Macie_UK

Madcarper and Robbbie make valid points Stu, but the so do you. I know that office politics is a given in large workplaces, but in smallish teams - certainly within individual depots it really makes my itch - you can fight all you want behind closed doors but *never* bitch to customers about each other - the public face should be super shiney all the time. deserves to be hit by the karma bus!

Just wire them via an ignition controlled circuit. Mind you, looking at the Dave v food thread, you'll be wanting a relay, so you can chuck a George Foreman grill in your top box

Bit of a result

Hey, that's really well done - I couldn't do 5K in that time on a push bike! Great that she's done it, must make you proud as punch mate

Charcoal barbecues should be banned

"...I crashed the bike and wrote it off and bent the frame. But I bought some new fairings from Hong Kong and a new frame, but I don't want to MOT it next month because the new frame number has been ground off, but it's legit - they have to grind the frame numbers off when a bike's wrote off" Riiiiiiiiiiight.

[quote="Iano"] 34 images, go to right and click through...sheds sigh A couple of those look suspiciously like garages though. And Telegraph reader Robert Woodward clearly has too much time on his hands, or he hasn't bought Mrs. Woodward enough frocks......

Yamaha Majesty as my next bike then

Sometimes it's quieter to have your head fully in the wind than in the noisey turbulent air around the edge of the screen. Dunno what lid you have but if it has loads of air ducts that won't help.

Yeah it's normal and yes it will pass. Keep getting out on the bike, but don't try and force your pace, just relax and you'll soon get your confidence back up

Sorry to hear it mate, still don't make it easier when you are expecting it. Commiserations to you and you Dad.

Result!

They're just the ones whose relatives wouldn't pay the ransom Only if it has Rizla stickers on it That'll do the Job Dave, and you won't lose the missus off the back when you do that juvenile wheelie thing

Far too small - Dave will need at least a E52 Maxia for refreshments

Johnny

Personally I'd prefer to buy a bike with no stamped service book if the owner has done the work himself and has at least some supporting receipts and a clue [1] but then again I haven't bought owt under 3 years old. [1] Unlike the ZZR seller that was telling me how he had recently done the valve clearances. "Yeah they're easy enough, only a lock nut and adjuster". Didn't buy that one then!

It was fixed [1] enough to get him back out for his next race an hour and a half later [2] But yeah, could have been a lot worse, the marshalls said he was very lucky to walk away. I normally watch from inside Edwina's, but this time I was up on the tower thingy, so saw it all, which in a weird way was better than just not see him come round for the next lap. [1] Much use of scaffold bar and large hammer to straighten subframe, bars and engine mount bolts. Made the top half of the fairing reach the fairing stay with Heath Robinson use of metal, brackets and rivets, drilled and zip tied on a new screen, zip ties, plates and 3 rolls of gaffa tape on fairings, grinder on the engine cases and pegs to get rid of sharp edges, bypassed the split expansion tank, chucked on the spare wheels and get a scruitineering pass just as the final assembly call goes out [2] That didn't end well, either.

How long do you have to wait for your results? That bit is worse than the exam I reckon.

Might as well leave it on all the time, it's not exactly noticable with those zorsts Good move Dave, you'll be glad you didn't bow down to the fashionistas

I can vouch for Kwaks running utterly hideously if the ram air balancer tube (dunno if there is one on the ZXR400s though) becomes disconnected. They run rough as hell above 5000 rpm, popping and spitting all over the place, and tend to sound like a very loud misfire.

Hello matey and welcome on board.

Small child lost it taking someone on the outside down the Devil's Elbow, which as you may know is taken at a bit more than 5mph. Him and bike had a bit of a sledging session down the tarmac, the bike went flippy flippy and Mike was still rolling quick enough to get acquainted fairly robustly with the tyre wall . No, the rear subframe shouldn't be pointing that way Feels a bit bit 'second hand' at the mo, but nothing obviously broken (on him, not the bike!). Just got back so will chuck the details up in another post at some point.

Stop being tight and get a Gerbing heated jacket liner

Ooh memories of void bushes in the rear axles failing and rattly camshafts because the owners never did oil changes. The Cortinas definately got duller through each generation.

Liking the can mate