Forum: Idle Banter
Yesterday, 08:32 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
06-11-24, 10:40 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-11-24, 11:32 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Yet many of those pro-life fundamentalists are happy to allow lax firearms legislation, so that it's OK to carry firearms and shoot and kill people.
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Forum: The Border Patrol
29-10-24, 05:14 PM
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
29-10-24, 01:27 PM
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Re: ignition timing a Matchless G9
Heh, takes me back to setting the points & timing on my Suzuki triples :D Suzis were less fussy than Yamaha twins or Kawa triples when it came to timing, but it was still worth taking the time to...
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-10-24, 07:39 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-10-24, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 4,394
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Re: The All New Megathread
Morning Gary. Wet here too. Did get a nice spin on the bike yesterday, albeit with a reminder of how easily things can end in tears: halfway round a bend on the Cat & Fiddle road, there was a good...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
24-10-24, 12:22 PM
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Views: 1,712
Re: Newtown and back
Nice!
Just back from a spin out to the Ponderosa via Whitchurch & Llangollen, and back home via Ruthin and round Chester.
Vale Crucis abbey and the hills around the pass were beautiful in the...
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-10-24, 07:15 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
As the Hebrew calendar places creation at 3760 BC, it's possible that there were still some dinosaurs around when Jesus was born, so it's not as far-fetched as you'd think! ;):)
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-10-24, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 11,436
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I would strongly recommend trying to avoid that. During my diagnosis the urologist took 10 samples from different areas of the prostate, 12 needles each time. I've never known pain like it.
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-10-24, 07:57 AM
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Re: The All New Megathread
Similarly, heading through the Cheshire / Wales border country on Friday, I was surprised how many fields were completely underwater (and how much run-off there was across the roads, which meant...
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-10-24, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 11,436
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
GPs do seem to dislike doing PSAs, yet it is an important diagnostic indicator that's used all the time by actual oncology specialists for monitoring the progress of patients with prostate cancer. ...
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-10-24, 10:53 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
A very wise move. I would strongly recommend any male over the age of 50 has a PSA test, simply because early detection gives the widest range of treatment options and the best outcomes.
I was...
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Forum: Idle Banter
18-10-24, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 4,394
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Re: The All New Megathread
Went to the Ponderosa today, arrived about 10:30 and was very surprised to find I was the only bike in the car park. I don't recall that ever happening before ... a couple of bikes turned up while I...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
16-10-24, 11:21 AM
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Re: CB1000 Hornet
That is VERY cheap, when you consider the CB750 Hornet twin's list price is £7,299 (and a GSX8S is listed at £8,200)! A lot of bike for the money, 77ft-lb is a lot of grunt too.
It's a pity that...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
15-10-24, 12:35 PM
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Re: Last chance to buy a new SV
It's a shame, but 25+ years of the same basic engine design is pretty good going. It must be quite a profitable bike for Suzuki, as the costs of the tooling etc for the engine must have been...
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-10-24, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 4,394
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Re: The All New Megathread
I got a lot of that mud on my bike, farmers have been farming a LOT around here and plastering crap all over the roads ...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
12-10-24, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 7
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Re: When I'm 64: my Gen 3 SV after 64,000 miles
Agreed, but very close inspection of the ceramic around the centre electrodes on all the used MR8E plugs I've replaced has shown no evidence of cracking / breaking-up / erosion.
In my 2017...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
12-10-24, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 7
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When I'm 64: my Gen 3 SV after 64,000 miles
Yesterday, my 2017 Gen 3 hit 64,000 miles, which a lot of people regard as a high mileage for a bike. I bought it with 1,400 miles on the clock from a Suzuki dealer (it had been their demonstrator)...
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Forum: Idle Banter
11-10-24, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 4,394
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Re: The All New Megathread
Still marvelling at last night's Aurora (https://forums.sv650.org/showpost.php?p=3144838&postcount=35). I've never seen the lights before, for over 20 minutes we were in our garden, turning this way...
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Forum: Photos
11-10-24, 07:18 AM
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
09-10-24, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 2,819
Views: 920,332
Re: What have you tinkered with today?
How many miles do you get out of a chain & sprocket set, Gary? I replaced the factory chain & sprox on my Gen 3 at 44,000 miles, although I really should have replaced them at around 40K. The chain...
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Forum: Idle Banter
09-10-24, 08:44 AM
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Re: Hurricane Milton
The death toll from Helene is already 225 and rising, and even Biden is saying that people in Tampa and surrounding regions should evacuate 'as a matter of life and death.'
Can you imagine such...
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Forum: Idle Banter
08-10-24, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 4,394
Views: 3,058,492
Re: The All New Megathread
That's a nice piece, Gary. Our daughter visited yesterday and we had a lovely walk out to the hills. Red ivy leaves were aflame in the sun on the side of a farmhouse, while two buzzards made lazy...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
07-10-24, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 2,819
Views: 920,332
Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Did a general inspection yesterday, which I like to do ahead of winter when I'm riding less: checked the plug gaps (all still within spec 11,000 miles after fitting), hoovered the air-filter and...
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