Round 3, FOAK: 1982 Kawie KZ550 C3 LTD Restoration Options
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From: The Older Gentleman on 9 Oct 2009 17:40 1949 Whizzer <macmiled(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 9, 11:53 am, "Dan L" <dan.yoda...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Heh, I think I can guess which camp I'd be in but heh, we pride > > ourselves on free speech this side of t'pond. > > We Americans *invented* free speech, yannow, and we don't have check > our guns out of a closet at the constabulary and return them after > shooting either. Nor do we. Your point? -- BMW K1100LT & K100RS Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER (currently Beaving) Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Chris H on 9 Oct 2009 17:55 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Chris H <fazer.1000thousand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> The relevance of sea water is that pure water is non-conductive. > > Really? I never knew that. So if I was in a bath of distilled water > and someone dropped an electric lamp in, I'd survive? Nothing personal, but if you were in a bath of distilled water, it might cease to be pure. I think that you may have found a new plot element for the next Dan Brown book. -- Chris H, FZS1000, two#55 He's predictable, but that's to be expected. Please remove the numbers to reply
From: ogden on 9 Oct 2009 18:26 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > > > On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:36:37 -0700 (PDT), 1949 Whizzer > > <macmiled(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >On Oct 7, 10:35 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older > > >Gentleman) wrote: > > > > > >> Anti-seize. Copper grease is fine. > > > > > >They salt the roads in England, don't they? > > > > The problem is not salt, but ferous screws into alu alloy threads. > > Precisely. Hence the use of copper-based grease. I bet you use the > stuff, too.[1] > > Something like 20 years ago I bought a bloody great tin of the stuff. > It's still only half-used. Tin? I bought a small tube. Even that's likely to outlast me and I put a smear on any bolt or machine screw that comes within a ten foot radius of my garage. -- ogden
From: ogden on 9 Oct 2009 18:27 Champ wrote: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:57:34 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The > Older Gentleman) wrote: > > >Chris H <fazer.1000thousand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > >> The relevance of sea water is that pure water is non-conductive. > > >Really? I never knew that. So if I was in a bath of distilled water and > >someone dropped an electric lamp in, I'd survive? > > Quite so. I fort evry 3rd former learnt that? ITYM "as any fule knos". HTH. HAND. -- ogden
From: ogden on 9 Oct 2009 18:30
Dan L wrote: > 1949 Whizzer wrote: > > > On Oct 8, 9:17 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > I think if Krusty and other Yanks want to see all-day high-speed > > > riding, they really need to pop over to Europe. > > > > If I ever go back to Europe, it won't be to ride motorcycles, it will > > be to tour historic buildings and museums. > > I bet you're a riot at social gatherings, mate Last time I went to "Europe", I spent 9 days riding a motorcycle and one day touring historic buildings and museums. There's room for both, you know. -- ogden |