A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)

[theshrew]

Rubbish day for me. Work this morning then stuck in traffic on the way home. Had planned on going for a good run this late afternoon / evening sat around like a tool only to get let down by my mate

So just had a quick tootle locally and called in at Oulton on my way home. Mr Loon was on track ( well think it was him ) presumably was from Dave's post above. Didn't see any of you in the pits while I was wondering about with a sulk on.



Found myself a new mate to ride with

[Jazoli]

theshrew said:

called in at Oulton on my way home. Mr Loon was on track ( well think it was him ) presumably was from Dave's post above. Didn't see any of you in the pits while I was wondering about with a sulk on.

Loon was on track, there was no one else from here there, I just rode down to pay a surprise visit to Simon but left around 1.45ish, I enjoyed the 20 miles of filtering on the M6 on the way back strangely enough, it was therapeutic as I'm normally the one stuck in the jam

Ilovejapcrap said:

That's one way of doing it, I might be telling you to suck eggs but don't let your calipers hang by the hoses, use a bungy cord or something to take the weight off them

Edit, like MTB has done below.

Edited by Jazoli on Saturday 25th July 21:44

[moanthebairns]

Just by chance I was doing my new diamond bars and grips today. Lovely but rather than take twenty minutes took me almost 3-4 hours as they required some bding about and fileing. Only one bolt to go. Big problem for me is setting everything up. 5 bikes in a jam packed garage takes some amount of moving just to get started. Then cleaning up.



Tomorrow's job. New seals on one caliper. I just done these at Christmas

Could be from all the st getting kicked up on the trailer.

[moanthebairns]

bought these as a late birthday present to myself and after a wee coupon win today at the football

sorry its a football story, there I am 20 minutes to go 6 out of 7 teams up in my coupon (this never happens) and my team, Falkirk, the last team I need to win are drawing with a team 2 divisions lower to them in a cup no one cares about.

Queue me shouting and bawling at every slack pass, calling players useless s only to get loads of looks from everyone, childrens ears getting covered, I really am going mental.

90th minutes in, into injury time and I'm fked right off, then bang a goal from a player ive just slated for the last 20 minutes, queue me jumping 10ft in the air going on about how great he is.

I realise the above means nothing to most on here but I was happy

[STO]

theshrew said:

Rubbish day for me. Work this morning then stuck in traffic on the way home. Had planned on going for a good run this late afternoon / evening sat around like a tool only to get let down by my mate

So just had a quick tootle locally and called in at Oulton on my way home. Mr Loon was on track ( well think it was him ) presumably was from Dave's post above. Didn't see any of you in the pits while I was wondering about with a sulk on.



Found myself a new mate to ride with

I bet your new mate rides a kwaka.

[theshrew]

Jazoli said:

theshrew said:

called in at Oulton on my way home. Mr Loon was on track ( well think it was him ) presumably was from Dave's post above. Didn't see any of you in the pits while I was wondering about with a sulk on.

Loon was on track, there was no one else from here there, I just rode down to pay a surprise visit to Simon but left around 1.45ish, I enjoyed the 20 miles of filtering on the M6 on the way back strangely enough, it was therapeutic as I'm normally the one stuck in the jam

I didn't know that anything was on. I sometimes just call in and have a look if im passing late in the afternoon, even if there is a meeting on they normally let you in.

Looked to be some quick people out today. Shame you couldn't get around the track though. They must be getting ready for that Chris Evans thing.

[srob]

Jazoli said:

Saw this beauty at Oulton today, what a stunner

I was driving through Bury St Edmunds once in my Elise and a yellow Dino was sitting in the middle of the road under a bridge, weak Italian hazards blinking.

I stopped to see if he was ok, and he explained a very ominous noise accompanied a sinking feeling. As it was stranded in the middle of a fairly main road, I agreed to stand behind it waving at people and "shout if someone's going to go in the back of it" while the owner climbed under it to see what had happened. Luckily nobody did, but it turned out one of the wishbones had snapped and grounded the crankcases into the tarmac.

