hand side shift drum bearing... froze the two bearings to shrink them and heated the case up to expand it, but apparently not enough. I still had to drift the left hand bearing in, although with not a lot of force at least.
The right hand bearing stopped a couple of mm's in (no drifting on that one, it's fragile!) so I gently got it back out with no damage and back in the freezer again.
I'll try again with more heat, and I cobbled together some steel, wood, and the old bearing as a bit of a press to pull it into place if it doesn't drop in easily again.
No pic's coz there didn't seem much point... will share when it's done though ;)
Oh, and picking up my crankshaft this morning!! :woohoo:
Quote from: peteGS on May 03, 2018, 01:02:24 PM
Errrr thanks CBR... I think? :D That's a big butt!
Nice to see you getting some air Yama!! Feel free to keep posting up :icon_mrgreen: :thumb:
Lack of thread locker solved yesterday and got those couple of bits installed along with the left hand side shift drum bearing... froze the two bearings to shrink them and heated the case up to expand it, but apparently not enough. I still had to drift the left hand bearing in, although with not a lot of force at least.
The right hand bearing stopped a couple of mm's in (no drifting on that one, it's fragile!) so I gently got it back out with no damage and back in the freezer again.
I'll try again with more heat, and I cobbled together some steel, wood, and the old bearing as a bit of a press to pull it into place if it doesn't drop in easily again.
No pic's coz there didn't seem much point... will share when it's done though ;)
Oh, and picking up my crankshaft this morning!! :woohoo:
completion here we come. Ill keep poating as hardware allows.
Aaron
Crankshaft goodness today :D
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Shift drum bearing goodness too...
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Stuff going in...
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More stuff going in...
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Supposed to be getting second gear pressed on and maybe welded on Sunday which will let me finish getting the gearbox in. Fingers crossed that works out!
The end is near. Can see the front of the truck trailer.
Aaron
P.s. anyone thats ever unloaded a truck will know this. You start at the back and work forward
Well... never unloaded a truck but makes sense :D
I've gotta pause and take stock real soon, need to figure out what's next in the order of things to do as I need to start being careful about what I spend money on, the fund is just about dead until next pay day.
I need to start working out... do I buy paint for the cylinders/head/covers or gaskets... things like that.
Quote from: peteGS on May 04, 2018, 01:03:07 PM
Well... never unloaded a truck but makes sense :D
I've gotta pause and take stock real soon, need to figure out what's next in the order of things to do as I need to start being careful about what I spend money on, the fund is just about dead until next pay day.
I need to start working out... do I buy paint for the cylinders/head/covers or gaskets... things like that.
i think if you must cut corners on anything, nothing in engine. Can engine be painted after assy?
Aaro
Oh! No, no corners will be being cut :thumb:
It's simply a matter of prioritising what gets purchased ahead of other things... pointless getting gaskets if I'm not ready to assemble the motor... and yes I *could* paint the motor once assembled, but that would make it so much harder to prep all the nooks and crannies compared with having it separated, so I'll do it while apart.
That's not going to delay anything, shelling out the hard earned is going to cause the delays sooner rather than later.
I've still got plenty to do right now that is time and effort so it's not stalled yet thankfully :woohoo:
Second gear is on but not welded yet, have to go see someone else about that hopefully on Wednesday.
And some other random bottom end pic's of stuff going together...
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:woohoo:
:cheers: :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
Need to make a phone call about the welding today, hope they can sort it for me!
Did some sums with what's left to procure... yeah gonna hit stalling point real soon and it'll just be a month by month thing for quite a while now. I hope I'm wrong but my sums say another 12 months :dunno_black:
cmon pete
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That was GREAT yama. Needed that this morning,..was dragging since I got up
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Fun playing with them
Aaron
Got second welded today... a little ugly to start...
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A little better...
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Spot on...
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Love seeing some engine work. People are good to post a build until they get to engine work and then it falls off. Me included.
Thanks for sharing pete! fantabulous!(https://www.motohouston.com/forums/images/smilies/notworthy.gif)
Any time CBR! :thumb:
I tend to post too much if anything, but I know exactly what you mean. I've seen many threads go from lots of updates of progress and then suddenly a motor is built. If you've never done one before or are doing the same type it's certainly helpful to see what others encounter along the way, especially when it comes to assembly of things like gearboxes where there's many moving parts.
The countershaft went in the freezer last night and I'll sneak the other bearing into the oven tonight so it should press on nice and easy, then the countershaft can go in the top case with the driveshaft and I can test fit the cases together and make sure it shifts nicely :thumb:
yup been there. btw my new plate which will be on all but my electric cars in game. cards holding up for now.
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Aaron
Hahaha love it Yama :thumb:
I stuck the other bearing for the countershaft in the oven for 10 minutes tonight, grabbed the countershaft out of the freezer, and the bearing literally just dropped in place. Way too easy! :thumb: :woohoo:
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I test fitted the lower case on the upper case and all went nice and smooth, however she just doesn't want to change gears via the shift lever :technical:
If I rotate the drum directly by hand it shifts, but not via the shifting shaft and cam on the end of the drum. I suspect I've done something not quite right during assembly but hoping one of the Kat gurus will be able to give me some good tips or point out something obvious I'm missing.
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errm meant hell that was an old posting caption. that one means what i am. thats going on all cars sans electrics
this one. have you ever felt that your car got hit by a large transport aircraft? the lady who had this car did. i gave my car to a friend to drive to see if this one drove. and yes it did. not entirely well but it drove..although it felt like something was rubbing. i wonder what it coudl be.
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Aaron
heres another one
ohhh crap this guy is good
Aaron
Hahahah classic! :icon_lol:
450 stator replacement last night, fried stator anyone? Mmmm crispy!
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So confused getting this shifting work on the Kat... following the manual but it makes no sense :technical: :dunno_black:
It either engages the recesses and only moves a couple of gears, or sits between the recesses and goes nowhere :dunno_black:
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'Tis so quiet in here... :confused:
Shifting issue sorted, not because I had a :icon_idea: moment or figured it out, but simply because I put it together again and it was all fine :dunno_black:
Test fit cases together, shifting quite happily from 1st to 5th including neutral :woohoo:
bad azz pete!
Hahaha cheers CBR :thumb:
Need some gameshots yama! u slacking!
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been taking it easy on card. it hated me with this one. ( and sun off camera. but the paint i came up with. navy blue with formula red pearl everything but the linkages has this. makes for decent camo low light.
Aaron
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sweet pic yama!
Low light color really explodes.
Aaron
That would indeed be hard to see at night :thumb:
Had an exciting night cleaning the crankcase gasket surfaces then the bolts and getting them sorted, does mean the cases should be ready to go together though :thumb:
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Cases together... but I haven't ordered an O ring which stops me putting the sump cover on :technical:
Will order that with a few other O rings today, hopefully they're not back ordered!
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That looks like fun lol.
Aaron
Fun indeed! In pants wetting, puckering sorta way :D
Got my O rings ordered, should be here by Monday :cheers:
Quote from: peteGS on May 18, 2018, 12:50:04 PM
Got my O rings ordered, should be here by Monday :cheers:
It shall be interesting to tally the cost of the entire Kat project once she if 100% complete.
Just saying... $$$ :thumb:
Like our national debt it will be high. But pric3 not withstanding it will be money well spent.
Aaron
I'm actively resisting the urge to tally costs... you're right it will not be cheap! Despite a lot of help with very cheap/free parts from mates... a budget build it might be, but that don't mean cheap!
I'll be distracted fixing my top box mount on the 450 today, the hook on the base plate is plastic and broke during our ride yesterday while a mate was on it, and it went rolling down the road at 100kph. Fortunately it stayed in one piece and another mate was there with his outfit so we also had a way to bring it home, otherwise that would've been really awkward...
Adidasguy GOD rest his soul, he would approve. Budget yes, err maybe but it was done the way it was supposed to be done.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 19, 2018, 01:58:16 PM
Budget yes, err maybe but it was done the way it was supposed to be done.
Aaron
Agreed!
The peteGS Kat project is not at the whim of some million dollar Hollywood movie star. It is the 'hands-on' work of one very motivated master-mechanic. :bowdown:
Just saying. :thumb:
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Ill keep the pc running with luc k. And using the pictures provuded. And of course with petes permission make a youtube documentary on this. This ladles and jellyspoons is how it is done.
Aaron
Master mechanic? Hmmmm... me thinks a little over statement there EJ ;) :D
I'm happy just to know how to assemble stuff, do basic troubleshooting, and not kill myself by my bikes falling apart after I work on them :thumb:
Yama, if you so wish to compile said documentary, go forth and compile... probably something I'd not bother to do myself aside from I still intend to do a walk around once she's up and running ready to go on the road, and of course that first ride video as well. Which reminds I probably should break out the GoPro one day and make sure it still works!
Got my top box sorted out yesterday as well, turns out it did indeed have a break in it, split down beside the lock but the design of the box means while the lid is shut securely it held itself together. Handy! A bit of plastic welding with the soldering iron is holding it together nicely.
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I was also a bit wrong on what caused it all in the first place too. The hook on the mount actually has a metal support for the plastic, but the self tapping screws holding it in place had loosened off, allow the support to move away from the plastic, therefore plastic breaking off. I've now added a second piece of steel to the existing steel support, and it seemed to be quite secure with me yanking on it yesterday. Have to wait and see how it copes on the bumps.
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I also had to apply a bit of tarzan grip to glue the rear reflector in place, I like it there as it's right in cagers' faces as they follow me.
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Start with a video of fiest start, then backtrack and use the pics youve listed.
Aaron
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nvm the helicopter load of prohibited substances lol. the sun to the west. toward right hand side of pic. ohhh comp was workin hard . for an older game the outdoor scenes are sometimes amazing. ill grab a sunset off of this mountain sometime. there sone in front of me, and the big one behind me. buth offer great views.
Love me some plastic welding! :thumb:
sweet shot yama!
That game never seems to disappoint for scenery :thumb:
Nor will that POS video card finally die. :thumb:
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Idk she artifacts when hot. Game server died for 14 hours. Came back up. Worked ot hard from 9pm onwards.
Aaron
EJ
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Looks like all my O rings, washers, bolts, etc. I've ordered should be here today :woohoo:
Coolness. Now you begin final assembly.
Aaron
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 22, 2018, 04:20:05 PM
Coolness. Now you begin final assembly.
Aaron
at some point in future once im able to replace gpu ill replace or re thermal paste heatsink and relegate this card to backup duty. I keep spare parts for crashes. Cards however i dont have a working spare for.
Aaron
What card would you get yama? linky? :whisper:
Something like this. Its a recert but carries a warranty.
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A 4gb rx550
Aaron
Looks fancy, should have plenty of cooling :thumb:
Got my bits!!
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Last night saw the sump cover on, all the retainers etc. on under the clutch as well as the mechanical advance unit and oil pump. The starter clutch/rotor is in as well as the neutral switch as well, although I need to work out protection for the wiring for that and terminate it yet.
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Starter motor and oil pressure switch to go in yet as well as replace the rusty footpeg and rear master cylinder bolts.
Then it's onto checking out valves and seats and looking at getting cylinders honed etc.
3/5 of my "criminal" lol empire down below me. to left of heli nose is the coke mill, to right of nose is the guns, to the right of that is the counterfeit cash. the other two vices are 2km away other side of the mountain to right.
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Aaron
Good to know where all your vices are stashed Yama ;) :D
Replaced some ugly bolts last night...
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Ahhh bike porn. You know you play a game too much when you tell someone you gotta get home you jave a truckload of coke to move . anyhoo back to screenshot land.
Aaron
It's alllllllll about the details :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
learned a costly lesson. dont leave key in the on position in riding mower. killed a battery not even 2 mos old. new one tapped me out lmao :technical: ahhh well its now in my been there done that catalog.
Aaron
seems tinypic crashed. sooooo its a 503 error. anyhoo finding another site for todays update pic
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other businesses involving sad vices are pictured. the tallest tower in center of pic is office. ESE of that i store the hot cars, south of that is another drug place, north of tower is another drug place. come to think of it, theres no honest way to make a buck in this game. LMAO
Aaron
:D :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
Does that mean even the cops are crooked?
Pretty much. Can walk past a cop with an rpg .....no words or dirty looks. Bump into one, = ww3.
Aaron
Maybe they're just blind? :icon_mrgreen:
funny thing is getting a 5 star wanted level . theyre ultra pissed. and will not quit looking. figured out how to get insdide hte bank. common knowledge yet hardly anyone does this. ( walk in front door. which most places doors are nt open. anyhoo. get a 5 star then walk into bank, and down to vault area. cops swarming outside bank in an area other players pass thru. rendering an area impassible for as long as im there
anyhoo took new plane out. and broke it by landing on a car. still flyable albeit barely.
the swirled paint is ultra blue with formula red pearl. it picks up on wavyness of road.
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Aaron
Oooops, probably should watch out for them there cars then :icon_mrgreen:
Cool colour!
Aitt that the truth. A good test tho. If you have to put it down quickly...can you. I can land my bomber on office helipad.
Aaron
Mine is blue now.
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:icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
Just as effective as Takata bags right? :icon_mrgreen:
I did some inspection work on Sunday... looking like a cylinder hone and lapping job on the valves along with new rings and gaskets is all that will be required to get the top end together :thumb: :woohoo:
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Someone did some porting on the head too, no idea if it's good or bad but I'll see when I get it on the road I guess.
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even better than takata. no metal parts
tron bike with tron suit. red bike green suit suit flashes. so in effect i look like a vegas whorehouse christmas party.
Aaron
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yama what happs after you're sitting in the area and it's impassable? Anything interesting or that's it?
Many ways out lil
Aaron
A rolling Vegas whorehouse Christmas party? I like it :icon_lol:
Hmm...
Perhaps the voice of experience? :icon_mrgreen:
Im too ugly for that. Lmao
Aaron
Quote from: peteGS on May 29, 2018, 12:57:47 PM
A rolling Vegas whorehouse Christmas party? I like it :icon_lol:
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working on colors. the tron suits are pricy
Aaron
You certainly won't go unnoticed at night! Latest safety fashion trend? :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
Around here would get extra attn from law enforcement lol.
Aaron
With our nanny state you'd probably get a medal :icon_lol:
Trying to get fire red on the bike.
Aaron
Maybe I should've gone that for the pinstripes on the Kat? :icon_lol:
Welded up a little tear in the chain guard yesterday, then got it reasonably straight, made the new headlight relay mount finally, then a splash of paint.
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:woohoo: Getting closer :icon_mrgreen:
Aaron
another sunset and useless camouflage
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using this same paint formula
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heading off into the sunset.
Aaron
Lots of flying stuff... helicopters... planes... ummmm... boats??!! :icon_lol:
Got all my front cowl bits the other week so it's now complete, had to test fit it last night to make sure the new headlight relay mount now has the relays clearing the cowl, which it does nicely :thumb:
The mount and chain guard turned out pretty neat too.
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Need to get my paws on an xbox 360 controller. Specifically the wire from controller to usb on pc. Mine went awol .
Aaron
same picture both of these. i changed the camo on most aircraft. anyhoo the disguise, my toon is an UGLY WOMAN so shes masked. anyhoo with the hat on using hte zebra mask it glitches so th emask looks like i suckerpunched a bulldog.
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here it is sans hat.
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pete i see the light at the end of the tunnel. and we expect nay we demand a happy dance when this is done :)
Hahaha bulldog zebra maybe?
Well, we'll see on me doing a happy dance... I'm not much of a photogenic type ;)
However that happy dance ain't gonna be this year, no way are the funds going to allow that and I'll be doing a lot of thumb twiddling before she hits the road I'm afraid :technical:
I see we seem to have lost EJ and Janxy again... I suspect Janxy is somewhat tired after much concreting...
Ej is a busy guy. If hes on tis usually late or on weekends. Or whenever hes free. Both ahall return methinks.
Aaron
Yes both busy guys, and I suspect you're right and they will pop in at some point ;) :thumb:
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lost use of w key for a bit, aka no throttle. so i coasted it down. keyboard is near death as well lmao. its gotten ALOT of use. digging thru spare parts to see if i have another usb keyboard i can swap out for this one.
Aaron
Almost forgot this one. captured about 15 minutes before the chopper forced landing.
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I'd say that ended pretty well for no throttle :thumb:
As long as i didnt down throttle it was good.
Aaron
Blurple ( blue and purple paint) and lime green pearl. car is purple in daylight and blue at night
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Cool colour :thumb:
Wish I had something cool to share but nada zip zilch so far... :dunno_black:
youll have an epic movie of this when its done ;)
Aaron
Gave ol bessie a proper workout/thrashing
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oh and grabbed another toy airplane. painted it to crash parties. now i can honestly say i brought the balloons
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Hahaha nice! Another non-flying object inducted into the flying category :thumb:
And I have something interesting to share!
Fella on the Kat forum from Western Australia rode his Kat across the Nulabor to meet us east coasters and joined us for our Saturday morning ride yesterday... 8 Kats, 3 GS', and a stray Honda made for a fun morning out :thumb:
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Wow that was impressive.
Aaron
Damn
had alot of respect for this man.
and the following is the sichuan china episode. hilarious watching eric ripert suffer from the spicy lol
I must confess I have no idea who he was until he died... and I've not read about it because I still have no idea who he was... :dunno_black:
Not sure if that's sad or not...
Watch anthony bourdain parts unknown on youtube. Food guy and travelogue. Hes coarse yet funny.
Aaron
Hes fought many addictions and became quite well known in the food industry.
Sweet pics pete! Love the gameshots yama!
Was a fun morning out CBR :thumb: :D
I've been a little absent for a couple of days... for no reasons that are exciting or interesting :dunno_black:
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nothing new pete?
nothing heard about hyosung in a long bit. anyhoo heres a long cruise examining the ground\
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Aaron
Well, nothing new enough to report on... although I've ordered some bits I was awaiting pay day for to hopefully get them in the country before the 1st July when this stupid tax change hits for international purchases :technical:
I'm hoping to do *something* constructive tomorrow though!
Yama... that's pretty impressive stuff! Hope you're wearing a seat belt :D
I think i am. Several miles of inverted flight lol
Aaron
Fair chance you are if you're still in the cockpit then :icon_lol:
Love thar aircraft called a pyro. Can fly inverted at idle. Another one i want to try called a molotok kinda resembles a mig17. Also fun to fly. Will show that one later tonight.
Aaron
didnt get a decent shot of it. hes another sunset flight :) will have the mig pic tomorrow
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Aaron
Cool, the scenery shots are definitely impressive in that game :thumb:
Wow I guess I win? :D
Perfect winter's day for riding yesterday...
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new comp so no more gpu worries. :) anyhoo a slight siesta to upload some RL badassery
the tail gun from a b17 ( aluminum overcast )
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Aaron
Oooh nice Yama got an upgrade! :woohoo: :thumb:
Was gonna say the new one makes the game look even more realistic... then I read it properly :icon_lol:
Quote from: peteGS on June 24, 2018, 12:38:31 PM
Oooh nice Yama got an upgrade! :woohoo: :thumb:r.
Qent feom an i3 to a ryzen 5. 2 core to 6
Was gonna say the new one makes the game look even more realistic... then I read it properly :icon_lol:
Ryzen? Someone at work was talking about them the other day, supposed to be the bees knees now I guess? :dunno_black:
But upgrade is good always :thumb: :D :woohoo:
Found a great deal on it. Not a ryzen 7 thusfar is awesome.
Aaron
Even better!
Keeping other one as a media server.
Aaron
Good deal! Don't throw good stuff away :thumb:
I hooked the Kat harness back up yesterday with the idea of finishing up indicator and number plate light connections, but discovered my old Motobatt battery now doesn't even hold enough charge to flash the indicator relay, and the only reason the tail light turns on is because it's LED.
Oh well, have to park the 450 beside it and run jumper leads over to it I think.
I think I must've been drunk :cheers: when I checked out my valve guides on the Kat, they appear to be screwed. All of them wriggle a mm or more, don't even need to check with the dial gauge to see that :technical:
That's another $300+ setback dammit! :technical:
And that's provided it's the guides alone that are screwed, not the valves as well...
A monetary lesson lol. But if you look at the good side of it. You will have worked on or had your hands on everything that there is to get your hands on in there.
Aaron
This is true!
Figured out tonight it's just new guides though, all the valves are under spec, so it's new guides and new valves, which also means needing to get the seats cut :technical:
I'm beginning to think I'm destined never to get this Kat on the road...
All quiet on the western front hey? ;)
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yea it's friday
Saturday morning :icon_mrgreen:
Hopefully a mate has me covered on the Kat front with a spare head, hopefully he's out riding with us this morning and we can discuss further...
good luck pete!
Wow, still quiet in here!
Haven't picked up the head yet but it will happen, not sure if it's a loan or permanent yet. If it's a loan it'll be a clean and use although most likely will replace the valve stem seals and call it good. Might not look too bad if I clean it up properly. The rest of the motor will be black but the head will be stock silver, and one of the other fellas has a GSX1100 done like that although his head is vapour blasted so it's ultra clean. It looks pretty good though...
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ive a ton of b17 pictures still to upload. working on migrating them to pc
Aaron
This is what happens when you dont strap your carbaby into the back seat of an airplane and slam on the brakes. was about the size of a toyota camry. now about the size of a mini cooper. and yes it still drives. drove to that point from airport...and back.
Aaron
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I'm back! Haven't logged in for ages... slack I know :oops:
So Yama is that what you call a compact? :icon_lol:
Picked up my mate's spare head last weekend and a stator and sprocket cover yesterday, getting close to progress again at last!
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Back on track to the end of the truck. Compact from a big midsize. More to cpme. Goong to make a youtube video testing a dozen cars perhaps.
Aaron
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slightly NSFW
this kid is savage as hell. guarantee mom whipped his butt tho
Aaron
with my time left on earth, i have a bucket list assembled. since im on disability now, cutting corners and knocking off as much of it as i can. first one is key west. so i can touch oceans. caribbean and atlantic. at same time. aka on the cheap. since lodging in the keys isnt cheap at all ill camp. also since i love watching airplanes fly. and flying whenever i can, foundf a campground due south of KWIA airport. anyhoo trying to do this in first week of september. then next one is pacific ocean and also to visit the site where our beloved addidasguy lost his life. must do these things while im able to do so. pics of game coming perhaps tonight or tomorrow. some hilarious stuff i promise.
Aaron
Good stuff Yama, get your bucket list done! I've never contemplated one aside from having a Kat...
My turn to be absent, nothing going on except work stuff so not much interesting to post at the moment, hopefully I can pull my finger out today and get something done.
take pictures set as wallpaper. with one rule. you cannot remove them until you ride the bike. anyhoo slight update. key west even by bus is ultra pricy. bus ticket 125 there and 170 back. no thanks. sooooo changed to key largo fl. same plan except im taking a risk. not enough funding to reserve hotel room. but i will when i get ther if ones available. bus tickets purchased. now to kill a months time. ohhhh picked up a game on steam today. called my summer car. ultra detailed car building sim. including finnish cursing. drinking beer taking a piss eating and sleeping . plus building a car. from teh bolts up; downloading it now. will have qa first screenshot tomorrow.
Aaron
would say flying off into the sunset, but since im heading east. that is not possible sooooo flying off into the sunrise lmao.
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Aaron
Sunrise?? Why not!! Gotta be different sometimes right :icon_mrgreen:
I'm afraid I have nothing to report... hopefully one day soon I will do something... interesting... of note... and hopefully Kat related.
:icon_idea: shpuld have said flying off into the aunset and seen if anyone might have caught that. The answer wad in the picture. And no it wasnt the sun lol
Aaron
I have been rather incognito I'm afraid... nothing exciting going on... although it looks like my exhaust is sorted after a mate provided a muffler that slips straight onto my headers and looks like it'll do the job nicely :thumb:
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Ooooooooh, that is lovely!!! Very very nice, it looks perfect! Good friend for sure :thumb:
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Goin for a lil cruise
Aaron
reminiscing. these old best of craigslist posts. these are NOT SAFE FOR WORK
https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/35274458.html?lang=en&cc=us
https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/aus/323013997.html?lang=en&cc=us
cricket cricket cricket,....
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!!!
!!! Ks what i said about keyblargp rain storms today. 2p seconds of deluge...them nothing lol
Aaron
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Aaron
That looks great yama,... good times
Idk about great times but having a bit pf fun kicking an item off my bucket list whike on a budget. 25 hours of bis ride tomorrow lol.
Aaro
Ty cbr that was the epitome of a crap shot. Like wth grab the phone hit camera and see what happens. Got one of the atlantic side when leaving. Was on the proper side of thw greydog for that. That uhaul selfbatorage place is on some prime real estate lol . google map 103365 overseas highway and zero on blackwater sound youll see a canal. Thats where it was. Ill retun thwre soon if i can swing it. But rather will try to fly lol. Its a short hop from tn.
