Price differences

Price tends to vary a bit but only by about £10. He reckons he sells
them to racers at trade but I'm sure he makes a few quid. Just make
sure you tell them you race if you use them.

 

Oh bollox. The whole reason for my reply was to give the number...

01274 532777 ask for nigel

 

Cuntybollox wrote:

It might surprise you to know I can do these.

I, however, draw the line at removing wheels.

The chain issue is the alignment/tension - not HOW to do it. i seem to get
one or both wrong (too tight looks right to me) and as a result chain loses
it's o-rings.

Therefore I know my limits and now don't do it.

Changing a fuse != whipping a wheel out without the bike falling over.

 

If you're ever in Brighton, apart from look me up anyway, I'll show you
how to adjust a chain /without/ fucking it up and what the proper tension
looks like.

Loose is the short answer.

 

Because I don't have the equipment to do a good job. I wouldn't be
comfortable doing a bodge as I value my bike in it's current state and see
no reason to find new and exciting ways to break the plastics on it for the
sake of it.

Also, removing the wheel would serve no purpose as that doesn't help me
change the tyre.

 

I've never removed a front wheel, and only done a rear wheel once on my
own. I wouldn't even have bothered with that time if I'd had a realistic
alternative. Before then I'd have had to say that I didn't know how to
remove the rear wheel, but it didn't exactly worry me.

 

*sigh* Yes and no.

I'm focussing on the tyre changing because that is what matters to me.

I see your point about gaining experience because it would serve me well in
the long run. Don't disagree, but TBH, I don't have the inclination, time or
need to practice removing the wheels on my bike, or dismantling.

There you go.

 

Just to be clear, I was entirely confident that I could take the rear
wheel out, with assistance[1] from the Book of Lies. It's just spanners
and stuff, and a bit of brute force.[2] I expect the front'd be the same.

[1] Actually, not a lot of assistance and it seemed to be trying to make
it harder work, without actually telling you how the **** to get the thing
lined up to get the axle in again, which was the only difficult bit, so I
largely ignored it.
[2] Quite a lot, actually. I expect that means I did it wrong and it'll
all fall apart on the motorway one day.

 

Cuntybollox wrote:

I just lay down in bed and it happens.

 

Simple instructions eh? Yes the instructions are very simple. Just not very
useful.

Getting the adjusters to line up - not quite so simple, or rather very
simple when the main nut is loose - but then they both move when it's done
up - thus changing the alignment and the tension of the chain.

Then there is the question of the slack - the GSX-R manual actually says
20-30mm - but it shows it in BOTH directions - ie up and down combined -
which is what I did - and that was, obviously, way too tight.

So in a phrase, **** off with your condescension.

What number engine are you on now?

Maybe on your bike changing the tyre pressure is like adjusting the chain -
it isn't on mine.

What is with this "I'm so manly, I can do stuff to my bike" approach? FFS -
just because you're so gung-ho that you can single-handedly **** up your
bike, sorry 'undertake servicing and repairs', why does that mean I should
feel the slightest bit inclined to the do same - especially when it costs
virtually nothing as part of a service.

You make your choice, I make mine.

 

Of late, I just sit down in front of the telly and it happens.
Then I wake up at 5 am. :-(

 

You lucky bastard.

 

I've always been a good sleeper. I get to sleep within about a minute
of getting into bed. I never wake up in the night: I sleep until my
alarm goes off, or I've had enough sleep. Job done.

 

You're very lucky.

I tend to lie awake for in excess of an hour with my mind churning
things over, I frequently wake tired around 5AM, still needing more
sleep.

 

I know. You know what else - apart from, and despite being overweight
- my BP is bang on normal, my cholesterol is fine, and I'm /never/
ill; so I reckon I'm really fucking healthy.

Probably drop dead next week.

Poor ****.

 

Now - you still have youth on your side. Take it from someone who has
been complacent and whose health is now not all it could be. While you
can make those small but sensible adjustments to trim the weight a bit
and exercise a bit more. Nothing huge but just make it a habit now so
you don't face the fear and hassle of much bigger adjustments later in
life.

Doubtful but there's no need to shorten your expectancy either.

 

No I don't. I'm old.

 

Oh, I have plenty of stress, I assure you. It's just that it doesn't
affect my sleep; nothing does.

 

You're younger than me...

 

With considerably fewer significant achievements. Jeez, that makes me
feel even worse.