"JohnO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:36:05 GMT, "George W Frost"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>>"JohnO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news(E-Mail Removed). ..
>>> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:48:18 +1000, none <""lionel\"@(none)"> wrote:
>>>
>>> Snip some...
>>>
>>>>
>>>>So how safe is it taking up these offers in a newsgroup anyway? No
>>>>offence intended to Knobdoodle.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers
>>>>
>>>>Lionel.
>>>
>>> Safe as, most of the regulars in this group have a reasonable
>>> knowledge on maintenance about bikes.
>>>
>>> JohnO
>>>
>>> Beer?
>>>
>>
>>Except of coarse for knobless, who can't even keep a Triumph going in one
>>piece
>>
> Now now George, I don't know if you are taking the **** or what with
> Clem.
>
> However, Clem is knowledgeable about bike repairs / maintenance. He
> has over the years help quite a few in this group. Right Betty ?
>
> Johno
>
> Beer?

He certainly has! Clem is the Wizard of the Hose Clamp, the Master of Mitre
Ten nail thingies that can hold snapped subframes together, the King of the
Cable Tie, Improviser Extraordinnaire AND the Legend of the Levers. Also
known to fellow Phillip Island pilgrims as He Who Wrought Roadside Repairs
in the Rain. My hero! :-)

betty

On Mar 10, 3:40*pm, Lionel <lion...@none.com> wrote:
> theo wrote:

> > Be very careful tightening up the headset bearing. At that milage you
> > should take it apart, clean and regrease. Just tightening won't fix
> > it. If you get a hint of a weave at around 50-70k/h then you have
> > overtightened the bearing.
>
> The bearing is only 2-3 years old and I just gave it a small tap, less
> than 1/8th of a turn I reckon.

OK, but guessing doesn't do it. You need to jack it up, a small car
jack under the front of the engine will do it, so you can feel how
much slck you have. If you haven't done this before I recommend you
contact a helpful loccal person, such as Clem as you're in BrisVegas,
or take it to a shop. (Clem will do anything for a beer or twenty.)

Theo

On Mar 10, 4:04*pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
> "JohnO" <varc...@msn.com> wrote in message

> > However, Clem is knowledgeable about bike repairs / maintenance. He
> > has over the years help quite a few in this group. Right Betty ?

> He certainly has! Clem is the Wizard of the Hose Clamp, the Master of Mitre
> Ten nail thingies that can hold snapped subframes together, the King of the
> Cable Tie, Improviser Extraordinnaire AND the Legend of the Levers. Also
> known to fellow Phillip Island pilgrims as He Who Wrought Roadside Repairs
> in the Rain. My hero! *:-)

You're just biased Betty. Getting rescued does to to maidens. Did I
ever tell you I fixed a broken Guzzi Electronic igniter with a 1960s
Land Rover coil, a Mitsubishi L300 jubilee clip and a piece of wire at
Mundrabilla?

Ask Zebee about the biker that was stranded on a remote road without a
tow rope when there was miles of it less than ten feet away.

Theo

"bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
> "JohnO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> However, Clem is knowledgeable about bike repairs / maintenance. He
>> has over the years help quite a few in this group. Right Betty ?
>>
> He certainly has! Clem is the Wizard of the Hose Clamp, the Master of
> Mitre Ten nail thingies that can hold snapped subframes together, the King
> of the Cable Tie, Improviser Extraordinnaire AND the Legend of the Levers.
> Also known to fellow Phillip Island pilgrims as He Who Wrought Roadside
> Repairs in the Rain. My hero! :-)
>
[Blush] You are too kind Betty.
(and I also appreciate how you carefully skirted around the fact that the
broken-subframe and the roadside-rain-repairs were on my OWN bike rather
than someone else being rescued!!)

