Member postings for REG RUETER

IAN SC

SORRY ABOUT NOT GETTING ALL THESE IN THE RIGHT ORDER BUT I'M TRYING (VERY , SAYS HER).I DID LOOK AT SUCH A DEVICE - I HESITATE TO CALL IT A BIKE/TRIKE - BUT HAD A BRIEF BURST OF SANITY. IT'S ALL RIGHT DOING ALL THOSE MILES ON A GALLON (OR TO BE MODERN ' LITRE' BUT I ONLY USED TO GET 3 WEEKS HOLIDAY IN A YEAR AND THE THOUGHT OF SPENDING 350 MILES -EACH WAY - WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT MUCH TIME FOR A PROPER HOLIDAY IT WAS BAD ENOUGH DOING IT ON MY OLD KAWASAKI ST1000 (SHAFT-DRIVE I LITRE TOURER).

REG

NEIL

YOU DON'T NEED TO VISIT THE CHIROPRACTOR FOR A GOOD FEW MONTHS EITHER - OR WAS THE ONE I RODE A FRIDAY AFTERNOON SPECIAL?

REG

HOPPER

I SAW IT FIRST!

A REALLY NICE PIECE OF CONSTRUCTION - GOTTA BE IN RED THOUGH ANYTHING-ELSE JUST WON'T DO.

REG

NEIL

SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY BUT SINCE MY STROKE MY DAYS HAVE TO / OR JUST 'DO' FINISH BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM.

THE REASON FOR TYPING IN UPPER-CASE IS MAINLY DUE TO HAVING SPENT 20 YEARS PROGRAMMING A CNC CMM WHICH RAN IN A DOS ENVIRONMENT (IS EVERYONE STILL WITH ME ?) NEVER USING LOWER-CASE EVENTUALLY RE-PROGRAMMED BY LAME EXCUSE FOR A BRAIN INTO FORGETTING WHAT THE 'CAPS LOCK' BUTTON DID. I APOLOGISE TO ANYONE I'VE OFFENDED - ESPECIALLY TO OUR BELOVED - NEWISH - LEADER - SORRY NEIL.

IF ANYONE NEEDS AN EXPLANATION OF MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT - CHIEF INSPECTOR IN A SMALL NON-FERROUS FOUNDRY WITH IT'S OWN CNC MACHINE-SHOP (AND YES SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE SEEN ON HERE ACTUALLY USED TO COME FROM VERY EXPERIENCED MACHINISTS AS WELL) I'LL DO ONE AS A SEPARATE THREAD. INCIDENTALLY THE ARGUMENT FOR OR AGAINST TRADITIONAL vs (SEE I CAN DO IT IF I CONCENTRATE) METRIC MEASUREMENT COMES MAINLY FROM THE YOUNGER APPRENTICES WHO HAVE THE GREATEST DIFFICULTY IN USING A NON-ORTHODNAL STSTEM OF MEASUREMENT.

HOPE THAT CLEARS A FEW THINGS UP.

REG

GORDON W

THAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH MARRIAGE (SAYS HE CHECKING OVER HIS SHOULDER) I'D HAVE HAD A THUNDERACE SITTING IN THE WORKSHOP INSTEAD OF A SLIGHTY-BENT FJ1200 YAMAHA.

REG

KETAN

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D EVER BEEN AN OILFIELD FAN! JUST GOES TO SHOW

REG

Sorry Hopper but the last of the traditional OILFIELD Bullets escaped from the factory late in 2006 (or so I believe). Mine is a 2005 machine and despite several minor problems i love it to death - unfortunately since a stroke in 2008 it does take a determined effort to get the d****d thing started! though. The modern Royal Enfields ( built in India) are different machines altogether - they start, stop ,run like clockwork! - and yes my piggy-bank is trembling even as i type this!

RGR

IT'S LOVELY - NOT QUITE WORN IT OUT BUT............... THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE AMOUNT OF DAMNED SWARF IT PRODUCES - 40 MINUTES TO MILL SOMETHING AND 2 HOURS TO CLEAN-UP THE SWARF!. BEST BIT OF KIT I'VE BOUGHT IN YEARS.

REG

HI KETAN

WHEN DO YOU ENVISAGE CATALOGUE #8 EMERGING FROM THE DEPTHS?

REG