What have you done today

[Barbel Mick]

There's been no football matches, or training, for my two grandsons for the last week so I took one of them (the other was at a birthday party) for a bit of training.
After an hour of putting him through some hard work his grandad was knackered  so I got him home to have a shower & change.
Deb & myself then took him for a breakfast. Our favourite, local café, was closed so we went to the reserve & I was pleasantly surprised with the fried breakfast. It has improved
The grandson still won't eat black pudding or tomatoes (tinned of course) & he's "gone off" beans  but along with the football training, I'm working on his fried breakfast eating too. 
When we got home we played a few games (nana & grandad lost most of them  ) then earlier this evening I took him to the local pub for a few hours, it was a mate's daughters 18th & a few of his friends would be there.
A diet coke for the boy & a few beers for grandad.
A grand day was had by all. 

[crump]

That sounds like pretty much a perfect day Barbel.

[2112]

After fitting a quickshifter to my Transalp (see traitors corner for pic etc) it was time to take a look at the dishwasher which stopped working on Boxing Day. After a bit of mooching around I discovered that the filter was blocked as it had become detached (Bosch rubbish...). After a bit of swearing, brute force and prayers it eventually came loose, allowing the filthy water to drain away. I took it out, cleaned it, reassembled it (with a bit of wire to stop it splitting apart again)  and the dishwasher is now back to full operation. Happy.

[2112]

Today I opened a selection of presents, apparently as a reward for getting a year older. After 59 of them it's still a crap time of year for a birthday!

P.S. I used to have a mean aunty who always got me a single Christmas AND birthday present...

[Upt North]

She might have just been frugal.

[2112]

Nah, she was as tight as a submarines hatch !

[Brockett]

Not driven the Doblo for two weeks so I hooked up the battery charger for 6 hours.
While that was going on, I removed the light, fancy, but ridiculously loud  stainless exhaust pipe from the Enfield 500 and refitted the quiet, but ridiculously heavy OE pipe. I used the kick starter   (like a real biker) to get the engine running to test for leaks. It does a happy dance and goes  "bom, bom, bom, bom". I did think about going for a ride but after two seconds realised it is too cold for me.     

[mr_diver]

Those Enfield exhausts are ridiculously heavy aren't they.
Pity there isn't much choice of aftermarket ones, apart from generic ones that are too loud/pour quality and then Hitchcock's that are still stupid heavy.

[Brockett]

The header pipe is like a bent scaffold pole. The end can carries the cat and that is one fat moggie to be sure. I will have to look around for a mute to shove into the stainless header.

[2112]

Black Widow do an in-pipe mute if I'm not mistaken, might be worth a look.

[Asmith61]

Not today but yesterday.

My rear camera on my car had failed. (Hyundai Santa Fe)  I had bought a replacement well before Christmas.  Originally I was going to get my mechanic I use for service etc to fit it.
But after watching a video how to fit it on you tube ( the person on the video made it look quite easy)
So I thought I would do it myself, saying to my wife it should only take about an hour !!
So after having the you tube video to hand to watch which way to start etc.
First thing was to undo the 4 Phillips screws and the 6mm bolts that hold the back panel inside the rear tailgate 👍 so far so good, back to the video to see how to get the back panel off.  Easier said than done 🤣 it is held in with those little plastic clips that are so easy to break 
Getting started was the hard part I was using a  plastic pri bar set I had bought ( which looked like it was made of butter) so I found some plastic tile packing bits 👍   I managed to make a start in one corner and trying my hardest not to break any of the clips. I finally got the back panel off with only breaking one clip 
My wife came out with a coffee and asked how’s it going after a few choice words from me she went back in doors.
Back to the video to see what was next…
Take out both rear lights lots of 10mm nuts to find and undo 👍
Then take off the back panel on the outside of the tailgate which has the Hyundai badge and is the whole length of the tailgate, lots more 10mm nuts to find and undo, and Also 6 white plastic clips that you can see with a head torch on but cannot get to (especially with my sausage fingers ) a lot of head scratching and swearing it was time to go and get the wife to see if her smaller fingers could help.
I needed the tailgate to be fully up so I could see what I was doing and unfortunately the wife is quite a bit shorter than me could not reach🤣
In a normal situation these clips needed squeezing between forefinger & thumb to release. But as you can imagine the inside  of a tailgate is a mass of metal work wires and tiny spaces.
My wife suggested put it all back together and contact the mechanic.

