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BanannaMan
24-03-18, 08:05 PM
This weeks winter storm has just begun,
despite the fact that it is now spring.

kaivalagi
24-03-18, 08:06 PM
This weeks winter storm has just begun,
despite the fact that it is now spring.

Yeah, in the UK we're waiting for another spell of snow for the easter weekend next week..the jet streams are screwed up....

admin
25-03-18, 03:10 PM
Took the Honda out for it's first proper ride of the year. Enjoyable ride spoilt at the end by a selfish car driver doing 40mph in a 60. At least a dozen cars and vans backed up behind him for mile after mile. You'd think that it might occur to him that the huge queue behind him might be due to his driving. You can see how road rage develops.

maviczap
25-03-18, 03:58 PM
Took the Honda out for it's first proper ride of the year. Enjoyable ride spoilt at the end by a selfish car driver doing 40mph in a 60. At least a dozen cars and vans backed up behind him for mile after mile. You'd think that it might occur to him that the huge queue behind him might be due to his driving. You can see how road rage develops.

No he or she were just focused on the road in front of them, its spring and the myopic summer Sunday drivers have just come out of hibernation :smt070

garynortheast
25-03-18, 04:09 PM
Enjoyable ride spoilt at the end by a selfish car driver doing 40mph in a 60. At least a dozen cars and vans backed up behind him for mile after mile. You'd think that it might occur to him that the huge queue behind him might be due to his driving. You can see how road rage develops.

The very thing that gets to me as well, made worse by the fact that none of the car drivers in the queue leave enough room between them and the vehicle in front to allow anyone with the power and ability to overtake.

admin
25-03-18, 04:27 PM
No he or she were just focused on the road in front of them, its spring and the myopic summer Sunday drivers have just come out of hibernation :smt070
Yep he probably got home and told his wife the roads were quiet.

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admin
25-03-18, 04:31 PM
The very thing that gets to me as well, made worse by the fact that none of the car drivers in the queue leave enough room between them and the vehicle in front to allow anyone with the power and ability to overtake.
This road is notorious for accidents, usually head-ons. I'm guessing some drivers get so frustrated that do desperate overtakes. As Jasper Carrot used to say "his mother-in-law has never had an accident, but she's seen hundreds"

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Chris_SVS
25-03-18, 06:04 PM
Got stuck behind loads of "slow" yesterday :smt092 then ran into some rain. My kevlar jeans are water resistant - CONFIRMED :D

shiftin_gear98
26-03-18, 08:10 AM
I've had enough of this working week already.
:smt068

](*,)

:smt076

:smt075

ophic
26-03-18, 11:12 AM
Is that the same "The Expanse" as on Netflix or Sci-Fi channel?

If you're into Game of Thrones, I think George R R Martin might die before he releases his next book :mad:

ophic
26-03-18, 12:41 PM
Cool. I loved the TV series of The Expanse so i'll probably go read it. The real physics portrayed in the series was seriously impressive. No narrative shortcuts like shields or warp drive - and the effects of growing up in low-G.

I read GOT long before the TV series. GRRM is either very busy or very lazy and he ain't getting any younger. The TV series is amazing but doesn't capture the depth and timing of the books. Nor 90% of the characters. I've given up waiting for the next book - i'm convinced it will never happen. Due to the TV series, it's no longer what he depends on for his bread & butter so he's not interested.

Heorot
26-03-18, 02:40 PM
I think GRR has a writers block. He's producing nothing apart from updating his website (occasionally). I have been reading his work from the very beginning, Dying of the Light in 1977. According to his website, his last published work (Not part of Game of Thrones) was in 2015. I gave up reading his last GOT novel because it had been so long since reading the previous book that I had no idea what was going on. I am 70 this year and life's too short to be waiting on the rest of the series, if they ever gets published.

shiftin_gear98
27-03-18, 09:48 AM
It was quite interesting this morning whilst travelling to work. It was ****ing down, the duel carriageway was almost a lake. I wasn't hanging around, when the front cylinder decided it didn't want to work anymore.
Bike didn't sound too great at 8000 rpm on one cylinder, obviously I slowed down fairly sharpish.
I'm hopeless at searching on here so could one of you wonderful peeps remind me what is your preferred gunk to smear around the coil lead to stop water ingress. Ta


I don't fancy repeating the experience.
And before someone says why were you going so fast in the rain blah blah blah.
I go fairly fast most of the time, one of the only things that keeps me sane.

maviczap
27-03-18, 09:59 AM
I use a bit of red rubber grease on the cap, but have you got a fenda extender fitted?

