Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[booder]

Got two panniers with my bike (few scratches but i am sure that can be remedied. Will probably be looking to get a topbox at some point.

[Rod Paradise]

Aye, practical considerations for actually using the bike can cost, or mean sacrificing the look.

I've got panniers to fit to mine, got them cheap on Ebay - but don't like the metal studs all over them - I'd have had plain black leather, still at least they don't have tassels....

Was looking at Silverman's website, they use military webbing and packs to make saddlebags - a few cheap drybags for inside & they'd do a job.

Am also thinking of the pacsafe helmet bag to allow me to chain the helmet to the bike & save carrying it about. This is costing a fortune & it's the interim learner bike...

Never been much into looks over practicality. (Just look at my clothes if you don't believe me). Plus I enjoy adapting stuff or finding work-arounds.

Once I have all my luggage sorted, I'm going to pack as if I were really going away, ride around locally for a few miles to see how it feels, and then do a test-camp in the garden.

After that, well do a meet up somewhere and do a test camp together. (I wonder if we would have to pay two fees on a campsite, or if we could have two tents on one pitch?

Not too much into looks personally - but the bike....

Sounds a good idea - but if we do it north of the border there's no worry about campsites - wild camping ftw!!

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Got two panniers with my bike (few scratches but i am sure that can be remedied. Will probably be looking to get a topbox at some point.

Scratches = character imo.

[tikay]

It's either 'bike talk or poetry here, it's non-stop, bla bla bla, three old blokes talking twaddle. 

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It's either 'bike talk or poetry here, it's non-stop, bla bla bla, three old blokes talking twaddle. 

Sweating horses, hitching post-

long past; shadows of a cowboy’s ghost.

At Starbucks now my ride doth rest;

Blue chrome reflects my drink request.

—–

Horse power measured digit one,

saddle, spurs and hat with gun;

Today a ride of grumbling haste-

Horses thunder, high-test grace.

—–

Reigns of leather, bridle held,

Twelve hundred pounds of muscle meld-

Progress turned horse flesh to steel;

side-stand tilts, V-twin revealed.

—–

Long ago the horses ruled,

hitching post and water cooled.

Modern rides; two wheels might roll-

electronic lock controlled.


Anon.

[tikay]

Nevr mind that bollox, this photo tells the same story but so much better.

I took the photo this year, outside a Saloon Bar, in a place called near Indian Springs, Nevada, which is also the home of USAF Creech, where they test military drones. 

The temprerature was well over 100f, & the owner was in the Saloon, drinking I assume, with his trusty steed tethered in the shade of a tree.

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Nevr mind that bollox, this photo tells the same story but so much better.

I took the photo this year, outside a Saloon Bar, in a place called near Indian Springs, Nevada, which is also the home of USAF Creech, where they test military drones. 

The temprerature was well over 100f, & the owner was in the Saloon, drinking I assume, with his trusty steed tethered in the shade of a tree.

That's a great picture Tony. Credit where it's due.

We are only assuming the owner is inside drinking of course. He might have only been gone for a few minutes on an errand.

I would never leave a horse like that for any length of time, especially not foe my own gratification.

Almost all the horsemen (and women) I kniw always put the horse's well being before their own. After a day's work the horse was always unsaddled/unharnessed, brushed down and fed before the owner/rider.

I can't imagine there would be many people who would make the effort to ride a horse when modern alternatives are so much easier unless he did it for love.

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Nevr mind that bollox, this photo tells the same story but so much better.

I took the photo this year, outside a Saloon Bar, in a place called near Indian Springs, Nevada, which is also the home of USAF Creech, where they test military drones. 

The temprerature was well over 100f, & the owner was in the Saloon, drinking I assume, with his trusty steed tethered in the shade of a tree.

That's a great picture Tony. Credit where it's due.

We are only assuming the owner is inside drinking of course. He might have only been gone for a few minutes on an errand.

I would never leave a horse like that for any length of time, especially not foe my own gratification.

Almost all the horsemen (and women) I kniw always put the horse's well being before their own. After a day's work the horse was always unsaddled/unharnessed, brushed down and fed before the owner/rider.

I can't imagine there would be many people who would make the effort to ride a horse when modern alternatives are so much easier unless he did it for love.

