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Messages - McCabe-Thiele (Ted)
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« on: April 12, 2023, 05:25:08 PM »
They did mine as well - I agree not cheap but good job.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 10:46:43 PM »
You get tyre flat spots on cars that are only used in the summer so has it been stood for ages. I use some cheap wheels to stand the SL on over the winter. It takes a good 40 miles at 50 mph to spin out the flat spots otherwise
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« on: April 11, 2023, 09:37:02 PM »
I'm going back 40 odd years but yes it was a really odd sensation like a thrumming that was felt up the frame into the handle bars. It was speed sensitive worst at 50 mph.
I didn't know a much about bikes back then - no internet - but a fellow biker said it sounded like a stretched chain causing the issue.
Checking wheel balance and alignment might be a better starting point.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 08:05:40 PM »
I can understand you having an Mot if it's up for sale as it's an added bonus for a prospective buyer even though an Mot is no guarantee of road worthyness.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 07:49:13 PM »
Is the Mot needed or is it an insurance stipulation + I assume it's Historical?
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« on: April 11, 2023, 07:26:46 PM »
I might be way out here but when I had a tramping sensation on my Suzuki 750 GS it was the chain & chain wheels causing the issue. To many wheelies by previous owner.
I could not afford to replace the sprockets & chain so I fitted a new chain only & cured it.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 07:20:49 PM »
Our house was built in 1968 it's termed a Dorma style House as the upstairs bedrooms have sloped ceilings that follow the steep angle of the roof. There was very little rafter insulation - just a thin layer of fiber board - I had insulated the loft rafters with Kingspan type insulation. Our modern condensing boiler was new in 2016.- we retained a hot water tank - I think it's known as a fully pumped system. No mains pressure radiators or hot water by choice.
Following our house fire in November 2017 it was rebuilt to comply with the building control regulations that applied in 2018 so we gained 50 mm Kingspan to the full length of the rafters plus an extra 50 mm Kingspan with attached plaster board to the bedroom walls. Slight downside was we lost about 4 inches off the bedroom widths plus some loss of height on the sloping roof - no biggie as the bedrooms are a good size.
Due to this insulated dome effect our bedrooms are very warm in the summer with a huge ceiling fan a must. In the winter all upstairs radiators are off - even without any upstairs heating its generally 72-78 F. Due to my heart condition I prefer the downstairs rooms to be a minimum of 74 F - I wear three layers of upper clothing to be comfortable.
We will never move from our current home. I have neither the funds nor the inclination to go for any sort of heat pump as there would be no economic return to make it viable. Likewise an all EV is just a joke for most older folk imho.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 05:58:49 PM »
That's partially true of air source heat pumps but not ground source.
True but most housing in England do not have a garden big enough for ground source plus you might find your garden is still frozen in spring.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 05:56:13 PM »
The lathes were all part of the on site maintenance back in the day. It was a Unitary Local Facility back in the Victorian era. They even had a bath house in the main pump building basement where the workers family were allowed 2 hours a week to use the facility. There used to be tied workers cottages close by for all the employees.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 05:44:54 PM »
EV's it's like HMG pushing us into diesel engines a couple of decades ago only on a much bigger scale.
Heat Pumps - another nightmare for the future when they ban gas boilers.
I was thinking of installing a heat pump to run my storage radiators, no gas in my house at all.
Heat pumps work really well in the summer - in the winter when the temperature drops below a certain level (20 to 40 F)you are effectively heating with electricity so not cheap to run unless you have your own solar power & battery storage. They cannot heat normal hot water either. You need really good insulation - something like the equivalent of 6" of Kingspan on all your internal walls plus triple glazing. A porch at the main entry & exit is also handy so you enter effectively via an air lock system - otherwise leaving your front door open for 5 minutes in the winter will take several hours for the temperature to return to pre-door opening levels due to the low temperature gradient between radiators & room.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 03:39:38 PM »
EV's it's like HMG pushing us into diesel engines a couple of decades ago only on a much bigger scale.
Heat Pumps - another nightmare for the future when they ban gas boilers.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 03:36:44 PM »
Not sure which is the more breath taking the bike or the views in the backdrops - looks great Ian on both counts.
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« on: April 11, 2023, 03:33:34 PM »
Top floor view of beam should give video if you click on picture. . top floor by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
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