In the jungle

This is the reason why I only use cutters with nylon cord.

Thatcher was the root cause of Barnsley's problems since 1980 or thereabouts.

When I was young I swore I would use her grave as a toilet. 

My views have moderated now but not by that much.

23 hours ago, In the jungle said:

She lives in Barnsley.

 

If you lived in Barnsley death would be an option worth considering.

This illustrates one of the problems with the internet.  This was a post intended to be amusing and based on my personal experience of Barnsley and seen in the context of preceding posts I assert that it was.

Yet if you formed your opinion based on responses to my post pages later you might conclude that I was some Nazi hell bent on pushing old people into the gas chambers.

That is totally untrue and pretty much the opposite of my position.

If you look at the history of people who responded I think a fair few can be categorised as trolls on a variety of subjects. 

50 minutes ago, teacherclaire said:

What about a new O-ring for the pilot screw?

Maybe.  My main reservation with aftermarket rubber carb parts is how well they will cope with gasohol.  I know the factory rubber parts are OK but I have never tried aftermarket.  Something like the O ring for the pilot screw is not immersed in fuel so I think it would be fine.

I can believe that.

The secret of my success with bikes in Thailand is that I do everything myself.

The only thing I trust bike shops here to do is swap tyres and even then I take the wheels out myself.

4 minutes ago, teacherclaire said:

But it's only 65 baht and he can use certain o-rings. 

That is a fair point and I probably should remember that he only paid 3000 for the whole bike!

Personally I would go with genuine parts if they are needed; particularly with precision parts like jets and needles and rubber components.  I know for sure that the genuine rubber parts can cope with gasohol.

That said I think it unlikely anything will need replacing.  Maybe the float bowl seal and I vaguely remember at least one time I gave up on trying to unblock an idle jet on some bike or other.  

A fair percentage of the stuff in that Lazada kit is make-weights that you are highly unlikely to need.

I have a 2001 Dream which has the same engine and carb.  Owned it from new.

Nine times out of ten if there is a problem it is dirt or contaminants in the fuel.

Remove carb.  Strip carb and clean.  Make sure jets are not blocked.  Put it back together.  Check fuel filter and replace if necessary.

Well you don't know my capabilities.

For me this swap is kids stuff as it should be for any competent bike shop.

And the parts are surprisingly cheap.

3 hours ago, alien365 said:

My grandparents at 87 & 89 completely agree with this woman. Being stuck at home during their remaining years, not allowed contact with friends or family, is not considered living to them. 

My 87 year old aunt does not agree with this woman.  She cannot because she died from Covid in April 2020.

I was looking at the new MSX 125 on Honda Thailand's website.  I have no interest in the MSX other than the fact that the new model has a five speed gearbox.

Which got me thinking that that gives a path to doing five speed conversions on other Honda models that use the same engine such as the Wave 125, the CT 125 and the Super Cub 125 sold in Europe and America.

I ploughed through the parts books and all the bikes I mention share exactly the same gearbox input and output shafts in their four speed incarnations so I am pretty sure five speed swaps will be feasible.

I quite fancy a five speed CT 125 and it is surprising to me that Honda didn't do that from the start if they had a five speed box waiting in the wings.  One of the main moans about the CT 125 from American Boomers seems to be that the new CT 125 lacks the high/low range swap that the old CT from back in 1834 offered.  A five speed box would go some way to meeting that concern.

Aircraft fuel is cash up front.  Big ploblem if your cashflow is selling donuts.

Also scared of the repo men getting the planes.

34 minutes ago, anchadian said:

 

 

 

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BTS’s 10 stations and MRT’s 5 stations to suspend its services temporarily at 14:30 onward. #WhatsHappeninglnThailand #ThailandProtest2020

The army dopes fall for it again!

"Oh no you don't.  I'm going to punch myself in the face first."

I don't have one but you may be interested in this video on Youtube which compares the VanVan to a Ducati Multistrada 1200 off road.

With the Multistrada you need an orthopaedic surgeon on speed dial.

With the VanVan you don't.

You say you fitted new brakes.  I assume new pads and possibly discs.

I also assume that the handbrake is electric as it has some sort of hill start function.

Could it be that you need to recalibrate the electronics to recognise that the brakes now have a new 'bite point' because of the new components fitted and the shop that fitted the brake parts did not know this?  This would be all about the operation of the handbrake as opposed to the brake system generally.

The reason I mention this is because I know that with some cars you have to recalibrate the electronics to recognise a new bite point if you fit a new clutch and brake systems have quite a few similarities with clutch systems.  With such clutch systems if you don't do the calibration process the dashboard lights up like a christmas tree.

Maybe try asking on a UK Fiesta forum because I would wager you will get more sense there than from a Ford dealer here. 

43 minutes ago, 2530Ubon said:

yes, you'll get to the 30th. My extension was also done before the deadline on the 26th, but i extended my tourist visa this time, as i didn't use it for the first two amnesty announcements. I had an embassy letter with me also, but i used the tourist extension as i didn't want to go back to the IO again a week or so later. Silly silly mistake.

Not really a silly mistake.  You exercised your judgement based on limited information.  The fact that what the Thai government decided  was ill thought through, late, inadequately communicated and inconsistently applied acted to your detriment. 

And another point while I am venting my spleen.

Thai Airways has flown almost no flights in the last six months during which they have been haemorrhaging tax payers money.  How many staff do you think have been made redundant?

10 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Will never fly Thai again until we get the money back for our cancelled flights.

When we bought our tickets the Govt were the majority shareholders and had total control of the company. When they sold that majority stake on restructuring it suddenly become 'sorry no longer our problem'.

The whole debacle stinks and judging by the number of online complaints of continuing cancelled flights the ill feeling has hopefully lost them a huge slice of future customers.

Yes.  What you describe is exactly what happened to me.  I booked a flight in March 2020 and two hours later they cancelled the flight.

I will not fly Thai again unless they refund my flight and even if they do refund they will be my last choice.

Just now, polpott said:

A total of six people who attended the Rose Garden event last Saturday, now have been confirmed positive for Covid-19. Includes Trump, his wife, Hope Hicks and Kellyanne Conway. The media had highlighted the lack of masks and social distancing at that event previously.

Make that seven. 

And Kellyane Conway tests positive.

Trump world is imploding.