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There you are spoilt for choice, I'm riding on Michelin commander ll's and they are ok, I had a twitch the other day turning a corner a bit too sharp and leaning too much and as I straightened up the back end kicked, the tires held and everything was fine, my other favourite tyre is Avon Venom's but my last pair have rotted after only 4 years, they do hold the road well though.

John.

There is no doubt in my mind that cameras are dangerous..

On our bikes you have to take your eyes off the road to see the speedometer, a glance away from the vehicle in front of you can cause you to miss the flash of brake lights, then if you have to keep scanning the area at the side or the road for speed cameras that is even more time you are not watching the road, The newest policy is zero tolerance for anyone that speeds, that means if you are doing 3mph over the posted speed limit you get a ticket, watching for cameras instead of riding at the speed of the traffic flow and the sound of your engine must cause some stress, I can't see how cameras reduce accidents, I can only see cameras as a means of raising money.

John.

Another thought is that you could drain a pint of gas to check there isn't water in it.

John.

It sounds like a blocked injector.

John.

What do you mean probably..

This is the Canadian end at Red Bay NL.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=red+bay+pier+canada&biw=1219&bih=885&tbm=isch&imgil=4Dmj-eGxfkfdNM%253A%253BPQG3u0TIaiOlUM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.gettyimages.co.uk%25252Fdetail%25252Fphoto%25252Fnational-parks-interpretive-center-red-bay-high-res-stock-photography%25252F177684476&source=iu&pf=m&fir=4Dmj-eGxfkfdNM%253A%252CPQG3u0TIaiOlUM%252C_&usg=__yv2UI33jcO3xaB1DZ7s7-NkaW2M%3D&dpr=1.05&ved=0CCwQyjc&ei=whonVY-oFoPdaPXngdgJ#imgrc=8xu3UK2mRrquVM%253A%3BUa6OSMFTG2wE2M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmw2.google.com%252Fmw-panoramio%252Fphotos%252Fmedium%252F62919866.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.distancebetweencities.net%252Fsept-iles_qc_canada_and_red-bay_on_canada%252Fphotos%3B500%3B332

John.

  JH once you have entered Canadian waters just feel free to use my name, and it will speed things along for you.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/St+John's,+NL,+Canada/North+Bay,+ON,+Canada/@45.4290563,-75.5629542,5z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x4b0ca38e6b0aa261:0x9e1fd4001f12261f!2m2!1d-52.7128315!2d47.5605413!1m5!1m1!1s0x4d2854b13122e2ef:0x5037b28c7232700!2m2!1d-79.4608204!2d46.3091152

there you go my friend........

Yeah Ratman, I've been caught like that before, CMP probably have you on their most wanted list. I use your name and nobody ever hears from me again..

I think I might just wait for continental drift to get rid of the wet bit, or until they finish building the bridge.

John.

As the weather is nice I have decided to head towards Canada on my Drifter.

I don't have a passport so may have to stop at the border so I won't make it quite all the way to Canada.

Here is my route.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Tredegar/St+David's,+Pembrokeshire,+UK/@51.7351193,-5.4022512,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x486e242663d70875:0x52ea2d60f1d9174d!2m2!1d-3.246775!2d51.772619!1m5!1m1!1s0x48691e47fb20bc7b:0xec586386ceb84399!2m2!1d-5.265995!2d51.881227

If any of you who have passports and want to meet up, just let me know.

John.

Jmbo doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a big heat sink attached to the rec/reg.

John.

Why limit yourself, you have already bought a full set, you are going to drill one and thread it so you won't be able to use the set anymore,. drill and thread them all and change them as the mood takes you..

John.

sorry. ..a fiberglass box that fits where The "catalytic" converter should be... a nice way to get a couple or 3 liters of space. Named hotbox from that the rectifier mounts on it Making it a tad  hot..... inside

What a great idea for carrying a hot pie for lunch..

But I'm not going to do it.

John.

Vladimir Putin, wanting to get on the good side of voters, goes to visit a school in Moscow to have a chat with the kids.
He talks to them about how Russia is a powerful nation and how he wants the best for the people.
At the end of the talk, there is a section for questions.

Little Sasha puts her hand up and says
"I have two questions.
Why did the Russians take Crimea?
And why are we sending troops to Ukraine?"

Putin says "Good questions..."

But just as he is about to answer, the bell goes, and the kids go to lunch.

When they come back, they sit back down and there is room for some more questions.

Another girl, Misha, puts her hand up and says
"I have four questions.
My Questions are –
Why did the Russians invade Crimea?
Why are we sending troops to Ukraine?
Why did the lunch bell go 20 minutes early?
And Where is Sasha?"

Not edit......DELETE!

Wouldn't his legs fall off.

John.

I don't think anyone would want to edit ratman's bum.

John.

Oh god..

This man has neighbours!

School children live in Canada.

John.

When I was in the army I spent a lot of my time in Kenya on the equator and in Yemen which was even hotter, probably because it is closer to hell..

These days it would be nice to have some of that heat in Britain instead of paying all these heating bills and having my bike in the garage for so long.

John.

What's Canadaian?

John.

I never really thought about it before but it seems the only way for anyone living in mainland USA to get to Alaska USA is to cross Canada, That's a bit like buying a house in someone else's garden and having to ask their permission every time you want to go in or out of your own house.

Seems to me that is an ideal excuse for an invasion.

John.

I have a few here at home that need a little work, too. I'll tell you what: If I get over to your country, I'll help you with the plaster and bring you some sweet potatoes!

No need to resort to ugly threats.. I'll do my own plastering.

John.

Amen brother!

Put the tool down and back away...

He is a carpenter after all.
I sent him a set of metric wrenches just so he could install the new battery I had shipped to him.
The one that won't start the bike without being jumped from his truck.
Yes, maybe I should ask him to put a blanket over it and ignore it.

Phone him NOW tell him not to use the tools on your bike, tell him thanks very much for your work up to now and please leave it exactly as it is..

And buy a owners manual and a service manual before you do any work on it they don't cost very much..

For future information all riceburner motorcycles lift oven on a hinge, some car gas covers unscrew and if it doesn't undo easily it probably isn't meant to undo.

John.

Maybe Troll can stop by my house on his way somewhere, I have a wall that needs plastering.

I'll just wait shall I.

John

I'll be interested in the answer, I am half thinking of removing the baffles on my longshots but the old girl is running as sweet as a nut and the other half of me doesn't want to mess that up. Besides with all the speed cameras we have here finding a safe road to do that top speed again to see if it is better without the baffles could cost me my license.

John.

Very funny..

Just look at all the photo's you took labelled and stored on your computer as you removed the parts.

John.

Just to get through a test once a year why not get a bit of thin 1/2" chicken wire and a bit of fibre glass mat and roll it like a swiss roll, stuff it up the pipe until after the test then hook it out with a thin wire coat hanger until next year.

John.

That is a problem. .I was wrong...Its The 1.00 thread that is very rare in sweden. ...any chance you can pick up 2 wingbolts for me?

You will find the wing bolts at a disabled electric wheelchair shop, that's where I got mine.

John.

You eat some pretty horrible things over there, what is this salad stuff you talk about, I hope it's not the same stuff we feed to rabbits and horses, and peanut butter sandwich.. There are people starving in Africa who wouldn't eat the stuff you people eat.

I can't waste any more time on this I have to get back to preparing a frogsleg, snail and nettle soup with dried slugs to crumble over it.

John.