Fix-it Saturday

[Squiggles]

I've got bits to do...

Service DR, install new bits
Straighten bars & fit to VTR

Anyone else?

[xwhatsit]

Hopefully I've got nothing to do but I might pop round and shout abuse if I've finished all my stuffs.

[motorbyclist]

I always have bits to do....

perhaps it would pay to install some new angry eyebrows on the TL in order to sell it faster and increase the value?

oh, while i remember, and have a good photo for the auction (attached)

if you look veeeeery carefully it shows the scratches - add trademe compression and it isn't false advertising :bleh:

[Squiggles]

Mint, I need some more angry eyebrows... so does the VTR before it goes back to Ross...

Add that to the list: Straighten slightly off Bars & fit to VTR

[macros87]

seal my tiny rocker cover leak! x) i just havent gotten around to doing that now that i work sundays, and your fix its are sundays andrew! you are not very considerate r you..

[Squiggles]

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[ital916]

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ill pop round, I wanna kick some tyres and check my bike over. Everything is fine and dandy but no harm in double checkin.

[Squiggles]

Starting around 9ish, going all day. Theres probably some cool beers rolling around in the fridge down there. Place is in Epsom, txt for address: 0212685528

[Squiggles]

Bumping again for everyone

[Hanne]

^Here's a challenge for you dudes, see if you can fit the sidecar back into the shed. Like one of those balancing kiwi puzzles. And arrange for a magician to use the XS in a magic trick (isn't the inorganic collection on atm?):P

BTW, doesn't the DR have to be serviced by Suzuki to keep under warranty though??

Hope you have fun. - Hanne

[xwhatsit]

WTF you really in Gherkinmany?

Meh I might not come if it's just going to be a bunch of people like Steven.

[ducatilover]

I think I will put the top coat on my fairing and re-loom the dash/running lights

[Real_Wolf]

OOh, a magic trick on the xs sounds great. I don't think they'd take it in the inorganics tho...

Heh, you actually went and changed your location before posting.

Since squiggz hasn't posted yet, I believe he said something about finding out what would be covered under warranty, and some stuff they don't want him servicing but like changing oil is fine. Might be wrong.

[PirateJafa]

All the servicing on the DR that needs to be done by the dealer is just the valves.

We might be thar.

[Zim_Invader]

Yo all... This Would've been great, if i'd seen it earlier! I've been so swamped with work and the house, and my applications for aviation lately that i've barely been able to keep up with kb.

I got some really sad news, which will prob add to the reasons that have been holding me back from any kb-related activity.

The vtr's front disk is warped, i think. It's bad enough that if i ride the bike, the caliper up front starts to bob up n down (or well, rather left n right), and makes a sound as it does so. The day it started happening, i stopped bye at Wild West Honda, and spoke to Don. He said that teh front brake disks needed to be replaced, and that becoz there's uneven wear on them, (the left being more worn out than the rght), it's forced the wheel to tilt slightly. My guess is it's something that's just happened over a long period of time. In any case, i used the service manual and Youtube, to figure out how to remove the caliper and replace teh brake pads. (Easy enough). So, i went on to change the pads, as Don advised, but the caliper still moves and makes that noise - which is why i think it's teh disk.

Help!!:bye:

I haven't taken the bike out since don told me to replace the pads, becoz i know it'd cause more damage and is too dangerous (so been busing around - and it sucks!). I think that, at some point the caliper or the base of the brake pad was scraping the disk slightly too.

So, any chance some1 could come bye and take a look? and Jaffa, i may end up needin the bike-trailer-paramedic to swing bye and save my vtr! (or take it to squiggs' place, or the one of the bike places that can fix her up for me.

[motorbyclist]

i'll be there soon guys! late night plus dead hdd in my desktop have bee keeping me preoccupied

particuarly the dead hdd - while all my uni work is backed up etc etc, my emails and all my non-uni related projects havnt been since semester began! fuckfuckfuck days of work gone fuckfuckfuck:pinch:


been busing around.....any chance some1 could come bye and take a look?

i cn come by some time, after squigs

[Danae]

I think everyone's already left, Andrew. D: Two of Stephens friends turned up in a mean mustang. I'm gonna be round tomorrow to have a go on the GN...snoochie boochies!

[motorbyclist]

have a go on the vtr instead. the gn is a horrible bike imho.

ewen, jafa and ross were still there

[ducatilover]

..snoochie boochies!

Jay and silent Bob quote?
BLING awarded:hug:

[Phurrball]

have a go on the vtr instead. the gn is a horrible bike imho.

ewen, jafa and ross were still there

Yep - have a wee play on the VTR and FXR if you like.

