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Boy you sure told us all...how stupid and incompetant you are at
anything resembling motorcycle maintinence anyway. You keep talking
like this and you'll make the comments about stupid americans sound
true. You idiot.

 

LOL You own me a keyboard cleaning...turkish coffee EVERYWHERE! <sigh>

 

stop being a yes man...

 

On Jan 9, 9:34 am, (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
SNIP

That's nice if one is doing a proper restoration (meaning you'll
drive the platers insane when they don't get the zinc right and you
send the bits back) but if I want things easier to work on and hold I
replace those side screws with hex headed screws, it's also much
easier to get the right size l x dia and pitch. But I've never been
one to worry about looks...generally I only see a motorcycle when I'm
about to get on it OR working on it. I don't even polish the cases.

 

Oh yeah, Jap toolkits were never noted for their quality. But on an old
classic like that it's nice to have the OE toolkit, in its tray, and the
OE handbook as well.

 

Yes...

*DAMN*

I mean: OK.

 

Not in Everwett, by any chance? ;-)

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It's not necessary to change brake fluid that often, because my
motorcycles do not sit outdoors in the weather and it's very dry
around here.

I had to change brake fluid and flush out the system on two used cars
that were either caught in floods or the previous owners forded
streams with them.

 

But twenty-two years?

 

Hey, this is *not* England. The climate is *gentle* on vehicles.

I bought a pickup truck, brand new, and drove it for 20 years and
120,000 miles before it needed a brake job, new brake hoses and a
brake fluid change.

The mechanic who did the work couldn't believe the excellent condition
of the vehicle after all those years.

There was still adequate front brake pad material, but the rear brake
shoes were just starting to wear through to the metal.

No, it is not my "daily driver", I only use it when I have something
to haul.

I had to add 2 ounces of fluid to the clutch master cylinder when the
truck had
150,000 miles on it...

 

I've that also. 8^) The ORIGINAL not a reprint.

 

keep justifying...you are still incorrect. AAMOF sitting in the garage
is WORSE than riding in the rain. But you aren't smart enough nor
educated enough to understand way, after all you are a loony.

ROTFLMAO

 

<Headmaster>
That is STILL a form of yes and an improper one at that...2 weeks
detention and no puddign for a month, maybe THAT will straighten you
out.

 

okay smarty, you keep believing your own bullshit. Dry desert air is
just as hard on brake fluid as wet climates...not that I've experience
with either or lived in either type of environs or owned vehicles from
those types of enviroment. Oh know I couldn't possibly have the the
experience much less education to deal with the issues...

ROTFLMAO you really are a stupid loony tune fruitcake you know that?

 

Was, but I picked up the wing in Tacoma (oh the aroma...smells like
hops brewing) 8^) could be. Granted I've dealt with heavier rain when
riding in central texas than I ever saw while living in washington.
<shudder> one time it was less than 25m visibility (yes it was
raining that hard) and traffic was going 55mph whilst I was going
60mph...unlike them I wasn't having issues AND really it wasn't that
bad. 8^) Now days I just ride the rocky mountain front, gttsr is right
out the back door, all sorts of fun. Like riding around slow assed
CBX's that are scared of getting their restored chrome and aluminium
bits scratch on the tarmac...much less impaled on the wildlife. Lolo
pass isn't even a half days ride away for me.

 

Snap.

(It's a bit worrying, admitting that we have this in common).

Seriously, though, I've collected a lot of 400 Four ephemera over the
years. Original brochures, factory manual and parts book, some US
advertisments, original magazines with the first roadtests, a couple of
*amazing* miniature Japanese-made models (about the size of a penny),
a Tamiya model kit (still unmade - I've been debating whether to build
it or not, and have decided the only thing to do is buy a second kit,
build one and keep the other unbuilt), other odds & sods.

I have the original warranty and service book... a huge file of
paperwork relating to the bike.

It just goes on and on.

 

If he is all that you say he is then I should try to meet him!

I think I'll go to London during the 2012 Olympics and invite him out
for a pint. The would be a pint of the english brews and I am not
familiar with any of them.

I should practice on them here before drinking them their. Where can
you buy english beers or ales here in Minneapolis MN, the Land of
ZATAMM?

Biker Dude

 

Well you could look for Newcastle Brown ale or Bass ale (reputedly the
oldest trademark in GB) can't recall if Harp is english or irish
though...pretty sure it's english. Not going to look it up
though...it'll do you some good to look up english beers imported to
america and find out which one your local distributer has on hand.

 

That's because you're brain dead...

 

The bottle isn't the same. The Newcastle bottle has built-in a
temperature indicator
that tells you when it's chilled enough for normal humans to drink
without grimacing from the bitterness.

If you can drink Newky Broon that hasn't been chilled below 50 degrees
F, your taste buds are *dead*.