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A friend is looking for a 2012 / 2013 GS1200 (last of the air cooled) GS1200 for a MechEng type project. A complete bike is good as everything will be there, but seeing as it will be stripped it is not essential. Frame and front end damage are not critical, Engine and drive train must work (as...

Dunno, I headbutted one, which worked, but I don't think it's a long term solution...

They're out 😁 Interestingly, they don't fly too well yet, and there seemed to be a lot of adult wagtails around cheeping away making themselves noticed to distract the dogs and me.

Yes, And yes. My xt had small scratch patches from it, and my honda I just stuck some tape on the tank where the magnets go.

The morning has a nip to it, but still shorts and t shirt weather...for now anyway

I thought there were two, suddenly it's 3...

Getting big now, I think they'll be out of here soon.

It is the wagtails, the photo came out quite dark, but they are definitely darker than usual. They don't seem to have a fixed breeding season, but do return consistently to the same nests. I had a rat / mouse problem in the one workshop that killed a couple of broods, but I've sorted it out now...

Yes, that's him. I recall him passing away, but couldn't remember his name. Fantastic character.

There was a guy a few years ago that had a million km on his gold wing.

I guess the winter oil change for my mowers is going to be delayed... No photos, but there is a Vulture restaurant on by neighbors farm that my house overlooks, and there's a pair of Lammergeyers that have been hanging around there lately. Being on top of the hill, I also get the...

Those dimples in the rim are from someone punching divots into the wall to hold in a loose bearing in. I would measure up the bearing cavities in the rim and see just how much they have worn, and then decide what needs to be done. If there was a wobble in the wheel that could definitly be a...

It basically provides support for the insides of the inner bearings and stops them from having sideways load when you tighten the axle bolt. So the pressure is supported by the inner races pressing against the spacer and not transferred through the balls to the outer races and hub

I still chat to Rossdog often. Trigger sadly passed away, but the new Weim is called Alpha and is a character too...

Not really, it just goes round and round and round, and then you have to untangle the string later...