Both great bikes (The VTR is a more 'polished' bike than the FXR which is built to a price - but is WAAAAY better than it has any right to be)


Andrew: How IS the HDD BTW?

(Enough already with the TLA's...:shutup:)

[Zim_Invader]

i cn come by some time, after squigs

Hehe, so how'd it go at squigs' place then? i'm at work tomorrow, but how busy are u monday after 5? i can be home by about 6:30, if it's not too dark by then. Give us a text ya, u got my number. Thanks bre!

[Squiggles]

Should drop Ross's VTR off and pickup yours....

[xwhatsit]

Clutch perch SCOORRRRE! :D

[motorbyclist]

i can come round tomorrow to assess the damage

[motorbyclist]

Andrew: How IS the HDD BTW?



i just had a nice chuckle to myself upon the relisation that after such a shocking start to the break, things can't get much worse


*touches wood*

[Slyer]

Who wants to help me with my electrics?
I've got no idea why it won't start, everything should be there. Gah.
It might be a 5 minute job...

I might have to swap back to the old electrics if I can't figure it out, I've been bikeless for two weeks now.

[Danae]

Yeah I had a go on the VTR...XD That didn't work out so well. At least with the GN I can afford to drop it...>>

[Hanne]

The GN is an awesome machine, such a frankenstein. It is a miracle it still goes, make the most of them miracle while you can!

[Zim_Invader]

Should drop Ross's VTR off and pickup yours....

If you got a trialer, that'd be nice. I doubt u'd wanna ride it about just yet tho. Thanks for this squigs


i can come round tomorrow to assess the damage

I get home at about 8 tonyt if u still keen... hahaha, yea, i got work till 5 and then an indoors cricket match till about 7. so home at 7:30 then i guess. U don't mind my manly body odours, do u? it's not like u a girl or anythin, no... no, the hair, as silky smooth as it may be, doesn't make one think otherwise!

haha....:whistle:

But, seriously, yea, swing bye. i'll call u up later today - I'm now at work, at what i initially thought to be 8:30, but turns out the actual time was 7:30! that's another frick'n hour's worth of sleep! i got duped by the dam daylight savings! HAH!.. RaTSs!:angry2:

[Danae]

I am so determined to get this motorcycle riding down. A nice challenge to preoccupy me from my studies. LOL

[Slyer]

Wait you dropped the VTR?
Noooo!

[Danae]

That thing's a beast. Fortunately dropped it on exactly the same side as Hanne did and rather slow-mo-like so no damage suffered. I think Ross may dismember me the next time he sees me. DDD:

[Real_Wolf]

:P, go to one of the riding places, pay the extra bit, get the training on just what your maent to do during the test then sit it.

Poor VTR, being dropped twice since it left Ross's care

[Danae]

Hey guys I can't slalom. XDDD

[Slyer]

Everyone thinks they can't and then you just try it and you suddenly can.

[Phurrball]

:P, go to one of the riding places, pay the extra bit, get the training on just what your maent to do during the test then sit it.

Poor VTR, being dropped twice since it left Ross's care

Nyeh! It's fine. (I retrieved it tonight - very shiny and well cared for by Squiggs)

It's why you should get a naked bike first. They do low/zero speed drops with zero-minimal damage - unlike anything with tupperware :shit:

[Slyer]

Or get a fibreglass fairing!

[Real_Wolf]

yeah, its true, dropped the xs once or twice, and it was probably in better condition afterwards. Well, except that the tank leaked if it was lying on its right hand side

[Slyer]

The suck thing about having electrical problems is that nobody wants to help you.
They all stay away haha.

[motorbyclist]

electrical problems are the worst

meanwhile it turns out my hard drive is well and truly dead. apparently seagate made a bad batch of drives with didgy firmware. long story short, my drive is now an expensive paperweight safely containing a lot of data i'd rather like to have access to, and my server, which contains all the really important backups i have, is going to fail soon unless i get around to giving it a firmware upgrade after backing it all up to my- oh wait that's right my desktop hard drive is dead so i need to recover that first:rolleyes:

fortunately, seagate offer a free data recovery service to affected customers (and i'm still within warranty too), but i'm yet to find out how long it will take as their call centre is open only during business hours:dry:

atleast skynet is handling it's newfound role well, hooked up to a monitor, mouse, keyboard etc until the desktop machine is up and running again

[Squiggles]

atleast skynet is handling it's newfound role well, hooked up to a monitor, mouse, keyboard etc until the desktop machine is up and running again

All good till it becomes self aware....