--
Clem
(http://xkcd.com/621/)

"Knobdoodle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
>> "JohnO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> However, Clem is knowledgeable about bike repairs / maintenance. He
>>> has over the years help quite a few in this group. Right Betty ?
>>>
>> He certainly has! Clem is the Wizard of the Hose Clamp, the Master of
>> Mitre Ten nail thingies that can hold snapped subframes together, the
>> King of the Cable Tie, Improviser Extraordinnaire AND the Legend of the
>> Levers. Also known to fellow Phillip Island pilgrims as He Who Wrought
>> Roadside Repairs in the Rain. My hero! :-)
>>
> [Blush] You are too kind Betty.
> (and I also appreciate how you carefully skirted around the fact that the
> broken-subframe and the roadside-rain-repairs were on my OWN bike rather
> than someone else being rescued!!)
>
> --
> Clem
> (http://xkcd.com/621/)
>
Yebbut.... the point is, you could DO them (unlike a certain shortarse who
shall remain nameless, who just says stuff like "#*%$, I suppose that's the
end of that then. I shall have to go home. Oh, wait. I can't. My bike's
broken." <grin>

inept betty (closely related to unco betty)

On Mar 10, 8:35*pm, theo <theodo...@bigpond.com.au> wrote:
> (Clem will do anything for a beer or twenty.)

Yes we know, I'm STILL trying to get the Santa photo out of my memory
banks....

JL

"Yeebok" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 10/03/2010 12:36 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>> "JohnO"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:48:18 +1000, none<""lionel\"@(none)"> wrote:
>>>
>>> Snip some...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> So how safe is it taking up these offers in a newsgroup anyway? No
>>>> offence intended to Knobdoodle.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Lionel.
>>>
>>> Safe as, most of the regulars in this group have a reasonable
>>> knowledge on maintenance about bikes.
>>>
>>> JohnO
>>>
>>> Beer?
>>>
>>
>> Except of coarse for knobless, who can't even keep a Triumph going in one
>> piece
>>
>>
> I imagine keeping one going in several pieces would be much harder,
> George. Just sayin'..

It appears that the knobless one, when riding or trying to ride a
motorcycle, seems to have it in pieces at all times, whether it falls apart
before a scheduled departure, or along the way,
It has been documented in many posts, of his misadventures with motorcycles,
yet he still tries to convince everyone here that he knows everything about
bike riding and bike repairs.
I have no problem with that, as there are many people who claim they can
ride or repair motorcycles but in fact cannot,
the problem lies with so many posters here, who actually believe the crap he
comes up with.
He posted not long ago, that he needed the wiring for a Triumph, which I
happened to have in one of my sheds and I offered it to him, both here and
to his email address he posts,
but, apparently, that email address is as false as his claim to be a
motorcycle expert as I got no reply from either.
Somone said that he may have me in his "killfile"......great words...aren't
they ?
I am not the only one in his "killfile" because as I was told offline, that
his "killfile" consisted of anyone who posts here, who happen to disagree
with anything he says.
Sounds more like a spoilt little brat who can't get his own way, so takes
his bat and ball and goes home.
He may be a nice person to talk to and to have as a friend, as quoted by a
few here, but his niceties do not extend to his performances.