That's the cure for these front spark problems

Luckypants
27-03-18, 10:01 AM
Fit a fender extenda, stops the water getting that far. Then ensure the drain hole is clear in the cylinder head / cam covers by poking a wire through it (or better a smokers pipe cleaner.)

dyzio
27-03-18, 10:09 AM
+1 to above, fender extender, clean drain hole, silicone grease around the cap.

Luckypants
27-03-18, 10:57 AM
Build date of new car still not confirmed, even though its supposed to get built this week. :confused: This was a big issue as my company car was at the end of it's lease last week and 'will definitely not be extended' according to my fleet manager - last Friday I was informed I can keep it as long as I need to! :geek::driving::smt014

There you go, two gripes for the price of one!

shiftin_gear98
27-03-18, 11:02 AM
Thanks for the comments - I've got a fender extender, but it has been awhile since I changed the plug, or even went anywhere near it. Read over two years ago and 22,000 plus miles ago!


Ok so looks like I'll be cleaning everything, poking things in holes and smearing it all in handfuls of RRG.
As I have a big pot of that.


Once again thanks.

Bibio
27-03-18, 01:58 PM
virgin media... how many times do i have to tell them to stick their TV up their arzzz.

they are that desperate to keep customers they even offered tv+broadband for £45 which i was paying £65...

if it were not for the fact that virgin have the best broadband in the country i would tell them to stick everything where the sun dont shine.

good news is the freesat works a treat on the new tv :-)

shiftin_gear98
29-03-18, 09:43 AM
Just to add to the hole poking thing i need to do, could anyone let me know where the other end of the drainage hole comes out. Ta.

maviczap
29-03-18, 10:08 AM
Its a beautiful day out side, but I'm stuck waiting for my wife's birthday present to be delivered.

Will it arrive today, I have no idea, it was dispatched Monday, part 1 arrived in the normal mail yesterday.

Sir Trev
30-03-18, 03:49 PM
Why does my car run out of electricity on days the garage is closed... Lady P was meant to head off in my car this morning to go up to Shropshire but all she got was click click click when she pushed the Start button. If the RAC put the wrong battery in it the other week when it died on a Sunday morning I'll be cross but there is probably a drain or charging issue somewhere :( Hopefully the charger is doing the trick so I can get it to the garage in the morning.

And it's raining. And I have a bit of a hangover from last night's leaving drinks (I was the one who left).

On balance it's not really my day.

Teejayexc
30-03-18, 05:43 PM
:confused:

Can't you plug it in at home?

Sir Trev
30-03-18, 07:27 PM
:confused:

Can't you plug it in at home?

Yes, the charger was on it for about eight hours and it reluctantly started this afternoon. Just got to hope the garage can squeeze me in tomorrow or will let me leave it with them to start on it on Tuesday.

When I unplugged the charger I found the reel of the extension cable had filled with rainwater but luckily nothing seems to have shorted out...

Biker Biggles
31-03-18, 08:10 AM
Yes, the charger was on it for about eight hours and it reluctantly started this afternoon. Just got to hope the garage can squeeze me in tomorrow or will let me leave it with them to start on it on Tuesday.

When I unplugged the charger I found the reel of the extension cable had filled with rainwater but luckily nothing seems to have shorted out...
Will a reg/rec from a CBR 600 fit it?:wink::wink:

DomP
02-04-18, 11:18 AM
More flippin snow! Came out of the pub last night to a blizzard, about 2 inches this morning. Thank goodness I went for a short ride yesterday

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garynortheast
02-04-18, 12:13 PM
Snow here too. Had enough now.

garynortheast
02-04-18, 07:18 PM
Coughing, sneezing, and generally feeling like crap.

yokohama
02-04-18, 07:49 PM
I took last week and this week off work and have had 1 rain free day so far. The next few days don't look much better either.

Sir Trev
03-04-18, 07:26 AM
I took last week and this week off work and have had 1 rain free day so far. The next few days don't look much better either.

Know exactly what you mean. I'm on my first day between contracts and was looking forward to a few days in the garden, go out on the bike, other outdoorness and such, but no, it's raining for the rest of the week...

phi-dan
03-04-18, 11:40 AM
Bank holiday weekends, rain all the way through when I wanted to be outside doing DIY, sunshine now I'm back in the office.

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garynortheast
03-04-18, 12:05 PM
Taken my daughters and a friend of theirs to a trampoline place, Jump In, in Shrewsbury. Great big echoey hanger of a place, with the obligatory pop music blasting out and excited kids voices rattling off every surface. They're enjoying themselves which is great but the noise just does my head in.

