Manshed Therapy Sept 28th SE QLD

[dayta]

still dumping down in short spurts out my way..lots of lightning too...think I will give it an hour or so to blow through and try to head up mid morning

Rob

[roverfj1200]

Thanks again for hosting a good event.

Good to see everyone too.

Cheers

[Harvy]

Just pulled into home from another mighty day!
A couple of new faces today and we got a good bit done on Dougs bike........it is no longer hanging from the ceiling!

Here is an overview of about 3/4 of the bikes in Neil Dodd's private collection......... amazing what you can find in an industrial shed in a back street.




Thanks for hosting another great day Doug.

Harvy

[Bones]

Thanks Doug for organizing the manshed day, I felt like a robot in a production line  at the start doing timing mods, but was glad to be of service. Also glad my sophisticated bracket done it's job.

That museum was a bit of an eye opener, old industrial shed in a back street , nice little collection to boot.

All in all a good day, met some more members, and look forward to the next one

                                                  Tony.

[baldy3853]

Hi Doug great day again everything from the work done in the shed to the Sausage sizzle and the Museum many thanks for organising it 

I have realised I've left my camera in your car, I need it for next weekend and will be up your way Tuesday.

Baldy

[The General]

Just a quick report - more later cause I`m off to work....What an incredibly fantastic day. They started pouring in the gate around 8am.

They jumped on tha coffee while Richard went for breakfast with the pervert!

Dash & Harvy Knew where they wanted to start.

Tony went straight to showing off his anti rattlegun bracket for the timing mod.

That got Everbody`s interest.

Newbie Paul, that we ran into at Haigslee recently, seemed a bit dubious of this Motley bunch.
Rob, another newbie, along with all of us got a bit worried when the whole inner and Outer Bearing of the engine Mount dislodged. At that stage Baldy mentioned that he`d never had that happen before....Ever. ...By the time he had repeated that for the 6th time and was about to enter the foetal position beside the pervert, Prob was solved and Rob seemed relieved he didn`t have ta sleep with the same accused pervert taht Saturday night!

.....To be continued...

[ken65]

thanks doug for a great time, a good day, enjoyed the museum, thanks tony for doing the timing mod to my bike, who would have thought an extra 10hp was waiting to be tapped for free and thanks again doug for lending me the air hark to try out, feels like your riding on a cushion of air, ,   ken

[dayta]

just wanted to thank everyone for a fantastic day yesterday..I had a ball. Special thanks to Doug for hosting and baldy for pulling my bike apart and nearly not getting it back together again..added lots of flavour to the day..cheers to Tony and Harvey for all there help also.

amazing tour through Neil`s private collection..feel very fortunate that I was able to be apart of that experience...

Just a great bunch of blokes enjoying everything FJ, having a couple of beers and sharing stories...dosn't get much better....unless you want to talk about the rugby of course....LoL.

Thanks again to all who came...as everyone made me feel welcome.

cheers 

Rob

[ribbert]

Tony went straight to showing off his anti rattlegun bracket for the timing mod.

That got Everbody`s interest.

Good bit of improv there.

[Bones]

Tony went straight to showing off his anti rattlegun bracket for the timing mod.

That got Everbody`s interest.

Good bit of improv there.

Thanks Noel, worked like a charm.

[The General]

We soldiered on at a relaxed pace...


Rob, (Dayta) remembered his shorts but forgot his knee pads:


Harvy got 1 shoe on FJ3 but was a bit miffed how tha brake restraint restrained"


Xray could see what was goin on:


Meanwhile the bikes were backing up:


Jimmy1 gave us a little demo of his recommendation for a puncture kit and we took a break for lunch up the road at a mate`s shed. Unfortunately I left the Camera at home (with the bread) but it was pretty special, with lots of banter, great tucker and even informed debate on the best air seat - The Shed owner snuck in too for a coupla beers and I didn`t have ta shoot anyone cause they were all lost by the time we got there.

So Baldy kept us moving and in no time we were back home and they had 2 shoes on the Hanging fj3:


But we ran into a little prob with a broken Frame Bolt that will require surgery at a later date:


It was time of great celebration as we lowered her to the floor.


Mark (horse), Xray & Paul headed off home.


Baldy eventually hosed himself off & put on some fresh Clothes after a mighty all day effort- and he was off on a date, while there were back slaps and hand shakes all round as my street rumbled again from all that Horsepower heading off to respective homes.

I settled down to a quiet beer, just me, Pervert and FJ3 and thought what a great lot of blokes own FJ`s. The Secretary General also asked me to send on her extra special thanks. 

[X-Ray]

Doug, another great day, and as I think I mentioned last time, you really do spoil us at these Manshed days. Just sorry I had to leave early, I would have stayed till dark to help with FJ3.
Great effort by Tony with his Timing Mod production line, (Ken really loves his extra 10HP  ), Baldy, Harv and Daran looking after FJ3 and also Robs engine mount fix. Paul, Mark and I had a good run home, Mark had an exceptional run actually as we lost sight of him,  , but I was happy just to plod along on the way home, was a bit tired.

I was going to stop at the Shell with you Paul, but I had to keep going, got back to the campsite just as the sun was disappearing, (but just as dinner was being served, talk about timing!)

Thanks again everyone, loved it, maybe sneak in another 1 or 2 before March?