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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2400 on: 14.08. 2022 15:46 »
Gave up camping 35 years ago, best thing I ever did.  Wouldn't mind by myself with a fire, a steak and a bottle of rum, but places where you can do that in Blighty without an argument with Plod or a shotgun-wielding farmer are few and far between.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2401 on: 15.08. 2022 12:23 »
G'day Fellas.
Went out to the shed after work (snuck in without Deb seeing me  *smile*). Was going to colortune last nights adjustments.
Fuel on, tickle tickle, turn ignition on. Kick kick kick WTF. Yep dead battery that was working the night before. Measured 5.6v out of a 12v'er  *sad2*
 I use https://tinyurl.com/mrxut9tz  can't complain it's about 4 years old.
Hooked up the spare and started 2nd kick.
I had leaned the slide from 3 to 3.5 and dropped the needle 1 notch. Not bad so I shoved in a #19 pilot. Nup back to the 17 with 7/8 turn out.
Just waiting for fair weather to road test.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2402 on: 15.08. 2022 13:47 »
Makes you want a Maggie eh?

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2403 on: 15.08. 2022 15:49 »
Do some bikes not have a maggie *conf2* *conf2* *conf2* *conf2*
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2404 on: 15.08. 2022 21:12 »
Good one Fellas.
Both my A's have Boyer. Set and forget. Along with the permanent degree wheel setting done in a minute.
The plunger had a K2F for the first 15 years of my ownership. Not too many problems in that time.
The A7SS racer was getting an upgrade so the plunger got the "hand me downs". Electronic ignition, DVR2, big fin barrels, alloy head (with big valves), 932 carb, etc etc.
If the dynamo belt fails I still get an hour riding DAMHIK
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2405 on: 15.08. 2022 21:23 »
Hey Musky, what does DAMHIK mean??
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2406 on: 15.08. 2022 21:25 »
Don't ask me how I know  *smile*
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2407 on: 15.08. 2022 21:28 »
My acronym of the week I reckon.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2408 on: 16.08. 2022 03:29 »
Disturbed American Motorcyclists Have Infinitesimal Knowledge.

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2409 on: 16.08. 2022 08:30 »
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2410 on: 16.08. 2022 09:16 »
Dihederal Affects Mean Hypersonic Incidence Koefficient
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2411 on: 16.08. 2022 09:56 »
I bought my leather bike jacket from a junk, (thrift) shop in Wales. The jacket had a patch sown across the back with the word DILLIGAF. I assumed it was a Welsh word.

When I asked here I was edumicated.
DILLIGAF = DOES IT LOOK LIKE I GIVE A FU**
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2412 on: 16.08. 2022 10:04 »
"DILLIGAF"; created by a fellow who lived in Kalgoorlie and livened up our music and entertainment scene for about 15 years. His entertainment pseudonym at the time was Bryan Dennis (real name Dennis Bryant).
After moving to Perth he re-branded himself as Kevin Bloody Wilson, and gave the world DILLIGAF (amongst other things).

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2413 on: 16.08. 2022 10:07 »
Gf... Man you're REALLY brave venturing across the border into that strange, scary, wicked world of Wales... Let alone risking going into a charity shop.
That probably IS a welsh word, probably meaning '**ckwit'
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2414 on: 16.08. 2022 10:11 »
Gf... Man you're REALLY brave venturing across the border into that strange, scary, wicked world of Wales... Let alone risking going into a charity shop.
That probably IS a welsh word, probably meaning '**ckwit'
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My sister-in-law lives in Wales ............... and I concur *evil* >:D *help*
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