This was about 10 years ago just as they were going nuts. About then you could still get one for around 75k, but he'd had it a few years and said he couldn't afford to keep it anyway and it was one of his last drives in it. Sad really.

They're now what, 300k for a good one?

Old Ferraris have really gone nuts!

[Jazoli]

srob said:

Old Ferraris have really gone nuts!

They certainly have, I can understand it with the Dino, which to some isn't even a proper Ferrari, it's just perfectly proportioned and a real pleasure just to look at, there's not a bad line on it, modern ferrari's leave me cold but I love the Dino, it is utterly stunning.

[srob]

Jazoli said:

srob said:

Old Ferraris have really gone nuts!

They certainly have, I can understand it with the Dino, which to some isn't even a proper Ferrari, it's just perfectly proportioned and a real pleasure just to look at, there's not a bad line on it, modern ferrari's leave me cold but I love the Dino, it is utterly stunning.

Same here. The Dino's a captivating thing, but so are most old Ferraris.

We had a Lancia Stratos at work ages ago (no idea why!) which had the V6 Dino engine, sounded absolutely incredible being thrashed!

Sadly modern Ferraris have lost all that class, they're so... footballer

[Ilovejapcrap]

Ilovejapcrap said:

That's one way of doing it, I might be telling you to suck eggs but don't let your calipers hang by the hoses, use a bungy cord or something to take the weight off them

Edit, like MTB has done below.

Edited by Jazoli on Saturday 25th July 21:44

Yeah but replacing with beaded anyway so was not really an issue

[sc0tt]

moanthebairns said:

bought these as a late birthday present to myself and after a wee coupon win today at the football

sorry its a football story, there I am 20 minutes to go 6 out of 7 teams up in my coupon (this never happens) and my team, Falkirk, the last team I need to win are drawing with a team 2 divisions lower to them in a cup no one cares about.

Queue me shouting and bawling at every slack pass, calling players useless s only to get loads of looks from everyone, childrens ears getting covered, I really am going mental.

90th minutes in, into injury time and I'm fked right off, then bang a goal from a player ive just slated for the last 20 minutes, queue me jumping 10ft in the air going on about how great he is.

I realise the above means nothing to most on here but I was happy

Always loved that helmet design.

How much did you win?

[moanthebairns]

£46...I've lost more running for a bus but I'm not a big gambler, the stake was only two quid.

[sradmarty]

Didn't want to derail the 8 hour thread so sticking this in here.

If I had the money/talent to build a special it would be an endurance rep, love the look of them, can't quite put my finger on why.







I could go on all day, suzukis especially

[Andy XRV]

Fluids and filter change. Mechanical therapy for a wet & windy Sunday morning

[sradmarty]

Andy XRV said:

Fluids and filter change. Mechanical therapy for a wet & windy Sunday morning

Heard they're a bit tricky to do the oil and filter, that right? Like everything I suppose, once you've done it a few times you're sorted.

[evil len]

Jazoli said:

srob said:

Old Ferraris have really gone nuts!

They certainly have, I can understand it with the Dino, which to some isn't even a proper Ferrari, it's just perfectly proportioned and a real pleasure just to look at, there's not a bad line on it, modern ferrari's leave me cold but I love the Dino, it is utterly stunning.

Bought the 1980 308GTS in 2000 for £30k. Sold it two years ago for £40k. They are now going for £75-80k+. How gutted do I feel ... ?

Obversely, I spent most of the £40k on motorbikes

[sradmarty]

Feck it, have some more endurance bike pics. It is the picture thread after all!


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[sradmarty]

Ilovejapcrap said:

You made a decision on the wheel colour yet?

[Andy XRV]

sradmarty said:

Andy XRV said:

Fluids and filter change. Mechanical therapy for a wet & windy Sunday morning

Heard they're a bit tricky to do the oil and filter, that right? Like everything I suppose, once you've done it a few times you're sorted.

Not really tricky but because they have a dry sump re-filling is a bit more scientific than just pouring oil in until it reaches a sump marker. The engine needs to be brought up to temperature but apart from that it's straight forward and everything is very accessible.

[moanthebairns]

Why does my caliper have thrush.