What have you done on your bike today?

Hugo Magnus said:
These shops closing. I wonder if the budget was the last straw?

Today we replaced the brush sections on the yard sweeper they were one nylon one steel alternatively. the wire ones wear ou too quickly so I ordered all nylon this time. You can see the diameters of the worn sections for comparison. I think we got our money's worth. Then refitted the brush to the sweeper. Milking this afternoon. Tomorrow we'll fuel the bikes up ready for the Shepton Mallet Bike show on Saturday.


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I was hoping to go to the show but a bit skint, the item i sold on ebay is pending my payment!! No explanation why there holding it, there payment method has changed. If the money clears by Saturday i'll ride up to the show, if all goes well i'll txt you.
Yes i can't believe the amount of shops that have shut down especially Greggs!!
 
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Noobie said:
If you're trying to remove runny shit, @West Cork Paul can reccomend a good Robot vacuum :D
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And here he is stood in his shit free yard to prove it 🤔


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SHarper said:
No.


It’s spot on the right size for you.
Much as I’d love a Streetfighter, I really can’t justify another bike at the moment, I’m trying to make space, unless you want a 1976 Triumph Tiger 750?

Out of interest how much is the Streetfighter? Got any details and pics?
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Just in case you wake up in the morning and think I really want that streetfighter, 6000 and the Levo will secure it, or if your Ducati E bike is nearly new then 3000 and the Duc E bike will do it too lol😇, @SHarper 😎
 
Today i went to the garage to soften the rear shocks on the Enfield, the ride is just so hard!! Got that done then look at the drive chain, it's been making a bit of a racket lately and the reason being it's fucked so ordered another one. :rolleyes: The weather for the next two days is rain and should have the new one Tuesday. The only good thing it's not as cold as it has been, anyway rugby!!🍀
 
WAYNE said:
Today i went to the garage to soften the rear shocks on the Enfield, the ride is just so hard!! Got that done then look at the drive chain, it's been making a bit of a racket lately and the reason being it's fucked so ordered another one. :rolleyes: The weather for the next two days is rain and should have the new one Tuesday. The only good thing it's not as cold as it has been, anyway rugby!!🍀
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Scorchio here, wall to wall sunshine ☀️
 
We got finished at work early this morning had breakfast and made our way to Shepton Mallet showground. The road was shut at Castle Cary and the diversion was a joke (taking you round in circles) despite this we got there in good time. The car and bike parks were filling fast, it was remarkably well attended.
Here is a selection of bikes that caught my eye. There were bike of many different marks, models and ages.


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The Brough in the foreground of Bonhams display they reckoned would fetch between £300-350, 000
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This Vincent complete with patina was up for sale at £35,000
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Hugo Magnus said:
We got finished at work early this morning had breakfast and made our way to Shepton Mallet showground. The road was shut at Castle Cary and the diversion was a joke (taking you round in circles) despite this we got there in good time. The car and bike parks were filling fast, it was remarkably well attended.
Here is a selection of bikes that caught my eye. There were bike of many different marks, models and ages.


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The Brough in the foreground of Bonhams display they reckoned would fetch between £300-350, 000
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VINCENT!!:love::love:
 
Had a couple of hours out on the Triple - fantastic. Didn’t go mad obviously and enjoyed it at 6 or 7 tenths. First proper ride for months. I love that bike.

Called in at Porsche ti see the latest 911 - their demonstrator - one of the headlights had condensation inside. Those lights cost thousands too…German quality is not what it was.

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Hugo Magnus said:
We got finished at work early this morning had breakfast and made our way to Shepton Mallet showground. The road was shut at Castle Cary and the diversion was a joke (taking you round in circles) despite this we got there in good time. The car and bike parks were filling fast, it was remarkably well attended.
Here is a selection of bikes that caught my eye. There were bike of many different marks, models and ages.


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The Brough in the foreground of Bonhams display they reckoned would fetch between £300-350, 000
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Hmmm, the Rudge Ulster for me please, and that little Greeves trial bike.
 
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Hugo Magnus said:
Aren't they great! I was like a kid in a sweet shop there was so much there to tempt you.
I knew a chap who stripped down a Rudge Ulster and rebuilt it, he fashioned a bicycle spoke to make the needle for the float chamber amongst many other bespoke fixes.
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They are beautiful things with engineering ahead of their time. If I could it would be a toss up whether I'd have an Ulster or a twin port Aerial Red Hunter from the same era.
 
