it's jinxed, I tell you

darsy wrote

Betcha they will be back for the booze. I have never met a scrote who
wasn't also a wino.

 

you wouldn't have thought so, no. To be fair, the R65 doesn't appear to
have been crashed either.

 

But, crucially, wasn't the clutch alright until you got it?
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Please add "imo" to above post.
Champ
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8
Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com

 

Oh, yeah. It is partially fucked, though, which was what I meant.

 

true, true. But the reason the clutch is fucked, is because the carbs
were causing over-revving, requiring a lot of clutch slip.

The carb problem pre-dates my ownership of the bike.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

It fucking doesn't matey. That bike was running fine when you got it, in
fact it had just had new float needles fitted to stop one of them
overflowing.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

*chomp*

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

What*ever*

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

darsy says...

Champ's influence

 

Utterly unspeakable cunts.

Hanging's too good for 'em.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

No, you can put it in gear; the neutral indicator goes out, and the
wheel locks with the engine so you can't push it. But pulling the
clutch lever in doesn't free up the back wheel.

The lever feels as before. However, and this is the possibility I'm
hoping is the case - the lever is pretty badly bent towards the grip -
I'm thinking maybe that even pulled fully in so the lever is touching
the grip, the amount of bend means the clutch isn't fully disengaged
(or is it engaged, I can never remember).

 

darsy wrote:
[snip]

an update. Had the SOCO out this morning. He pointed out something that
should have been fundamentally hyper-obvious vis-a-vis the security
arrangements on my garage doors. He was in full approval of the new
hasp/latch I bought and fitted yesterday to replace the rubbish one
that the scrotes managed to jemmy off. And he liked the look of the new
circle-type padlock I got to replace the crappy u-lock.

However, and though he said it probably wouldn't be an issue for random
kids looking for a joy ride, he pointed out that a professional bike
thief would be rather chuffed that the hinges on the garage doors are
mounted and screwed on on the *outside*.

So, I need to get 4 x bolts per door (2 top, 2 bottom) into the
concrete floor/door frame respectively.

It's going to be a pain in the arse getting in and out!

 

I meant to address this point earlier.

The area in which I live is at the edge of a "well do to" area. Where
we are is "quite nice", and "good" in terms of crime-rate, school
league table performance, etc.

However, one of the problems with living in London is that no matter
how nice an area you are in, there is always somewhere shitty within a
couple of miles at the most.

 

darsy wrote:
[snip garage security]

There always has to be some sort of a compromise. I have
a garage with space for a car parked in front of it but there's
no driveway as such. I occasionally get idiots parking in
this space while they go shopping or whatever, thus blocking
the garage. This despite there being a large "private: no parking"
sign.[1]

One option I have is to put in a removable or hinged post but
that means having to move it every time I want to get the car
in or out of the garage. I think that for the number of times
the garage gets blocked it's probably not worth doing it and
then needing to remove the thing every time.

[1] It's really amazing how people react when you point
out that a) they're on private land and b) they've blocked
access to a garage. On one occasion I called the police
as I needed the car, couldn't get in the garage and didn't
know what to do. When they said they couldn't do much
about it[2] I suggested smasing the window and pushing it
out the way. Their reply was that I'd have to do it "while
they weren't looking". It was around this point the owner
turned up but trying to get an apology out of them
was difficult until one of the coppers suggested that if
they didn't apologise they might be subject to some
"pretty stringent vehicle checks" once they drove onto
the road.

[2] They said they could called up a van to try to tow it but
the positioning of the garage, the space and a wall in front
doesn't make this an easy option.

 

If there are 3 or 4 of you.... Bounce it..

Ideally into a corner that can't be driven out of.

 

I've never been in that situation, but if I had no other choice, I
wouldn't think twice about braking the car window and pushing it off my
property.

 

Of course, one can select a gear from neutral without the clutch.

I think this is probably the prime candidate. A few quid on a pattern
lever should see you right.
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Please add "imo" to above post.
Champ
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8
Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com

 

This is the thing with being security conscious, and contributory to
the Blaney-stance on such things, to which I mostly subscribe - there
comes a point when you are inconvieniencing yourself so much against
the threat of an event that you might actually be better off
acknowledging that the event may occassionally happen.

My new place is in a "vary nace" square that is cheek-by-jowl with
pikey-central. The garage has much better security than I had
previously (internal bolts), and I'm trying to get into the habit of
ensuring that I use them every time.
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Please add "imo" to above post.
Champ
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8
Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com

 

yes. I know.

hopefully. I'll bend the current one out, and see if it fixes the
problem this evening.

 

I'm sure and it has been considered.
However, you wouldn't get the car out of the way without it
being on full lock so once inside the car you'd need to break
the steering lock as well and I don't know if that's easy or not.

ASCII art time - god knows how this'll come out is I'm posting
from Google Groups.

|1|2|
|4 3|
-----
5
=====6
1 - neighbour's garage with wall on lhs.
2 - my garage with wall on rhs
3 - place where idiot's park (chain fence on rhs)
4 - neighbour's car (never in garage) with wall on lhs
5 - residential side road - not particularly wide
6 - wall

And I'm sure a criminal damage charge could be on the cards,
regardless of the circumstances.

Ginge's 'bumping' option would be the best next time
it happens if I can get enough manpower.