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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:55 pm
Post subject: vive la difference
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There is a slight smell of petrol pervading chez moi this evening.
Thought I'd take the opportunity of having a couple of hours spare to
balance the carbs on the GSXR. This is a fiddly little job on the
Suzuki because you've got to take the carbs off, plug the carb tune
hoses in, and then refit them.
Seat off, tank up, fuel hose off the carbs and cable tied above the
tank, airbox off, throttle position sensor disconnected, random bit of
other wiring removed, slot screwdriver through frame to undo clamps,
lift carbs, plug carb tune in, put carbs back on, tighten clamp,
re-attach random wiring, turn ignition to 'ON'.
Some of you may have spotted the fundamental error in the above -
unlike sensible kawasakies, the fuel pump is part of the tank, also
unlike kawasakies, the GSXR primes the carbs when you switch it on. If
you switch it on with the fuel hose disconnected, you get petrol pumped
out, lot's of petrol. If the hose is pointed skywards and slightly
pinched at the end, you get a huge fountain of petrol that covers you,
the bike, and most of the garage...
Hmpf.
It's not even that I didn't _know_ how it worked, I just didn't think.
Still, I should be able to close the garage door in another hour or so.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:55 pm
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, Simon Gates said ...
> It's not even that I didn't _know_ how it worked, I just didn't think.
> Still, I should be able to close the garage door in another hour or so.
Strewth. I take it you washed the petrol off any exposed skin?
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:55 pm
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, "Simon Gates"
<simian DeleteThis @in_valid.semi-evolved.org> wrote:
>Some of you may have spotted the fundamental error in the above -
>unlike sensible kawasakies, the fuel pump is part of the tank, also
>unlike kawasakies, the GSXR primes the carbs when you switch it on. If
>you switch it on with the fuel hose disconnected, you get petrol pumped
>out, lot's of petrol. If the hose is pointed skywards and slightly
>pinched at the end, you get a huge fountain of petrol that covers you,
>the bike, and most of the garage...
Heh. So easily done.
I did have a Thought in similar circumstances.
The Thought was: "if I were to fit a set of extension hoses, I need
never attempt to remove a fiddly rubber cap by touch with two
fingertips whilst hunched like Quasimodo over a motorbike ever again".
Unfortunately, I had this Thought *after* I'd put the incredibly
fiddly end caps back onto the TL's vacuum hose stubs and reassembled
the inlet trumpets, sensors, airbox, etc.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:55 pm
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Pip Luscher emerged from their own little world to say
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, "Simon Gates"
> <simian DeleteThis @in_valid.semi-evolved.org> wrote:
>>Some of you may have spotted the fundamental error in the above -
>>unlike sensible kawasakies, the fuel pump is part of the tank, also
>>unlike kawasakies, the GSXR primes the carbs when you switch it on. If
>>you switch it on with the fuel hose disconnected, you get petrol pumped
>>out, lot's of petrol. If the hose is pointed skywards and slightly
>>pinched at the end, you get a huge fountain of petrol that covers you,
>>the bike, and most of the garage...
>
> Heh. So easily done.
>
> I did have a Thought in similar circumstances.
>
> The Thought was: "if I were to fit a set of extension hoses, I need
> never attempt to remove a fiddly rubber cap by touch with two
> fingertips whilst hunched like Quasimodo over a motorbike ever again".
>
This is what I was about to suggest. Yamaha did this on my 1996 TDM850. I
never balanced the carbs myself but it did make fitting a Scottoiler a lot
easier as you simply cut the pipe to fit the supplied T piece.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:55 pm
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Bear wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, Simon Gates said ...
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> > It's not even that I didn't know how it worked, I just didn't think.
> > Still, I should be able to close the garage door in another hour or
> > so.
>
> Strewth. I take it you washed the petrol off any exposed skin?
Luckily it's bloody freezing out there, so I didn't have much skin
exposed. Hair needed a wash tho.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:55 pm
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Pip Luscher wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, "Simon Gates"
> <simian.RemoveThis@in_valid.semi-evolved.org> wrote:
> > Some of you may have spotted the fundamental error in the above -
> > unlike sensible kawasakies, the fuel pump is part of the tank, also
> > unlike kawasakies, the GSXR primes the carbs when you switch it on.
> > If you switch it on with the fuel hose disconnected, you get petrol
> > pumped out, lot's of petrol. If the hose is pointed skywards and
> > slightly pinched at the end, you get a huge fountain of petrol that
> > covers you, the bike, and most of the garage...
>
> Heh. So easily done.
>
> I did have a Thought in similar circumstances.
>
> The Thought was: "if I were to fit a set of extension hoses, I need
> never attempt to remove a fiddly rubber cap by touch with two
> fingertips whilst hunched like Quasimodo over a motorbike ever again".
First time I've attempted to do the carbs on this bike, but that's what
I've just done.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:55 pm
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:22:32 -0000, Simon Gates said ...
> Bear wrote:
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> > On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, Simon Gates said ...
> >
> > > It's not even that I didn't know how it worked, I just didn't think.
> > > Still, I should be able to close the garage door in another hour or
> > > so.
> >
> > Strewth. I take it you washed the petrol off any exposed skin?
>
> Luckily it's bloody freezing out there, so I didn't have much skin
> exposed. Hair needed a wash tho.
Do be careful, Bond.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:55 pm
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>> > On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, Simon Gates said ...
>> >
>> > > It's not even that I didn't know how it worked, I just didn't think.
>> > > Still, I should be able to close the garage door in another hour or
>> > > so.
>> >
>> > Strewth. I take it you washed the petrol off any exposed skin?
>>
>> Luckily it's bloody freezing out there, so I didn't have much skin
>> exposed. Hair needed a wash tho.
