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Post by scooterg on Apr 22, 2018 21:45:37 GMT
Why not put it in the for sale section on here π€
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Post by mushroom on Apr 23, 2018 15:11:10 GMT
Guy from Austria contacted me, moneys going through in the next 5 days ( fingers crossed)
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Post by mijapxman on Apr 23, 2018 16:40:33 GMT
Guy from Austria contacted me, moneys going through in the next 5 days ( fingers crossed) Hope it all goes well for you ,Bud. JimβΊ
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Post by ironsloth on Apr 23, 2018 16:44:35 GMT
Good luck with that mushroom, are you replacing it with another??
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Post by mushroom on Apr 23, 2018 17:34:33 GMT
Good luck with that mushroom, are you replacing it with another?? No mate, got another old one partly stripped in the shed ( '60 VNB1T ) Missus bought me an '88 Yamaha FZX750 for my 50th so I've been out roaring around on that (after fixing it, of course) Got it back in September but a catalogue of disasters with it meant I've only just got it running properly in the last month It's had an alternator, plugs, coils, carbs ultrasonically cleaned twice, new handlebars, indicators, front tyre, thermostat, rad flushed twice, new CDI. It's broken down a mile from home twice and I've had to push the bloody thing It's had an intermittent misfire for months which I've only just worked out to be one of the plug caps. NOS ones are nearly Β£50 if you can find them I've had more success with Vespas, my old P200Es never let me down Last Friday the missus finished early so we met down the seafront for chips and rode home together Wind noise is abysmal on her GoPro (that's me in the red shirt)
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Post by mijapxman on Jun 1, 2018 15:37:26 GMT
Today I've mostly been waiting on a delivery driver, like a wee boy waiting on Santa on Christmas morning and it finally came half an hour ago, I'm well chuffed and got it for Β£120 π. www.ebay.co.uk/i/252194377220?. MijβΊ
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Post by ironsloth on Jun 1, 2018 19:46:14 GMT
Very posh Mij, well a few days ago I went to a local antique shop, they had a couple of motorbike bits in. 15 minutes later, I found out they also had a weird old 80s crosser, and a bizarre motorbike. Stood looking at it waaaaay too long, picked it up last Monday. It's an IZH Jupiter 2, 350cc two stroke..... Pretty rare in the UK by all accounts, got it almost complete for Β£500..... Goddammit... Still plan to build a scoot and trike first mind...
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Post by mijapxman on Jun 10, 2018 7:22:12 GMT
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Post by morelli on Jun 18, 2018 20:51:05 GMT
Tidying the shed and trying to run power to it permanently..... Iβm no spark so if what little hair I have left suddenly stands on end and gets a bit frizzy I know Iβve got my Earth and my Live mixed up ππ
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Post by scooterg on Jun 18, 2018 21:05:58 GMT
Stand well back And ask someone else to switch it on , while you hold some screwdrivers and a pair of pliers ( all for show ) Works every time
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Post by morelli on Jun 18, 2018 21:14:14 GMT
Checked the wifeβs life insurance policy....sheβs the girl to test it methinks π
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Post by ironsloth on Jun 18, 2018 22:12:10 GMT
Don't lick the feeds, it will turn your trousers brown...
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Post by henri on Jun 19, 2018 7:05:39 GMT
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Post by henri on Jun 23, 2018 9:36:21 GMT
IMG-20180620-00817 by henri briggs, on Flickr .yesterday i was mostly making up a stepped stud an tapping a mates t5 engine .in for a cruciform an clutch job an 1 barrel stud pulled out on torquing up . probably because engines been split in past without removing barrel just unscrewing studs .steel studs in ali castings wear the thread ,its best there put in with loctite an left in . H
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Post by morelli on Jun 23, 2018 19:01:55 GMT
Taking part in Irelandβs toughest adventure race - Hard as Oak π¬ 10k run with 50 obstacles throughout the course including cliff jump & paintball sniper teams ..... bas@Β£rds !! Full bottle of radox muscle soak into the bath & have been sitting in it minding my own business for close to 2 hours !!! Leccy bill for immersionβs gonna be sky high πππππ
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Post by mijapxman on Jun 24, 2018 10:01:00 GMT
Taking part in Irelandβs toughest adventure race - Hard as Oak π¬ 10k run with 50 obstacles throughout the course including cliff jump & paintball sniper teams ..... bas@Β£rds !! Full bottle of radox muscle soak into the bath & have been sitting in it minding my own business for close to 2 hours !!! Leccy bill for immersionβs gonna be sky high πππππ That sounds heavy duty Bud, well done π. MijβΊ
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Post by mijapxman on Jun 26, 2018 15:35:24 GMT
Today I've mostly just had a phone call from from my mate John's son, to tell me that his Dad won't be getting home from the hospice as his cancer is too far gone and he could go at any time.