Aaron
Same location during day. Weather was crap.
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Aaron
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Aaron
Aaaah Yama's on an adventure, nicely done sir hope you're having a ball!! :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Yes, I'm still alive... had nothing to report so I slacked off :dunno_black:
However... the Kat is underway again (at least for the moment)... my sprocket cover is now a breather catch tank. A bit ugly inside but should do the job. I was planning some nice neat welding but... my lack of skills welding aluminium plus running out of Argon gas again meant RTV to the rescue.
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I also got my cylinders honed, although not the best hone job in the world (my first).
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And made a start on my dash. The Acewell 1500 I'll get has no idiot lights, so I'm making a panel for them to sit between the triple clamp and the Acewell.
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Been hpme for a few days lol. Heck nearly a week now.
Aaron
I'm a bit slow on the uptake... usual story :icon_mrgreen:
Lol no worries. :D
Aaron
Looking good pete,...!
Gotta find the rambo truck lol at miami intl apt.
Aaron
Rambo truck? Do tell!
Paint stripping fun today...
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Picked up the rest of my top end gaskets on Friday, so grabbed everything out to see whether I have everything to assemble the top end yet or not. Missing a couple of small items by the looks but mostly ready to roll once the paint is done in a couple of weeks (hopefully).
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Florida highway patrol doesnt play lol.
Aaron
you need one of those in every color yama (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchinariders.net%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fgay_gif.gif&hash=48bd39b63a7bec93ee6a986179d2e223f7ee0fc5)
Lol yeah. Prolly couldnt get past 70 then again couldnt be stopped by anything short of high explosives. Dangit i was impressed. My 10 dollar phone case finally died. May try and get one where you can put your own photo on it.
Aaron
btw if youve heard hte kingston trio and or beachboy versions of this song, this group here nearly sounded identical to beach boys.
win forfeited. but gonna start doing speed tests on the cars in gta online. heres my second shot. first one im redoing cause i forgot to change the custom plate.
Aaron
Personal update: still riding the same purple GS; 65,500 miles total, No.1 cylinder exhaust valve is on the thinnest shim, and I will not be doing the work myself this time, except maybe to take off the head, but I need to remember to call the shop to see if I can still get a new exhaust valve, guide and possibly valve seat.
I tried putting on a Givi top-box using a carrier mount from Twisted Throttle (https://www.twistedthrottle.com/sw-motech-alu-rack-toprack-suzuki-gs500e-05-gs500f-04-for-givi-hepco-becker-krauser-topcases) that is meant for the newer model GS, and bent the grab-rail mounting part of the frame, then bent it back. Now I have a top rack that I cannot use.
Lol been there scratch. You have a piece of hardware that pretty much the only thing you can do is stare at it.
Aaron
btw found a random youtube video that kind of explains why a good body shop charges what they charge. this was very informative.
LMFAO check this out.
Just got back from visiting a friend in Pennsylvania ( coatesville area near amish country ) , hell going there, delay after delay. 4 hour initial along with many more. as the clip on the train video i upload will close with, greyhounds motto used to be leave the driving to us. now it should be " broken down, and likely late" uploading to youtube, that video. its hellishly long. at 1 hour and 13 minutes or so. at 1080p. so that will run overnight.
Aaron
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have to save up for now. trying to get into a handicapped accessible condo. found one based on income. pre-emptively got approved. waiting on final approval. anyhoo, there will be more traion trips. with better camera work. btw iirc the train trip is LONG. i didnt catch charloptte arrival. it was 9pmtrain left at 9am arrived in charlotte nc about 9pm..ish. next trip im recording the entire thing perhaps. but this 10gb upload took 30 hours nearly. as i was saying. a bit after leaving union station ( washington dc, if my gps on phone was accurate, i clocked 126mph, which i dont doubt. those tracks werent made for htis. it was rough at times. remember the amtrak wreck year or two back, it was on same route. we were doing around 80.
excuse my spelling. i figured what is hte problem. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dupuytrens-contracture/symptoms-causes/syc-20371943
not officially diagnosed...yet but this fits whats up. my left pinkie finger is past a 90 degree bend
Aaron
heres your ear worm for the month.....
Aaron
Yama that Winnebago is hilariously cool... that would be a fun troll in traffic! Takes the concept of a sleeper to a whole new level...
I've been doing... well bugger all bike related really. Weather's been no good for painting and not much other progress done.
Engine bits are hung up in anticipation of painting weather next weekend...
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Still gotta mask the cylinders off and give them all a good go over with wax and grease remover yet.
Shes looking good pete truly. In process of moving. Heck that is pricy lmao. Wont have internet for awhile. Maybe 2 weeks or so :/ C'est la vie lol.
Aaron
Last pic i took a week or so back.
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Gah moving... moving sucks! Yes it gets expensive too... good luck with the move hope it goes smooth :thumb:
So far, minimal headaches lol
Aaron
Good luck with everything yama
pete cant wait to see more!
Move got smoothly Yama?? Fingers crossed that's a yes!!
Finally painting weather today...
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And I made a bracket to hold the braided brake lines securely against the lower triple clamp. Needs a bit of a tidy and paint yet.
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All in all fairly smoothly. With a few issues.
Aaron
Fairly smoothly with a few issues sounds like a pretty good success story for moving :thumb:
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Aaron
i need an effin microwave. thats the only thing i lack. anyhoo while at a thrift store this evening, i found one. but not the bargain . handle broken and not far from retail. i found this item in a gimme box near front door. my fiurst thought it was a roach clip for parties of 5. obviously not. but everyone i showed, (n trying to id the thing, said same thing lol. anyhoo the clip/s any idea? im thinking it is something used in jewelrymaking. i was a jeweler before my disabilities hit full time. used similar devices although not quite so elaborate. my holder had 2 clips. this has 5
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Aaron
Maybe something to clip photos to while they develop? :dunno_black:
Got the Kat motor upright today, ready for top end assembly :thumb:
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Told ya i saw the end of the truck trailer. Youre not far from the end. Cannot wait for the happy dance. Yeah it is for pictures. Showed to some gal in the community room other night.
Aaron
woo hoo pete!
Gettin' a little closer.. wire wheeled the carbon off the valves from the loaned head and got the rings and pistons installed.
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You are THIS close :)
Aaron
Well... slightly closer after unexpected time yesterday :D
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Cam shafts next, then it'll be read to go in the frame :cheers:
Slightly closer to it successfully working the whorehouse principle (suck,squeeze,bang&blow)
O0
Aaron
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yama
Hahahahahaha yes indeed!
I did get it all together with cam shafts and freshly rebuilt tensioner tonight...
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But despite the fact I checked myself 4 times I've still screwed the timing up and rotation ends up with a piston hitting a valve which is not good for anyone... so I'm going to have to remove the tensioner, loosen the cams, and start again at step 1 for the timing... :oops: >:(
It'll be something stupidly and blatantly obvious that I've missed...
Alwys is my friend always is... Lol
Aaron
Yep it was! Supposed to set timing based on cylinders 1/4... I managed to do it on 2/3... :oops: :dunno_black:
Oh well, at least it's all fixed now so should see the motor in the frame on Sunday.
Got my first brake component assembled also :thumb:
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Nearly there. Almost happy dance time !
Aaron
Found a gif stash to make cbr happy. found this gem there
https://giphy.com/gifs/funny-beavis-and-butt-head-bunghole-UjUBzoYbjD2Xm (https://giphy.com/gifs/funny-beavis-and-butt-head-bunghole-UjUBzoYbjD2Xm)
a gif involving this establishment.
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Hahahahaa classic!!!
Successful day today... motor is in and I had to stick the exhaust on to check it out and it's spot on, tucks in very neatly too :thumb: :cheers: :woohoo:
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Better warm up the cameras its almost happy dance time !
Aaron
YAAAAASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
SO exciting for sure!!!!!!! Pete that looks fantastic :rstar: :rstar: :rstar:
The way its sposed to look. Da*n near perfect.
Aaron
bam that's sweet pete
Hahha cheers guys!! And gal of course! :D
I'm pretty stoked how it's all turning out. I'm also astounded by people's generosity... a fella in the US sent me a big box of parts that arrived today with a bunch of stuff in it that will really help out. In particular is a set of VM33 Smoothbore carbs which I've been dreaming of finding, so this is just awesome.
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I also got the stator and clutch installed and I've loosely sat the sprocket cover on to see how it looks as a catch can and I reckon that's a nice subtle mod.
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https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/dupuytrens-disease/ haad hand surgery on left hand today. then fell n parking lot of new apt. btw that link could be considered nsfw. got it starting on right hand now wth. but whatever will figure a way to live with it.
Aaron
Successful surgery I hope Yama?? Hopefully the other hand doesn't get too bad.
To take your mind off it...
Rebuilt brake calipers...
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And some immaculate carb internals...
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nice pete! :bowdown:
Doc wants me in a powerchair to take strain off of whats left of legs. Pt thinks otherwise. So may be a bit of a gripe. Saving to buy neighbors old electric. Powerchair. 300 in working order really isn't that bad. This will wipe me out first of next month. No qorries though.
Aaron
Aaron
Hahaha classic! Get your power chair? I can see a new hot rod project in your future ;)
Lots of fiddly things for me on both the Kat and the 450... discovered the Kat sump plug threads in the cover were buggered so had to repair that, and lots of harness tidying up to do, valve adjustments done, and other little things. Also discovered the oil pressure switch is buggered so need to replace that before the first start.
Starter motor on the 450 has been playing up for a while so time to sort that out while on holidays from work, and see if I can stop the oil leak(s). I think some grit got into the oil filter O ring groove so I've rotated the O ring and cleaned the groove out hoping that's now fixed. Delays with postage due to wild weather means I'm still waiting for the starter motor brushes to arrive before I can put it all together and see if she'll start properly and if I still have any oil leaks...
First start of the Kat will still be a few weeks away I think.
Hadnt got it yet Except for an older one. Needs batteries. Will get those February. Good friend who passed away his son is selling that chair for 150. May sell my gaming pc to cover it. The one i picked up in june.
Aaron
Bugger having to sell the PC if it comes to it but getting some power under your butt will be handy for sure!
Guaranteed your powered wheels will be up and running before my Kat :D
Found a tiny AGM battery that fits easily in my battery box so now I can finish up the harness ready to hit the go button for the first time.
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Front brakes are bled and feel great and got the push/pull throttle on the other day too.
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And I test rode the 450 yesterday after sorting the starting motor and degreasing the motor to see if I'd fixed my oil leaks and... well... she cranks real easy and starts well now, and I solved one oil leak by the looks (the one from the oil filter cover), but there's definitely a second leak which is actually the stator cover gasket.
A while back after replacing the stator I found I'd missed some old gasket remnants that were stopping the gasket sitting nicely which caused weeping, so I guess removing the new gasket to clean it then reinstalling it has caused the issue... total PITA.
I've also noticed some of the new genuine gaskets are made of a material that is more resembling rubber or plastic which doesn't seem to work as well as the more cardboard like material. I have a mate with a Kat who's having major issues with genuine valve cover gaskets just not sealing like they used to, and they're made of the same material. My Cometic one is more like what I'd expect, so hopefully no issues with that.
Leaks or not,...looks fantastic sir
Agreed.
Aaron
Cheers guys!!
Got two big things sorted... oil pressure sensor cleaned and now appears to be working :thumb:
And I got the coils hooked up and verified I have spark on all four plugs :thumb: :woohoo:
Not gonna rush it but provided I can get the last few things sorted today/tonight I should be able to hit the go button for the first time tomorrow.
Must make sure the GoPro is charged up...
That is soooooooo exciting Pete!!!! I'm super happy for you :D :D :D
Sure is Showbiz!!! I'm an extremely happy chappy this evening... although no happy dance captured on video which is probably best for all concerned really...
Definitely needs some more open throttle time and a tune but it's alive!! I cut the video too soon... after this I cracked the throttle a bit more vigorously and not only does it sound great but the smoke started to clear.
And here's that walk around I promised ages ago but never delivered on...
Merry Christmas fellow Tarders!!! Hope you lot have a great and safe day!!! (yep, Chrissy already here in the future down under) :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol: :cheers: :woohoo: :2guns:
Merry chriatmas friends. And pete not official until the happy dance lol. Jus kidding lol.
I asked santa for a wifi camera for new apartment. That didnt happen... C'est la vie lol.
Asked him fir a girlfriend, he said "ummm i cant do miracles".
Last year i asked him for a new butt and a pair of socks. Both had holes in them. Lol jus kidding :)
Aaron
That's good stuff pete! :bstar: :bstar: :bstar:
Hahaha Santa's a finnicky ol' bastard Yama!
Cheers CBR it's exciting alright! :woohoo:
Was given a gen 1 alexa dot. That thing is funny. Tell it alexa i farted. And aee what she does.
Aaron
What happens when you tell it where to go? Not so politely of course...
Alexa... I think we need to aee pther people....noooooooooo......well okay.
Aaron
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
I managed to re-key all three of the locks on the Kat yesterday so I can now use the brand new Kat fuel cap key on all three locks, was a lot easier than I ever thought it would be and no need to go see a locksmith now :thumb: :cheers: :woohoo:
Pete do tell some details on that, por favor? I have a zzr600 I'm piddling with and can't find a seat latch w/ key anywhere. Could you give me some tips on how to?
This is the key one I found as the GSX1100 barrel I have for the ignition is essentially the same, and the Kat locks for the fuel cap and seat were also almost the same:
http://motorcyclememoir.com/wp-content/pdf/Ignition-switch-cylinder-tumbler-removal-and-repair.pdf (http://motorcyclememoir.com/wp-content/pdf/Ignition-switch-cylinder-tumbler-removal-and-repair.pdf)
From what I can see most Japanese motorcycles without fancy shmancy ignition setups use a similar wafer style lock so in theory it should be helpful?
The tricky part is removing the roll pins if you have to do that. I had to remove three to get the GSX1100 ignition barrel out of the stock ignition housing and completely destroyed the housing as a result. I wasn't reusing it so I didn't particularly care.
The fuel cap had no roll pins so it was easy.
The seat lock had one roll pin and I really didn't want to destroy it as it's brand new. A small timber screw did the trick... threaded it in as much as I could to get a good grip, held it under the head as hard as I could with a solid set of pliers, then hit the pliers with a hammer to pull the roll pin out. I was shocked but it worked...
Horn mount sorted! Needs some paint and neater fasteners but it doesn't have to be removed to take the valve cover off :thumb:
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And intentionally or not it fits the color scheme of the big kat.
Aaron
Still trying my darndest to finish setting up the apartment. Major thing is getting the batteries for the power chair
These. Cheapest ive seen yet.
https://www.batterysharks.com/Pride-Jazzy-1113-Replacement-Batteries-p/151-664_B12-35_x2.htm?gclid=Cj0KCQiA37HhBRC8ARIsAPWoO0yXditcZCX4wtRtCwnxZnSWunEoLas14A09GrnrzfWPySgxPp3DDUgaAlvgEALw_wcB
Wow 35AH, that's some serious battery capacity right there! Should do the job I would think?
The horn colour is semi-intentional... it looked like the sort of horn I wanted but one selling point was definitely the red :D
Had another win last night too! I couldn't get my rear M/C reservoir sight glass replaced and I figured the one I had was wrong, but a mate tipped me off that I probably had the old steel ring still in place. He was right! New glass in :woohoo: :thumb:
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Batteries will have to wait a month til im able to get them. 35ah there are some at 55ah.
Aaron
55ah? What's that for the power chair Le Mans 24 hour? :D
I wonder lol. Still got to grab thoae or a charger or both.
Aaron
judge sits at his bench and his first suspect is a duck. judge says so what is your name and why are you here?, duck says my name is quack, and i was convicted of blowing bubbles... judge says okay sentence is 6 months. next? duck walks up judge says what is your name and why are you here? duck says my name is quack quack, i was convicted of blowing bubbles... judge says sentence same as first. 6 mos. next? duck walks up judge says lemme guess your name is quack quack quack?, duck says no your honor, my name is bubbles
Aaron
:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
I'm back! I think... new battery and stator on the 450 (again)... this time lost a couple of weekends in relocating the battery from the stock location into the tail piece, had to steal the Kat's small AGM. Replaced the stator but then the main fuse started blowing as the battery was so fried it was sucking over 15 amps trying to charge... despite the fact the charger said it was charged :oops:
Anyways, back to the Kat yesterday at last and spent the whole morning being ultra careful with locating the O2 sensor bung in the headers as I really didn't want to screw them up. My welding wasn't as atrocious as I feared :thumb:
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Your welding looks better than mine. A local saying is my welding looks like hammered sh*t
Strong and functional yet ugly lol.
Aaron
Hahahaha mine's certainly improved over what it was... recently I've actually started to get some strength to it, and my filing/grinding skills are also greatly improved :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
Hmmmm I guess I'm winning? :woohoo:
Sock filters for the Kat arrived the other day, and a mate had three stock velocity stacks superfluous to requirements, so two are now fitted and will buy the missing one on pay day.
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And I finally got the left side of the harness wrapped up. I really need to tidy the electrics tray, that's the bit I've been procrastinating on but it needs doing...
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so clean pete,... :bowdown:
Cheers CBR!! Was beginning to think I was alone in here... seems rather... quiet...
I'm still here! I check almost every day and enjoy any and all updates :-*
:woohoo: Glad you're still here ShowBiz :thumb:
Other side of the harness got wrapped yesterday, and the harness is now off altogether ready for me to sort out around the relays and fuse box.
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Ahh yes bike porn fix :).
Got my new power chair. New project is for a horn thinking this one. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wlo-345?seid=srese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-srese1-_-wolo-manufacturing&gclid=Cj0KCQiAzKnjBRDPARIsAKxfTRCIXxtl58O1-PkthfHX9TDLAOY4MAiTqk0tnJMXkypDo1b6VHx0PnQaApBwEALw_wcB. Lol will try in a month or so to get it in budget will be fun LOL.
Aaron
Yay we have a powered Yama!! :woohoo: :cheers: Good to hear!! :thumb:
That horn seems somehow quite appropriate for an LPW regular poster :icon_mrgreen:
Have to find my gstwin stickers and put one on it. Been one on everything over the years
Aaron
That certainly seems the right thing to do! :D
Hoping to head out to a BBQ brekky on Saturday morning but now there's a cyclone hanging around off the coast so of course there's a forecast of precipitation... typical :dunno_black: :icon_rolleyes:
Never mind, have wet weather gear, will ride :icon_mrgreen:
or import this thing
lol
Aaron
when i can get it. this is next for the project. along with lights
https://www.ebay.com/itm/200W-8-Sound-Loud-Car-Warning-Alarm-Police-Fire-Siren-Horn-PA-Speaker-MIC-System/172874748210?epid=794695875&hash=item2840235132:g:stUAAOSw5E5asKdS:rk:9:pf:0
That's sweet yama,..I wonder what mpg he gets
He said 12-13
Aaron
Hahaha that thing is awesome!
With any luck I'll have a Kat update soon... been doing stuff but tidying up the harness is taking forever. Attempting to get it neat, tidy, and secure is not so simple.
Yay update time!
Except for the right side where the Acewell is yet to be factored in, the harness is all sorted out.
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Gotta figure mounting for my oil cooler and how to keep the hoses away from the headers yet. It will mean moving my indicators but no big deal, the same mounts I made will work.
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And the stock rubber velocity stacks are on with Ramair sock filters.
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got a wolo animal house horn. ( sirens and animal sounds,. plus pa. ) wired in now.not permanently though. saving up for a guarded toggle switch for power. and a horn button. so i can mount the controller underneath the seat. had neighbour in complex convinced there was a loud frog in hallway. ( one of animal sounds) this is the panel im saving for.
https://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Automotive-PL-SW53R-Performance-Indicator/dp/B005R5Z7OC/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1K0NJSNL3NIO0&keywords=guarded+toggle+switch&qid=1551493681&s=automotive&sprefix=guarded%2Cautomotive%2C161&sr=1-6
Aaron
Holy crap is that all beautiful. My OCD has been LOVING this thread the whole way but the wiring... damn Pete... you are amazing!!!! :-*
Damn straight its beautiful. Forget about pete setting the bar high. Lol. He went straight to the top.
Aaron
Hahaha that's awesome Yama, you're gonna have to post video of that in action one day!
Cheers Showbiz! I was really unimpressed with how my 450's wiring turned out adapting all the custom bits and pieces to the stock harness and relocating the electrics etc., so I had to get a much neater result for the Kat. So far so good I reckon :thumb:
Oh, and safety first! You'll see I always wear my good safety thongs while working on my bikes :icon_mrgreen:
And cheers Yama! There are much higher bars set for wiring that I've seen, but I'm happy enough with that :)
Will when i get everything situated lol let the chaos ensue Eh?
Aaron
Good deal, chaos is fun :thumb:
Got the 450 serviced then had some time spare to do more on the Kat.
A bit of square section steel tube and some 2.5mm thick aluminium offcuts and the oil cooler mounting is sorted.
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Modified the indicator brackets (drilled a hole) so they don't interfere with the side cover mounting posts and the indicators are good in their new home also.
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:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Bean power?
Indeed lol.
Aaron
Hahahaha oh that's a whole bunch of pure gold right there!
I had to put the tank and cowl on today to figure out the horn location, so I decided to go a little further to get some motivation...
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So near yet so far!
Horn location sorted and bracket made at least:
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Oh mah Lawd it is sooooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!
Get ready for the happy dance Eh?
Aaron
Haha yes the happy dance is close I feel! :icon_mrgreen:
And I couldn't agree more Showbiz, turning out to be quite purdy indeed!
Looking great pete! Errr :dunno_white: you going to use those mirrors?
Intentional or not, the horns matxh the color scheme.
Aaron
Haha yep! They're not the prettiest mirrors in the world but they are ridgey didge, true blue, genuine Kat mirrors so I'm sticking with 'em. Given I will be riding with others and in traffic at times, I rely heavily on mirrors in addition to neck twisting and eye movements, and they should give me some nice extra viewing angles :thumb:
Only partially intentional Yama, but yep the horn colours fit in nicely too :D :thumb:
My Acewell arrived during the week, so dash and bracket finished up, then those plus the horn and oil cooler brackets got painted up yesterday too.
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Almost there :woohoo:
Aaron
Yep getting closer all the time!
Start planning/rehearaing the happy dance eh?
Aaron
Well, dunno about quite that close... but close! :D
I do need to sort a weeping front brake line, noticed a few drops of brake fluid under the left caliper the other day and tracked it down to where the banjo comes out of the sheath over the braided line, so it should be a warranty job, need to give them a call. :technical:
Tomorrow should see the dash assembly happen and getting the horn mounted, and then start on the dash connection to the harness which won't be complicated (4 wires).
Monday arvo I need to take the weeping brake line back after speaking to them yesterday, should be good for a warranty job :thumb:
Acewell is mounted with the dash, satin black seems to work well with it :thumb:
All wired in ready to go too (yep, neutral and oil lights are bright!)...
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2019 kat?
https://newatlas.com/2019-suzuki-katana-launch/56565/#gallery
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Yeah there's quite a stir on it on the Kat forum. One fella over in Western Australia was the first in the country to put a deposit down on one before he even saw it, and I think there's at least one other fella who's since put a deposit down also.
I'm happier with my old school original as the new one is really just a GSX-S1000 with fancy bodywork, but having said that it is growing on me, especially the silver one.
At the end of the day the original Kat was still a GSX1100, although the design of course was cutting edge and polarising, whereas the new one is just a modern take on an older model.
Fack err lol. Fell 2 weeks ago. Got a bit of what was a minor infection. Im now in hospital rwcovering from surgery. Had i waited....baah back to petes bike. Was funny fri i was singing in karaoke befor wambulance came lol. Now pete we are waiting for the happy dance Eh? Lol take care friends.
Aaron
dang it yama,...that sucks. :cry:
Had i waited doc says wither id be dead or missing an arm. But it is what it is Eh? Now i go home around 3 or by 3 and recover and get back on my foot/feet lol. Life is good. Im on this side of the daisies Eh?
Aaron
Bugger Yama, glad to hear you didn't wait and are recovering though! :thumb:
It would definitely suck to be minus an arm, that wouldn't be very handy? (sorry if it's too soon!)
I've got a few little odds and ends sorted on the Kat but nothing photo worthy. I did get the weeping front brake line replaced under warranty so that's good to go again now.
Mostly I'm playing the waiting game for each pay to do the final few things before I can do the on road costs, but I'm also tidying up all the loose ends as well.
Started on the paint prep for the headers on Sunday, gonna take a lot of effort to get those ready as whatever coating is on there now is really on there! Two rounds of paint stripper and still more to do, probably going to have to sand the rest by hand to get the best result but I'm fine with that.
