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Post by looey on Apr 8, 2017 17:50:12 GMT 1
You guys still going tomorrow ?. If so, a few of us well get up there fpr 11:30ish (Boxhill first). I'll be on a diesel, haven't woken any stinkers up yet  |
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Post by looey on Mar 28, 2017 19:10:18 GMT 1
Is it Monday April 17th ??. It's in the Diary for Tracey and myself but we may be on diesels, just haven't had the time wake any stinkers up yet   |
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Post by looey on Feb 11, 2017 10:59:18 GMT 1
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Post by looey on Jan 27, 2017 10:07:29 GMT 1
Yeah I know what you mean but what I was meaning was that if/when you were 16 and unrestricted Fizzies were readily available, that's what you had.
I was 16 in 1983, I had an unrestricted Fizzy and so did virtually every 16yr old that could get hold of one.
Move on a few years and there's a new era of moped, all restricted to 30mph but a range of attractive bikes, so the spread of different models across owners was much wider.
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Post by looey on Jan 26, 2017 18:47:12 GMT 1
You're doing it all wrong. In the Winter, just use your Dining Room as your Lounge, and your Lounge as your Garage |
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Post by looey on Jan 26, 2017 10:16:56 GMT 1
Were Jubilee clips around the stanchions between the top and bottom yokes standard ? |
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Post by looey on Jan 25, 2017 12:53:51 GMT 1
He's normally quite reasonable with his prices considering he's a Trader. On that one, he's talking a load of old tosh for a massively over-priced bike  |
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Post by looey on Jan 24, 2017 19:58:30 GMT 1
Yep, deffo a period mod you could fit. Don't ask me if it made any difference, I was 17 at the time and only interested in wheelying everywhere I had them on my (not fitted by me) first 350LC in 1984 Not great pics but you can see it.   |
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Post by looey on Jan 23, 2017 22:14:18 GMT 1
Yeah they are cracking bikes, I had a brand new Mk1 in Candy blue in 1983 when I was 17 and have a white 10W Mk1 now, proper good fun.
Can't see them ever being quite as popular as the Fizzy, virtually EVERYONE had a Fizzy at 16 but nowhere near as many 17yr olds had 125LC's ?
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Post by looey on Jan 23, 2017 12:48:59 GMT 1
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Post by looey on Jan 22, 2017 16:45:52 GMT 1
As far as I remember it goes on the registration date on the V5c and must be 40yrs old on or before 31st December before the upcoming April 1st.
Make sense ?.
Think yours should have been eligible from April last year ?.
Just take your V5 to the post office, they will scan the barcode and tell you.
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Post by looey on Jan 22, 2017 16:14:36 GMT 1
I've done a couple now in the last couple of years.
They didn't become Tax free until 1st April 1st of the year they became eligible.
Then on 1st April, I just went to the Post Office, wrote "Historic" in the Taxation class, they took the V5c from me and sent it off and taxed the vehicle for no cost. A week or so later I got the new V5 showing the new Taxation Class.
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Post by looey on Jan 19, 2017 12:37:17 GMT 1
I never finished stripping mine fully, still needs doing I can tell you that Acetone doesn't touch it in the slightest. |
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Post by looey on Jan 18, 2017 22:18:40 GMT 1
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Post by looey on Jan 13, 2017 23:35:17 GMT 1
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Post by looey on Jan 12, 2017 16:35:32 GMT 1
I just stick Tesco Mineral 10w/40 engine oil in all my smaller 2-strokes. It's 10 weight when it's cold and it ain't gonna get hot inside a fork leg, so will stay 10 weight..... |
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Post by looey on Jan 11, 2017 14:57:18 GMT 1
Weird, cos he still has 18 separate adverts for YB4L-BS batteries, all with multiple units available, yet he claims he doesn't have any ?. I've asked him what he's up to, and if I don't get a satisfactory answer, he can have another negative feedback to go with his others |
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Post by looey on Jan 11, 2017 10:09:07 GMT 1
There will be NO fire from this battery  Woke up this morning to a Paypal refund and a message from the seller saying the battery was out of stock and they weren't getting any more WTF ? lol |
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Post by looey on Jan 11, 2017 0:10:02 GMT 1
I bought one for the R1-Z, £12.99 delivered, lets see what I get A fire? Could be lol, always the optimist eh ?. |
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Post by looey on Jan 10, 2017 19:16:13 GMT 1
I bought one for the R1-Z, £12.99 delivered, lets see what I get |
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Post by looey on Jan 10, 2017 10:54:15 GMT 1
I've never understood why batteries are so expensive plastic / lead / acid. Not in precious metal territory here 😳 Tis true that but....... if you just think about the manufacturing process to produce the battery, the overheads of the company, packaging and shipping to the re-seller, then advertising costs/fees, then more packaging and shipping costs to ship to the end-user, how does that all happen for £12.99 ?  |
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Post by looey on Jan 10, 2017 10:37:50 GMT 1
They do look good value eh. I need a battery for our R1-Z, which from them is £12.99 delivered. Might be worth a punt |
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Post by looey on Jan 8, 2017 23:10:52 GMT 1
I ride mine like a stole them, flat tyres the lot! Me too, but with air in me tyres  |
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Post by looey on Jan 8, 2017 23:08:27 GMT 1
Quick pic of mine with overlay fitted. Mines not a show pony, puts a right grin on my chops every time I ride it though. Oh come on Russ, you're obviously just anal about your bikes and don't ride or enjoy them, looking at your clocks, you haven't even done 1 mile yet  |
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Post by looey on Jan 8, 2017 15:38:34 GMT 1
Doesn't stop me riding any of my bikes (standard or not) having the binacle looking correct I assume you're making a point that some people are so anal about their bikes they can't enjoy them ?. |
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Post by looey on Jan 8, 2017 14:39:25 GMT 1
Me too, I've got top fairings, tail sections, belly pans etc., all wrapped up in original packaging |
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Post by looey on Jan 8, 2017 13:05:18 GMT 1
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Post by looey on Jan 8, 2017 11:41:39 GMT 1
The best thing to get rid of the additional writing on the binacles, is not to put another bit of writing over the top that shouldn't be there either, but get a cotton bud (like what you clean your ears out with...lol), dip it in some original T-Cut and very gently rub the writing off Not aimed at you, but, does it really matter? as they still won't look like an original set of clock covers, isn't the writing set out differently? I guess to some it does. For the little effort to rub out the extra text at the bottom and also where it should just have "Oil" written, and then an overlay (as Russpuss said) either the whole binacle, or just the "Oil" text, will make them look exactly the same as the originals, unless looking very very closely On the set I did ages ago, it took no more than 5 mins |
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Post by looey on Jan 7, 2017 20:42:08 GMT 1
The best thing to get rid of the additional writing on the binacles, is not to put another bit of writing over the top that shouldn't be there either, but get a cotton bud (like what you clean your ears out with...lol), dip it in some original T-Cut and very gently rub the writing off |
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Post by looey on Dec 30, 2016 17:35:59 GMT 1
Be nice if someone makes a repro that looks something like the original. Every modified seat I've seen before never looks quite right. Either too bulbous at the rear or too thick at the point they curve up  |
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