That surprised me

I use one of 2 up near Cross Inn, on the road to Aber. There's Dave Bingley
at Perris garage and the other chap, erm, Ceredig Hopkins I think - go to
cross in and turn left, go about a mile. The turn round, come back and take
the *other* left (no, not right, there are 2 roads going left) 'cos you went
down the wrong road. This seems to happen far more often than mere chance
should indicate.

Hopkins is on 01974 272649, Perris garage erm, bugger, seem to have lost the
number, but it'll be in the phone book. Of the 2, Dave Bingley is possibly
more likely to be laid back - I think it depends on what you take there and
whether you're an obvious fettler or just a jump-on-and-ride type with a
plastic rocket who relies on the garage to fix it.

 

I tried that, but the wifey moaned about the holes in the
kitchen door...

 

hehe. This is in a leisure centre.

 

My Facom spanners, the home made special tools, and a couple of the MZ
factory tools; the gudgeon pin remover is a bit of a whizz.

 

I s'pose it's not really a tool, but my favourite 'thing used when
working on bikes' is my haudraulic workbench. It's one of those things
you never really think you /need/ but can't imagine life without once
you've got one.

Second place has to be the 55mm socket for the MV rear wheel nut - it's
just so damn chunky. The mirror-on-a-stick's pretty cool too.

--
Krusty.

http://www.muddystuff.co.uk
http://www.muddystuff.us
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger (FOYRNB) '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250

 

Yes, I have one of those too. And a magnet-onna-stick.

 

The Z200 has a wretchedly ineffective cable disc, and it's been through a
couple of MOTs in my hands, done the brake thing on the roller, been
weighed, passed. The place where I go is very sensible, but they have to do
the full, proper test, by the book.

 

Round here, we mourn the passing of Go-Well Motors of Colliers Wood, the
place that practically did MoTs by post.

My friend Paul once took his utterly horrible old Harley (the engine
worked; nothing else did) round for an MoT.

Quoth the owner/tester/one-man-band bloke:

<deeply impressed>

"Cor, it's got a front disc brake!"

<*tick* on MoT form>

<Cue even deeper voice of amazement>

"An' it's got one om the back, too!"

<tick>

Better still, Paul once took his Matchless 350 round for an MoT, which
it passed. Another friend, Chris, had an AJS 350 which stood no chance
of passing. Tank, panels and number plate were swapped over and the Ajay
was presented, a couple of hours later.

<Bloke, in voice of deepest suspicion>

"I just MoT'd this, didn't I?"

<innocent face>

"Nah, mate, you must be thinking of Paul's Matchless....."

"Oh, fer ****'s sake. OK....."

Sadly, he lost his MoT ticket about six or seven years ago when the
Ministry came round to inspect his facilities and he told them to ****
off.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Loz H

These tales are all very entertaining, but we do have to recognise that
they're also one of the reasons we have to battle with the "computer
says noooo" style of MOTs these days.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of
the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

I'll second that!
(I also remember Vernon from Hughes up the road.)

 

In

Heh, I've put some really dodgy things through MOTs since they've been
computerised;

A Land Rover 90 V8 that still thought it was diesel on the logbook - and
therefore on DVLA records - passed its mot whilst only running on 6
cylinders [1] and with a rear crossmember that was, um, multiple in
locations.

[1] Emissions test was passed on its behalf by a brand new Jag.


--
Pete M - Scouse Git Extraordinaire
Renault Safrane 2.5 Executive,
Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 *For Sale*
OMF#9

"This is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules"

 

Oh yeah, Hughes. Bless.

 

Shame that you need to be able to know how to use all these tools as
well isnt it?.........................Fitted any XS650 cam bearings
recently.................lol

k

 

TOG@Toil came up with the following;:

I have an Air Impact Driver, and a Chisel and shed loads of others (Used to
work for Desoutter) that are all pretty well unbreakable and very satisfying
to use.

Part of my Desoutter 'stuff' was with Georges Renault Electronic Torque
Tightening Equipment .. Torque Wrenches that cost from £10k and go upwards,
mainly for production lines ... After being made redundant, someone forgot
to ask for the samples etc back, and I have a couple of small electronic
wrenches and torque transducers/readers that are the dogs bollocks.and which
just work so well. Not really much use at home, but I still do the odd bit
of freelance testing/designing ...

 

I have a curiously rusty caliper gauge that belonged to my late grandfather.

He was an engraver by trade, and engraved his name and the year (1937) on
the back of it.

One day I'll polish it up so it can actually be used.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11