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[Danae]

My mum's hard drive died completely once, but it was within like a week of getting it so she didn't lose anything too important. If my hard drive well and truly died...? Oh my god that would suck. I need an external hard drive soon, I'm almost out of space

[Slyer]

You guys need moar RAID!

And yeah, I will trade all my computer knowledge for bike know how.
(Come over, I'll fix your laptop and you fix my bike, we'll make a day of it. ;))

[PirateJafa]

You guys need moar RAID!

I had RAID once. That didn't work too well.

Damn ye Squiggles.

[Slyer]

Your raid was destined to fail from day 1.
A: It was a software RAID
B: It was using linux, which requires you to be running linux in order to access it
C: you were using a big set of mismatched hard drives that were potentially dodgy
D: you were using a rigged up secondary power supply. :bleh:

[Real_Wolf]

lol, thats incredibly dodgy there jafa.

I have the fun one atm, which I still haven't gotten round to fixing. One of my harddrives, is partitioned so that one partition is running windows, and the other just has files. Now, the second partition is missing. It shows up on the computer management, but it won't let me assign it a drive letter or access it. The actual HDD is fine as the other side is actually running windows, its just vista.

Needa take it out and plug it in somewhere else

[Slyer]

How important are the files?
Try running a chkdsk c: /r from command prompt and let it restart
That will do a full check of everything, it fixes a lot of problems.

[motorbyclist]

And yeah, I will trade all my computer knowledge for bike know how.
(Come over, I'll fix your laptop and you fix my bike, we'll make a day of it. ;))

laptop is fine, it's my desktop hdd that is dead (and diagnosed)

time to call seagate for some data retieval!

[macros87]

i would help you with your electricals slyer! if i had ANY "electrical know how" which i really dont i must admit... in fact i dont have very much of the "know how" in many areas :(

[Real_Wolf]

Slyer, tried that, no success. The wording is roughly "the management screen is not up to date, please refresh, reopen, or restart"

It shows up, right size, but it won't let me assign it a drive letter. I'd rather not reformat it, because it has stuff I want on there. Which I'll get off. Maybe next year

[Metalor]

I can help you with data retreival. Just need another hard drive to retreive it to. Getdataback is an awesome program. USed it a number of times when windows decides it doesn't want files on a drive anymore.

Oh, is there a fixit coming up anytime soon? Ordered some parts, but I'm thinking my front sprocket might need a bit of extra help getting off....

[Slyer]

I've also got this program that can recover a whole partition that has been deleted, onto the same drive.

[Real_Wolf]

yah, i've just been lazy. If I pulled it out, I could plug it into my brothers PC or my dads, and just copy the whole hdd accross, reformat that section and plug it back in

[macros87]

we should have one of this again... mostly because i have a lil brake problem that needs to be sorted so i can pass a wof! so we all keen? yes?

[Real_Wolf]

we had one last week where we messed with the accross's clutch.

I'm all good for one though, still need to get round to changing the oil (and probably the filter too), so need someone who actually knows what their doing.

[Slyer]

Just do it yourself, a monkey on a suzuki could do an oil change.

[Squiggles]

Well i'll probably be riding Sat, spent too many good days in the garage

[Ragingrob]

Well i'll probably be riding Sat, spent too many good days in the garage

If it's sunny count me in dude!

[motorbyclist]

Just do it yourself, a monkey on a suzuki could do an oil change.

yeah! even squiggles can do it!

:bleh:

[Danae]

If it's sunny I may show up...need to assess damage

[Ragingrob]

If it's sunny I may show up...need to assess damage

Show up... To the ride?

[macros87]

Well i'll probably be riding Sat, spent too many good days in the garage

really? i hear you dnt really ride :)


we had one last week where we messed with the accross's clutch.

I'm all good for one though, still need to get round to changing the oil (and probably the filter too), so need someone who actually knows what their doing.

well i dunno about changing the filter, but oil changes as piss easy, have you bought all you need? id say get the like 3 litres of oil you are gona need, and the filter first. hows the bike treating you by the way? i mean since after the clutch incident

[The Pastor]

best thread ever...

start out fix it day

then talking about computer shit

then talking riding!

wheres the ride to?

also dose anyone have a good recipie for mince?

[Danae]

Show up... To the ride?

