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Don't forget your neck protector!

Someone stole my antidepressants. Whoever they are, I hope they’re happy

Try Aliexpress, my coworkers use that all the time for Chinese stuff like that ... also there's more and more places selling new stuff on Wallapop and Milanuncios. if you can be bothered to sift through the shit to find it.

Yeah, Kawasaki were always the "cheap and cheerful" marque of the Japanese big 4. Lovely bikes, but not durable (see: the 500 twin engine in the GPZ/EX etc that used to chew the cams through the head material sometimes, for example)

I accidentally booked myself onto an escapology course ... I’m really struggling to get out of it

A cowboy asked me if I could help him round up 18 cows. I said, ‘Yes, of course. – That’s 20 cows'

They absolutely were made to reduce the unsprung weight ... whether that makes a worthwhile difference on any non-competition bike is another matter entirely! On an RE which has heavy wheels and a chunky front tyre I think it's for looks ...

This week I've just swapped from my leather jacket to a mesh one, but with a windproof layer under it for the mornings because ... in the afternoons the leather was getting a little toasty!

Spring housing? Do you mean the stanchions? The Hunter has normal forks but I've had both normal and USD forks. My preference is for normal ones. The picture I put in my first reply is for dust seals (keep the dust out), then there's oil seals that sit under those (keep the oil in) ... if...

Yeah, under a cover and in a sensible place you can leave a bike outside in most parts of the world for a couple of years and then re-commission it without things being too horrible ... 5+ years outside with no protection and it's a lot of work, if at all possible.

Death by catfish swallowing sounds like a really nasty way to go :(

And here I was thinking it was like salmon tickling!

I don't think I've ever had gaiters on a road bike, or ever had problems with pitting and rust even when riding on salted roads. Quite a few of my dirt bikes haven't had them either, and even enduro and MX bikes don't have them these days. That being said, I've never lived near the seaside...

Please check your private messages, Mister Voodoo

From Special Tuning a "Stage 1" kit on a BMC A series used to be a high lift/duration cam (no changes to the head itself), combined with twin carbs and LCB exhaust if you didn't already have them

That reminds me I still have about 1 trees worth of pine to split for next winter ...

I can try phoning after work, they're patient enough to let you use google translate on them in person

Like Schrodinger's cat, only tastier

All the parts will fit together if you hit 'em hard enough :)

And then bop it and squeeze it?