Projects At Home During Lockdown

[husaberg]

Anyway, back to projects at home.
The RS125 got its clothes taken off last night.
Today I removed the pipe it's an unpainted Arrow & was getting quite furry, I hit it with a rotary wire buff in the drill.
Stripped the carb & soaked the jets in a solution, cleaned the rest of it & put it together & back on.
Polished the frame & swingarm, took it to a designated safe area outside & scrubbed the engine with a toothbrush & brakleen from every angle.
Serviced the power valve & removed the battery & put it on charge for the night.

if the arrows mild steel give it a coat of Castrol R
They are gorgeous bikes, Aprilia built road bike based dedicated track-day versions as well years after they stopped selling them street legal.
Some one said the frame sections are cast is this true?

[sidecar bob]

if the arrows mild steel give it a coat of Castrol R

Cheers, yeah, it's made of cheap shyte.
I noticed that Arrow didn't do a lot of R&D, it's exactly the same dimensions in every way as the standard pipe, without the internal sound deadening, which I guess makes it physically bigger inside.
It's more lively & sounds better, although I doubt it contains a genie contrary to what the ESE crowd believe.
Yep, chassis is made of several cast alloy sections welded together.
I first saw them when I was working in .Singapore at Mah Motorcycles in Serangoon Rd, I tried to import one from them but they went all Chinese on me & wanted an initial minimum first order of six, as long as I paid the regular out the front door price everyone else paid for one.
I gained a hearty contempt of the the Chinese from working there.

[husaberg]

Cheers, yeah, it's made of cheap shyte.
I noticed that Arrow didn't do a lot of R&D, it's exactly the same dimensions in every way as the standard pipe, without the internal sound deadening, which I guess makes it physically bigger inside.
It's more lively & sounds better, although I doubt it contains a genie contrary to what the ESE crowd believe.
Yep, chassis is made of several cast alloy sections welded together.
I first saw them when I was working in .Singapore at Mah Motorcycles in Serangoon Rd, I tried to import one from them but they went all Chinese on me & wanted an initial minimum first order of six, as long as I paid the regular out the front door price everyone else paid for one.
I gained a hearty contempt of the the Chinese from working there.

Funny as the R n the pipe came from ESE.

i bet they are hundreds of free designs on the web to release the genies.
including the software to computer cut the sections so it fits perfectly.

Shame they are cylinder reed
the RAVE valves on those are solenoid operated so it either fully open or fully cloesed rather then stepper motor, so a ignitech and a R1 servo would spread the power nicely on one of those.

[Drew]

I made some peg hangers and pins, and upgraded the front brake today.

[F5 Dave]

How thin is that adapter plate? Steel I guess.

[husaberg]

I made some peg hangers and pins, and upgraded the front brake today.

love the grey shelfs they look 1970's gov issue.............

[Drew]

How thin is that adapter plate? Steel I guess.

6mm, steel. So same as the caliper plate.

[Drew]

love the grey shelfs they look 1970's gov issue.............

They're soooooooo good man. Hard to find them these days.

[eldog]

OFFTOPIC

unfortunately it would be me in the shit if said person got hurt because i am the supervisor, The reason for all the rules is because ya can't fix stupid, this is a person who i have to keep reminding, it is these people why we have to guard the shit out of machinery

yes, make a journal and make notes, get them to sign it. It is what I am going to do, when we go back. You will never win against people who know better.

these days if ya humiliate anyone even for doing something stupid then it is you that is wrong, coaching is the way apparently.
last time i observed the saw being used incorrectly the person was told that they would be banned from using the gear, I can't fire them but in my own best interests i can ban them from using the gear, and if they can't use the gear then they can't do the job they were employed for.

yes, they are never wrong, it’s the training thats wrong.....
if you show them and get them to sign it, as proof, it should be upto them being responsible.
i work with several of these experts, expecting to loose a couple after return to work.

think if you ban them, then you may end up doing everything yourself.
you are in a no win situation. A change of staff maybe the only option.

Let me just share something. The ONLY reason H & S got any traction in this country is when the penalties were changed to make company directors personally liable for failings. That was in 2016 but the stuff that got the headlines was the potential for five years imprisonment and $600k fines (yes SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) - and $3M for the company. I know a few people in manufacturing, including my brother who runs a very successful business and they spent a lot of money sorting stuff out. That they all admitted was long overdue.

