We use the Life360 app to keep track of the household. Works really well and is free (although there's a subscription version with more bells and whistles).

This: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORTON-COMMANDO-CAFE-RACER-RARE-ORIGINAL-SS-MINT-BIKE-OFFERS-PX-/294665737410?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Or this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1974-Fantic-TX7-50cc-Iconic-Mini-Monkey-Bike-/393598190411?mkcid=16&a...

I scrub the chain and sprockets with paraffin to loosen all the grime (also good for removing tar spots from exhausts). Rinse with the hose then wash the whole bike.
As soon as it's dry the chain gets re-lubed first, then the rest of the bike gets polished/Moto Protected.

I had issues with my Daytona 955i, really picky on coolant level and didn't take much persuasion to disgorge the header tank contents all over the floor. Changed the coolant to Evans (using the correct flushing fluid) and that was the end of the problem. My Speed Triples have been very fussy about ...

I bought a pattern rad for my cb500 from M&P. Quality was fine, no problem with the fit and it worked perfectly for 18 months before I sold the bike. It was about £40 more than the Chinese ebay ones (probably from the same factory!) but no worrries about import duty and there's more chance of wa...

I'd try and free the valve off and refit the actuator.
Manually switching it on and off by flipping it over shoukd be fine. Juat be aware that it's 240v across the contacts.

If the mechanical part of the zone valve is stiff, waggling it open and closed with a pair of pliers might help to free it off. If the servo motor can't physically close the valve, the circuit will continue to call for heat from the boiler. It can also burn out the servo motor!

On a setup like yours, the thermostat on the side of your HW cylinder is what 'calls' for heat. It energises the HW zone valve, which in turn operates a microswitch as it opens. This microswitch calls for heat from the boiler. The controller only determines when the circuit is live and thus able to ...

The caustic will work on steel pipes. Don't let it come into contact with anything aluminium though!

When we got our first dog it was during the time that celebreties were naming their kids after places where they'd been conceived or born - Paris, Booklyn etc. We called the dog Oswestry (usually shortened to Ozzy). It suited him well :) We've carried on the tradition of naming pets after provincial...

Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:52 pm I feel like I am very much in minority when I say: Jesus christ what an ugly lot of motorcycles! Hand on heart, I would not have been surprised to see any one of them in the "eBay WTF" thread.

I guess you really had to be there

Burn the heretic!

I remember the turbo GSX1100 being in PB! Thought it looked awesome. It's aged pretty well
There was some seriously good stuff in Reader's Special (Simoto CBX550?) And some horribly gash abominations - like an RGV250 with a seat unit raked at about 45 degrees to accommodate some 7 foot bloke.

You could fit an extracter fan with a humidistat. I'd be happier with that rather than leaving a window open/ajar.

I've been using an optimate mk1 for over 20 years now. When the bike isn't being ridden it's in the garage plugged into the optimate. I usually get 5-10 years out of a battery. Leaving an optimate plugged into the bike but not switched on will put a drain the battery, so I wouldn't recommend the tim...

Murder mystery party over Zoom.
Lots of dressing up, outrageous accents and hammy acting washed down with lavish cocktails and accompanied by a metric fuckload of Pringles.

What's the betting there's no bandwidth on NYE?

I blame my brother. He used to work at a newsagents and one day in about 1985/86 when I was 11/12ish, he brought me home a copy of PB that was filled with custom LCs, a turbo GSX1100 and a project Ratracer cobbled together from a Honda 400/4. That first piqued my interest in bikes. Fast forward a co...

If the tank has just been swapped, it will swell again. It needs to be sealed internally with Caswell or similar. The chain adjuster eccentric is prone to seizing if neglected. As previously mentioned, the throttle bodies and associated bits can be problematic, Aftermarket cans give big power gains ...

demographic wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:14 pm For me the racer was built for well defined good reasons, but the roadbike? Naah.

Didn't there have to be a certain number of road versions produced to homologate the bikes for racing? Like the Norton F1, the road bike wasn't a patch on the racer.

Yes they do IME

+1 for using an optimate or similar battery monitor. Used one for over 20 years and my bike batteries typically last 8-9 years before I replace them. Constant trickle charging isn't great for LA batteries but monitoring the voltage and topping up when required is the way to go IME. Call me cynical b...