One thing I need to figure out is labels for the fuses and relays. None of what I can find via Google or on eBay are suitable as they're all either car or boat focused, so I can get some things but not all. I think I'll have to make them up which will be a nice little project on its own.
Been figuring how to label my fuses and relays... none of the generic labels I've found online are suitable. Ended up real simple... print it out, stick to thin cardboard with clear packing tape, and stick to the inner guard with double sided tape. Easy!
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Simple solutions work the best Eh?. Working on recovering after that surgery last sat. Getting tired of the slice and dice stuff lmao.
Aaron
Yes indeed! Avoiding my usual tendency to over complicate things...
Slice and dice is great when it's in a recipe book, not so much on humans... :dunno_white:
Gave the headers some paint yesterday and should be picking chain and sprockets up this arvo after work hopefully.
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Driving me into the poorhouse getting the gauze lol. They wanted to leave it open.
Aaron
Open??!! :o
That sounds wrong...
I had to drop the sump on the Kat as the sump plug thread repair I did was weeping. I used a spark plug repair insert but the top of it actually sits proud of the sump surface, so unsurprisingly it just doesn't end up 100% oil tight. I've used a proper thread insert this time so the crush washer under the plug actually sits flush nicely against the sump surface instead which should solve it.
While the oil is gone it was the perfect opportunity to get prepared for the oil cooler, so I made and installed a plug for the oil gallery that feeds the filter which forces the majority of the oil to flow via the cooler instead. The flow of oil will now be forced out of the banjo that's in the left of the pic, through the cooler, then in via the banjo in the right of the pic where it then goes through the filter for normal flow through the motor.
The plug's in the bottom left of the pic beside/below the filter. There's a 2.5mm diameter hole drilled in it so it's not a 100% blockage which replicated how the later GSX1100 EFE does its oil flow as they come stock with an oil cooler. They block the flow via the filter cover though, and it has a small recess that still allows some oil flow.
I realise that probably makes no sense, so if you want to actually understand what I'm raving about, read here: https://www.theflyingbanana.com/oil-cooler.htm (https://www.theflyingbanana.com/oil-cooler.htm) :D
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Least its properly taken care of now vs having to find out the hard way.
Aaron
I'm still following along here Pete! Makes me happy to see pics and progress :D
Yes indeed Yama! Gotta get these things sorted before on road stuff is done! The only reason I want it to be off the road after that is the new rear tyre, servicing, and then the rebuilt cylinder head when I can afford to get that done... otherwise I will want to ride!
Glad to hear you're still following along Showbiz :D
So in theory I have just over a month and a half to on road time... some little things to tidy up while I'm on leave from work this coming week as well as hopefully the next start which will see the oil cooler in play. I should also be able to ride it up the drive way to make sure the clutch is functioning properly.
Fingers crossed!!
On a hobby farm in Mudgee, NSW Australia for the easter long weekend... I'm likely to remain scarce... Bike is still off the road... Debts are getting closer to being paid off...maybe bike works this year but who knows.... Driving a Concrete Truck for work.
Hope all are well!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190421/13a7c9001cf0356315cb2c81d3803f15.jpg)
He's alive!!! Glad to see you checking in Mr Janxy! :thumb: :woohoo:
At least you're getting away for the long weekend for a break, good to hear! And debts getting closer to paid is awesome, glad the new job is paying off for you (pun fully intended :icon_mrgreen:)
YAY hi Janx!!!! I'm super glad to see ya post! :cheers:
Janxy! Great to see you post!
Well I was planning on posting a video of my first ride up the driveway but no such luck just yet. I do at least have an understanding of why I can't get the Kat to idle at least though!
I borrowed a mate's AFR gauge which showed too rich on the needles at that 1/8 to 1/4 throttle mark, so I've dropped the needles a notch to the middle position which has moved the readings into the 12 to 13 range instead of 11's.
The pilots are a different story though and the gauge is showing up to 15 and 16 when I try to let it idle and it just stalls out, so the 17.5 pilot jets are obviously way too small. I even tried the air screws at 1/4 turn out but no noticeable difference.
I've got some bigger pilots from when I tried to sort the stock 450 carbs out, but of course I only have those in pairs so to get an idea of the right size I'm going to have to try 27.5's in carbs 1 and 2 with 25's in 3 and 4 and read the plugs to see which is better. If they're too big I have 22.5's to try as well.
On the plus side, no smoke! A puff on the initial start but that was it, so I'm really happy about that!
afr gauge sounds really useful,...can u post a pic of it pete? maybe i should pick one up
Yeah very handy indeed! I'll try to get a pic today for you, it just sits in a dodgy handlebar mount at the moment.
I'm planning on getting my own once funds allow as they're not the cheapest in the world (~$AU300+) but I found a semi DIY one which I'll probably go for: https://www.14point7.com/products/sigma-lambda-controller-free-2 (https://www.14point7.com/products/sigma-lambda-controller-free-2)
Ah! Just realised I didn't get a pic of the AFR setup, will do so today or tomorrow.
I did however get the Kat to idle! :cheers: :woohoo:
Too rich now so I need to drop the 27.5's to the 22.5's as I suspect the 25's are too big also. My gut tells me that will get me to a close but too rich scenario which means I just need another pair of 22.5's, will try that tomorrow.
Video of the driveway ride is in progress :icon_mrgreen:
Here 'tis! You can hear the high idle while it's out of camera view and I have to wind out the idle screw a little. Excuse my house mate...
So is this what's called winning then?
Absolutely a win.
I have been quietly following this thread for some time now.
Love your work. :thumb:
Haha cool, glad to have you along for the ride! Everyone else has gone oh so quiet...
I've learnt a valuable lesson on VM33 smoothbore carbs... they must be mechanically sync'd! I'm too used to CV carbs that need to be vacuum sync'd.
To start with, 1 and 2 were pretty much closed while 3 was a little open and 4 quite a lot:
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I smoothed the end of a straight bit of wire and set to balancing. Number 3 is the static one on these carbs, and now all four are set the same.
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The difference is night and day! Instantaneous improvement to the idle where it was stable, although kept climbing as it warmed up and got richer and richer.
Now they're too rich full stop, ended up with the AFR at ~12.5 with the air screws a full turn out, which tells me I likely never needed to go up from the 17.5's in the first place so I'll go back to those and start with the air screw 1/2 turn out.
Unfortunately I have an oil leak to deal with yet, but I feel like the Kat is finally very very close to being road ready!
Nice one Pete, hope you can fix the oil leak without too much surgery.
Me too! I did a dodgy last night by jamming some thin neoprene rubber sheet behind a thin bit of steel with a bunch of threebond, then put the retainer back.
I also realised that I started the motor well within the 24 hour curing period for the threebond, so I'm actually wondering if it would've been fine if I waited longer... the threebond that was there rubbed off real easy whereas fully cured it requires some effort to get it off. Fingers crossed I can find some time this coming weekend to find out!
Things are very quiet here... Yama you all good?
Looks like I finally fixed the Kat oil leak and I now get low 13's on the AFR gauge with the 17.5 pilots and air screws 3/4 of a turn out, so time to leave it alone until I can tune them on the road properly.
So, aside from needing hand grips, it's ready for import compliance, safety certificate, then rego... all of which need to wait 'til next pay and probably the pay after. Man it's gonna be hard to be patient!!
That is soooooooooo fantastic Pete!!!!!! I can't explain how happy I am for you :woohoo:
I'm gonna feel the same way when I finally get my Spirit done :technical: :icon_rolleyes:
Hahaha cheers Showbiz!! :woohoo: :cheers: :D
It's exciting times alright! Really going to be difficult waiting another month but knowing I'm so close is fantastic!
What's left to do on the Spirit and how far away is it??
The last time I got to work on the Spirit was in October. I was searching and searching EVERYWHERE for rear brake backing plates for it. I cannot find them anywhere (which is understandable)... so the list is this:
Underneath and Exterior:
-install all new hardware, shoes, drums, etc in the rear brakes
-paint the front bumper, grille and roof (it's primed now)
-fix some cracks in the fiberglass door bottoms
-install the new turn signal and side marker lenses with new bulbs
-finish attaching and painting a section of one side skirt
-install the muffler and specially bent tail pipe to go out under the rear bumper flaring I made
Interior:
-everything LOL
Seriously though, all the interior plastic pieces need sanded and repainted... the door panels need cleaning and repainting and some new fabric... I need to put a headliner up... I need to buy the new carpeting... recover the dash... figure out what stereo I want and buy it and install it... make my seat covers... figure out how to carpet and finish the trunk... install the sub and amp... install the blacklights... then try to remember how everything goes back together (seats, seat belts, trim pieces, etc) !!
Owning my own home, being employed full-time, working on my van, and until last year, working on my bike too... it's just sooooo much for one person. Plus, my dad's garage doesn't get very warm in the winter so he prefers that I work on the car when it's nicer out. But I hope to have everything done on the Spirit (except the interior) by the end of this year.
Wow that's a serious list! Yeah that's a whole lot of stuff to do for one person... I've got some things to sort on the house I need to get done this year, will definitely be easier now the Kat is all but finished :D
All I can suggest is get yourself a list (I use some online software called Trello for my stuff to do), break it down into little manageable chunks of work, then start knocking them off one at a time.
That way, you won't forget something, but you'll always have something you can do if you need to wait for parts or whatever... definitely makes the overall project far less intimidating!
Sounds like you also need to tell your dad to get a heater :icon_mrgreen:
I couldn't agree more about making lists like that! I use that method... very very often. If I didn't, I'da been in a psych ward by now LOL!!
I do wish Pops had the $$ to have a better heating system installed at his garage. No, that's not accurate. The heating system is good, actually... it's the building that is ancient and needs to be insulated better. Plus, I feel guilty racking up his heat bill on the weekends when he's not open and making money. Sounds like we need to move to a warmer climate!!! Problem solved :D :D :D :cool: :cool: :cool:
Hahahaha yep they're handy alright! I have one for my work I need to do that sits outside of my team's job queues and Kanban board as well as one for stuff I need to do around home and of course one for the Kat... which is close to done :icon_mrgreen:
Warmer climate is definitely the right answer! There's this place called Australia... :icon_lol:
Or just Florida of course ;)
The hand grips for the Kat arrived yesterday and got them on last night, so that's it, she's now 100% complete! :woohoo:
Providing the weather cooperates tomorrow it's wash/polish/wax then time to hurry up and wait to get it organised for the on roads stuff... hopefully early to mid June.
Well the weather cooperated, so I got the wash/polish/wax done as well as getting the TSCC engine cover decals on, so that's it, she's ready!
I even got a bit of sun for some final in the driveway happy snaps...
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Hopefully only two more weeks of waiting...
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I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!! She looks FANTASTIC :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Hahaha cheers Showbiz!!! I'm extremely stoked with the end result :woohoo: :cheers:
Cannot wait for that first ride...
Pete that is REALLY good stuff! Looks great! :bowdown: Mad respect!!!!!!
Cheers CBR!! Can't wait for the first ride now :icon_mrgreen:
Nice work Pete. Hope to see it out and about in the future.
Cheers mate!! Hope to have it on the road first week in June, and I definitely plan for the next round of pic's to be out and about :D
Well, ahead of plan... it's on the road!!!! :woohoo: :cheers: :woohoo: :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb: :D :icon_mrgreen:
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that's spankin Pete! love it! :bowdown:
Cheers CBR!!! Mate I'm still grinning this morning :icon_mrgreen:
First ride out with the Kat guys today too, can't wait!!
Found a few teething issues on the first ride out with the Kat folk yesterday, but nothing major and nothing to take away from enjoying it :thumb:
The ride was awesome, and we had 8 Kats turn up including mine which was fantastic, with perfect winter weather also :woohoo:
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Great news Pete! Love the lineup shots, they have an unmistakable profile. :thumb:
Cheers mate! Yeah it's awesome to finally be a part of one of those line ups too, been in attendance for a number of them over the last few years and been itching to get my Kat in there... now at last I can :D
Anyone heard from Yama lately? He's been a little absent... last login was mid April...
So did finishing the Kat finish LPW?? :icon_eek: :oops: :dunno_white:
Uh oh,...you have to start something new to keep it going Pete :laugh:
I dunno about yama,.... i hope he's ok :dunno_white:
Yay forum's back, couldn't post yesterday... something new? Well, gotta finish the loose ends on the Kat first... getting main jets sorted (going to do some test rides tomorrow with throttle positions marked) is the first thing, I've hopefully solved an oil weep from the neutral switch which was the next thing. I also need to sort out a floppy left mirror which is mucho annoying when riding as it will hold position until about 80kph when it will droop due to air pressure. I can still buy proper fair dinkum brand new Kat mirrors which I might do in a few months but right now no budget for it. Then there's the business of rebuilding the head so I can give the loaner head back, and that will be early to mid next year.
Something new will be a little while away yet :D
maybe mirror upgrade?! :confused:
Well, definitely need to do something... I'd really much prefer proper Kat ones though, just gotta do something for the next few months :dunno_black:
Delighted to see the TF still active :woohoo: :cookoo: :flipoff:
Still waiting for the obligatory happy dance lol.
Ill be back online as soon as im able to acquire funds to restart internet on pc :).
Aaron
yeah Yama still with us :D thx pandy!
Oh yeah Yama's back! Well, will be, glad to see you posting!!! :woohoo:
I did the happy dance in my mind :icon_mrgreen:
Once im able to get net back in apartment will be back to full time in the land of postwhoritude. But thats still a couple weeks out.
Aaron
Looking forward to the postwhoring! :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
I have tomorrow and Friday off, plan to go riding at least one of those days as well as Saturday morning... forecast... showers :dunno_black:
Oh well, even if I don't get out, I know I at least have a Kat I can get out on if I so wish :icon_mrgreen:
Gonna be a week and a half at least before im back on fulltime. (Restarting internet).
Aaron
That's cool, we will patiently await your return :thumb:
Perhaps ShowBiz could entertain us in the meantime with some Spirit project pic's? I'm lacking in update pic's at the moment...
I haven't worked on the Spirit since October but I sure have been working on my van. I've got a birthday party to do with it in September so I'm finally fixing up the cosmetics. It's a pain having to undo damage from 9 years of winters, daily driving, etc but it'll be worth it.
Did a LOT of work this past weekend but didn't take any pics. I'll be sure to take pics of the work I do from now on and post 'em up !!
Paint her up like the scooby doo mystery machine. Hell iv made one up in gta 5 lol.
Aaron
Nah, there's already a Scooby van close to town here. Many Mystery Machines have been done. I was the first to do a TMNT van 8) Another one has been made since I did mine but that's all there is AFAIK.
What about painting it like a chess board. 2 in squares .
Aaron
I'd never repaint it to be anything else. It's well known and I enjoy doing birthday parties and events with it. I've loved the Turtles since I was very very young and they were the first thing I ever drew (got my Fine Arts degree in 2010). I always wanted a Turtle Van... so I made one. If anything ever happened to it and it was beyond repair, I'd make another one.
https://www.facebook.com/JohnstownTMNTvan/
Check out this video here, especially at 2:45:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeOOlF9FvKg
yamahonkawazuki "What about painting it like a chess board. 2 in squares"
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:laugh:
Ah ok that's pretty cool! Can't say I'm a TMNT fan as such but I do remember watching them as a young fella and pretty sure I went to see a movie maybe as a teenager? Quite a while ago now...
Definitely take and share pic's!
Do you feature in the video also?
There's another video where they did interviews with all the artists. I'm in it but I hate the way I look so I didn't share it LOL
Hahahaha sounds like me! I hate photos/video of myself... I find my voice annoying if I hear it recorded... the video of the first start of the Kat was a challenge to share because you got to see me... so go on, share :D
Damp ride out on the Kat yesterday but good company so still lots of fun... didn't bother with any pic's as we were effectively riding through cloud for most of it.
Also fixed my signature :thumb:
Finished with arm surgery. And my theme song is this
Hoping to get order for internet placed so when i get out of hosp it will be at home awaiting my arrival.
Aaron
All went well I hope Yama? Rest up and recover, you need that arm to post whore!
Lol yup. Its swollen something fierce. But it should be good. Cant wait for net to come back. Gonna place order at 1am and it should be ready time I get home. Anyone jave any jdmi cables they wish to sell? Mine on pc jas ossuea from time to time lol.
Aaro
In hosp. Battling to save hand/arm. :technical: got net ordered. At keast something to look fwd to.
Aaron :(
Gah no Yama! Thinkin' of ya'! All the best!
When will it stop raining this year? Hoping for some rays soon
Lol yeah no sh*t
Aaron
Been a bit like that here too, middle of winter rain... hasn't been all that cold yet, just annoying trying to get a decent ride in without damp/slippery roads.
I have to wash the Kat between showers today, still filthy from the recent rain rides.
How goes the arm Yama?
I've been very slack with posting ride pic's and finished Kat pic's also, hopefully I can do something to correct that soon...
It's a horrible photo but snapped a pic after its bath yesterday, also did the first chain adjustment.
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that's rockin pete
Cheers CBR! Going to ride it into work for the first time on Friday as a few of the guys are keen for a sticky beak. Supposed to be fine and sunny and it's the last day of school holidays, so in theory the traffic should be pretty light.
Also should be riding Saturday, also supposed to be good weather for it. Might remember to get some decent pic's in natural light for a change too.
Then it'll be first service time as that'll take her a bit over 1000kms.
1071 kms on the Kat, oil drained yesterday and filter removed, first service has started :thumb:
I've pulled the oil plug out that I believe is causing my annoying oil leak as well, so tonight will be valve clearance checks and hopefully get the new oil plug in to seal it up properly this time.
Also will check the cylinder head nuts and gives things a general once over to make sure it's all good, then back together in time to enjoy some of this awesome sunny weather we're having at the moment.
Wow it's quiet in here!
Kat service done, valve clearances all the same as when I put it together and everything else looks good.
Only ridden it to work and back once but it seems there's no oil leak :thumb:
I scored a new rack and back off Gumtree which is awesome... Hallmark brand which became Ventura and is the same setup so I can remove the rack quickly and easily when it's not in use. The bag is huge and I can fit both my work and gym bags in there with plenty of room to spare.
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'Tis indeed quiet in here!!! Guess I'm winning :icon_mrgreen: :woohoo: :cheers:
Oil leak on the Kat confirmed fixed... except now I have a new one as the left shock seal let go on our ride yesterday :technical:
Oh well, Koni's are rebuildable although I did that already back in September 2015. Guess they've been sitting for nearly four years but I've only done about 1200 kms on them...
That luggage rack looks great Pete!!! I'd be on more but I can't get on the forum at home :icon_sad:
Bugger that sucks! I guess there's still issues with forum access? Been fine for me after a few days of pain a couple of weeks ago.
Found why my left shock developed the leak, three pits in the stanchion I missed during the rebuild, gotta find a way to sort that out coz the Kat's off the road until it's sorted.
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Oh gosh, those are some terrible pits!
Actually I gave up trying to access the forum at home about a week ago. Haven't checked since, maybe I should give it a fresh try later.
Yeah that don't sound right! Fingers crossed it's sorted for you...
Went up to see a mate last night as he had another pair of Koni's sitting around doing nothing. They need a rebuild and one of the gland nuts is a bit frozen in place, but should be able to get a good pair of shocks out of the four I now have :thumb:
New seals arrived, shock back together and back on the Kat :thumb:
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on July 21, 2019, 02:51:14 PM
Actually I gave up trying to access the forum at home about a week ago. Haven't checked since, maybe I should give it a fresh try later.
ShowBizWolf, I posted this link in odds n ends about a week ago, hopefully it helps you too. It works for both mobile and PC (maybe on a mac too). Changing DNS settings should get you connected at home again until the DNS issues get sorted for the site.
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using
Let me know if you have any questions, I'm happy to help.
The Kat's back off the road... swapping the VM33 Smoothbores out for a loan set of stock carbs so I can get the VM33's sorted out. The low throttle and closed to open transition is nasty and killing my confidence in the twisties so I need to do something.
Also discovered my neutral and oil pressure lights go out when turning the 'bars. It seems when I made the dash I didn't give the harness any support, so friction when turning has caused the harness to stretch and pull on the soldered connections. Making an extra part for the mounting bracket so I can cable tie the harness securely and prevent any further yanking on it.
And I'm doing some paint for a mate as well of some of his Kat parts. Still stripping paint off the cowl for the moment.
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I figured someone's gotta post something, way too quiet in here lately! Showbiz you gotta get the forum sorted for home use :icon_razz:
I knowww omg. I've been off for 4 days and it still won't load for me at home. I have no idea what to do.
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on July 29, 2019, 03:28:06 PM
I knowww omg. I've been off for 4 days and it still won't load for me at home. I have no idea what to do.
Have you tried changing your DNS settings at home from Auto to Google's public DNS? That seems to be helping most people get back on, even on mobile until something gets sorted with the DNS records for the forum. You can switch back to auto at anytime if you need to. Just make sure you close all of your web browsers before you change the setting. I shared this link the other day if you need a "how to". https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using
Let me know if you have any questions or need any help.....I'm happy to help people get back on to keep the forum going. I always find some great info on here. :cheers:
(man, these questions to post are finicky with spelling and spacing.)
Hi mikeg! No I haven't tried that but I will have to! I'll copy and save your information to a note file and take it home with me so I can read it there. Thank you!
After you post 5 times, those questions will go away :thumb:
Fingers crossed Showbiz!!!
Mostly got the body filler done on the front cowl, missed one spot and a couple of the deeper repairs need a bit more, but close.
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Need to start on the other parts tonight but at this point I think I'll be ready to paint on Sunday as planned unless I discover something out of the ordinary.
finally pete working on something again,... :laugh:
site works off and on for me on my phone,....
Haha yep can't myself, gotta be doing something!
Body filler on everything last night, mostly sanded back but should finish that tonight.
I did manage to fix the Kat dash and get it back on, so now just need to sort those loaner stock carbs.
The big project this year is going to be doing the kitchen in September... half looking forward to it, half dreading it, but looking forward to the end result and going from electric hot plates to gas :thumb:
I had to change my DNS settings a month or two ago. I was able to access at home again after that. That rack is RAWKIN'!!!!! :woohoo:
Making sure win!
Funnily enough it's working ok for me, except on my phone when using the work wireless it doesn't work... but I don't really do much from there anyway... :dunno_black:
More filling/sanding done on my mate's parts, should be finishing the sanding today/tonight ready for painting tomorrow. Weather prediction is perfect painting weather too :thumb:
Also gave the pilot circuits and jets from the loaner stock Kat carbs a good clean with carbie cleaner last night as they were pretty blocked by the looks, and a momentary fire up had her rev'ing with the choke on and choke off still had quite high an idle, so that looks more promising than the first fire up last week where she wouldn't idle at all.
This morning I should get some time to get the carbtune pro on to balance the carbs and get the fuel screws set right. Then it'll be test ride time! :cheers:
Carbs balanced but definitely too lean... have to have the fuel screws out 4.5 turns to get close to 14 on the AFR gauge. 3 turns out is when they say go up a size.
I'm also lean up top on the mains, cracking the throttle up a hill has the AFR heading up towards 16, steady throttle has it under 13, so I've also gone too rich on the needle.
I'll need to get some size 50 pilots during the week, but I'll drop the needle back to the middle notch again and go up from the 115 mains to the 122.5's I already have here.
Really want to get this sorted because I miss riding my Kat... it was nice getting a test ride in yesterday and it's made me even more keen to sort it because the closed to open throttle hesitation is gone meaning corners are fun again!
Bigger pilots ordered yesterday, fingers crossed they arrive today. Bigger mains installed and needles dropped back to the middle position.
Got my mate's paint done on Sunday, going to take it back to him tomorrow night and with any luck be able to get a pic in the sun.
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Keeping thread going. :whisper: :2guns: :technical:
Yay another poster! :woohoo:
Keeping it alive alone is a struggle... :D
After pic in a little bit of natural lighting of my mate's parts, and as predicted the minute I wanted to take it the sun disappeared and didn't come out again :dunno_black:
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He's happy with them, all that matters :thumb:
The stock loaner carbs on the Kat are pretty close to dialed in now too. Need to confirm on the fun ride tomorrow but still likely need to drop one main jet size yet.
The sun does that here too :technical:
I love seeing your progress pics!
Will you post pictures of the kitchen project? I'd love to see what you do.
sweet progress pete!
Cheers! It was a little bit of a rush job but my mate is happy with the end result :thumb:
Unfortunately he's pretty busy between now and the big ride he needed them done by so I won't get to see them on his Kat until then.
Showbiz... kitchen pic's 'ey? We shall see, but yeah I'll likely do some before/during/after pic's ;)
Our tap in the sink has literally just sprung a leak due to rusting through, so it's good timing! It just has to last another four weeks...
