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Old 07-17-2008, 12:33 AM
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With regard to standing out in a crowd or being individual i happened across this at the weekend , what do you think ?

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSC00073.jpg

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I gotta say i loved it
Nice one Bucko. We've got a couple of these homemade 3-wheelers on the island. I'll try and get some photos... when the bloody rain stops
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Sounds to me like the sort of thing that got us as kids into the whole biking thing in the first place
Yes... You could be right...

That an the fact The guys on bikes always looked the coolest!
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As the wise old China man once said, "We'll see."
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So the wise old China man was truly wise and we did see!
Sideshow bob says... Wise old china man gunna get a brick through his window if he keeps that up!!
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Old 07-17-2008, 1:41 PM
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Sideshow bob says... Wise old china man gunna get a brick through his window if he keeps that up!!
Now Now SSB, play nice!
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Now Now SSB, play nice!
It'll be a NICE brick!*

*well it has no previous convictions and went to a posh school. The type of brick you'd be happy to take home and introduce to the parents
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Yes... You could be right...

That an the fact The guys on bikes always looked the coolest!



Sideshow bob says... Wise old china man gunna get a brick through his window if he keeps that up!!
Thanks Sideshow, that creased me up this afternoon
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Well,,, It's all but time to fire up the 'Current Project'

Gunna buy some new plugs, charge the battery, rig up a fuel supply, Give her a really nice hot cup of T .........

An with any Luck*... VrrrOOOOOMMMM!

*will need some... last time i tried carbs were all stuck.. she not uttered a word for about 2years!
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Well,,, It's all but time to fire up the 'Current Project'

Gunna buy some new plugs, charge the battery, rig up a fuel supply, Give her a really nice hot cup of T .........

An with any Luck*... VrrrOOOOOMMMM!

*will need some... last time i tried carbs were all stuck.. she not uttered a word for about 2years!
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How typical..

Couldn't get new plugs locally, but ,the urge to try and get the 'current project' running kept buzzing round my brain today...

so ... like a maniacal frankinstein I searched the garage for discarded body parts.. and eventualy found some donor plugs (a bit scabby maybe but would pass as OK once cleaned). she was filled with fuel borrowed from loopys bike, Battery OK... but to be sure, plugged her up to the van...

Poop poooop poooooop ..... Sh*t.. slight attempt at firing but nothing

Not being one to give up.. cleaned the plugs again.. shuffled them round.. Got Igor to bring me a nice fresh cuppa....

Slight firing..... (hour later) ...... Kbbbrooooommmmm*

Dr Frankinshow Bob falls to his Knees lifting his arms to the heavens Cries
She's Alive.... ALIVVVEEE!

* At this point 'Can' was put back on.. OOOps sorry to all my neighbours hehe!
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How typical..

Couldn't get new plugs locally, but ,the urge to try and get the 'current project' running kept buzzing round my brain today...

so ... like a maniacal frankinstein I searched the garage for discarded body parts.. and eventualy found some donor plugs (a bit scabby maybe but would pass as OK once cleaned). she was filled with fuel borrowed from loopys bike, Battery OK... but to be sure, plugged her up to the van...

Poop poooop poooooop ..... Sh*t.. slight attempt at firing but nothing

Not being one to give up.. cleaned the plugs again.. shuffled them round.. Got Igor to bring me a nice fresh cuppa....

Slight firing..... (hour later) ...... Kbbbrooooommmmm*

Dr Frankinshow Bob falls to his Knees lifting his arms to the heavens Cries
She's Alive.... ALIVVVEEE!

* At this point 'Can' was put back on.. OOOps sorry to all my neighbours hehe!
You should buy some Nitro Methane - It has started up many a bike (and a lawn mower, a few classic cars and of course RC cars)...

Glad she has fired up, now fit the tank and everything else needed and take her for a spin

Let us know how she rides
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You should buy some Nitro Methane - It has started up many a bike (and a lawn mower, a few classic cars and of course RC cars)...
Yeah...
think I should invest in some, shes has always been a pig to start IF left for couple of weeks....
It's been nearly two years since she last grumbled into life.. but knew she wouldn't let me down

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now fit the tank and everything else needed and take her for a spin

Let us know how she rides
once tank* and front brake hooked up.... will be testing her.. will let you know

*somebody has lost.... Err.. MISSPLACED the tap... sure i put it down somewhere round hear?!?
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I assume he doesn't make you many, then, Loopy?
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I assume he doesn't make you many, then, Loopy?
Yer.. he does.. I was just a tad confused as to where he was gonna put it in the bike
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she was filled with fuel borrowed from loopys bike
How come I never got it back then
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I assume he doesn't make you many, then, Loopy?
Loads.. It's loopy who can't find the Kettle!!!

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Yer.. he does.. I was just a tad confused as to where he was gonna put it in the bike
I was sorta hoping... that.. if I hooked it up to a really fresh hot cup O'tea
........ I'd get a bike with built-in infinite improbability drive*

*It didn't... so i drank it!!
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Don't worry, Sideshow, the Hitch hiker's quote was not missed by me.
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Got Igor to bring me a nice fresh cuppa....
Hang on.. we dont have an 'Igor'... he must be takling about me
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He probably ment SNOOKUMS Loopy.
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Don't worry, Sideshow, the Hitch hiker's quote was not missed by me.
Thought someone wood get it!
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Hang on.. we dont have an 'Igor'... he must be takling about me
Oh.... Don't We?! you sure??*
*Someone does the Igor jobs?? maybe it the washing up fairies!! Or cooking fairies?... laudry fairies?.. shopping elves?... hoover knome?... plughole unblocking pixie.... Na.... we must have an Igor (someone brought me a T!)

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He probably ment SNOOKUMS Loopy.
No... Is that an aussie word?
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Oh.... Don't We?! you sure??*
*Someone does the Igor jobs?? maybe it the washing up fairies!! Or cooking fairies?... laudry fairies?.. shopping elves?... hoover knome?... plughole unblocking pixie.... Na.... we must have an Igor (someone brought me a T!)
I bloo*y sure.... Its me who does all those jobs round the house!!!!

He thinks of me as an Igor
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I bloo*y sure.... Its me who does all those jobs round the house!!!!

He thinks of me as an Igor
Why , have you got a hump ? Or have you got the hump ?
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Why , have you got a hump ? Or have you got the hump ?

Definatly NO to the first one... and quite possibly YES to the second!!!
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Definatly NO to the fir