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#8791 Re: Nothing In Particular
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#8792 Re: Nothing In Particular
Remember it well!
All in German as I recall
All in German as I recall
"No matter how fast light travels it finds that the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."
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#8793 Re: Nothing In Particular
Camping in desert near Al Qudra, UAE. Dark skies,
noone except us.
noone except us.
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#8794 Re: Nothing In Particular
Now you're just showing off.
Getting jealous. Last time I did camping was clocks back weekend, bluddy cold. I was reminded why I stopped doing camping in Autumn - Winter
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Getting jealous. Last time I did camping was clocks back weekend, bluddy cold. I was reminded why I stopped doing camping in Autumn - Winter
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#8795 Re: Nothing In Particular
Cover them dunes in concrete and you'd have a brill skatepark!
Right, a motorbike question... For the MOT, does a 1993 bike have to have mirrors fitted to pass the test? It did originally come fitted with rear view mirrors but hasn't got them at the moment, would that be a fail? Anyone know off hand?
Right, a motorbike question... For the MOT, does a 1993 bike have to have mirrors fitted to pass the test? It did originally come fitted with rear view mirrors but hasn't got them at the moment, would that be a fail? Anyone know off hand?
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#8796 Re: Nothing In Particular
There is no legal requirement for a motorcycle to have rear view mirrors, therefore it is not part of a motorcycle MOT test.
Whether they were fitted as original equipment (or not) is irrelevant.
Hope that helps.
(information was passed to me by an active motorcycle MOT tester).
Whether they were fitted as original equipment (or not) is irrelevant.
Hope that helps.
(information was passed to me by an active motorcycle MOT tester).
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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#8797 Re: Nothing In Particular
Whahey! Thanks for finding out Phil, much 'preciated.
Here he is (with mirrors!), looking out at the sunshine, 1st time in 18 years....
Here he is (with mirrors!), looking out at the sunshine, 1st time in 18 years....
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#8798 Re: Nothing In Particular
That dave, is a proper job
Lovely thing, and lovely work
Lovely thing, and lovely work
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#8799 Re: Nothing In Particular
Thanks Ant, its been on the back burner for so many years,
That bike was my 'temporary' work bench for the last 16 years down the old shed, I made Saburo, Fonkens, FH3, FE167 MLTL, FE167 Fonkens and LS3/5a's on that saddle with a lump of chipboard spanning the Tank to the rear rack which I've now removed. There's a few dents and dings in the paintwork but its survived being loudspeaker workbench
Not unsurprisingly there was a ton and half of sawdust in every orifice of the bike i had to clear-out during the rebuild.
That bike was my 'temporary' work bench for the last 16 years down the old shed, I made Saburo, Fonkens, FH3, FE167 MLTL, FE167 Fonkens and LS3/5a's on that saddle with a lump of chipboard spanning the Tank to the rear rack which I've now removed. There's a few dents and dings in the paintwork but its survived being loudspeaker workbench
Not unsurprisingly there was a ton and half of sawdust in every orifice of the bike i had to clear-out during the rebuild.
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#8800 Re: Nothing In Particular
Crikey! I dislike motorbikes but that is a sight for sore eyes! I likes it.
Philosophers have only interpreted the world - the point, however, is to change it. No it isn't ... maybe we should leave it alone for a while.
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#8801 Re: Nothing In Particular
Looks wonderful - is it a UK or Indian manufactured one?Dave the bass wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:57 pm Whahey! Thanks for finding out Phil, much 'preciated.
Here he is (with mirrors!), looking out at the sunshine, 1st time in 18 years....
My younger son spent the summer-before-last in Northern Kashmir riding an Enfield he'd bought and modified up and through mountain passes in the foothills of the Himalayas up to about 18,000ft - photo is of him driving with mate as pillion. Modifications were mostly to the carb to allow the bike to run at altitude.
I know that there's some decent hills round your way too...
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#8802 Re: Nothing In Particular
In my best BBC Goodness Gracious Me accent....."Indian!", I think the last UK (Redditch) built bikes were about 1962 or so. Mine's a Miracle from Madras and based on the 1955 design built in 1993, a late-Friday afternoon job judging by the quality of the finish/assembly/longevity of the bike originally. I've owned it for ~20 years, 2 of those it actually ran for albeit intermittently....
I've watched a few of those Himalayan trips aboard Bullets, they look flippin' awethumne. They go up Everest or summat on 'em and I can't even get mine out the garden yet
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#8803 Re: Nothing In Particular
Rob did this himself with one of his Indian uni mates - another civil engineer - it wasn't particularly organised - they just set off as a group (a bunch of his Indian friend's mates came along too) and bought some bikes - fixed them up and went off for a month - as a bunch of engineers they had to fix the bikes reasonably often... sold the bikes at the end. He took some GoPro video that was quite cool too...Dave the bass wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:38 am 've watched a few of those Himalayan trips aboard Bullets, they look flippin' awethumne. They go up Everest or summat on 'em and I can't even get mine out the garden yet
https://www.instagram.com/p/6QcfQhjzhR- ... robdesmith
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#8804 Re: Nothing In Particular
In some ways Kashmir, Ladakh, Hunza & Swat and so on are favourite places for me.
Philosophers have only interpreted the world - the point, however, is to change it. No it isn't ... maybe we should leave it alone for a while.