Stock loaner carbs are now sorted on the Kat so I can get on with enjoying the ride now :thumb:
That buys me time to figure the VM33's out, the one big noticeable difference is that the stock CV's don't stretch your arms out mid throttle unless you get the rev's up above 5K, whereas the VM33's give you a nice little arm stretch mid throttle regardless.
Had a very enjoyable ride out yesterday now the carbs are sorted :thumb: :D
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That's really looking proper pete! At first I wasn't a fan of the red frame but now,..just kick a@@
Haha cheers CBR! I'm most definitely stoked with the end result :icon_mrgreen: :woohoo:
It's oh so quiet in here...
Wow it really is quiet in here... does this help?
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hot hot hot pete
Hahaha cheers! :icon_twisted:
Yup!!! :angeldevil:
Nice!
As an owner of the classic Katana, what is your opinion of Suzuki's 2020 Katana efforts?
Girl cries like race car lol.
Aaron
Hey we have activity! Wahooo!! :woohoo: :cheers: Thanks Pandy :icon_mrgreen:
Good to see you posting again Yama! Been a while :thumb:
Bluesmudge... I've yet to see one in the metal but hope to at some point. For my tastes, I still prefer the original however the design brief of the new is quite different to the original. In my mind a Kat will always be long and low, which the new one is not, and the very small fuel tank isn't appealing either.
Having said all that, reports so far are that it's been well received and the two guys I know via the Katana forum who have received theirs are very happy with them, and both have originals as well of course.
Time will tell I guess...
Coolness. :)
Aaron
The Katana guys are doing their annual weekend ride we call State of Origin (Queensland vs. New South Wales) where us Queenslanders get together and ride south while the New South Welshman ride north and we all meet at a place called Nambucca Heads.
I couldn't do the whole trip again unfortunately but rode a fair way with the Queenslanders.
I ended up doing a bit over 720kms for the day seeing the Qld guys as far as Grafton before I turned back. Next year I'll go all the way and do my U turn on Sunday with the rest.
I started riding just after 6am and rolled in the garage at home at 7:30pm, it was a long day in the saddle! Great riding, perfect weather, I just need to get my Katana fitness up to scratch as I'm a little sore today.
Some happy snaps from the day starting at Rocklea:
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Unscheduled stop at Currumbin trying to round a stray up..
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Mullumbimby (probably spelled wrong)...
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Finally Grafton, including our stray...
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Am jealous lol no not jealous envious.
Aaron
Saving for this for my chair
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Not downing the other peoples rides by anymeans. Yours my friend sticks out....in a good way. Like the way it SHOULD have been originally produced.
Aaron
A trailer for the chair... very handy!! :thumb:
Mine's just the freshest in the group really, although yeah the red frame certainly makes it stand out a bit... sorta like a sore :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
I'm envious of the Kat beside me in the second last photo... I would like the torque and power that 1360cc motor has in mine...
Lol indeed.
Aaron
No pic's but out for a short ride yesterday morning and managed to finally say g'day to a fella on a local forum who I've not managed to meet in person yet so that was pretty cool. Totally unplanned, and met another fella also from the same forum who was also there completely unplanned. Life is good :thumb:
Those are always fun.
Aaron
Indeed!
Got the call that the kitchen is ready to be delivered and have organised that for this coming Saturday... finished getting all the splashback tiles off on the weekend so all we need to do is clean out the cupboards and we'll be ready to start ripping it out when I start my 3 weeks' leave on the 9th September. Can/can't wait :icon_confused: :icon_lol:
lmao a new local septic company
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Aaron
Hahahahaha that's gold! :icon_lol:
Kitchen bits are due to be delivered today, so that'll be fun inventorying all the bits to make sure they're there.
One more week to go then it'll be 3 weeks off to rip the old one out and put the new one in... going to be... fun?
Once its done tho ;).. Might be a 12 beer job lol
Aaron
I suspect much scotch and wine will be consumed :cheers: :D
It's all on the back deck... and I'd forgotten they said it gets delivered on pallets, so one double pallet and two singles were dropped on the driveway out the front. We then had to lug probably 500 kg's worth of flat pack kitchen bits round the back and upstairs onto the back deck... :hithead:
Oh well, it's here now, short ride this morning then time to make sure we've got everything we ordered and start figuring out how it all goes together!
Demolition phase is both fun and messy lol.
Aaron
Well there's the lack of tiles and the old kitchen...
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The new one in flat pack form...
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Yesterday had to have a short ride out with a mate to get over shifting the kitchen upstairs on Saturday...
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This week is going to be all about watching Youtube videos on installing the kitchen, Saturday I'll have to have a last ride before the fun starts, then Sunday on will be starting to dismantle the old kitchen. I'll have three weeks off work to get it all done...
I see potential my friend.
Aaron
I love all the pics!!! And I love being able to get on the forum from home now too!!!!
At the moment I just see potential for a lot of work :icon_lol: :icon_mrgreen:
Showbiz is back, yay! :woohoo:
House mate's started emptying cupboards out, the countdown is on, spending my spare time watching installation videos on Youtube :icon_eek:
Closing time to sledgeapalooza. Aka demo day.
Start with a few shots before destruction lol.
Aaron
Kitchen project sweet!
Starting some pre-assembly of the cabinets after work this week, no pic's as I just did one small one last night to get into the swing of it.
Saturday will be no kitchen stuff, out for a ride.
Sunday will be moving appliances out of the kitchen in preparation for the electrician to disconnect power points etc. on Monday which will be when the destruction begins. Then it'll be three weeks of hell fun!
When you can swing a sledge in the house and mean to do it.
Aaron
:angeldevil:
Ahem..... the Good News ... sent it to local trustworthy shop, tyres done (Dunlop Arrowmax something or others), carbs cleaned and kitted, fuel lines (proper legit ones!) , blue slip done(roadworthy/safety check) (5 years out of rego... yes really!!!! 5 YEARS!!!) , greenslip done (customary third party insurance required for rego in Australia), Rego ........ DONE!!! .... !!!!! ......!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
Pick the bike up Saturday morning probably.... need to get paid to pay the shop.. they cool with it!
The Bad News.... I was slack and didn't drag my helmet out of the cupboard till last night..... the liner was quite stanky and mildewed..... it's removable.... so I slipped it out of the shell..... the foam backing was completely rotten and the liner material started to split also!!..... no big funds for a new helmet.... but I can and have ordered a brand new liner from England..... just now.... (damn shipping costs more than the liner! But oh well) ...... it will take "7-15 days" to get here!! .... so guess who is gonna be hovering over the letterbox till then!
I tried the helmet on without the liner..... it sort of fits... but ... the polystyrene sits rather hard on my poor old balding head.... and it slips about a bit.... so I can wait! ..... bit like PeteGS..... wanting everything to be "just so" for that first ride/relaunch!!
Speaking of which... Pete.... that motor ... you still want it?! .... I'm not gonna ever actually do anything with it (even with the bike now, I had funds.... but absolutely no interest in wrenching or spending time doing it myself.. only too happy to give the shop the work!) .... but anyway.... Can't remember if I said before..... you can HAVE the motor.... just the shipping is on you.... there's no panic! But due to other life situations I need to start clearing and tidying a LOT of storage area! ... I can check down here a few places/people about possible transport costs.... as I say... no rush at all.... but it WILL be moved sooner rather than later! :kiss3:
Janxy's back!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :bowdown: :cheers:
That's awesome news you're getting the GS back on the road, bet you can't wait!!! But yes, totally understand the need to have things all squared away for that first ride back. Having been off mine for nearly 10 years before getting the 450 finished, I can safely say take it easy to start with and just ease back in to it :thumb:
As for the motor, if you need it gone, I'm happy to help make it gone :D
Only thing time wise is I need to wait 'til next pay (15th September) to cover the shipping costs and then I'll be good to go. If you could check on costs that would be great, I think I'd need to know dimensions and weight to figure it out which could be a bit awkward without the motor. My postcode is 4054 if they need it. If it needs to be picked up from a depot or something I can pinch my house mate's ute to go grab it too.
Can't remember if you know the condition or km's on the motor? Just curious mainly as I'm deciding if I replace the whole 450 bottom end with it or if I just do the barrel and piston swap... and if I big bore it or not :icon_mrgreen:
It'll be a next year project either way... really gotta do the Kat head rebuild sooner rather than later as the valve stem seals on the loaner head are definitely an issue going by the amount of oil she's consuming :o
Hmmm ... got it from an old user on here... he upgraded to a TL1000 ... am looking for the post or reference... might find it tonight? ... vague memory says that he was unsure about it's history too though.... investigation continues....
When the mechanic shop picked it up out of the garage I was just "meh sort it out and ring me" ... seeing it virtually ready to go and hearing it running yesterday..... fluttering and pitter pat in the chest!.... so close!!!! ....
... that could be a precursor warning for a heart attack tho.... mum's family have heart issues and dads have dementia.... gonna be an Interesting old age!!! Lmao
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I have diabetes and dementia to look forward to I believe... :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
Upgraded to a TL hey? I've not ridden one but they sound nice! Saw a very nice example the other week up at Mt Glorious too.
That's cool if you don't know the condition, I'll do some invesitgation once we get it organised and see what it's like. Splitting the cases isn't too big a deal to inspect the bottom end and check bearings, shifting forks, etc. If it looks clean then it just takes a bit of threebond to put them back together again...
Just the usual Saturday morning get together...
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The SRAD wasn't with us but was very neat and there was a bad dust haze so no views to photograph this time.
Awesome.
Aaron
Hey-Yo Yama! :D
....
Well folks.... yesterday was good.... got the bike back home... mate rode it the few km from the mechanic back to my place... damn windy day! .. gusts up to 105km/hr in our area!! ... I could have organised it so I got dropped off and rode it back.. but this was just easier for my to do list of the day..
This morning I did my least anticipated bike/ride related task... hauled my boots and gloves out of the storage cupboard.. wiped away the mildew and dust from all the crevices... smeared copious amounts of leather dressing into same... they weren't wrecked or as bad as they could have been.... it's just a fiddly job that I never love!
.... and now we wait for the new helmet liner to arrive...... :hithead:
Always fun getting ready Eh?
Aaron
Been windy up here too Janx, real windy! Saturday morning was interesting in a couple of spots on the crests of hills with no trees to block the wind. I didn't expect to feel the wind so much on the Kat given it's a big heavy lump of steel but you still do!
Bet you're itching for that liner to arrive hey? How's the GS look/sound? Good as it was or better? Excited for you!! I know that anticipation well :icon_mrgreen:
Day one of kitchen removal yesterday, electrician coming in this morning to disconnect stuff so we can continue.
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Almost time to break stuff :woohoo:
Aaron
Oh breaking has been done already!! The old cupboards were nailed together rather than screwed, so some had to be destroyed to remove them... that was a bit of fun :D
End of day two... old out, new starting to go in, and the pantry is huge!
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awezome!
It's getting there... lost a heap of time yesterday after discovering the back wall has a nice big bow in it. Of course we secured the corner cabinet first and had to redo it all... ended up using the centre cabinet as the reference and worked back in to the corner.
The big question will be how the benchtop and splashback works with that. I guess we'll find out in a few days how that will work out.
I really thought we'd have the cabinet where the sink will go sorted out yesterday but didn't make it that far. The pantry is in though, did I say it's huge?
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Appears youll have some storage on top if you run out?
Aaron
You are making quick work of the kitchen! I'm impressed because it took me like 3 years of messing around in my limited spare time to get mine done.
Haha starting to slow down a bit now... reached the end of the cabinets I'd pre-assembled. I skipped a night of pre-assembling the night before last and I should've done more, didn't realise quite how much time that was saving!
I should've started pre-assembling the back wall cabinets last night as that's going to be the tricky wall, but I finished a couple of cabinets for the right wall instead. Hindsight is a wonderful thing... :embarassed:
Doesn't look like we did a whole bunch yesterday but assembly of the cabinets for the oven tower took some time as did locating the water pipes and drain for the sink in the cabinet under the window.
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Day six... all cabinets done and installed (except one by the back door which needs to wait until we test fit benchtops) and even got the little benchtop in where the coffee machine sits beside the oven tower.
Day off today then back into it tomorrow :thumb:
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That moment when you try on your riding jeans after 5 years...... gnnnnnnnnhhhhhh!! ... ok they "fit" ...but dang!! ... won't be needing a belt to hold them up above my hips!!!
.... bloody material must have shrunk with age!! .... which is not a issue I am having physically!!
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Looks like great progress on your cabinets Pete!... masses of storage !
Keep it up!
Haven't checked transport costs on engine yet... it's on the shorter list tho!
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A successful and enjoyable first ride this evening... 60km or so around local area with a mate on his bmw gs1200
... only took about 20 intersections to remember that.... if you push the indicator button... it cancels!.... mate was laughing his ass off watching me go left blinker... right left right feck!!!
Felt like I hadn't been away for 5 years tho.... right back Into the groove!... wasn't going for speed or cornering records... just cruising and loving it!....
Note to self.... casual inattention to the Speedo is ...... problematic!.... didn't feel like 80k in a 60k zone !.
. Didn't get busted but nearly blew a speed camera!... was enjoying rolling along too much!...
... throttle hand is a bit sore tho... wasn't doing the death grip... it's my problem wrist.... gotta dig that palm rest throttle thingy out from wherever I stashed it!
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Wahooo!!! :woohoo:
Awesome Janxy, glad to hear you've had your first ride back!! Fantastic feeling ain't it?
Definitely keep an eye on that speedo... we had one of the Kat guys join us a year or so ago for his first ride out on his just completed Kat, and he got a nice little piece of paper handed to him on his way back down Mt Mee after brekky :hithead:
I hate that feeling when you're not sure if you were over or not and have to wait a couple of weeks to know if you're in the clear or not... :angeldevil:
No probs on the transports costs, I'm in no rush at all.
I got out for a quick ride yesterday morning to get away from the kitchen for a bit and had a very nice 1982 Ducati 900 Supersport park beside me while I was having a coffee.
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Then back home and got the benchtops done.
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Today is sink and cooktop cutout day... fingers crossed there's enough time for drain and tap plumbing as well, will be nice to have a functioning sink in the kitchen again!
I sure have been enjoying all the pics!!! That Ducati really is neat looking!!
Janx I love your posts... they always make me smile :kiss3:
Pete what is the black thing on the clock, is that a kitty??
I was slack and didn't get a pic yesterday... sink is installed and plumbed in though (hate that job!) and cooktop cut out is done but it's not installed yet.
Yep, that sure is a kitty on the clock! It's front paw is a pendulum so it looks like it's permanently washing its face too :)
That is fantastic!!!! I need oneeeeee :D
Pic of Smudge in my kitchen :kiss3:
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Hahahaha what a cutey! Having a nice little pose on the bench there :D
There is light at the end of the tunnel! And no I don't believe it's a train coming the other way :icon_lol:
Splashbacks are finally up... what a time consuming job that was! Turns out cutting 2440mm x 1220mm acrylic sheets neatly, squarely, and avoiding chipping out the front etc. is a tricky job. So glad that's done!
The gas fitter and electrician were in yesterday also so we have a functional kitchen at last.
Now it's just the finishing jobs like doors, handles, kickboards, and some other odds and ends to be done.
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That is beautiful!!!! I'm more of an old-fashioned/retro gal but that really does look clean and nice!
Cheers Showbiz!! We're pretty happy with how it's turning out, and I love the splashback colour! It reminds me a lot of the stock Katana 13L silver which is a big bonus :D
I think I might have to bring a side cover up from the Kat to compare... it would be awesome if we ended up with a Katana Kitchen :icon_mrgreen:
Speaking of Katana's... we had our regular Saturday morning ride yesterday.
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It was bit cloudy but we could still see all the way back to Brisbane with the naked eye, although it doesn't show up in the photo.
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Well, both bikes off the road now :hithead: :technical:
When I parked the 450 before my time off, I noticed the left shock was leaking, and I have one spare seal from sorting the left Kat shock out so I need to rebuild that this week before going back to work on Monday.
However, when I walked into the garage yesterday I noticed a pool of shock oil under the right shock on the Kat this time. Glad it wasn't all over the rear tyre like when the left shock started leaking!
I bit the bullet and ordered an inexpensive set of nitrogen/air charged shocks that have been recommended to me for the Kat, so hopefully both bikes back on the road this week. I'm not rebuilding the Koni's again (at least not now anyway).
So much for saving for the Kat head rebuild... :dunno_black:
So the cause of the 450's leaking shock? I don't wash it... crunchy road grime all around the seal has buggered it so lesson learnt... wash your bikes regularly!!
Kitchen wise we're onto the floor now, officially finished the kitchen itself yesterday and we're happy with the end result, as is Tom...
Five days left before going back to work on Monday, so I need to fix both bikes and get as much of the kitchen and dining room floors done as possible... gonna be a busy boy!!!
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that's rockin pete! well not the part about the shock oil :2guns:
Cheers CBR!! Yeah I'm over shock issues but all should be sorted now.
Left shock on the 450 rebuilt and back on the bike yesterday and the new Kat shocks arrived yesterday which I got on there last night as well.
Need to test ride both yet though...
Sweet,..doing good work overthere sir!
I gots my shocks in too :whisper:
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now if i could just get some time to put them on
Hmmmm.... I seem to have an itch....
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Oooooh fancy Mr CBR!!
Test rode and washed both bikes yesterday, shocks felt good so far. Forgot to get a pic of them all clean in the driveway though...
You should probably scratch that Janxy ;)
How goes the returned riding??
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made some time to get them on there,.... I don't really like that bright gold :dunno_black:
washed bikes like brand new wooo hooo
It's the returned riding idea made me itchy Pete.... I saw this offset gascap the other day..... I need it!.... and what it's attached to!
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Shhhhhh .... don't tell anyone!!!
https://bikereview.com.au/review-2017-yamaha-xsr900/
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So when do you pick it up Mr Janx?? :D :angeldevil:
Those actually look pretty cool for a modern bike! I find a lot now just all look the same, but those are definitely somewhat different to the rest :thumb:
i read that whole article janxy,..ok almost,.. but sweeee-eeet
Got a finance quote this morning... just waiting for The Minister for War & Finance to get home from grocery shopping to see if I can get PRE-Pre Approval....
No bike avail for test ride... but have taken a MT09/FZ09 for a test ride a few years back.... so I know EXACTLY how well the power plant performs!! .... all at legal speeds obviously!!! :icon_rolleyes: :icon_twisted:
These XSR are basically just cosmetic changes.... but what also drew me in was the "more upright" riding position....... yes yes I know everyone likes to tuck down on the tank and zoom.... I think they think it makes you look faster.... even the Learners tucking down at 90km/h!!!! :icon_lol:
Being 48 now and slightly stiff.....ummm quite stiff and somewhat inflexible in the torso.... if I lay down on the tank it's just uncomfortable!! ..... and I might have a nap!
There is a special in for factory invoice plus $1 by Yamaha at the moment... for floor stock..... they don't have an xsr900 on the floor.... that was confirmed by a mate who wandered by the other day and knows the dealer also... but.... after talking to him... he has knocked $1,100 off rrp ... included on roads AND insurance for less than normal ride away... that also includes finance application costs etc...
Dammit woman!!! Get home already!! :technical:
.... and now we wait to see if I get approved or not.....
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Only two years older than me Janxy, plenty of time left yet! I get the stiff and sore bit though! I definitely couldn't do anything more extreme than the Kat that's for sure.
Sounds like you have the most important approval done already :thumb: :woohoo: :cheers:
Well the only exercise I do on purpose is leaping to conclusions Pete! L o l ..
Yes the Big approval was.... somewhat anticlimactic... we get along very well anyway... but I felt like a kid asking to go to a concert in another state!.... she was just... ok, so long as the payments aren't gonna give you a stress head then go for it!.....
Maybe it's Hollywood..... the movies have these too good to be true love stories... but they have big reactions too... I just live a quiet life ..... up until I hit the freeway on this potential bike anyway! Heheheeeeeh
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Awwww shucks Janxy's in love!!! :kiss3:
That's quite an awesome thing actually :thumb:
Completely forgot to snap a pic of the clean Kat yesterday with the new shocks on while out for a short ride...
I have a feeling I may need to bump the preload up on the front forks now though as the shocks are definitely a little stiffer sprung than the old Koni's, and that's with no preload on the new shocks at all!
Lol yes.. I'd call it Lust though!.. phone call at 7.30 am ... approved!!
Preload bump up or damping bump up?... preload makes stiffer again!. .
Missus asked is it a fast bike... nah sweetie it's retro... just cruise along!! Lol
Lust :icon_mrgreen:
Did you say retro is all the rage these days? Hahahaha
Definitely preload on the Kat forks, all the adjustment they got! Hopefully it gets them a little stiffer to match the rear :thumb:
No fiddling yet though, trying to finish the kitchen and dining room floor after work... with any luck all but the border to the lounge room will be done tonight and I can get a happy snap or two. Just gotta find what Bunnings have to tie the vinyl tiles in with the polished timber floor in the lounge room so we can do the last bit.
Finally!!! All but done...
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that floor makes me smile pete
really bravo
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Haha cheers CBR!!!
What makes me smile about it right now is that I didn't have to come home from work yesterday and keep laying more vinyl tiles :D
I can get out for a ride Saturday morning now and have somewhat of a break on the weekend finally...
Out for a bit of a ride yesterday :D :thumb:
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So... Mr Janxy... when do you pick the new steed up then?? ;)
Or are you absent because you've been too busy riding already :D
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crickets in here today
Yes indeed... lots of crickets!
Nah... im quiet because last week at work was BUSY!!!!!.... average weekly loads is 22.... last week I rolled out 37!! ... everyone was flat strap!!!
... still unknown on bike pickup day... checked in with them yesterday and it's "on the way from Perth"..... there is a scarcity of these bikes until mid November apparently.... mine has to get shipped 4000km/2450mi from the other side of the country!!
.... waiting waiting waiting.... got the 500 advertised for sale... not enough time or space for 2 bikes!
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That floor looks Beetlejuicily Excellent there Pete!!... really lifts the whole look of your already fantastic kitchen to a new level!
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Nearly double the loads?? That's serious busy! But good to be busy, means there's plenty of work to keep the $$ rolling in and you're not bored :thumb:
There is definitely a lot of busy going around at the moment though, I know a lot of people at the moment who are just plain busy all the time...
Glad the new bike is at least on the way, but Perth! Long delivery trip right there :D
We're pretty happy with the floor, came out better than I hoped which is cool and the most important thing of all is that the kitties seem impressed :icon_mrgreen:
.... it's possible.... that my crated bike turned up at the shop this arvo!!.. got a voicemail saying ring him asap.... but due to more busy today I didn't hear message till after hours.....
... got a day off tmw though!!!... gonna be rain in Syd apparently and not enough extra work to get our contractor trucks in!
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woo hooo cant wait for the next janxy update
good times!
Oh yeah!!!! :woohoo:
Supposed to be raining up here later today too... fingers crossed it's there, you can pick it up, and the rain holds off long enough to at least get a quick ride in!!
Cheers lads!!... just having my morning cuppa, cig and coughing fit! ..
Oh yes .. IF it will be ready today or tmw morning... I guarantee it will be a QUICK ride!!!... bahahahaaaaa
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It's there... it's assembled... I've signed the paperwork!!... now I just have to wait till they work thru the backlog of bikes being prepped for delivery!... 6 various units going out today!....
.... the suspense is terrible!! ...
Oh and half hour ago I completed the deal on the gs500!!... got a good price!.. young fella that bought it is stoked also!
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Yes... 3 posts in a row.... bad form for LPW I know....
Picked up the bike..... did a short 45km local ride whilst skirting the rain showers....
Ummmm ..... hmmmmm ..... I rode the GS a few days back, it was its usual charming dependable self!
.... this XSR is mis-labelled... it should be a WTF900!! .... possibly a SYP900!! :hithead: :icon_lol: ... like riding a Grenade! ... possibly a nuclear grenade! :woohoo:
I test rode an MT09 a few years back... 2015 maybe? ... didn't actually test ride one of these new ones... just knew what I wanted and got things going..... I'm not sure if it's my memory or bike improvements over the years.... but this one DEFINITELY feels lighter, more agile ..... and pulls like a Bull with electrified testicles!!!!! :icon_twisted:
I haven't found out how fast it actually goes in 3rd gear yet.... or gotten out of (nanny state) B mode! ... but I had a few thousand rpm left, glanced down and was somewhat past instant licence loss territory!
