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So you line up your overtake. Nothing in front or behind. Decide to drop down one to be sure. And the gear lever thing is dangling sadly like a sad dangly thing. So it looks like I'll be banging all the nuts and bolts this weekend to make sure they make the right noises.

I did wonder what this thread was going to be about - either sex or parsimonious Yorkshiremen or Scotsmen, I guessed.

Wrong on both counts, then...

i told you before Angelo,

"put your weight behind it"

is a metaphorical phrase





























oh - you will be glad to hear that the hat is on its travels again..... is it insured?

sound like the wee ball joints on the gear lever have came out ,
like mine they need replacing , but i got my bike a 12000 miles and have always been the same so i havent noticed any difference ,thought they were slak / lose as a matter if desighn

Being as its squid I just assumed it wasn't going to be pretty

Aladinsaneuk wrote: oh - you will be glad to hear that the hat is on its travels again..... is it insured?

Already claimed. It's a matter for the police, the insurers and the bailiffs now.

joecrx wrote:sound like the wee ball joints on the gear lever have came out , like mine they need replacing ,

It's got rear sets on, it came apart on the adjustable bar between the rose joints which is the only bit without threadlock or nyloc nuts on...

It tipped over last year and bent the footrest bolt but I didn't check that bit when I slapped it back together. Must have loosened a lock nut.

joecrx wrote:sound like the wee ball joints on the gear lever have came out ,
like mine they need replacing , but i got my bike a 12000 miles and have always been the same so i havent noticed any difference ,thought they were slak / lose as a matter if desighn

The ball joint on the back of my gear level worked itself loose last year, fortunately in town so low speed. A bit fiddly to put back in without taking the pegs off, but doable at the side of the road with the Aprilia tool kit.

Falcopops wrote: The ball joint on the back of my gear level ......

So how does a gear level work? Do you have to align the double-bubble to check it's right?

D-Rider wrote:

Falcopops wrote: The ball joint on the back of my gear level ......

So how does a gear level work? Do you have to align the double-bubble to check it's right?

eggzachery, when the double-bubble is in the middle-diddle the lever-level is perfectly maladjusted

smart arse

I thought the bubble screen was in the side of the engine full of really black murky stuff ....

OOHH err all this talk of Squids dangly bits is making me come over all peculiar

flatlander wrote: OOHH err all this talk of Squids dangly bits is making me come over all peculiar

Yes, the mental image of his loose nuts isn't a very nice one

and don't even think about his gear is like a sad dangly thing