Glad you appreciated my photography skills Tom.

Not sure about that other stuff.

It was wayyyyyy out in the desert, where life is different, & there was a tinsy-winsy trailer park trash town across the way called Indian Springs (pop approx 1,000).

I'm pretty sure he had come from across there.

It was a bit scary actually, I was there an hour, & the heat was absolutely blistering, & I genuinely worried about the horse in that heat. 

You can't really say 'owt though, stranger from out of town telling a local how to look after his horse. 

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Indian Springs is in the foreground, with USAF Creech beyond.

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This is the Saloon Bar/Casino in Indian Springs, & that little "tree" front left is the tree the horse was tethered to.





Oh yea, & as you asked, & to brighten up your Diary, here, rather appropriately named I think, are some drones.

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[atdc21]

Hi Tom,
            Another good poem . How much was a new disc for your bike?  Always a bit wary of fitting second hand brake parts, one you don't know if its got the same problem til you have wasted yer time fitting it and 2 will take a while for the pad wear shape  to match onto the disc wear shape, although it wont take long i guess. Anyway good luck with it, prob be fine    
On the subject of new parts it amazes me how a part like a wheel bearing ( obv manufactured to very fine tolerances) can be about £ 30 , yet i have recently bought a plastic engine undershield for someone and it was over £100 with the V.A.T !!

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Nevr mind that bollox, this photo tells the same story but so much better.

I took the photo this year, outside a Saloon Bar, in a place called near Indian Springs, Nevada, which is also the home of USAF Creech, where they test military drones. 

The temprerature was well over 100f, & the owner was in the Saloon, drinking I assume, with his trusty steed tethered in the shade of a tree.

That's a great picture Tony. Credit where it's due.

We are only assuming the owner is inside drinking of course. He might have only been gone for a few minutes on an errand.

I would never leave a horse like that for any length of time, especially not foe my own gratification.

Almost all the horsemen (and women) I kniw always put the horse's well being before their own. After a day's work the horse was always unsaddled/unharnessed, brushed down and fed before the owner/rider.

I can't imagine there would be many people who would make the effort to ride a horse when modern alternatives are so much easier unless he did it for love.

My dad, the mildest, most nonconfrontational man on the world, would have gone into the bar and asked if it would be OK to give the poor neglected horse a drink.

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Hi Tom,
            Another good poem . How much was a new disc for your bike?  Always a bit wary of fitting second hand brake parts, one you don't know if its got the same problem til you have wasted yer time fitting it and 2 will take a while for the pad wear shape  to match onto the disc wear shape, although it wont take long i guess. Anyway good luck with it, prob be fine    
On the subject of new parts it amazes me how a part like a wheel bearing ( obv manufactured to very fine tolerances) can be about £ 30 , yet i have recently bought a plastic engine undershield for someone and it was over £100 with the V.A.T !!

I know where you're coming from, but a new disc was over £100 and I had to order it.


I've just fitter the new second hand one. It was a doddle. Speedo cable off, brake caliper off, wheel out and Bob's your uncle.

Best of all, it's cured the problem. It's such a pain in the arse when you do a fix and the fault is still there.

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[atdc21]

Was it over a hundred squid ?   i've always been a fan of 2nd hand brake parts       Wonder how much it would cost to build a new bike or car/van , buying all the parts new and individually ? be 10 X u think ?

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Was it over a hundred squid ?   i've always been a fan of 2nd hand brake parts       Wonder how much it would cost to build a new bike or car/van , buying all the parts new and individually ? be 10 X u think ?

And the rest.

I bought this electronic power steering column for my daughter's Fiesta yesterday. (£70, eBay again). I didn't even bother to price a new one, but I bet it would have made my eyes water.

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[booder]

Was it over a hundred squid ?   i've always been a fan of 2nd hand brake parts       Wonder how much it would cost to build a new bike or car/van , buying all the parts new and individually ? be 10 X u think ?

And the rest.

I bought this electronic power steering column for my daughter's Fiesta yesterday. (£70, eBay again). I didn't even bother to price a new one, but I bet it would have made my eyes water.

Click to see full-size image.

£70 seems a bit expensive for second hand Tom (disclaimer- long time since i bought car parts) , is that the going rate?