What have you done on your bike today?
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With an orangey-red garnish!
Who?
I'm still stuck on Deputy PM on Crackers, TBH.
As opposed to Deputy PM undercrackers, which are unused, still boxed and sitting forgotten in the dresser drawer. Dirty batch.
Today after getting one of my ebay items delivered i went to the batcave, it's a bottle of superdooper strong paint stripper. 
So poured it into the Enfield tank and got ready for a blast on the 996.
I took a ride out to my usual Salisbury run, it's meant to be raining today but to be honest it's not been to bad with no rain.
I did the Motorway and the main Salisbury road, A36 because the back roads there will be flooded, they always are for a bit with the recent heavy rain we've had. Anyway i rode into Salisbury and there's a tattoo shop on the corner and you turn left there, i stopped and let two very pretty young ladies cross the road, one of them was a redhead and she gave me the rev it hand gesture so i did, she liked that and i became a silly 18 year old, i turned left and gave it a handfull!!
WTF am i doing
, so i engaged my brain and i was a 55 year old again, pheeeeww that was close!
I parked up and went to Greggs for a drink and a wonder about then head for home via Tesco, it could be my last ride of the year for the 996 as the tax runs out end of the Month and pretty much every day running up to the 30th is looking like a bit of a wash out
. No point taxing it as winter is just round the corner and save my pennies!
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When i got back to the garage i checked the Enfield tank and there is big chunks of crap peeling off so it's doing it's thing, the paint stripper is really thick and sticks to the insides like shit to a blanket.
The other stuff i ordered is due for delivery tomorrow so judging by how the stuff that's in there does i will send the other stuff back, get my thirty quid back!!
The stripper that's in the tank only cost seven quid, appy daze.
So poured it into the Enfield tank and got ready for a blast on the 996. I took a ride out to my usual Salisbury run, it's meant to be raining today but to be honest it's not been to bad with no rain.
I did the Motorway and the main Salisbury road, A36 because the back roads there will be flooded, they always are for a bit with the recent heavy rain we've had. Anyway i rode into Salisbury and there's a tattoo shop on the corner and you turn left there, i stopped and let two very pretty young ladies cross the road, one of them was a redhead and she gave me the rev it hand gesture so i did, she liked that and i became a silly 18 year old, i turned left and gave it a handfull!! WTF am i doing, so i engaged my brain and i was a 55 year old again, pheeeeww that was close!I parked up and went to Greggs for a drink and a wonder about then head for home via Tesco, it could be my last ride of the year for the 996 as the tax runs out end of the Month and pretty much every day running up to the 30th is looking like a bit of a wash out
. No point taxing it as winter is just round the corner and save my pennies!.When i got back to the garage i checked the Enfield tank and there is big chunks of crap peeling off so it's doing it's thing, the paint stripper is really thick and sticks to the insides like shit to a blanket.
The other stuff i ordered is due for delivery tomorrow so judging by how the stuff that's in there does i will send the other stuff back, get my thirty quid back!! The stripper that's in the tank only cost seven quid, appy daze.
Cheeky Guinness!!
On your 996's number plate, please tell me you don't have at the bottom, "My other bike is a royal enfield"
You really are a wanker, fuck you!!
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Today the MET (the gift that keeps on giving) have got the weather forecast wrong, according to them it should be pissing down and it's cloudy and dry.
I sold one of my items on ebay so i packed it up and took the 996 to the Post Office to send it on it's way.
I then went for a small ride then some shopping, for some reason the traffic is really heavy today.
I sold one of my items on ebay so i packed it up and took the 996 to the Post Office to send it on it's way.
I then went for a small ride then some shopping, for some reason the traffic is really heavy today.
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Dullard
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Is it possible the tank has been Caswell coated ?
I read about guys in the US doing this to prevent ethanol damage from the fuel on moulded tanks, seems if it’s not done really well it peels off in chunks and clogs everything up.
Sounds like you’re doing the best thing in completely getting rid of it at source.
Yes it's been coated with something and as a result it might just aswel be scrap metal. With somebody trying to do the right thing they have created a royal pain in the arse!!
