hate of the day

[nimrod650]

have you noticed when they resurface some roads were they do it one  side  at a time they leave a small rut in the middle were they meet nasty

[bsa-bill]

have you noticed when they resurface some roads

up here - no

[muskrat]

I know what you mean nimrod. Then the buggas paint the motorcycle lane over it .
Cheers

[morris]

I hate the companies that for some perverse reason cannot get manhole covers flush with the road and always position them directly where motorcycles are riding

Must be something universal. A couple of years ago they redid the street where I live. All of the covers are now about 2 to 3 inches below the road surface and not even in a straight line. You need to drive like a drunk to avoid them (or be drunk for not to feel them   )

[Butch (cb)]

I think the problem is that the covers have to line up with the man holes which are underneath. These in themselves are used as rodding points to clear blockages that tend to manifest themselves mostly where the pipes change direction. As the pipes are following the road the covers will therefore inevitably appear on bends. Within suburban areas at least, I’ve never understood why they didn’t put all the pipe work under the pavement (I guess that would be side walk for some of us here) rather than under the road. And I suppose that if you are adding just a bit of tar and some pork scratchings (anyone for gravillons?) for a resurface the job would be significantly more expensive if you brought the covers up flush to match. Given the prevalence of poor surfaces in these cash strapped times it’s probably little more than a moot point anyway.   

[bsa-bill]

that sounds like a politicians answer Cylobutch, makes some sense tho, I'm guessing the pavements and the roads in many cases are the property/responsibility of different authorities, now if you can tell me how to get those to work together you've got my vote

[RichardL]

It's not exactly high science. The issue is, of course, money, or the possibility that Britain's 11,000 year-old sewer system can't be adapted to use these (not that U.S. systems all use them either):

http://www.nfco.com/municipal/products/manhole-adjusting-rings

Richard L.

[Greybeard]

I used to be a planning officer for British Telecom. We often planned works to be carried out in public roads. Quite a few years ago the government brought in The New Roads and Street works Act which had the aim of coordinating works between services and ensuring that contractors and others reinstated surfaces to an excellent standard. We found that our contractors did a good job but when the local authority, who are not covered by the new laws carried out work it was often crappy.

[olev]

Last word on maroon for the NSW lads.
It would make a nice screen saver, don't you think?
cheers

[muskrat]

He might be aiming at screwing over your state as he has done here.
 My hate of the day is those bl@@dy twisting, warping, buckling, crapcentric Amals.
Cheers

[metalflake11]

He might be aiming at screwing over your state as he has done here.
 My hate of the day is those bl@@dy twisting, warping, buckling, crapcentric Amals.
Cheers

What on earth are you doing to them! 
I've never had a problem in the twenty years I've had them on, and I don't take ANY chances when I bolt them up of coming loose. You're certainly no mug when it comes to bikes, so what can it be? Are they Burlems?

[muskrat]

G'day metalflake.
 930's on a twin carb A65. Been over tightened a few times by the look. Slides sticking. Did the old straighten flange in a vice trick and got them back a fair bit (I chickened out before they snapped) but their still a bit stiff. I ended up doing something I never thought I'd do and relieved the high spots with wet & dry . Slides free now but letting a bit of air past so had to go up a size pilot to mask it. Up to a #4 slides to get it off the pilot cleanly and onto the needle jet.
 Then there's the fuel height. Spent days trying to get the fuel height up to even close to the lean level (170 rich to 240 thou lean). Ended up ditching the stay up floats for the old plastic type and kept the new alloy viton tip needles. 250 thou is as high as I can get it.
Sounds good in the shed. Saturday for a few plug chops.
Cheers

[chaterlea25]

Hi Musky,
If you heat the carb float chamber, the float needle seat can be moved, usually by banging it on a block of hard wood, or carefully using a drift from the underside

I dont like concentrics, cheap nasty things

John

[metalflake11]

After all that, I hope it goes well on Saturday without any more major 'adjustments' Musky.










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[muskrat]

G'day John. Yes I did that. The stay ups sit a tad higher in the fuel and hit the roof of the chamber. Once a concentric has to deal with a downdraft a good fuel height is nigh on impossible.
Thanks metalflake.
Cheers