Yeebok wrote:
> On 11/03/2010 9:25 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>> "Yeebok"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:wb6dnSS-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On 10/03/2010 12:36 PM, George W Frost wrote:
>>>> "JohnO"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:48:18 +1000, none<""lionel\"@(none)"> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Snip some...
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So how safe is it taking up these offers in a newsgroup anyway? No
>>>>>> offence intended to Knobdoodle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lionel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Safe as, most of the regulars in this group have a reasonable
>>>>> knowledge on maintenance about bikes.
>>>>>
>>>>> JohnO
>>>>>
>>>>> Beer?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Except of coarse for knobless, who can't even keep a Triumph going
>>>> in one
>>>> piece
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I imagine keeping one going in several pieces would be much harder,
>>> George. Just sayin'..
>>
>> It appears that the knobless one, when riding or trying to ride a
>> motorcycle, seems to have it in pieces at all times, whether it falls
>> apart
>> before a scheduled departure, or along the way,
>> It has been documented in many posts, of his misadventures with
>> motorcycles,
>> yet he still tries to convince everyone here that he knows everything
>> about
>> bike riding and bike repairs.
>> I have no problem with that, as there are many people who claim they can
>> ride or repair motorcycles but in fact cannot,
>> the problem lies with so many posters here, who actually believe the
>> crap he
>> comes up with.
>> He posted not long ago, that he needed the wiring for a Triumph, which I
>> happened to have in one of my sheds and I offered it to him, both here
>> and
>> to his email address he posts,
>> but, apparently, that email address is as false as his claim to be a
>> motorcycle expert as I got no reply from either.
>> Somone said that he may have me in his "killfile"......great
>> words...aren't
>> they ?
>> I am not the only one in his "killfile" because as I was told offline,
>> that
>> his "killfile" consisted of anyone who posts here, who happen to disagree
>> with anything he says.
>> Sounds more like a spoilt little brat who can't get his own way, so takes
>> his bat and ball and goes home.
>> He may be a nice person to talk to and to have as a friend, as quoted
>> by a
>> few here, but his niceties do not extend to his performances.
>>
>>
> Well if you're really lucky, I'm not in his kill file and he'll have
> seen your rant .. if not, you may've gotten me added to it ..
>
>
As if it matters ppffttt

On Mar 11, 6:25*pm, "George W Frost" <georgewfr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It appears that the knobless one, when riding or trying to ride a
> motorcycle, seems to have it in pieces at all times, whether it falls apart
> before a scheduled departure, or along the way,
> It has been documented in many posts, of his misadventures with motorcycles,
> yet he still tries to convince everyone here that he knows everything about
> bike riding and bike repairs.
> I have no problem with that, as there are many people who claim they can
> ride or repair motorcycles but in fact cannot,
> the problem lies with so many posters here, who actually believe the craphe
> comes up with.
> He posted not long ago, that he needed the wiring for a Triumph, which I
> happened to have in one of my sheds and I offered it to him, both here and
> to his email address he posts,
> but, apparently, that email address is as false as his claim to be a
> motorcycle expert as I got no reply from either.
> Somone said that he may have me in his "killfile"......great words...aren't
> they ?
> I am not the only one in his "killfile" because as I was told offline, that
> his "killfile" consisted of anyone who posts here, who happen to disagree
> with anything he says.
> Sounds more like a spoilt little brat who can't get his own way, so takes
> his bat and ball and goes home.
> He may be a nice person to talk to and to have as a friend, as quoted by a
> few here, but his niceties do not extend to his performances

Get a life George.

Theo

theo wrote:
> On Mar 11, 6:25 pm, "George W Frost" <georgewfr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It appears that the knobless one, when riding or trying to ride a
>> motorcycle, seems to have it in pieces at all times, whether it falls apart
>> before a scheduled departure, or along the way,
>> It has been documented in many posts, of his misadventures with motorcycles,
>> yet he still tries to convince everyone here that he knows everything about
>> bike riding and bike repairs.
>> I have no problem with that, as there are many people who claim they can
>> ride or repair motorcycles but in fact cannot,
>> the problem lies with so many posters here, who actually believe the crap he
>> comes up with.
>> He posted not long ago, that he needed the wiring for a Triumph, which I
>> happened to have in one of my sheds and I offered it to him, both here and
>> to his email address he posts,
>> but, apparently, that email address is as false as his claim to be a
>> motorcycle expert as I got no reply from either.
>> Somone said that he may have me in his "killfile"......great words...aren't
>> they ?
>> I am not the only one in his "killfile" because as I was told offline, that
>> his "killfile" consisted of anyone who posts here, who happen to disagree
>> with anything he says.
>> Sounds more like a spoilt little brat who can't get his own way, so takes
>> his bat and ball and goes home.
>> He may be a nice person to talk to and to have as a friend, as quoted by a
>> few here, but his niceties do not extend to his performances
>
> Get a life George.
>
> Theo

I am in Knobdoodles killfile but even I have to think this...

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