Well I had come this far and was not going to give up now !!!!
So a call was made to my good friend Andy who promptly came to help, I showed him the problem and his words were them clips are bastards they normally break as the get fatigued 
He has a very good engineering bray and made up a hook type thingy from some bits he found in my garage and managed to pull against one side of the clips while pushing with a small screwdriver and released every one while I had the plastic tile things outside with some pressure, and he did this without breaking any of the clips.
So the camera was know in view 2 screws and undo the power clip, new one plugged in and tried now working find 👍
Putting it all back together took no time at all. If it wasn’t for Andy I would have still been doing it 

[crazyhorse]

Hi

Was given a ignition coil for my 1966 Honda C95, but had to make some brackets to get it to fit cleanly, as it was from a Honda CD175, but it works and I am getting a dual spark.

I am now a Positive Euphoria Bunny!

Cheers
Crazyhorse

[mr_diver]

Fitted a massive topbox to my tiny scooter.

When the weather improves I want to use the scoot to commute a bit more, but the 30ltr box it came with won't fit my works laptop, and I don't really want to risk it in my backpack in the rain - I do live in Wales after all.
I've used waterproof liners in my backpack, but it's another thing to faff with when we're all trying to pack up and run out the door at 5pm, plus the laptop weights a fair bit. 

M&P had their Teck7 boxes on offer when I popped in with my daughter on Monday- £24.95 for the 51ltr - sure that will be big enough 
I'd looked at waterproof roll top bags, the Lextek ones are around £25 but the straps are a bit flimsy and the tidy brands start at £40, so a new topbox was a bit of a bargain. It's sturdy enough, I'm not going load that much.

I fitted it quickly in my lunch break, simple enough with the usual universal base plate, I'll grab a quick picture tomorrow to show the size.
People will think I'm delivering Pizza!

[Upt North]

Did someone say pizza!
 

[Barbel Mick]

Today we were hoping to get out on the bike for an early in the year ride. The weather forecast showed lots of sunshine but below freezing temperatures. Made a late call yesterday evening to call it off. No point in risking it on icy roads (no gritters out around here last night) if you don't have to.
So, I took the two grandsons football training this morning for an hour then Deb & myself took them out for a bite to eat. We visited four cafes before finding the fifth one open! (you'd think TLPower was with us!  )
Not only do I give the grandsons a good grounding in the art of football but I am also giving them a good grounding for the Full English breakfast. Unfortunately neither likes Black Pudding & one doesn't like beans.  I'm working on them though. 
Another grand day out. 

[2112]

Today, I got my MG EV5 back from the dealers after it refused to start last night. A call to the AA saw me recovered to the local MG dealer in Ashington. Turns out the 12v battery which keeps the 'brain' alive had died, making the car entirely unresponsive as everything is electric. Sadly, that part is no longer covered under the 7 year warranty (onlt 12 months for the 12v battery) so £163 later the car was fixed and back to full working order. Not the best start to 2025...

On a brighter note, our luggage tags for our forthcoming trip to New Zealand have arrived !

[Upt North]

Not today but yesterday. I'm always late....
A walk up the Breamish Valley with Er'Indoors.
Coffee and Cake were consumed.
Pffffffftttttt.
Upt.

[2112]

Looks bracing Up't. I decided it was high time to get rid of Christmas and took the decorations down for another year.

[mr_diver]

Pizza Delivery

[Joe Rocket]

Not enough chrome bars, badges or mirrors.........