DirtyDT

Blimey! I have been called some things in my life but "motivational" isn't one of them. Thanks but there are much better projects than mine on the site. Here they are before and then after. The outside would clean up better with a quick soda blast or wipe over with a metal polish. The insides are very nice.

It's OK, we have been keeping ourselves busy waiting for you to pop back Take the spark plug out. Leave it out overnight. Pour a teaspoon of engine oil into the spark plug hole and, without the spark plug in it, turn the engine over. Pour a spoonful of petrol into the spark plug hole, refit the plug and connect the ht cap. Start the bike.

Ops, Sorry Jimmy. Number removed. He gets calls from me so he already gets weirdo calls.

I would suggest you keep his number as he does lots of bits like this that should be easy, but some how aren't.

The problem sometimes is that the inner cylinder can spin in the lower leg. This means that the fork won't come apart. Other than that it is a straightforward job. I recently had 2 done but didn't have the time to do them myself so I got a local bloke to do them for me - same day - for £20 and I supplied the new seals.

I am waiting for a call from him later in the week as he is blasting and repainting a set of RD400 barrels and heads for me. He has done a few jobs for me and I have always been happy. His prices have always been reasonable and he managed to skim a rear wheel brake hub for me within a couple of hours - hub still on the rim and with the tyre on so I managed to get the wheel off, hub skimmed and wheel back on the same day. He is one of these "old boy" engineers and works from his house. Give him a call - his name is Bob.

It would be helpful if we knew what part of the Country you were in - One of the benefits in filling in a little of your profile. There is a guy near me who could probably do the job. He is in Leicester.

Hello.

I love the camping on Wimbledon common one the best.

I waved my finger (if you know what I mean) at a lard arse cement lorry driver texting this morning.

Topics merged.

Seems he passed away today. I am still working out what was going on in The Young Ones and Bottom but they were funny.

My TS250 has only done about 600 miles since the rebuild. Pretty shameful really. That includes 2 squires runs. I know Andrew wants it, he just doesn't know it yet.

I love these too. It has been a very moving weekend seeing all the old boys back at the Normandy beaches. I loved the story of the bloke who escaped from his care home and went over and the almost 90 year old ex para who tandom jumped over the weekend.

Pop south and go to Matlock baths.

Swiftone- nothing big nor clever about that. Everyone has to learn and that just shows how crap the country has become when a "fellow biker" is verbally abused rather than encouraged. We all had to start somewhere.

Are you getting swiftone and swift1 posts mixed up?

You can get a cigarette lighter or USB attachment that fits direct to the battery. You can then plug a sat nav, phone, camera etc into that. Search fleabay for: Optimate tm71 Optimate tm78

Should be good.

One carb rebuilt. front master cylinder rebuilt. Rear brake cylinder off and stripped. Left hand crank cover off for painting. 2 stroke oil tank almost emptied to remove the tank. I started to empty in into an old bottle, Got waylaid with something else and the bottle filled and then overflowed all over the floor . Got some paper towels down at the moment to start the clear up. I have to pop out later so I will see if I can get some cat litter. Front Rear

Andrew - you are a bad man!! Interesting read Bippo. I guess that the TDM and Vstrom could be contenders for Mike if he wants that style. I do love a V twin.

I've just seen the VFR price, buy a Triumph.

Any middleweight would do it Mike. Something with a little faring and some panniers/topbox would do and that covers most things. I would seriously look at a Honda VFR.

Hi and welcome to the forum

Since the halal meat fiasco I have stopped buying meat at the supermarket and have been going to the local organic farm where they breed their own animals and take them to a local abattoir. If I buy a curry from the takeaway I expect it to be halal, but I don't if I buy some lamb chops from Tesco. Last week they had no rump steak in the shop so I asked the lady to keep me a couple of pieces of rump for when I popped in today. This is what she had for me: By the way, the ruler is a full size 12 inch one. My Man V Food challenge is back on Well it made me laugh.