Maintaining social distance at all times, one hopes.Noggin wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:54 am
Picking up a couple of friends in an hour who will help me get the bike in the van.
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Took my bike to the dealers yesterday and now I feel enlightened. The rumble of death that bothers me is the clutch basket. The tapping that I thought was the cam chain is actually the shims. The rattling spanners sound that's happened twice is the cam chain tensioner. It's booked in for its 24k service next month and will all be sorted then. They couldn't let me joy ride a Trident because no one has any yet
I knew that.
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All that at just 24k ? Shims usually wear tight rather than loose ,so they become quieter rather than rattly unlike ye olde tappets.Trinity765 wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:52 am Took my bike to the dealers yesterday and now I feel enlightened. The rumble of death that bothers me is the clutch basket. The tapping that I thought was the cam chain is actually the shims. The rattling spanners sound that's happened twice is the cam chain tensioner. It's booked in for its 24k service next month and will all be sorted then. They couldn't let me joy ride a Trident because no one has any yetI knew that.
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I'm in their 'bubble'!!! - Well, they are the only people up here that I meet with and chat, so I think that's the case
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I just tried these. O. M. G.!! Damn they are goooooood!!!
Amazingly I've not eaten the whole packet - I ran out of tea in the mug (but I was tempted to make more tea!!)

Amazingly I've not eaten the whole packet - I ran out of tea in the mug (but I was tempted to make more tea!!)

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Mmm biscuits.
I haven't eaten a biscuit in over 2 years.
I haven't eaten a biscuit in over 2 years.
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They are worth the 'want'!!
Nor had I!! Apparently they do Gingerbread ones too!!!
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Ok. Yes 24k. Not sure what the noise is then. It's nothing scary (slight ticking in time with the engine). I am a little anxious as the warranty runs out on 8th Feb. The "Head Technician" said he had made a note and that Triumph are good about warranty claims if I need to make one.Skub wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 1:29 pmAll that at just 24k ? Shims usually wear tight rather than loose ,so they become quieter rather than rattly unlike ye olde tappets.Trinity765 wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:52 am Took my bike to the dealers yesterday and now I feel enlightened. The rumble of death that bothers me is the clutch basket. The tapping that I thought was the cam chain is actually the shims. The rattling spanners sound that's happened twice is the cam chain tensioner. It's booked in for its 24k service next month and will all be sorted then. They couldn't let me joy ride a Trident because no one has any yetI knew that.
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Say what you like, but it ain't a Garibaldi, is it? The Garibaldi is the king of biscuits.
(The biscuit is actually named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the man who united Italy. There's some trivia you neither wanted nor asked for)
(The biscuit is actually named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the man who united Italy. There's some trivia you neither wanted nor asked for)
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There's one packet fewer of the Gingerbread ones. At least in biscuit form. They're very good.Noggin wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:05 pm![]()
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They are worth the 'want'!!
Nor had I!! Apparently they do Gingerbread ones too!!!![]()
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Really can't understand why someone should be commemorated by a dead fly biscuit.gremlin wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:14 pm (The biscuit is actually named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the man who united Italy. There's some trivia you neither wanted nor asked for)
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If they'd been a major player in the biscuit industry, I could understand it, but I also fail to see the connection...
"I see Garibaldi has unified Italy. We should honour him in some way"
"Hmmm. Name a town after him? Big statue maybe?"
"I was think more along the lines of a dry snack...a biscuit perhaps."
"Good shout. We'll save a fortune and it's quite a catchy name. 'A packet of Giuseppis, please'"
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Installed a brake light on my Supermoto (hoping MOT man will feel that just the back brake having a light will suffice!)
Made/installed axle sliders on my Supermoto (skateboard wheels and threaded bar!)
Made/installed axle sliders on my Supermoto (skateboard wheels and threaded bar!)
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Perhaps he had a poor complexion?gremlin wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 3:18 pmIf they'd been a major player in the biscuit industry, I could understand it, but I also fail to see the connection...
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Bet that won't be cheap to fix.Ant wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 4:37 pm Today, I made some changes to the front of one of our cars with a muntjac deer.
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Did you have a friend collect the remnants of the deer? Venison is lovely for ChristmasAnt wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 4:37 pm Today, I made some changes to the front of one of our cars with a muntjac deer.
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No, it'll be very deer.
It's done a fog light, the bumper, under tray, wheel arch liner.
All in all I think I got off very lightly.