Having said that, the gap between that and actual enforcement seems to be somewhat lacking - I know someone whose father was killed in a truck yard here. No prosecution because it wasnt a dead sitter. Piss poor decision in my view.

This is the new reality, and all you grumpy old cunts crying in your beers can kiss my shiny arse.

puts more admin paper work and documenting each and every activity. Expect costs to rise. And timeframes for completion to be extended, esp for larger projects.

what i have an issue with is staff that believe that they "know more" and Have the experience and training to Know that they can use a piece of machinery how they please. I think the level of enforcement at this level leaves a lot to be desired.

I use all the machinery at my place of work and don't expect people to do any more than i do as far as safety goes, what pisses me off is when they use less safety than what i use, i have proven that it is no less efficient to do a job safely and masks can be used easily even with safety
most of the time, a lack of doing things safely is pure arrogance.
safety is about attitude
but you are correct, compliance was definitely improved with the increase in penalties.

Yes there is a missing link - self responsibility

arrogant attitude and know all, same people tend to treat gear with no respect, unless it’s their own.

Currently in process of grading a lot of gear at work slowly when can afford it.
when people wreck stuff it makes it hard to be bothered and the budget gets demolished because you sometimes canÂ’t replace stuff at the rate it is abused

So hard to get skilled decent workers, can see why lots of companies use contractors or small family units.

I had some dopey h&s consultant woman explain to me that I needed to have the lift chains on my roller doors tested.
I explained that they were hand operated & only for lifting the doors & I doubted that I could break them with my bare hands.
Her ensuing argument got her kicked out of the workshop & replaced by someone that actually had a clue.

there are a few people who donÂ’t have any practical knowledge, they look at tables and lists and thatÂ’s all. Risky taking someone like that on. Can shut you down. Being proactive certainly helps, document safety, repairs and improvements.

What what ever happened to personal responsibility?
You fuck up and you pay the consequences.

you go to show them everything and document it. PITA
they should expect different pay rates if they are unable to comply
i have to document on site work as well, most people wont do it themselves.
although i did get one of the old boys to take responsibility even if I had to write it down. Only lasted a few months till he passed away.

Have a a good look at the heart attack add on TV, nausea..... pay attention
doesnt have to be chest pain.

[jellywrestler]

I made some peg hangers and pins, and upgraded the front brake today.

and used ya camera round the right way, saves me neck creaking thanks...

[Kickaha]

safety is about attitude

The company I work for has quite an extensive HSE policy, unfortunately it is very hard to get guys to even wear basic PPE when the fucking manger is the most useless cunt in the building at wearing it

Ron did home detention & paid a 400k fine, now this.

Did tyres on his Mack race truck for a few seasons, did a few laps of Ruapuna in it with him as well on the old track back when the truck racing was really big

[Ian Staples]

A couple of years ago Spyda (jelly) had Alloy Fantastic at Eastern Creek. It had been shipped & left out in a shower & looked bloody horrific.
Spyda was like a one armed paper hanger, so i borrowed a bottle of this stuff off my Aussie mate Don that owns the two CR750's we run alongside.
The results were instant & effortless.
I came home & bought some online from a truck place in Palmy.

I have always used autosol and in fact it was on my "after lockdown" shopping list but I thought I would give this purple stuff a go. But just about shit myself when I saw on trade me $88 for 330mls. !!

[jellywrestler]

I have always used autosol and in fact it was on my "after lockdown" shopping list but I thought I would give this purple stuff a go. But just about shit myself when I saw on trade me $88 for 330mls. !!

as a self employed person i've learnt over time to sometimes spend a bit to save a bit, this is one of those cases where it is worth it. it helps that my mrs is into antiques and therefore it come out of the grocery money, i don't even think she knows where it is though now. there's a lot of polishing in a bottle. still use autosol in the lathe pretty much.

https://automotivetruckparts.co.nz/p...e-metal-polish $34 and just down the road from you

[jellywrestler]

Did tyres on his Mack race truck for a few seasons, did a few laps of Ruapuna in it with him as well on the old track back when the truck racing was really big

haven't seen it for a while, are they racing smaller trucks nowadays?

[pete376403]

I have always used autosol and in fact it was on my "after lockdown" shopping list but I thought I would give this purple stuff a go. But just about shit myself when I saw on trade me $88 for 330mls. !!

Bit of price gouging going on there then . the truck place linked a few pages back has it for $34.50 / 355 mls https://automotivetruckparts.co.nz/p...e-metal-polish