What have you done with your bike/s today?

[RDfella]

Always say to the missus 'I won't be long', (like a few days ago).  She says, 'You always say that and it never happens', she was right, 5.5 hours and 180m later ....

Reminds me of Hogan in Crocodile Dundee: My missus left me. Why? Dunno, just went walkabout. How long were you gone? Three years.

[Worty]

Always say to the missus 'I won't be long', (like a few days ago).  She says, 'You always say that and it never happens', she was right, 5.5 hours and 180m later ....

Reminds me of Hogan in Crocodile Dundee: My missus left me. Why? Dunno, just went walkabout. How long were you gone? Three years.

I also liked the response from Linda Z, went something like 'Strange woman' (said with a smirk on her face).

[Worty]

Went to the garage with a nice new clutch lever for the Kwaka as the original was sloppy around the pivot.  Wrong item!  Pivot pin goes through a loose 'bush' in the lever, and it was the ally lever that had worn and enlarged the hole.    *bright idea*Found a piece of 1mm thick steel tubing, cut 15mm piece, and tapped it into the lever (was thinking of heating the lever to drop the steel insert into but it was 'tap tight' anyway).  Internal diameter of the tubing was damn near perfect for the 'loose' bush.  Popped the whole lot back on with a dab of grease and, no more slop on the clutch.  Wrong item is on its way back for a full refund. Pleased with self!

[berger]

i blew off the cobwebs after my sesh yesterday with a blast on urma yonda today, visited a chap i have known since we were early teens and only seen him a couple of times in 30 years. he has bought an old 500 enfield cafe racer and a ducati 750, both sound really loud . the roads with leaves decaying everywhere were a bit scary at times

[muskrat]

G'day Fellas.
I lifted the top end on the Cafe in preparation for the compression plate from JJ to arrive. Should drop her down to 9:1. I love the look of the R&R rods, shame their hidden from view.
With the riders foot pegs sorted I removed the rearsets and brake linkage. Just waiting on the rubbers and short gear lever.
Cheers

[Sav]

Gentle ride, first since the accident a month ago, on the wee Honda to Dover and back.

Quite worrying the confidence you lose after a painful 'off'.

[Worty]

Gentle ride, first since the accident a month ago, on the wee Honda to Dover and back.

Quite worrying the confidence you lose after a painful 'off'.

Quite agree Sav.  Back in the 80s when I was despatch riding around Birmingham, I had a 75mph 'off' on the M6 Northbound near the slip road for the M5 South (J7) if my memory serves me correctly.  Hit a sheared prop shaft from an artic, which I didn't see, and ended up sliding down the right hand lane thinking 'this is it'.  Anyhow, after nothing hit me, five police cars and two ambulances arrived to 'mop up', or so they thought.  I got away with a sprained knee and cut elbow (1 stitch).  When I got back on another bike a week later, I got a big tank slapper due to the new screen I'd put on the bike.  Scared the crap out of me so went home for a few days and took the screen off the bike!!

[Colsbeeza]

Set the ignition timing today, with modified ATD and electric starter fitted. Next is to assemble the clutch.
Col

[BigJim]

Took the bike for a blast to foreign fields again today with son in tow on a modern. He managed to keep up! Spent a bit longer than intended as i did get rather lost. Familiar roads are very unfamiliar when you're going the wrong way down them. It all made perfect sense after i turned round. We both had a fine time and caught a beautiful sunset for our return journey. Engine, as per usual, ran just fine and gets better with the bigger mile days. Mind it's best that you engineer types aren't allowed to hear it! Also the "other" fork oil seal has gone now so they must expire at a certain mileage i reckon .
Note to self: I really must sort the mount for the oil tank, son is begining to think it normal to have to stop every hundred miles for me to retighten the lower nut. Also should really consider sorting the front end and swing arm bushing. It handles like a bag of snakes. Love it tho!
 

[Worty]

Ha, bl**dy h*ll, Jim, that's the way to do it man.  When the BSA was running well, it had everything, quick off the mark, decent cruising, lovely sound, quirky handling, guesswork braking.  The Kwaka is smooth, tame, well behaved, impeccably reliable, and can ride easily and confidently all day long.  The Beeza is quite the opposite - arriving back home on the Beeza is mission achieved with aching back.  Arriving back home on the Kwacka is outcome expected, journey completed enjoyably.  Chalk and cheese, yes, but people can like both chalk and cheese.

[Greybeard]

... people can like both chalk and cheese.

Not on crackers though

[Superflash]

Took the Trumpy on her maiden voyage to work today. Went well, so that's one down and one to go. Hopefully have the Beeza done and dusted as well after the xmas break.

[CheeserBeezer]

Having finished the RGS, I'm looking round for my next project so went to look at a TriBSA which is on Ebay. The price seemed reasonable and the T120R engine would fetch a good price, leaving me with a rolling chassis and a V5. Happy days.......not! What a pile of junk! I won't go into detail for fear of reprisals! Safe to say there was a complete mismatch between what was advertised and what was on the V5 etc. etc. So I came home and polished the RGS!

[Black Sheep]

Had to go out this morning so as the BSAs are all well, I dragged the Velo out of the depths of the shed, blew up the tyres, topped up the primary case and it started first kick. Not bad for lying for over a year. It goes rather well.

[RichardL]

Took the Trumpy on her maiden voyage to work today. Went well, so that's one down and one to go. Hopefully have the Beeza done and dusted as well after the xmas break.

"Trumpy" has come to.have a whole other meaning.

Richard L.