On 02/02/2023 19:46, siwilson wrote:

/chop/

> There's more hipster in me (in the style of some things I like) than I
> care to admit. But, I don't have a checked shirt, beard, or knowing
> drink craft beer.

Hum. I have a beard. I have a check shirt, but only one of each. I also
drink what properly brewed beer I can get my hands on[1]

[1] i.e. not Newcastle Brown (whoever he is), nor Fosters, Grotney's
type fizzy pop, pasteurised and rebubbled stuff, etc.

I'll have a pint of Black Dog IYWBSK

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

siwilson <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/02/2023 17:34, Mark Olson wrote:
>
>>
>> * Mudguards removed
>
> Guilty. Actually, more a case of not fitting any rather than removing them.
>
>> * Knobbies on a street bike.
>
> Sorry
>> * Fat front tire equal in size to rear tire.
>
> Sorry
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/pvuQH8MaTpqtjVps7
>
> The seat's finished. I did get as far as getting it all road legal, but
> it doesn't run properly at all so I still haven't ridden it. Hopefully
> motorhome fixing up won't be required this year and I'll get some time
> to work out what's wrong with it.
>
> I will admit it's 90% for looking at.

I will admit that at least it doesn't look as though you did it in
an afternoon while drunk, armed with only a blowlamp and a hacksaw.

--
FJR1300A, GL1000, KLR650A6F, EX250J9A, DR200SE, Vespa Ciao

On 03/02/2023 13:13, Mark Olson wrote:
> siwilson <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 01/02/2023 17:34, Mark Olson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> * Mudguards removed
>>
>> Guilty. Actually, more a case of not fitting any rather than removing them.
>>
>>> * Knobbies on a street bike.
>>
>> Sorry
>>> * Fat front tire equal in size to rear tire.
>>
>> Sorry
>>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/pvuQH8MaTpqtjVps7
>>
>> The seat's finished. I did get as far as getting it all road legal, but
>> it doesn't run properly at all so I still haven't ridden it. Hopefully
>> motorhome fixing up won't be required this year and I'll get some time
>> to work out what's wrong with it.
>>
>> I will admit it's 90% for looking at.
>
> I will admit that at least it doesn't look as though you did it in
> an afternoon while drunk, armed with only a blowlamp and a hacksaw.
>

I think I started it about 7 years ago now, if not longer...

--
/Simon

On 02/02/2023 23:42, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 02/02/2023 19:56, siwilson wrote:
>>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/pvuQH8MaTpqtjVps7
>>
>> The seat's finished.
>
> Do you mean the seat's finished but you haven't put it on yet, or the
> seat as seen is the finished article? If the latter, then
>

Yes.

The seat pan in the pic was finished. It's now got a comfy padded bit on
top of it.

--
/Simon

On Thursday, 2 February 2023 at 19:46:39 UTC, siwilson wrote:
> On 01/02/2023 15:46, Stephen Packer wrote:
><snip>
> > Still... I'd rather they hadn't pushed the price of shite old BMWs
> > above a grand...
> I didn't feel guilty about chopping up my £300, 250,000 mile K75, But I
> don't think I would do an R65.

K75 was (I think) my favourite K series to ride although it was a bit
lacking in power for late-night getting home from work motorway
commuting.

This:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S8QAAOSwvv9iXEWU/s-l1600.jpg

has certainly had a lot spent on it.

> There's more hipster in me (in the style of some things I like) than I
> care to admit. But, I don't have a checked shirt, beard, or knowing
> drink craft beer.
> >
> > However the film was entertaining and I felt I learnt some stuff
> > from it.
> >
> > Now where's my angle grinder?
> >
> Warning, it can be quite a long road and a lot of expense.

I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it. Or,
more to the point, let me stand for it. Once or twice a year and I
just need to grin and bear it for a few days...

stephen...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it. Or,
> more to the point, let me stand for it. Once or twice a year and I
> just need to grin and bear it for a few days...

Ugh. Allopurinol not working?

On 03/02/2023 19:10, ogden wrote:
> stephen...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it. Or,
>> more to the point, let me stand for it. Once or twice a year and I
>> just need to grin and bear it for a few days...
>
> Ugh. Allopurinol not working?

Or colchicine for sorting it out when the allopurinol doesn't work?

Stephen Packer <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it.

Go to the supermarket tomorrow.

Buy lots of cherries.

Eat them. Not necessarily all at once.

<https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/healthy-living/nutrition/healthy-eating/are-cherries-cure-for-gout>

--
Spike

On 03/02/2023 22:00, Spike wrote:
> Stephen Packer <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it.
>
> Go to the supermarket tomorrow.
>
> Buy lots of cherries.
>
> Eat them. Not necessarily all at once.
>
> <https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/healthy-living/nutrition/healthy-eating/are-cherries-cure-for-gout>

And resist the temptation of spitting the stones atpedestrians, or
nearby traffic...

