550 F2 started!

[Oddjob]

I'm in the middle of some severe DIY ATM Roo, so all bike work has stopped. Not sure how long it will be before I get back to the bike if I'm honest. Still haven't picked up my stuff from the chromers yet, keep forgetting.

[Laverdaroo]

Dont worry Ken,I'mnot rushing anythijg and today shinesa new perspective on things so to speak! Well, in sheer desperation I thinkIve accepted a contact for 6 weeks relief managing a koi and bloody goldfish farm,........not bad

It's in South Carolina...... ......USA!!!!:o

Think I might just have lost the plot!

[Bryanj]

Think of all those American cheap parts!

[Laverdaroo]

Thats jjust what i said to The Long Haired General

[Sesman]

Hey, Roo.

Best of luck with that job, another great adventure. I once visited a ‘sports shop’ in South Carolina; It sold both fishing and hunting gear; the shop was as big as Morrisons. There were a few persons looking at rods and lures, but they were 20 wide and 5 deep at the gun counter…keep your head down.

[Johnny4428]

Wow Roo! That’s a great gig!

[Laverdaroo]

It is but I've the 'General to consider and all thats going on here at the moment,l eaving her to sort the hpuse sale out and the new lease oon a lake we're  trying to finalise but I think I'll probably do it. It wont be a 'fest' of any measure as the site is in the middle of 'Hicksville' and I think the town population is  eoughly around 2000 people so there's probably Duelling Banjo's as the localdialing tone on the telephone or similar!!


If anybody says 'Squeal like a pig' or 'Sure gotta puurty mouth', I'm out of there!

Saying that Ive aready looked and theres a massive bike breakers 40 miles from the farm so I dont think I'll be that bored!

How many T140's and Tridents do you think I can  I get in my hand luggage??

[Johnny4428]

It is but I've the 'General to consider and all thats going on here at the moment,l eaving her to sort the hpuse sale out and the new lease oon a lake we're  trying to finalise but I think I'll probably do it. It wont be a 'fest' of any measure as the site is in the middle of 'Hicksville' and I think the town population is  eoughly around 2000 people so there's probably Duelling Banjo's as the localdialing tone on the telephone or similar!!

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If anybody says 'Squeal like a pig' or 'Sure gotta puurty mouth', I'm out of there!

Saying that Ive aready looked and theres a massive bike breakers 40 miles from the farm so I dont think I'll be that bored!

How many T140's and Tridents do you think I can  I get in my hand luggage??

Suitcase outbound? Container inbound? Sounds just right!

[Laverdaroo]

My thinking exactly Johnny, get yer orders in now folks

[Oddjob]

If you lease a lake Roo be sure to stock it with HUGE carp and I'll pop down and try my hand. Not been fishing now for years due to work but my BIL owns a fishing shop in Stockport and even has a extremely large pond in his back yard, it's that big it has a boat on it. He was in the Sunday papers many years ago with aerial shots of his private fishing pond, as they called it. When the M60 motorway extended through Stockport they were filling in fishing ponds I'd fished as a kid, they netted them first, then drained them until they were only a couple of feet deep but still left thousands of fish in them. We went along with carp nets and waders and just scooped up loads and loads of Perch, Tench, Bream, Carp, Roach, Rudd and Gudgeon. There were small Crucian Carp that looked like gold coins in the net, it looked like we'd struck gold, my son caught one in his pond many years later and I've never seen a bigger Crucian even in the Angling Times, the pond is riddled with blood worm so everything grows huge. House was bought for £34k and was last valued at 500K, he's a very lucky guy.

[Laverdaroo]

I've been a fishery manager/lecturer for years and used to run/general manage all of the waters that CEMEX/RMC had for about 10 years whilst teachimg at Sparsholt College.

Im looking to develop this site into a small 4acres carp fishery that you can rent for a day or week and have the whole site to yourself or for a maximum of 5 anglers. There is a massive hole in the available fishing sites down here in the south west so if I can get a  couple of these under my belt this year and a few next year, I might have theopportunity to get meself sorted before I shuffle off this mortal coil

A particular site down here has a 5 are site and through day tickets and pellet sales he turned over £127k last year....Im having some of that!

Big carp are what I grow Ken, My best pal has a bait factory too so finally after hoarding  and buying too much kit over the years, not only do I now have the tackle I actually want and need and but now, also cheap a bloody good, bait selection with which to use it.....perfect!

Soon as its up and at em, you have a  gratis ticket of course mate, come for a jolly.

I've  floating long reach diggers to get in to tear it about and the site to develop but really looking forward to getting stuck in if my proposal is accepted by the landlord.

Exciting times but frustrating about leaving the shed......I think I'm already getting shed anxiety!..............Sad git

[Laverdaroo]

One from Sunday morning Ken at 23lb11oz but that’s it as this is a roughly toughty bike forum and not for worm drowner’s


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[Oddjob]

I'm not sure who's the ugliest there 

One of my favourite spots to fish over the years has been Trawsfynydd, it's near Bala in North Wales. Does a day ticket and you can either fly fish the entire reservoir or coarse fish certain parts. I used to swing tip the coarse parts with red/white maggots and have had huge bags. Your allowed 6 trout on a day ticket, it's where the Welsh Trout championship is held or used to be, dunno now. Lots of rainbow and brown, biggest I caught was a 6lb rainbow, couldn't even get it under the grill it was so large. They bite so hard they pull the rod off the rest everytime, great days fishing but wear midge repellant.

If you've never tried it I'd recommend it, day ticket from Post Office in the small village. Was around £6 last time I went but that's many years ago now.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

I went Carp Fishing yesterday after 90 minutes I was so cold I had to pack up - my first day this year at a local club water. Blanked😢

[Oddjob]

Just had a thought Roo.

I now have a CB650 primary chain tensioner and brand new primary chain tensioner bracket spare.

If your interested you could fit them into the engine whilst it's apart, the bracket is custom made and cost me £50 and the tensioner another £50. You could have them both for £1000 

Just kidding, £100 plus P&P which shouldn't be a lot as they aren't that heavy.

The tensioner is hard to find and the bracket needs a decent engineer to make, I got 2 made for £100 as he couldn't be bothered to make just one so I needed to sweeten the pot so to speak.

Should extend the life of the chain, make it quieter for longer and stop the crankcase damage that a worn primary chain causes. I'll be doing this mod in my engine.

I was going to bung them on Ebay with a new Primary chain, new dampers and the tensioner and bracket for £250 but yours if your interested.

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