Our hobbies other than bikes

Well I went down to the Mens Shed this morning and everyone that was there all asked when I was coming back so I decided to do 2 mornings a week Monday and Friday they are the 2 quietest days down there so that will be the days starting next Monday, I took some ply with me this morning that I wanted to cut on the bandsaw for a station platform, the bandsaw cuts better than my jigsaw with neater cuts.
Tomorrow I will move the Norton out, drain the sump and fuel tank, put some fresh fuel in and see how I go kicking it with the peg leg, with fresh fuel and the Joe Hunt it should fire up on first kick if I can kick it with the peg leg, fingers crossed.
We have a council kerbside clean up in 9 days time so good timing I be able to throw stuff out and put on the kerb to be collected, get rid of some junk I no longer need and make room for my good junk lol, so a busy weekend of cleaning up around the house and yard, I should throw out some of Debra's junk, she is such a hoarder but every time I do that she brings it back in.

Ashley

A good start with the Mens Shed starting back on Monday, bloody public holiday on Monday lol, well was a busy day yesterday moved the dirt bike out of the way cleared the Norton it is now sitting beside the lift table and been clearing everything out from under the layout tables ready for the major wiring job, today have stuff to put out on the kerb for the kerbside clean up next weekend, only allowed to put a small trailer load out but put it out early and the scavengers come along collecting stuff which works out well as then can put more stuff out.
The hardest part moving my storage stuff under the benches I have to find another place to put it all, 10 boxed stored under the snooker table and just have my 3 camp fridges to move and find a space for them, but once I start the wiring it won't take me long to do, I have everything ready to go for the wiring.
The Norton I will do the oil and fuel drain sometime this weekend and try to give it a kick with some fresh fuel, see if I can do it with the peg leg, my Honda dirt bike has a ES so its good when I get a new battery for it, but think my dirt bike days are over, but then you never know, love playing in the dirt, never know till I give it a go.
Lucky I haven't got too much to dump on the kerb and I have this weekend and next weekend to get the rubbish on the kerb before they pick it all up, we get a free kerbside clean up twice a year, but I missed the last one, its 9am now so time to get started.

Ashley

Was just having brekkie and a thought jumped in my head, with my peg leg and if I am able to fire it up with a kick, if my Norton decides to kick back, which it don't, but if it did, I won't get a sore leg from it, Titanium is my protector .
So many on this site always complain about kickbacks when kicking their Norton's, lose a right leg, problem solved.

ashman said:

Was just having brekkie and a thought jumped in my head, with my peg leg and if I am able to fire it up with a kick, if my Norton decides to kick back, which it don't, but if it did, I won't get a sore leg from it, Titanium is my protector .
So many on this site always complain about kickbacks when kicking their Norton's, lose a right leg, problem solved.

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Not a viable solution for almost all of us!

grandpaul said:

Not a viable solution for almost all of us!

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Just doing everyone's head in, I wouldn't wish losing a leg on anyone, but just me joking around with my situation, so GP don't take things so serous, so kick starting with a titanium leg and I am no 6 million $$$ man but I have a $27,600 leg lol.

ashman said:

Just doing everyone's head in, I wouldn't wish losing a leg on anyone, but just me joking around with my situation, so GP don't take things so serous, so kick starting with a titanium leg and I am no 6 million $$$ man but I have a $27,600 leg lol.

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So you (titanium man ) went for a ride with magneto (very apt!) and the crimson dynamo?
Can you pick where that's from?
Cheers

ashman said:

Was just having brekkie and a thought jumped in my head, with my peg leg and if I am able to fire it up with a kick, if my Norton decides to kick back, which it don't, but if it did, I won't get a sore leg from it, Titanium is my protector .
So many on this site always complain about kickbacks when kicking their Norton's, lose a right leg, problem solved.

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I could imagine that the power of the kick back would go straight up your titanium leg and into your goolies. Could be -very- bad news. Don't want to hear of any more parts of you being amputated, and even less ofthe recovery that might be required.

daveforty said:

I could imagine that the power of the kick back would go straight up your titanium leg and into your goolies. Could be -very- bad news. Don't want to hear of any more parts of you being amputated, and even less ofthe recovery that might be required.

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Renamed......... Steve Austin !

Well the good thing my Joe Hunt don't kick back so I be right there, I haven't ran with my Titanium leg yet, I wonder if I hear that strange sound and be in slow motion when I do, my dad loved watching the 6 million $$$ man all them years ago.

Well I spent more money on the layout yesterday an extension to the DCC controller with a dual control hand throttle and wireless interface so I can walk around the layout while running the trains, don't tell Debra as this is not a cheap hobby but it's like owning our bikes we seem to keep secrets in how much money we spend on our toys, but I worked hard all my life on low income so it's about time I spent money on myself and it's keeping me sane in the process, we been having a few issues with each other of late so the shed keeps us both apart and I been saving a bit of money from my pension each fortnight to spend on my hobby but once it's all set up and running and the bike going things will settle down, but high fuel cost has kept both of us home of late and spending too much time together, we sometimes need a break from each other, I know I am not the easiest person to live with I am set in my ways, but Debra knew that when we first started going out together and of course Debra is Debra.

Ashley