| Unnecessary revving [message #764591] |
Sun, 04 June 2006 22:21 |
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A bloke who lives in a street adjacent to ours revs the tits out of his bike
before he sets off, and its a big bastard.
Is this normal, I would have thought it was harmful.
The fucker woke me up twice this morning.
Its the same when a biker is behind at traffic lighs, are you just keeping
the wanking wrist supple or what?
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764605 ] |
Sun, 04 June 2006 22:49 |
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"R D S" <rsandr [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4egtlvF1dc508U1 [at] individual.net...
>A bloke who lives in a street adjacent to ours revs the tits out of his
>bike before he sets off, and its a big bastard.
Is that a new make I've not heard of before? Is it like a Triumph or a Kwak,
or is it more like a Harely?
> Is this normal, I would have thought it was harmful.
Broken sleep *can* be quite harmful I'm lead to believe.
> The fucker woke me up twice this morning.
Looks like you're in trouble.
> Its the same when a biker is behind at traffic lighs, are you just keeping
> the wanking wrist supple or what?
Why else?
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Beav
VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764673 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 00:01 |
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R D S wrote:
> A bloke who lives in a street adjacent to ours revs the tits out of his bike
> before he sets off, and its a big bastard.
> Is this normal, I would have thought it was harmful.
> The fucker woke me up twice this morning.
> Its the same when a biker is behind at traffic lighs, are you just keeping
> the wanking wrist supple or what?
Maybe it won't tick over. Or maybe he's an idiot. It's hard to say. I
think you should ask him.
I've always been puzzled why people blip the throttle just before
setting off from traffic lights myself.
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764748 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 08:41 |
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"GungaDan" <dan.edge1 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>I've always been puzzled why people blip the throttle just before
>setting off from traffic lights myself.
I don't know why people blip the throttle just before switching their
engine off.
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d.
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764758 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 09:07 |
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R D S wrote:
> A bloke who lives in a street adjacent to ours revs the tits out of
> his bike before he sets off, and its a big bastard. Is this normal,
> I would have thought it was harmful.
It's only normal if you're a fuckwit with no idea about engines. Try
pointing this out to him.
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Krusty.
http://www.muddystuff.co.uk
http://www.muddystuff.us
Off-road classifieds
'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger (FOYRNB) '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764760 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 09:28 |
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On 5 Jun 2006 07:07:53 GMT, "Krusty" <dontwantany [at] nowhere.invalid>
wrote:
>It's only normal if you're a fuckwit with no idea about engines. Try
>pointing this out to him.
I heard a small engine start up last Sunday, early morning. I was out
on the patio having a fag, when I heard what I thought was a strimmer
or mower fire up - then as it rose up the rpm scale I settled on
two-stroke strimmer. A long minute later, the second cylinder chimed
in and the 'strimmer' turned into a bike.
The rpm continued to rise and rise ... "NUG" it went.
Silence returned, only dinged around the edge by a faint thumping, as
of an empty vessel against a garage door.
--
Pip: B12
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764766 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 10:03 |
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Pip wrote:
> On 5 Jun 2006 07:07:53 GMT, "Krusty" <dontwantany [at] nowhere.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> > It's only normal if you're a fuckwit with no idea about engines. Try
> > pointing this out to him.
>
> I heard a small engine start up last Sunday, early morning. I was out
> on the patio having a fag, when I heard what I thought was a strimmer
> or mower fire up - then as it rose up the rpm scale I settled on
> two-stroke strimmer. A long minute later, the second cylinder chimed
> in and the 'strimmer' turned into a bike.
>
> The rpm continued to rise and rise ... "NUG" it went.
>
> Silence returned, only dinged around the edge by a faint thumping, as
> of an empty vessel against a garage door.
Heh. Where was Lozzo whilst all this was happening, & did a large
quantity of Kleenex mysteriously vanish at around the same time?
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Krusty.
http://www.muddystuff.co.uk
http://www.muddystuff.us
Off-road classifieds
'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger (FOYRNB) '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764767 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 10:03 |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:28:33 +0100, Pip
<gingerblokeNOSPAM [at] NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>On 5 Jun 2006 07:07:53 GMT, "Krusty" <dontwantany [at] nowhere.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>>It's only normal if you're a fuckwit with no idea about engines. Try
>>pointing this out to him.
>
>I heard a small engine start up last Sunday, early morning. I was out
>on the patio having a fag, when I heard what I thought was a strimmer
>or mower fire up - then as it rose up the rpm scale I settled on
>two-stroke strimmer. A long minute later, the second cylinder chimed
>in and the 'strimmer' turned into a bike.
>
>The rpm continued to rise and rise ... "NUG" it went.
>
>Silence returned, only dinged around the edge by a faint thumping, as
>of an empty vessel against a garage door.
Loz has bought another RD400, then?
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764778 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 10:57 |
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R D S wrote:
> A bloke who lives in a street adjacent to ours revs the tits out of his bike
> before he sets off, and its a big bastard.
> Is this normal, I would have thought it was harmful.
> The fucker woke me up twice this morning.
> Its the same when a biker is behind at traffic lighs, are you just keeping
> the wanking wrist supple or what?
Maybe he thinks you're a cunt and wants to wake you up
every morning, so gives it a handful just to be annoying?
--
Anront
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764906 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 16:05 |
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darsy wrote:
> I don't know why people blip the throttle just before switching their
> engine off.
