Forum: Idle Banter
11-09-24, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 357,996
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
26-08-24, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,989
Re: Engine Noisy, died and wont start
Bare basics-----You hear nasty mechanical noises and carry on for a few miles while noise gets worse then it just stops and won't turn over. Likely engine is fubared which is not unheard of with...
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-08-24, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 888
Re: Bye bye Twitter/X
I was never on it but as a general point there must be something wrong with any platform with so much power being in the hands of one individual, whoever that is.
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-07-24, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 6,495
Views: 6,296,824
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
30-05-24, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,704
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-05-24, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,849
Re: Voting
Indeed, or you can spoil your ballot if you feel strongly about it which would be a political statement too but mandatory voting would be illiberal in my view. There is already too much...
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-05-24, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,849
Re: Voting
I don't think it should be mandatory as not voting is actually a political act in itself. It says to the powerful that they can largely not bother with those who don't vote and concentrate their...
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-04-24, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,510
Re: It's HMRC gripe time again
9 minutes, is that all? When I had to deal with them last year the best I got was 35 minutes and more often 45 or so. Things must be getting better!
:smt046
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
31-03-24, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,269
Re: Euro 5+ article
Most of us probably accept the need for regulating emissions from motor vehicles but I cant help feeling we have had all the low hanging fruit and got rid of the smoky diesels (two strokes) and big...
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-03-24, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,771
Re: Warship
It would make for very poor telly if everything worked and nothing ever went wrong though. They recently showed a repeat of the one of HMS Brave from about 25 years ago and there was the one of HMS...
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-03-24, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,161
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
15-09-23, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,770
Re: What is acceptable?
Kawasaki had issues when they swapped from carbs to Fi in the early 2000s with snatchy throttle response. I rode a carby ZX9R which was smooth as silk and a mate bought a new Z 1000Fi. I thought it...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
15-04-23, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 19,494
Re: running on one
Did you ever take the choke plungers out and make sure they are free and working? The front one is awkward to get at and they are very often the source of running issues on the carb model.
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
05-04-23, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,362
Re: New member, a few questions!
Lots of European imports from that era as they were cheaper. I had one and it had a Km speedo. Mods were available to convert them to MPH but I never bothered. They were not restricted as sold new.
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-02-23, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 874
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Forum: Idle Banter
27-12-22, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,882
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
21-11-22, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,267
Re: New GSX-8S announced
It will need a fender extenda too or the engine will get covered in crud. They all do though dont they?
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-10-22, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 741
Re: What a farce..
Never mind, Boris is flying back from his hols so we can have groundhog day all over again.
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-10-22, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 741
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
16-10-22, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,083
Re: Floppy clutch lever?
If you need to readjust so soon then something must be unadjusting itself. IE something is moving that shouldnt be.Lock nuts not locking or the worm drive is fubared allowing it to collapse a bit...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
07-10-22, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 652
RIP Phil Read
Died yesterday aged 83.
I think he was the only rider to win 125, 250 and 500 world championships.
A really nice guy too.
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
08-09-22, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 898
Re: other forums
Agreed. The days of active forums like this and others used to be are over. It seems people would rather exist in tiny echo chambers on faceache or wherever.
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-08-22, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 520
Re: dollar pound exchange rate.
When I first went to the USA in the 1970s we got two dollars to the pound. I didnt earn much as a dogsbody on a cargo ship but we still had a hoot.
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-07-22, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 927
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Forum: Idle Banter
06-07-22, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 3,006
Re: Tiiiimber!!
Pickfords van seen touting for work in Downing Street.
So who will replace him?
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