Booby trap for local thieves? Wire the frame up to the mains and wait. When you come out in the morning, and the bike is surrounded by semi dead scallies, you were just trying to charge the battery weren't you? YKIMS --
Had a very nice day today. Started by installing one of those heater tubes in the shed to keep the Zephyr comfortable during these cold winter nights. Then turned my attention to the poor old TS50. Poor little bugger has been sat in the garden since miladdo got the NSR, so I thought I best fettle it a bit today. Battery was flat so gave it a damn good charging, fixed the broken indicator and removed the bloody neon tubes from under the rear mudguard. Having lavished so much attention on it, it only seemed fair to give it some hoonage, so off we went. Unfortunately it keeps cutting out, and the only thing which makes it come back to life is violently jiggling the handlebars, so if you see an oversized chap on an undersized bike, jiggling the bars like a ****, you'll know it's me. I think the problem must be some crap in the carbs, or even a spot of water in the petrol (any other suggestions woulod be much appreciated). Anyway, decision time, do I sell the wee beastie, or keep it for my daughter (she was 15 last week). I really don't want to sell it, but realistically have nowhere to keep it. -- 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)
Dynamic wrote The best bait is a pallet. You just try leaving an empty pallet outside your house for a whole week. It simply can't be done. It is a great way to dispose of any you have no use for.
Cab says... Our Head Office address is Pallet Hill. I've never seen a pallet there, so it must be true.
Heh, good idea, but we live in the non-scrote side of town. -- 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)
My brother did a tour in Aden - some time ago. He swore the best way to get rid of rubbish was leave it just outside the door in a bag. John
Having just had a discussion about this with the lad, we are both of the opinion it's electric rather than fuel. All the main connectors are behind the headlight / instrument cowl, so I guess that'll be my next port of call. It's definitely not the kill switch, that didn't work when we got the bike, and was later converted to switch on the neons (gah) which I removed today. -- 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)
It's a teenage thing (apparently). Fortunately it doesn't look like the neons are going to make an appearance on the NSR, he now seems more interested in gash stick-on carbon fibre look plastic, and iridium screen. -- 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)
I would be very happy if he moved in next door but one, as that would mean that the shower of excressence currently domiciled there would have moved out. -- 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)
Dan L says... Still got the Chinks in there? My sister has some middle aged Chinese people living next door to her in their quite posh cul de sac, they are a pain in the arse. Last week my nephew and his mates were skateboarding off a home-made ramp on the road at the end of the close they live in. Fuq Me and her hubby jumped into the car and drove down the drive then made a slight deviation right at the kids and through the ramp they'd built. They could quite easily have driven around it, in fact they went out of their way to drive over it as the ramp was outside my sister's house, not theirs. My nephew knew what they are like and gave them enough room to get out. When they got back to find the broken pieces of the ramp at the side of the road outside their house, they went mad and the woman attempted to hit my nephew when he answered the door. My nephew is 13 and quite big built, he managed to dodge the blow then physically removed her from the property while threatening to break her husbands legs at the same time. What they don't know is that my nephew has been doing one of their daughters for the past year or so, she's 15. Or maybe they do!
Well, one was fucked, so it's now in the wheely bin, and the other is destined to gather dust on a shelf in the shed. You thinking of installing neons on the MZ then Steve? -- 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)
<snip tale of eastern aggro> Fraid so mate. It all kicked off a couple of weeks back when they decided to mail the whole street with a document they had produced which contained the most outrageous lies about my next door neighbours. SWMBO went mad, we both went round to hammer on the gates and the police were called. The cowardly fucker wouldn't open the gates, merely stood in his upstairs window taking photos of me. Anyway, the cunts have now been served with an anti harassment notice, so that should focus their attention for the time being. -- 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)
Dan L says... Molotov cocktails and things exploding on their driveway should do it. If that fails I know a man with a big gun who needs a few quid.
