So what have you done today..?

Cool!
Get yourself some better starter cables, they really help when cranking the engine.

 

Thanks much appreciated, as for the cables i've looked into this and i think i can make some for very small money.
from the electrical wholesalers.

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16mm2-11...420023?hash=item2ef666ae37:g:2eYAAOSwCtJaV3ZB
welding cable is much better than battery/starter cable - more strands so more flexible - can be made up in red or black and the black is also useful to replace the earth leads to the reg/rec and the one between the back of the engine and the footrest hanger bolt.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-35mm-T...wAHLt6Hnt2z8trYPiVB1WAPavSAM%2FKN744GOL3BpDrs

 

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The terminal lugs have to be soldered as the material is too thick to satisfactorily crimp, consequently, you will need some heat shrink sleeving as well, as the heat of the soldering causes the insulation to "retreat" from the joint.

 

To be honest all my Ducati's fire up nicely apart from the 996, that has a tantrum everytime when it's playtime, so maybe a new battery is the way forward on that particular machine.Anyway back to the upgrade leads cheap as chips by the looks of things and you would have thought the supplier would be able to accommodate on the clamping process.

 

You be ok sneaking up the Military Road the back then driving it off the end into the water!

 

I actually think this is a really interesting discussion.

There are a few things to consider here too. For example, when we tell stories or missives about people, we generally try to describe the characters that differentiates them from the rest of the group. So we might say the big bald bloke, young YT lad or whatever. So it's quite reasonable around here in Cheshire imho to say someone is black, Asian or whatever as on a building site here, that would generally be something that would distinguish them. In my first example, one may not use the "big bald white bloke" as that would be more then 50% of the group. Whereas on a building site in London using the race thing wouldn't be a good idea, not for any racist reason as sam1199 clearly isn't. Just because in a much more multi cultural environment, using race wouldn't be something that would distinguish someone very well.

 

Just been informed I’ve used the display towel......again.

These things need to be clearly labelled

 

My friends wife has dyed her hair twice recently, and she’s still not happy with the result.

Tough times.

 

i was certain that was the first line of a joke Anthony, I can't think of the second line just now though.

 

That’ll be your age darling!

 

Bless.. I don't miss that bit at all.

 

Completed the census form just in the nic of time, that’s a one thousand pound fine avoided!
Phew!

 

So that's going tobe a lot of revenue for the government collection department then.

 

thought you were going to say "that's a thousand pounds you can spend on motorbike bits"

 

Funny you should say that,...but i've just received a bollocking from someone today as i threw it in the bin upon arrival.

 

Many goods things happened today, but i started on extracting the old wheel bearings and managed one replacement before being distracted, also flowers & a bin for the happy folk in life. @Ducbird