Trailer wanted

You can borrow mine when I get it.

 

More than that, actually. At least 23.

 

I've said this once. I /will/ own one in the next week or so.

Zymurgy seems happy for me to borrow his. He's only a hundred miles away.

I'm sure no-one will do anything to upset me.

Exactly. Why do you think I want a trailer?

I've got a trailer board. Lovely it is.

Do I look that dumb?

See above.

It won't be lying out the front, not even round here.

Strictly one bike.

Won't be a problem.

 

Heh. The same thought went through my mind. Didn't stop the tossers
repeating the clip, mind.

 

Been on your speed awareness course yet?

 

Two 'motards or one sports bike; free.

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Cool. You still living where you were last year? I might be over that way
one day next week.

 

Now you see, trailerboards are worthy of a treatise of their own:

1. Trailerboards have their own wiring system, with colour coding
that defies any logical deduction, some even changing colour mid-run
in unseen areas concealed from prying eyes.


2. Considering you can buy a complete, new trailerboard for six quid,
how good do you think the light units will be? Despite being
'designed' to sit in the grottiest, shittiest place in the universe,
behind at least three pairs of wheels, catching all the spray and road
crap - they're not water-proof, nor even -resistant.

That indicator isn't flashing - it is permanently on, and only appears
to go out when the water level inside the light unit slops about a bit
and covers the bulb.


3. Attachments - most people use bungees ... and we all know what
bungees are good at, don't we? "Snap, twang, pow!" "You could have
had my fucking eye out with that".

I don't use bungees any more, I use 3mm plastic-coated fencing wire,
bent into a 'keyring' configuration. Easy on, easy off, no fucking
elastic and it won't snap easily.


4. Disattachments. Every trailer puller becomes rapidly familiar
with the sound: the skrrsh of plastic on tarmac, as the fucking board
trails behind the trailer, wearing away at incredible speed as you try
to evade the HGVs and find refuge on the hard shoulder of the M25 at
rush hour. The first time you may well rick your neck trying to spot
the Stunt King who has managed to get his knee down in L3/4/5 of the
M25, of course.


5. Electrics plug - invariably plastic, almost invariably 0.002mm
bigger than the socket fitted to the towing vehicle, making fitting an
exercise in inventing new vocabulary with sweat running in your eyes,
head on the bumper and heels in your bollocks. Rarely, the other
variety is 0.5mm smaller - easy to connect, but drops out on the first
right-hander and wears half away before you hear the other skrrsh ...

Allied to the tight plug is the variety that absolutely demands a
little twist to fit, resulting in misaligned pins wrt the socket.
This pushes the vital pins back permanently, as they'll never locate
again once pushed. This prevents most of the lights working, quite
effectively.


6. Electrics cable - never available in the right length:

Sometimes half a metre too long, giving just a hint of a tiny skrrsh
as it allows the earth wire to wear away, preventing all of the lights
from working - or making them all come on at once, as soon as the
brake pedal is pressed. This blows fuses in the box, as well as in
the heads of following drivers.

Often 50mm too short, allowing left handers to be taken with ease,
stretching like a bowstring on right handers - with the inevitable
result. Pulls the fucking earth wire out first, of course ...

Pah. The box body on mine, cunningly crafted from marine ply (1"
thick on the base) to allow entry to the Tidy Tip at 1.8m x 1.2m x
0.5m, sits inside the trailer track by 300mm each side (allowing
access to tiedowns) and 400mm either end, making a handy step for
loading. The front tiedown arm is a real bastard shin-biter, mind.

The car will fit between the oil tank and the hedge, so the trailer
will too. Just.

 

You got that instead of points?

I've wondered about that, what I'd do. Every fibre of my body wants me
to tell the police to stick their speed awareness course up their arse.

However in reality I'll accept it meekly and gratefully... if offered.

 

Funny that.

 

Excellent. Let me know.

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Drugs are bad.. M'kay?

 

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:36:18 +0100,

<raises hand hesitantly>

Mine work.

Yup. But I do have a spare *pair* of smaller wheels... which I rarely
bring along.

Gulp.

But it is chained down to a roller-infested ground anchor.

Oh, yes. At the time I built it, it was about all my car would tow
unbraked. The current car could pull a Challenger.

Norra problem.

If worst came to worst, I've learned how to roll it tipped up on the
edge of one tyre. If I had to, I'd fit a pair of wheels on the side,
but the need hasn't arisen.

 

Because I still 'feel passionately' about things. But, you're right
about being 'too old'.

 

Did someone else have the dull thud of the NIP then? Lot of it about.

 

This is good.

This is bollocks. Throw his bait back, it smells.

 

`
Quite likely. I only really became aware of it when I saw the CityLink
couriers charging up and down on their Kwak 550/trailer combos and that
was '88 or so.

 

That one is easy -

if you have N spare wheels available you will need N+1

 

This *really* made me giggle.

 

5-ish tomorrow?