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1. a feeling of distress, apprehension, or alarm caused by impending danger, pain, etc
vb
1. to be afraid (to do something) or of (a person or thing); dread
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1. a state of uneasiness or tension caused by apprehension of possible future misfortune, danger, etc; worry
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CLEANING AND LUBING CABLES


THOTTLE CABLES
These cable ends are normally hidden inside the throttle housing for protection from the elements and are often coerced to move through gentle bends of metal tubing attached to the throttle housing and then inside the housing while attached to the throttle tube. The push and pull throttle cables go through the same range of motion so in order to keep the movement smooth, you should regularly be lubing the cables and then cleaning ...

• Adjust throttle cables


Adjusting cables while somewhat simple in terms of mechanical tasks, is often not a simple operation when you look at all the adjustments. What? There’s more than one thing to adjust?

Throttle cables:
All bikes come with a push and pull throttle cable system. The pull is obvious to allow fuel to get to the engine in increasing amounts allowing the bike to accelerate by pulling the throttle grip counter clockwise. The push cable ...

CLEANING & LUBING CLUTCH CABLES



There’s a common misconception that this cable doesn’t need much in the way of cleaning and lubing. Nothing could be further from the truth! Like the throttle cables, this needs regular inspection and the use of cable lube and some high temp grease for the exposed cable ends as the steel cable runs inside an outer cable but it bends due to cable routing creating friction and wear internally and externally (especially on ...

ADJUSTING CLUTCH CABLES



There’s a common misconception that this cable doesn’t need much in the way of adjustment. Nothing could be further from the truth! Like the throttle cables, this needs regular inspection and adjustment, not to mention the occasional “love” with some lube and grease. Poor adjustment means poor shifting plus accelerated friction plate wear and that can create a very expensive and premature repair bill if you can’t do a clutch replacement yourself. ...

ADJUSTING A CHAIN

There are several benefits of doing this on a regular basis:
- chains can last up to 20,000 miles or more with street use
- rear suspension action is constant and not impeded
- ride quality is improved in all facets of the transmission shifting
- the countershaft bearing is never stressed in the engine case

The most serious of these issues is the countershaft bearing. If a chain is too tight, the only thing that isn’t steel ...

So I ended up going on a very different trip for my second go at camping (which makes me an expert now).

Instead of going on my own this time I got to travel in the company of Bosslady, who had decided she wanted to have a go at camping also. Turns out there wasn't much camping after all - you can read her blog if you want to find out the details of the trip, and her experience of it, but I thought I would chime in with a short note on how it was for me.

Ashamed as ...

So Nerrrd and I decided we would take a wee tour through Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne a few weeks ago starting on Thursday morning (Anzac Day) in Auckland and returning (to Auckland) on the Sunday late afternoon so, 4 days, 3 nights. The plan was to do some camping (which is kind of new for us both). I won't lie but we didn't really think the whole thing through as well as we could have/should have!

This was the route planned originally: http://tinyurl.com/csdl35t

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