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  1. mike1949 replied to up.yours's post in a topic in General
    That will be brill on icy roads.
  2. mike1949 replied to up.yours's post in a topic in General
    Essential when you go through the car wash.
  3. mike1949 replied to barkwindjammer's post in a topic in The Bar
    Brill :lol: :lol: Wii-dram?
  4. mike1949 replied to emdotdee's post in a topic in Insurance
    One thing to bear in mind, and this is speaking from experience. "WHAT EVER THEY PAY YOU, THEY WILL GET THEIR MONEY BACK! Be it through higher premiums or lower no claims discount.
  5. mike1949 replied to oldskoollracer's post in a topic in General
    Are they real?
  6. mike1949 replied to hate_camel's post in a topic in The Bar
    So did I, great feeling of power, like the parting of the waves.
  7. mike1949 replied to barkwindjammer's post in a topic in The Bar
    Fantastic!! Fantasique (French) Wunderbar (German) Wonderbra (Goff) Gert lush (Bristol) Rubbery (Chinese) See you Jimmy (Rab C Nesbit) Also specially for you. BJW Did you know that Tupperware make bra's Thet don't lift or seperate them............ But the keep them nice and fresh. :lol:
  8. mike1949 replied to mike1949's post in a topic in General
    Cheers Shep, been in Chippenham 33 years and never even heard of them. Will give them a ring Monday. I usually go to Q-Tech in Melksham (Fantastic) but you have to book in advance so they can order the tyre and then hang around for an hour or so. What I was hoping for is that they could come to my place of work and do it there. I think that because were out in the sticks bike places are few and far between. Also cheers Drewpy for your suggestion but they are not dedicated bike tyre specialists and don't seem to have my size of tyre in stock.
  9. mike1949 posted a post in a topic in General
    Topic title/description is self explanatory, but does anybody know of any mobile tyre fitters as it is very difficult, if not impossible to just pull into a bike dealers and get a tyre fitted unlike a car that can just arrive at at Kwik-fit etc and get four tyres done while you wait. If my mate BWJ can come up with a solution I will tell him the joke about Tupperware making brassiere's.
  10. I know exactly what the problem is. It happened to my xj600 in April. If you look at the Haynes elec diagram and trace the wire from the starter button(blue/white?) it goes into a block connector before going to the starter relay which is located under the seat on RH side, should be the forward relay out of four. Even though it will look ok but it will be corroded and therefore not making a connection. Mine is a W reg(2000) if yours isn't located there because of being an older model the Haynes manual will tell you where it is. Mike
  11. mike1949 replied to XS 500's post in a topic in Yamaha Workshop
    It doesn't have to be a spark plug socket. Try an 18mm box spanner or a long socket. In fact thats what I use on my bike so I can use a ratchet with it. Mike
  12. mike1949 replied to XS 500's post in a topic in Yamaha Workshop
    Do you mean the size of the socket to remove the spark plug? If you do then all Japanese models are metric, 11/16" is just slightly thinner than 18mm (about 17.50mm) If you mean the reach then there is not a lot of difference at all. Hope this helps. Mike
  13. Usually in line fuel filters are transparent so you can see the fuel.
  14. mike1949 replied to barkwindjammer's post in a topic in The Bar
    Brill BWJ, took a while but got there in the end. Reminds me of a zoo related one. A bloke come across his mate walking around with a penguin and asked "where did he come from?" "I found him in the park" His mate replied "I should take him to the zoo if I was you" "Good idea, I'll take him round there this afternoon" The next day the bloke comes across his mate who still has the penguin in tow. "I thought you said you were taking him to the zoo yesterday?" "I did" said his mate. "Today I thought I'd take him to the pictures"
  15. mike1949 replied to Goff's post in a topic in General
    I think you getting mixed up with the gay village people of the US. Being one of the UK's submariners in the "cold war" I find that quite insulting.
  16. mike1949 replied to Goff's post in a topic in General
    Being an ex mariner you had me going there. I'd already made my mind up on the first eight words of "THE TEST"
  17. Well done Jim, I hope there's plenty of Bow for you tonight. I still meant what I said before. Regards Mike
  18. Blimey mate. A bit of anger management wouldn't go amiss here. Don't you get ready before you get on the bike?
  19. mike1949 replied to drewpy's post in a topic in The Bar
    "Motorbiking" - Chris Spedding
  20. mike1949 replied to redslayer's post in a topic in Yamaha Workshop
    Idle speed adjustment screw??
  21. mike1949 replied to chalky's post in a topic in Yamaha Workshop
    That's like shit off a shovel, in fact I'd go so far as saying it's like shit off a hot chrome shovel.
  22. mike1949 replied to Goff's post in a topic in General
    How about a photograph of the bride and groom to be
  23. mike1949 replied to parkey5's post in a topic in General
    Wether it's still available I don't know but when I was in the Navy attached to the Fleet Air Arm about ** years ago the pilots used Goddards plastic polish to remove scratches from their windscreens.
  24. mike1949 replied to drewpy's post in a topic in The Bar
    In my day we used to put a woodbine packet folded in half through the spokes.
  25. mike1949 replied to Yamaha XS 400's post in a topic in Yamaha Workshop
    Local dealer National dealer E.Bay Trade It Scrapyard M&P motorcycles MPS On line Tescos (only joking) Wemoto