>
> Do be careful, Bond.
You wait 'til you've had yer bollocks washed in the stuff. Wiped the smile
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:55 am
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:25:46 -0000, Buzby said ...
> >>
> >> > On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, Simon Gates said ...
> >> >
> >> > > It's not even that I didn't know how it worked, I just didn't think.
> >> > > Still, I should be able to close the garage door in another hour or
> >> > > so.
> >> >
> >> > Strewth. I take it you washed the petrol off any exposed skin?
> >>
> >> Luckily it's bloody freezing out there, so I didn't have much skin
> >> exposed. Hair needed a wash tho.
> >
> > Do be careful, Bond.
>
> You wait 'til you've had yer bollocks washed in the stuff. Wiped the smile
> off my face.
Oh I've been there. GPz1100 with a dodgy fuel filler cap. No-one told me
petrol burned like that.
My best burning incident came a few years ago when I overfilled my Zippo
with proper Zippo (naptha) fuel, then drove down to see some mates in
Worthing. By the time I arrived I was in agony, with a foot-wide, angry
red burn on my outer thigh. My mate opened the door, I rushed past him,
legged it into the kitchen, dropped my trousers and vaulted onto the
kitchen work surface next to the sink, then began frantically splashing
water onto said burn.
Looking up, I noticed 4 other mates of his, who I'd never met, sitting
at the breakfast bar, watching me with what can only be described as a
look of sheer horror on their faces.
"This is Bear. He does this sort of thing; we tend not to say anything".
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:55 pm
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Bear wrote:
> Oh I've been there. GPz1100 with a dodgy fuel filler cap. No-one told
> me petrol burned like that.
>
> My best burning incident came a few years ago when I overfilled my
> Zippo with proper Zippo (naptha) fuel, then drove down to see some
> mates in Worthing. By the time I arrived I was in agony, with a
> foot-wide, angry red burn on my outer thigh. My mate opened the door,
> I rushed past him, legged it into the kitchen, dropped my trousers
> and vaulted onto the kitchen work surface next to the sink, then
> began frantically splashing water onto said burn.
>
> Looking up, I noticed 4 other mates of his, who I'd never met, sitting
> at the breakfast bar, watching me with what can only be described as a
> look of sheer horror on their faces.
>
> "This is Bear. He does this sort of thing; we tend not to say
> anything".
*snort*
Nice
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:55 pm
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Simon Gates wrote:
> Bear wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0000, Simon Gates said ...
>>
>>> It's not even that I didn't know how it worked, I just didn't think.
>>> Still, I should be able to close the garage door in another hour or
>>> so.
>>
>> Strewth. I take it you washed the petrol off any exposed skin?
>
> Luckily it's bloody freezing out there, so I didn't have much skin
> exposed. Hair needed a wash tho.
Well yes but when you actually want to drain a Gixxer tank into this
'ere jerry can said pump is a rather useful feature. It's the fastest
tank draining in the West.
<thinks>
<phones Mayor Ray Nagin>
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:55 pm
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"'Hog" <hogSPAM&.DeleteThis@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message
news:46m38tFbhomoU1@individual.net...
> Well yes but when you actually want to drain a Gixxer tank into this 'ere
> jerry can said pump is a rather useful feature. It's the fastest tank
> draining in the West.
>
> <thinks>
> <phones Mayor Ray Nagin>
Heh. Niiiiice.
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:55 pm
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> My best burning incident came a few years ago when I overfilled my Zippo
> with proper Zippo (naptha) fuel, then drove down to see some mates in
> Worthing. By the time I arrived I was in agony, with a foot-wide, angry
> red burn on my outer thigh. My mate opened the door, I rushed past him,
> legged it into the kitchen, dropped my trousers and vaulted onto the
> kitchen work surface next to the sink, then began frantically splashing
> water onto said burn.
>
> Looking up, I noticed 4 other mates of his, who I'd never met, sitting
> at the breakfast bar, watching me with what can only be described as a
> look of sheer horror on their faces.
<VBG>
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Buzby wrote:
> > My best burning incident came a few years ago when I overfilled my Zippo
> > with proper Zippo (naptha) fuel, then drove down to see some mates in
> > Worthing. By the time I arrived I was in agony, with a foot-wide, angry
> > red burn on my outer thigh. My mate opened the door, I rushed past him,
> > legged it into the kitchen, dropped my trousers and vaulted onto the
> > kitchen work surface next to the sink, then began frantically splashing
> > water onto said burn.
> >
> > Looking up, I noticed 4 other mates of his, who I'd never met, sitting
> > at the breakfast bar, watching me with what can only be described as a
> > look of sheer horror on their faces.
>
> <VBG>
>
> I can just picture it . . . . . eeeew
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On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:16:01 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon said ...
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember tshark DeleteThis @jetski.com saying something
> like:
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> > By the time I arrived I was in agony, with a foot-wide, angry
> >> > red burn on my outer thigh. My mate opened the door, I rushed past him,
> >> > legged it into the kitchen, dropped my trousers and vaulted onto the
> >> > kitchen work surface next to the sink, then began frantically splashing
> >> > water onto said burn.
> >> >
> >> > Looking up, I noticed 4 other mates of his, who I'd never met, sitting
> >> > at the breakfast bar, watching me with what can only be described as a
> >> > look of sheer horror on their faces.
> >>
> >> <VBG>
> >>
> >> I can just picture it . . . . . eeeew
> >
> >1996 GPZ1100, one of the most underated bikes ever. 130 hp crmmed o
> >535lb set in a cruising fashion.
>
> What's the relevance of a lardy old barge to Bear's burning bollocks?
Let's not go there, eh?
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