What have you done today thread?
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Servicing the motorcycle & in orderto replace the spark plugs I've so far removed this much stuff - not sure if more's going to have to come off yet...
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Remember the days when a spark plug change was a two minute job by the side of the road? Now there's so much gubbins you may as well do the valve clearance while you're in there.
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Nearly killed my cat
I’d put drain cleaner down the toilet sink as it had started to stink a bit. I poured some into the overflow as well, which leaked down into the sink…I just left it, intending to rinse it down after the rest had done its stuff.
Later I was downstairs and the cat ran past me and up the stairs. It dawned on me where he was going (for a drink) and I ran after him.
Too late, he was sitting in a puddle of Mr Muscle drain cleaner.
I whipped him out, took him downstairs and Mrs S and I put him in the sink and washed him down.
Have you ever tried giving a cat a bath?
Fortunately we got there in and got it off before he ingested any. That was yesterday and he seems fine.
I’d put drain cleaner down the toilet sink as it had started to stink a bit. I poured some into the overflow as well, which leaked down into the sink…I just left it, intending to rinse it down after the rest had done its stuff.
Later I was downstairs and the cat ran past me and up the stairs. It dawned on me where he was going (for a drink) and I ran after him.
Too late, he was sitting in a puddle of Mr Muscle drain cleaner.
I whipped him out, took him downstairs and Mrs S and I put him in the sink and washed him down.
Have you ever tried giving a cat a bath?
Fortunately we got there in and got it off before he ingested any. That was yesterday and he seems fine.
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Do you have any skin left on your arms and hands?Scotsrich wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:50 pm Nearly killed my cat
I’d put drain cleaner down the toilet sink as it had started to stink a bit. I poured some into the overflow as well, which leaked down into the sink…I just left it, intending to rinse it down after the rest had done its stuff.
Later I was downstairs and the cat ran past me and up the stairs. It dawned on me where he was going (for a drink) and I ran after him.
Too late, he was sitting in a puddle of Mr Muscle drain cleaner.
I whipped him out, took him downstairs and Mrs S and I put him in the sink and washed him down.
Have you ever tried giving a cat a bath?
Fortunately we got there in and got it off before he ingested any. That was yesterday and he seems fine.
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I think I'm going to get a two stroke single.
Just finished, well, letting the oil drain whilst I have a cup of tea. On the bright side the only other thing that need to be removed to swap the plugs was most of the skin on the back of my hand.
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I've got a bike where you need to access the plugs at the side of the road.
All things considered, I prefer modern stuff
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Yeah,I get that. Sometimes though,I'd like a happy medium in the accessibility stakes!Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:05 pm I've got a bike where you need to access the plugs at the side of the road.
All things considered, I prefer modern stuff
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Swapping plugs on my Guzzi compared to my Trident couldn't be more different.
Getting the centre plug out of that Triple with that huge spine frame right over the top of it....yeah thanks for that, oh and carbs off for an air filter change, sure that sounds like a great idea too
Getting the centre plug out of that Triple with that huge spine frame right over the top of it....yeah thanks for that, oh and carbs off for an air filter change, sure that sounds like a great idea too
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Out of interest, how long DO top quality plugs last these days before they need replacing on a modern 4T engine?
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Schedule for this is every 12,000 - these have just been swapped out at 11,500Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:52 pm Out of interest, how long DO top quality plugs last these days before they need replacing on a modern 4T engine?
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Err...are they all old ones? (I'm guessing not ).ChrisW wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:04 pmSchedule for this is every 12,000 - these have just been swapped out at 11,500Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:52 pm Out of interest, how long DO top quality plugs last these days before they need replacing on a modern 4T engine?
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Oh. One thing I have done today is made my annual donation to Wikipedia/Wikimedia. It still amazes me that it's free, I use it almost daily and it's doing what it can to remain free of political interference. Not always getting it right but I appreciate it.
It's a bit like here.
It's a bit like here.
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It's months since I've looked something up there and it was probably only some race results to prove a point on a thread here.Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:06 pm Oh. One thing I have done today is made my annual donation to Wikipedia/Wikimedia. It still amazes me that it's free, I use it almost daily and it's doing what it can to remain free of political interference. Not always getting it right but I appreciate it.
It's a bit like here.
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I use it quite a lot at work, everyone I know does. With so many different disciplines you often hear some technical term or jargon you don't know. Wiki is great for stuff like that, dry technical subjects are free of meddling I assume. Either that or all our electric motors are now Biden supporters.
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Worth supporting with a few £ then. At least that's how I feel as a regular user.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:02 pm I use it quite a lot at work, everyone I know does. With so many different disciplines you often hear some technical term or jargon you don't know. Wiki is great for stuff like that, dry technical subjects are free of meddling I assume. Either that or all our electric motors are now Biden supporters.
I pretty much do use it daily as I'm curious about stuff. It's a great resource.
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I've paid em £2.99/month for gawd knows how long. Years.
Edit: A load of the stuff on tyre dynamics is my words too. I did the diagram at the top of this article on my iBook in about 2004.
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Edit: A load of the stuff on tyre dynamics is my words too. I did the diagram at the top of this article on my iBook in about 2004.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_angle?wprov=sfla1
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They don't know how to spell tyre!Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:27 pm I've paid em £2.99/month for gawd knows how long. Years.
Edit: A load of the stuff on tyre dynamics is my words too. I did the diagram at the top of this article on my iBook in about 2004.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_angle?wprov=sfla1
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I can assure you when I wrote it I used a Y. Some septic has been at it