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Flashster
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United Kingdom
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15 May 2008 19:55 |
My mate has a Maserati Bi-Turbo and he said that he wanted to get the timing belt done with new tensioners etc. He had been quoted ................£1500................. ....but the bold flash said he would do it. I have done them before and its not that difficult as long as you don't get the timing out a tooth or two............ . The kit was £350 and I said to him............
£700 all in and he was over the moon.......................
You know what they say......"A friend in need is a pain in the arse"........................ 
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My name is earl
llandrindod wells,
United Kingdom
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
15 May 2008 19:58 |
tis ok untill something goes wrong then you know who your freinds r.
good luck flash, hope ranger can still do the double, after last nights performance
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Flashster
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United Kingdom
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15 May 2008 20:07 |
I hang my head in shame after the scenes tonight on the news. Hope Man U and Chelsea don't have the same press.............
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 15,827
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Daytona 955i (99-01)
15 May 2008 20:38 |
Football supporters
...says it all really....
http://abowlofstupid.com/.....3/hooligan1.jpg
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Flashster
***ECOSSE***,
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15 May 2008 20:41 |
I've had enough of football for one week.......................
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
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Daytona 955i (99-01)
15 May 2008 20:46 |
I've had enough of it completely. I don't get the media's obsession with it. It's over-reported and all the football phone-ins do my head in with the constant analysis, speculation and armchair experts. There are other sports although at times you'd be hard pushed to know it.
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BM
Isle of Man,
United Kingdom
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15 May 2008 21:00 |
Why do you offer, Flash? 350 reasons by the sound of it 
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Flashster
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15 May 2008 21:34 |
30 years experience doesn't come cheap................
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BM
Isle of Man,
United Kingdom
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15 May 2008 21:41 |
Is it true that copper wire was invented by two Scotsmen fighting over a penny?
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Flashster
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15 May 2008 21:43 |
Sigh.....................
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BM
Isle of Man,
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15 May 2008 21:45 |
C'mon.... That's straight from Sir Billy of Connolly.
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Flashster
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15 May 2008 21:47 |
Having travelled all over the world the English are the tightest crowd I've seen. Loads of examples but the one I remember was the guy with his family in Spain with a calculator adding up the total for lunch,then gets the waiter over to say they had been charged 5 euros more than they had been yesterday for the same food.........I think I may have passed on that one. 
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BM
Isle of Man,
United Kingdom
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15 May 2008 21:49 |
They'll be Southerners though. A good Naaaarthan lad would've called the waiter over and bunged him a tenner.
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Flashster
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15 May 2008 21:50 |
A Scot would have taken him on a night out.................. ......all expenses paid.........................
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BM
Isle of Man,
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15 May 2008 21:52 |
A Naaarthener would've paid off his mortgage.
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Ash (BlackBlade)
Skating Away...,
New Caledonia
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Speed Triple (05->)
15 May 2008 21:52 |
Well I know where to come to get mine done when it next needs it - it's about a grand on the RS and it's every 40k!
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BM
Isle of Man,
United Kingdom
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15 May 2008 21:54 |
I can undercut Flash but you'll have to bring it to the Isle of Man. Oh, and I don't know what I'm doing...
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Flashster
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15 May 2008 21:54 |
No probs Ash.................
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torbay,
United Kingdom
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Sprint ST (05->)
15 May 2008 22:05 |
Tis the burden of the "nicer" class of person Flash. I fixed a neighbours "new" (2001 really), Focus diesal estate. Changed the oil and filter and had a set too with the drivers side 'leccy window. £191 later, 'tis fixed (you have to buy the whole bloody lot - motor and all from Ford, not just the bloody cable, which was all that had bust) and now he wants me to do the cambelt on that before he goes on holiday. On Monday. And he NEVER pays me a penny!
Can I come down to you and change the cambelt on the Maser for a half cut?
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BM
Isle of Man,
United Kingdom
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15 May 2008 22:33 |
That's shit PG. My dad was a bit of a mug (no offence) like that. Always doing jobs for people and too soft to take or ask for a penny.
I had a mate who wanted his CBR600 serviced. I refused because he's so fucking clueless he'd have thought any and all problems he had from then on were in some way associated with whatever service work I'd done. I told him to get a manual and some tools and I'd talk him through it. As far as I know, the bike's still on the same oil...
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
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Daytona 955i (99-01)
15 May 2008 23:00 |
You only learn by doing.....I'd never pulled a clutch until today but with the right tools, a manual and some cheap digital verniers it has so far proved a piece of piss and I haven't even had to drain the oil.
People are either too lazy or somehow afraid to tackle jobs.
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BM
Isle of Man,
United Kingdom
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16 May 2008 09:37 |
In his case he was too fucking tight but I think it's largely fear.
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