On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 03:33:48 -0700 (PDT), WUN <nigel.eaton@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 7:35:50 PM UTC+1, Champ wrote:
>>
>> I can't even remember anything about this incident. Someone spill the
>> beans, please

>I was doing the valve clearances on the Z1300. Obviously I'd blocked the camchain
>tunnel with a rag, which left a small gap about 3 Angtroms larger than a Z13 valve
>shim. So obviously when I dropped one it homed in on it like a fucking Exocet,
>and didn't even touch the sides.
>
>I think I dropped the sump to get it out, but memory is hazy.

ah, yes - always a potential issue with shimmed bikes
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

On Sun, 24 Jul 2022 21:50:35 +0100, Colin Irvine
<look@colinandpat.co.uk> wrote:

>On Sun, 24 Jul 2022 19:35:48 +0100, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>>>> Your are Nigel Eaton and I claim my five free Z1300s

>>I can't even remember anything about this incident. Someone spill the
>>beans, please

>It might have been that time in Sedan, when a certain person was
>working on a bike and a second party placed an extra bolt on the
>ground when the first party wasn't looking.

I remember that well, because I was the one holding the spanners, and
it was the late lamented TOG who was the mischief maker. However, his
disappointment was palpable when I examined the extra bolt and
declared it "not from a Kawasaki", and threw it away
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old