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Muahahahahaha

Went into the bike shop yesterday asking about new clutch plates, and was talking to the fellow there about how the clutch doesn’t fully release when you pull it in, and doesn’t fully grip when you let it out, and how the gears are really tricky, and he suggested i might be using the wrong type of oil in the engine.

When I mentioned I was running the Shell Helix that I used to use in the car, he pointed out that apparently you’re supposed to use a special oil in bike engines, because they share the oil between the engine, gearbox, and (in the case of my bike with a ‘wet’ clutch) the clutch..

So i did a full oil+filter change last night with this new Shell Advance motorcycle oil. As I was pouring the stuff in, I knew it was different – it was sticky, like honey, rather than being ‘just oil’ that the Helix stuff is..

Took he bike for a spin afterwards, and all I can say is HOLY CRAP! I can rev the bike out to the redline without a drop in power, there’s a LOT more compression there, and the gearbox is a lot smoother (much ‘tighter’ to change, but it doesn’t do its annoying kick-back thing as you try to change gear, just slides right in).

Yes, definitely a success.. – Arrived at work this morning with a huge grin on my face – there’s something extremely satisfying about passing cars while screaming along at 8500 rpm 😉

Kaboom!

Today was supposed to be my day off! Popped into the office to do a bit of pottering, and heard this strange bang noise.. went to investigate and found the whole server room offline.. – turns out our UPS exploded!
Ended up running power cables all over the office to get things back up – Piller weren’t answering the phone (what use is a support contract if they’re not open outside of work hour?), so I’ll have to hassle them out tomorrow to get the thing fixed..

Fun fun!

Had a BBQ over at Josh’s place last night.. – Raz, Saf, and some other bloke came down from sydney, Josh’s brother was up from Wodonga, and kel and some other fellow from canberra rocked up, along with Josh’s neighbour.. – Had a damned good time, though i obviously need to take more notice of music, as most of the conversation for the night revolved around whether x metal band was better than y metal band..
Made my exit when everyone headed up the road to a pub.. Sounded like too many people for me, but all up it was a great night 🙂

Argh, tired!

Ok well that was a mammoth effort! In the office till 7 oclock both nights, but got it all cleaned up quite nicely 🙂

What a mess!

The NRI guys left today – holy crap their office area is a mess! Might come in on the weekend and clean it up a bit..