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Old 14-05-18, 05:05 PM   #5751
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Contracts that arent worth the paper they are written on. Im not dancing so go find another partner

In those immortal words of Cheryl.. Im worth it!
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Old 14-05-18, 06:50 PM   #5752
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Contracts that arent worth the paper they are written on. Im not dancing so go find another partner

In those immortal words of Cheryl.. Im worth it!
Know the feeling. The sound of incredulity when I tell the agent that just rang me up "no, I am not interested in a contract a good two hours drive each way for 75% of the day rate I have already told you is my minimum". When they start to protest that it's a great opportunity and a wonderful company to work for I have to bite my tongue to stop myself from laughing down the phone at them.
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Old 15-05-18, 05:42 PM   #5753
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They don't make oil filters like they used to. 13,500 miles and my HF138 shot the oil out the front through all the rust.

Cue the obvious posts about changing filters.
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Old 15-05-18, 06:09 PM   #5754
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They don't make oil filters like they used to. 13,500 miles and my HF138 shot the oil out the front through all the rust.

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You should have painted it with hammerite. They last at least 30000 miles that way.
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Old 15-05-18, 06:45 PM   #5755
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Of course. ACF50 didn't do the job.

It dumped the oil at about 550pm. I had no oil and no replacement filter I need the bike at 7am

I can't say enough nice words about the bike shop that helped me out at the last minute.
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Old 15-05-18, 08:32 PM   #5756
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They don't make oil filters like they used to. 13,500 miles and my HF138 shot the oil out the front through all the rust.

Cue the obvious posts about changing filters.
i'll bite.

you do know how an oil filter works?

obviously not so i'll tell you. an oil filter has a paper element that catches particles that would potentially harm your engine over time. when the filter gets old and clogged up the popper valve opens due to the increased oil pressure. when this happens you get unfiltered oil circulating inside your engine e.g. no filtering of the oil.

now does that sound like cost saving?
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Old 15-05-18, 08:38 PM   #5757
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i'll bite.

you do know how an oil filter works?

obviously not so i'll tell you. an oil filter has a paper element that catches particles that would potentially harm your engine over time. when the filter gets old and clogged up the popper valve opens due to the increased oil pressure. when this happens you get unfiltered oil circulating inside your engine e.g. no filtering of the oil.

now does that sound like cost saving?
Lol. What's the recommend service life, 8k miles if memory serves.
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Old 15-05-18, 10:14 PM   #5758
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10,500 miles, so I'm not ridiculously over.

Have you ever wondered how service frequencies are determined? Suzuki base theirs on a research paper carried out in America on the frequency of mechanical failure of bikes on the public roads. That research was completed 42 years ago. Is known as 'according to EPA regulations." The schedules do not reflect the advances of the last 42 years.

Book maintenance schedules are always too frequent. It's a butt covering exercise by the people who write them. I'm a fan of monitoring condition and maintaining only when needed.

We all know it. Who changes the radiator hoses every 4 years? Why do you fit a Scottoiler?

I've done probably 260,000 miles on various SVs and rarely find any particles in the oil when it is changed and I check it for sediment out of the filter when it does get changed and also for appearance in bright light. Never had a valve out of tolerance either, so gave up on that.
Maintenance induced failure (it really is a thing) is seen too frequently. (They did the service and now it doesn't work properly)

Conversely the manual won't tell you the clutch lifter will fail at around 65,000 miles, or the coils at about 90k.
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Old 16-05-18, 07:00 AM   #5759
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Woke up this morning and realised my wedding ring isn't on my finger. REALLY ****ED OFF.
I have no idea when it went missing. I never take it off. Gutted, feel a bit sick. As well as livid.


I wouldn't suggest getting on a motorbike 2 mins after you realise something like this.
This morning was a full on rage ride.
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Old 16-05-18, 07:44 AM   #5760
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2 gripes from me today

1, customers who don't pay you on time
2, customers who expect you to be able to plumb in a bathroom with nothing other than a hand drawn plan with no measurements and no furniture i.e taps, toilet actually chosen but they want all the pipes buried in walls/under the floor
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