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What's the current exhaust paint of choice?
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: What's the current exhaust paint of choice? The gasket has failed on mine, so while I've got it in bits, I may as well tackle the rust. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thermacure-Stove-Paint-200ml-/251012079784?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Other_Fireplaces&hash=item3a717c60a8 but with the 'preparation is key mantra', I gave mine a full clean with a wirebrush cup in an electric drill, then stabilised any deeper rust with Fertan http://www.fertan.co.uk/ You can buy it direct from the manufacturer, or online (there may be a little price difference) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fertan-Rust-Treatment-Remover-Converter-30ml-Brush-On-/260830543439?pt=UK_Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint&hash=item3cbab63e4f These are small bottles, about the same as a bottle of nail varnish, but I managed to do all of my exhaust with one. Its good stuff for seam rust etc too So far (think I did mine earlier this year), the best results yet with that combo... |
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I use Hammerite high heat matt black aerosol paint. Good for up to 600°C. After wire-brushing the surface and before spraying, I apply Kurust or equivalent to stabilise any rust that's appeared since the last time - usually not much if you re-spray every time the exhaust comes off.
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Just in from the X9 Forum's annual Stamford rideout: a lovely potter along country roads and through scenic villages, with lunch at Rutland Water. Word of warning: the car park charges now (but five scooters can cruise through on one ticket with a little coordination, ssh).
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jimc wrote: I use Hammerite high heat matt black aerosol paint. Good for up to 600°C. After wire-brushing the surface and before spraying, I apply Kurust or equivalent to stabilise any rust that's appeared since the last time - usually not much if you re-spray every time the exhaust comes off. |
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Huskyteer wrote: Just in from the X9 Forum's annual Stamford rideout: a lovely potter along country roads and through scenic villages, with lunch at Rutland Water. Word of warning: the car park charges now (but five scooters can cruise through on one ticket with a little coordination, ssh). we also discussed the idea of me getting a hodna CG125 cheap 'n cheerful learner motorcycle sometime in the new year, to use for about 6 months, do a 2-day course and get my full license (hopefully), then re-sell at not too much of a loss. such a machine can safely be parked on-street as the local toeraggery don't have a clue how to ride them. that means that if/when i'm able to afford a more powerful machine, it won't necessarily have to be a maxi-scooter. all of this will be financed by the wedge of cash coming my way fairly soon - i've been asked to fill in for one of our MA course leaders for 6 months from September, which means a fairly decent lump of anxiety pay |
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Pic reminds me of gunnery training at the Armor Officer Advanced Course. Tank full of Captains playing at each of the crew positions. One mate in our crew decided he wanted a "living target" rather than the old vehicle hulks on the range, so he put his cross hairs on a big tree right at the left margin of the range. Felled it on the second shot, and the Range Officer nearly went into cardiac arrest! Never figured out who the guilty party was. |
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Aviator47 wrote: Pepy Pic reminds me of gunnery training at the Armor Officer Advanced Course. Tank full of Captains playing at each of the crew positions. One mate in our crew decided he wanted a "living target" rather than the old vehicle hulks on the range, so he put his cross hairs on a big tree right at the left margin of the range. Felled it on the second shot, and the Range Officer nearly went into cardiac arrest! Never figured out who the guilty party was. ![]() |
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I'm on my way back to Israel via Madrid (flying Iberia). Stuck with a ten hour layover, so rather than veg in the business lounge, I decided to venture into the city center to have a cold drink and soak up some sun.
Sitting in an outdoor cafe in one of the many 'plazas' in the center of Madrid enjoying free wifi and drinking nearly free gin and tonics, a new waitress (new, as in different from the girl who has been bringing me my drinks at an alarming rate), comes over and asks me something in Spanish which I assume is a request that I order something to eat from the menu. I have only the most rudimentary grasp of Spanish under the best of circumstances, and that evaporated after my third gin and tonic. So I click over to my trusty google translate app and type in, "I'm sorry, I can't eat anything here, I am Jewish.", which I read out in my best tourist Spanish accent. The 'waitress' walks away in a huff and the couple at the next table collapses in a fit of laughter. I ask them what is so funny. They grab my iPad and begin typing into the google translate app: "She was a prostitute and your response to her had more than one meaning". I'm thinking I should have paid closer attention in high school Spanish class. In all seriousness, when I tell my wife about this it will reassure her that I am still the naive, bumbling nerd she married 22 years ago.
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On the Spain trip we had our usual 'hooker counting' competition - I think Coggo and Ivana Tinkle got the highest scores - I failed miserably! ![]() |
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is there such a thing as a kosher prostitute?
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Treppenwitz wrote: I'm on my way back to Israel via Madrid (flying Iberia). Stuck with a ten hour layover, so rather than veg in the business lounge, I decided to venture into the city center to have a cold drink and soak up some sun. Sitting in an outdoor cafe in one of the many 'plazas' in the center of Madrid enjoying free wifi and drinking nearly free gin and tonics, a new waitress (new, as in different from the girl who has been bringing me my drinks at an alarming rate), comes over and asks me something in Spanish which I assume is a request that I order something to eat from the menu. I have only the most rudimentary grasp of Spanish under the best of circumstances, and that evaporated after my third gin and tonic. So I click over to my trusty google translate app and type in, "I'm sorry, I can't eat anything here, I am Jewish.", which I read out in my best tourist Spanish accent. The 'waitress' walks away in a huff and the couple at the next table collapses in a fit of laughter. I ask them what is so funny. They grab my iPad and begin typing into the google translate app: "She was a prostitute and your response to her had more than one meaning". I'm thinking I should have paid closer attention in high school Spanish class. In all seriousness, when I tell my wife about this it will reassure her that I am still the naive, bumbling nerd she married 22 years ago. Thank you for making me HOWL with laughter. Again X |
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I saw this on Sunday Bill, and thought of you....I know you love them like this....
Arrrggghhh! ![]() There's got to be another £500 of accessories bunged on that new GTS. The red LX next to it was pretty much the same. ![]() |
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brown_beret7 wrote: I saw this on Sunday Bill, and thought of you....I know you love them like this.... Arrrggghhh! ![]() There's got to be another £500 of accessories bunged on that new GTS. The red LX next to it was pretty much the same. |
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stickyfrog wrote: brown_beret7 wrote: I saw this on Sunday Bill, and thought of you....I know you love them like this.... Arrrggghhh! ![]() There's got to be another £500 of accessories bunged on that new GTS. The red LX next to it was pretty much the same. (I posted it because I know how much Bill hates 'retrofication' - though that's a great word) Though why a new owner would take off a brand new GTS exhaust and replace it with a £400 Akrapovic is harder to fathom... Sort of reminds me of being 8 years old and putting playing cards and odd things in your push bike spokes to make it 'sound like a motorbike'... Oh the things we did. Err, oh the things we're still doing... |
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Oh, well, we all do our thing. Mine is bunging stickers on the top box to show off places I've been. Cheaper than chrome, at least
On which note, anyone want a 'LUST RACING' sticker? It came with my suspension-lowering kit and doesn't really go with the Integra. |
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It sucks big hairy donkey balls to quote someone better than me.
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