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Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 20 Nov 2022, 01:00
by kiwikrasher
Ouch Frankie! hope it heals fast so you can get out on your photo walks again!
Jon, if the pics on FB are the new camera, it's looking pretty good!
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 20 Nov 2022, 10:45
by D6Nutz
kiwikrasher wrote: ↑20 Nov 2022, 01:00
Jon, if the pics on FB are the new camera, it's looking pretty good!
Yes mate, the ones from Otmoor where with the R7. I'm very impressed with it, the autofocus system is quite something. I'm on a waiting list to purchase now, might get one before Christmas if I'm lucky.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 20 Nov 2022, 22:23
by Frankie
kiwikrasher wrote: ↑20 Nov 2022, 01:00
Ouch Frankie! hope it heals fast so you can get out on your photo walks again!
Jon, if the pics on FB are the new camera, it's looking pretty good!
Cheers mate, managed 5 miles this morning, enjoyed a good kip this afternoon
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 22 Nov 2022, 08:50
by Cav
Fixed all the internal doors in my house last night. Most of them wouldn't shut, handles were stiff, or you needed to apply excess force to get it to catch.
Feels good to have done it
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 24 Nov 2022, 14:58
by Cav
Working from home today.. woke up feeling rubbish yesterday and left work early (nearly vomiting and struggling to stay awake). That afternoon my Wife was vomiting.
I'm much better this morning and able to eat after 24hrs without an appetite, my Wife has spent the morning in bed.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 24 Nov 2022, 15:26
by Stonesie
Had my Covid booster at the local chemist then went grocery shopping and put the cage through the car wash, the paint is already beyond salvation on the thing so why not... So now it's raining, the bike's staying tucked away for today. It's the rule isn't it? Wash the car and it WILL either rain or a pigeon will use it for target practice.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 25 Nov 2022, 00:50
by D41
Thanksgiving cooking, eating, and cleaning for a dozen guys.
I'm knackered.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 25 Nov 2022, 08:22
by Cav
Fair play to you though mate
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 25 Nov 2022, 15:46
by D41
Thanks.....I wouldn't care, but I don't even like turkey that much...or baked ham, come to think of it.
I made up for it with my pie & ice cream intake.... based purely on quantity, not quality.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 26 Nov 2022, 08:27
by Perkles
Cleaning my garage out and fixing the slug, I miss riding that silly old thing
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 26 Nov 2022, 17:48
by D6Nutz
Visiting various pet shops with the boy trying to find a pet he likes and we will tolerate.
He initially wanted a frog, but fortunately the girl in the shop talked him out of it. Now the main choices are leopard gecko and beaded dragon, he prefers the dragon but I'm not sure there is enough space in his room for the tank.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 26 Nov 2022, 18:15
by Kwacky
Look at the fat tailed gecko. They look just like the leopard but they're easier to look after as they have different light requirements
Skinks are pretty cool as well. There's some small species from memory.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 26 Nov 2022, 21:51
by kiwikrasher
We have a resident bearded dragon at home, he seems to roam a fair bit so I couldn’t imagine him in a tank though I know they are popular as pets.
I’ve had to chase the dickhead off the road a few times when he’s decided that’s a good place to sun himself
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 26 Nov 2022, 22:06
by Cav
I LOVE leopard geckos, I always wanted one. Bearded dragons are so bloody friendly and adorable!
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 27 Nov 2022, 20:02
by Frankie
Yesterday and today mostly consisted of bike maintenance. YZ was oil checks and sorting the chain (getting a little slack) checking every bolt and nut.... the old stroker does tend to shake things loose ha ha.
Main action was sorting a weeping fork seal, turns out they very rarely wear, the weeping is caused by dust and muck getting up and under the seal. Purchased a very clever little tool that cleans out the seals. While I had the front off, gave the front brake an overhaul as well. Wheel off, new tyre ready to go on next week. Now I have a new one, I can see why I was losing the front end all over the place.
Now for the Gixer, this bloody colling system has been doing my head in, so lots of reading up on cooling systems. And hey presto, I have fixed it, needed a lot of bleeding the system, heating up, cooling down, etc... getting all the air out of the system. Previously I had all the pipes off and cleaned them out and flushed the system over and over. After the head went in Almeria, there was alot of gunk in the system.
