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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 09:06 am |
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Baldyman wrote: The best tool I have is the key that locks the shed so the wife cant get me when I've spent a grand on another bike!!
I don't need one 'cos my wife never comes to the shed as it's too far from home, I just need it to keep the thieving b'tards out.Last edited on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 09:06 am by Frankfurt-Beesa
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 09:24 am |
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Frankfurt-Beesa wrote: Baldyman wrote: The best tool I have is the key that locks the shed so the wife cant get me when I've spent a grand on another bike!!
I don't need one 'cos my wife never comes to the shed as it's too far from home, I just need it to keep the thieving b'tards out.
What the kids you mean???
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Frankfurt-Beesa
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 09:40 am |
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Baldyman wrote: Frankfurt-Beesa wrote: Baldyman wrote: The best tool I have is the key that locks the shed so the wife cant get me when I've spent a grand on another bike!!
I don't need one 'cos my wife never comes to the shed as it's too far from home, I just need it to keep the thieving b'tards out.
What the kids you mean???
I mean the antisocial b'stards living nearby. They'll steal anything that isn't nailed down, alarmed, and guarded by rabid pit-bulls.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 11:10 am |
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Good old anglo-saxon traits still hold whichever country we're in 
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 11:18 am |
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Baldyman wrote: Good old anglo-saxon traits still hold whichever country we're in
Unfortunately the imported slavic values of, "If I can get close to it I'll nick it", are running very strong in Germany since the garden fence got knocked down.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 11:29 am |
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 11:31 am |
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Not exactly a tool, but the old furnace from the house to keep the garage nice and warm in the winter. It is great to be able to work in a short sleeve shirt while the snow flies.
2nd best - the little fridge to keep the beer cool 
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 11:37 am |
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Rich B wrote: Not exactly a tool, but the old furnace from the house to keep the garage nice and warm in the winter. It is great to be able to work in a short sleeve shirt while the snow flies.
2nd best - the little fridge to keep the beer cool
Got space heater and fridge, very important things warm shed cold beer. Also I notice is location, we are 50 meters from a drinks market, Case of Premium Pils (20 pints) €10.99. I love a country where beer is considered a human right and minimally taxed.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 01:28 pm |
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jessplop84 wrote: EddieJ wrote: I guess that my lockwire pliers are at the top of the list of tools for working on bikes. I get a perverse satisfaction out of lockwiring race bikes. I also highly rate my set of Cleco clamps..
I too get emense satesfaction from a neat lockwiring, don't do any on the bikes though!
Wot's cleco clamps then?
Sounds like something that belongs in the bedroom!
Cleco clamps are mainly used in the aviation industry for clamping metal together before doing any other work. They are regularly sold on ebay for next to nothing, but prove a very useful little set of tools..
As for lockwiring, it is very satisfying to see a bike correctly and neatly lockwired. Sounds like an article for the mag!
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 02:36 pm |
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EddieJ wrote: jessplop84 wrote:
Wot's cleco clamps then?
Sounds like something that belongs in the bedroom!
Cleco clamps are mainly used in the aviation industry for clamping metal together before doing any other work. They are regularly sold on ebay for next to nothing, but prove a very useful little set of tools..
Mmmmmmmmm, aviation tools, mmmmmmmmmm! 
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 03:34 pm |
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| I have hundreds of cleco clamps and locking wire pliers and die grinders rivet guns and lots of lovely aviation tools but don`t use them at the moment because I am a licensed aircraft engineer but work on the line instead of the hangar . Am looking forward to doing a bike refurb so I can use them again
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Posted: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 07:30 pm |
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Best tool in the shed..... scaffold pole cut down to about a metre.
Ideal for a bit of leverage on the breaker bar when that fastener won't budge
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Posted: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 08:12 pm |
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Pict wrote: Best tool in the shed..... scaffold pole cut down to about a metre.
Ideal for a bit of leverage on the breaker bar when that fastener won't budge
In my industry, this is refered to as a cheater bar! 
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Posted: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 08:53 pm |
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jessplop84 wrote: Pict wrote: Best tool in the shed..... scaffold pole cut down to about a metre.
Ideal for a bit of leverage on the breaker bar when that fastener won't budge
In my industry, this is refered to as a cheater bar!
I thought they were normally referred to in autopsies as "Heavy Blunt Instrument".
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Posted: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 08:59 pm |
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Posted: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 09:03 pm |
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jessplop84 wrote: Haven't heard from Loz for a few days, do you think he's been going round the University and forgotten us?
Maybe it started raining and he doesn't want to tell us, and he's gone looking for a good deal on a shed before the bikes all rust away. Maybe he just overslept a couple of days, after doing the rounds at the university.
Just checked he posted on the Ebay Scams thread today.....Having a break from nubile studentesses
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Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 02:51 am |
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Sorry I missed Roll Call,. Chaps!
No fillies in the mix. It was the lure of having a new Cam and Oil Cooler that kept me offline so much. Got them now and the bike is no faster top end but the acceleration is awesome. I wanted top end increases for better touring. Think the Carb needs tuning and maybe rejetting. Not sure.
Can you all use the tool on top of your shoulders for a sec and tell me why you think my carb is sticking open after high speed runs. Its usually fine if I just potter about but if I gob it for a bit it wants to stick open?
Heat?
Airflow?
s*** carb?
Spring too soft?
I've changed the throttle from the original "stiffer" design to a contempory twistie one and still doing it...
Cheers,
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Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 04:51 am |
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LozExpat wrote: Sorry I missed Roll Call,. Chaps!
Can you all use the tool on top of your shoulders for a sec and tell me why you think my carb is sticking open after high speed runs. Its usually fine if I just potter about but if I gob it for a bit it wants to stick open?
Heat?
Airflow?
s*** carb?
Spring too soft?
I've changed the throttle from the original "stiffer" design to a contempory twistie one and still doing it...
Cheers,
Loz
What carb is it?
Is it on the BSA or on the shopping trolley?
Some amals, particularly old ones are made something like Hunduminium, being a mixture of beer cans and take-away trays they have horrible thermal expansion problems and some parts, even some areas of parts will expand and contract unevenly which can cause pinching of the slide at the top as this area will be cooler.
Best bet with amals is tho take them off and throw them as far away as you can without looking to see where they land, then fit either a new amal recently produced using better alloys, or try to get a different carb. You will notice that I have done exactly that with the HodgePodge.
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