Real flame, but it burns bio ethanol ( not the gel type but pure liquid ) kicks out a fair bit of heat, no flue needed.Is it real or very convincing imitation?
Because.... no hearth stone on a wooden floor, and where does the flue go?
What the feck have you done today?
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It is indeed flooring on the wall, much nicer then Exi’s Swedish sauna flooring thouI'm more concerned why he's in exis gaf ? Is that flooring on the wall ?? FFS you need to install some normality in these fellas Gimlet
Banging day in the office/garage fitting rectifiers to bikes.... total schoolboy error on the sxv (Squashed the fuel pipe) - fitted the Rec/Reg put it all back together....no start...thought it was the new unit - took it all apart, lifted the tank....fired up instantly....put the tank back down....cut out....lifted the tank, refitted the new Rec - jobs a good'un....all back together....
Made some improvements along the way.... on the rsv, spaced the new unit off the inner side of the fairing, swapped out the rusty old bolts with some Ti bolts i had knocking about...
Had to re-press a plug but thats about it....easy stuff....Zed was easy too....took longer to take it apart ....
SXV didnt take much worth [Rookie mistake aside] either...
Hyper was the most work....they shipped it with the wrong plug but lucily i had some spares from the Honda build/restoration....plus ive not had the front off for a little while so it all needed a good clean.
Summer job on the Hyper will be going down to Hel to get some custom oil lines made up....those are frentubo ones which arent great...
Anyway....good day all in all....its been sunny all day and literally all day ive heard siren's helicopters and exhausts so kinda happy to be getting some garage therapy...
Made some improvements along the way.... on the rsv, spaced the new unit off the inner side of the fairing, swapped out the rusty old bolts with some Ti bolts i had knocking about...
Had to re-press a plug but thats about it....easy stuff....Zed was easy too....took longer to take it apart ....
SXV didnt take much worth [Rookie mistake aside] either...
Hyper was the most work....they shipped it with the wrong plug but lucily i had some spares from the Honda build/restoration....plus ive not had the front off for a little while so it all needed a good clean.
Summer job on the Hyper will be going down to Hel to get some custom oil lines made up....those are frentubo ones which arent great...
Anyway....good day all in all....its been sunny all day and literally all day ive heard siren's helicopters and exhausts so kinda happy to be getting some garage therapy...
So, do HEL make oil lines then? There’s an HEL partner/reseller/manufacturer in NI who I’ve bought various brake lines from over the years (I’m forever having to replace multistrada front brake caliper link pipes
) and I asked them about making up an oil line for me once but they said they can’t do it 
. It would be useful to know if HEL HQ say it can be done.
As an option, depending upon exactly you are looking for there is a seller on Ebay, Torques who are in South Wales, Swansea I think, who sell a vast array of hoses & quality alloy fittings that you can buy, cut to exactly whatever length you want & then fit the end fittings to connect up your oil lines/oil cooler/filter.
They have various adaptors to get from metric threads to standard JIC AN-* fittings. The anodised fittings are either blue & red, all red, all blue & black. There are also stainless steel fittings.
Ideally you do need a certain amount of tools though, mainly good quality cutters, to cut the various hose types square & neatly & imperial spanners to tighten the fittings onto the hose ends. For oil lines on motorcycles the hose/fitting 6AN size, (around 3/8" or 9mm), should be large enough for most "normal" applications & spanner sizes 1/2", 9/16" & 11/16" would fit most of the fittings for this size hose. You can buy specific alloy spanners for these fittings, but I feel they are a bit soft whenever I tried using them so I tend to stick to using normal spanners with a bit of masking tape around the hexagonal faces.
Hmm....thanks very much - thats worth a shot..... ill contact them.
Yeah - they do....as i say apparently they do a custom service when if you pre arrange it you can ride in, get a set made up and away you go....cant remember where i saw it [and i have yet to contact them myself though]! but i will be soon....have to get the TT out of the way first though....So, do HEL make oil lines then? There’s an HEL partner/reseller/manufacturer in NI who I’ve bought various brake lines from over the years (I’m forever having to replace multistrada front brake caliper link pipes
Thought for Today
When I was young I was poor. but after years of hard work, I am no longer young.
When I was young I was poor. but after years of hard work, I am no longer young.
Thought for Today
Ya think he ever fucked her?
i mean obviously her had her fucked up in the end but ya think he ever had sex with her?
Today I put another 75 bricks on the wall.
Living on a hill if you want anything flat (like a patio) you need to dig in to the hill or make terraces. Once we had built the house we decided we wanted more space at the back so I excavated the clay put in a reinforced concrete retaining wall with a french drain behind it and then laid the patio. I started to mask the concrete wall with a brick wall about 10 years ago, or more. I am now trying to get it finished whilst I still can. It's over a hundred foot long and six foot high, or will be.
Living on a hill if you want anything flat (like a patio) you need to dig in to the hill or make terraces. Once we had built the house we decided we wanted more space at the back so I excavated the clay put in a reinforced concrete retaining wall with a french drain behind it and then laid the patio. I started to mask the concrete wall with a brick wall about 10 years ago, or more. I am now trying to get it finished whilst I still can. It's over a hundred foot long and six foot high, or will be.
@The skitz does your WTF mean you think I'm nuts? or have I not explained myself very well? I'll assume the former but then you knew that already!
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Yes I knew you were nuts and this just confirmed the level of your nutness...
Possibly because you only laid 75 bricks in a day...
I have better things to do so just do a bit in-between milking, feeding etc. I'm not a builder and only managed 400/day whilst building the houses. They're York hand made and the mortar is made with lime sand and cement which gets quite sticky. I enjoy doing a bit but have no intention of spending all day doing it.Possibly because you only laid 75 bricks in a day...
Tip for Today 2:
Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman. #fact
They recommend 1 brick per secondNo wonder why they take so long
Working up the courage to start the $XV tomorrow morning for a test ride to work...that being said i retentioned the belts on the hyper (they were too tight) tried that phone app which was fucking useless....no matter where the belts were tensioned the app just spat oput random values - so went with the 5mm allen key option which feels scarily loose/baggy but the video i watched the guy said apparently when the motor gets hot they tighten up...so flip a coin tomorrow....hyper or $XV...
Edit: its a tough call when the weather is this good though....been on the skateboard all week so far....
Edit: its a tough call when the weather is this good though....been on the skateboard all week so far....
Mooched over to Wells this morning - oddly or perhaps not, the Mere trout stall was there who used to be in Salisbury - which was nice
So smoked trout & scrambled eggs on a bagel for the weekend
Tried to plant a rose but about 6” down and it’s all clay
. The new garden is established but not been maintained properly for some years looks like it needs some work but it will have to wait
The fruit trees in the orchard are just coming into bloom & I’ve just had a strawberry milkshake
So smoked trout & scrambled eggs on a bagel for the weekend
Tried to plant a rose but about 6” down and it’s all clay
. The new garden is established but not been maintained properly for some years looks like it needs some work but it will have to wait The fruit trees in the orchard are just coming into bloom & I’ve just had a strawberry milkshake
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