So after no doubt, pissing off the Neighbours with a fruity exhaust tone for most of the weekend, I am pleased to say she is running like a dream. Very pleased with myself in digging in and getting this sorted. I even set up an exhaust extract system with some old ducting I had left over from doing my bathroom fan, this allowed me to run the bike in the garage in comfort. without choking myself to death.
Now I have a very sweet running gixer, which I may well sell now, its not really getting any use, and its taking up a lot of space in the mancave. Could be a very good package for someone wanting a quick little 600 for track days.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 27 Nov 2022, 20:33
by C00kiemonster
Well done Frankie
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 27 Nov 2022, 22:09
by D6Nutz
Productive day Frankie, nice one
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 28 Nov 2022, 08:26
by Perkles
Frankie wrote: ↑27 Nov 2022, 20:02
Yesterday and today mostly consisted of bike maintenance. YZ was oil checks and sorting the chain (getting a little slack) checking every bolt and nut.... the old stroker does tend to shake things loose ha ha.
Main action was sorting a weeping fork seal, turns out they very rarely wear, the weeping is caused by dust and muck getting up and under the seal. Purchased a very clever little tool that cleans out the seals. While I had the front off, gave the front brake an overhaul as well. Wheel off, new tyre ready to go on next week. Now I have a new one, I can see why I was losing the front end all over the place.
Now for the Gixer, this bloody colling system has been doing my head in, so lots of reading up on cooling systems. And hey presto, I have fixed it, needed a lot of bleeding the system, heating up, cooling down, etc... getting all the air out of the system. Previously I had all the pipes off and cleaned them out and flushed the system over and over. After the head went in Almeria, there was alot of gunk in the system.
So after no doubt, pissing off the Neighbours with a fruity exhaust tone for most of the
weekend, I am pleased to say she is running like a dream. Very pleased with myself in digging in and getting this sorted. I even set up an exhaust extract system with some old ducting I had left over from doing my bathroom fan, this allowed me to run the bike in the garage in comfort. without choking myself to death.
Now I have a very sweet running gixer, which I may well sell now, its not really getting any use, and its taking up a lot of space in the mancave. Could be a very good package for someone wanting a quick little 600 for track days.
I got stuck into my bikes at the week end my garage is still a tip though
What tyres are you going for on the YZ ?
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 28 Nov 2022, 09:34
by Frankie
Only changed the front, went with the Dunlop Geomax, good write up on them, good window of use as well (surfaces) Anything has to be better than what I had on it, lol.....
Perkles wrote: ↑28 Nov 2022, 08:26
Frankie wrote: ↑27 Nov 2022, 20:02
Yesterday and today mostly consisted of bike maintenance. YZ was oil checks and sorting the chain (getting a little slack) checking every bolt and nut.... the old stroker does tend to shake things loose ha ha.
Main action was sorting a weeping fork seal, turns out they very rarely wear, the weeping is caused by dust and muck getting up and under the seal. Purchased a very clever little tool that cleans out the seals. While I had the front off, gave the front brake an overhaul as well. Wheel off, new tyre ready to go on next week. Now I have a new one, I can see why I was losing the front end all over the place.
Now for the Gixer, this bloody colling system has been doing my head in, so lots of reading up on cooling systems. And hey presto, I have fixed it, needed a lot of bleeding the system, heating up, cooling down, etc... getting all the air out of the system. Previously I had all the pipes off and cleaned them out and flushed the system over and over. After the head went in Almeria, there was alot of gunk in the system.
So after no doubt, pissing off the Neighbours with a fruity exhaust tone for most of the
weekend, I am pleased to say she is running like a dream. Very pleased with myself in digging in and getting this sorted. I even set up an exhaust extract system with some old ducting I had left over from doing my bathroom fan, this allowed me to run the bike in the garage in comfort. without choking myself to death.
Now I have a very sweet running gixer, which I may well sell now, its not really getting any use, and its taking up a lot of space in the mancave. Could be a very good package for someone wanting a quick little 600 for track days.
I got stuck into my bikes at the week end my garage is still a tip though
What tyres are you going for on the YZ ?
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 28 Nov 2022, 10:07
by Perkles
cant go wrong with geo maxs !