Sir Trev
03-04-18, 09:15 PM
The garage called to say my sick car has been mended and is ready for collection. Turns out the RAC fitted the wrong battery when it died a month ago and it's not been charging right since then. As it was a new battery it lasted reasonably well but as it was not charging properly it gave out again. I will be calling the RAC tomorrow and demanding a refund which is not going to be fun.

admin
04-04-18, 07:41 AM
The garage called to say my sick car has been mended and is ready for collection. Turns out the RAC fitted the wrong battery when it died a month ago and it's not been charging right since then. As it was a new battery it lasted reasonably well but as it was not charging properly it gave out again. I will be calling the RAC tomorrow and demanding a refund which is not going to be fun.
I'm intrigued. What battery types are we talking about here? I know lithium batteries needs special treatment. Was it a traction battery as fitted to mobility scooters?

SV650rules
04-04-18, 09:04 AM
I'm intrigued. What battery types are we talking about here? I know lithium batteries needs special treatment. Was it a traction battery as fitted to mobility scooters?

Intrigued as well, is there a 'wrong' type of lead acid battery (as you say leisure, mobility scooter or golf cart batteries are designed for long slow discharge and deep cycling, with fewer but thicker plates) I don't think RAC would carry one of those around in their van.

Sir Trev
04-04-18, 10:13 AM
The RAC in my case wandered off to a nearby depot to collect a battery, despite me ordering it online earlier in the day - their reason is that it is not always the battery at fault so they run diagnostics first. Fair enough, although it added well over an hour to the time I was stranded on my driveway, and the tech showed me his results showing that there was no drain (electrical leak) and the alternator was putting out the right charging current. Unfortunately it went downhill from there. The muppet brought back a 65Ah battery instead of a 60Ah and, according to my Ford garage, the alternator could not charge it fully so after six weeks it died again.

My phone call went badly, as expected. They claimed I have invalidated my warranty by not getting them to check it first, yeah right. Not being clairvoyant I got it to the dealer as I expected it was something else, after all, it was a new battery so why would that be the problem? They found the wrong battery and as I wanted the car back pronto I said go ahead and put the right one in. RAC are saying that was the wrong thing to do and they should have dispatched a tech to the dealer to see for themselves... Pile of rubbish.

They have supplied me with the the wrong battery which was not fit for purpose so they owe me a refund. Their warranty wording does not come above the Sale and Supply of Goods Act or the Consumer Rights Act so they owe me a refund end of. If I have to complain to the credit card company and/or the Small Claims Court then I will. I will also be cancelling my 30 years of membership with them come renewal as well as this has left a nasty taste.

admin
04-04-18, 10:18 AM
Ah. Thanks just curious. I can see why you're annoyed.

admin
04-04-18, 10:26 AM
My GotD is TV producers. I could go on about this for hours but I won't bore you all.
I enjoy watching the Bakeoff but the last two episodes kept referring to "frosting". For god's sake this is a British programme and no one says frosting. I know they'll sell the series to the US but that's no excuse, they don't do the same for us.

SV650rules
04-04-18, 10:48 AM
The RAC in my case wandered off to a nearby depot to collect a battery, despite me ordering it online earlier in the day - their reason is that it is not always the battery at fault so they run diagnostics first. Fair enough, although it added well over an hour to the time I was stranded on my driveway, and the tech showed me his results showing that there was no drain (electrical leak) and the alternator was putting out the right charging current. Unfortunately it went downhill from there. The muppet brought back a 65Ah battery instead of a 60Ah and, according to my Ford garage, the alternator could not charge it fully so after six weeks it died again.

My phone call went badly, as expected. They claimed I have invalidated my warranty by not getting them to check it first, yeah right. Not being clairvoyant I got it to the dealer as I expected it was something else, after all, it was a new battery so why would that be the problem? They found the wrong battery and as I wanted the car back pronto I said go ahead and put the right one in. RAC are saying that was the wrong thing to do and they should have dispatched a tech to the dealer to see for themselves... Pile of rubbish.

They have supplied me with the the wrong battery which was not fit for purpose so they owe me a refund. Their warranty wording does not come above the Sale and Supply of Goods Act or the Consumer Rights Act so they owe me a refund end of. If I have to complain to the credit card company and/or the Small Claims Court then I will. I will also be cancelling my 30 years of membership with them come renewal as well as this has left a nasty taste.

