Tony nitrous

Woman let a trolley go down a car park here. It hit my mates brand new car. Mate (huge Maori) starts telling her off and writes down her rego for the insurance claim. Woman starts crying, getting histerical. Mate gets worried, no one else near, go's to fetch his Mrs out of the shop. When they get back she's gone. No drama, go a rego number, puts in an insurance claim against her. 2 weeks later cops turn up at his house and caution him he's being prosecuted for intimidation and assault !

Yeah, I think that's a habit I'll get into. For anyone with hens: question: Do you clip one wing or both ? How tall a fence ? Am I going to keep ISA Browns in with a 1700mm / 5 ' 6" fence ?

We get fox's here too, some stupid Pommie thought they'd be fun to chase on a horse with a pack of hounds, local wildlife had never seen a fox, fox's thought every day was Xmas! Not many near me though. Snakes might be more of a problem, mates got chickens and biggest drama is stopping the Possum's getting in and eatting the food. Pen is being build pretty secure to keep my dog and the neighbours dogs out. My parents have had farms / chickens all my life. I know fox' are sneaky f#ckers but they'd have their work cut out with this, and getting past my dog.... I hope!

Still got heaps more to do, nothing by half me! but adding up a few bill's for materials, neither I or the hen's will ever live long enough to getting half was towards breaking even, but thats not what its about. Mrs thinks its wonderful, and I wanted something different to do.

Fancied doing something different. Mrs has be on about getting chickens for a while, quite common around here, neighbour has a few and I think your allowed up to 5 (no rooster) in the city. Started making a pen for them. (only 5m x 7m hope its big enough ? got to be better than being a battery hen !) Got a bit carried away, ended up using 100mm thick treated timber posts concreted 600mm into the ground, a triple hinged gate, and heavy duty / small square aviary mesh....Whoops!

Its about 31-degree's C here, but humid as hell ! Trying to build a pen so my Mrs can have some chickens ! (got to keep the woman happy... ) Every time I dug a hole or cut a bit of timber I was soaked in sweat, clothes wet, sweat in my eye's, god know's how much water / soft drink I've had today...

Well done. Good to see someone doing the right thing and being appreciated for it. Congrats.

Still no snow. Up at the "Pitstop Cafe" on Mt Mee this morning. Met up with Reg with his 1360 Katana (EF bottom end, Bandit liners, Busa piston's... I think ?) soon to get GSXR throttle bodys / fuel injection. .... and his mate with a nice 1170 ET.... ... and the view from the table over breakfast.....

I should have added "well done Dave" ! It's a bit of a sh#t at Xmas and when all your mates are getting a skin full but it get easier over time. Part of me remembers all the fun I had when drinking, another part of me knows I'm better off without it. Keep up the good work Mate.

I would easy spend over $50 a week on drink, When I gave it up, the money after 12 months paid for an old GSX1100, a year later if paid for a Bandit 12, It's bought me a GSX1400 and pipes, bike lifts etc etc. Most of what's in my shed is no more than I would have spent on drink over the last 5 years.

Nice, but Mad Keizer (Aussie) did a 5ltr twin a while back, stuck it in a bike, used it, then Supercharged it...

Will ? He already has been. He's upset some of the top names with his comments about their poor driving, and telling the media what some very experienced drivers should / shouldnt be doing. Amongst other comments he said the very popular Mark Winterbottom was "amature" with his overtaking. http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sports/v8-supercars/stoner-making-v8-enemies/story-fn2ms9um-1226510493300

I got here a card. She got me a deep pan pepperoni Pizza. Both very happy.

Pretty good at the momment. Floods, Cyclones and Bushfires have all gone... hopefully for the rest of this year. We do get some REAL extreme's but to be fair most dont last long and overall most of the year is fine. This is todays forecast: Its cooled down a little as we are heading to the end of Summer and the start of Autumn... Summer - Dec , Jan, Feb Autumn - Mar, Apr, May Winter - Jun, Jul, Aug Spring - Sep ,Oct, Nov Forecast today, 26 degree's C at 9 am, dry, possible shower later in the day.

If you remember the old days / old bikes and Haynes Manuals it was common the see different specs for Europe / US / Australia bikes. I'd be looking to see if the ECU maps are the same? It would be a very easy and cheap for the factory in Japan to load different maps and A/F settings to suit another markets suitability or noise / pollution specs. Not saying they do, but worth thinking about.

California is certainly the strictest, but some models are sold across the US as "California Spec" as its more cost effective to only market one model.

The point I tried to make earlier, was if buying through a official importer, you will be notified of all recalls and safety issues, even if the dealer you bought from closes down. If you buy from an independent importer (who may or may not be there in 12 months) will you be told if there are failings from any mechanical issues? Will the official importer have you on their list and will they stand the bill if the independent isn't there or won't? I have recently had a new rectifier fitted free of charge (on a 5 year old bike) mate recently had a GSXR frame braced under warrantee on an even older bike. Bike shops come and go, even the big names. Will the official imported come and find you and look after you? Not saying do or don't, just asking.

Some US bikes get extra immissions equipment fitted. B-King certainly does in some states. Some US bikes get different ECU's. We had a CBR1000 with no keys (they are chipped to the ECU) from the auctions, it was cheaper to get an ECU from the US because that model didn't come with the immobiliser there. I've had a US import in the UK, I'm not against them, but do your homework and know what your getting.

Check that any recalls or warrantee work is still covered or will be done. Safety items are still valid outside of normal warrantee times, will the factory have an import on their list? Will you get notified?

Never used those, but some of the guys I ride with have the wireless senders that show F and R tyre pressures on a little clock on the dash, an aftermarket version of the BMW system. They like it and say it works well.

Dave, Take my rant with a big pinch of salt. I don't like the King/Gen2's back torque limiter, but to be fair there's a lot of owners quite happy with it. The fact the bits are there to "fix" it tells me I'm not alone, the fact most folk dont, tells me I'm in a minority. I'm not total anti-BTL's, I just don't like the one I have in the King. The 1400 and Gen1 Busa feel quite different. Mines been in bits, cleaned and checked but still the same.