Made a cardboard dummy of an oversized high performance Yuasa battery which I'm hoping to fit to my SF with some adaptions to the battery tray.

Just heading to my lock-up for a trial fitting to see if I can make it work. If I can I'll get one ordered and once fitted I'll be giving Nelly a ring at Cornerspeed to hopefully book it in for sprag clutch replacement and an MOT.

The beast may yet roar again this spring. If so I'll bite the bullet and renew my AA membership... 👀
 
Gimlet said:
Made a cardboard dummy of an oversized high performance Yuasa battery which I'm hoping to fit to my SF with some adaptions to the battery tray.

Just heading to my lock-up for a trial fitting to see if I can make it work. If I can I'll get one ordered and once fitted I'll be giving Nelly a ring at Cornerspeed to hopefully book it in for sprag clutch replacement and an MOT.

The beast may yet roar again this spring. If so I'll bite the bullet and renew my AA membership... 👀
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Not read the thread but wouldn't a cardboard battery be just as much a fire risk as a lithium one?
 
Loz said:
Not read the thread but wouldn't a cardboard battery be just as much a fire risk as a lithium one?
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dummy
[ˈdʌmi]
noun
dummy (noun) · dummies (plural noun)
  1. a model or replica of a human being:
    "a waxwork dummy"
    • a figure used for displaying or fitting clothes:
      "a tailor's dummy"
    • a ventriloquist's doll.
  2. an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one:
    "tests using stuffed owls and wooden dummies" · "a dummy torpedo"


 
joke /jōk/

noun​

  1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
  2. A mischievous trick; a prank.
    "played a joke on his roommate."
  3. Something that is of ludicrously poor quality.
    "Their delivery service is a joke."
 
Gimlet said:
dummy
[ˈdʌmi]
noun
dummy (noun) · dummies (plural noun)
  1. a model or replica of a human being:
    "a waxwork dummy"
    • a figure used for displaying or fitting clothes:
      "a tailor's dummy"
    • a ventriloquist's doll.
  2. an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one
    3. Loz
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Corrected for you :)
 
Hugo Magnus said:
joke /jōk/

noun​

  1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
  2. A mischievous trick; a prank.
    "played a joke on his roommate."
  3. Something that is of ludicrously poor quality.
    4. Loz
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Corrected for you :)
 
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Gimlet said:
Made a cardboard dummy of an oversized high performance Yuasa battery which I'm hoping to fit to my SF with some adaptions to the battery tray.

Just heading to my lock-up for a trial fitting to see if I can make it work. If I can I'll get one ordered and once fitted I'll be giving Nelly a ring at Cornerspeed to hopefully book it in for sprag clutch replacement and an MOT.

The beast may yet roar again this spring. If so I'll bite the bullet and renew my AA membership... 👀
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Hmmm, that's not going to work. The battery won't even fit through the opening in the tail piece under the pillion pad. And if it did I don't think I'd be able to drop it in any deeper, which it would need, because there's a lot of electrical components underneath the battery tray and I know there's very little space under there already since I've fitted an Ohlins shock and altered the rocker-arm ride height.

Seems I've either got to look at lithium, which I'm not keen on (maybe unjustifably. I don't know much about them, I'm just wary after hearing too many bad news stories). Or I've got to remodel the tail piece, losing the pillion pad and fitting a tail hump that would allow for more height and an enlarged opening. I'm not fussed about the pillion pad as I'll never take a passenger.
 
Gimlet said:
Hmmm, that's not going to work. The battery won't even fit through the opening in the tail piece under the pillion pad. And if it did I don't think I'd be able to drop it in any deeper, which it would need, because there's a lot of electrical components underneath the battery tray and I know there's very little space under there already since I've fitted an Ohlins shock and altered the rocker-arm ride height.

Seems I've either got to look at lithium, which I'm not keen on (maybe unjustifably. I don't know much about them, I'm just wary after hearing too many bad news stories). Or I've got to remodel the tail piece, losing the pillion pad and fitting a tail hump that would allow for more height and an enlarged opening. I'm not fussed about the pillion pad as I'll never take a passenger.
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Lithium is fine, just make sure it’s a reputable manufacturer - I think Ducati use Skyrich batteries 🤔, and make sure your r/r is a series mosfet not a shunt mosfet. Again, Ducati’s current r/rs are, or buy a 3rd party r/r that’s suitable for use with Lithium batteries from the likes of Ultimate Rectifier or Rick’s Cafe Racer - (both unfortunately in NL).
 
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