On Jan 23, 9:15*am, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
> Every now and again you come up against an odd one. A *really* odd one.

Yes, you *are* the really odd one, aren't you? But you don't stand out
from the ukrm crowd, you're right in the thick of *that* mess.

Who gives a cold rat's ass about trivial problems that you've already
solved?

If you want to meet your Limey friends and talk Polari in a gay pub,
why don't you just *do that*?

Gael wrote:


> Who gives a cold rat's ass about trivial problems that you've already
> solved?

I do.

You're just a bore

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, SR250 SpazzTrakka,
TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
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In uk.rec.motorcycles The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> So this afternoon, I checked the tappets again to see if I'd got one
> slightly out, but they all seemed OK. I reset them anyway, towards the
> tighter end of the recommended clearance scale.
>
> And damn me, the ticking seemed louder when I restarted it. Much
> head-scratching and the odd swear-word.
>
> It's sorted now: source of the noise traced. A virtual pint to anyone
> who can guess what it was. A new one on me, certainly.

Rev counter cable ?.

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03 GS500K2
76 Honda 400/4 project
68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic)
06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)

In uk.rec.motorcycles The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Tacho cable/drive.
>
> I noticed that the shrink-wrapping, round the end of the tacho cable at
> the cylinder head, had ridden up slightly, and so decided to push it
> down to prevent any ingress of dirt and crap, and as I touched the cable
> the noise stopped.

BTDTGTTS - see my answer above.

> Even after nearly 35 years of faffing with bikes, every day's a
> schoolday.

Yup - had me tearing out hair when it happened to me.
Then I remembered the cause of a mysterious ticking behind the dash
of an MGA many moons ago.

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03 GS500K2
76 Honda 400/4 project
68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic)
06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


> Rev counter cable ?.

You ain't fooling me, you know.


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BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
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On Jan 23, 11:48*am, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (In All His
Glory), the Birthday Boy wrote:

> You ain't fooling me, you know.

Ths thread ought to be good for at least 200 messages, before The
Birthday Boy receives his final reward...

In uk.rec.motorcycles The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
> > Rev counter cable ?.
>
> You ain't fooling me, you know.

I honestly did post this before seing your solution.
It had happened to me before and confused the hell out of me as well.

Honest Guv.

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03 GS500K2
76 Honda 400/4 project
68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic)
06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)

The Older Gentleman wrote:
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>> Rev counter cable ?.
>
> You ain't fooling me, you know.
>
>

heh. That was nearly funny.

--
/Simon

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
> I honestly did post this before seing your solution.
> It had happened to me before and confused the hell out of me as well.
>
> Honest Guv.

<Narrows eyes>

Orlright.

<pours pint of Best>


--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com

Krusty wrote:
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
>> It's sorted now: source of the noise traced. A virtual pint to anyone
>> who can guess what it was. A new one on me, certainly.
>
> Someone had fixed a playing card to the camchain with a clothes peg?

You silly sod :-)

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Malc

Rusted and ropy.
Dog-eared old copy.
Vintage and classic,
or just plain Jurassic:
all words to describe me.