I'm...... flabbergasted! ... in fact my flabber (got plenty of it) has never been quite so gasted before! ... I've had short rides on bigger bikes.... and that was Decades Ago! ... this beast might not have the outright power and speed of a supersport bike.... but the very VERY rapid delivery of its 115hp is just.... :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Awesome Mr Janx!!! Glad to hear your flabber is over gasted!!!! :woohoo: :cheers: :thumb:
I've had that feeling of overwhelming power before swapping from my 450 to a mate's 1360cc Kat... it's instantaneous grin generation right there :D :D
Hope you get some good weather this weekend to continue the enjoyment, excitement, and all 'round general flabbergasting!!!!
But be careful, keep those points and rubber side down so you can keep enjoying ;) :laugh:
Oh, and get some pics up!!!!
Pics..... hmmmm .... I'm having a bit of a mental argument with Mr and Mrs Photobucket right now.....but I'll see what I can work out....
Oh no not Photophucket!! I went Flickr... 1000 photos free and if you want more than that it's about $US60 a year for unlimited with no ads unlike Photophucket's ransomware $US400... I'm thinking of upgrading later this year as I keep getting close to the free limit.
I have a couple of pics to share though after making a fuel height gauge for my VM33 Smoothbores and a carb stand to sit them on to check the fuel level and bench sync them. These can't be vacuum sync'd.
The gauge is a bit of plastic dowel which I forced into the float bowl drain plug threads to cut the thread into it, and with a bit of rubber glued around the outside as somewhat of a seal, with some clear vinyl tubing glued in as the gauge. Almost no leaks and works like a charm!
The stand is some scrap timber to hold the temp fuel tank while holding the carbs level, also worked like a charm!
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Was hoping to get them reinstalled this weekend but don't think that's going to happen. Soon though! Very keen to get some nice carbs back into the Kat :thumb:
"glanced down and was somewhat past instant licence loss territory"
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I'm quite an avid fan of ABS, TCS & Slip/Assist Clutches right now!.. having them all chattering simultaneously is..... a bit alarming...
Fatigue, complacency and an S bend posted at 35km/20mph nearly undid me!
Zoned out a bit... started to lean left for corner entry.... focussed and realised... road position, direction of travel and speed were all "off"...
Speed maybe 65km?
Did a noob and focused eyes on centre line - got that!... then on opposite side of road - went there! ... onto the leaf litter... everything chattering by now!!!... glanced at the 3m/10ft drop ahead, thought NOPE and managed to drag my gaze back onto a slim gravel line heading back to the asphalt !! ... and followed that!!!!!!!
Only pride was damaged!
Not skill in saving myself... the safety gubbins did that... just luck I remembered to "look where I want to go" before the Drop into saplings and undergrowth!...
I'm a dumbass and ignored my own signs... didn't feel Into It, scattered thoughts, just a bit tired and was fidgety on the seat!...
Anyway.... it's a learning experience!! ... made it home safely at the end...
The little bit of wee .... washed out of my undies just fine!!
This bike is a concentration unit.... agile as heck!!... but not so forgiving as the little 500!!
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"The little bit of wee" omg LOL Janx I will always love your posts!!!
Sooooooo glad you are OK! :kiss3:
"Look where you want to go" has helped me countless times for sure.
When Photobucket screwed us all, I switched to Imgur. It's free and I have no complaints... it's really easy to use even for a person like me who is resistant to new technology :laugh:
Pete, the kitchen looks fabulous :thumb: Amazing work!!!!
Thanks Ms Wolf!...
I only realised that Bucket had gone weird last week or so when I resurfaced... bastards!...
Has Imgur got a link options list like bucket had? ... cos Flickr is just one option on iPad and it will only link my link not just an image
Need a working laptop to use Flickr properly.... Gerrard!
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Bucket... it's "Bouquet!!!" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Imgur sure does have link options :thumb: And thumbnail size options too!
I honestly don't know how it looks on a tablet or iPad or smart phone though... cuz I don't own any of those things... I do all my interneting on a laptop or desktop :icon_mrgreen:
Well then.... I shall have to check it out and see if it's keeping up appearances!
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can see!
Glad that wee washed out Janxy :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Even more glad you and the new bike survived!!! Yes I hate those moments too, especially as a result of not being totally in it at the time...
I can see the pic's... just... they're a touch... tiny :icon_mrgreen: Looks pretty cool though!
I looked into the Flickr app for you, and no definitely has no way to do embedded BB code however you can give this a shot apparently: https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157683150814134/ (https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157683150814134/)
Showbiz... cheers! Really happy with the kitchen, cooking with gas is awesome compared to that horrendous old ceramic cooktop, and it's all nice in there now. My wife's been doing well adding touches of red here and there as well so it's pretty cool now 8)
Sigh.... yes... I did a quick image test at original size... but that looked too big.... might have overdone ... or underdone in this case.. the resize!!... I'll get it right tonight
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I would have bet money you'd get that reference !!! Even though I'm in the States, my parents and I love that show LOL
Even tiny pictures show that your bike is sexy!!!
With Imgur, I've found that picking "Large Thumbnail" works well for here in the forum... but I'm not sure if it has something to do with the original size of the pic or not :dunno_black:
Oh yes Biz .. great show! ... I tend to identify a bit with Onslow though! :)
Fighting with this blasted sizing
Let's see
So this is a linked bbcode.... on my iPad screen it shows up as farkling huuuuge image and just a bit of the rear blinker initially seen , scrollable for rest of image ... but tap on image and it goes to the imgur site which is fine and clear!
The other images on imgur that I resized before... have been deleted.. and the original images from the iPad re uploaded to imgur ... 3264x2448 size
Let me know how it looks for you folks...
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Now... right now.. from my phone... I can see the images perfectly, in full and in good hd quality....
But the iPad is still... massive!... Must be a setting or glitch somewhere!
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But tapa doesn't give me access to the linked Imgur as well....
Better images but no link...... I'm gonna stop trying to figure it out before I go Mad Hatter!
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small thumbnail =
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medium thumbnail =
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large thumbnail =
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huge thumbnail =
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Yeah that's just weird Jim! ... thumbnails.... which originated as well.... a thumbnail sized version of larger images.... are bigger ! .... I suppose my thinking is decades old too because 640x480 was once pretty good! .. and 1024x768 hellooooo!! Resolution heaven!! :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_rolleyes:
Now.... if this one works... y'all should like it! ... I discovered after a search... if I use the imgur app on iOS... I can do videos with sound! It's a trick they do by converting to gif with sound but anyway...
Interested to see how this goes... its a linked bbcode... so once you go to the imgur site via link... then click in the tiny lil speaker thingy in the corner to unmute it..... she shall growl for you!
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How did you do that though Jim? .. d/l my image and convert for demo purposes?! .. no drama... just suddenly wondered...huh? :icon_lol:
Copied your image
saved to imgur
selected size (this is huge thumbnail size)
copied "Direct Link"
pasted here.
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I did NOT change your pic in any way, just selected size for thumbnail.
All good bro.... but direct link.... cool! ....
I don't remember a lot of image stuff from using the forum over 5 years ago.. and linking from PB at that! :icon_rolleyes:
Got a vague troubling memory that direct link never worked properly before tho..... of course that could have been a PB compatibility issue at the time too! :technical:
Nice bike Janxy!!! Like that colour too, very cool!
The large thumbnail for me is a spot on size for a browser on a PC too :thumb:
And yes, Keeping up Appearances is indeed a classic show! :icon_lol: For some reason I missed that reference... perhaps I'm a little slow... :dunno_black:
While we're on a pics rampage, yesterday's regular Saturday morning ride had a big turnout. 12 bikes including 6 Kats. 5 of the other 6 bikes ridden by Kat owners but weren't on them for various reasons... one was on his very nice GS1000S though!
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Pete.... thanks! ... but... while “we’re” on a pics rampage?! .... we?!?! .... rampage?!?!!!! .... ok I’ve posted a few lately in an effort to re-remember how to do it.. and many thanks to you all for the hints and tips!!
.... however!! ... as far as I can determine.... and as far as LPW goes..... you Pete..... yes you! .... have been on a Pics Rampage for about..... 6 years now!! :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol: .... at one point when I would drop in and lurk I was trying to figure out how to re name the thread Pete’s Katana Emporium of Progress and Photos!! :D :D :D
I... in contrast... have had merely a splashing raindrop in the waterfall drop zone!! ... :angeldevil:
.... I do not rampage..... I “tempest” at the most!! :flipoff: :flipoff: :flipoff:
Hahahahaha ok perhaps rampage was too strong a term :icon_razz: :flipoff: :icon_lol:
I guess I took "pics or it didn't happen" a little too seriously? ;)
Does that make me a pic-whore as opposed to a post-whore? I'm most definitely not the latter...
... now really.... your pants are gonna catch on fire Petey!! ... hahahahaahaaa. . You Aussie Pic/Post whoremonger you!!!.... bahahahaaaaaa
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janxy that things is sweetness,....!
Quote from: Janx101 on October 20, 2019, 05:31:35 PM
... now really.... your pants are gonna catch on fire Petey!! ... hahahahaahaaa. . You Aussie Pic/Post whoremonger you!!!.... bahahahaaaaaa
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Hmmmm... peteGS posts... 1029
Janx101 posts... 5414
:flipoff: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol: ;) :angeldevil: :D
I can't attach screen shot proof for some reason :technical: :hithead:
Oh this thread is such fun!!! :icon_razz: :cheers:
Oh and I'm contemplating how I can get a bit of a ratty/surivor 750 Kat to replace the 450 as my commuter, having way too much fun riding my Kat and I want to ride it all the time... but I need to do the head rebuild first, and sell the 450 if I was to do that... then I would still be rather short on funds for a second Kat.
I can dream right?
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this is a great shot pete w the misty cloudy gray background
heck yea get a clapper kat and fix it pete! that'd be awesome to see you resurrect a real turd kat
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Yes Pete.... I didn't say I wasn't a post whore.... just that you shouldn't deny you are! ...
1029 posts you say..... bet less than 29 aren't about that Kat build! :icon_lol: :flipoff: :cheers:
....my Grip Puppies are in the mail... Express Post from Dandenong!.... hopefully tmw!
The bar grips on Betsy are too slender!... getting hand cramps and tingly fingers.... not my riding position doing it... I get this issue often enough.... not carpal tunnel... just worn down/over stressed joints I think.. 25+ years moving folks furniture! and other truck related stuff.....
Numb type hands were an issue on the GS500... back years ago I put thicker than usual standard type grips on... but the gradual further deterioration makes it more of an effect now..... so I'll try the $30 puppies for grip size before I lay more dollars down for some heavy oxfords or something..
Numb hands on this beast?! .... umm no thank you!!
Oh and CBRFXR67 ... thanks!
Ok ok you may have a point about my Kat posts there :icon_razz: :oops: :D
Dunno about fixing up a ratty Kat though... I think leaving it a little ratty might be good for a commuter to keep certain eyes off it, and it would bother me less if the dreaded fall or knock happens. Then again, all a pipe dream now unless $$ magically fall from the sky!
Keep us updated on those grips Janxy! I have a bit of an issue with slender grips also. On the 450 I've always gone with foam grips as they solved those problems, but I've found they compress too soon and need replacing too often which is annoying. Only riding it to work and back now means I don't really notice though.
I'm trying some Renthal larger diameter dual compound grips on the Kat: https://www.renthal.com/moto/road-dual-compound-grips-large-32mm-o-d-1 (https://www.renthal.com/moto/road-dual-compound-grips-large-32mm-o-d-1)
They're ok, but a little harder than I prefer, and I still find some cramping/wrist issues with my right wrist in particular when holding the throttle still for a while. Twisty riding I don't notice.
I've heard of/seen grip puppies but never spoken to anyone who's tried them to know if they'll help, so very curious to hear your feedback!
I saw mention of them on a XSR forum... I asked a mate if he knew of them... his mate in Victoria has used them for a few years and rates them pretty well.... he has toured across several parts of Australia with them too... so still being happy with them is good!
He uses them more for damping down the vibrations felt thru the bars... on looooooong rides that makes sense! ...
They didn't turn up today ... Shitbuggerbumpissbitchcockfart!!!!
Hoping for tmw again!!
Express Post my hairy white arse!!
Excellent, I may have to procure a set at some point although I think a set of main jets for the VM33 smoothbores may be in my future if the Kat is still a little rich at WOT. Find out this weekend I hope!
Express post is a joke these days, I find probably 25% or more express posted parcels take at least two days instead of the guaranteed next business day. The shocks for the Kat were sent from Pinkenba (something like 6 or 7kms from the Brisbane CBD) to me at Keperra (10kms from the Brisbane CBD) and they got sent down the Gold Coast instead, taking two days to get here. Aus Post have a serious issue with their logistics...
Have to share a photo of the reduced throttle action with the R1 throttle tube with the VM33's... I'm impressed how quick the action is now and can't wait to test on the weekend!!
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When I loaned my mate's AFR gauge I promised I'd make a better mounting system for it (it's a panel mount gauge he made a dodgy handlebar mount for) and I finally finished it. Now uses GoPro mounts so it's much more versatile and a bit neater being satin black.
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Between now and the weekend I need to sort this out too...
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Pete.....as soon as you can manage it financially.... GET THE GRIP PUPPIES!!!! ... :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Ah good to hear!!! I'll put them on the shopping list Mr Janx, thanks for the heads up!! I'm assuming there's a big improvement? Comfort and vibes all improved?
I suspect main jets at least for the VM33 Smoothbores will be next on my purchase list followed by a new rear tyre and rego renewal in November's pay packet. Hopefully I can squeeze a set of grip puppies in there somewhere too!
How easy/difficult was the install?
Horn reinstalled last night (forgot to get a pic of the repaired and painted bracket) and VM33's all set to go, need to get tuning this weekend!
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that's sweet
Vibes you can say are Gone! ... yes you know the engine is running but there's no Buzz! ...
... rode 45 mins last night... long lap to get fuel and donuts from a regional 7eleven .. got 98Ron for 149.9 when everywhere else was 183.9!! .. fuel checker app for the win!! ....
... got NO cramping at all!! .. had some slight pain in right wrist until I realised I was leaning on the bars a bit.. straightened up and it went away...
... riding the beastie is even more fun when I can continually feel the bars! .. probably safer too eh!? :icon_rolleyes:
... install instructions say ..more or less.. "wet inside of tube with soapy water, simply push over grip until seated firmly, trim excess carefully with craft knife"
Soapy water.... not so much... I ended up using about a tablespoon of dishwashing liquid in half a cup volume of water in a bowl.... just dunked the whole grip in... "wet the inside of tube Ha!" ... tried simply pushing them on...... tap tap... tap..... push.... tap......TAP......PUSHPUSHTAPTAPTAPPUUUUUUUUSHF...K!!!..... stuff that for a joke!! ...
... so I did what I did in the video!! ... then soaked most of the water out with firm towel pressure, trimmed carefully with...... well kinda carefully with a..... ok I was over it by then and just did a quick ring-bark move then pulled away the excess........and let them dry! ... then went back and trimmed the little tufts of foam when dry!
Added advantage of dishwashing liquid was that I had a nice Apple & Raspberry scent while I worked! :icon_lol:
But yes.... definitely worth the dollars if you suffer old man hand cramps!!!
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That's a lot of carbs tucked in there Pete! .... nice and shiny too!! ... :thumb:
Hahahah love the write up Janxy, great news!!
Sounds like well worth the money indeed for us with old man hands for sure, and yes, feeling the 'bars is most definitely much better than the alternative :laugh: :) :icon_lol: :o
Sure is a lot of carb alright! Bumped up the pilots yesterday as the 17.5's just don't give it enough fuel even with choke when cold, so the 22.5's are in there now and it starts easily with a bit of choke.
This morning is going to be testing and tuning time... can't wait!
Just did a 2.5 hour (2 hour actual riding) regional loop... Shellharbour - Shoalhaven/Bomaderry - Kangaroo Valley - Robertson - Macquarie Pass - Shellharbour ... 140km .. the Kangaroo Valley to Macquarie Pass sections are mostly mountain curves interspersed with country 2 lane roads through pretty farmland.
No hand cramps! ... Puppies are SO DAMN GOOD!! .. some wrist ache if I got lazy and started leaning forward again... a bad habit! ... :hithead:
Some moderate local weekend traffic everywhere, some marked and unmarked PoPo ... so behaved myself and just cruised! ... which I normally do anyway!! :angeldevil:
A couple spirited squirts however when conditions allowed and there was some REALLY slow traffic ahead!... just enough throttle action to create "the grin" :icon_twisted:
Over 500km on the Odo now... halfway to first service! ... and on this ride I think I actually settled into it's behaviour properly! ... all the other rides till now have been sprint and coast and just being amazed how much MORE it goes than the GS!!! .. this time I relaxed and started paying proper attention to HOW it goes rather than just IT GOES!!!!! :icon_eek: :thumb:
Been using Premium 98 Octane last couple rides anywhere... the dealer had 95 in it though when I picked it up from new...I'm gonna fill next tank with 95 again.... just as a comparo... I think it actually felt smoother on the 95?! ... not that the two fuels are that far apart in "bang factor" .. it sounds slightly throatier in the 98 also I think? .. but that might still just be the exhaust system getting some carbon into it and getting a lower burble like most systems.... it's going to be more a learning comparison into what works best really.
Y'all should go and have a test ride on one of these demons! .. just for the fun of it! O0
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Awesome Janxy!!! Glad to hear you're getting into it and enjoying the new ride :woohoo: :icon_mrgreen: :D :angeldevil:
Definitely have to get me some grip puppies by the sounds!
I used to run the 450 on 95 until it started getting difficult to find when they made the E10 mandatory, so I switched back to 91. Completely different world of bikes, but I found it never liked 98 at all...
I did about 170kms of "test" riding with the VM33's yesterday... truth be told about 20 or 30 of those were the test, the rest were just enjoyment :D She wakes up something fierce with those carbs on! Just need to get some smaller main jets in as towards and beyond 3/4 throttle she gets way too rich.
All the 7eleven in Australia have 95 I think Pete.... usually light blue on the handle... I've never got a bum load of fuel from them either.. they turn over too much product
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Oh and... so you could say... Hey bro! The VM-Tec kicked in yo!
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Up here the 95 also gets hard to get when you head out from suburbia as well, 98 seems common enough but not 95. You can get 91 anywhere though...
Haven't bitten the bullet on any grip puppies as yet, definitely going to need to procure some main jets and possibly some pilot jets and I most definitely need a new rear tyre next pay, so I'll have to hold off on the puppies for the moment.
Reckon they'll still be there when you get to them Pete!.
Now I'm still impatiently waiting for my helmet hook and mirror extender rods to turn up! Mutter mutter mumble
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Hahaha good chance Janxy! Out of curiousity who did you buy yours from? I have a few online options I've found but I haven't dropped in to any bike shops to see if they're on the shelf yet. Need a slight detour on the way home from work to do that.
The XSR still putting a great big smile on your dial I hope? :icon_mrgreen:
Rode the Kat to work three days this week to see how the idle and 1/8 throttle cruise fueling is with the VM33's, and that's really made me notice so much more how much I like the Kat riding position compared to the 450. Yesterday I took the 450 and I could hardly put my feet on the footpegs properly, kept missing because they were going back too far, and my wrists felt like they were sitting at unnatural angles when holding the 'bars.
Now I need that magical money tree to grow so I can get a second Kat for a daily rider... I can dream right? :D
Of course I could do some more mod's on the 450, clubman 'bars or clipons, adapt some rear sets and make brackets, but that would require extra things like replacing the front master cylinder, figuring out how to actuate the rear drum from different rearsets, and I'm sure there'll be other little odds and ends that crop up. If I start that exercise, I'll likely be inclined to neaten it up as well which means doing something about the dent in the left header from the diesel spill, freshening up the paint job, adding a frame mount bikini fairing so I can have a frame mounted headlight, and that'll end up turning into a big expensive project again...
After doing all that, it'll still be a 450cc parallel twin... I must admit the sound of an line four cylinder does become quite addictive... and I feel 750cc would be a nice compromise in capacity between the little twin and the 1100 Kat...
:dunno_black:
Grip puppies from here https://shop.bikerbits.com.au/
Yes it's making me grin! ... face gets sore sometimes! Lol
..... and I've done some calculations..... you have a parallel twin.... an inline 4..... what fits between them?! ... 3 cylinders!! !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
And all variants of this Yamaha with the cp3 engine have 847cc .... and that's LESS than 100cc different from your ideal 750cc!!! ....
You think inline 4 is addictive!!?!?! .... try out the triple and you better be wearing pants with a loose crotch area!! :icon_lol:
And look! Here's a low km one in Qld!! .... and set up as a scrambler too!!... you don't have a scrambler Pete!!!
https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/2015-yamaha-mt-09/OAG-AD-16893454/?Cr=0
..... thinking..... that much oomph in a scrambler... :icon_twisted: .... be a bit like a Sand Rail!!
Just sayin!!! :angeldevil:
Hahaha sore face from grinning is awesome Mr Janxy!! Glad to hear it!!! :icon_mrgreen: :D
If your experience with the XSR is anything like mine with the Kat, you will still have that :D :icon_mrgreen: in six months time, more than likely even longer! I know it's six months because my rego is due!
Got back a bit early from our ride yesterday so I ducked past Team Moto and they had Rippa Grips in stock which they reckon are the same thing, so for $26 I grabbed them and put them on last night, try to get a test ride in this morning. It just so happens I sold an old seat on Gumtree last week for $30 so that worked out well!
An MT Scrambler hey? Cool and interesting!! Technically my 450 is somewhat scrambler-ish though ;) although I don't think loose crotch pants are required for mine :icon_razz:
Oh, and speaking of test rides and so forth... we did ride yesterday...
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Test ride with smaller main jets and Rippa Grips... check!
Smaller main jets are I think a touch too small, so now I know what I need to order :thumb:
Rippa Grips sure do help with the vibes etc.! I still have cramp type grip issue but it's 100% due to getting used to the stiffer throttle action of the VM33 Smoothbores. Once I keep reminding myself not to hold on so tight it improves a lot, so I'm with ya' that they're a winner Janxy! :woohoo: :thumb:
I don't find the diameter increase to be a bad thing either :thumb:
The Rippa's are Good also!.. just heard a few reports the foam degrades a bit. But haven't spoken to anyone directly... all web based..
I still get a bit of an ache at base of thumb sometimes.... it reminds me to sit up properly and not lean on the bars!
Got near a full tank of fuel at the moment... and rainy afternoons by the time I finish work!!! .... harumph!!!!
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We can do a comparo, we both installed pretty much the same time so it will be valid!! :thumb:
I've only done the one ride so far so we shall see how my hands feel after a few more, although actual fun riding is curbed for the moment as my rear tyre is... well... you know when you get to that point where the centre flattens out and the slightest bit of an off camber corner makes the back end feel horrible and squirrely? That's where it's at.
In addition to that it's old and a little on the hard side, so the edge grip has always felt a little off to me.
Still very rideable if I take easy so at least I can keep riding the Kat :D
Payday is Friday week, so the plan is to replace it then, can't wait!
Full tank and rainy afternoons??? Bugger! That's the definition of inconvenient right there!!!
New smaller main jets arrived yesterday and installed last night, will have to ride it to work now just to see how it goes despite never touching 3/4 or WOT on the commute :icon_mrgreen:
But decisions need to be made! Eventually anyway... main issue with the 450 now is the handlebar position feeling unnatural after getting off the Kat, and my feet missing the footpegs and gear changes due to looking for more rearward pegs.
I think a second 750 Kat is unrealistic unless magic happens (or I get made redundant which is a distinct possibility) and of course I still need to put $$ aside for the Kat head rebuild.
A set of steel Clubman 'bars for the 450 can be had for $41 providing they work with the tank etc. although that would mean revisiting the master cylinder and getting a shorter brake line, probably another $150 to $200 at a guess depending on what master I get and knowing it would need rebuilding.
A mate has a set of ZX12 rearsets for sale at the moment for $50, meaning I just need to make adapter plates and figure how to actuate the rear drum, which would all in theory be just labour.
So around $300 and I could get a more Kat like riding position... worth contemplating I think!
good idea for a road trip.
https://www.uranusmissouri.com/
Aaron
Hahahahaha and this is the car to get there in!
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Best song for a bad day
some slight language. semi nsfw
Aaron
:D :icon_lol: :thumb:
Yay it's pay day tomorrow! Kat gets rego renewal paid and a new rear tyre... and man is that rear tyre necessary! Looked at it closer when I took it off last night and the centre is close to resembling a racing slick... cornering feels like shaZam!...
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They don't lol
Aaron
Now that's a nice bit of road Yama, would most definitely be a fun ride!!! :thumb:
And no CBR, they don't cross... but my eyes hurt now :icon_lol:
Not sure if you lot follow MotoGP or not but Lorenzo is retiring at the end of the year... guess he had to do something given his current lack of performance levels :dunno_black: Never really liked him but he has talent, pity to see him go out in a lull like that rather than at the top of his game.
