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My bearing were rusty, one side very notchy to remove I welded a nut to the center of the bearing and screwed a bolt in to act like a puller. They were hard to move but gave with a breaker bar on the bolt and no damage to the swing arm.

I can get some extra concert tickets if you get the plane tickets!! I bought my first Hawkwind album in 1974 ... I still have all the LP's up to about 1984 plus some EP's and singles. I'll be setting up the turnatable in the basement this fall if anyone wants to drop by. Don't forget the purple microdot! Thanks for the offer but with an all up cost of about $1800 I think the finance and entertainment minister (wife) would scream. $1800 would buy a lot of microdots and I have turntable. LOL

Hey you guys are lucky, they don't even come to Oz and I'd love to see them.

The high silencers look much better than the low ones in my opinion and they do sound so much better. My valve covers have maintained their colour well but probably because it is stored indoors or covered when outside. I have removed my "numbered" side covers and added carbon fibre and also I have a carbon fiber tail piece as I want to protect the condition of the original pieces while still enjoying the bike. I'm going to try a set of Bub pipes with reverse cones added and flat black paint. I know they are very loud but I want to be able to use saddle bags and they would be well out of the way with Bub pipes. You have a fine looking bike. Can you post a pic of those pipes when u fit them

Hi cash, This is nearly the same as my suspension man said, we replaced the sach spring with a more appropriate one and he played with the internals and regassed ,all up $450 from memory, works well, as for the front new springs and 5wt oil work ok at the start but after 2years the springs have sagged so I'll try again with a different brand spring

Never discount the battery no matter how new , I had 2 new batteries fail within weeks, after much testing and installation of a volt meter another new battery of a different brand and fixed.

Someone told me the other day that Ellen Degenres died-------------------------------- They found her face down in Ricki Lake

The Wine Taster At a wine merchants the regular taster died and the director started looking for a new one to hire. A drunkard with a ragged, dirty look came to apply for the position. The director of the factory wondered how to send him away. They gave him a glass to drink. He tried it and said,"It's a Muscat , three Years old, grown on a north slope,matured in steel containers". Low grade but acceptable. "That's correct", said the boss. Another glass.... "It's a cabernet, eight years old, a south-western slope,oak barrels, matured at 8 degrees. Requires three more years for finest results.." "Correct." A third glass... ''It's a pinot blanc champagne, high grade and exclusive'' calmly said the drunk. The director was astonished He winked at his secretary to suggest something. She left the room, and came back in with a glass of urine The alcoholic tried it. "It's a blonde, 26 years old, three months pregnant and if you don't give me the job, I'll name the father."

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As good as this bar is," said the Scotsman, "I still prefer the pubs back home. In Glasgow, there's a wee place called McTavish's. The landlord goes out of his way for the locals. When you buy four drinks, he'll buy the fifth drink." "Well, Angus," said the Englishman, "At my local in London, the Red Lion, the barman will buy you your third drink after you buy the first two." "Ahhh, dat's nothin'," said the Irishman, "back home in Cork at my favourite pub, the moment you set foot in the place, they'll buy you a drink, then another, all the drinks you like. Then, when you've had enough drinks, they'll take you upstairs and see dat you gets laid, all on the house!" The Englishman and Scotsman were suspicious of these claims. The Irishman swore every word was true, but they asked, "Did this actually happen to you?" "Not meself, personally, no," admitted the Irishman, "but it did happen to me sister quite a few times

I understand your frustration, I constantly see bad service from businesses of all kinds, who then blame everything else when sales fall but never think to take a look in the mirror. Currently business is pressuring the government to introduce goods and services tax on purchases on items bought overseas over $1000 which we don't currently pay. They blame this on their poor sales figures, but the fact is it's poor service, lack of choice and large mark ups that make me buy OS

I also have a 01 rosso mandello and the standard shock is a sach. I had it revalved and sprung as the standard spring was too soft, I weight 90kg's but it was mainly a problem two up(wife 60kg's) but only on the bigger bumps did it bottom out. I told the suspension tech weights and he did the shock for $495. Big difference, you'll get endless experts here, but I suggest going to a trusted suspension rebuilder

Saw rex007can's post and thought Hmmmm anythings gotta be better than the standard mirrors, so scanned fleabay and found pair of bar end mirrors for $11.68 delivered---bargin. Tried fitting with bar end weights then thought try without. Result, no vibration ,mirrors clear( i can actually see behind me now) heaps better than those standard smoked glass mirrors.

