Seven Purple Ham Pants

The couch keeps getting smaller, and I stay the same.

Achievement Unlocked: Finished one side of a Rubix Cube.

Gone is one, and welcomed is another.

I sold my old bike, the Ninja. It's now in the hands of a fellow named "Peter".
I was sick of it, and didn't use it much for road anyway.

Sold it on Friday morning. Then spent the weekend making calls about bikes and such, only to go and purchase one in Adelong on Monday afternoon. Thanks to Jase again for driving me out there.

Bought it from a nice old man called "Peter".

Its a 1998 Yamaha TTR600 Belgarda. Its "fully sick mate".

Can't wait for the dirt biking weekend coming up.
BOYAH!

Bought some clutch plates for the Bantam.
I'm going to start taking it apart soon.

Yeh.... progress.

I made a list of things I need to do with the bike.
Here it is.

Mechanical:
Clutch plates
Rings
Carbie
Final Drive Chain
Chain
Front Brake overhaul
Rear brake overhaul
Kick Start return spring
Straighten rims and get new tyres.

Cosmetic:
Panel beat fenders straight
Professional Re-Spray of coverings - British Racing Green
- Insert at Knee area of tank. Cream over with BSA Logo. Possible chicken
- Pin striping highlights
Professional Re-Spray of frame (inc forks) - Black
Professional Re-Spray of wheels
Re-Upholster Seat - Black Leather
Dual saddle bags - Black leather, rigid
Working lights, head light and tail light.
Polish engine block.
Re-Paint head (Where the piston goes and has fins) black
Get new header pipe, stainless steel.
Polish silencer
BSA Logo on tool kit. 2 shifters, 1 flat head and a small hammer for tool kit.
Horn down the main clamp
Foot Peg Rubbers
Front fork gaitors

And off I go...



Re the below post.
Me and Josh are square again.

Welcome to my new reader Rod.
He's my boss.
Everyone say Hi.

So, I am posting this from home, and there is no gun to my head.

Work is awesome!!!!

I can't really post about how much I slack off, because my boss reads it, but I can hint at it....

But hey, he helped.
We spent time using his mobile phone as a remote control for Daniels (Workmate) laptop. Was cool.

Job is great, learning alot of cool new things.

Please don't fire me..... I need this.... I have debts....

Two posts in as many days, somethings gone mental!!!

Had my interview with the lovley people at KPMG yesterday. They seemed like nice people. At the moment there is only 1 other techie for the 200 people. And I would change that to two.
Its just looking after the network and computers. Fixing email, and the phones (Phones have been down once in 8 years aparently) re-imaging PC's when people leave. Fixing random issues.
At the moment with 1 person its to much and the guy doesn't even get a lunch break. So our shifts would be staggered so that at least 1 person is there are all times.
And there is 8 Partners of the company there. They are the CEO's (8 of 200 of them....) and they said they were nice people to deal with. Just got to make a good impression first up.
The only thing I am worried about is the dress code. Casual Friday is "No Tie Friday". Its all suits baby. Because they have clients coming into the office some times, and aparently an IT Tech in smart casual is a bad image.
At 45k though, its something I could do, till something better comes along.

Oh, and the bikes are mostly back together, I'm not sure if Josh reads this but I was the reason the front brake didn't go on very well, I kinda pressed the lever when it was off the bike.
On the bright side, I was also the one that fixed it. So it kinda evens out.
If the front brakes blow up from a bad seal, that would be my fault, but it looks fine.
Except for the lack of mud guards, chain and tank, mine and Jase's bike is almost ready to roll.
Had to buy a new second hand rear shock ($150), some random clamps and bolts for the bark bashers ($25), made an exhaust mount from some metal we had lieing around, and probably pick up a new second hand tank, as ours has a leak, dispite covering the leaking area in various goo's and plastic welding with cable ties.
The exhaust still has these 2 tiny holes in it that I covered with exhaust goo, but we shall see if it seals when we start it up.
If not, might have to get that welded.

Karyn's bike that Josh is doing up is also up and running, with re-sealed front forks ($180) and a new rear shock ($150, both of which he still owes me for). We were even able to start it up again yesterday.

PS - Garage has, Ducati 750SS, Kawasaki ZX-6R, Yamaha YZF R6 Road bike, Yamaha YZF R6 Race bike, KLR250 (Karyns), KX 250 2-Stroke (Jase and I), XR250 (Trying to sell), CR250 2 Stroke (Joshs).

And we will be dirt biking either Saturday Arvo and sleep out there for more on Sunday, or just Sunday.

At the moment, I'm back from the footy.
We won.

Got a call from Jase at work today. And he asked if I would like to go to the Union.
Brumbies v the Western Force.
When we got there, Jase handed me (The designated driver) a VIP parking pass.
We parked about 2 minutes away from the gate.
When we got there I said that because I was driving, they had to pay my ticket.
To my uber surprise, Jase whipped out 3 Corporate box pass's.

