Unitrack removal / strip-down?

But, if you site sig seps as an example, isn't necessarily a one line
yes / no answer (especially to someone who has never even been close
to such). I need the bigger picture to se why and the detail to see
how (and would rather do nothing than RTFM).

I described a drive chain symptom to TOG and said "does this mean I
need a new chain" and he said yes, so I'm going to put on a new chain,
end of. He couldn't have known for sure what the exact reason for the
symptom was but the fact it existed mean his answer could be fairly
specific.

Indeed, and that gives the bigger picture bit. Interest /
experimentation would normally do the rest, but in this case I'm not
interested enough to do anything other than not type a sig here (the
only place it seems to matter). (And don't take that the wrong way,
I'm grateful for your time and effort and I did find it interesting).

To whom (apart from you of course. Again in I don't know how many
years of potentially using the 'the' but you are the first person to
have mentioned it)?

Sorry (and I'm not trying to argue here) that sounds like I've just
found out about OT postings? I have been posting and reading OT stuff
for years. (just so we understand each other).

You written any books Pip?

I know and because I'm 1) thick skinned and 2) interested and 3) DGAF
what other some other people might think I'll often be that one.

I know Pip (out of interest, do you *really* think I thought
otherwise)? If so it's no wonder you and others may miss-read me as
much as you seem to (and I know that is the case because only I know
what I'm thinking when I try to put it into words).

Yep, and bless it for doing so (and yes I know a parsec is a measure
of distance) ;-)

Yeah, indeed, although I probably do that subconsciously and add a
pinch of salt. ;-)

And bless him for it! The thing is those sorts of details (the tree
shape) sort of allude me Pip. I'm not *that* interested in any of this
to play it like a game of chess (over exaggeration I know but). I have
just picked up a bike unfamiliar to me, I'd like to share info about
it and once done I'll probably go back to popping in and out as the
mood takes me.

LOL! (I thought Fizzys fetched decent cash now though, so there's 1
point to them) ;-)

Ok ..

<mutter> ... shame you don't feel that way about sig seps ...

More so in here than any other ng I feel.

But I don't call him names because of it, I was dragged up different?
Had we had any previous conversations or he included a smiley to
indicate he was just 'avin a laugh' it might have been different (and
I've been called worse for less and still shared a pint).

Ah, k. It's reasons like that as to why I put as many smiley's in as I
do. It's very difficult (well for me anyway) to convey the right
spirit of what I'm saying in text, so I make sure people see I'm being
lighthearted (and that's me most times). So they don't get the wrong
end of the stick and start getting all shouty etc?

That may work well for many but I'm a very_right_here_right_now sorta
bloke and even if someone has sounded off at me and been a right ****,
I'll still generally give them a second (or more) chance, once they
(maybe) realise I'm not what they first thought I was? At the same
time I can totally ignore anyone if I choose (I don't use killfiles).

I'm sure there are.

Probably ..

And in others it's the only. Going back to the point about the BM
club. Apart from discount spares and the tool loan service, the vast
majority (it seems) are happy to pay their subs and just read 'The
Journal' (the very well produced monthly mag). In all my years
membership I've never gone to a 'natter night', been on one ride out
(and that was whilst at a camping weekend) or written in to the mag.
Nor have I ever gone to an AGM and if I had to to retain my membership
I'd leave. I'm not *interested* in the marque or club, they get my
subs and can spend them how they like, as long as I get my monthly
read and other 'perks'. Selfish, possibly but the way it is none the
less (oh, I am still a mod on the BM Yahoo group, now they have a web
based forum, which I don't use because ICBA).

Hehe. Maybe that's another reason for all the up_and_down's here. Me,
I just plod along being the same old me, 24/7 ...

Hmm ..

Ah ..

Well, maybe for some (and I'm talking punctuation / spelling here).
I'm 52 and I still consistently get the same things wrong. I can't
even remember the little clues I give myself to help me remember. If
it wasn't for the spell checker on here 99 percent of this would be
unintelligible (rather than the 90% it is now).

Agreed. But we can make an effort to understand someone if they look
like it's difficult for them or maybe English isn't their native
tongue?

To me, new, a Tenner. Do we still have libraries?

Of course!

<checks shelf> I have about 15 atm (had a clear out recently),
Lozzo's not talking to be now so we'll never know.

 

It was a joke, titface.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

<twitch>

Don't call me a tit, man. Just don't, OK? I get really annoyed when
people call me a tit, and you don't want that, you really don't.

<re-twitch>

 

I belonged, when I had my ShiteOldBoxer. Good bunch of people,
actually. Used to meet in some pub down near Richmond. I remember an
Xmas party there, circa 1995. We were all eating and drinking and
there was a bang from the other door, like a bar flap slamming down.
Then another, and the screaming started.

Yup, some bloke had been plugged twice.

The club members' reactions were hysterically funny. "Oh dear, been
shot, has he? Oh yes, he does seem to be leaking a bit. Police been
called? Good show. Well, have another of these little cheesey things,
they're delicious...." And the party continued. Plod turned up post-
haste and we were all locked into the pub. I had to phone The Doctor
and explain I was shut in a pub and didn't know when I'd be home. She
was *very* sceptical.

The bar was still serving, amazingly, but Plod closed it. One of the
Beemer bods asked Plod if it was all right if he had a cup of tea,
then, and Plod had a sense of humour failure.

Anyway, none of us had seen the actual shooting, but we all had to
give our details in case we were needed. When it was my turn, this
weary Plod looked me up and down and said: "BMW club, right?"

"Right."

