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    MotoGP 2024

    Could BMW please bring Marco Melandri, and his wife back to racing?
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    The not-so-handy handyman and other randomness

    You work to very relaxed tolerances, 101 mm, 179mm, 251mm, never try and do Woolworth patties on such a coarse structure!
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    Looking for GS pro boot strap.

    Wrote off a 4 day old BMW Venture Grip boot and ankle between Bagani and Shakawe Come fetch?
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    Metalworking, machining and welding DIY

    Take a 1m piece of flat bar, mark you Pi*240= 754mm length on it, then wrap it around a 9kg gas bottle, 315mm diam, cut to length and refine.
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    Namibia Trip Advice.

    This one, Brandberg, with the Messum crater to the south west
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    Namibia Trip Advice.

    You need more time. Contact Nature Conservation, it was possible to rent the lighthouse at Shark Island. The biggest Welwitchias are in the Messum River that flows out of the Messum Crater. The Burnt Mountain is a 20km diameter granite plug of some 10km in length that got stuck in the throat...
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    Torque Values

    Look at this
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    MotoGP 2024

    Maybe KTM should structure Miller and Binder's pay proportional to the laps completed with the usual incentives for podiums etc Right now these two lads are showered by the time Acosta claims a podium.
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    The not-so-handy handyman and other randomness

    You can easily and cheaply coat the surface with Keramicalia Hollowcast, many knifemakers use this for forge linings that work well beyond braaivleis temperatures and provide thermal insulation, hot inside and cold outside. Here are some details Hollocast Hollocast is the castable group of...
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    The not-so-handy handyman and other randomness

    Talk to these guys for all types of refractory https://keramicalia.co.za/pizza-ovens/ I have cast a new ribbon burner today with their Just Flow product
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    A classic mini clubman, and time on my hands.

    And you got rid of the crabs!
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    Motorbike Accessories Supplier - Taking the PI55

    If you do get a Motorradical bashplate, drill a 19mm hole here, and on the opposite side, so that you can use 3/8 drive sockets to remove the front mounting. I gave the dimensions to MR a few years ago
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    MotoGP 2024

    2021 Yamaha: MotoGp, WSBK, WSSP
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    1200 GSA_2010 Headlight Protection - SORTED

    Motorradical - Flying Brick
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