Looking at Ford forums it seems that their 'smart charge' system will only work properly with a silver calcium chemistry battery and many problems have been caused by fitting normal chemistry batteries. I suspect it is not the fact that the battery is 5 A/H larger but it is the wrong battery type, the battery on the car now is most probably FUBAR due to too much charging voltage, and the wrong chemistry has been confusing the smart charging system.

https://www.yuasa.co.uk/info/technical/silver-calcium-batteries/

http://www.valeoservice.com/data/master/webfile/2945759434DDE6E8714173.pdf

https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/39521-ford-focus-calcium-vs-lead-batteries/


Seems it is dodgy to try and jump start from a running vehicle as well, as this can damage the charging system.

Seems that the smart charging system uses square waveform which it varies to suit, and will charge a cold battery harder at a higher voltage (this can damage a normal lead acid battery) and will reduce charge rate as ambient temperature rises.

TicklinJock
04-04-18, 10:59 AM
You are not alone with this issue. Audi dealer refused to work on the car, an A1 with start/stop system, until they were given the go ahead to change out the battery the RAC technician fitted two weeks earlier. Audi dealer said that they could not get the ECU to talk to the RAC battery. RAC refunded the cost - several hundred pounds.
Unfortunately the Technician was frustrated that he had done everything he could to get the correct battery, and that this situation would recur.

Red ones
07-04-18, 08:40 AM
Had lunch with the boss and someone else higher in the business than me. They were discussing a current topic and shut me down when I made comment that opposed what they were saying. I said it politely and attempted to present evidence to back me up. The boss has evidence of the sort "I just know it"


Any guesses who at the table is writing the externally reviewed degree level paper on the subject?

maviczap
07-04-18, 10:27 AM
After yesterday's sunshine when I was stuck at work, it's grey and cool today, with the odd shower.

Not what I need

kaivalagi
07-04-18, 02:58 PM
After yesterday's sunshine when I was stuck at work, it's grey and cool today, with the odd shower.

Not what I need

Yeah, looking at long term forecasts is depressing too....the odd sunny day amongst lots of rainy ones....I really want to move somewhere where the weather is better, it would certainly be better for my health if I did!

maviczap
07-04-18, 03:01 PM
Yeah, looking at long term forecasts is depressing too....the odd sunny day amongst lots of rainy ones....I really want to move somewhere where the weather is better, it would certainly be better for my health if I did!

Sunny down here now mate, heading your way. Just a bit late in the day to do anything

Tomorrows meant to be the best day

maviczap
08-04-18, 07:42 AM
Sunny down here now mate, heading your way. Just a bit late in the day to do anything

Tomorrows meant to be the best day

I lied about it being the better of the two days, I've woken to grey skies and rain.

Wtf happened to the sunshine and warmth they forecast!

I'm going to write a letter to the Beeb and complain about their shoddy work

SV650rules
08-04-18, 07:58 AM
I lied about it being the better of the two days, I've woken to grey skies and rain.

Wtf happened to the sunshine and warmth they forecast!

I'm going to write a letter to the Beeb and complain about their shoddy work

Maybe this is why, after 95 years of using met office forecasts BBC has started using a private company - to 'save money' - they could save a lot more by paying their overpaid presenters and managers a bit less of our money.

"Familiar weather presenters will remain on screen, but employed directly by the BBC rather than the Met Office, which trained them. As presenters made up the bulk of costs, it is hard to see how that shaves much off the BBC bill. Last year the Met Office invoiced the BBC substantially less than £3m; a fraction of the Met Office’s £230m annual funding"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/10/met-office-still-best-forecaster-in-galaxy-despite-bbc-rejection

maviczap
08-04-18, 11:07 AM
Meanwhile: contacted HMRC with a view to paying missing NI contributions - forced to say: " My voice is my password" 5 times for their new security regime only to have a helpful lady tell me: "You need to speak to Future Pensions", I can't help you. Spoke to Future Pensions who said you can now pay back 8 years of missing contributions (not 6 like the website says) but don't use last years because it won't count (I didn't ask why - I was too busy losing the will to live). Now I have to call HMRC back.

Feel your pain, but this is the price of reducing the civil service to call centres, and closing local offices. People always moaning about too many civil servants, but the reality is different these days.

I had similar problems using the online HMRC Probate registration system, luckily I filled the forms out, took my documents and handed them in to my probate office.

punyXpress
08-04-18, 12:14 PM
Bureaucracy! I'm trying to apply for my US pension - the website says they need birth certificate and Green Card - ok, no problem but then they say do not mail the originals and copies are not acceptable. What? OK, I'll just hop on a plane, fly to Baltimore (get fined for being out of the US for too long on my Green Card), show them the documents and fly back. That's a few years of pension wasted.

