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by bald_pig
Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Black Friday deals- what did you buy?
Replies: 9
Views: 1120

Re: Black Friday deals- what did you buy?

Got myself a soundbar, no point getting anything bike related yet!
by bald_pig
Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:58 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Streaky Bacon!
Replies: 25
Views: 4650

Re: Streaky Bacon!

You still bounce well enough then! The question is, what locked the rear at motorway speeds? Engine seized? Rear disc or chain failed? Something had gone wrong...... Engine seized, It spins on the starter but was slowing to a crawl and speeding up again, I'll be stripping the engine when I'm off wo...
by bald_pig
Fri Nov 25, 2016 8:36 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Streaky Bacon!
Replies: 25
Views: 4650

Re: Streaky Bacon!

ConTRo13R wrote:I'm sure I see your bike quite a bit around the m25, an orange, a red and a yellow one almost everytime I'm on there in the van on the drive home on the anti clockwise stretch.
Quite possibly, between J2 and the tunnels, I have an orange lid too so hard to miss :)
by bald_pig
Fri Nov 25, 2016 8:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: GBM has been in touch.
Replies: 27
Views: 2109

Re: GBM has been in touch.

I had a crack at throwing myself down the road too, came out better than Mac though, clearly bald pigs bounce better!

Glad to hear your on the mend fella
by bald_pig
Fri Nov 25, 2016 7:58 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Streaky Bacon!
Replies: 25
Views: 4650

Re: Streaky Bacon!

Mav617 wrote:Holy crap! Glad you're here to tell the tale BP :thumbup:
You don't get rid of me that easily :lol:
by bald_pig
Mon Nov 21, 2016 11:06 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Streaky Bacon!
Replies: 25
Views: 4650

Re: Streaky Bacon!

Crikey mate that's not what you want! Good that you are not mangled. Falling off on a motorway would scare me witless. Where did you end up ?? I just rolled along in the lane lol. I've come out with a bruised elbow, bruised shoulder, and a grazed forearm. That'll buff out... Glad your OK. How the h...
by bald_pig
Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:28 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Streaky Bacon!
Replies: 25
Views: 4650

Streaky Bacon!

The storm decided she didn't like me this morning, and threw me off on the M25! I'm fine, but the bikes looking sorry :(

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by bald_pig
Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:38 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Help with Electrics
Replies: 16
Views: 2445

Re: Help with Electrics

Was the main fuse ok then? You may need to run over everything with a multimeter to see what's happening. You're not a million miles away from me, if you need a hand one weekend give me a shout.
by bald_pig
Wed Nov 16, 2016 7:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Don't ever ever bloody ever...
Replies: 14
Views: 851

Re: Don't ever ever bloody ever...

Sounds incredible, but in my head I can see what's on the left here :lol:

http://vmashup.com/Ezf8qFIL
by bald_pig
Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:48 pm
Forum: Items For Sale
Topic: Ebay Finds (unusal/cheap/rare/or just good value)
Replies: 5673
Views: 523811

Re: Ebay Finds (unusal/cheap/rare/or just good value)

Comes with a standard tank and a larger tank, both apparently in good nick, there's potential there for sure!
by bald_pig
Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what have you done to your "bike" today
Replies: 22531
Views: 1962751

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Not much for you old fogeys, but I changed my chain and sprockets by myself today :D
by bald_pig
Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:02 pm
Forum: Computer questions
Topic: Anybody upgraded to a SSD hard drive?
Replies: 35
Views: 25760

Re: Anybody upgraded to a SSD hard drive?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3704707435_24f426aa17.jpg :roll: Nothing to do with the advantages of better performance, smaller size and less energy consumption then Perhaps we should have stuck with knitted rope computers - giving little old ladies jobs in New England sweatshops making them....
by bald_pig
Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:19 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Hello from north Italy
Replies: 10
Views: 1508

Re: Hello from north Italy

Welcome along! I've been close but not close enough to you, I've been to Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini, and Alfonsine, but not up to Modena :lol:
by bald_pig
Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Burd Day Wishes...
Replies: 9
Views: 506

Re: Burd Day Wishes...

Cheers guys, with any luck I'll be back on the bike soon :D
by bald_pig
Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:09 pm
Forum: Computer questions
Topic: Forum clock?
Replies: 15
Views: 11663

Re: Forum clock?

Yep, it's the same here, I say it defaults to UTC