what have you done in the shed today

wife gone out on the lash with her mates daughter left me her corsa broken front spring nice day am i out on the bike NO.got her car done at about 2pm both front springs changed well i was in my muck so got the triumph out to change the oils and filters .it was 6 years the last time i did it and i forgot what a pain it is. no drain plugs so you need a big oil catcher as you get oil every where.10 min job on the dream the triumph now in bits left over night to fully drain .and thats engine oil gearbox oil and primary drive.3 filters one in the oil tank sump filter and the main filter .the dog  thinking what a load of bother that is what are you messing with that when this is ready to go  

one down two to go ,looked all over as the bike came in boxes they did not come with the bike.not superdream bur a relation a cb77 superhawk that i am building . the stator is held in place with 3 studs and the cover plate screws screw in to the studs.DS can get them but are £17.99 each plus vat and postage F**K THAT.down to the steel suppliers 10m 500mm bright hex bar £5 and 3 hours of my time first always takes the longest now i have a pattern the other two will not take long.when i started at the pit in 1976 as a apprentice fitter as we were not allowed down the pit unsupervised spent most of my time in the fitting shop or blacksmiths they would show you how the pillar drill lathes and all the other equipment worked and you were good to go.then they would show you a pile of whatever and thats was me busy.no way would you be taught like that today i can see why but what i learnt as stayed with me and i have enjoyed this afternoon i lost track of time and missed the meetup at 6pm to go to squires cafe .

well the superdream now ok no problems this week up to now will do all the bike nights next week on it all 3 studs fitted on the cb77 head fins to repair so having a go at the paint work on the kh125 its got to be green and it is .so at this time nothing to obsess about but that will change when the 25mm tube arrives 

If you move out your sofa you'll get loads more in your front room

Are we twins?

I am not selling any but cant help buying, Madbuyer.com it's me, its an affliction.

Rona says stop, but I sneak out at night, find a terminal to plug my laptop into and buy!

5 sunflower seeds arriving next week, the best sunflower seeds, not just any sunflower seed...that's what they told me anyway.

Just kiddin.

I hope you get a good return if you have to sell.

Gee.

This was the 650GT out for a ride yesterday.....



....and this is how it looks today in the shed 



The job was a quick one to raise the bars a little by clamping the clip-ons above the top yoke instead of below - remove the top yoke, slide off the bar clamps, then slacken off the bottom yoke clamps, (there's 2 hex socket bolts on each side) to raise the forks slightly & leave a bit more at the top to clamp the bars onto. Tighten everything up, job done. Except I didn't get that far! I was slackening the bolts clamping the bottom yoke & one sheared 

on

I couldn't understand how this could happen, then I noticed the lower bolt hole goes right through the casting, protruding slightly out the other side, the upper hole is blind. The bolts are the same length, so I think this one could have been tightened up too hard rammed against the casting.



Now I'm trying to pluck up the courage to try & remove the same bolts on the Interceptor to check they're ok, and shorten the ones in the blind holes a bit.