Monday, November 2, 2015

Catching Up

Log Item: This past weekend I spent Saturday with kids and trick-or-treating related Halloween stuff. Sunday offered a bit of a respite so utilizing the Archimedes solution to an axel bolt with 167 foot pounds (226 Newton Meters)** of torque locking it down to factory specifications, I pulled the mufflers, pulled the tire and tossed it into the back of the truck.

     **Note, Ducati factory specs quote Newtons, not foot pounds

As I get my life ship shape and Bristol Fashion and make all preparations for getting underway. The tire should be replaced tomorrow morning sometime. I'll pick it up in the afternoon on the way home from running around. 




None of this galavanting has anything to do with work. It's all personal life catch-up and button up. Which is bad because I bill for hours and I'm not doing that. It's also good because a number of needful things are being addressed in order.

And yes, I put the tire in the back of the truck without a towel around it, but no, I'm not going to leave it like that. I will keep everything neat and clean. In a way it's good to have the tire off the scooter because I can get in and clean some road grime away from places hard to reach when it's in place. 
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6 comments:

  1. Jules November 3, 2015 at 12:55 AM

    Hark at you coming out with British nautical phrases!

    Just need you Americans to spell TYRE properly.

    I expect that bike to be gleaming next time I see it on here.

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    1. LLNovember 3, 2015 at 5:54 AM

      The American Navy (in a sense) descended from the Royal Navy. Now (alas) there isn't much of a Royal Navy remaining. As a former US Naval Officer, you should understand that there is still a bit of tar on me.

      However having said that, I will spell tire with a "y" as soon as you fix your silent "u" problem (colour, glamour, etc.). And the letter "z" is pronounced "zee", not "zed"... (George Bernard Shaw said that the US and Britain were two peoples, separated by a common language)

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  2. Jules November 3, 2015 at 7:21 AM

    My answer to that is...who has been speaking it longest, eh? ;)

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    1. LLNovember 3, 2015 at 10:06 AM

      You're not speaking the language of Beowulf either...I can only suggest a few modest changes, such as calling crisps, potato chips -- and calling chips, french fries...

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  3. BrigNovember 3, 2015 at 4:18 PM

    Glad to see the socket worked. Those of us that are into neat and tidy are often besmurked by those who aren't...

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    1. LLNovember 3, 2015 at 7:47 PM

      The new tire is mounted and the Diavel is ready to go!

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