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The most irritating part,you've ever lost....

Discussion in General Scooter Discussion started by Mark Emerson Trentham, 9 May 2014
Mark Emerson Trentham#1
On your 'ped-
whilst riding,or working on it?
scubabiker#2
on my vf last week, was on a rideout with a club, 200+ bikes, losty my bleeding homemade exhaust pipe, now im running it with the standard ones and it runs like crap
2many2strokes#3
the baffle out of my ke125 on the north circular :mad: went from loud to f*ck me im deaf in less than a second! had to knock one up out of a strongbow can with about 6 holes stabbed in it half a roll of tin foil shoved in the tail pipe and a jubilee clip for the 30 mile ride home :D
Mark Emerson Trentham#4
the baffle out of my ke125 on the north circular :mad: went from loud to f*ck me im deaf in less than a second! had to knock one up out of a strongbow can with about 6 holes stabbed in it half a roll of tin foil shoved in the tail pipe and a jubilee clip for the 30 mile ride home :D
Pffft, used a proper Gold Label can on my Ts125 ert,when the Gianelli t/pipe fell off,standards,mate-
Strongbow,strong p...,more 'n like D :D .
2many2strokes#5
Pffft, used a proper Gold Label can on my Ts125 ert,when the Gianelli t/pipe fell off,standards,mate-
Strongbow,strong p...,more 'n like D :D .

strongbow still better than stella :p
Mark Emerson Trentham#6
......bet you did'nt start your's up,mind-
in a railway overpass/tunnel, JUST,as plod was driving by.:D .
2many2strokes#7
i did drive it for little while i the summer without any baffles, loved tearing it through the blackwall tunnel especially on the powerband :p my boss said he could tell when i was near work as he felt the vibrations on the 2nd floor haha
scubabiker#8
the baffle came out my old gt once when i was riding with a mate, he kicked it back in as we were driving along, that was hilarious!
Alex Barnes#9
the little block thing that the screw for the battery leads screw into :p
scubabiker#10
the little block thing that the screw for the battery leads screw into :p
oh yeah they suck bad, we have a box of them at work, they are sop easy to drop into the nethers of the bike
Mark Emerson Trentham#11
i did drive it for little while i the summer without any baffles, loved tearing it through the blackwall tunnel especially on the powerband :p my boss said he could tell when i was near work as he felt the vibrations on the 2nd floor haha
Rotherhithe tunnel/self,used to live behind the church at Aylton Estate,
still love taking the long way round to Tescos at Surrey Quays coming from Commercial Road where i'm at now.;) .
Alex Barnes#12
oh yeah they suck bad, we have a box of them at work, they are sop easy to drop into the nethers of the bike

what i did to stop them dropping out was get a cable tie and used the ridge'd end and glued in where the blocks went and poped the blocks back in and never moved after that
scubabiker#13
what i did to stop them dropping out was get a cable tie and used the ridge'd end and glued in where the blocks went and poped the blocks back in and never moved after that
i have a dentist tool i use on awkward ones at work, once you change about 10 batteries you start to get good at it!
hairyjim#14
lost a spare front wheel after exiting a roundabout.had it sitting on the floorboard.went back and eventually found it.had my engine fall out on my norman nippy a few times back in the 70s.
2many2strokes#15
lost a spare front wheel after exiting a roundabout.had it sitting on the floorboard.went back and eventually found it.had my engine fall out on my norman nippy a few times back in the 70s.

fall ouo at speed?:confused:
scubabiker#16
how does an engine fall out once, let alone several times!!!!!
2many2strokes#17
was you having a beer for every engine bolt you fitted?:p
scubabiker#18
was you having a beer for every engine bolt you fitted?:p
and then another for everyone he put back in!
Mark Emerson Trentham#19
the little block thing that the screw for the battery leads screw into :p
I feel for you brother.;) .
Mark Emerson Trentham#20
was you having a beer for every engine bolt you fitted?:p
Beer?.,:D .

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