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by hendy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:02 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: Run Cancelled and they Wonder Why
Replies: 67
Views: 15787

Re: Run Cancelled and they Wonder Why

Dudes.......like chill out man.

I presume (possibly incorrectly) that this is irony and as such would demonstrate that we have indeed moved on from the previously mentioned decades.

Remember the outrage caused by the 'aids' edition of brass eye?
by hendy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:52 pm
Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
Topic: Air box removal seizes
Replies: 10
Views: 4941

Re: Air box removal seizes

Dremel. :-D
by hendy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:50 pm
Forum: Lambretta Tech
Topic: wrong headset?
Replies: 12
Views: 4983

Re: wrong headset?

Thanks, but no, I got it from Cambridge. I now think this may be a tolerance stacking issue. I had problems driving my chrome ring in and seem to remember that the grub screw was at the upper end of where it needs to be. I didn't clean the paint of the forks before driving the lower race on. I didn'...
by hendy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:31 pm
Forum: Lambretta Tech
Topic: wrong headset?
Replies: 12
Views: 4983

Re: wrong headset?

Should be about three mm from base to lock hole.so your headset looks like it is a chrome ring type.However the chrome ring was discontinued before the lis125 came into production.i.e.From October 1965 the chrome ring was not used,production of lis125 only began in Oct.65. Well spotted, it's a pret...
by hendy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:21 pm
Forum: Lambretta Tech
Topic: wrong headset?
Replies: 12
Views: 4983

wrong headset?

just trying to fit a headset to the li125 special I'm building but have run into problems. I have a chrome ring frame and this headset is brand new (in other words never on any frame before). I'm wondering if I've been supplied with the wrong headset and this is actually a non-chrome ring one. It is...
by hendy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:38 am
Forum: Sports Bar
Topic: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!
Replies: 25751
Views: 4618796

Re: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!

Way on down - elvis presley
by hendy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:25 am
Forum: Sports Bar
Topic: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!
Replies: 25751
Views: 4618796

Re: The Song Title Thread - Pointless but Addictive!

Hand in glove - the smiths
by hendy
Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:59 am
Forum: Lambretta Tech
Topic: Disc brake woes
Replies: 19
Views: 6892

Re: Disc brake woes

Braided hoses? Pah! They're fashionable. Go for a test ride on a kawasaki zx6r and try the brakes. You'll find them more than adequate even though they have around 4 times the length of rubber hose a lambretta has. Often fitting them 'fixes' issues but in truth the fix was the bleeding or correctly ...
by hendy
Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:41 pm
Forum: Lambretta Tech
Topic: Here we go again! Kickstart piston with pictures!
Replies: 29
Views: 8394

Re: Here we go again! Kickstart piston with pictures!

I fitted new kickstart mechanism recently and the slot in the arm was tight at the bottom end.

Obviously I just fettled it a wee bit and it was fine.

Sorry for not mentioning earlier but I'd forgotten until you mentioned this.
by hendy
Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:10 am
Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
Topic: Fixing kits
Replies: 11
Views: 5212

Re: Fixing kits

Very true, but if like me your time is more precious than the £40 that you'll save buying the fasteners 4 or 5 at a time, plus the petrol costs of going back and forth for the ones you forgot, then they can make sense. Depends on your situation; if I were retired, then I'd buy individually. You pays...