Cat Litter

That'd probably be it, but it was interesting to note a couple of design
features that were picked up by others - the Benelli picked up the
swingarm, and who was it that did the mixed trellis frame - I know I've
seen it on a couple of bikes in the last few years but I can't remember
which

JL

 

Did somebody call?

Cheers,
Dale.

 

A bit like retiring a sportsman's number? ;-)

Cheers,
Dale.

 

[Christopher Lambert voice] "There can be only ONE....."

 

That didn't stop Cagiva doing it with the 650 and 1000 cc Raptors though.


G-S

 

I've been out for a day so I'm a bit behind jumping on the homo thing.

Of course there's 'felix'. As in 'felix the cat', or 'felix my ice-
cream, I'll lick yours', which I thought was a bit camp... but now
I've come to type it in seems quite innocent. Not to mention 'felix
mine I'll kick his f'n hed in' etc. etc.

 

The name was too gay.


GB

 

Yeah, my cat does. You want me to go ask him?

Actually, we don't use cat litter any more, 'cos we taught
the cats to use the human toilet. Sure, there's a hell of
a queue for the loo first thing in the mornings, but it's
a lot less trouble, expense and smell than the old-fashioned
way.

As to cat litters... A few types. In increasing levels of
absorbency...

There's a 'mud' type that's fine grained dry absorbent soil
of some sort. That's what the cheapest ones are made of. Turns
to a yucky gray mud when it's got enough cat's piss in it.
Probably the same with oil. I have a big bag of the stuff (circa
$20 for 20Kg at Big W) downstairs and I use it to mop up oil
spills when I'm working on car/bike. I put it over the oil
spill and sweep it up 20 mins later. Wouldn't leave a pile
of it on the floor all the time.

There's one in a similar vein, but a little pricier and doesn't
completely disintegrate when it's wet. Castrol (evil fuckers
whose products I'll never buy) used to sell something called
"Mop" which fits in to this category. A lot of the cat litters
are like this too. Still clay based, much the same as the above,
just hangs together beter when wet.

You can tell the difference between those two by texture.
The first mentioned, when rubbed between thumb and forefinger,
breaks down to a really fine dust that would easily turn to
mud with some liquid (if it does turn to mud, and it smells
funny, then your cat has already found the bag!), the latter
type holds it's shape better.

Then there's the white crystal stuff. It's made from silica gel,
a very highly porous solid that sucks up lots of moisture by
way of its huge internal surface area. Holds a lot of liquid,
holds it's shape when wet. Is re-useable (as I suppose they
all are, technically) when it's just water you're using it
for (not so with cat's piss!), you can warm it to cause the
water to evaporate out of it. This stuff is the very best
with water and with cat's piss, I've never tried it with oil.
It is also the most expensive, $8-12 per 2 kilo bag is typical
(2 kilos is probably about 5-6 litres in volume). It's also
the cleanest, nicest-looking (important to appropriately
present a nice big cat turd in your ultra-modern bathroom,
less important on the garage floor!). Can be had a bit cheaper
in 15-10 litre bags at some of those big pet warehouse type
places.


Those are the usual suspects. There's also another type,
made from recycled phone books. It's just compressed paper.
The RSPCA gave me a free bag of it (buy a cat, the the cat
litter free type deal!), but I never tried the stuff. It
doesn't look all that absorbent to me, and rolls around a
bit too much to sit and soak up anything. Might be better
for oil than cat waste though.


Hope this helps. Let me know if you've got any more
questions for me cat!



GB

 

That's what I thought too. I was under the impression that oil
dripping from the chain was a no-no (too much oil attracts nasties
like grit etc). You adjust the drip rate until the chain looks wet,
then adjust back for some number of turns or something - just like the
old drip feeds that we used in stationary engines back when JC was in
short pants.
To be honest though, I don't see much value in these things when
sealed pins and bushes are common on modern chains. The main place of
wear would really be in the tooth/pin interface, and that area is very
vulnerable to dirt and grit. Unlubed, it wears, but lubed it's likely
to wear more.
Unless of course you spray so much oil around that it keeps the chain
washed...
Of course if you did that, oil would drip all over your garage floor.

<shrug>

Seems you have a plethora of options here, some of which involve cat
litter and Sugar Soap followed by chlorine.

Best of luck

 

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Onya bike

Gerry

 

People thought I was a bit crazy because I had taught my cat to use the
toilet but they thought otherwise when they saw the cat perched on the seat,
do a crap, then scratch the seat after he had finished

Maybe there is another reason why they think I am crazy

 

You didn't teach him to flush?

betty

 

mh

 

You didn't teach him to flush?

betty

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Would have liked him to flush, but I have inset buttons on the cistern, not
a lever

 

Or

--

- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

 

I asked he and he did nothing but put shit on it!

 

OMG, no. That's just crappy.

 

He's taking the piss.

--

- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

 

That doesn't mean we should soak it up

 

My job is cat litter. Thank God it's Friday.