"Oh, just greening the countryside, Hoccifer."

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

Stephen Packer wrote:

> This:
> https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S8QAAOSwvv9iXEWU/s-l1600.jpg

Looked ok until I saw the numberplate.

--
Simon

stephen...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> wessie wrote:
> >
> > "brought back the soul of motorcycling"
> >
> > poppycock
> Yeah, I'd agree with that.
>
> 'Moved interest in motorcycles to a different demographic' is
> closer to it. I've seen this at first hand, someone I know bought a
> triumph bobber and it was all because of 'style'.

I bought my speed triple pretty much on looks too (after a test ride
to check it wasn't a dog in the performance department).

On Saturday, 4 February 2023 at 07:24:54 UTC, sweller wrote:
> Stephen Packer wrote:
>
> > This:
> > https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S8QAAOSwvv9iXEWU/s-l1600.jpg
>
> Looked ok until I saw the numberplate.

Heh. I did think of you when I saw that.

I quite like what's been done with it but I don't much like the
numberplates put to the side like that, whether they're correct
for the vintage of the vehicle or not.

On Friday, 3 February 2023 at 19:10:26 UTC, ogden wrote:
> stephen...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it. Or,
> > more to the point, let me stand for it. Once or twice a year and I
> > just need to grin and bear it for a few days...
> Ugh. Allopurinol not working?

For some reason I can't work out my doctor wouldn't prescribe
anything and just told me to 'use ibuprofen'.

I get it so rarely (twinges once or twice a year that go on for a day
or two) that I couldn't really be bothered to discuss it further. Maybe
I should have...

On Friday, 3 February 2023 at 22:00:28 UTC, Spike wrote:
> Stephen Packer <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it.
> Go to the supermarket tomorrow.
>
> Buy lots of cherries.
>
> Eat them. Not necessarily all at once.

Thanks.

RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
> On 03/02/2023 22:00, Spike wrote:
>> Stephen Packer <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it.
>>
>> Go to the supermarket tomorrow.
>>
>> Buy lots of cherries.
>>
>> Eat them. Not necessarily all at once.
>>
>> <https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/healthy-living/nutrition/healthy-eating/are-cherries-cure-for-gout>
>
> And resist the temptation of spitting the stones atpedestrians, or
> nearby traffic...
>
> "Oh, just greening the countryside, Hoccifer."

LOL

--
Spike

Stephen Packer <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote in news:a0b236b5-e6c5-4984-
b610-3ac6d6b63239n@googlegroups.com:

> On Friday, 3 February 2023 at 19:10:26 UTC, ogden wrote:
>> stephen...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it. Or,
>> > more to the point, let me stand for it. Once or twice a year and I
>> > just need to grin and bear it for a few days...
>> Ugh. Allopurinol not working?
>
> For some reason I can't work out my doctor wouldn't prescribe
> anything and just told me to 'use ibuprofen'.
>

are you taking ACE inhibitors for blood pressure or immunosuppressants for
arthritis etc? These can interact with allopurinol.

Some other counter-indications as well such as thyroid, liver or kidney
problems.

> I get it so rarely (twinges once or twice a year that go on for a day
> or two) that I couldn't really be bothered to discuss it further. Maybe
> I should have...
>

I used to get it occasionally but not now. I stopped drinking gin, at home
at least, for a variety of reasons. Just stick to wine at home now, more
often red than white. Down to 50 units a week from >100 a few years ago. I
bought a 10 pack of Old Speckled Hen ale before Xmas and still have not
finished it.

Stephen Packer wrote:

> I quite like what's been done with it but I don't much like the
> numberplates put to the side like that, whether they're correct
> for the vintage of the vehicle or not.

Yes, it looks good. I'm not a fan of the side plate business either
but I'm not sure how it would have been achieved neatly otherwise.

On the correct age plate matter, it's the ubiquitous pressed aluminium
"ooh, look a classic" black plate that winds me up. Although, I think
in that case it's been done for colour co-ordination.

Having said that, a pressed aluminium yellow plate (ok for age) or
riveted numbers on yellow (not ok) would have looked pretty good.

--
Simon

On 04/02/2023 09:44, Stephen Packer wrote:
> On Friday, 3 February 2023 at 19:10:26 UTC, ogden wrote:
>> stephen...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it. Or,
>>> more to the point, let me stand for it. Once or twice a year and I
>>> just need to grin and bear it for a few days...
>> Ugh. Allopurinol not working?
>
> For some reason I can't work out my doctor wouldn't prescribe
> anything and just told me to 'use ibuprofen'.
>
> I get it so rarely (twinges once or twice a year that go on for a day
> or two) that I couldn't really be bothered to discuss it further. Maybe
> I should have...

