Anyone need a bike ridden from Bris to Melb?

(That's the Melbourne Melbourne)

My Trump engine has decided to join Doug's on the "inert" list.
Very sad.
Clem

 

Call past George's place on the way, I'm sure he has a spare in his shed.

 

Jezuz Clem have you been running down black cats or something ? That's
the, what, 4th mishap that bike's had since you bought it isn't it ?

I gather by the subject line you've given up and bought something more
reliable in Melbourne ?

Dare I suggest you consider paying for it to be shipped after the last
fiasco (or should I be shutting up and keeping my unasked for advice to
myself ?)

JL

 

Ha ha; no I haven't bought something more "reliable" in Melbourne John... I
was just taking baby-steps and leaving the "anyone need a bike ridden back
from Melbourne" post until after I secured part 1!!

 

It's a big medium John.
I damaged something in the valve-train when I was trying to start it with
ether-spray 6 months ago and it kicked-back. It's been clattering at idle
ever since.
I drained the oil but found no bits so I convinced myself all was OK.
Tonight I found out I've been deluding myself when it went PING.

 

Give me a call in the morning Clem.

Boxer

 

Errm if the parts are small enough to come back on a bike then they'll
def be cheaper to ship. Even on a CB250 you'd have to be looking at
nearly a couple of hundred bucks worth of juice there and back.

Or are you just trying to go for a ride and it's got nothing to do
with the blown up trumpy ?

JL
(is "gone ping" a dropped valve seat or what ?)

 

Errm if the parts are small enough to come back on a bike then they'll
def be cheaper to ship. Even on a CB250 you'd have to be looking at
nearly a couple of hundred bucks worth of juice there and back.

Or are you just trying to go for a ride and it's got nothing to do
with the blown up trumpy ?

JL
(is "gone ping" a dropped valve seat or what ?)
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Fark John; we're approaching levels of misunderstanding that are almost
George-ian!

"Part 1" meant the "Anyone need a bike ridden to Melb" post. If I managed
to secure that then the part 2 post would've been "anyone need a bike ridden
back?"

The ride is the GP trip (which I've been co-ordinating with Biker-Betty and
which was planned for this Tuesday at sparrowfart).

The "PING" is undiagnosed at this stage but I'm thinking cam-chain-tensioner
and cam-chain-guides first. (after that the really-serious weeping starts!)

 

If it is only cam chain bits that could be fixed this weekend.

Boxer

 

By a competent mechanic if the bits are available; yes.
I'm still gonna' give it a try though!

 

Sad? SAD? It's a bloody TRAGEDY! Brilliant timing, too (Murphy's Law?)

Gee that bike's been trouble Clem.

betty, sobbing into her cornflakes
and waiting for the next instalment
in 'Clem's Trump goes Nowhere'

 

Admit it, Clem... White men can't jump and Poms no longer build real
bikes. Maybe you should try a Korean one next? <grins, ducks, and
runs cackling madly into the black of night>
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Sorry...
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Onya bike...

Gerry

 

I can loan you a GPZ900R for the Canberra-Melbourne-Canberra part of
the trip - it runs on ***4*** cylinders now! :-D

Welcome to my World Of CBR1000F Pain. Is it seized?


BTH

 

Diogenes wrote:

Hi Gerry. Good to see your still around.

Now, in the spirit of Harsh Week...

may all your chooks turn into emus, and trample your shit house down.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Let's not discuss emus.

Theo

 

[ref blows whistle]
FOUL!

 

I can loan you a GPZ900R for the Canberra-Melbourne-Canberra part of
the trip - it runs on ***4*** cylinders now! :-D

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Hmmmm........

 

"may your piss turn into fish hooks and rip yer guts out"

"may your balls turn into bicycle pedals and backpedal up yer arse"

and... from back in the days when Orstraya was a racist, white
supremacist, anglophile cesspit, comes this little offesive gem:

"may yer kids be born black and run backwards like yabbies"
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Orstrayan cultural values are fascinating to study, don't you think?
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You were saying?
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Oh, and thanks for the welcome back. I was never gone though. It's
just that I want to spare you guys from my acerbic "wit".. Too many
anal retentives in here.. Although it does look like a huge
battallion of them has gone to graze elsewhere...
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"I wouldn't join a club that would have me as a member..."
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Onya bike...

Gerry

 

I doubt you'd have to refuse many Gerry.

Theo
Beer?

 

My excuse is I'm sick as a dog!!

Yeah OK, gotcha. I forgot about PI as I've been blocking it out of my
thoughts seeing I can't go

JL