Jim.
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Post by morelli on Jun 26, 2018 22:22:08 GMT
Very sorry to hear that Mij. Cancer is a dreadful disease that takes far too many far too soon. Fingers crossed & a prayer said that your friend is as comfortable as possible and his family & friends have the strength required for the tough times ahead.
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Post by scooterg on Jun 26, 2018 22:30:47 GMT
Sorry to hear that,,I just never know what to say at a time like this, Think morelli put it nicely,,what we all want to say,
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kipper
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First scoot at 50 years old, always had bikes. Now like a kid in a toy shop ;-) Lovin' it.
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Post by kipper on Jun 27, 2018 13:48:54 GMT
And you've been there for him and his family the whole time, good on ya mate. Terrible terrible disease. Thinking of you all fella x
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Post by mijapxman on Jul 3, 2018 11:35:10 GMT
Today I've mostly been...thinking about my dear friend, John Storrer, Wild Turkeys scooter club member, who died age 49 after a long hard battle with cancer, last Thursday afternoon... Still trying to come to terms with it....
Jim.
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kipper
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First scoot at 50 years old, always had bikes. Now like a kid in a toy shop ;-) Lovin' it.
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Post by kipper on Jul 4, 2018 7:40:51 GMT
Thoughts with you all mate. No words x
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Post by mijapxman on Jul 4, 2018 13:06:00 GMT
John's funeral will be at Kirkcaldy Chrem ,on Tuesday 10th July @12.45, scooters to meet at sandy Brae petrol station Kennoway, Fife, Scotland at 12 noon.
Hope he gets a good turn out.
Jim.
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Post by ironsloth on Jul 4, 2018 17:28:31 GMT
But of a stretch for me jim, I'm at the arse end of Lincolnshire, plus don't think my iron sloth would make it. Not to mention I would need an iron clad arse to get one way....
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Post by mushroom on Jul 4, 2018 18:26:12 GMT
Sorry to hear the bad news Jim. Cancer is a kick in the balls for all concerned and sadly it's more and more people everyday
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Post by mijapxman on Jul 4, 2018 23:25:25 GMT
Not expecting any of the forum members to go to John's funeral, was just posting the details, to sort of end the story or maybe,the beginning of the end of the story, so to speak and also to leave his details on the tinternetπ,for posterity, in his honour.
RIP, my friend John Storrer,Kennoway, Fife Scotland, till we meet again, in the scooter club in the sky.
Jim.
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Post by morelli on Jul 5, 2018 14:27:30 GMT
Sorry to hear your friend John has passed Mij, I can only imagine the void he will leave for his family & friends. But at least now the suffering he bravely endured has stopped.
The Scottish are fine people indeed and not too dissimilar to us Irish insofar as we have similar traditions...... so tonight Iβll raise a glass of Irish Mountain Dew in memory of your friend and fellow scooterist ....
May the road rise up to meet him π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ M
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Post by morelli on Jul 10, 2018 18:28:09 GMT
Thinking of you today Mij at your pals funeral π
Hope it was a good send off.....
M
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Post by morelli on Jul 11, 2018 18:40:10 GMT
Today I have mostly been cursing the day I ever bought a car ... Bloody clutch went on it this morning on way to work .... π¬π¬π¬ Vespaβs def a more reliable & fun way to commute !!!
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Post by ironsloth on Jul 11, 2018 21:10:20 GMT
Today I dared to believe.... On another thing, I finally passed my car test over a week ago, 12 years of total abuse for my poor only owner from new mean machine.... She will be coming off the road soon for a well earned rest and rebuild. Have to concentrate on the 78, the trike, and the non Vespa IZH....
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