Motor cycles – time to rationalise.

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I am thinking about selling the old girl. We’ve been together for quite a while but she is not getting ridden much these days. At 207Kg wet weight (or 458lb) She is classed as a middle weight but I am finding her a bit heavy to move about, especially compared to the 97Kg (214lb) Address.  Read more

WordPress

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Quite a few years ago I put a wordpress site together.  It took a lot of effort and I could not get it to look the way I wanted it.  Then updates to Wordpress and the plugins I used kept breaking the site and I finally went back to an html site.  I have been using a html editor to maintain my sites for a long time.  Then I went and bought a Macbook.

There is no decent html for a Macbook. Nothing comes anywhere close to Microsoft Expression Web 4 (MEW4 or EW4). But Wordpress sites can be created on any platform with a web browser… Read more

Changing to a Macbook

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After years of Windows (from Windows 3.1 through to 10) I have finally bought a Macbook.

Why? My Lenovo was starting to have battery problems – only lasting a 2-3 hours. My Samsung never lasted long on battery and it’s really too big for a laptop. I use a lap top on my lap! Both are windows 7 machines and some of the newer apps are not supported… Read more

Song Lyrics on an iphone

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I have used LyricPad 2.52 full version for many years and it worked really well for me, and I thoroughly recommend it to android users.  It still works very well on my £30 10 year old Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet (with a new battery) running Android version 4.1.2.
I find it’s best to use Script Automation. I could never get the scrolling speed consistent in the other modes. I set the scroll speed to 3, Font size to 30.  I use the sidebar for chords sometimes, especially if the Mandolin and Guitar have different capo positions. Read more

Appled

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I changed to a MacBook. (19/6/21) I’ve had it for quite a few months now and the change has been mostly good, especially since I bought an iPhone 12 (18/8/21) and it links seamlessly with the MacBook.
Some things are much better.
The integration of the iPhone and the MacBook makes it very easy to manage photos and music. I can drag tracks or Albums into Music on the MacBook and they end up on the phone too.
I’ve started using Siri.  It’s very good.  Maybe Alexa is just as good, I never got around to using it. I use Siri to select radio stations on BBC Sounds, as the BBC app is so rubbish.
“Books” on the MacBook and the iPhone is excellent.  I tend to read books on the iPhone now instead of my Nook. I can drag a book from the Calibre Library (or anywhere else) into Books on the MacBook and a few second later it’s available for download on the iPhone.
Some things I have had to change  Read more

R65LS-Not so easy rider

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took the old girl out for a little half hour ride today after filling her up with petrol.  I zero’d the odometer so I can check the mpg.
She felt strange after riding almost nothing but the little Address for two years, but I soon got used to it.  The bit I kept forgetting was to change down gears as I approached a junction or roundabout.  
She has a little peculiar quirk which may help the mpg… Read more

R65LS-Float Replacement

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Fuel is sucked through the jets by virtue of the vacuum in the manifold (for the pilot jet) and in the volume behind the butterfly valve for the main jet (modified by the needle). Vacuum levels are of the order of half an atmosphere or around 3 metres of water. Plainly, the pressure of a few centimetres of petrol will have no virtually no effect. As long as the level is high enough to keep the jets covered and low enough to not slosh out of the breather, when the bike is running and vibrating, that’s all that is important. The actual height doesn’t matter a damn.

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R65LS-Minor Mods

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I have done a few minor mods to the old girl to make her a bit more comfortable.
Not really a modification, but I do like to know the time. I’ve had a watch on the keyfob ever since I got the bike.

The orginal handlebars are quite low.  I prefer a more “sit up” position on the bike, especially as I (my hips really) get older. So I have fitted some different handlebars. I think they are for a non LS R65.
I have also fitted Oxford heated grips – my circulation is not what it was either. Read more