Could you contact US Embassy & see if you can 'show them yours' here?
Or even at a more local Embassy branch?

pookie
08-04-18, 09:19 PM
you go to the hospital and come out with something feeling worse than when you went in. The staff dont get paid enough to work in such hazardous conditions. Small wonder how they all stay healthy

maviczap
09-04-18, 07:49 AM
you go to the hospital and come out with something feeling worse than when you went in. The staff dont get paid enough to work in such hazardous conditions. Small wonder how they all stay healthy

Yep, I've always recovered quicker once I've got back home, nothing to do with the amazing care I've received, same with the care my mum got, not enough staff in most cases.

ophic
09-04-18, 10:53 AM
you go to the hospital and come out with something feeling worse than when you went in. The staff dont get paid enough to work in such hazardous conditions. Small wonder how they all stay healthy
The ones you see are the ones who aren't off sick.

What is a wonder is, considering the hazardous environment, how many are off with non-infectious conditions like "anxiety and depression".

kaivalagi
09-04-18, 12:09 PM
you go to the hospital and come out with something feeling worse than when you went in. The staff dont get paid enough to work in such hazardous conditions. Small wonder how they all stay healthy

My coz is a consultant and she's in hospital due to pneumonia (after a week of bad flu) rather than for work right now....doctors and nurses aren't immune even though it looks like they are given how much they're subjected to all sorts of illness!

She's still joking on FB whilst being stuck in the hospital bed watching netball at 4am instead of not sleeping, I think it's that jovial attitude that gets them through their work day....

maviczap
10-04-18, 03:45 PM
Woke up to thick fog this morning, a bit of sunshine this afternoon, the rest of the week until Friday afternoon rain and more rain.

Thanks

admin
10-04-18, 08:53 PM
Why bring a big wet hairy dog into a camera shop? I had to get the mop out after they left. So selfish.

Biker Biggles
11-04-18, 08:34 AM
Why bring a big wet hairy dog into a camera shop? I had to get the mop out after they left. So selfish.
Any pics?:D

admin
11-04-18, 08:37 AM
Any pics?:D
I didn't have a camera to hand 😁. I guess you've all seen enough muddy puddles recently anyway.

punyXpress
11-04-18, 08:45 AM
It's spelt: p.o.o.d.l.e., John

maviczap
11-04-18, 09:34 AM
It's spelt: p.o.o.d.l.e., John
:winner:

maviczap
11-04-18, 09:35 AM
Still grey and foggy

admin
11-04-18, 10:24 AM
It's spelt: p.o.o.d.l.e., John
Very good! Give the man a coconut.

Luckypants
11-04-18, 10:39 AM
Why bring a big wet hairy dog into a camera shop? I had to get the mop out after they left. So selfish.
Because its not safe to leave them outside. If you had a 'no dogs' sign you'd have grounds to complain. (and the dog owner would be another customer lost to the internet)

Luckypants
11-04-18, 10:44 AM
My gripe, new car is 4 weeks later than promised and not likely to get it for another 10 days. Made worse by the fact I'll have to more for first year VED because delivery has drifted into April. Also my company car went back, so without a big car for the moment.

A first world problem without a doubt, but annoying nonetheless!

admin
11-04-18, 11:07 AM
Because its not safe to leave them outside. If you had a 'no dogs' sign you'd have grounds to complain. (and the dog owner would be another customer lost to the internet)
I agree about leaving them outside and i do love dogs. But on such a horrible wet day would it have made more sense to leave the dog at home?

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ophic
11-04-18, 11:16 AM
I agree about leaving them outside and i do love dogs. But on such a horrible wet day would it have made more sense to leave the dog at home?

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I did that to my big hairy dog. The little beggar managed to drop the latch on the lock and cost me £210 and a wasted day for a locksmith to get in.

Then the next day he decided to run off. Thanks to some community spirited locals we got him back. This was last week and I'm still not talking to him :smt093

admin
11-04-18, 11:36 AM
This dog was an alsatian of some sort, very long haired though. Quite a gentle looking dog, so he was no bother. We get a lot of dogs in the shop and some owners think they're not allowed in but I go and speak to them and put them straight.
I had a corgi sized terrier for 15 years and I know the ups and downs of owning a dog. I'd like another but I've enough on my plate at the moment.

admin
11-04-18, 11:37 AM
I did that to my big hairy dog. The little beggar managed to drop the latch on the lock and cost me £210 and a wasted day for a locksmith to get in.

