Wonko the Sane

From "So long, and thanks for all the fish" by Douglas Adams:

"Ah yes," he said, "that's to do with the day I finally realized
that the
world had gone totally mad and built the Asylum to put it in, poor
thing,
and hoped it would get better."

"It seemed to me," said Wonko the Sane, "that any civilization
that had so
far lost its head as to need to include a detailed instructions
for use in
a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilzation in which I
could live
and stay sane."


Today I got my hands greasy on the way to work (changing a rear
wheel), so I bought a nail brush.

The packaging included very detailed instructions on how to use a nail
brush, and I was almost expecting to see "Warning: not for use on
eyeballs" there somewhere.

We're constructing a world for morons.


BTH

 

Nah...we already have a world for morons. What we're doing now is showing
them how to use it.

Conehead

 

whatcha need a nail brush for? just hammer the bastards

*grin*

Blah,
Derek

 

Can't wait until it becomes a legislative requirement to print
comprehensive how-to instructions on toilet paper... :-(


BTH

 

'Cos the grease makes my nails taste icky when I chew them. ;-)

I've got spray paint on them today, and the "Lobelia Purple" really
highlighs my pasty skin. ;-)


BTH
(I even managed to get runs in the paint on *me*, let alone the
bike...)

 

Been in the cum spray booth again eh BT? ;-) I just resprayed the
VT250, took 5 or 6 cans of Australian Export "Brunswick Green" @ $3.50
(no kickinnanuts) per can and a couple of cans of K&H Spray
filler/primer, plus a bit of bog for the enormous ding in the tank.
Shouldnt look _too_ disgusting, it would have been better, but I got
sick of the spray primer, rub back primer, spray primer cycle.

Got any pics?

Ash.

 

Shut up!

That $3.50 enamel stuff takes a long time to harden up though. I
dunno, I reckon that if you're going to the trouble of prepping the
surface you might as well use decent paint (and I find that I get less
orange peel in the finish if I use acylics too).

For some silly reason I forgot to take some "before" shots. It's
Minx's bike, and after that spill she had a few months back it had a
large triangular chunk broken out of the upper right fairing. I've
done a quick 2-evening fibreglass-bog-and-paint job on it, which looks
almost as crap as it sounds. It *does* look marginally better than
the duct-taped disaster area it's been for the past 3 months though.

Oh, and now the fuggin' fuel tank has started leaking on it. I should
never have rebuilt that bloddy thing! :-/


BTH

 

BT Humble wrote:

Yes, I noticed that :-( Got rather a lot of orange peel too, but
fuggit, I reasoned that it couldnt look any worse than it already did,
even if I'd painted it with a brush. It _will_ be an improvement when I
eventually put all the bits back on. I'm going to do the valve
clearances first though seeing as all the bits are off and I've replaced
the thermostat so the coolant is gone too (you gotta remove the
radiator). Honda wanted $90 for the thermostat. 90 fucking dollars?!
On the recommendation of the spare parts guy, I bought a 180F thermostat
from Repco for $14 and modified it.

At some point in its life the VT has been down the road in a big way
(probably quite a few times). All that remains of the once full fairing
is the top half which is basically rooted too. Its got loads of cracks,
about 2 kilos of fibreglass, and a few poorly done plastic welds but I
cant afford to replace it at the moment. On the upside, if you dont
have Brasso, Kitten liquid cut and polish will transform the opaque
yellow thing that was passing for a screen and restore a decent amount
of its former glory. For example I didnt know it was a tinted screen!

Damn things run on abuse, once you upset the ballance by showing them
some attention...

 

"BT Humble" wrote

You mean like "Stick it up your arse"?

Theo

 

Or just an arrow...

 

BT Humble wrote ;
~

Did you find Goaty's Red, White and Blue kit?
I remember he had it at the Wintersun but I forgot to take it from him.
If he reckons he didn't come home with it then it's probably still sitting
under the tree there!

Failing that (and if you don't need the corrosive cleaner) then I had good
success using an epoxy "paint" that I bought from a boat shop. (I'll tell
you the brand when I get home)
Clem

 

Conehead said....

Co> Nah...we already have a world for morons. What we're doing now is
Co> showing them how to use it.

Yep, courtesy of the parasites who claim their occupation is a
"profession" and who prey on the greed of the morons who reckon
insurance companies are bottomless moneypits.


(you lot can edit the above and insert commas, fullstops, and
apostrophes where you see fit. I'm off to the pub. It's Christmas, so
have a good one folks.)

 

Charlie Haughs wrote;

Bastard! We're not having Christmas until December 25 in Queensland.
Bloody southerners get EVERYTHING first!
Clem

 

if you are planning on painting a tank you can have it chemically dipped ,
stripped and rust treated for about $100

 

This might explain the email which probably everyone who works for the same
company as me received today from Chief Information Officer, and I quote...
"Colleagues, Once again, December has come early this year...."

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

im sure you have a few spare tanks

 

This is the stuff;
http://www.yachtpaint.com/usa//product_guide/epiglass/US_epiglass_ht9000.asp

I think I paid about $22 for 250ml but you'd probably need 500ml for a
whole tank.

 

"Knobdoodle" wrote

We had Christmas in Bali on Sunday.



Theo

 

Spray "paint"?
Cum on BT...



Postman Pat

 

How about practising on a GPz250 aircooled belt drive?

Hammo