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Happy Birthday

Great pictures looks a great campsite Dave. We've had torrential rain in Teesside/Durham so you haven't done too bad. Glad you all had a good time, some nice looking bikes there! Photo's must be deceptive cos in most of them it looks really sunny

Sorry Mark taking both wheels down tomorrow pilot road 2's £40 more than the Maxis but i know they work well for me

Well done Noz! I didn't even know there was a bikerfm what freq. is it on? Hope its a success for you!

Best biking movie (IMO) "Mondo Enduro" and its sequel "Terra Circa" BRILLIANT! but I like old war movies like "Ice Cold In Alex" with John Mills or modern ones like "Tigerland" or "Enemy at the Gate" are good but its all personal and subjective really

Cheers! Jack/Dave

Hope all goes/went well mate!

But what are they like in the wet Jack? use my bike for work quite a lot and the Michelins work really well. Haveugot1 recently got a pair of Maxxis but dont think has been used in the wet yet.

Gonna order two new tyres tmorrow (Pilot Road 2) Sorry (Mark) Haveugot1 but I know these work well for me, but the Maxxis were tempting. My question is: the rear is completely finished but there is still a bit of life in the front is it worth just replacing the rear or change as a set?

Pugeyed its a shame some of the more calming knowlegeable people(of which there are many) dont use the BF anymore but your here so thats fine with me! I think its been said in other posts but the BF is bike specific and as I have a bandit still enjoy loggin in. But for variety and friendliness it has to be here. Dave and Stue you do a fantastic job! Just wish some of you lived a little closer, but thats what the bike meet is for I guess

Sure is a great looking bike Stue!

Very nice! Hmm! I,m sure i'm due a prezzie from myself

Happy Birthday Neill

Happy Birthday Flinty!

lovely bike Jack, and that Givi luggage has the top access on the side cases, really handy!

Yes! thats the dust seal you need Mark,

love to have a ride for the experience. Wow,seen them rear tyres! they won't be cheap Dave.

Our new pup Lucy We didn't put the teddy under her arm she genuinely sleeps with it! Not my idea, but I'm glad we got her

TOP MAN Stue! crackin photo's you look as proud as punch and rightly so.

love the gold sprockets stue, recently got a D.I.D gold chain but standard suzuki sprockets much prefer the gold Haveugot1 (Mark) pleasure to work on such a clean bike mate!

What about swarfega (with the little bits in) or petrol, gets everything off somebody will probably have a better idea though! or on Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:45 am Davehutch Do a bit of hard graft and it will wear off matt

Sorry Rob, bit of a BUT Robbie and Dave started it!!

Michelin Pilot Road 3 out now BUT £290 a set Hmmn, maybe grab some Pilot 2 before they run out!

Can't remember where I got this from but I still find it so funny. Been on my comp for ages! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive parts not far from the object we are trying to hit. STANLEY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard boxes delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing seats and jackets. ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for drilling mounting holes in mudguards just above the brake line that goes to the rear wheel. PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes. MOLE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. OXYACETELENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for setting fire to various flammable objects in your garage. Also handy for igniting the grease inside a brake drum you're trying to get the bearing race out of. WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 15mm or 13mm socket you've been desperately searching for the last 20 minutes. PEDESTAL DRILL: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your tea across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted part you were drying. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it takes you to say, "Ouch...." HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering a motorcycle to the ground after you have installed your new front disk brake setup, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front mudguard. EIGHT-FOOT LONG 4" x 2": Used for levering a motorcycle upward off a hydraulic jack. TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters. PHONE: A tool for calling your neighbour to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack. SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading brown sauce on a bacon sarnie; used mainly for getting dog-sh1t off your boots. E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit. TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup. TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of earth straps and brake lines you may have forgotten to disconnect. 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle. BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulphuric acid from a bike battery to your clothing and the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery is dead as a doornail, just as you thought. AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw. INSPECTION LIGHT: The mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under motorcycles at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that howitzer shells might be used during the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. Impossible to position in a spot that doesn't cast your work in shadow, it is more often dark than light; its name is somewhat misleading. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; can also be used, as the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads. AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in an oil-burning power plant 50 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts last tightened 20 years ago by someone at the Yamahaha Factory, and rounds them off. PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 pence part. HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short.