What ride? I thought we were talking about a fixit

LOL

[Ragingrob]

What ride? I thought we were talking about a fixit

LOL

That was ages ago lol. Squiggles just said he'll be riding Sat, too much time in garage lately :headbang:

[Danae]

LOL that'll teach me for not reading the other posts properly

[Slyer]

also dose anyone have a good recipie for mince?
Get pasty and add cow.
It's called pie.

[The Pastor]

actually ive got a good one for mince.

step 1

get bitch.


Anyone know any single hot bitches?

[gavjn]

actually ive got a good one for mince.

step 1

get bitch.


Anyone know any single hot bitches?

ur mum? OOOOOHHHHHH BURRN BITCH!!!!!!1 lol

[The Pastor]

ur mum? OOOOOHHHHHH BURRN BITCH!!!!!!1 lol
i said HOT

[macros87]

sooooooo back to the main topic for which i bumped this thread.. i took some HTFU pills and decided i could fix my own brakes...

now that brake was fixed i easily passed my wof with no hitches, it went so well i thought in fact i was scared the nice man would give me a shiny gold star and pet my head.

i feel like a big boy for doing stuff myself. :first:

end of story.

P.S. if there still is a fix it, i would show up. :banana:
P.P.S. RenegadeM. i was gona tell you about a Jack Daniels and mince recipe but i see now you were not serious. :(
P.P.P.S. hope you were serious about the hot bitches tho! :headbang:

[gavjn]

i said HOT

cassette on a tuesday nyt XD

[PirateJafa]

P.P.S. RenegadeM. i was gona tell you about a Jack Daniels and mince recipe but i see now you were not serious. :(

Mince on plate, JD in glass.

Mmmmm.

[macros87]

Mince on plate, JD in glass.

Mmmmm.

you culinary genius!

and JESUS I CAN SUDENLY SEE WHO GIVES ME REPS!!!

[Danae]

Great now I feel like making some form of alcoholic pie.

[gavjn]

Great now I feel like making some form of alcoholic pie.

tequila and chocolate mudcake?

[Danae]

tequila and chocolate mudcake?

OM NOM NOM

But like...savoury pie. Like mince and rum.

[Phurrball]

Who needs pie?

A good stout deals with the meal AND the alcohol.

Mmmmm Oatmeal Stout NOMNOMNOM

[ital916]

bah, you want an alcoholic meal...a pint of guinness will do.

Bring a knife and fork to eat the head...tougher than eating steak dont ya know.

[Phurrball]

bah, you want an alcoholic meal...a pint of guinness will do.

Bring a knife and fork to eat the head...tougher than eating steak dont ya know.


Guinness IS stout! I like more stouts than just Guinness, so I named a whole genre of beer rather than a specific well-known example.

And ya call yerself a student :oi-grr:

Quick! Straight to BEER101, Shads lecture theatre, evenings 6pm onwards. Readin is the Bier column in Craccum (actually not bad beer reviews) :2thumbsup!!!

(Fees are buying botique beers for old fogies like me and cradling yourself while they wave their walking sticks and talk endlessly about "In my day...":rofl:)

I'll have my stouts one after another please, starting with Guinness [Probably all that's available in Shads sadly, better make it a doz]

And no, I don't do corporal punishment at this school, even if you pay extra...I let RM take charge of all homoerotic fantasies...:shutup::spanking::msn-wink:

[Ragingrob]

Guinness IS stout! I like more stouts than just Guinness, so I named a whole genre of beer rather than a specific well-known example.

And ya call yerself a student :oi-grr:

Quick! Straight to BEER101, Shads lecture theatre, evenings 6pm onwards. Readin is the Bier column in Craccum (actually not bad beer reviews) :2thumbsup!!!

(Fees are buying botique beers for old fogies like me and cradling yourself while they wave their walking sticks and talk endlessly about "In my day...":rofl:)

I'll have my stouts one after another please, starting with Guinness [Probably all that's available in Shads sadly, better make it a doz]

And no, I don't do corporal punishment at this school, even if you pay extra...I let RM take charge of all homoerotic fantasies...:shutup::spanking::msn-wink:

On my way to Shads once again this arvo only to remember they wont bloody let me in with a legal temporary driver license! :bash:

That's three times they've lost any money of mine.

[macros87]

now i don't complain about the subject being discussed... but its so far from the original topic! i dont even know how we got here!

[Grey Weasel]

On my way to Shads once again this arvo only to remember they wont bloody let me in with a legal temporary driver license! :bash:

That's three times they've lost any money of mine.

bugger, I must be old, I ain't been id'd at shads ever. either that or I spend too much time there... perhaps you need to train the bouncers more?

[motorbyclist]

om nom nom

but like...savoury pie. Like mince and rum.

