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These?
https://www.balfesbikes.co.uk/components/finishing-kit/trek-bolt-on-double-cable-housing-guide-in-black__58647?currency=GBP&chosenAttribute=W311726&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiApY-7BhBjEiwAQMrrEbTbvXPG3q0hnzug_qtHQyiaZ-DKreKtHc_ZZmaCqkaYnPQDqN6knxoCqusQAvD_BwE

Or..https://slam69.co.uk/products/dartmoor-bolt-on-cable-guide-for-water-bottle-bosses?srsltid=AfmBOopNiDbqdg39f_O59_VxPKmBcDZzWHRyJOaTccsw3g3NUjF2-LqQ

Maria Sharapova’s drug of choice.

Little sympathy tbh
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/17/virginia-man-dies-bear-fall

Surely the smiley faced lamp belongs in the Hidden faces thread?

which I'd say puts him somewhere on the same scale as Enoch Burke.

It always cheers me up to read that that horrible prick is still banged up

Yes, gsxr of some flavour

Lovely. Mrs Kilo has had a reverso as her daily watch for about twenty years now, she loves it and has never come close to changing it even having bought a few other nice watches in that time

Any recommendations for restaurants in Frankfurt, vegetarian would be good . Cheers

As Mr Smyth says, a plunge cut with an oscillating multi tool would be easier and give a neater finish. They're super useful to have anyway if you're doing bits and pieces of DIY.

The multi tool linked to was excellent (once I put some earplugs in) made it a really easy job . Possibly not the neatest cut but it's going to be covered so I was a bit slapdash

Thanks, appreciated, I’ve ordered the screwfix tool linked to, I think i’ll have a few other bits of work to justify having it as well as the dremel

I have to cut a small hole in a wooden panel, possibly 12cm x 12cm at the most. The wood looks about 5mm thick and I presume it’s plywood. It was used to box in a gas meter (top tip for boxer inners - leave space for the valve handle!)
I was planning to mark out the cut on the wood, drill a small whole in each corner and then use a proper wood cutting disk on a dremel to do the cuts, does this seem like a reasonable plan?

I’m not sure a conventional saw will fit in the space and I have to not hit the gas pipe / meter as well.
Any better plan gratefully received.

Also any ideas for something easy to stick over this new hole that will give some room for the handle rather then try to build a box - some sort of junction box?

I don't think it does. I used to be a bit of a New Order fanboy so had quite a lot of rare stuff including Fac 2 with the original stickers

Obscure badges, used to have a few, the fave being a small Mekons one, always on the inside of my bike jacket.
Still got these though in my ticket stubs pile, Factory records Festival of the tenth summer gig in 1986, still in the original bag.

Been wearing my good watch a lot the last week or so.

Just the front one and the stays are all on the bike and fine. The current one is cracked, but the Evan’s near me only had them in black rather than silver Fortunately a pair of just the guards with no fittings was only three quid more than a single elsewhere so at some stage i’ll change the rear.

I will have the spanner’s to hand.

What size allen keys will I need to replace mudguards? Left the bike at work and forgot to check what i need to bring in tomorrow.

Not usually my thing but I enjoyed your newsletter, very interesting.

I am not a mechanic but siphon out the fuel and replace, maybe flush any old petrol out of fuel lines by running new petrol through, take plugs out, change engine oil, drop some 2t oil into the pots and turn over with plugs out to lube barrels, battery charge up. Is it FI or carb? Was petcock closed or is everything going to be bunged up with old petrol?

Or just charge the battery up and send it.

I know it gets said every time but that Honda is lovely.

Is this an issue when cycling or driving?

For me it’s mainly an issue when either crossing the road or riding the motorbike (some fuckwit delivery scooter tosser doing a stupid overtake by going the side of a traffic island). I don’t drive that much in London anymore and on my bicycle I’m probably more away from their trajectory.
I think it’s a particularly dangerous manoeuvre.

Bikers doing traffic islands on the wrong side is high up on my hate list.
From your description it sounds more than 60% the bikes fault.

Just started Syndrome E on Channel 4, french detective series but already seriously weird in a good way.

I think it’s safe to assume that a body was taken from the bath in those pictures and stuffed in the basement freezer

I've only just started really using my Brompton having bought it off a colleague seven years ago. Changed worn chain and rear sprockets today. Front looks a bit worn too. For a bike that's not used much is there a cheap replacement chainset or is 90 quid for a Brompton one the least hassle? Not particularly interested in changing the bb as that seems ok.

Gpz900r started in 84, fj1100 also 84. I think 85 saw a bit more development in sports bikes so if you can wait until over winter there may be more choice