Hahahahahaha glad those Tesla engineers are doing the important stuff :icon_lol: :D :bowdown: :thumb:
Rego renewed on the Kat and new rear tyre on... I had forgotten how much difference fresh rubber makes, feels so much better now! Did about 35km to start scrubbing it in ahead of this morning's ride :thumb:
Ordered a set of clubman 'bars for the 450 as well, a whole $29 including free postage, and my mate should have that set of ZX12 rearsets for me today.
Been binge listening to Kevin bloody Wilson. Lol
Aaron
Hahaha that's entertainment right there! :thumb:
Awesome ride yesterday, between the fresh rear rubber and getting the VM33's finally sorted I had the best ride on my favourite roads yet, and we had six Kats all up and no other brands or models either, just 100% Kat :thumb:
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The rest of the bikes are envious lol
Aaron
Hahahaha there were a few turned heads along the way.
We went through a little township called Dayboro on the way back which is quite a popular spot for riders to stop in at the bakery for a coffee and some food. There weren't many bikes there on Saturday but all the riders were on the balcony and I think I saw every head swivel in our direction as we road past :icon_lol:
That's when you know you've done it right.
Aaron
Sometimes I think it's just shock at seeing so many 35+ year old bikes at the same time in the same place and actually being ridden :icon_lol:
Good point O0
Aaron
Ordered a set of clubman 'bars for the 450 last Friday... they've been sitting in a warehouse with a sorted ready to be delivered to the courier since Tuesday night... called the courier yesterday only to be told no they haven't been given to the courier yet... :technical:
Why is it so hard to get good service these days?
They have this ability to sense when you desire something, and they take their sweet time lol.
Aaron
Yep that sounds about right!
So what's going on for everyone else? Gotten real quiet here again... come on CBR, Janxy, Showbiz, and you Yama... what gives? Anything?
I seriously want one of these lol 😂 I collect weird hats.
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Aaron.
It resembles a white afro wig
Hahahahahaha
One of our cats appeared on the cover of Pets and Vets magazine a number of years ago (before I met my wife) and was wearing a nurse's hat. Over the years she collected quite a few hats after that but she never seemed to wear them... RIP Puddy, she was a great little cat too.
Could prolly put that weird hat over a Moto helmet lol.
Aaron
overheard on a youtube video. Tongue and groove....kinda like the house the lesbians built.not a stud in sight. lol
Aaron
:o :icon_lol: Oh geeeez hahahaha
Showbiz block your ears! :icon_razz:
Ordered clubman 'bars for the 450 over a week ago, finally arrived yesterday which is highly inconvenient timing. A bit awkward trying to swap 'bars out on a week night. I think they'll be ok although the front master cylinder reservoir may be getting a little close to the Acewell gauge, have to wait and see on that one.
So, Wednesday after work I'll pop it up on the centre stand and will ride the Kat Thursday/Friday which will give me the opportunity to swap the 'bars out but also drop the swingarm axle out and get the footpegs and levers off so I can start mocking up the rearsets too.
Can't have a second Kat? Make the 450 feel like a Kat as much as possible :D
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Hahaha I'm almost always up for lesbian jokes !!! Now I suppose I gotta watch that vid :tongue2: :tongue2: :tongue2:
I love the look of clubman bars. Always wanted to try them on my bike but never have. Can't wait to see what you do Pete!
I actually finished up what I wanted to do to my bike but haven't had a chance to upload the pics and update my thread. I'ma have to do that this week sometime.
Yep you sure do need to do that! If you did stuff, but didn't post pics, did it really happen? :laugh: :icon_razz:
I shall keep y'all updated with the 450 progress.
My hope by the end of this weekend is to have the clubmans on using all the existing switch gear, levers, and mirrors, and also to have mocked up the ZX12 rearsets using some timber so I can get the brackets right. I'll endeavour then to get some 10 to 12mm thick 6061 T6 aluminium plate to make the brackets out of.
You know I just realised I should probably actually make a thread about this... after all it's a GS Twin, it's not the Kat...
Okey doke... time to venture outside of LPW... thread is up! http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=73191.0 (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=73191.0)
It feels... strange...
Saw this on the chinebike forum earlier and was (https://www.motohouston.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing6.gif)
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Hahahahahahahhhaa oh that's gold!!!
Going to have to live without the Kat for about a month in the new year... right fork seal is leaking and no point replacing it until I get the fork legs rechromed to get rid of the pitting that caused it.
That's $AU380 and a 3 week turnaround time, so might as well say a month between dismantling and reassembling the forks etc.
To add insult to injury the left carb float bowl gasket has started to leak while on the sidestand, so I'll need to replace the gaskets as well by the looks.
The fun never ends right? :hithead: :icon_mrgreen: :dunno_black:
Sooooo... did I kill LPW starting my 450 thread? Does this mean I win LPW by proxy? :icon_mrgreen:
Only if you are the last post
:icon_lol:
Let's liven things up shall we? Katana Christmas ride yesterday morning... not too hot and no rain :thumb:
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That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
:D Yes indeed Showbiz!
Funny thing is there are at least another five local Katanas that weren't there... the guy on the 1100G outfit in the background has a 750 Kat plus another four fellas who couldn't make it. I know there are more than that around the place too, wouldn't be hard to get close to 20 I reckon.
Well... 'tis Christmas Eve! Well, the morning of anyway...
So to you lot in LPW land that still check in here occasionally I say Merry Christmas for tomorrow, hope you have a safe and fun day and get cool stuff! :thumb: :cheers:
Merry early Christmas Pete!!!
Here in PA it's not Christmas Eve yet but it IS Christmas Eve eve !!
Wonder how many hours different it is from PA to you ?
Hahaha yes we're a little ahead here... in fact we're 10 hours ahead of GMT :D
Google tells me 5:51am here on Christmas morning is 2:51pm there on Christmas Eve... so yes a lot earlier! Hahaha
Hope you have a great Chrissy!!
Soooooooooooo, whadja all get for Christmas? Myself health wise hardly anything, health has major issues. So major economic issues. working on drawings once I can obtain drawing pencil kits so I can give those as gifts hope all is well with all of you.
Aaron
Sorry to hear you're having health issues Yama but hope you had decent Chrissy regardless :thumb:
We kept it simple this year and just bought each other some tasty beverages... gin for my better half and scotch for me :cheers:
Good combos there. Hearts acting up atm :/
Aaron
Bugger, you gotta be careful with that! Hope it comes good soon, rest up and heal!
Forgot to post this after our Saturday morning ride too...
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Happy New Year all you LPW guys and gals :D :cheers: :thumb: :woohoo:
Great pics pete!
Happy,.....
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Cheers CBR and right back at ya'! Good to see another veteran LPW poster posting :thumb: :woohoo:
Happy New Year!!! Haha I know I'm a couple days late :hithead:
Better late than never young Showbiz!! :thumb: :woohoo:
check this guy i found on youtube. blind but amazing on guitar
Aaron
Cool, he can play alright!
Keeping thread going. :whisper:
Didn't get the cow horn for Christmas I wanted for my powerchair. As the French say, C'est la vie sadly ahh well lol.
Internet's down for a few weeks. Budget crashed lol.
Aaron.
Nice work Jim :thumb:
And bugger Yama!
Hopefully the budget recovers soon...
Today officially in the half way to 90 club.
Won't make it to 90 but there's hope lol
Aaron
Happy birthday Yama!!! :woohoo: :cheers:
Hope you had a great day :thumb:
You're still a year behind me though ;)
:icon_eek: next one is half a century lol.
Aaron
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:icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Knew someone's balls were glowing. This is what I'm shooting for. IDK how the heck I've filled nearly 2tb of drive space lol
Aaron
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There are guys at work with 10's of TB of drive space that complain about not having enough storage :dunno_black:
For me, after refreshing the home PC with Windows 10 last weekend we have 210GB free on our 360GB drive and 91GB free on our 160GB drive...
Currently have 2 1tb drives running 10 professional. Want to put my media and games on a 4tb drive at some point.
Aaron.
yes this is me. my final hurdle is watching myself on video. gotten over fear of singing in front of people
Aaron
Good onya' Yama!!! No way I'd ever be able to do that so kudos to you good man :thumb: :bowdown:
Man it's still raining... been going on for days! On the plus side it's done a good job of killing the bushfires down south.
We haven't heard from Mr Janxy for a while... hope everything was ok in the fires, not sure where they were in relation to you...
Iirc janx is in Australia? I'm in East TN.
Aaron
Yup he's over the border in Mexico (Aussie inside joke :icon_mrgreen:)
There have been huge fires down there that have recently been gotten under control, but I'm not sure exactly where he lives in relation to them and we haven't heard from him in a while so wanted to see if he is ok...
Will see if I can reach out via email.
Aaron
Good deal if you got it :thumb:
We finally got a nice sunny Saturday morning for the first time in weeks yesterday...
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We're just starting to have some great post-winter, not-quite-spring weather in Nor. Calif. Soooooo ready!!!!!!!!!
Where's Aaron!? I always worry when he hasn't posted in 10 minutes! :icon_twisted: :kiss3:
Lol post winter here too mother nature is confused. Need to get out of tn . It's nuts here.
Aaron
Yay!!! (But I still win)
No one out posts the postwhoress lol
Aaron
Hey I have a post to post too! :icon_mrgreen:
Got my new fork legs for the Kat on Wednesday so I can replace them this weekend pending some bushes arriving today. Wasn't much price difference between getting the originals re-chromed and buying Ohno-Speed replacements with the big difference being I'd need to have the Kat propped up for 3+ weeks if I got the originals re-chromed. This way I've been able to keep riding.
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Finally! New fork legs are done.
New top and bottom bushes and new seals as well.
Going to test ride on the commute today which isn't ideal but given the weather it's the only chance I'll get until next week.
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FINALLY back online, was in hosp. from tues thru friday, ( heart issue plus diabetes issue. ) you see weird things when your bp zeros out ( mine did for 15 seconds. i was getting out just as they were bringing the first beer flu cases, im in a high risk category as it is. ( i call it beer flu cause my auto correct on phone would try to change it to corona and lime. Ohhh took a personality test too twice categorised me as an infj-A type which explains everything so its liek no matter what happens i know what i am, and how i work lmao.
great to be back tho. weird thing tho i was only in hosp. for 3.5 days yet for some reason im missing two days from memory, yet i can recall all days there. go figure lol
Aaron
How rare is Infj?
1-2%
Exact percentages vary but the INFJ, the rarest of the personality types, is said to account for 1-2% of the overall population, females slightly more often than males. The INFJ has been called "The Mystic," "The Counselor," and "Empath". They are described as original, gentle, caring, and highly intuitive ( and scatterbrained at times lol)
Glad to see you're back Yama!!! :woohoo:
Things were a tad quiet here, and definitely glad you got out in time, you don't want to be near anyone with the beer flu!!!!
Stay safe and look after yourself, especially in the current circumstances.
We're all starting to get shutdown here, my company is 100% work from home now. Original guidance was back in the office next Monday but I don't expect any sooner than September at present.
Oh and scatterbrained at times? You and I have something in common! :D :cheers:
Quote from: peteGS on March 23, 2020, 12:42:05 PM
Glad to see you're back Yama!!! :woohoo:
Things were a tad quiet here, and definitely glad you got out in time, you don't want to be near anyone with the beer flu!!!!
Stay safe and look after yourself, especially in the current circumstances.
We're all starting to get shutdown here, my company is 100% work from home now. Original guidance was back in the office next Monday but I don't expect any sooner than September at present.
Oh and scatterbrained at times? You and I have something in common! :D :cheers:
One case at courthouse...30ft away lol then one potential 2 doors down baah screw it I'll get paranoid if I keep thinking about it.
Aaron
Yeah not time to dwell on these things, time to just keep that social distance, hunker down and do what you enjoy as much as possible. I've been working from home for a week and a half now and it's not going to be enjoyable at all but it is what it is.
Once I get a new routine going so I can go for a walk in the morning it'll be better, and I somehow need to figure in a ride at least once a week as I'm really missing my commute at the moment.
Today I'm the resident commodian
Aaron
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Resident commodian... love it! :bowdown:
Pandy never wins!!!!
PS, if anyone is playing warzone and needs a third hit me up, slightly addicted in quarantine O0
Lol I wished. Just got out of hospital. Kidneys shut down then restarted but plumbing not at 100%, that aside , finally got my PC working with an extra USB slot. Required so I can run my controller lol.
Aaron
Back USBs bank went kaput
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Aaron
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this past week was not fun at all. lost quite a bit of personal finances due to health issues. i have a foley catheter which was inserted incorrectly due to a medical "pro"doing it wrong. then it got infected. i went thursday out to get some groceries ( wwhen i discover3ed the lsot fundage lol :hithead: :hithead: :hithead: :hithead: :hithead:i went past the same ambulace which took me to er. sharp flank pain, blood in urine ( as well as the other exit portal in body, temp was sligh5tly elevated, when i left apt, it was at 99.7 which for a few days ws my normal, really no concern, when i got back felt head on fire, took temp was 101.8, said hmmm okayhad a diet dr pepper, drunk that, 10 minutes later checked again102.1, 10 minutes later 103.4, and before i called that ambulance, checked it was 103.3, what i found out, was a foley catheter UTI along with sepsis, ttemps were confirmed with ems equipment, as well as hosp. told docs, was going to try to take aspirin and sleep it off. both docs said had i done so theyd have brought me in but not to exam, but to morgue. did some damage to kidneys too. urologist this coming week will evaluate whats up and will plan next move. this is my thiurd uti. bp is low atm but mostly safe. 96/51 ( doc said hmm by chance do you have cardiac issues?, i replied yes sir i do. i did test negative for the beer virus, i call it that because if i typed corona virus on phone auto correct every time tries to change to corona and lime. friends, with this pandemic, dont take chances. if you go from noraml feelings to near meltdown temps dont delay getting help. ill know later this coming week if ive done any significant damage to the kidneys and other areas. but as of now, all is well. heres hoping things work out. no plans on going anywhere yet. , im not hte official postwhore, thats pandys gig. but ive learned from her lol.
Aaron
Geeez you're in the wars Yama! Glad to see you back posting though :thumb:
Damn right you gotta be careful at the moment! Where I am new infections are almost at zero, and from this Saturday they're going to let us get out of our houses for non-essential reasons within a 50km radius. Will finally be able to get my mental health back on track with a ride :woohoo:
As the French say, C'est la vie, this is life . And my personal motto in Latin
Dum Spiro spero
While I breathe I hope
Aaron
Well said Yama, both sayings are very true!!!
I got a bit of a grin this morning about this too... https://www.thegsresources.com/botm.php (https://www.thegsresources.com/botm.php)
man it looks great right there pete
Cheers! It's a bit of an old photo, still have the loaner stock carbs on there but I managed to fluke a good photo, mine are usually pretty crappy :icon_rolleyes:
So I guess I won? :woohoo: :cheers: :flipoff: :angeldevil:
Hope you lot are all doing well!
Allow me to post some things...
My new found isolation hobby has had some good success, including a mini version of my Kat including some modifications to get it closer to reality including anti dive block off plates, no air box, and a representation of the digital dash. So far there's Wayne Gardner's '86 NSR500, stock Kat, and "my" Kat. Next up is a popup Kat, then hoping to be able to do "my" 450 at some point if I can find one at a reasonable price.
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Had a fantastic morning ride out yesterday with nine Kats in attendance, blue skies, dry roads, and not too cold.
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Pete those lil models are fantastic!!! And I love that you got a nice ride in too.
All is well here with me thankfully :D Been getting some work accomplished on my Spirit, helped my family with a rather large project recently and I'm getting ready to put glossy new white downspouts on my house (hopefully) today :woohoo:
Cheers ShowBiz! Definitely happy with how they turned out and they've been a very welcome distraction while being largely stuck at home. We started working from home on the 18th March and I'm still here... may start some form of back to the office on 12th July but nothing's definite yet. Can't wait to be honest! At least we can ride recreationally now which is awesome.
Glad to hear you're doing well :D :woohoo:
What did you get done on the Spirit, any pics? What was the family project? Good luck with the house renos too! I painted our gutters a number of years ago and that was horrendous. Spent four days up on trestles (two story house) in high winds trying to paint... next time I'm paying someone else to do it I hope :D
That is a looooong time to be at home, my goodness. I do hope you're able to get out by that date!
I do have lots of pics of the Spirit... if you're interested, I can upload some. I don't share too much about my car online because people don't understand it... and instead of them asking, they just make fun.
I imagine this is a pretty safe place though... haha, it technically IS the 'Tard Farm even though this thread has been full of VERY good stuff!!!
Sometimes people like it and think it's cool... but other times, it brings out the vicious side in people. I totally understand that driving a car with graffiti paint on it (on purpose) is questionable... so it invites people to be mean as hell... but damn, you should read some of the things people have said. They don't even want to try to understand the concept or the meaning behind it.
All the new rear brake parts are on so that means the whole underneath of the car is complete except for the new exhaust.
The exterior is almost complete too, I just have to touch up the portraits (brush paint), put the wiper arms back on with new wipers and put the new Dodge windshield banner on.
My plan is to get it to the point where I can legally drive it home (the whole interior still needs done, inside the car is just the driver's seat bolted down) by the end of August so September I can take the van off the road for a bit to finish the cosmetic work that I started last year. I got about 75% of the van done last year before winter came.
I'm not driving the Spirit in the winter anymore (not unless I HAD to) so the van would have to be ready by then.
The family project was cleaning out a house for our Credit Union that was foreclosed on. Years ago when I was in middle school and high school, we would mow lawns in the summer and empty out houses that got repo'ed to pay for our beach vacations. It was fun and I enjoyed the time with my family. Was really cool to get to do it again!
Yeah it feels like forever I've been sitting in my rumpus working, definitely going stir crazy with cabin fever :dunno_white: :icon_rolleyes: :hithead: The cats are certainly enjoying the extra attention though!
I believe they're announcing next week that we can start going back in on the 13th July :cheers: :woohoo: :bowdown: :icon_mrgreen:
See I don't get why people have to insult other people on stuff they enjoy and gives them satisfaction. Sure, it might not be your taste, but does that matter? Hell no! It's your car, you do what you want with it. Does it give you pleasure and satisfaction? I'm assuming it does so go for it :D Yes, I would love to see some pics. Might not be my taste, won't know 'til I see it, but I'll enjoy seeing your pride and joy and understanding that a lot of time and effort goes in to doing it as well :thumb:
There are plenty of people who thought doing my 450 up was nuts, but I've owned it since '98 and it was one of very few things that I had when I was literally bankrupt, so it has sentimental value for me. I'm happy with what I did, it has given me nearly 90,000kms of fun since I rebuilt it, and it's still a fun little bike to ride even now I have my dream Kat as well. Don't like it? Bad luck :flipoff: :icon_mrgreen: (I know you know exactly what I'm talking about ;))
Sounds like the family project was a bunch of fun too, good stuff! See for me, nah, pass, I don't like cleaning other people's messes :icon_mrgreen:
Thank you for the kinds words Pete, I sure do appreciate it. I could have sworn you saw the Spirit before (I did post about it in a different thread a couple years ago).
I gotta be leaving for work so I don't have time for a proper reply right now but I will make one when I have a chance!
Quick words before I go.
The best way I can explain the paint is that it's kind of an outlet for me.
Like... everything else I do in life is riddled with OCD... things have to be neat, organized, clean, planned out, etc... (you've seen my bike thread)... but the graffiti paint is supposed to be crazy and fun and nonsensical.
I wanted the car to look like it spent the night in a bad part of town LOL... like what sense does that even make??
But for some reason, I like it.
Even though it's graffiti and crazy, it's done carefully and completely. I mean the masking and the prep and whatnot. I did under the hood and in the door jambs etc.
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Ah yes I have indeed seen it before! I have memory akin to the size of a pea these days :D
See that is pretty cool, in a crazy kind of way yes but cool ;)
I get the need for an outlet, and I also get the OCD thing as well. I get cases of that myself, like in the Kat build when I kept getting advice to do things like just get it on the road and worry about the paint later. But I just couldn't do that, I absolutely had to get that right up front or it just wouldn't be "right" for me.
Don't worry about making sense to others, as long as it makes sense to you that's all that matters!
Made time for some pics. Very very abridged version but at least wanted to post up something.
To recap, the reason I took the car off the road was because it was rear-ended back in July of 2013. I was stopped, waiting to make a left turn, and it was hit into by a PT Cruiser which was pushed into me by a Sebring. Quite the Mopar party but not one I wanted to go to lol.
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It was pretty bad IMO, especially this part:
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I had to find someone who could weld and fix structural parts correctly. The first person I trusted kept my car for almost a year and did nothing with it... left it sit outside to become a home to critters and rust away. I had to have it towed out of his place and to another person. The second guy fixed the frame and installed new bumper shocks and a bumper and fixed up the damage in the trunk. Praise God.
After getting it back from him in October(ish) 2014, I had two choices. Either put some band-aids on the rest of it and keep it on the road... or strip it all down and refurbish everything. OCD won and I started the process of redoing everything.
Here are a few pictures from when I rebuilt the bumper flaring in the back.
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This is a pic showing the back all repaired and painted. It's so low because there were no springs on the car at that moment.
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It felt really good the day I put my plate back on.
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In this pic you can see the new rear brake stuff, new springs and a little bit of the new gas tank. What you can't see is the reinforced spring mounts/seats and new spring bushings... but they are there!
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Wow that looks like it was a big hit! I guess be thankful you were in the Spirit, not on the GS. I've been rear ended once on my 450 and that was not a pleasant experience. Thankfully it was all very low speed but still, ending up on the ground with no warning isn't something I would recommend.
Did you hand make the rear bumper originally?
Glad you were able to get it repaired properly too, nothing worse than "professionals" who don't do the job they advertise.
Good to see you got some Samantha faces in there too ;) Assuming that's her and not a self portrait??
Definitely looks like a lot of work went into it so far, hope you get to finish it soon and enjoy! :D
You are sooo right Pete... I'm infinity thankful I was not on my bike at that time.
I had no idea you were hit on your bike... very very glad you are OK!!
Most people are afraid of spiders or heights or ghosts... but my biggest fears are losing my loved ones and being in a (serious) vehicle accident.
I actually did hand-make the bumper... things. Idk what to call them. My own kind of body kit maybe? I came up with a couple varying designs over the years.
The first paint job was graffiti with just green, gray and black. People kept calling it a "camoflauge car" :cookoo: ...so I switched to all the colors... but this pic shows the first design I made for the front bumper.
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This one shows the back. Basically the same design but much flatter.
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Oh I sure do have Samantha on there! I dunno how she feels about it though, looking down from Heaven. Boy, wouldn't that be the ultimate ego trip, painting your own face on a car lol!!!
Speaking of the portraits, here are some pictures of when I was originally brush painting them on the side.
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Thank you for the encouragement!!! I will keep sharing pictures here for sure.
Wow that's awesome, you sure have some artistic talent there! I struggle drawing stick figures :icon_lol:
I guess I'd call it a body kit too? But it looks like it works well and suits the car, definitely in admiration of your ability to get your car where you want it, and having that artistic flare most definitely helps there :thumb:
The stuff I make for my bikes is very functional, no form at all, but it works for what I want. I'm just happy I can spray paint enough for the solid colours I like :)
Definitely keep the pics coming! I like the Evil Spirit badge by the way :D :angeldevil:
Thanks for sharing show! I love seeing the artwork and stuff you create! One of my buddies passed:cry:over the weekend from a heart attack so this brought my spirits up!
cbr I am so very sorry to hear that about your buddy :sad: :sad: :sad:
I'm seriously glad my Spirit was able to help lift yours :-*
I wanted to share more today but idk where the time went... gotta get ready for work soon. But there will be more, for sure.
Sorry to hear CBR! Hope you have good fond memories to remember him by :thumb:
Also glad to hear the Spirit helped the spirit, even if it's an Evil Spirit :icon_razz:
Looking forward to more ShowBiz!
Thanks guys,... I had gone over to his place weekend before last to pick up his night train,...
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He'd started it and lost interest so I scooped it up. Spent a good part of the day hanging out w him so I'm glad I got to do that before he departed to go see Jesus. :cool:
God is sooooo good in that way! Giving us time like that.... I wake up every day thankful for everything (and everyone) I have and I don't take it for granted. That bike looks really cool! How many do you have now cbr? He'll be looking down, watching you finish it I bet :angel:
When I had to have my car towed out of that first guy's place (after it sat for all that time), I was so frustrated and defeated that I didn't care much how they got it up onto the rollback. The front bumper lip got broken in the process so I had to fix that up.
It's actually part of a Caravan front bumper (a later model than the Turtle Van) but I thought it fit really well with the aluminum section/design in the front so I attached it originally probably 10 or so years ago.
