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  1. austin

    Hmmm, interesting tyre fitting technique

    YouTube…..
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    Especially for Soho National 2023 rideout route

    @soho https://maps.app.goo.gl/HT2cty272pTNjhHu5?g_st=ic
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    Weight loss

    I posted in another thread I had lost some weight. Nearly 3stone in 3 months from a tad over 17st to 14-4. Anne also lost a lot of weight but would kill me if I said how much. We started early in the new year, not as a resolution or anything just that after the Christmas excesses we...
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    Balkans and more 2023

    Ok I’ll try to remember to take some pics to put on this thread. My phone camera roll is a bit sparse at the mo. The plan…. Eurotunnel…south down the east side of France…. Into Italy and east and south to Ancona or Bari or Brindisi….ferry to Durres in Albania….mooch about Albania for a few...
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    Fitting fecking tyres

    Anyone had this before? How did you solve it…. New Annakee adventure tyres going on tubeless rims. F&R. Everything was relatively easy until I got the new tyres on the rims. Feck me it’s like they are half an inch+ too big (diameter). I got the rear to grip the rim eventually using a...
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    For Sale MV Stradale

    How about something different. Not mine, but a very good friend of mine. Fabulous bike, quick, rare, sounds fab. He’s owned 3-4 years and I think only ever really ridden it to Rykas (literally round the corner from where he lives in Dorking), and that other biker place in Surrey. I’ve...
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    Thunder and lightning

    Yellow warning for storms across the uk. Track them live here. Real Time Lightning Map Enjoy
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    Scotland August 2022

    So I was moaning to Anne on Saturday morning that we never seemed to make time for uk bike trips anymore. Let’s Go, she agreed. With the weather forecast looking too hot down south but looking ideal for Scotland we quickly booked up three nights from Tuesday at Invershin near Lairg for a few...
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    Tying a bike down on a trailer

    My bike and newly restored trailer had their first proper outing today: over to Thirsk to get new Tubeless wheels fitted. They’ve only been on order for 2 days short of 12 months!! I’ve loaded the bike on the trailer several times and tried various places to tie the bike down and thought I...
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    A day of power tool

    Power tools you gotta love them. Especially when you use lots of them. Today I used A dremel ( new battery, what a revelation). Electric sander Drills - power and battery Impact gun (a lot) Angle grinder - the best one A heat gun - not hot enough so got the gas blow torch out. Lawn mower Leaf...
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    Motolug trailer. Wheel won’t come off

    I bought a 16 year old Motolug trailer from Tetley (Colin) - he of the many many airheads. Very rusty and cheap so I’ve been dismantling it to clean snd paint. It’ll be a nice thing when I’ve finished. But…. …one of the wheel nuts is rusted on very tight and despite days in plusgas, and a bit...
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    Angle grinder

    I bought a rusty old Motolug trailer a couple of weeks ago. Started doing it up but need to take of a few very very rusty bolts. No chance with spanners, plus gas and heat so I hit the bullet and bought my first Angle grinder. Wow, just WOW. why haven’t I had one all my life. Loving it so...
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    For Sale Quadlock stuff…

    Bike Mount. Motorcycle - Handlebar Mount Weatherproof wireless charging head Weatherproof Wireless Charging Head Car windscreen/dashboard mount Windscreen/Dash - Car Mount Phone case for iPhone SE (the newish one) and iPhone 7&8. iPhone SE (2nd Gen) Ring doo-dah thing that goes in the phone case...
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    For Sale Garmin Montana 600 for sale

    Having bought a new Zumo XT my old Garmin Montana 600 needs to be moved on. I originally bought this in 2012 for my trip to South Africa that year. It was one few sat navs that could take a download of some “Tracks for Africa” mapping I had been recommended for that trip. It’s been back to...
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    Garmin Zumo XT

    Zumo XT….. I got one the other day. The mounting bracket seems very iffy. Anyone else? What have you done to secure it or tether it somehow?
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    Bennett's insurance: discounts

    I finally got round to logging into my Bennett’s insurance on line account yesterday and discovered the Bike Social bit and it’s discounts and offers. I had decided I needed a new Sat Nav and had ordered one from Sportsbikeshop yesterday anyway with £85 (20%) off rrp only to find the same...
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    Hanging onto useful tat?

    How long do you hang onto stuff. Example, in 2003 I had some side windows fitted to the Land Rover I had then. I saved the cut out bits of aluminium “just in case”. 19 years later they are still in the garage and I can’t bring myself to get rid. Surely they’ll be useful one day (probably...
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    Thinking about a van

    Just thinking stress thinking - Does such a van exist? 1. drive like a car/car sized. So Transit, VW transporter, etc. park it on my drive and in usual car parking places. 2. At least 4 proper seats - 2 up front, 2 in the back. Proper seats though, all comfy and roomy for long distance. 3...
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    My tales of woe: Cambelts, insurance claim and…

    A few weeks ago we planned a few days away in the North East so off we set in my Ford Kuga. It’s oldish -2008 and highish mileage -112000miles but a full Ford service history and generally it’s brilliant. But just off the M6 at Carlisle and it suddenly stopped. 6 hours later the recovery...
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    Bartubeless and other options

    Had a puncture on the V85 last weekend. Not too far from civilisation so phoned recovery, went to a cafe and waited. And waited, and waited a bit longer for a taxi as the recovery vehicle couldn’t take us both due Covid. 3 1/2 hours after phoning bike and us both back home. next day, I...
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