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A couple of pics of my bikes: fireblade me and the wife, overlooking a lake in Italy (during a 10 day trip to the alps and Lake Garda). 996 during a trip to the Alsace region in France St4S sports tourer during the John O Groats to Lands End charity ride last year (sun-up at around 4:14...

Nope, not a Lotus/Caterham, but a westfield :) He must have a fly-off handbrake. You can't pull the tight handbrake style turns in a Caterham using the under dash handbrake - its too tricky to get to when your all strapped in (believe me - I've tried !!) If you have a bit more speed you can...

Shouldn't that be good pointS, plural :D

Cold also affects charge stage of batteries, and concrete is renowned for being cold to the touch (it has poor thermal properites). Sitting a battery on a lump of wood helps to keep the cold off the bottom of the battery (I do exactly the same). Personally I would NOT fill the tank to the...

yep, lots of things comparable Mike. When I was a kid (60s/70s) you could collect cigarette cards, coins sold by the likes of Shell and Esso, football figures, and robertsons jam golliwogs (not exactly pc now, which makes them all the more valuable !) All of them were to get the parents to...

re the dustbin disk platters - Ever wonder where the unix/linux term 'mount' came from :D Lifting those heavy old solid disk platters on & off was a skilled job. allegedly :p And what about 8 inch floppies. We used to have to boot our Tnix system from one each morning. Them were the days :D Its...

I log in all the time, PC's I use are all set to remember log in details. That way I can view new posts, check PMs etc easily. Keith, check your in box :D

Paul, yes I have used it, but not for a while. I found it didn't generate very compact code, so went back to assembler. I hace a 'C' compiler somewhere too, but same story, so only any good for larger devices. I brought my bits from the microchip web site, and most of the initial chips...

A friend at college was whistling at a very attractive girl as he rode his motorbike thorugh the high street. Unfortunately for him he didn't notice the parked car until he hit it :eek: Yep, you guessed it, square on in the back at about 30mph ! He totally cleared the car and landed in the...

Indeed Ross. After a while you get to knoe the helpful people, and those whose opinions you value above others. Until this post came up I must admit I hadn't paid a great deal of attention to the Rep Power score. Thanks to those that have given me value though ;)

"Motorbikes are more efficient and produce less harmful emissions than other forms of motorized transport." hmmm - not sure the new Hybrid mfrs would agree with that - and what about multiple occupancy? - A fully loaded car or bus must surely be better on emissions? Yes, but just how many...

There certainly are some weirdos out there, eh Ian :)

I have one sitting in my office :) They've been around awhile. I posted elsewhere that a group of guys I work with had these before Christmas. The one in that picture has been modified with paper below the rear boom, and either side of the body, presumably to help trim it a little. Out...

Okay, I can see from the pictures and the descriptions that the lockwire is in a Z shape (i.e. top of left bolt to bottom of right bolt) such that any movement is immediately under tension. Pauls picture would allow the bolt to move maybe 10 degrees before it came under tension as the wire...

Holy crap Paul, that looks expensive !! Jac, I'd love to hear a brief summary of why the lockwiring is not right. The chances of me finding a standard aircraft manual are pretty slim...

Cliff, that should be a 3.6 in a 993... I have a 993 C2 and would agree with Cliffs sentiments. They are a cracking every day sports car, with none of the perceived fragility, or high service costs of a Ferrari. Handling is great as standard, but if you want a real track focused car, a set...

Whats the white car in the 3rd picture, and who makes it ?? Looks like a cracking model, very detailed.

Now that did make me laugh ;) I wonder if he really brought it, or the sales details have been hacked...

Ross, its not my list, its Russ's thread ;) Agreed, some people are symathetic and others aren't. It all seems acedimic though as judging by the responses, it would appear there haven't been any failures :D

Ron, why not send them an email and tell them the spoof accounts will be closed within a certain time frame (7 days ?) Some of us have discussed before whether certain 'people' were infact 1 & the same. i'm glad to see your on the case, Keep up the good work ;)