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It felt really awesome to get the new parking light lenses and corner lenses in. I remember installing new headlights years ago but I'm not sure when that was.
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Figured I'd put these pics in with this post as well. The hood latch and grille brackets needed some help so I fixed them up. I replaced every bit I could with stainless hardware... and the rest I sanded and coated with Por15.
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There were bits of the grille that were broken just from age (like the brackets for the hood release lever) so I fixed those up too before I put it back on.
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That's awesome CBR, glad you got to hang out before he passed and even better you now have something tangible to hang onto and finish in his honour and to always remember a good mate :thumb:
Looks like more fantastic work there ShowBiz! I know what it's like with fibreglass repairs and it looks like you got a great result there. I even know what a Dodge Caravan is because I used to have a Matchbox one when I was a kid :D
I must say I'm quite envious of that air driven cut off wheel you have there, would love some more air tools although it's a bit impractical noise wise for me. Going by those photos though that's not your garage ;)
That's some GOOD stuff show! Warms my heart to see you restore and save parts! Spankin work on that! How does it drive? You may have already posted that, but I missed it. Wondering how it feels to throttle it up and have some fun with it????
Uhhhhh,...I have four in the garage,... one outside under a cover and,...two disassembled in the attic,.. I might have a wee problem with wanting more bikes haha Four out of five run though! lol
Well the r1 still has that blasted tick. If anybody happens to have an idea of what to try after head swap(s), multiple valve adjustments, new cct,... swapped out clutch primary gear,... https://youtu.be/4FZkazWqTZY I hope I'm an idiot and missed something simple, at this point,...
Yea I thought the same Pete! It's weird cause it emanates his presence to me! It even smells like 'im! haha
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"Cleaned the carb and added a fuel filter. Still won't start. Did I put it on backwards?"
:laugh:
Hey look, one of the things people say about spark is that it needs to be a good, solid, clean spark to get the best ignition :dunno_black: :D
If the Harley smells like your mate, ummm... might have a problem there? :icon_razz:
I can't make out a tick in your R1 video there, but have you tried doing the old big screwdriver trick? Put the head against the engine and your ear to the handle and see if you can narrow down where the tick is coming from at least, should be louder the closer you get.
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I used one of those mechanic stethoscope dealios and went for valvetrain. I'm going to drop the pan and see if there's anything in it. I don't want to give up but starting to think of getting rid of it,... :cry:
Well if you did get rid of it, you'd have room for another Suzuki right? :D
Sounds like a plan to me!!! :-D
But seriously, I know how frustrating and defeating it can be to not be able to track down and/or fix a problem.
To answer your question about how it drives... it's slow and efficient :laugh: certainly not as exciting as a Spirit R/T would be! Ohhh I would love to drive one of those some day.
I do however remember enjoying flooring my Spirit and going up the curvy road to my parents' house... I could keep that pedal pressed and all the way up, the car would just hug the road... it was awesome.
You can always supercharge it right? Or add turbos? :icon_mrgreen: :angeldevil:
Well I must say I'm disappointed... we were originally going to have some form of returning to the office Monday just gone, but it got pushed back to next Monday.
Now, due to the unfolding dramas down south in Victoria and the fact some people down in Sydney haven't been doing the right things to stay safe, it's been pushed back at least another week.
I really want to get out of this house back into the office :hithead:
On the plus side, we have a big day ride planned for next Saturday which I'm really looking forward to! :woohoo:
Oh no, that is awful!!! I would be disappointed too :icon_sad: Hang in there a lil longer!!
Woot toot for the ride coming up! I'm excited for you :icon_mrgreen:
I'm hoping to get some work done this weekend on my car... we'll see because I've got a few small things to do on my dad's truck and my van first. Something always comes up....
Yep very much looking forward to the ride! You can actually tell we have a ride planned too, the weather forecast is for showers :icon_lol:
Good luck getting some time on the Spirit! Yes, there's always something else to do. What I definitely need to do today is wash both bikes and adjust and lube the chain on the Kat as well as lube the clutch cable. But distractions are going to be starting on my tax return and the cats must have their claws clipped as they get to be like little daggers if I don't do them every fortnight.
So the big day ride got postponed a week, the weather conspired against us and it ended up being an extremely wet weekend. Looking forward to next weekend now!
I did however get out for a ride anyway yesterday morning, not the wettest I've ever been on a bike but definitely the wettest I've been on the Kat so far :D
Was good to get out of the house for a few hours that's for sure :thumb:
Sweet that you got out for a ride anyway!! Do you have rain gear?
I've only been in the rain a handful of times. Doesn't bother me much as long as I have my helmet with the clear shield or the clear shield with me for my other one. Not a fan of the raindrops hitting my face.
Had "onea those days" at the garage last Sunday... nothing really went smooth. But I regrouped and have a plan. This is currently my weekend to work and that means I'll have Thursday-Sunday (maybe Monday too) off this coming week. I hope to be at the garage a LOT over those days!
Yep, had to get out, my head needed some space! I do have wet weather gear, but with only showers predicted I donned my wet weather jacket but stuck with my goretex pants as they're supposed to be waterproof. Unfortunately it appears the waterproofing is no longer effective... ooops! Oh well :icon_lol:
I ride in all weather and yes, keep rain directly off your face is definitely a necessity. Rain drops start hurting at speed! Hail isn't exactly pleasant either mind you :cool:
Those days in the garage get frustrating, especially when you walk out at the end and feel like you just couldn't accomplish anything. Glad to hear you have a plan though and looking forward to seeing what you come out with :thumb:
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Hahahahahaha puts a new meaning to the phrase "get a foot in the door" :D
Had an awesome ride yesterday, ~500kms all up. 21 bikes total with 15 Kats :cheers: :bowdown:
Had some fun go karting before the ride home as well which was great, 7am departure from home, 7pm arrival at home :thumb:
Leg stretch at Perseverance Dam:
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The gathering at Garry McCoy's cafe at Cooyar, yes, the Garry McCoy. Very laid back bloke, happy to have a chin wag and hang out for a bit.
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Go karts at Nanango:
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And I just had to take this at Garry McCoy's cafe because it was indeed just too cool:
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Those pictures make me happy, I'm very glad you got to go for your ride! :woohoo:
What was the temp like? The pics are telling me warm but it could also be the fact that it's hot here :laugh:
I do enjoy Go-Karts. Haven't been on one for years though, unfortunately. I remember one time my family and I were riding them down at the beach... and all of a sudden my brother started going real slow. My mum pulls up next to him like, "What's wrong??" and my brother yells, "One of my contact lenses blew out of my eye!" lolololololol
That picture is correct, I will never be that cool. I love it!!
Yeah it was an awesome day out alright and very much needed :thumb:
We have second COVID waves starting out here now (really bad down south), so my return to the office doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon, hopefully we can keep it under control up here enough to still get out for recreational rides though :cool:
The temperature was spot on actually, considering it's still winter here! Not too cool at all in the morning and the wind chill at speed wasn't bad either. The only time I started to feel cold was on the way home as it was getting dark, and we ended up doing some of our regular twisties in the dark which was interesting!
That's only my second time go karting and I'm not very good, I got second last :icon_mrgreen: There's obviously some techniques to getting them going which I don't know, but that's ok coz I had heaps of fun :woohoo:
And has anyone heard from Yama? His last post was April 28...
I hope he is OK... I feel like April was just yesterday but here we are in August already smh ???
Yep I know exactly what you mean!!! I thought his last reply was just a few weeks ago but... nope.
I've been very busy over the past 5 days and I'm happy to say I did get a lot done. Originally intended to work on my car the whole time but (as always) other things pop up too.
I got my lawn mowed and trimmed, laundry done, a LOT of cleaning and organizing at my dad's garage, random errands, some organizing around my house, family/friends time, and a couple things done on my dad's truck and a new front brake cable for my van got installed.
Finally worked on my car for most of the day yesterday, and Sunday night too. Had a graphics place near my house cut new vinyl letters for me for the windshield so I put those on. Also, this is the first time in years my car has had the wiper arms on!
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The problem I was having with the portrait touch ups was finding the actual photos I used/looked off of 15 years ago. I found two of them but the middle two pictures? I can't find them anywhere. Spent sooooo much time using different search engines, scrolling through albums and image results... ugh. I had to do the best I could.
Here's what the portraits looked like after I did repairs on the doors:
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The closest photo online I could find to that second picture is this:
(https://i.imgur.com/Mye9Tsdl.jpg)
But I know there was no way in heck I used that one when I first painted the car because there's hardly any detail. Idk... I did the best I could. Hardest thing about it I think was trying to make it look like 18 year old me painted it and not 33 year old me
:laugh:
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The third one over where Wayne is pointing at you... I couldn't find anything even close... so I had to wing it. It's passable. At least this side is done now!!!!!!
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I started on the side with all the Samantha faces but it was getting late and I was getting tired. I hope to have that side done this coming weekend.
Corey on the hood needs some touch ups too but I don't have that picture anymore either :technical: :technical: :technical: and I can only find it on a poster :bs:
Wow that's fantastic work ShowBiz! Your talent is impressive to say the least :bowdown:
I'm possibly showing my age and/or ignorance here but... who are Wayne and Corey?
You just made my month Pete. Infinity thank yous for those very kind words :kiss3:
I bet it's not an age thing but rather a "What kind of music can you tolerate" thing :laugh:
Corey and Wayne are two of my favorite heavy metal vocalists. Corey Taylor is from Slipknot and Wayne Static is/was from Static-X. He passed away in 2014 unfortunately.
Fun fact, several years ago on a Static-X forum, (I'm lead to believe) Wayne actually saw pics of my car and he said it was very flattering to see his portraits painted on a vehicle. I of course can't prove if it's true or not but it sure did make my heart happy !
You do great work Show! I tried to search too but couldn't come up with anything for you,...fail :cry:
Love seeing your pics!
Ah that explains why I don't know them! :cool:
Definitely not a fan of that sort of metal, I guess I'm a little more mainstream than that. I do enjoy Metallica but mostly tend towards the rock/heavy rock and some punk I guess, such as AC/DC, the Offspring, some other oldies like Lagwagon. I do enjoy some Nine Inch Nails at times though!
My music collection is somewhat rather varied though, and in fact KC & the Sunshine Band is what I'm listening to as I type this :icon_razz:
As for the artistic ability, credit where credit is due I say! If you're awesome at something you should be told ;)
Out again yesterday :thumb: The roads were damp and patchy but still good to get out of the house for a ride and a chin wag.
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I'm always glad to see your pics! I live vicariously through photos like this because I wish I had people to ride with. Don't get me wrong, I have friends that ride... but my schedule never seems to match up with anyone.
Music... I love pretty much all kinds. And I truly do mean all kinds. If my car had a 3rd "side", I'd be putting Reba on there :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :kiss3:
I got the other side of my car finished up today! I do apologize for some of the pics not being the best... the lighting was fighting with me.
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Wow looking real good Show Biz!!! How much more work to do all up do you reckon? Will you be at it for months or getting close to the final enjoyment factor?
While I'm happy to ride solo, I definitely find it's better with at least a couple of trusted others, especially when hitting the twisties and lesser-used roads. It's a bit of a comfort factor in case something were to happen, but also I learn a lot from people who are more experienced than I am.
I do feel a little on edge when riding with others I'm not familiar with though, as you just never know how they're going to respond in certain situations. I can typically get an idea if I like riding with someone or not in the first 15 to 30 minutes though.
I totally understand what you mean. It's one of the main reasons I haven't put a ton of miles on my GS since I've owned it... I don't like to venture out for long distances by myself. If something were to go wrong, I can't exactly "lock myself in the vehicle and wait for help" ...or God forbid I crashed and ended up in a place where nobody would find me... :shudder:
Lemmie think. Well here (was) my plan for the summer:
Last year I cosmetically fixed up about 75% of my van. Then stopped because winter came.
This year, I wanted to get a certain amount of things done to the Spirit so I could legally drive it while I took the van off the road and finished the last 25% (which is the spoiler/wing and the roof) before this winter comes.
The Spirit goes like a tank in the snow believe it or not... and I've got really nice winter tires and wheels for it... but with all the work I've done, especially underneath the car, I really don't want to drive it in these horribly salty snowy winters anymore.
To get it where I want it to be so I can drive it home, there isn't that much left now (considering where I started)...
-touch up the paint on the hood
-clean all the glass
-sand and coat the rear floor with POR15
-reinstall the rubber floor plugs
-POR15 the driver's seat pan and feet
-reinstall the driver's seat belt
-reinstall the rearview mirror
-install a muffler and tailpipe
-new state inspection
-install a new stereo with my old sub and amp and a new interior antenna
-repaint the dash trim and recover the dash
-install new door weatherstrips
Even though I'm not where I hoped to be with it at this point in 2020, I'm still happy with all the other things I got done this year... and if the van has to wait until next year, so be it. I refuse to rush things. How does that saying go? Something like, "There's never enough time to do it right the first time but there always seems to be time to do it over again" :icon_rolleyes:
This coming weekend I hope to get more work done and I will absolutely keep the updates coming.
Here's a pic to show you the kind of bullsh*t "The Rust Belt" states have to offer. If you were sitting in the back seat, behind the driver, those holes would be below your left thigh.
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I have since fixed that (and many other spots too) but the rear floor where passengers would put their feet keep getting rust coming up through the primer... even though my car has been inside, at my dad's garage this whole time smh. This is an older pic but if I took a current one of that area, you'd be able to see the rust coming back up through. That's why I feel I need the POR15.
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Last pic I figured I'd share is one of the trunk... because I am still right now not sure how I want to finish it. I don't have the original carpeting for it... and unlike the main floor carpeting, I can't order it aftermarket (at least not that I've found anywhere).
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Ok cool, not too far away then! :woohoo:
Nice work on the rust repairs, that certainly looked like an ugly starting point. Rust is so hard to prevent too, but POR15 is good stuff so fingers crossed that helps solve it.
All you need is a humid atmosphere and one pin prick gap in paint/rust protection and it all starts again... fun times!
I agree with your comment about time too, there does indeed always seem to be time to do it again... and again... and again... :icon_lol:
Thanks for sharing show! :woohoo: Love me some before and afters!!
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Went to the office for a full day for the first time since March 18th yesterday :woohoo: :cheers:
Oh it was glorious! My back was so much happier at the end of the day as I was able to stand for most of it, only had to sit down for an hour or so to rest my feet in the middle of the day.
It also meant I got to take the 450 for the commute, and that was wonderful as well.
Hooray for "going" back to work!!! I'm very glad to know you had a nice time. I had some serious back pain once, last year IIRC... and it is not something I ever want to experience again. My feet hurt by the end of a shift but that's to be expected I suppose.
Yesterday I got some time in at the garage. It's hard to tell from the pictures but I was able to touch up the painting of Corey on the hood. Luckily he didn't need much repair, he was just faded :laugh:
I found myself being almost as frustrated as I was with the Wayne portraits... because I didn't have a good quality photo to use as my guide but also because I wanna reach back in time and yell at my 18 year old self to pay more attention to details when painting LOL.
Faded.
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The end result is passable.
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Not sure if I mentioned it in my past posts but I ended up needing all new door weatherstrips. It took a lot of patience and price comparing but I finally bought a test strip of what looked very promising. I'm relieved to say that it worked out marvelously and I ordered enough today to do the other 3 doors.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143224761887
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The last thing I figured I would share is a pic of something I'm not quite sure of how to do. The grab handle and elbow rest in this pic is made of material you can't really paint (stupid me tried it years ago).
I had it covered with fabric but I really wasn't happy with that. Any suggestions on how I can cover it? It's such an awkward shape. I want it to be either blue or orange and NOT fabric so I can wipe it/clean it.
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Yeah it was wonderful to be in the office even if for only one day. Back pain sucks and I'm glad I don't typically suffer from it much. Didn't get in at all this week but thinking of starting a couple of days in week in there from next week, fingers crossed!
Nice work on the paint touch up, looks pretty close to what you were aiming for so nicely done! :cheers:
18 year old self, well at least you can remember yours, mine was... nearly 30 years ago :icon_eek: :dunno_black:
Good score on the weather sealing, I had a car many years ago with dodgy weather sealing on one of the back doors and all it meant was any time it rained it just stank of wet carpet :icon_rolleyes:
The only thing I could think of for your door trim would be some vinyl, I know it comes in many colours. How easy/hard it is to cut and work with I have no idea though.
Thank you Pete. I'm with you on the vinyl. Thinking it could work but it's uncharted territory for me. Will hafta look into it further!
I got the weatherstrips all done :woohoo:
And... I added another Mopar to my vehicle family :o :D
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I do not really like newer vehicles... and I was not looking for anything else... but I could not pass this up. It needs transmission work which is why I scored it for only $349.00 from a co-worker.
2010 Chrysler Sebring
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A junk yard here in town has seventeen used transmissions for these cars, just sitting there. According to the guy, "They just never go bad... we can't sell them!" So through my dad's shop, I'll be able to get one for ~$200.
When I get this car on the road, I'll finally be able to baby both the Turtle Van and my Spirit. :kiss3:
Now to wait to hear back from someone who can help me expand my driveway...... :cookoo: :dunno_black: :icon_mrgreen:
Yeah I've never worked with vinyl either so it'll be interesting to see how you go!
$349???? That's probably $AU550 to 600 and over here you wouldn't even get a piece of junk for that, nice score!! :woohoo:
Sounds like you'll have a pretty decent car for $500 :thumb: :bowdown:
:whisper:ooohhhhh that I like .
I'm in my condo. On a self quarantine.
:technical: :technical: :technical:
Was diagnosed last week with a double pneumonia, as well as many lung nodules.plus being a heart patient... I'm in a quandry. The covid is in this building, idk how many more. The two things on my person... Are on the covid list. I don't have a fever 🤒 yet. Couple days was at 99.1 which is extremely weak. And it passed. Cough is still developing. If it gets me it won't be pretty. If I get out it's very late at night. Nothing is open. Have to have it drop shipped. I.e. delivered and left at door. Sooo I stay indoors and play video games on my ryZen 5 . Heh I need more games. Anyways enough of my woe is me LMAO. :2guns: :technical: :thumb: :technical:
Aaron
Geeez you're in the wars again Yama!!! Stay safe, glad to hear you have some entertainment at least :thumb:
From what I understand not having a fever is a good sign, but take care!
Today it was 99.2 my normal is 97.3 so I feel it. They want me to quarantine for the pneumonia . Cause I guess of anyone else was sick it would f**k me over. This beer virus of it hits me could be it for me. I'm a diabetic, and a heart patient. Attack in 2016 and congestive heart failure. This time it's double pneumonia and cold . Sumb*tch lol two weeks in a 477 ft/SQ apt condo is going to suck. If anything I'll escape at night and go outside.
Aaron
Yep you gotta be careful with it Yama, quarantine will suck alright though! Yama during the day then at night... :angeldevil:
I sneak outside sometimes. But having a double pneumonia and lesions of something else bgets ahold of me I'm done for. Tbh would be faster to have it dealt with in a hospital setting.vbut at this level they bwont take me. Has to develop and get worse before they do. An indefinite wait in my home. This pneumonia keeps Festering at this level.vwont go away. As I said could be dealt with far faster in a hospital setting. I'll go in when it gets to that level. Prob is that level is near death lol. Anyhoo I'll update as it develops.
Aaron
Oh yeah that sucks... sick but not sick enough... something wrong with our world when that situation happens!
Ahh well sh*t happens I guess.
Aaron
Unfortunately it does, and 2020 seems to be a concentrated year of it too!
On a separate and bike related topic, a mate at work just came back from two weeks of adventure riding in the outback here. Man it looks like fun!
And as a result I'm now bitten again by the proper scrambler idea I had originally for the 450.
I can get Shinko SR244 tyres here now which I never could back when I built it originally, and they're proper 50/50 dual sport tyres that are apparently good enough on bitumen and gravel roads, and that would do nicely. They're also really cheap, less than $190 for the pair! They also come in the proper factory sizing for the 450 of 3.00-18 front and 3.50-18 rear.
I'd put some proper good quality motorcross 'bars on this time, Renthals or Pro Taper or something, and I'd have to fabricate a bash plate. I've still got the hand guards too.
I reckon ~$400 would get it where I'd need it to hit some gravel roads in a national park I just discovered are near by. This is all around the area I normally ride roads on:
https://www.visitmoretonbayregion.com.au/natural-attractions/mount-mee-forest-reserve (https://www.visitmoretonbayregion.com.au/natural-attractions/mount-mee-forest-reserve)
https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/159028/mount-mee-trail-map.pdf (https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/159028/mount-mee-trail-map.pdf)
Won't be until next year if I do it though, the Kat head is the priority this year which has me budgeted to be broke until January.
"I'm now bitten again"
Funny how that happens eh
Haha indeed!
I'm contemplating revisiting some fabrication ideas as well.
Firstly I still have yet to get that GS500 tacho onto the 450, and to do that I really need a housing to wrap around it and the speedo. Simplest option is to fibreglass something up, just need to find some sort of pipe that has a 60mm outside diameter to form a tube for the speedo. I have a suitable diameter pipe to form one for the tacho already.
Next, I really want to be able to have universal racks/luggage between the 450 and the Kat. The Kat has Hallmark L brackets (predecessor to Ventura), so I think some DIY L brackets for the 450 are in order. From my measurements and eye balling it's doable, materials will be ~$20, just need to figure out the how.
Finally would be the bash/skid plate for the 450. Just a simple one that wraps from the front down underneath the sump cover will do the trick. Mounting at the front should be easy as I can use the lower set of bolts for the front engine mount. Underneath on the right side shouldn't be too tricky as there's an engine mount there I can use. The left side is the tricky one as there's nothing there. If the sump cover was above the bottom frame rails it would be nice and simple, but it hangs down lower which is why that bit's a bit tricky. Some 3 to 4mm 6061 aluminium plate looks like it would do the trick as well.
It's nice to get the brain working on some creative ideas again, now to get motivated enought to make them reality!
Got the Kat head back last week, so clean! Now I need to play the waiting game for a couple of pay checks before I can swap it. I need to procure gaskets, seals, etc.
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Hmmmm rather quiet in here lately... allow me to attempt to liven things up again.
It was all about the Katanas yesterday, 100% turnout!
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:woohoo: If that doesn't liven a place up, idk what would!!
I've been getting things done on both the Spirit and the Sebring... and I did clean and re-stain my back porch too. Will hafta update with pics.
Ah yes you will indeed! Progress is a fantastic thing, looking forward to the pics! :thumb:
I just checked my budgeting and if I'm careful and things work out right, I might just be able to get the Kat head swapped out at Christmas time. I could definitely do it if I didn't have to replace the front tyre, but it's definitely just about dead so I'll have to do that next pay in October.
Dunno if you remember or not but I picked up a GS500 tacho to put on the 450 early on this year, and it's been sitting on the workbench since as I couldn't seem to get my head around how to mount it neatly along with the little POSH speedo I have as well. A while back I stumbled across a Triumph forum post with a similar conundrum, and that person discovered some stainless steel camping cups were the exact right diameter to make a nice stainless steel housing out of.
I'd been stuffing around with some PVC storm water pipe that was the right diameter, figuring I could make a fibreglass housing, and I used some expanding foam to fill the bottom of it so I could shape that for a nicer rounder bottom edge etc, but it was just seeming like way too much hard work. Anyway, I ended up making a cardboard template of the diameter I needed and went to Big W yesterday and yep, their stainless camping cup is the perfect size. So I spent the princely sum of $7: https://www.bigw.com.au/product/oztrail-stainless-steel-mug-9cm/p/854165/ (https://www.bigw.com.au/product/oztrail-stainless-steel-mug-9cm/p/854165/)
All I need to do is remove the handle, work out the correct height to trim it down to, and drill holes for the tacho mounting posts to go through and it'll be a nice neat enclosure to match the speedo perfectly.
Then I need to clean up and paint the mounting bracket and it should be good to go.
I will of course have to post some pics.
So today ended up quite productive and I got the $7 camping cup modified to house the tacho. I've cleaned up the bracket as well so all I need to do is paint the bracket and then I can go about fitting it, relocating the speedo to it, and getting the wiring sorted for the tacho. Unfortunately I have run out of satin black paint which is a bit of a bummer.
Teaser photo to show that the tacho very much matches the speedo now, just larger.
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That is fantastic! Oh how much I love seeing things like that :D
Yeah me too :icon_mrgreen:
I was so happy when I found that forum post and was keen to try it. So many times I've found things like that only to find the bits aren't available here locally, but this time it worked out spot on. Now I'm keen to finish it up and get a tacho back!
winning again pete,... That's sweeet!
Show what's going on with sebring? I was digging around through your posts and saw your 349 score. I guess I missed those posts. You fix it yet?? :dunno_black:
Progress on the Sebring is going well!
