I suppose it had to happen eventually ...

The new Wing has been visited by the chrome fairy.

 

Still no visit from the LED elves?

 

You're not alone, Brotehr Dodger. I just tripped over a little bag of
Bandit (stainless) Bolt Bling that had been lost for years, so gave the
old beast a bit more sparkle in the yoke department.

Good for the soul, it is, a little bit of gentle, non-essential
spannering.

 

Well, only a little one. Voltmeter (in a chrome panel).

The driving lamp fairy must have shoved her out of the way.

 

I need to bin a few bolts that are dull & shitty, always makes it look so
much nicer.

Or, i might just grind them clean at silverstone

 

Rubbish. Bikes should be allowed to develop a patina to give the
illusion of frequent useage.

 

Or in my case, a covering of moss, so I know which part is facing
north...

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

I wasn't patient enough when I changed the lever after my crash in
France and ended up with a span adjuster that has to be ajusted with a
screwdriver.

 

Excellent. I particularly liked: "On my way back out to the shed, I
somehow scooped up a bee in my flip-flop and got stung on my big toe."

 

DIAABTCOD?

 

Serves him right for wearing flip-flops, the big gay twat - where does
he think he is... Australia?

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Ural guano: I know which way the woodpigeons come from.

 

There's always something, and it is so often the tiny unsuspected thing.

Strikes me as less than competent, TBH. Useful bit of bloggery, mind -
I have one of them on the back burner, concerning back brake calipers.

 

Is the correct response.

 

<waves tiny drift>

Facom, facom all.

Would you consider a couple of turns of PTFE tape?

 

Whenever I've tried mixing PTFE tape & brake fluid, it's not been
pretty. The tape just dissolves.

 

Meh!

I fucking detest brake fluid. Every time I have to work with it, I am
revolted by it. Considering it is such a vital component, WTF haven't
they come up with something that isn't so aggresive - to paint, for a
start. It rots gloves for a pastime, so there's no alternative to
getting it on fingers, then transferring it to vulnerable surfaces.
Even the feel of it is 'orrible - worse than anything else I routinely
come into contact with, just 'orrible.

 

<gloom>

Check Krusty's response. Try lobbing a bit of tape in a bit of brake
fluid - go on, then let us have the definitive answer.

 

Apart from silicone DOT5 fluid, but that's a bugger to bleed, there's
always LHM. I'm with you on DOT3/4 brake fluid. Fucking horrible useless
stuff. It's not just the paint-stripper, it's the moisture-absorption.

 

I think it's becoming a meme, all of its own.