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ROD¹ said :-
On a lighter note.
I did get out for a short ride over the weekend.
02/11/2025 20:17:08 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
My solution is to give all the money to ME!!! That way everyone else will be equally poor. In my benevolence I shall allow a meagre food allowance because I am kind. In the interest of society I shall be the only one with the cash to keep on riding motorcycles on the now delightfully quiet roads. Obviously I'll keep this blog going but there'll be no other websites or media or TV etc so EVERYONE will have to read my ramblings!
Very pretty ROD - I had to google that location - not an area I know around there.
03/11/2025 08:15:06 UTC
ROD¹ said :-
It's a lovely peaceful location.
If you are in the area a great ride is to head east from the reservoir and pick up the Welland valley just north of Corby, then pass under the Harringworth viaduct and then along the valley to Stamford.
It is known locally as the Rutland TT course, and there are warning signs for bikers along the route.
Ride it soon, because I can see speed restrictions coming onto force soon, with speed cameras. Not to stop accidents, but as another stealth tax collection system.
03/11/2025 12:40:36 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
I don't know when we're next in the area ROD. I promise myself next time we're passing through we can detour there but experience tells me by then I'll have forgotten all about it.
As per Scot-in-exile's comment about Fintry local knowledge is helpful. Sometimes I think I ought to let folks know where I'm going to give people a chance to tell me about all the wonderful places they know. There's a but... there's always a but. But you end up with a long list of things to see and places to go. Either you don't have time to do them all, or actually you're not interested in the places suggested... then you end up offending people when you don't go to the places they suggested.
Sometimes it's best to just let things happen and enjoy discovering things for myself.
04/11/2025 09:45:30 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
Yes but the upside is that they could make themselves scarce to avoid unexpected contact!
04/11/2025 09:56:24 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
Here here!
04/11/2025 11:30:30 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
...and people wonder why I'm antisocial and curmudgeonly.
04/11/2025 12:59:24 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
Ah but upt' said "here here" rather than "hear hear" which must mean he wants you to visit. I've ner noticed any curmmudgeonly attitudes from you Ren. Perhaps I'm not paying attention....
04/11/2025 13:52:27 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
Damn spell checker.
04/11/2025 16:23:41 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
I really must get myself up to Wooler - Upt' has gotten away with it for far too long.
06/11/2025 08:12:01 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
I warn you (and myself), if you visit you may never leave. It happens, look at us.
The last visitors didn't leave either but the mounds in the veggie patch will flatten down over the winter.
06/11/2025 08:46:17 UTC
nab301 said :-
Ren , safety in numbers , you need to mobilise all the lurking BAT members and descend (or should that be head up to) and arrive en masse unannounced demanding Tea and biscuits , I'm sure Upts' vegetable patch isn't that big (assuming more than 2 turn up ...)
Nigel
07/11/2025 14:49:59 UTC
nab301 said :-
Leaving my bike in for a new crankshaft!
Nigel
07/11/2025 14:52:02 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
You might need a wider fairing.
07/11/2025 16:34:23 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
What's the crank place you were at nab301?
09/11/2025 12:28:13 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
This forum is the best crank place I know of......
10/11/2025 09:47:41 UTC
nab301 said :-
Ditto to that Ian...
@Ren , It's an engineering shop in the south east (Tullow Co Carlow)on the N81 that I pass by occasionally , I just took the photo out of interest , he last time I took a photo over 10 yrs ago and posted it online I was told the crankshaft was probably out of a marine application?
Nigel
11/11/2025 14:17:45 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
Thanks nab301, good to know.
Marine application? From that which I can glean it appears to be a crank for a large 4 piston engine (or possibly a V8). Heavily built but with a relatively short throw. My guess would be it's a piece of art, the dimensions are unfamiliar.
11/11/2025 19:14:29 UTC
nab301 said :-
Maybe Glyn would be better placed to identify it , I think you're correct though , I hadn't really looked closely at it and as it's just a display piece it may not be "original" . I assumed 10 journals =5 mains and 5 big ends but it looks more like 6 mains and 4 big ends.
Nigel
14/11/2025 12:08:32 UTC
Glyn said :-
No, sorry, even in my working life on the marinas of southern England have I seen anything like that. It may be artistic to some but not that many people would recognise what it actually is these days. Now, I would like to see the flywheel puller that was used during the dismantling process!
17/11/2025 22:35:29 UTC
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