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bazza696 wrote:Tony.Mon is your man, he has taken out more engines than the time it takes blue storm gets to 100mph in seconds.

Now that is fast

Thanks a lot for that Ged! Much appreciated mate. My bolt is quite rusty and bugs me every time I think about it. Once my new bolt is in there I can look after it properly and pack grease round it ;-)

Thanks for the pointers mate, ill check over them and give the connections a good clean ;-)

Have you checked your battery is holding a charge. It may be getting a bit tired. Stick a multimeter on it and then check it the next day to see if it has drained at all. :thumbup: (:-}) I have mate, it's a very healthy batt. Iv had the multimeter on it a few times throughout the year (just out of ...

Cheers tony, I'm going to take some pics as I go too ;-) On a really cold day first thing the batt would literally only turn the engine over 4 turns then click click click. Then fully charged it when I got to work on the optimate, but the same would happen the next morning. The corrosion on the star...

cybercarl wrote:Yeh but how many times did they film it before he got it right.. I prefer to just look at the first frame.

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Yeah good point mate, he must have deep pockets ;-)

seb421 wrote:Some sick wombles out there!

poor man could have so easily been any one of us

I know mate could have been a lot worse..... It could have been me!!!!

On a serious note tho it just shows you need your wits about you when riding a bike, especially with the nobs pulling out us all the time!

cybercarl wrote:Don't let scott near any grease, it will end up everywhere. maybe you should cover you front tyre first.

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I do like me grease lol ;-)

Nice1 lloydie cheers mate ;-)

lloydiecbr wrote:pure skill
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That's bloody great, I'd love to have half as much control as him!

Last winter I had the usual symptoms of the rusty connection on the starter. In general I don't have problems starting but it's niggling me that the starter bolt is all rusted and not as efficient as it could be! I came across this thread with regards to opening up the starter, removing the bolt and...

I like to play with my wanger :lol:

I like going in the gym and tinkering with the storm and car. I need to change the bearing on my strut mount in the volvo, the parts on order so will be tinkering when that arrives ;-)

Doh who gave her that!

It would be like going in one of them spinning pilot G force machines where everyone passes out if you strap a vtr to that

Rob wrote:Yes, that's with them in.

Cricky I'd love to hear them without the db killers! Mine are straight through blue flames and sound the same as yours (noise wise)