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  1. expensive bit of kit when a length of bale twine will do
  2. well our lad needed a new coat once , his mother dragged him to loads of shops over several weeks. he did not like any of em , anyhow one day i was with him , we walked past the Officers club ( i think that thats what it was called ) quite randomly he stops and looks at a coat , oh i like that he said , try it on i said, , yes it fits nice he said , give it here i said , went in and bought it before he had a chance to change his mind , when met the dragon bitch she said how did you do that , i said he did it not me
  3. Watch this drag bike run , the chain looks a bit tight when stationary but look at the slack under acceleration, ok a road bike is not quite gonna have the same effect but it just show https://youtu.be/u6ZsWwQ072E
  4. the advantage of a small family garage personal service , no dim managers etc to go through to get a booking
  5. Nah no discount, but he is only a small garage , and Andy recently took over running it himself , and he is a bloody good lad an i want to see him succeed bet you would not phone up a big bike shop at 9.15 and ask if they can do an mot this morning and them say bring it in in an hours time , then say if i go get another bike can you do that one as well please , and get that one done as well
  6. No advisories either ,
  7. The late great Gerry Rafferty and Big Yin ( Billy Conolly)
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    Tempus Fugit

    Happy birthday Jimmy
  9. Saw Manfred Man live at Minehead in Feb , bloody brilliant , as was Thijs Van Leer and Focus, and Eddie and the hotrods https://youtu.be/RcUT3CkGtow
  10. As part of the doing away with the paper licences you can now check your driving icence details online you will need your national insurance number , if you dont know your driving licence number you can get away without that , it tells you exactly what you can drive and how many points you may have https://www.viewdrivingrecord.service.gov.uk/driving-record/licence-number
  11. Already in force for the Low emission zone , DAILY charges are . and you still have to pay the congestion charge Larger vans - Motorised horseboxes 4x4 light utility vehicles Pick-ups Other specialist vehicles 1.205 tonnes unladen £100 Motor caravans - Ambulances 2.5 - 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight £100 Minibuses (with more than 8 passenger seats) 5 tonnes or less gross vehicle weight £100 Lorries - Goods vehicles Motor caravans Motorised horseboxes Breakdown and recovery vehicles Snow ploughs Gritters Refuse collection vehicles Road sweepers Concrete mixers Tippers Fire engines Removals lorries Other specialist vehicles More than 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight £200 Buses Coaches (with more than 8 passenger seats) More than 5 tonnes gross vehicle weight £200
  12. Contact Dave he is in sevenoaks in Kent so not far away , he will deffo get old paint off and may know someone to paint it http://www.tsrvapourblasting.co.uk/
  13. Pattern needles and seats ? or gen yam/mikuni . i have heard of pattern needles and seats that leak from new
  14. exactly what do you mean by the tie bar mate , suspension , engine tie bar ?/ tdr forum here http://tdr250.co.uk/forum/index.php tdr service manual http://tdr250.co.uk/downloads/TDR250ManualEN.pdf tdr parts list http://tdr250.co.uk/downloads/Parts.pdf
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    Shit Happens

    buy a big pair of wellies , wrap a scarf over the cut and get out and ride
  16. my old Z650 has this kionda problem , jump it from a car battery it fires right up , i have an AGM batery in it now and it is better , but sounds like low voltage to me chaeck battery connections are clean , and starter connections ,etc etc
  17. yes not fitted to uk TDR,s , look on ebay uk for mph speedo
  18. nah taking me old mate Bessie and he is about 25 stone , and i dont think the bikes will handle 40 stone , also will need the van to handle all the grub his missus will send him with i reckon
  19. I will be missing the show this year , will be at Minehead for a monsters of rock weekend ,
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