"Leather jacket and bike boots. Bloody 'ell. I've got two dozen
descriptions of blokes all wearing bike jackets and boots....."

Weeks later, I was called to say they wouldn't want me as a witness.
Turned out it was an argument of someone else's missus and the poor
sod had been winged twice with a shotgun but (amazingly) had survived
and (even more amazingly) made a complete recovery. I asked if they
knew who'd shot him...

(Pause) "We are actively making enquiries...."

 

Y'see, therein lies the problem. You might *need* the bigger picture.
But mostly, we couldn't give a flying **** if you do.

UKRM has never made a point of bending over backwards to court arrogant
tossers such as yourself. Either fit in or **** off. Simple.

I was wrong about one thing though. you aren't a tit.
More proto-troll/arsehole.

Don't worry, I shall, at least, be mostly ignoring your future output.
I don't use kill files. Never have.

 

Hah, more of an arse man, eh?
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

See, now that's a proper Xmas party. ;-)

 

Don't worry, you live far enough away to be safe.

I was fine this morning, my alarm woke me at 06:15 and I dragged
myself out of bed for a coffee then went to work at the normal time
without a care in the World.

It's a shame that some of my work colleagues played wreck the rented
house (I'm in a hotel rather than National Lampoons with the rabble)
and then decided they were still too pissed to drive when it came to
work time.

 

If I took my responsibilities as site manager seriously I'd have
suspended the pair of cunts but I don't and I thought it was really
funny so it was ignored.

Some of their antics today were out of the top drawer and while I
could describe them if we were in a pub laughing about it they
wouldn't come across as being all that funny on here.

It should be enough to say that one's a Yorkshireman who gets his
jollies climbing mountains and then jumping off them with a barely
adequate parachute and the other's a booze ravaged Aussie that wants
to be like the Yorkshireman when he grows up..

 

they might if they were in the north.

however, they're in Kent.
--
Adie
(replace spam with nickname to reply)

UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/
keeper of the ukrm faq for my sins

YZF-R1 : ZX9R E1 : GPz 750 turbo

MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11

 

And I still have a certain empty bottle in the kitchen.

 

(SteveH) wrote in :

fill it from the wine box when you have guests, eh?

 

You know, I'd never thought of that.

I will now, though ;-)

 

Bloody *genius*

 

I joined for a discount on spares and tool loan.

Fucking waste of time. Never come across such a bunch of up their own
collective arse cunts before in my life. On the website forum they
decided that only members could post; when the whole point of it (for
me) was sharing mechanical knowledge and selling stuff.

Didn't renew.

 

From what sort of contact was that?

Yep, that argument has been round and round (apparently, not used the
Web forum). I think part of the problem with that is it has to be
done in agreement with BMW, something that doesn't seem to be that
easy? I think even the shape, size and layout of the club Logo is
controlled by BMW. Too much politics for my liking but I guess it's
inevitable with an international club of that size?

There are still quite a few folk still using the Yahoo BM group?

Don't blame you. Like I said, I'm only a member for price perks and
the Journal is good for the odd technical article and the For Sale /
Want bit.

 

Only on the forum. Life's too short and I'm too busy to go to meets.

Plus, I'm pretty sure that I'm not your typical BM rider.

It was nothing to do with BMW. It was all to do with ignorance.

 

Ah, ok.

Me too.

I ride one but I'm still not sure what a typical BM rider is? Until I
got my first BM I'd ridden all sorts of things and the BM 'came up'
and I took it. I happen to like the feel, sound and simplicity of the
aircooled flat twin and also like the fact that I can maintain it
myself.

Similar with this GPz550, I might join the GPz550 club / forum / ng,
primarily to get access to spares and info but I didn't choose the
bike it was what I was offered cheap. That probably makes me just as
much a Kawasaki or GPz rider as it does Honda (the CB Two Fifty came
along in the exact same way) or BM rider?

A mate of mine had been through all the sports bikes (the last being
an R1) but also has a Harley, a BM K Outfit and then bought a GS for
use on 'real roads' and loved it.

He commuted on my old MZ for 3 years but now does so on a Versys.

Ah, shame, and probably why I've stayed off the forum and out of the
politics.

As guess with any club you have yer 'I'll go along with it while it
suits me' members, the lurkers and the active / motivators. The
motivators will try to arrange ride-outs and the like and in the case
of the BM club I believe they are either formal (as published in the
mag, supported by the club) or informal events. That's where I believe
the frustration can start as spirit can get lost in the bs.

Many of those who try to put on activities for the club (any big
club?) often just get frustrated and give up and / or leave. I ran an
RC car club for a couple of years and know just how frustrating that
can be.

However, I wouldn't say the range of folk you generally meet at a BM
rally (for example) was anything than yer typical cross section of
everyday bikers / people (a bit older than average maybe and hence are
either well off or broke pensioners ) ;-)

The folk you find on a ride-out could be different (we have gone to
camping weekends and the like but not ride-outs for example) and a
different set would go to the AGM.

 

That's my take on it. I've had a few ShiteOldairhead boxers, ridden many
more, and liked 'em all. Well, except for the monolever R80.

I like the K immensely because, while it has flaws, it fulfils its
design brief magnificently. I don't think there are many modern
so-called supertourers that are markedly better at what it does.

 

I'd have to agree with that. Yes, it's not the fastest thing
cross-country but it'll get two people to wherever they are going in
comfort. The 1150RT does that as well with a bit more character but at
the end of the day the K is probably the slightly better bike.

I haven't tried a K1200LT yet, that may be an improvement but it's a
lardbarge and costs a bomb to service due to all the plastic.