Today I acquired...........

[brewdexta]

Someone shoot me, Andy’s turned me into a bloody Hipster
That or Ive broken into the Dentists

I haven't been through the whole pile, so you may find some of my dad's porn in there too

I have 4 or 5 large boxes of old Mechanical Engineering mags, I think they date back to the 1950s, possibly earlier. I haven't had time to look at them properly yet so not sure, but I do remember reading them as a kid, fascinating what some people did with very few tools.

 

[4String.]

Given it persists it down constantly up here in the Pennines

For any savverners and cockerknees that don't know what the Pennines are, they're a range of hills that were created by God to keep riff-raff, undesirables, and general ne'er do wells out of his finest work that is the county of Yorkshire . (Oh be still my beating heart .)

And yes, it does persist it down, but only over Lancashire .

 

[Olderisbetter]

Bluetooth speaker for sticking in the old cars to save messing about rated at 30w and it sounds pretty good for £35 but as with my Anker speaker the chinese maker has gone with a name open to abuse..

 

[Mick Annick]

For any savverners and cockerknees that don't know what the Pennines are, they're a range of hills that were created by God to keep riff-raff, undesirables, and general ne'er do wells out of his finest work that is the county of Yorkshire . (Oh be still my beating heart .)

And yes, it does persist it down, but only over Lancashire .

Stop it! I’ve two daughters-in-law from Gods own country, and don’t they let me know it!

 

[indy4x]

This was on eBay for reasonable money (reasonable for Sykes gear) but collection only

Was way too far to travel so asked they guy if he could box it up for me if I arranged shipping

It arrived today

 

[roblane65]

Some cable , dinse plugs and more plugs .

2 x 3.6 m lengths of Niplas welding cable H.O.F.R 16mm2
and a couple of 35-50 mm dinse plugs ,need a decent electrode holder now

and finally sourced some signal wire plugs for the SWP invert-R

happy days

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Not acquired but I'd like to have did .
Smallish lathe 550 euros .
Currently no money , space,or way to bring it home and a very long trip.
I'd bet it weighs at least 800kg

Looks like it used to belong to Lady Penelope.....

 

[Arc Tourist]

Not acquired but I'd like to have did .
Smallish lathe 550 euros .
Currently no money , space,or way to bring it home and a very long trip.
I'd bet it weighs at least 800kg

The taper attachment on it is a great accessory to have, easily worth half the asking price of the lathe.

 

[Memmeddu]

Looks like it used to belong to Lady Penelope.....

Raseda green or flat grey would have been my colours of choice in case it has not been sold to someone else .

The taper attachment on it is a great accessory to have, easily worth half the asking price of the lathe.

Unfortunately no room for it , and at that price it didn't last too much on the market .
An half hour later I've posted it here it has been sold .
But that makes me feel ambitious and hopeful about finding one right for me whenever happens to have enough money and space for something similar

 

[Bluemotion]

Today, I acquired...
A Darkside rear.
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Let me know how you get on. I’m screaming inside for a ride on one to see what it’s all about

 

[Bluemotion]

I have been collecting the range and it hasn’t disappointed me yet, it all lives in a box and stays in the truck. The sds is not a big guns thing but more than adequate for screwsnplugs

Bob


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What’s you opinion to date so far with all and also the new sds?

 

[4String.]

Oh dear .

Just delivered 27 tons of bricks to Glasson Dock near Lancaster for onward delivery to the Isle of Man and spotted the Lancashire Smokehouse. £50 later :






OH loves smoked mackerel so that should earn me a few brownie points and she loves spiced gin so that's another stocking filler for Christmas . I'll grudgingly share the smoked mussels with her but the smoked cheeses and the potted shrimps are all mine .

 

[Kram]

Alu sheet, thanks @julianf
Needed some decent centre drills, but not small that they snap. Arrived two NOS carbide and a long HSS.

 

[Shox Dr]

D2 Airtronic eberspacher, been sat for a while. Looks like I need a new gasket.

 

[excossack]

An AVOMeter Model 8. Needs a battery and a set of leads

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

What battery?
I may have a spare 15v new style.

 

[mpats]

Friend saw some nice elm planks for sale on facebook, so we arranged to pop round today to have a look. Turns out that said friend has worked with the bloke who was selling them, and he had LOTs of wood. He has a sawmill so had lots of bits round the place. Still green but we will have a nice barn for drying soon. Had a good chat with him and came away with some nice wood. He gave us a few bits for free as well.

This bit was one of the free ones

and it's now being stored in my mates top shed for a month or so as we have both run out of storage room What a terrible problem to have


Not much money either, especially compared to going to some of the proper sawmills etc, like scottish hardwoods. He's just doing it to cover his costs for milling stuff for timber framing he does.

 

[Farside]

Let me know how you get on. I’m screaming inside for a ride on one to see what it’s all about

Today was the test.
One thing after another got in the way, but today I took it out to test three things
1. The new needle in the SU
2. The Delkovic silencer
3. The Darkside tyre.
It all went well; after a few miles scrubbing it in I gradually started to give it a bit more welly and to be honest it felt no different from any decent tyre I've had on the bike. It actually felt so much better than the several crap tyres I've had, but that's not a surprise. A lot of people say they can feel the transition as it leans - ie, leaves the totally flat tread area and moves to the more side-ely half (not the edge, nor the sidewall, as the ignorant insist), but I can't say I felt that, and by the time I returned I was giving it a fair bit of stick in the backroads around here. However, to break it in and give me a starting point, I was using 40psi, which probably isn't its optimum. 40psi was likely crowning it a bit, so I'll drop it by a couple of pounds per go and see where the sweet spot is.

The needle in the carb performed adequately and it's now revving out pretty much as hoped, and not leaning out at the top end - still got another needle to try. I wasn't paying all that much attention to the AFR gauge as I should have been, as I was more focused on the road and possible bad manners.

I will say this though, the 15" rear that's now on it has increased engine revs in gear by about 8% (according to the online tyre calcs) and it's really noticeable how much better it goes now (aided by the carb breathing better). With the difference in gearing and the better breathing, it goes like a rat up a drainpipe and that Delkovic sounds lovely but it's too loud. I had the H-D silencer molished to the point it sounded nice, but wasn't too noisy. I wonder if there's any baffling material in the Delko end piece. If not, I can add some, and perhaps molish a Supertrapp-like end for it.

Still, the character of the bike has changed. It's now sitting at 6K @ 70mph and it feels quite busy. I'd rather have different gearing, but none of the GS line of final drives offer any swappable units to achieve that, and I don't fancy messing around changing the secondary drive bevels - too much faff and opportunity to royally screw it up.
I'll continue with this tyre for a while yet and get used to it. I might get a Michelin-X 5.50 R 16 which will just about fit into the swingarm and I have a spare 16" GS wheel there doing nothing at the moment. That will put the overall gearing just about right where it should be. Bloody expensive tyre, though.

 

[Olderisbetter]

As its cold we are having thick soups and chowders and not to pull rank i got myself a matching soup bowl so we all get 1 portion each, mine is on the left

 

[Farside]

A waterproof cargo net

Intrigued by the notion of a waterproof net.