Cheers Alan, i need to get some but forget, i shall have some of those!!
What have you done on your bike today?
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Only if you remember to slide it on before making the connection
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For the forgetful.
Maybe thinking silently would suit you better?Just thinking out loud, I wonder if Loz could get any petting at Hugo's farm
Thanks Paul, I've not come across those before. I've just ordered some an will give them a try.
Not sure about soldered connectors.
Admittedly I’m thinking back to when I had old British bikes, but tried soldering connectors on them and the vibration used to ‘crack’ the connection.
Scotchlok, she'll be right
I’ve tried them , found them to be very hit or miss to wether they worked
The cable and heat shrink melted long before the solder bit
Posh bastard , just twist ends together and tape with masking tapeScotchlok, she'll be right
Cheers Paul, they look well handy!!
Today i was up early as weather forecast is rain about oneish, i had to get some shopping and get some superglue. I needed some yesterday as my bottle of Permabond 240 had gone off, anyway i got to Tesco as it's got everything i need in one place. I then thought i would go to Loomies as the rain hadn't started yet, wrong, i got halfway there and it started, it wasn't heavy but enough to get you damp so i headed home.
, anyway i got to Tesco as it's got everything i need in one place. I then thought i would go to Loomies as the rain hadn't started yet, wrong, i got halfway there and it started, it wasn't heavy but enough to get you damp so i headed home.
Had an awesome ride today! Heated grips, on! Tank and a half of fuel. One ginger beer. One flat white. One beef burger! Chicken strips, gone!
Stopped at Tane Mahuta the largest tree in the southern hemisphere. 2200 tonnes and 2500 yrs old! You would not get any idea of how immense this tree is from a photo! It has some very unusual features this species. When a limb falls off or gets knocked off, gum seals up the wound until it heals and then there is no knot evident in the timber of the trunk. There are 22 separate species of plants growing in the tree canopy including ferns, flax and one tōtara, also quite a large developing species.
There are two female custodians on duty today to protect this tree as it is susceptible to imported disease. And after we pulled up, one of them approached to talk to us about the bikes as her brother is touring in Cambodia on a similar bike to mateys T7. He has just been in Bogotá and Medellin. Matey asked if she meant Columbia and she said yeah she did mean Columbia. Turns out it was the guy my mate was touring with two weeks ago and they have been mates for years! Small world!
Stopped at Tane Mahuta the largest tree in the southern hemisphere. 2200 tonnes and 2500 yrs old! You would not get any idea of how immense this tree is from a photo! It has some very unusual features this species. When a limb falls off or gets knocked off, gum seals up the wound until it heals and then there is no knot evident in the timber of the trunk. There are 22 separate species of plants growing in the tree canopy including ferns, flax and one tōtara, also quite a large developing species.
There are two female custodians on duty today to protect this tree as it is susceptible to imported disease. And after we pulled up, one of them approached to talk to us about the bikes as her brother is touring in Cambodia on a similar bike to mateys T7. He has just been in Bogotá and Medellin. Matey asked if she meant Columbia and she said yeah she did mean Columbia. Turns out it was the guy my mate was touring with two weeks ago and they have been mates for years! Small world!
Do they have any commercial value?
Hell yes! Which is the main reason they are endangered! When the poms started to colonise NZ they chopped down as many of these beauties as they could and used or sold it overseas. The timber is highly valued for carving in particular as it is very "buttery".
You can carve it against the grain usually and it is durable. It is also very stable and was highly prized for masts and spars. A lot of houses in san fransisco are built from kauri as were all the NZ homes of the time. Of course now it is very scarce, not milled, and very hard to source. Demolition kauri fetches big money. The gum was highly prized for making paint and many shiploads of it were sent to England for this purpose. There came a time in the late 1800's I think when the resin based paint system changed and the gum became worthless overnight with at least one entire shipload just dumped in the Thames.
As a woodworker I can say that kauri is a great timber to work with in every way.
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Today it was raining and my friend in Cambridge rang me so had a good chat and catch up, he said the weather there has been great with hardly any rain!! He said there has been so little rain the grass has gone brown, anyway after that the skies began to clear then the sun was out so that was it gear up and take the Enfield out. I was hungry so headed for Salisbury for a pasty, got there parked on the square got grub and sat on a bench in the sun, bloody marvelous.
