watery lookin oil?!!

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Post by njhardy » 17 Feb 2012, 00:33

Wouldn't really call it a tool box- you could keep some chewing gum in it maybe!? I cut mine off as soon as I saw it along with the so-called helmet lock...

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Post by fishtail » 17 Feb 2012, 01:53

ha! i got one of these on the missus's tw.

alas all i got on mine is a bracket where it should go!

thanks for the picture- that cleared it up!
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Post by njhardy » 17 Feb 2012, 07:55

I have one lying around somewhere if you want it- just pay for the postage??

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Post by fishtail » 17 Feb 2012, 09:03

sweet mate - PM me an email to paypal you..

some chewing gum might be handy so I have fresh breath should I meet any nurses.. 8-)
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Post by njhardy » 21 Feb 2012, 09:41

Will dig it out and take a snapshot. Oh- not sure if the lock on it will work with your key..... FABIO put up a message about that recently.

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Post by fishtail » 21 Feb 2012, 09:55

not too worried about locking. not many thievin b@stards here..

appreciate it if u can find it NinJa - if not i'll have to have a backpack..

just wanna have a spanner to remove mirrors and a pair of pliers or summat..
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Post by njhardy » 21 Feb 2012, 11:01

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t50 ... to0054.jpg

There's the little fella!! Only problem now is the Paypal is buggering me about.. Give us a bit to sort it out and I can take it down the post office to post it to you (maybe this weekend) if I'm not busy falling off the said bike....

Not sure I'm a ninja- they are supposed to be silent and deadly!! Maybe a drunken ninja!!!

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Post by fishtail » 21 Feb 2012, 11:15

thanks - no rush- I tried riding the CRM yesterday - but have had pulled a muscle in my arm since the weekend.... ( hurts when trying to wheelie or anything fun.... )


Ninja's - silent but deadly?

sounds quite like a description of my missus farting...


ps - can include a couple of beer coupons in the transfer,,, :BB
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Post by njhardy » 22 Feb 2012, 09:11

Beer coupons- can I drink them???

Anyhow, don't want to be compared to anyone's farts- 'misses or not!!

Consider it a gift Fishy!! Not even sure how much it will cost to get to you, how long it will take, or even if it will get there!! -This is 'Nam for God sake!!

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Post by Spokey » 13 Mar 2012, 20:05

Just to stick my oily nose in - doesn't take much water ( about 0.3% ) to make the oil cloudy - anything above 0.5% will drop out and you'll see the water at the bottom of the jar ( if you enmpty the oil into a jar and leave it )
My CRM got some water in through the gearbox breather I think after some severe water dunkings down some greenlanes so the oil went a sort of murky grey which is what that looks like to me - if you think there is water in there, just give it a change, get it nice and hot with a run which should burn any residue water off, or just do another change.

been through any puddles lately ? or could be a leaky water pump seal, but you would know that as the coolant would need topping up ?

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