More Manshed Therapy Nov 16/17 SE QLD

[X-Ray]

Midday is fine Paul, and I think is it Cadtrol 4T I've  been using for a while now, works well. You can even use the lift table for the oil change, makes it nice and easy.

[Arnie]

Don't start the "oil war" again :-) 
I use and recommend any of the Diesel CH-4 15-40W oils.
Castrol, Shell, and Valvolene as well as Penrite, Nulon, etc are all good choices.

Arnie 

Bugger, I was thinking it was 23rd Nov & just promised someone I would do a job for them sat. morning.  I'll still try to get there by midday.  Paul (Burleigh) 

All I want to do is an oil & Filter change. I have a K&N filter, but does anyone have a recommendation on engine oil ??

[ken65]

hay ray, hows it going mate?  we sure had some rain tonight here at brighton, anyway heres a question or 2 for you, the forecast for manshed day to the best of my knowledge is some showers with maybe a  storm or 2, similar to today,  i just dont want to be wondering if im going to get caught out in it?  ,yeah i know,,,,  im a soft cock,  anyway these manshed days are 1 of the highlights of my miserable existence and i enjoy them immensely but i hate the uncertainly that goes with this weather at the moment, if i pull the pin at 7am sat morning , you'll have to be gentle with me, ,    anyway fingers crossed,   ken....

[X-Ray]

I have an idea Ken that Sat morning will be perfect just like it is now, maybe get a little shower through the day, plenty of cover, all will be good.  

Theres also a massive deck to chill on for lunch etc.

[ken65]

excellent ray, its beautifull outside here, 1st real good rain we've had here in awhile and everything is washed, even took the car out in it for 20 minutes for a clean, , se ya

[stua1959]

Ray, I wont be coming down now. My fork seals didnt turn up and I dont want to ride it any more than I have to and get oil all over my new brake pads. Hope u all have a great day and will catch up next time
Stu

[oz.fj]

hay ray, hows it going mate?  we sure had some rain tonight here at brighton, anyway heres a question or 2 for you, the forecast for manshed day to the best of my knowledge is some showers with maybe a  storm or 2, similar to today,  i just dont want to be wondering if im going to get caught out in it?  ,yeah i know,,,,  im a soft cock,  anyway these manshed days are 1 of the highlights of my miserable existence and i enjoy them immensely but i hate the uncertainly that goes with this weather at the moment, if i pull the pin at 7am sat morning , you'll have to be gentle with me, ,    anyway fingers crossed,   ken....

Well Ken
What do you reckon?
Going to take a chance and live a little 
We are heading off at 7

Darran & LB

[X-Ray]

No worries Stu, it's cloudy here but nothing to worry about.

[ken65]

hey darren , lucky i rolled the dice, 
dry as a bone both ways,
as always good to catch up with you bunch, ,


ken

[X-Ray]

Ken, you and Harv really should have stayed, you missed on helluva hail show . I'll do a write up later, going to have a shower to get rid of the stinky old fork oil smell. 

[ken65]

hay ray,   were they the size of golf balls?   anyway i would have loveD to have stayed longer but Harvy made me leave,,,, hehe,   seriously though it was perfect timing leaving when we did, ,, here's the thing , we could see these    "  you are dead if you get caught in these storms,"     but guess what , ? we just soldiered on and all was well, hardly a drop,,,  but i have to admit , poor old harvy was getting cut off left right and centre by nitwits not looking where they were going,  ..   anyway ,, were's the next manshed thing ?
?

[Arnie]

Glad to hear all you lucky guys didn't get clobbered by the TENNIS BALL sized (according to ABC.net.au) hailstones.  Those could hurt!.
Is this another example of beautiful one day, perfect the next? :-)

Arnie

[Bones]

hay ray,   were they the size of golf balls?   anyway i would have loveD to have stayed longer but Harvy made me leave,,,, hehe,   seriously though it was perfect timing leaving when we did, ,, here's the thing , we could see these    "  you are dead if you get caught in these storms,"     but guess what , ? we just soldiered on and all was well, hardly a drop,,,  but i have to admit , poor old harvy was getting cut off left right and centre by nitwits not looking where they were going,  ..   anyway ,, were's the next manshed thing ?
?

I don't know how you and Harvy managed to dodge those storms Ken, but you would NOT want to be getting clobbered with these. The noise on the tin roof was deafening.

Anyway, Thanks Ray for having the Manshed day at your place, you've got a great setup there, plenty of room and all the gear. You'll have to let us know how your forks are once their back on the bike. A few pics.




Here's one of the damper rod length for Alf

It was a great day,hail storm and all, and look forward to the next one.

                                                         Tony.

[Stainesy]

Once again I had an interesting 'man shed therapy' day.  First off I got lost on the way and almost ended up at Beaudesert before I realised that I'd overshot the turn off.  Then when I finally did manage to locate X-ray's sprawling country estate I made an embarrassing and undignified entry as my 3XW rolled forward off the side stand on a slight downhill and fell onto her left side snapping the clutch lever, cracking the fairing in two spots near the left indicator, scratching my new left side 1250 Bandit mirror and scratching the left side engine guard bar.  Oh well; a few cosmetic blemishes which I'll fix pretty quick.  Then caught up with the crew of top notch FJ 'mechanics' assembled in the spacious and well equipped workshop and over the next few hours I mostly watched with complete and utter amazement as a number of highly technical and difficult procedures where completed on a couple of bikes.  We broke for a bar-b-que lunch on what could only be described as a massive entertainment deck built to house 30 to 50 people in comfort while overlooking a glittering swimming pool and wildlife corridor.  And not long after lunch we were hit with that 'storm' with hail.  As the photos show, the hail was pretty big and with thousands of them hitting the tin roof of the big shed and the adjoining carport the noise was deafening and it went on for a long time; perhaps 20 minutes or more.  After the storm and a quick check for damage, the mechanics were back into their arduous work, ripping the forks off x-ray's bike and doing their full reconditioning magic.  So, as I mentioned at the start, "I had an interesting 'man shed therapy' day.    Many thanks to the boys and a big special thanks to X-ray and Mrs X-ray for opening their wonderful home and providing great hospitality to a motley FJ crew.

[The General]

Real sorry I couldn`t be there Ray. Great Pics and obviously a great day! Nice report Stainsey though sad ta hear of your Mishap...I did ask for a bit of rain to cool things down on the Concrete Trent (Little Adventure) laid on Friday...I forgot about tha different degrees of "Cool!"