I then headed for home through the countryside to Stockbridge, on the way i noticed the clouds looking weird and then it fucking chucked it down, i got proper soaked through to the skin!! My boots are waterproof but the rain was running down my legs into my boots and having my half face lid and shades on was not a good look, the rain drops were like bullets hitting my face so i had to pull over under some trees!
It eased off so went for it to Winchester then home, i was about 3 miles away and yep it chucked it down again so another soaking.
Not had a soaking like that for a while, oh well shit happens.
He said there has been so little rain the grass has gone brown, anyway after that the skies began to clear then the sun was out so that was it gear up and take the Enfield out. I was hungry so headed for Salisbury for a pasty, got there parked on the square got grub and sat on a bench in the sun, bloody marvelous. I then headed for home through the countryside to Stockbridge, on the way i noticed the clouds looking weird and then it fucking chucked it down, i got proper soaked through to the skin!! My boots are waterproof but the rain was running down my legs into my boots and having my half face lid and shades on was not a good look, the rain drops were like bullets hitting my face so i had to pull over under some trees! It eased off so went for it to Winchester then home, i was about 3 miles away and yep it chucked it down again so another soaking. Not had a soaking like that for a while, oh well shit happens.
I remember now it was my son on the back of my 650 Bandit on the A31, it pissed down so bad we had to pull into a layby. You couldn't see and the road was like a river, we had to wait about half an hour for it to stop raining, we were ok we had waterproof gear on but the rain managed to find a way in through odd random places.
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Went out Friday on the Dutchess, the weather here's been perfect and will continue for a bit. Best time of year for riding here. Had a slip on a roundabout I may have taken a wee too agressively, thankfully the electronics saved it, but deffo lost a bit of confidence the rest of the ride. I need to sort the suspension (tire pressure) on that bike.
May go out today for a bit after work. TBD.
May go out today for a bit after work. TBD.
That aint going to work when you get back onto road tyres.
Everyone of my mates done that all have had multiple serious injuries and my bro in law has life changing injuries
safer on the track they say 
Everyone of my mates done that all have had multiple serious injuries and my bro in law has life changing injuries
GS mates
Nope zx10 ,1199,996, zx6, s1000rr it's like meeting with the fucking special Olympics meeting out with all the fucking limpsGS mates
Today i went down to the garage to clean the fucking fuel pump on the Enfield again!! Striped it clean it put it back together and it's still not right, turns out i put the wrong strianer in, a dirty one so put a fresh one in and better but still not right so fuck it i'm going to get some fuel as there isn't much in the Enfield. So i wheeled the 996 out that i haven't started for well over two weeks, ignition on fuel pump primed and it started on the button, it's got an AGM battery on it not the acid shit, there's a acid one in the Enfield, i didn't start it for about a week and the battery was dead, once i get the Enfield sorted i'm getting an AGM for it. Anyway petrol can bungeed on the 996 and fuck it i wore my half face lid and shades, i ended up riding to Loomies and getting a sausage and egg bap with a cold can of 7up.
I rode home the long way via Winchester as the weather was ok, it's pissing down out now.
So more fuel in the Enfield and went for a spin but it still aint right, i need another tank, the one on it is a bit of a mess so i will be looking for one.
Striped it clean it put it back together and it's still not right, turns out i put the wrong strianer in, a dirty one so put a fresh one in and better but still not right so fuck it i'm going to get some fuel as there isn't much in the Enfield. So i wheeled the 996 out that i haven't started for well over two weeks, ignition on fuel pump primed and it started on the button, it's got an AGM battery on it not the acid shit, there's a acid one in the Enfield, i didn't start it for about a week and the battery was dead, once i get the Enfield sorted i'm getting an AGM for it. Anyway petrol can bungeed on the 996 and fuck it i wore my half face lid and shades, i ended up riding to Loomies and getting a sausage and egg bap with a cold can of 7up. I rode home the long way via Winchester as the weather was ok, it's pissing down out now. So more fuel in the Enfield and went for a spin but it still aint right, i need another tank, the one on it is a bit of a mess so i will be looking for one.