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02-02-2021, 05:48 PM | #16 |
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I really think you guys are overthinking this a fair bit, oil pressure is more important I would think.
I mean anyone thinking of buying a Ducati and reading this is gonna think they need to measure out the oil from a calibrated volumetric container. As long as its above the min and not too far over the max line you should be good to go, as long as you have good pressure and warm up long enough for the oil to reach the top of the rear cylinder, which can take longer than you think it will. If the bike has been stood a long time then those cams are likely to be a bit dry. Seriously, I mean who thought up those ludicrous oil syringes and priming systems that you pump before starting? That's enough to make you paranoid. Rant over
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02-02-2021, 05:52 PM | #17 |
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[QUOTE=utopia;583146]Of course they do.
Anything that isn't dead flat and level sticks out like a sore thumb in Norfolk. I'm glad someone got the joke anyway! What's up with everyone tonight?
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02-02-2021, 06:27 PM | #18 | |
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The lines are there for a reason and there's a fair tolerance between them. It's not that hard to get it right with a little common sense. Ignore them at your peril.... And stop being topography-ist!
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02-02-2021, 07:22 PM | #19 | |
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Does that count as “Topography”?
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02-02-2021, 07:58 PM | #20 |
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Thank you Darkness, have a house point.
I didn't know that, but I've heard various claims to the highest point over the years depending on who's you listen to. Norfolk is very interesting topographically, smart arses like Oscar Wilde haven't helped historically. If you want flat, you need to see the Fens..
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02-02-2021, 09:21 PM | #21 | |
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03-02-2021, 06:42 AM | #22 | |
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03-02-2021, 09:35 AM | #23 |
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I keep one of those spray tops in the garage ( the kind you find under the sink with cleaning materials in them ) and then if I overfill with oil I just pop the straw end in the oil filler hole and using the trigger , spray oil into a suitable container until the level is correct. NB probably not a good idea to sneak it back under the sink if you nicked one that's still in use .
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03-02-2021, 10:50 AM | #24 | |
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03-02-2021, 02:08 PM | #25 |
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That reminds me ....
I used to go to the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival every year. A group of blokes calling themselves the Norfolk Mountain Rescue Team used to put on a show out in the field. I think they did the "climbing along flat ground " thing, with ropes and pitons and they also used to do synchronised swimming (on dry land). With the aid of a large sheet of blue polythene (the water) with a number of cross slits in it and a helper holding up each corner, about a dozen hairy blokes in balloon-enhanced bikinis, nose clips and heavy boots would start off cavorting in sync, rising and falling gracefully through the slits in the polythene but would gradually deteriorate into mayhem and balloon popping .. to the tune of Swan Lake. |
03-02-2021, 03:41 PM | #26 | |
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03-02-2021, 07:59 PM | #27 |
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I'm retired from the North Norfolk Mountain rescue team now, but sadly it was nowhere near as much fun as the other two mentioned sound.. I would love to have seen the synchronised swimming. My team was merely for the annual games that we had with the AJ&Matchless owners club against such as the Sahara desert canoe club.
I like the trigger spray/pump idea Lodger... Noted. Those modern sailing machines owe more to aero-engineering than boatbuilding.. I've never had anything to do anything like that. I did some work on an "Ultra sports" luxury yacht that had oak veneered carbon fibre/foam sandwich panels instead of plywood.. Horrid to work with and I didn't even see the boat it was for! It might have been Bill Gate's yacht or one of his mates? I can't remember which one was his.
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04-02-2021, 11:07 AM | #28 |
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[QUOTE=utopia;583171]That reminds me ....
I used to go to the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival every year. ahhh, the Village Pump Festival, fond memories... Alan Briars set it up, I believe, ex Mechanical Horsetrough, with Kevin, (we call him Watney, because he has a flat head, and no taste...) and Peewee Hunt, ex of Peewees in Trowbridge, a venue much loved by all but the police... Great days they were...
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