Then the next day he decided to run off. Thanks to some community spirited locals we got him back. This was last week and I'm still not talking to him :smt093
Lol. Sounds like my old dog. Couldn't turn your back on him for a moment.

maviczap
12-04-18, 02:35 PM
I just want to give the government some money - surely they should make this part easy.

No, not these days, centralisation is HMRCs and many other government departments mantra these days.

You are a rare beast ( although in your interest) of someone who wants to give the government some money, most want to avoid it if they can :razz:

shiftin_gear98
12-04-18, 05:56 PM
Missus said this message popped up on car dash today, "Check Auto Gearbox". After a Google on Scenic auto gearbox warnings, all I can say is **** it.
There is always something going wrong. Really fed up always being skint.

phi-dan
12-04-18, 06:14 PM
Having spent the winter waiting for dry days to replace the alternator (no indoor work space) it's finally nice enough to enjoy riding but no. Looks like the oil pump has failed now... [emoji26]

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SV650rules
15-04-18, 12:55 PM
No good deed goes unpunished...

I filled up with petrol today and, for whatever reason, an elderly lady wanted to use my pump. After I paid I pushed my bike out her way before putting my gloves on - my bag fell off the seat and she promptly ran over it! No damage, fortunately, even my (brick) cellphone survived.

Just be grateful you weren't in the petrol station with these females.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THmgm0UjIms&feature=youtu.be

shiftin_gear98
19-04-18, 07:30 PM
My gripe of the really long sh1te day. Work was an 11 hour mare. But that wasn't the worst of it. My gripe was my bike. Or rather it's lack of petrol.
By the time I got to work there were no petrol stations open at 5.30am. So I had no option to fill up then. So I decided on a gentle pootle home via the route that I can use my fuel card halfway home. Drove past a Sainsburys and their pump as it would cost me money. However bike conked out a good 15 min push before the station. In this heat. Not fun. Fill up only to have my fuel card get declined for the first time ever. So I had to front the cash. Typical should have stopped at Sainsburys. OK so no real issue you think. Except the bike wouldn't start.
Rant mode turned on. Try my hardest not to lose my **** in petrol station forecourt. It just wouldn't crank. Queue battery flattening after several attempts.
Bugger now I have about 7 miles till home. Best get pushing. Thankfully after 30 mins of sweating there was a hill big enough to try my first ever bump start. It only ****ing worked. Thank ****. It's at that point I realised I'd clipped my helmet under the rear plastic whilst pushing. Poo. Thankfully it started again after being turned off. Queue a quick hoon home! Oh and I then saw 3 SVs. Black 650, White 650, Silver 1000. Did any of you ****ers nod back? No.

garynortheast
19-04-18, 08:22 PM
My gripe of the really long sh1te day. Work was an 11 hour mare. But that wasn't the worst of it. My gripe was my bike. Or rather it's lack of petrol.
By the time I got to work there were no petrol stations open at 5.30am. So I had no option to fill up then. So I decided on a gentle pootle home via the route that I can use my fuel card halfway home. Drove past a Sainsburys and their pump as it would cost me money. However bike conked out a good 15 min push before the station. In this heat. Not fun. Fill up only to have my fuel card get declined for the first time ever. So I had to front the cash. Typical should have stopped at Sainsburys. OK so no real issue you think. Except the bike wouldn't start.
Rant mode turned on. Try my hardest not to lose my **** in petrol station forecourt. It just wouldn't crank. Queue battery flattening after several attempts.
Bugger now I have about 7 miles till home. Best get pushing. Thankfully after 30 mins of sweating there was a hill big enough to try my first ever bump start. It only ****ing worked. Thank ****. It's at that point I realised I'd clipped my helmet under the rear plastic whilst pushing. Poo. Thankfully it started again after being turned off. Queue a quick hoon home! Oh and I then saw 3 SVs. Black 650, White 650, Silver 1000. Did any of you ****ers nod back? No.

Some days you just think, "I wish I'd stayed at home". :(

SG, I'd advise you not to read the post I've just made in SotD.... (http://forums.sv650.org/showpost.php?p=3084664&postcount=3039)

shiftin_gear98
20-04-18, 09:46 AM
Glad someone a better day than me. Fingers crossed mine is better today.
Gonna chance a sweaty run tonight.

maviczap
21-04-18, 06:30 AM
Watching one of our two wheeled brothers overtake a van on a blind bend at the crest of a hill.

I know this bit of road, and it's not somewhere I where I would have even contemplated an overtake.

It wasn't a silly fast overtake, but he wouldn't have any view of traffic coming the other way.

