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ST1100Y

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Vienna, AuSTria
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ST1100Y, ST1100R
Waking up rested is an urban legend...
I alternate between feeling tired without coffee, and being tired with it... :coffee:

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G'Day... or not...

23°/37°C, glaring haze, air barely moving... ☀️
all kinds of warnings informing its gonna be F_hot again... right... do tell...

home Nespresso... :coffee:
took it slow, appreciated it...
just so I won't arrive early at the workplace and bounce off locked doors again... ;)

low traffic... so I still arrived kinda early... 🙄
office Nescafé... <slurp>... ☕

swapped the rotors last night, so its smooth sailing... err... braking again... 😎
wavy wear pattern on the eBay items indicates the cut being off... very...
seller responded "... one or both disks?..."... pfffff... take an educated guess... :cautious:

Found a company offering to cut/smooth motorcycle brake disks... € 80,-/piece...
considering time and effort for tooling, etc an absolute fair price... the costs would however exceed the original eBay purchase... ;)
And there is no guarantee the Chinesium alloy would remain true during later usage/heat cycles... 🤔
I'll book the episode under "tuition fees" and will have to find out how the allegedly German made TRW rotors from Louis perform...

So, I'll try my luck with the '94 ST at the MOT station this (hot) afternoon...
We'll have to find out if they discover/object the HEL brake lines, or anything else... 🤔

Have a perfect launch into the weekend 😎
 
Thx Martin!
Replaced the rotors on my sons Rav4 yesterday, he paid about $100 for a pair of Brembo rotors incl shipping from Germany…

Started yesterday with another fishing trip, quite dark and gloomy in the middle of the day, but the day ended in sun, and a happy son with new rotors and pads, ok ok, on his car. ( I had a set oem pads lying around).

Today wil be the usual, cleaning house, buy shrimps and wine etc etc….

15˚c/59f, 20mph wind from west, overcast.

Happy Friday!
Stu

At noon
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At 20:00
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STooRay said:
... he paid about $100 for a pair of Brembo rotors incl shipping from Germany…
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I'd happily pay the € 440,-/piece for new OEM 316mm ST1100 rotors... if I could only get them anywhere on this planet...

Ha! The eBay vendor responded, offering a replacement set... do I want to even try? 🤔
I guess I'll take them...
And then I'll buy a welder, teach ze GF how to use it so she can start some art projects, decorating her garden... 😁
(a wind chime made of motorcycle rotors likely sounds like cathedral bells at a royal wedding... 🙃)
 
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Good morning everyone

Thanks for the coffee, Martin.

It's 67°F and clear in Rockville. We'll warm by 20°F with a feels-like of between 8 and 12 °F higher until about 2000 hours.

It's a goof day once again, and we're playing one of the county courses that's farther from home than most others, so it'll be most of the day.

Other than that, I've got very little on my agenda.

Stay safe and well everyone and tell your dear ones you love them. Do it today, NOW, for tomorrow may be too late.
 
Good morning all, and thanks Martin for getting us started.

Stu, have you drive a Fjord lately?

16 and fog for the ride to work. They are saying 24 and rain for the ride home. There was no rain predicted before I left the house this morning, so I guess it will be a wait and see.

Hope everyone has a super day.

Obo.
 
Good morning and thanks for the coffee , Martin.

It's 63 and foggy in MA this morning, rising to 80 with partly cloudy skies.

Yesterday was a dreary day, and except for the PT visit , I did nothing.

Today , I'll head to the track for the practice day of the 24hrs of Lemons race weekend. That should be interesting.

Enjoy your day,
Steve
 
Glad you didn't have to break into a locked breakroom, Martin. And sorry about the tuition fees.
Nice ride to work yesterday with Kaiser, but we were late due to putting the full-size tire I plugged, on Roz' Civic.
It held air yesterday with not one but two small repaired punctures. Did it hold overnight?
Oh, yeah.
I just walked over to check.
The tire is still fully round, and the rim is off the ground. Roz doesn't realize how lucky she is to have me.
But as I'm down to one sticky rubber worm, I better order more today.
At least these are working a whole lot better than when I have tried using rubber worms to catch fish. My success rate using worms in leaky tires far outpaces my failures at fishing.
I'll have to admit I would starve to death, if I had to depend on catching fish to eat.
I rarely catch a thing.
On the other hand, I can shoot reasonably well, so there's that...
In fact, when I learned to dive years and years ago, I had originally intended to become an underwater hunter, and use a speargun to shoot amberjack in the Gulf of... America.
It wasn't called that then, but the ocean is less than four hours' drive from my house.
And I haven't been diving in a long time.
And I never did buy a speargun, or shoot an amberjack. Or any other fish.
Well, they say "Life's a beach, and then ya dive."
Bring on the weekend, I'm ready for one.
 
