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A wee while Roy, yes ! Legally since 16 with a wee 50, then onwards to the (ripe old) current age of 44 and a bit... with a 5 year lay off ( couldn't afford the bike ! ) when I was in my early 20's. Some years see more mileage than others.. just depends on all the usual circumstances really...

:lol: :D :lol: You'll be seeing those 'pucks of wood' in your sleep Chas ! ... cracking job of getting throught them though... they look great all together there... will they be staying with the one household ?

Miles, well done on the WIP Photos and the project itself... Great to see and hear how others have similar, but subtly different experiences on the journey ! Great stuff, and a grand read ! 8) 8) 8)

Ah.. i get you.. you're showing it 'side-on'. Its not particulary 'even' is it ? I'm not certain that it;d absolutely have to be .... but mine all are. I'm guessing that might be a good place to start with it... even-ing up the two grinds, then going from there.

Thats uncanny... i have experienced exactly that ! .... brick missed me by a few feet, but very scary ! Have been clobbered by the odd discarded coke can, *** end, sandwich etc tossed out of car windows.. and of course the old favourite... stopped behind Johnny Idiot that uses his...

Of course, that DOES open up a world of potential schoolboy humour !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: .... At this point, I believe its customary to offer to get ones coat. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Nice one roy, been there too.. ( on the bike ) :lol: :lol: :lol:

Roy's bob-on Matt ... biggest 'family' in the world, and 'stuff happens' that caravanners & 'cagers' couldn't ever dream of. There's no barriers, when you got flies in your teeth :wink:

You know what wouldn't shock me ? ... ASH. Its got that 'ring-porosity' look that Ash displays more than any other.. with possibly something to darken it having been added ? I kinda 'get' it ... if the dates are genuine etc... thats like 'somewhere about 1800 - 1815, which will mean...

never too late Matt ... :wink: :D

:lol: :lol: :lol: Ok Roy.. the Roof wins, reluctantly, I bet ! E-bike Insure is as good as I get get, pricewise .... but the usual searches will reveal the usual conundrums, I'm sure !! Carol Nash are usually good on the 'classic' stuff... You know the drill better than me...

Brilliant Greggy ... Great job ! 8) 8) :D

Buy her an Arai, a good old Belstaff Coat, and 'baptise' her in the way of the open road :wink: :D :D And the roof can wait till next week :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

ah.. but you will ..... and that thought alone makes 'tomorrow' a wonderful thing 8) :D Recently Oldsoke ( Graham ), was here.. and he threw the leg over the Xjr ... and I'm sure I saw the 'temptation bulb' glinting in his eye :wink: ... ( he was telling me he'd had a GTR last... another...

The thrill never goes eh, Roy ... never. :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm sure you'll be the same.. I've pals , the oldest at 73,.. who get as big a buzz each time they flick up the sidestand and push the button, as they ever did.... it's either in your blood or it isn't 8) I guess its not very...

Pic looks more like a parting tool, Miles ? For the Skew, I go free-hand... place the cutting edge on the stone, rock it back until it contacts the trailing edge of the bevel, then shaarpen, keeping both points in touch with the stone. The actual bevel will be concave from initial...

Hi Roy ... Post this onto one of the many Owners Club's forums for the Big 'Dream' ... someone will have come across this more than once for sure... always the best place for a quick solution. :wink: :D http://hoc.atfreeforum.com/forum.html And this is interesting ... check this...

Miles... this is just a personal view, but I've stopped putting skews anywhere near an abraisive wheel now... its the only turning tool which I do this with, but its straight onto an oilstone for the skews with me... and they come off absolutely razor sharp. Just an idea :D

Great bowls Malcolm ... I particularly like the square one... fantastic work ! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Put the kettle on, I'm on me way ! :wink: :D

Dave : -- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Silver-Steel-12mm ... 286.c0.m14 333mm x 12mm Dia Silver Steel bar... B.I.N. at £ 5.47 and the bloke's site has all different sizes available. Can't go far wrong at that, my friend ! :wink: 8)