He got away with it this time

Red ones
21-04-18, 07:29 AM
Unfortunate it's that time of year. Suddenly the number of bikes on the road rockets and the heroes appear. The heroes with less road sense and riding ability than they imagine.

Commuting shows it. Leather clad superbike commuters are now out there. I cringe when when they filter at 100mph and rev the nuts off in traffic

SV650rules
21-04-18, 08:56 AM
Watching one of our two wheeled brothers overtake a van on a blind bend at the crest of a hill.

I know this bit of road, and it's not somewhere I where I would have even contemplated an overtake.

It wasn't a silly fast overtake, but he wouldn't have any view of traffic coming the other way.

He got away with it this time

Yeah, the warmer weather brings the nutters out in force - with any road sense they may posses dulled by 6 months non-riding - the beneficiaries will be the ones waiting for an organ transplant.

Chris_SVS
21-04-18, 09:00 AM
^It's hateful as much as I love seeing bikes out again - having never stopped riding myself I'd say I'm fairly "sharp" and up to speed. 3 weeks or so until the NW200, so everyones a Michael Dunlop

maviczap
21-04-18, 11:33 AM
Yeah, the warmer weather brings the nutters out in force - with any road sense they may posses dulled by 6 months non-riding - the beneficiaries will be the ones waiting for an organ transplant.

^It's hateful as much as I love seeing bikes out again - having never stopped riding myself I'd say I'm fairly "sharp" and up to speed. 3 weeks or so until the NW200, so everyones a Michael Dunlop

He wasn't a nutter, just bad positioning behind the van, couldn't see the road ahead, and rather than giving a quick blast to get past the van before the brow of the hill, he just bimbled past it, if a car had been coming the other way he'd have had no where to go

Sir Trev
21-04-18, 01:02 PM
The cafe at my local Triumph dealer is now closed. Heck of a shame as it did very nice food and was a nice stopping off point when out and about. Even though it is TFEST 2018 this weekend they don't have any catering on the go, so not surprisingly nobody's hanging around to buy anything :(

I went home instead and Lady Poppy made me a bacon sarnie to make up for it. Hoorah.

maviczap
21-04-18, 03:13 PM
More stupid drivers. came of the dual carriage way slip road, and then took the first exit, which is almost a 90 deg bend, bushes on the side of the road, but I see the rear of a tipper van, so slow down, thinking there's someone in front of him.

No the stupid **** has stop on the blind corner to answer his phone!

Lots of traffic come off the dual carriage way at quite a speed, and takes this first exit quite quickly.

Littlepeahead
21-04-18, 04:48 PM
Heat rash on my thighs. This is after a week in Cuba, and the shock to my white wobbly body of being exposed to sunshine after months of winter. The antihistamine and cortisone are helping.

But on the upside, I also experienced the cheesiest chat up line ever while I was away, it's still making me laugh.

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DarrenSV650S
21-04-18, 08:22 PM
My R&G tail tidy has snapped! I noticed it was getting a bit wobbly recently. I was cleaning the bike today and realised it had snapped right off, so had to quickly fit the standard one again before a ride. I don't think I'll be buying any of their stuff again

shiftin_gear98
22-04-18, 02:41 PM
Mine snapped too, whilst on my commute to work one morning. The indicators must have been bouncing all over the place. I repaired mine with a bit of conduit ducting. Needed too so I could ride home. That was about 15000 miles ago.

DarrenSV650S
23-04-18, 09:07 AM
I take it you didn't contact them about it then? I feel like telling them how **** their product is, but they still haven't updated the kit to the newer dorsoduros even though I told them about it 3 years ago. So I'm probably wasting my time

The annoying thing is I can't find the Aprilia kit anywhere now. I think they've stopped making it

shiftin_gear98
23-04-18, 02:12 PM
No I didn't complain, but then I didn't buy it either - the previous owner fitted it - still I was quite annoyed it died the way it did. Without much warning.

Geodude
24-04-18, 06:24 AM
10 years today of being single :(

maviczap
24-04-18, 07:41 AM
10 years today of being single :(

:( Get yourself on Plenty more Fish, it's worked for other single folk I know, and not for the shaggers who use Tinder :D

ophic
24-04-18, 08:25 AM
10 years today of being single :(
Get yourself on Plenty more Fish, it's worked for other single folk I know, and not for the shaggers who use Tinder
Or just get on Tinder. Then this time next year it'll be:
11 years today of being single :sunny::smt044:viking::alien::pirat:=D> :smt119 \\:D/:smt117

Teejayexc
24-04-18, 03:25 PM
10 years today of being single :(



I 'would' but you're not my type! :safe:

Geodude
24-04-18, 03:49 PM
Lol thanks for the laugh's all :)

maviczap
24-04-18, 05:09 PM
Yet another corrupted micro SD card in my phone, darn it, now have to copy all my mobile music onto the card. Only good thing is any pictures I wanted to keep are on Flickr

SV650rules
24-04-18, 06:17 PM
Yet another corrupted micro SD card in my phone, darn it, now have to copy all my mobile music onto the card. Only good thing is any pictures I wanted to keep are on Flickr

I learnt the hard way that solid state memory can fail suddenly due to too many read write cycles. I have had a few USB sticks just fail on me (and not cheap ones). I now use more than one - I keep stuff on external hard drive and at least two memory sticks.

Take away message is that if its important to you keep it more than one place, and even better more than two places.

keith_d
25-04-18, 07:56 AM
Yet another corrupted micro SD card in my phone, darn it, now have to copy all my mobile music onto the card. Only good thing is any pictures I wanted to keep are on Grindr

Corrected for you. :-)

Littlepeahead
25-04-18, 08:11 AM
Last night was a shocker on the trains. Got to Stratford which is one stop on from Liverpool St where we start, and after a short delay they asked over the PA if there were any drivers travelling on our train. When no one was - although I said I could give it a go as I can't see it being that hard - they booted us off the train. I reckon the first driver was ill. Then the next one was full and the third one ran late. Then I couldn't find my bus ticket, though the driver let me on without paying again. Got home almost an hour later than planned very fed up.

DarrenSV650S
25-04-18, 08:26 AM
No I didn't complain, but then I didn't buy it either - the previous owner fitted it - still I was quite annoyed it died the way it did. Without much warning.

I emailed them a picture and got this reply

We have recently become aware of fatigue issues with this assembly at reasonably high mileage and have updated the material specification.



If you send me your address, I can send you the updated kit as soon as possible.

No proof of purchase required :O

shiftin_gear98
25-04-18, 08:46 AM
Result. I think my bodged bracket will outlast the rest of the bike.
It's also covered in so much crud that they wouldn't recognise it as theirs.
I can't be arsed to take it off and clean it.

maviczap
25-04-18, 08:55 AM
I learnt the hard way that solid state memory can fail suddenly due to too many read write cycles. I have had a few USB sticks just fail on me (and not cheap ones). I now use more than one - I keep stuff on external hard drive and at least two memory sticks.

Take away message is that if its important to you keep it more than one place, and even better more than two places.

My important stuff is backed up in more than one place, and I've helped more than one person in recovering stuff from broken Hdd's, so I'm fully aware of electronic stuff failing.

I'm just fed up with micro SD's failing in my phone or tablet, usually when the phone has had a brain fart

Corrected for you. :-)

Now now :smt027 :smt027

Sir Trev
25-04-18, 09:09 AM
Last night was a shocker on the trains. Got to Stratford which is one stop on from Liverpool St where we start, and after a short delay they asked over the PA if there were any drivers travelling on our train. When no one was - although I said I could give it a go as I can't see it being that hard - they booted us off the train.

Not fun, although I'm sure you could have driven the train to Chelmsford and then let someone else have a go - it's only accelerate and brake after all...

I got booted off a bus yesterday on my way to drinkines with old workmates. The grumpy blob that was behind the wheel kept turning the engine off, counting to ten and starting it again, revving the knackers off it. After three rounds of this he shuffled off to the office (we were in the bus station at the time) and came back with another blob, this one wearing a very greasy hi viz and even greasier overalls, with whom he had a heated discussion about brake pressure. There must have been 30 of us on the bus waiting to go and this produced some odd looks, even the bloke with the slurred swear words who had been ranting to himself and who stank like a brewery carpet was starting to get nervous. The hi viz blob caved in after five minutes and we were shunted to another bus, much to the annoyance of the people waiting to get on it as it was scheduled to be another service going in a different direction. I hate busses. Needless to say I got a taxi back.

Littlepeahead
25-04-18, 10:42 AM
My bus this morning drove straight past the station and then didn't stop until the next stop along. The driver said no one pushed the bell. Firstly the bell wasn't working, secondly every person who had bought a ticket had said they wanted a single or return to the station!

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Sir Trev
25-04-18, 03:02 PM
Tomorrow morning (and every day afterwards I suggest) get everyone to shout "DING!" just before the station, just in case the bell is still broken. Whoever is closest can also hold up a sign saying "Bus Stopping" so the driver can see it. Trouble is the driver will then moan about being distracted...