MotoGP 2015

**pritch** · 22nd October 2015, 08:00

Originally Posted by Shaun Harris

Wonder potentially if Dovi is ever going to find his true form again?

Dovi went for a romantic getaway on a tropical island with his girlfriend but the smoke problem currently experienced in Malaysia means aircraft are grounded now and he is stuck on the island. I guess that has its compensations for Dovi, there's nothing else to do,

but hopefully Ducati have enough cash to rent a boat?

A secondary consideration is concern at the amount of rain forest going up in smoke.

**Shaun Harris** · 22nd October 2015, 08:14

Originally Posted by ecko_nzed

Whoa! back up the bus Sunshine. It was an attempt at humor. More a reflection on the fact that 99% of what you were talking about was going over my head and I would wager over most peoples.

With regard to keeping it positive, would suggest you go back and look your own posts and assess their positivity, especially when you've decided to go off on one.

Happy to play by the rules, boss. Just as long as we all play by the same ones.

Apologies then mate, I took your wording to literally then obviously

**Shaun Harris** · 22nd October 2015, 08:15

Originally Posted by pritch

Dovi went for a romantic getaway on a tropical island with his girlfriend but the smoke problem currently experienced in Malaysia means aircraft are grounded now and he is stuck on the island. I guess that has its compensations for Dovi, there's nothing else to do,

but hopefully Ducati have enough cash to rent a boat?

A secondary consideration is concern at the amount of rain forest going up in smoke.

He should have just had a wank instead then

**Badjelly** · 22nd October 2015, 09:02

Originally Posted by Shaun Harris

If you have nothing positive to add, stay the fuk away then.

Whoa there, mate! Imagine if everyone on KB followed that rule. What would I read when I'm supposed to be working?

**Shaun Harris** · 22nd October 2015, 09:03

Originally Posted by Badjelly

Whoa there, mate! Imagine if everyone on KB followed that rule. What would I read when I'm supposed to be working?

Haha, the dam boring depressing news paper

**FROSTY:Me** · 22nd October 2015, 18:27

Originally Posted by Drew

It's no gruntier than when Steve had it, and he used new tyres all the time.
Anyhoo. Having looked into the gas used in tyre thing, yeah. It's just about keeping moisture out. No one bottles dry atmosphere, so nitrogen is used because it's available everywhere and cheap. .

A heads up for ya. Back when you were in nappies and I was a pimply face yoof 200psi bottles of clean and dry air was the way teams filled their tyres.--Literally a scuba dive tank with a regulator/hose.
I dunno why it went out of fashion.

**Shaun Harris** · 22nd October 2015, 18:45

Originally Posted by FROSTY

A heads up for ya. Back when you were in nappies and I was a pimply face yoof 200psi bottles of clean and dry air was the way teams filled their tyres.--Literally a scuba dive tank with a regulator/hose.
I dunno why it went out of fashion.

I thought I had seen that years ago also man. The modern world took over I guess.

**speights_bud** · 22nd October 2015, 18:54

Originally Posted by FROSTY

A heads up for ya. Back when you were in nappies and I was a pimply face yoof 200psi bottles of clean and dry air was the way teams filled their tyres.--Literally a scuba dive tank with a regulator/hose.
I dunno why it went out of fashion.

China started building compressors every man and his dog could afford. How many weeks/months wages would one have cost vs the $150 ones you can get now?

**husaberg** · 22nd October 2015, 18:58

Originally Posted by speights_bud

China started building compressors every man and his dog could afford. How many weeks/months wages would one have cost vs the $150 ones you can get now?

Not just that they started selling little 12 volt ones for 20 bucks a pop.
I still have my old mans original shed compressor pretty sure it has an ac or fridge compressor and a oxy tanks that's likely not much post Korean war era.
We always had a 20 litre bottle with a hose fitting for for tyres and for the rattle gun for the flywheel.
but it was easier to just over fill and let air out on the day.
Back where I used to work we had some huge 2 cylinder compressor from (Hindin I think? Grumph can correct me) made in CHCH and it used to pump all the oil around the workshop as well as the air for tools and tyres.

**ellipsis** · 22nd October 2015, 19:02

Originally Posted by speights_bud

China started building compressors every man and his dog could afford. How many weeks/months wages would one have cost vs the $150 ones you can get now?

...thats right...my first compressor was two dive bottles and some kiwi resourcefulness...

**speights_bud** · 22nd October 2015, 19:02

Yep, same idea. Can you imagine (remember I'm in my 20's) me telling my grandfather back when he started in the trade (diesel mechanic) that it's not uncommon for people to have lathes and table saws for hobbies and DIY?

**pritch** · 22nd October 2015, 19:24

Meanwhile back in the twenty-first century, Dorna have signed a letter of intent with the Indonesian Government to stage a GP. Zafelli & Tilke have been approached to price designing a track. Dorna have requested a master plan of Sentul by November next year.