Forum: Idle Banter
08-03-17, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,988
Re: International Men's Day
I imagine the main reason there isn't an International Men's Day is that we never get round to organising it...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
22-02-17, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,389
Re: Short story
Thanks again for the input.
Alternator seems OK, so the key suspect has to be the reg/rec, so I've bitten the bullet and ordered an Electrex one.
In the meantime I've taken the opportunity to...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
16-02-17, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,389
Re: Short story
Thanks for your help guys.
Last time I did a leakage test it was virtually nothing - certainly less than 0.1mA - so I was curious why it should have increased, even though it's still relatively...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
13-02-17, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,389
Short story
Short of money, short of time, and now I suspect there's a short on the bike...
2001 SV650, owned from new, had reg/rec replaced a couple of years back (but only about 1500 miles ago). New one...
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-06-16, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 1,377
Views: 577,417
Re: The Comedy Club - Think up some new jokes
In order to bring some sense back to the Brexit debate, I thought I’d take a look at what the UK was like in 1972, the last year that the UK was outside the European Union (or EEC as it was then),...
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-06-16, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 1,377
Views: 577,417
Re: The Comedy Club - Think up some new jokes
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a pub...
to watch Wales play in the quarter-finals.
(alternatively, given the week's other big story...)
An Englishman, an Irishman...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
10-03-16, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,753
Re: Newbie Helmet Fit - Is this normal?
That happened to me once, but because I was in a rush I ignored it. I must have spent nearly ten minutes frantically looking for my bike key until it dawned on me that the two things might be...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
03-03-16, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,242
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Forum: Idle Banter
15-01-16, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 1,377
Views: 577,417
Re: The Comedy Club - Think up some new jokes
Having lived in the little village of Abject Poverty for some time, since moving from Chaos, I haven't done a lot of travelling. In my younger days I always dreamed that by now I would be living in...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-06-15, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,539
Re: Lane hoggers beware
Determining the specific genus and species was a bit difficult given that its face and its @rse were fused together at that point, but when I told this story to a friend who knows a bit about these...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-06-15, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,539
Re: Lane hoggers beware
Thanks for the clarification, guys.
I'd sooner breach a technical rule and be safe, than put myself in danger just to ensure I followed the rules to the letter - I'm not German...:wink:...
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-06-15, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,539
Re: Lane hoggers beware
I only rarely use motorways, but have often wondered what the best solution is when this happens. In this circumstance it would seem much more dangerous for everyone to move to lane four than to...
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Forum: Idle Banter
09-06-15, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,224
Re: 12 foot trampoline for sale
There was an advert in our local paper a few months back for a 12' trampoline - described as "in good condition, but no legs..."
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Forum: Idle Banter
15-05-15, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 558
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
12-05-15, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 4,605
Re: Why is the SV such a great bike?
Had mine from new for 14 years.
For me, it's every bike you could ever want - it'll commute; it'll get a wiggle on when you want it to; you can leave it as standard if you are that way inclined,...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-04-15, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 1,377
Views: 577,417
Re: The Comedy Club - Think up some new jokes
A mate of mine is a landscape gardener and he's having a terrible time lately.
Last month, he had an accident with a chainsaw and chopped off the ends of both his feet.
Then last week, his...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-04-15, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 1,377
Views: 577,417
Re: The Comedy Club - Think up some new jokes
I got chatting to this attractive French girl the other day.
“What do you do for a living?” I asked.
She replied, “I am, how you say, a specialist in etiquette.”
Turned out she was a...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
29-01-15, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,999
Re: is there something wrong with me or my bike?
Many years ago, on a cold and frosty January morning, I remember a work colleague calling me a wuss (or words to that effect) because I had taken the bus, whilst he had ridden in.
I next saw him...
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Forum: Idle Banter
09-01-15, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 393
Rod Taylor RIP
Rod Taylor, famous for his role inAlfred Hitchcock's1963 thriller The Birds has died of a heart attack at the age of 84.
...according to Twitter...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-12-14, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,227,620
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-12-14, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 1,377
Views: 577,417
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-12-14, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 6,396
Views: 1,509,400
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
If you can catch this article before they realise and update it - the photos and narrative go out of sync from photo 7 to photo 60 making for some very interesting captions - the lovely Kate O'Mara...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
26-11-14, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 881
Re: Curvy ignition barrel replacement?
I had the same issue with my 2001 SV.
As maviczap suggests, use some specialist graphite lock lube or powder on a regular basis.
In the meantime, once you have inserted the key, push it up...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
03-11-14, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,878
Re: The (biking) bucket list
Main attraction of Route 66 for me is that there are plenty of escorted tours to ease you into the quirks of riding stateside, before embarking on a longer solo tour. Biggest downside for me is that...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
29-10-14, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,878
Re: The (biking) bucket list
Excellent idea for a thread – although putting it in terms of “biking summers” is a bit sobering – I’ve done 37 already…
Still, set me thinking, so off the top of my head:
Done:
· IAM...
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