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That and you Bating the living shite out of itYes it's been coated with something and as a result it might just aswel be scrap metal. With somebody trying to do the right thing they have created a royal pain in the arse!!
It felt good at the time, fucking thing!!That and you Bating the living shite out of it
Been there many a time,It felt good at the time, fucking thing!!
Same as when i was young and i've not lost my shit like that for a long time, i still chuck me spanners though when i can fucking find them!!Been there many a time,
Yeah, let that shit out bro!It felt good at the time, fucking thing!!
JAT
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That and you Bating the living shite out of it
Stuck on the 303!
Today i had a delivery of another fuel tank (a used one) for the Enfield as the other one is fucking scrap!! Anyway i went down to the batcave and started to swap a few bits from the old one to the used fuel tank.
I put the injector back on after a good clean then the other bits, pushed the start button and nothing, shit i forgot to plug the injector into the loom.
Try again, she starts up but there seems to be a fuel starvation problem so i pulled the tank off and took the fuel pump out of the tank. It was all clean as a whistle so not the tank but gave the pump and rest of it a good clean then buttoned it up, get the injector out and gave that another clean then back in.
So ignition on press the start button and it fired up better than the first time but still a fuel starvation issue, all i can think it to be is the injector!!
This bike is cursed, out of all the bikes i've owned i have never had such a problem child!! The other thing is i look at the Enfield and the 996 and the bike that is meant to be unreliable isn't (996) and the one that's meant to be reliable just isn't.
The other thing is the Enfield just fights me all the time, a simple job on it turns into Homer's Odyssey, i thought the 900ie was a pain in the arse but it was a doddle compared to the Enfield!!
I'm pretty sure the problem is something silly and will have another look tomorrow, aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Anyway i went down to the batcave and started to swap a few bits from the old one to the used fuel tank.I put the injector back on after a good clean then the other bits, pushed the start button and nothing, shit i forgot to plug the injector into the loom.
Try again, she starts up but there seems to be a fuel starvation problem so i pulled the tank off and took the fuel pump out of the tank. It was all clean as a whistle so not the tank but gave the pump and rest of it a good clean then buttoned it up, get the injector out and gave that another clean then back in.
So ignition on press the start button and it fired up better than the first time but still a fuel starvation issue, all i can think it to be is the injector!!
This bike is cursed, out of all the bikes i've owned i have never had such a problem child!!
The other thing is i look at the Enfield and the 996 and the bike that is meant to be unreliable isn't (996) and the one that's meant to be reliable just isn't.The other thing is the Enfield just fights me all the time, a simple job on it turns into Homer's Odyssey, i thought the 900ie was a pain in the arse but it was a doddle compared to the Enfield!!
I'm pretty sure the problem is something silly and will have another look tomorrow, aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
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There is!!
Today i had a delivery of another fuel tank (a used one) for the Enfield as the other one is fucking scrap!!
I put the injector back on after a good clean then the other bits, pushed the start button and nothing, shit i forgot to plug it into the loom.
Try again, she starts up but there seems to be a fuel starvation problem so i pulled the tank off and took the fuel pump out of the tank. It was all clean as a whistle so not the tank but gave the pump and rest of it a good clean then buttoned it up, get the injector out and gave that another clean then back in.
So ignition on press the start button and it fired up better than the first time but still a fuel starvation issue, all i can think it to be is the injector!!
This bike is cursed, out of all the bikes i've owned i have never had such a problem child!!
The other thing is the Enfield just fights me all time, a simple job on it turns into Homer's Odyssey, i thought the 900ie was a pain in the arse but it was a doddle compared to the Enfield!!
I'm pretty sure the problem is something silly and will have another look tomorrow, aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
When I had my ready meals factory we had a packing machine that gas-flushed and lidded the packs. Stopped working properly; had the engineer out; flew one in from the manufacturer in Holland …after about 5 days stripping it down and rebuilding it several times it turned out to be a tiny piece of the clear kidding film stuck in a pipe that pulled the air out of the packs. It was acting like a valve. It’d been tested a few times but from the wrong direction so it seems clear. Only when it was tested from the other direction that they found the problem.
I'm pretty sure the problem is something silly and will have another look tomorrow, aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!