We went into the box. It was smaller than I thought it would be.

They got 12 seats outside, 12 seats inside, free food and free booze.

Since its 12:15, I will sum things up.

Brumbies won.
Little George did a bit of biff, which was awesome.
It was cool. Had a great time.

But it didn't feel like rugby.
Rugby should be an $8 warm beer, and a $5 cold pie.

I had quiche and sprite..... free.

Ok, I had this thought a while ago, but it needs writing down.

You have Rock, you have Paper and you have Scissors.

Rock beats Scissors,
Scissors beats Paper,
and Paper beats rock.

As Zapp Branigan would say "Kiff, we have a conundrum."
But I have solved this problem.

Rock beats Scissors, you get a rock, bash some scissors, you got some smashed scissors, cant cut shit. Works.
Scissors beats paper, paper gets cut up, you got confetti, its not paper. Works.
Paper beats rock. You get paper, and a rock. Cover the rock with paper... know what you got? A rock covered with paper, its still a fucking rock. Can still smash scissors with it cant you? DOESN'T FUCKING WORK!

Therefore, rock beats all.
You now know how to win.
Anyone argues, direct them to the pants.

Managed to get my Doc appointment today, as work sprung a compulsory meeting for tomorrow morning.
So I changed my appointment for this arvo and left early.

Liver not so good. So I'm stopping drinking, for a while.
Kidneys fine.
Blood count fine.
Iron fine.
Folate low. Can get tablets.
B12 almost low.
NOT DIABETIC!
I'm Fat. Gym will rectify this.
And I might possibly get Gout if I'm not careful. Which is a kind of Arthritis. So I need to read a piece of paper and find out how to guard against that. Apparently its one of the most painful "things" you can get.
My Cyst (Garry) has gone, and they cant excise it, coz its gone. But from what I gathered, if it comes back, they cant cut it out when its infected, which is why I took the tablets, but then it disappears, and they cant get it.
Doc suggested better neck hygiene.
But I shower every day, got Josh to cut the hair away from there, I was my hair every day. I was my neck with soap and a medicated wash as well.
We shall see.

Not gunna die. That is all.

Just did a 800k+ ride over Friday Saturday.
Me on my Ninja, Josh was on his newly rebuilt Ducati, and Jase was on a BMW off road touring thing.
Fucker was seated straight, heated hand grips, comfy seat....

That new helmet I got was the best purchase ever.
SO comfy, even at high speeds (200kh), where my old one wanted to tear it off my head.

I had my MP3 player of dhoom cranked up to 32 (Its highest volume), and playing such hits as:
Paul Van Dyke - Ibiza (23min)
Third Eye Blind - My Hit and Run (About a motorcycle crash)
Rancid - Out of Control (A song I have crashed a car to)
Tommy Lee - Crash (A song about crashing)
F1 Monte Carlo Remix (This song was playing when I did a 200kph run on the trip, not a car in sight, straight long road. Grass all around, looked awesome.)
NFSU Sound Track
Random Prodigy
Random Offspring.

As for the ride, there was some nice low speed twisties, nice high speed sections (Averaged 110, damn cops).

Just on the section of road from Canberra to Braidwood, there was about 5 cop cars. And maybe another 3 or 4 down to Cann River.
1 Right after Cann River, and 2 near Cooma.
Almost all of them were brand spanking new Commiewhores, with bright green or dark blue paint.

My wrists were killing me, and my ass wanted to leave after the first few 100k's.

Here's a map.
http://josh.wild3d.net/toby/2daytrip.JPG

We stayed overnight at the Cann River Hotel. Had a Parmagana there, was nice. They used real pan fried chicken, not deep fried re-processed chicken. And also mince as part of the sauce, and the chips had stuck to the melted cheese.
We got a 6 pack of Burbon n Coke, watched the Simpsons, chatted for a while and had an early night.
I kept waking up every hour almost, bad nights sleep.
But apparently my snoring also woke Jase up. Oh well.....

The whole section from Cann River home, looked like New Zealand, Hawaii, Scotland.
Just to the most awesome looking scenery ever.
No sign of a drought, it was green, green and more fucking green.

I ended up spending a fuckload on petrol. Need to get the bike checked and tuned, shouldn't have chewed that much petrol.
I filled up at at Canberra, Batemans Bay, Bega, Cann River, Ran out on the way to Cooma (Switched to reserve), filled up again at Cooma, and home.

Awesome fun. Despite my wrists killing me. My ass feeling like its been pounded by some black prisoner called Bubba and my wallet feeling burned.

Might do it next long weekend. Or maybe next easter. Dedicated easter trip could be fun.