+1 on the Michelin 2ct pilot road, offers good grip( i sometimes run them all the way to the edges ) and got 18500ks outa the front and 12000 or so from the rear. Best mileage of any tyre I've had so far that still has grip

A picture is worth a thousand words

That's a bummer, especially over summer. Exceeding the limit by more than 40kph here is loss of licence and around $700 fine and radar detectors are strictly illegal.

In tune with political correctness and not to offend any ethnic or minority groups An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Jap, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Taiwanese, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turkish, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimbabwean all go to a nightclub. , The doorman stops them and says, ‘Sorry, I can’t let you in without a Thai.’

PopeAfter getting all of Pope Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo, (and he doesn't travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still standing on the curb. 'Excuse me, Your Holiness,' says the driver, 'Would you please take your seat so we can leave?' 'Well, to tell you the truth,' says the Pope, 'they never let me drive at the Vatican when I was a cardinal, and I'd really like to drive today.' 'I'm sorry, Your Holiness, but I cannot let you do that. I'd lose my job! What if something should happen,' protests the driver, wishing he'd never gone to work that morning. 'Who's going to tell,' says the Pope with a smile. Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel. The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 118mph. (Remember, the Pope is German.) 'Please slow down, Your Holiness,' pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens. 'Oh, dear God, I'm going to lose my license -- and my job!' moans the driver. The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio. 'I need to talk to the Chief,' he says to the dispatcher. The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he's stopped a limo going 205 kph. 'So bust him,' says the Chief. 'I don't think we want to do that, he's really important,' said the cop. The Chief exclaimed, 'All the more reason!' 'No, I mean really important,' said the cop with a bit of persistence.. The Chief then asked, 'Who do you have there, the mayor?' Cop: 'Bigger.' Chief: 'A senator?' Cop: 'Bigger.' Chief: 'The Prime Minister?' Cop: 'Bigger.' 'Well,' said the Chief, 'who is it?' Cop: 'I think it's God!' The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, 'What makes you think it's God?' Cop: 'His chauffeur is the Pope!'__________________

Nice find,what's and original mk1 sell for there? The bars belong in the rubbish bin

If u use the search function you will find countless pages of discussions/arguments on oil. Some will dazzle you with science/BS or there own preference. I use a good brand hypoid80w/90w ( it could be 130w/90w) whatever the manual recommends and add some liquid moly. It works, is in tune with manufacturers recommendations and doesn't cost the earth. I know of several high mileage guzzi's that use this (185,000k and 245,000)without a prob. Depends on u and If you like to throw money away or consider it well spent

Had to google channel locks. What we in Blighty call mole grips I guess or near nuff. As a committed tool fetishist, the three legged wotsit keeps me happy. Yea, Channel Lock is a brand name they also get called Water Pump Pliers, slip joint pliers and probably lot's of other profanities, Mole Grips I remember from down under. Multi grips

mismatched bulb wattage,blown bulb,bad earth, but if both sides my moneys on a dud flashercan

Where I live there are 2 types of tubeless plugs. 1: the ones you push in from the outside of the tyre , these are a temporary fix although they can last a long time but can also come out suddenly. 2: The mushroom shaped plugs are to be fitted from inside the tyre, being this shape they form a patch on the inside plus act as a plug in the hole thus being impossible for it to push out through the tyre and could only pop into the tyre if the glue don't work or there's no air pressure. The second type is a legal requirement around here. ps my 01 v11 comes with a 170/60/17 on th rear (4.5 rim)

The Aussies ride on the left to show how much they still love the old homeland Went on a bike trip in Vietnam last year were they ride on the other side, didn't seem to faze me, but I think swapping sides is easier on a bike. Here's a look