The only time I got it was after regularly eating a lot of tinned
sardines. Oily fish is good for you they say, but sardines are rich in
purines, apparently.

--
Moto Morini 2C/375
Gilera 175 Sport, Husqvarna 401 Svartpilen
"Do not adjust your mind, there is a fault in the reality"

On Saturday, 4 February 2023 at 11:04:17 UTC, sweller wrote:

> On the correct age plate matter, it's the ubiquitous pressed aluminium
> "ooh, look a classic" black plate that winds me up. Although, I think
> in that case it's been done for colour co-ordination.
<snip>

Saw an AJS today with a pressed 'bacon slicer' plate.

It was a 125 with a '71' plate.... And that's not 1971.

Rear plate was regulation yellow...

On Saturday, 4 February 2023 at 09:58:16 UTC, wessie wrote:
> Stephen Packer <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote in news:a0b236b5-e6c5-4984-

> > For some reason I can't work out my doctor wouldn't prescribe
> > anything and just told me to 'use ibuprofen'.
> >
> are you taking ACE inhibitors for blood pressure or immunosuppressants for
> arthritis etc? These can interact with allopurinol.

ACE inhibitors so that probably explains it.

<snip>
> I used to get it occasionally but not now. I stopped drinking gin, at home
> at least, for a variety of reasons. Just stick to wine at home now, more
> often red than white. Down to 50 units a week from >100 a few years ago. I
> bought a 10 pack of Old Speckled Hen ale before Xmas and still have not
> finished it.

I doubt I drink five units a week these days. Ah well.

sweller <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
>
> On the correct age plate matter, it's the ubiquitous pressed aluminium
> "ooh, look a classic" black plate that winds me up. Although, I think
> in that case it's been done for colour co-ordination.
>

As a véhicule de collection, a black plate is legit on the SO SAAB and I
quite like it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ws2OksPTNWXIxFKGkV5x2zJ2ys_4w5NG/view?usp=drivesdk

Higgins wrote:

> As a véhicule de collection, a black plate is legit on the SO SAAB
> and I quite like it.
>
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ws2OksPTNWXIxFKGkV5x2zJ2ys_4w5NG/view?usp=drivesdk

I'll give you that one.

--
Simon

Stephen Packer wrote:

> Saw an AJS today with a pressed 'bacon slicer' plate.
>
> It was a 125 with a '71' plate.... And that's not 1971.

I was fairly sure that's actually unlawful so looked it up. It is.

However, I was surprised to learn only after September 2001.

"Motorcycles and motor tricycles registered on or after 1 September
2001 must only display a number plate at the rear of the vehicle.

If you ride a motorbike or motor tricycle registered before 1 September
2001 you can also display a number plate at the front, but you do not
have to."

--
Simon

On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 4:44:05 AM UTC-5, stephen...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, 3 February 2023 at 19:10:26 UTC, ogden wrote:
> > stephen...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > I'm too lazy and at the moment my gout wouldn't stand for it. Or,
> > > more to the point, let me stand for it. Once or twice a year and I
> > > just need to grin and bear it for a few days...
> > Ugh. Allopurinol not working?
> For some reason I can't work out my doctor wouldn't prescribe
> anything and just told me to 'use ibuprofen'.
>
> I get it so rarely (twinges once or twice a year that go on for a day
> or two) that I couldn't really be bothered to discuss it further. Maybe
> I should have...

I don't want to take allopurinol every day, the way my Dad has for 60 years. And I think my attacks are now about four times a year. I carry an anti-inflammatory everywhere I go (indomethicin). Knocks it out in a day.

On 04/02/2023 21:49 Higgins penned these words:
> sweller <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
>>
>> On the correct age plate matter, it's the ubiquitous pressed aluminium
>> "ooh, look a classic" black plate that winds me up. Although, I think
>> in that case it's been done for colour co-ordination.
>>
>
>
> As a véhicule de collection, a black plate is legit on the SO SAAB and I
> quite like it.
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ws2OksPTNWXIxFKGkV5x2zJ2ys_4w5NG/view?usp=drivesdk
>
White on black is still standard for Malaysia as are front plates on bikes
URLhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/5gkp3tj4t70zikn/2019-10-22%2015.39.00-1.jpg?dl=0. I
have seen some where the rear plate was actually about 1/4 size and under the
mudguard, the Polis are very very laissez-faire.
--
Ian

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of
the last priest"