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Sadlsor said:
In fact, when I learned to dive years and years ago, I had originally intended to become an underwater hunter, and use a speargun to shoot amberjack in the Gulf of... America.
It wasn't called that then, but the ocean is less than four hours' drive from my house.
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When I was still putting on my scuba gear I was more of a camera Nimrod...
Out at the Bahamas (that Grouper was +3ft...):

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And I haven't been diving in a long time.
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Ditto... unfortunately... so much to do, so little time... 🤿 🏍️

Anyhoo... the '92 ST passed the MOT... with flying colors I might add... 😎
Different tester, a young dude who probably hasn't even noticed the HEL brake lines... yeah, they look that good... 😁

The ride at 39°C/102°F however wasn't cool... even at 100mph it still feels like staring into a hand-dryer... 🥵

Likely grabbing the car tonight for transferring over to ze GF's residence...
yeah, lame and that, but I need to grab a few six-packs of Coke and other sodas... 🍹

Washer is on, some TV... weekend... finally! 😎
 
G'mornin' from the office! Despite the Prince Of Purrsia's insistence, I woke up late this morning. Luckily, throwing food into his bowl avoided my death by a million scratches. Low 70s and a half cuppa Joe to boot me out the door, thanks Martin!

It was a very nice and brisk ride into work today with light traffic. Bagged my 40th bag of trash on my walk in. And not much here, a slow Friday. Sooo, more coffee to kep me alert for those ppl who love to pass the buck on Friday afternoon.

Horse show this wknd, then probably garage work. Need to put more stuff up for sale to get it out of the garage. Then a mow before next week's rains come around. Nothing exciting, sorry folks! Take care y'all!
 
Morning all! Sunny with blue sky, so much for the forecast of rain today. That may arrive tomorrow. Currently 18C with a predicted high of 22C.

Working from home again today. Fighting a war of words with counsel on the opposite side of a file. They're suggesting we have been dilatory with payment of an invoice that doesn't become due under the terms of the contract until some time in August. I don't mind trying to expedite payment for someone who needs it but don't request expedited payment while insinuating that we're offside. Bah! Lawyers!

Can't wait for the whistle to blow at the end of the day; it's a long weekend here so looking forward to 3 days of whatever needs doing around the house.

Hope everyone has a great day!
 
Late Morning Martin & All from sunny, Southern Utah!

The Thunderstorms never came about yesterday and now it's "be ready for some heat"!

It is already 94F, heading for 98F, but I'm sure, out in the Sun, it will be much higher! A slight breeze now, but later the blast furnace will be from the WSW @ 9 to 12mph.

Good day to stay in doors. And speaking of that, I got a message from a friend that needed to pull the front tire off the rim of a GW Trike. I figured I'd set the tire machine up in the garage, where it would be cooler. Which is was. It was a bit taking that tire off, and after we got it off I told him that the rim needs to be cleaned up, so the tire would leak. Which was his current problem. When I looked at the tire, I could see little cracks in it, so I fished around for the build date. 3512, was the build date! I told him he needed a new tire! So, once he gets a new tire and has the rim cleaned, we'll mount the tire.

Today, I'm going to place some plastic strips on my garage door, so I can hang one of those magnetic screens to it and let in air, without the bugs.

Eggs, bacon, toast & OJ for the morning start. Pepsi(s) in the fridge, for later.

Anyone :dr13:, have a great day on the roads! :hat3:

Today is the last day to order WeSTOC 30 shirts!
 
Sadlsor said:
True enough.
Not enough to "do" a job... like others, they create the conditions to perpetuate it.
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Thanks because they are "Government" trained!

They have no other purpose, other then to tell others how to act and do things!
 
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