(all caps)

omg xmas mince pies plzplzplzplzplz

[Phurrball]

On my way to Shads once again this arvo only to remember they wont bloody let me in with a legal temporary driver license! :bash:

That's three times they've lost any money of mine.

That's pretty shit. It's an officially issued licence. As long as you can give them something with a photo and name they should let you in (ie AU ID).

I'd be interested in their official policy regarding this, as there'd be quite a few students going through the GDLS and caught by this.

(Hell I remember people being Id'd with the old paper licences in the late 90's - just ask the person their birthday, whether they're a donor etc It worked fine for years)

Anyway, Jenny Shitley assured us when she usshered in the new licences that they were NOT a national ID card.

(Definately showing my age here...)

Edit: Chocolate goes well with stout, even better with a Belgian cherry beer, like Emerson's JP (Good luck finding THAT one. If you do, tell me immediately, and I'll pay a finder's fee...)

[Ragingrob]

That's pretty shit. It's an officially issued licence. As long as you can give them something with a photo and name they should let you in (ie AU ID).

I'd be interested in their official policy regarding this, as there'd be quite a few students going through the GDLS and caught by this.

(Hell I remember people being Id'd with the old paper licences in the late 90's - just ask the person their birthday, whether they're a donor etc It worked fine for years)

Anyway, Jenny Shitley assured us when she usshered in the new licences that they were NOT a national ID card.

(Definately showing my age here...)

Edit: Chocolate goes well with stout, even better with a Belgian cherry beer, like Emerson's JP (Good luck finding THAT one. If you do, tell me immediately, and I'll pay a finder's fee...)

Yep! In NZ there is no such thing as a national ID card! But I guess ya gotta have something to prove you're age to get in places.

But yeah it's just stupid... If they're requiring hard copy ID driver's licenses because they're worried about being busted for underages then that's plain dumb cause the cops would be absolutely fine with my paper license.

I think it's stupid that they can't even rely on intuition to allow people in... After rejecting my paper license I showed them my uni photo ID issued as of 2006. Still don't let me in...

So pretty much this place wont let me in even though they KNOW I'm over 18. :gob:

On the other hand... I'm gonna be piiiissssseeeedd off if my license hasn't arrived by Sat morn at the LATEST... Really do not want to have to take my bloody passport into the city that night.

[motorbyclist]

I'd be interested in their official policy regarding this, as there'd be quite a few students going through the GDLS and caught by this.

there is a sign up at the door stating that they only accept photo NZ drivers licence and 18+ cards.

i've been caught out before by this during o-week when i got my full car licence.

you'd think a uni bar would accept uni ID, but they might not have legal backing for that i suppose....


Edit: Chocolate goes well with stout, even better with a Belgian cherry beer, like Emerson's JP (Good luck finding THAT one. If you do, tell me immediately, and I'll pay a finder's fee...)

oh man i love that stuff :drool:

[Danae]

(all caps)

omg xmas mince pies plzplzplzplzplz

OMG OM NOM NOM

They should sell them all year round

They probably do but I haven't seen them...

My mum makes them for xmas NOM NOM

[Phurrball]

(snip)

But yeah it's just stupid... If they're requiring hard copy ID driver's licenses because they're worried about being busted for underages then that's plain dumb cause the cops would be absolutely fine with my paper license.

I think it's stupid that they can't even rely on intuition to allow people in... After rejecting my paper license I showed them my uni photo ID issued as of 2006. Still don't let me in...

So pretty much this place wont let me in even though they KNOW I'm over 18. :gob:

On the other hand... I'm gonna be piiiissssseeeedd off if my license hasn't arrived by Sat morn at the LATEST... Really do not want to have to take my bloody passport into the city that night.

It's shit alright. If you present fake ID, then it's YOUR PROBLEM when the police catch up with you...They Id'd you. They fulfilled their obligation. End of story. I don't see the problem.

Shall we visit them for the chiller and I'll harass the management...:devil2:

We have a similar policy at work. I let people make remote charges without their licence after satisfactory enquiries = they can answer questions about the account. (I also look at what they're getting - nailgun = NO, roll of tape = yes.)

Common sense is a virtue sadly lacking. :oi-grr:

[Squiggles]

So pretty much this place wont let me in even though they KNOW I'm over 18. :gob:

On the other hand... I'm gonna be piiiissssseeeedd off if my license hasn't arrived by Sat morn at the LATEST... Really do not want to have to take my bloody passport into the city that night.

No bitching, bring your passport tomorrow if that license still hasnt arrived