I did:
-new wipers
-new windshield washer nozzles
-new blend door actuator
-new air temperature sensor
-new license plate light lenses with stainless fasteners
-new plastic guard/valance (under the car)
-detailed cleaning and also some touch ups in the paint
Two Fridays ago I bought the used transmission for $100... a case of fluid and a new filter... the shop checked it over for me yesterday and they should be ready to put it in the car this week :woohoo:
Last week I got the car insured for 6 months and the registration/plate taken care of, as well as a new fender ordered and sent to the body shop to have it painted. They just finished putting that on today and also sanding and polishing the headlights.
My current money spent is about $1,053... but still not bad for all that stuff I reckon!
Good stuff right there show! I hope all's well after they do the transmission! Looked superb in the pic, going to look even better with you cruising in it!
Ah the Sebring is nearly alive again, nice!! You definitely got a good score there Showbiz, keen to see it all done and ready to be enjoyed! :woohoo:
I ended up getting some satin black paint for the gauge bracket on the 450 and painting it on Monday (public holiday here, yay!).
Really happy with how that turned out, and I quickly put it on last night with finger tight nuts and bolts to make sure it fits ok. The new bucket for the tacho slightly impacts the bottom of the ignition barrel where it contains the steering lock but I should be able to file the corner slightly to alleviate that.
No photos yet but at this point I expect my Sunday morning will yield a complete new gauge cluster sorted and wired in ready to roll.
cbr you are too kind :kiss3:
pete I am excited for you and that new cluster as well as the holiday!
I'll be sure to take some current pics of the car when it's all done. Should be soon!
At the moment, I think the (3rd) in-dash DVD player (of the same brand) I've got installed in the Turtle Van is dead :technical: :2guns:
Right now, the last thing I have to check is the player's fuse (I already checked the van's fuse and tried the Reset button)... but if it's dead, I am prepared to make a PSA... that I highly recommend staying away from in-dash DVD players made by BOSS. I do not abuse my stuff and to only get ~3 years out of a player? Smh I feel like they should last longer than that.
Things definitely aren't made like they used to be, and in an automotive environment they need to be made tough to deal with the vibrations and lumps and bumps.
Back in the day when I owned cars and worried about stereos I stuck with Alpine where possible, but I have no idea if that's still even a brand now or if there are other better ones out there.
Definitely looking forward to spending time on the 450 tomorrow and hope I can bend my knee enough to ride in to work on it for the three days next week :D
I completely agree. These things should be made to handle not only bumps but also the hot and cold temps. I don't think things are ever going to be made better again because companies need to keep selling things and making money. :technical:
After taking the dash apart today and checking the inline fuse for the player, it was fine. Then while I was holding the player in my hand, still hooked up, I turned the van on and this sneaky sob decided to turn on. :grrr:
So I checked every wire, wiggled them around, twisted them, etc... and couldn't get it to act up. It stayed on and worked perfect. :sigh:
Soooo I put it all back together but I have a hunch it's gonna die soon... or at least start acting up. When I was resetting the time of day, the front display went all crazy... so yeah. I'm gonna keep shopping and reading reviews and have one picked out.
I've heard good things about Alpine too! AFAIK they don't have one that would work for my van though. And after doing some searching, it seems that I'm gonna be stuck having to choose from off-brand players. Needless to say, whichever one I pick, I'm getting the best warranty possible on it.
Best wishes for you to have a great weekend!
Ah you gotta love electrical devices... it works! Nup, doesn't work. Oh, it works!. Nup, doesn't work >:( :hithead: :technical: :D
Hopefully either it holds out for a while or you can get a decent replacement :thumb:
The 450's sitting in the workshop with the seat and tank off ready for some tacho installation activities this morning, so I should have a completed photo to share real soon. I fired it up very briefly yesterday to verify which wire is which on the tacho and discovered the backlight bulb had blown so I've replaced that already too.
Tacho on :thumb:
It's still messy up front with the stock control cables and clubmans but at least the headlight relays are mounted properly again. Once I get back to going back into scrambler mode in theory the cables should all be able to be tidied up again.
Definitely liking the big tacho and little speedo though :thumb:
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I love love love the look of that!!!
Cheers Showbiz! Yeah I'm happy with how it turned out, and it's so nice to have a tacho back again. The gauges look more "complete" now to my rider's eyes. I'm enjoying the 450 on the commute again this week :)
I had to put a new front tyre on the Kat on Friday, and I went with the new BT46 this time. Out for a ride yesterday and got it scrubbed in nicely, feels so good with fresh rubber :D
On the topic of tyres though, I had a chat with the fella at the tyre shop about dual sports for the 450 as all I could find in the right sizes were Shinko SR244s. While they're probably ok, I wanted to see what alternatives are out there. Given my riding would still be 90%+ on the road, he suggested steering away from them as they will move around a bit and wear quickly, and instead he pointed me to some Heidenau K60 Scouts instead, and they're good tyres. I can get a 90/90-18 for the front, but will need to run a 110/80-18 on the rear instead of a 100/90-18, but he reckons that size will be fine. He knows what he's talking about. Sounds like my return to the scrambler next year has a chance of success :D Oh, and they're cheaper! The pair would set me back $AU240 whereas a pair of the Avon Roadriders I run now are nearly $AU300.
On another topic again, I'm still struggling with the VM33 Smoothbores on the Kat, and the throttle from closed to open is still like a light switch, very on/off. In addition, there's still a hesitation when you close the throttle while the revs are up, and then open it again quickly. It's enough to put me off a bit in the tight twisties. I had a quick chat with one of the other fellas yesterday and he has a set on his Kat, so he gave me a swap to try them out, and it's a night and day difference. Close the throttle on his and then crack it, and it just responds. There's a slight hint of it there, but I think I only notice that because I'm looking for it, they're smooth as aside from that. That tells me once I swap the head out, I need to spend more time on the VM33s again because they can get oh so much better.
A week from today having the same leg which was amputated nov21 2016 on nov 3 2020 the same leg which was an LBKA is being shortened to the knee. Assuming no complications.
Aaron :technical:
Actually 6 days. Sounds weird but im excited. Because i will be able to walk and at some point ride a motorcycle again
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 28, 2020, 01:03:14 PM
A week from today having the same leg which was amputated nov21 2016 on nov 3 2020 the same leg which was an LBKA is being shortened to the knee. Assuming no complications.
Aaron :technical:
Actually 6 days. Sounds weird but im excited. Because i will be able to walk and at some point ride a motorcycle again
I hope you have a good outcome and a speedy recovery!
Prayers and best wishes to you Aaron :cheers:
Thank you
Aaron
I've got a moment at work here so I figured I'd update about the Sebring.
Sunday the 18th I attempted to drive it home for the first time. The used transmission was installed and it was test driven by the shop as well as my Dad a few days prior. It didn't take long (less than 5 minutes) before it started doing the exact same thing to me that it was doing before it was mine :technical: Thank God I didn't need a tow.
Long story short, the transmission garage determined that the TCM was causing the problems. They ordered one, installed it, and I've been driving the car now for 3 days. So far, so good.
I can't be 100% sure... but I am thinking it was misdiagnosed from the start... and I might have a perfectly good transmission sitting on the shelf at my Dad's (the one that was originally in the car), next to my spare for the Turtle Van.
Oh well.
I dislike newer vehicles... and yes, even a 2010 is newer to me. I am giving it a chance... but so far, (not just because of the trans issues) I still very much prefer my '94 Caravan and Spirit.
It IS nice to be able to adjust the mirrors from inside the car... and it's also much quieter than my '90s vehicles... but all the other things it offers like power windows and locks and the key with buttons on it and showing the outside temperature on the dash... I can do without.
I'm just glad I'm doing this because I want to... not because I have to (like in the case where something happened to both my other Mopars and the Sebring is the only thing I have). And I'm also glad I didn't buy the car for what it's actually worth. I never would have done that anyway.
I feel like I'll get attached to it. I'm working on reading the Owner's Manual, which is considerably larger than any other vehicle's manual that I've owned LOL... and once I understand all the things it does, I think I'll feel better.
Ive had fwd mopars and my issuewas the trans would get stuck in a lower gear. Like downshifted from 55 at top gear to 1st. Id jave to stop the car put in park, shaZam! down and restart
And once whoch ill say do NOT do this to any auto, put in neutral like you were going tp coast, shut car off wait a few seconds and restart. Putting car back into gear. That works in manuals all day long but can damage automatics.
Aaron
Glad to hear you're going to be able to get upwardly mobile again soon Yama, that's awesome news :thumb: All the best for the op, I hope it goes well with no complications and you heal up well.
Fun times with the Sebring Showbiz! I too dislike anything modern like that. For me, my wife's 2004 Peugeot 206 is modern and not for me. I'm happy living in the '80s when it comes to vehicles :)
Did I ever mention I rebuilt the 450's motor because of what I diagnosed as a gearbox issue? The gearbox issue was worn heim joints on the shift linkage for the shift lever :dunno_black:
So the gearbox was fragged and while in there ,figured you might as well redo the engine? Ive done that a few times.
Aaron
Close but no cigar :D
Everything internal including the gearbox was 100% fine and dandy and didn't need to be torn down at all.
Unlike the 500, the 450 has a linkage between the gear shift lever and the shift shaft, and the heim joints on that were flogged out, causing my shifting issues.
So my mate on the Kat with the VM33 Smoothbores does indeed have some of his jetting written down. :woohoo:
His pilots are 37.5, mine are currently 22.5. Just a small difference there. He and I both run with the stock rubber inlet trumpets, however I have Ramair sock filters over the top but his are open.
Hoping to get a loan of some 25 pilots today to see how those go, that's the biggest size anyone locally has that I can test with. My gut feeling is I'll likely need 27.5 or 30.
Put the 25 pilots in the VM33s and literally no difference, however there's now symptoms of a vacuum leak :technical: :dunno_black:
Coming to a stop, the idle hangs at 2K+ RPM, blip the throttle and sometimes it drops, sometimes it still hangs. That makes it pretty unrideable in traffic at the moment.
I suspect I am just working around issues that are actually due to me not doing the full rebuild on the carbs yet as I didn't replace all the gaskets and O-Rings when I sorted them out, and the gaskets are definitely not new! The plan right now is to put the loaner stock carbs back on tomorrow and hope the O-Rings on those are ok (they leaked for a bit last time then the fuel made them swell enough to stop). Providing that works, that will get me through to January/February when I can afford to get all the bits to rebuild the VM33s properly.
Providing all goes to plan this pay will be getting all the bits to assemble the rebuild head ready to swap, then next pay will be the head and valve cover gaskets so I can actually swap it out. Fingers crossed!
Stock carbs back on the Kat last Sunday, and a test ride then plus three commutes on it this week proves it was a good choice until such time as I can rebuild the VM33s properly. Out for our Saturday morning ride yesterday and that was absolutely fantastic. No need to worry about weird on/off or delayed throttle response in my favourite twisties, instead it was open and go like I used to have on the 450 through there. If I can get over my fear of overpowering the tyre on corner exit I reckon I'll have a bunch more fun again :D
Also had an extra attendee on his "stock" GSX1100 yesterday.
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Hmmmmm five posts in a row, does that make me a winner or a loser? :hithead: :flipoff: :D :icon_mrgreen: :dunno_black: :icon_eek: :woohoo:
Today was a little progress on the head finishing up as much assembly as I can for the moment. I spent the morning checking out all the threaded holes and had to run the tap through some of the exhaust bolt holes and cam cap bolt holes. Nothing needs thread inserts which is great and I was able to torque up all the cam cap bolts correctly with no issues.
The only concern really is that when I dismantled the head, I put the rockers and rocker shafts in bags labelled with where they came from, but unfortunately for some reason the shop that rebuilt the head for me took them out of the bags but didn't reassemble them. Hopefully it doesn't matter too much that they're probably not in the same place they started.
I'll get my order in for most things this week, although I'll go Cometic head and valve cover gaskets again which will have to wait for next pay.
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I'm watching, but don't have much to say. :icon_eek: :sad: :dunno_white: :hithead: :mad: :cheers: :thumb: :dunno_black:
Yay I'm not alone! :woohoo:
You're not alone Pete! I'm always following along and enjoying the updates and pics :)
:woohoo: :cheers: glad to hear Showbiz :icon_razz:
My OEM seals and gaskets are on their way for the Kat head, and I think I'll order the head and valve cover gaskets this week. I don't have budget until next pay but that starts getting real close to Christmas so I might bung them on the credit card for now and pay that off then. This way I'll have everything ready to swap the head out when I get time to do it, otherwise guaranteed I'll get time to do it and won't have all the bits ready to go.
I'm also re-thinking that back to scrambler mode for the 450. While I'd love to do a bit of dirt, I don't really want to make it harder to get through traffic on it. I was running late the other day on the way home and had to get to the post office by 5pm, and the traffic was horrendous for that time of day. Having the clubmans and 'bar end mirrors made filtering through it such a breeze, and I suspect with motorcross 'bars I really would've struggled, even if I did have the mirrors mounted underneath the 'bars. Decision, decisions!
Love me some filtering and splttin!
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woo hooooo :tongue2:
Hahaha I'll pass on the splittin' but the filterin' is a life saver, especially in the heat at the moment!
Got two parcels in the mail this week, the Kat head swap is finally a go sometime in the next week:
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Kristmas Katana Katch-Up done and dusted yesterday. Hot morning but great fun!
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Getting the loaner head off the Kat is... "fun".
The manual says "lift the head straight up". Yeah right!
This is going to take lots of perseverance, can't separate it from the block just yet...
At the moment I am very (very) tired but I wanted to post again that I am following along!
I am very jealous of that hot morning... these cold winter days suck all the life and energy out of me... but at least it was dry enough that I got to ride to and from work today.
Your post about "fun" is similar to how I feel about the Sebring right now. In addition to the wrong diagnosis I feel that happened with the transmission problem, I think there is a current issue that was inherited from the used transmission I had swapped in.
Hopefully, I can remedy it on Sunday, by swapping the original solenoid pack for the one that came with the used trans.
Not to mention the fiasco with trying to get the first two speeds on the heater/ac fan switch to work :technical:
I took a step into the world of newer vehicles... and all I wanna do is further baby and snuggle my "ancient" rides!!!
Glad to see you're still following along Showbiz! :woohoo:
Sounds like you need to get some serious sleep!
I ended up using a soft bit of timber plus a lump hammer and got the head off, yay! I got it all swapped out finally and fired up last night, then managed a 15 minute test ride after work this arvo because it actually stopped raining finally. No weird noises, felt good, and no oil leaks that I can see (yet, anyway). It was interesting to see the exhaust ports between the loaner head and my inherited DIY porting job as well, a bit of a difference there!
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I'm 100% with you on the modern stuff, I like my '80s lack of technology :icon_mrgreen:
I was actually speaking to a fellow GS450 rider at work today (she parks near me which is weird to see two GS450s so close!) and she was mentioning how the points gave her some grief the other week (the earlier model 450s have points, mine's the 82 with transistorised ignition). I said yeah, points can be a pain, but generally if you have an issue while out and about its fixable, which is a definite win!
All I can say is you stick with your "ancient" rides and enjoy! :cheers: :woohoo: :thumb:
Boy I'll say there's a difference!!
Awesome pics Pete.
Swapping the solenoid pack didn't work. It's looking more like the torque converter clutch is damaged... which means I'll probably end up buying a new torque converter and paying for that to be installed. I do still have the original one before the trans swap but I'm not paying to have a used one put in... especially since I've been made aware that this is a common problem with these transmissions.
Good news is, all the heater/ac fan speeds work now :icon_rolleyes: :hithead:
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on December 12, 2020, 04:08:53 AM
Not to mention the fiasco with trying to get the first two speeds on the heater/ac fan switch to work :technical:
If you only have the high speed, check/replace the blower motor resistor. Majority of them fail to high speed only.
Quote from: mikeg on December 17, 2020, 07:27:58 AM
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on December 12, 2020, 04:08:53 AM
Not to mention the fiasco with trying to get the first two speeds on the heater/ac fan switch to work :technical:
If you only have the high speed, check/replace the blower motor resistor. Majority of them fail to high speed only.
Nevermind, I see you got it sorted.
Guess I should read the rest of the thread before I quote or comment. LOL
:hithead:
I appreciate the suggestion though! The resistor was actually the first thing I tried... and then I tried another one, just to be sure the new one wasn't defective.
After that, I went on to trying a replacement set of switches/controls. They didn't help either. I started trying to figure out what else the problem could be but my Dad surprised me and got a second set of replacement switches/controls (used) and they worked.
Interestingly enough, the set of switches that were in the car were a replacement as well... somewhere in the car's life even before the PO, they were swapped out. Date of manufacture on the switches was February 2011 and the car was manufactured in January of 2010 :cookoo:
The joys of modern stuff, let's stick with our old bikes then hey? :icon_mrgreen: :woohoo:
Infinity agree :cheers:
Funnily enough on Saturday on the way home from our ride, I pulled up alongside a car and it was a Sebring! I didn't think they even existed here but apparently they do.
Had a great morning out and the freshly rebuild head seems to be good which is great, but it's still blowing some blue smoke and going through oil so I guess the pistons/cylinders are a bit more worn than I though and it's big bore time next year. I re-torqued the head nuts yesterday as well as checking the valve clearances again (no changes, yay!).
On the topic of our old bikes though, I had to make a detour on my way home to JB Hifi and I ended up having a Katana conversation in the store with another shopper, then another Katana conversation in the car park as I was leaving, and then waiting at a set of lights on the way home a fella in a BMW cage going the other way pointed at my Kat and gave me a thumbs up. It's always great riding the Kat :D :thumb: :woohoo:
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Merry Christmas you lot! :woohoo: :cheers:
(I suspect it's still Christmas where you are, Boxing Day already here :D)
Happy New Year's to e'erybody!
2021!
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Hahahaha right back at ya' CBR!!!
LOL @ that GIF :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Happy New Year!! Finally was able to ride to work today. Current temperature here is 25F / -3C :angeldevil:
It was 19F / -7C on my way home. Finally I can contribute some bike pics to this thread!
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PS.... Pete, that is awesome about Sebrings being there where you are! Do they look the same as mine or the other ones here in the States ?
Wahoo, pics! Thanks Showbiz :icon_mrgreen: :woohoo:
That sounds way too cold though!
Yeah the Sebring I saw looked exactly the same as yours from what I could see, I suspect there was a minimal amount of importing of right hand drive versions done.
It was hot and humid yesterday but beautiful clear blue skies and dry roads made for an awesome morning out.
Six Kats plus a couple of others in the mix and loads of fun.
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We had a new fella on an XL with us as well so we showed him some of the more interesting detours and scenery on the way home as well.
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I also finally got to lay eyes on the new Z900 and Katana in the Pitstop Cafe parking area as I'd not seen either in the metal yet. Unfortunately I didn't get to figure out who was riding them to have a chat and maybe a photo of the old with the new Katana.
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Hiya folks... rare drop in.... life is busy... very busy
But.... I did a few searches in here.... couldn't see any particular results...
So..
Who Knows? :sad: - Yama?
Glad to see you dropping back in Mr Janx :thumb:
However that is sad news indeed, especially as no one over seems to know either :sad:
RIP our regular post whore.
I decided I'd seen enough of my shoulders on Saturday so time to ditch the stock mirrors and get some bar ends sorted finally.
As luck would have it, the stock bar end weights are recessed about 10mm so they cover the ends of the clip ons, which is about the same width as the mounts for the mirrors. I just chucked a spacer under the bar end weight and job done, bar end mirrors while retaining the stock bar end weights and no adjustments to controls or grips required. Bargain!
I haven't been able to road test yet as I'm waiting for a rear tyre. My slow leak turned out to be a puncture and the centre of the tyre's pretty much illegal anyway, so a new BT46 is on the way. So much for the VM33 rebuild in February, that's going to have to be a March thing now.
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I missed your frosty pic show but that's hardcore! :bowdown:
Look eet all them kats pete! :)
Finally got my tyre on Thursday, wheel back on Thursday night and finally got a test ride in with the new mirrors riding to work and back yesterday.
I always forget how good fresh tyres feel, but those mirrors... awesome! I had so many issues with visibility with the stock mirrors that I'd often get stuck in traffic because I just wasn't sure where things were around me. Head swivelling is good, but without decent mirror views there are still limits. These mirrors being slightly convex open a whole new world up behind you, so visibility is awesome, and of course they're so low they help a lot with the filtering also :D
Seriously thinking I need a set on the 450 now, the 'bar end mirrors on that are good, but these ones are much better.
Greetings GS fans! :cheers:
Glad to see that "Last Post Wins" is still an open thread.
While my stable of uneventful motorcycles has changed several times since the last time I posted, my old DL1000k6 is still my daily machine.
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As I've always said; "If I wasnt 200+ pounds and 6'3" tall I'd still be riding a GS500" :laugh: but alas, my DL1000 with dropped pegs, raised bars, and a taller wind screen fit me so much better.
Now. . .
The point of this post:
I have stayed in contact with Yama (Aaron) near continuously since I first met him many years ago on this forum. Last I talked to him (December?) he was about to get another surgery on his leg.
He always answered my emails but now nothing!
That brings two possibilities to the table...
1.) He didnt survive the surgery.
2.) He's broke and not in a position to be able to keep his internet connection up.
If anyone has any info on yamahonkawazuki please post it here or send me a PM.
Thanks!
-Ej-
Nice to see you post again Ej :cheers:
I am so sorry but Aaron did pass away. :cry:
He's riding with Patrick up in Heaven now. :angel:
There's not many details but here's the thread:
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php/topic,73620.0.html
Thank you SBW :rstar:
Aaron and I had quite a few cyber adventures over the miles and years in spite of the distance between Jersey and Tennessee.
All things considered he's probably going to do quite well as his adventures continue in better place.
Thanks again for the link. :thumb:
Best regards,
-Ej-
(I know it's late but)
You are very welcome Ej
PETE are you still out there? I hope so!
I figured I would update this thread and say that my Dodge Spirit is finally home with me. It was 7 years and 11 months since it was crashed into from behind and I felt like I lost one of my best friends... but I never gave up working on it.
If anyone replies, and is interested, I can post some pics (almost everybody loves pics... right? lol!)
Take care everybody <3
where pics????? :dunno_black:
heck yea!
Yep, I'm still alive! Just checked in for the first time in a little while... definitely keen to see the pics Showbiz, post away!
I'm currently in the process of replacing the head gasket in the Kat as the copper one's been leaking oil into number 4 cylinder. Sorting out some other niggly things while I'm at it including repainting the headers as well.
I also got new tyres on the 450 yesterday finally, been having trouble sourcing them due to shipping issues during COVID.
I am super glad to hear from you both :kiss3:
The interior is not done at all but it's legal to drive according to Pennsylvania inspection (my Dad was the one who put the sticker on for the first time since 2014... and he is very strict when it comes to the book.)
Also, it will be better to work on the interior things at my house because everything will stay clean !
On my drive home, I was thankful and amazed that everything still worked. A/C (just needed a little charge), cruise control, dash indicators... and especially how smooth the trans shifted.
I know it's just a 27 year old Spirit but it was a gift from my uncle (and also godfather) back in 2005... and there are countless memories attached to this car for me, as well as other people. Words can't describe what it was like to finally bring it home a week ago.
These pics show some of the exhaust parts I picked out, how it looked in my driveway last weekend and another member of my family who was super happy it was home :cheers:
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Hahaha very cool!
I'm glad to see the most important purrrrrson has given approval for the return of the Spirit :D
Do random people wave at you show? I would, just cause that's a one of kind! :star: :star: :star: Love the pics! Ne'er get enough pics! :icon_mrgreen:
They absolutely do when I'm out in the TMNT van. Not so much in the Spirit. People tend to turn their noses up at the Spirit or just give me the "deer caught in the headlights" look :laugh: :laugh:
I'll have to post some more pics. I (semi) recently finished up installing the new cd player and front speakers... fixed the grid lines on the rear defroster and I know there's a couple other things I can't remember at the moment lol
Hey SBW you stole my cat!!!
Omg please share a picture of your calico!!! I love them :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3:
(Since I can't edit)... it just occurred to me that I'm viewing the forum at work where pictures normally don't show up. If you did have a pic in your comment, my previous comment sure looks silly LOL
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTP1zYNj8s1/
speaking of tmnt, saw this cosplay earlier :cool:
Hahaha I love it !!! :angeldevil:
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'You gotta respect yourself, you're a motorcycle rider like me!'
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crickets crickets crickets
Chirp chirp chirp :waves hello: !
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ribbit ribbit ribbit hi Show!
Where's the "Random Thoughts" thread in this place? :confused:
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Hey
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:waves hello: :)
Hey
Alright let's do this
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