>
To wash the oil from the bores thereby shortening the life of their engine.
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Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24
OMF #15
UKRMMA #30
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This will be ready soon:
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764908 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 16:06 |
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Paul Carmichael <arse [at] tit.com> wrote:
>darsy wrote:
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>> I don't know why people blip the throttle just before switching their
>> engine off.
>>
>To wash the oil from the bores thereby shortening the life of their engine.
ah, I see - everything becomes clear. Personally, I tend to let the
bike idle for 30-60 seconds before switching off - maybe I'm just
strange, though.
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d.
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764915 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 16:24 |
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darsy wrote
>Paul Carmichael <arse [at] tit.com> wrote:
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>>darsy wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know why people blip the throttle just before switching their
>>> engine off.
>>>
>>To wash the oil from the bores thereby shortening the life of their engine.
>
>ah, I see - everything becomes clear. Personally, I tend to let the
>bike idle for 30-60 seconds before switching off - maybe I'm just
>strange, though.
There is no doubt that this is the one and only time during a ride that
asking myself the question "Am I getting off now" in the context of
turning off the ignition ever occurs.
If it ain't going nowhere turn the fucker off. Until then keep the
throttle as wide open as you can get it, else there ain't no point.
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steve auvache
one step closer to The Perfect Date.
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764918 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 17:08 |
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"darsy" <darsy [at] sticky.co.uk> wrote in message
news:pfk782plq7m6u9jsp1oo7gonks260k4h7q [at] 4ax.com...
> "GungaDan" <dan.edge1 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I've always been puzzled why people blip the throttle just before
>>setting off from traffic lights myself.
>
>
> I don't know why people blip the throttle just before switching their
> engine off.
I've heard various explanations over the years and the "best" one was "It
fills the carbs and makes starting next time easier".
This *may* have had some credence in the days when tickling carbs before
prodding the lever was necessary, but I don't think it's the case these
days.
It's really just willy waving though, innit?
--
Beav
VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764920 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 17:09 |
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"Paul Carmichael" <arse [at] tit.com> wrote in message
news:4eirovF1ek9bjU1 [at] individual.net...
> darsy wrote:
>
>> I don't know why people blip the throttle just before switching their
>> engine off.
>
> To wash the oil from the bores thereby shortening the life of their
> engine.
I always wondered about this. I knew a guy whose dad built a kit car, and he
always gave it some revs just as he switched the engine off. Told me it was
good for the engine, but I thought it just seemed like a dumb thing to do.
--
Dan White
(dan [at] finex666.org.uk)
Perform an exorcism when replying.
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #764962 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 18:06 |
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Pip said...
> On 5 Jun 2006 07:07:53 GMT, "Krusty" <dontwantany [at] nowhere.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >It's only normal if you're a fuckwit with no idea about engines. Try
> >pointing this out to him.
>
> I heard a small engine start up last Sunday, early morning. I was out
> on the patio having a fag, when I heard what I thought was a strimmer
> or mower fire up - then as it rose up the rpm scale I settled on
> two-stroke strimmer. A long minute later, the second cylinder chimed
> in and the 'strimmer' turned into a bike.
>
> The rpm continued to rise and rise ... "NUG" it went.
>
> Silence returned, only dinged around the edge by a faint thumping, as
> of an empty vessel against a garage door.
Blimey, didn't know there was a Kawasaki KR-1 around here.
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Lozzo
GSX-R1000 K1
GSF600SW
"Loz has a god, and this god of his has 16 valves" (tm) Pip, May '06
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #765011 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 19:56 |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Beav"
<beavis.original [at] ntlwoxorld.com> saying something like:
>> I don't know why people blip the throttle just before switching their
>> engine off.
>
>I've heard various explanations over the years and the "best" one was "It
>fills the carbs and makes starting next time easier".
>
>This *may* have had some credence in the days when tickling carbs before
>prodding the lever was necessary, but I don't think it's the case these
>days.
It used to actually work on the SUs - but not throttle, just pull the
choke as you switched off. Made morning cold starting much easier.
>It's really just willy waving though, innit?
Certainly is on a modern kit wivva V-something anna loud pipe.
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Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
Teeth of the Jungle.
Folding [at] Home Team UKRM http://www.tinyurl.com/jkxwv
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| Re: Unnecessary revving [message #765042 ] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 21:16 |
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimly4REMOVE [at] REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
news:sur882lppj6vs8097qj95qefqctmuq621s [at] 4ax.com...
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Beav"
> <beavis.original [at] ntlwoxorld.com> saying something like:
>
>>> I don't know why people blip the throttle just before switching their
>>> engine off.
>>
>>I've heard various explanations over the years and the "best" one was "It
>>fills the carbs and makes starting next time easier".
>>
>>This *may* have had some credence in the days when tickling carbs before
>>prodding the lever was necessary, but I don't think it's the case these
>>days.
>
> It used to actually work on the SUs - but not throttle, just pull the
> choke as you switched off. Made morning cold starting much easier.
Similar thing is done with plane motors, but not the choke, you just pull
full rich mixture and it kills the engine.
>
>>It's really just willy waving though, innit?
>
> Certainly is on a modern kit wivva V-something anna loud pipe.
Yeah, and let's be reet here, it does sound good on them.
--
Beav
VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19
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