Man Toys

[Cubist]

Not so much a mantoy, but Cubester wanted a precharged air rifle for his 18th. I have great fun stripping down and refurbing his old springer and have added a night vision system using an Infra Red CCTV camera and adapter, an IR light source and a scope mounted monitor so we can shoot rats in the dark without the need for lamps. So I've regressed to my teen years..... Does that count?

 

[stephec]

Do I look like a man sweetie?

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Ahh, Ooooo, mmm.

You look all woman to me.

 

[swee'pea99]

You could actually do it by using the pre-outs on yours combined with the Arcam 8 poweramp (or even 2 of them)

I most certainly could not! I'm always grateful (and a little surprised) when I wire it all up & press the power button and it doesn't just go 'phut' and expire.

 

[HertzvanRental]

i bought myself a motorbike in October , a Kawasaki 650 vulcan s . very nice and great fun to ride . does that count

One of these

I know that old girl-its just down the road from me!

 

[MontyVeda]

power drills... they're like toy guns, for grown ups... especially now they're cordless with lights on the front

 

[Dec66]

One of these, maybe...

I'm not really big on "stuff", though. I'd like to go and get rid of everything apart from the bikes.

 

[Hover Fly]

Irish racing green.

The "perfect" car came up for sale last summer, but no, it was a good deep red colour "It would clash with my hair". Like every second-hand dealer had a couple of Stanleys on their forecourt
.

 

[Tin Pot]

Hmm. Rather surprised to find I'm not hankering after anything material at the moment.

Keeping the bike on the road is all consuming at the moment, and I've got a good stock of coffee and red wine so...

 

[hedder2212]

Recently aquired -
2012 Triumph Tiger 800 with full pannier set, Full Akrapovic Exhaust system, Crash bars with Cree spotlights as well as a few other "tweaks"
2015 regd Honda CBR600 accident damaged (will be repaired in the next two months)
A R6 engine to wedge into my ZZR400 frame
A 2.0 Engine to put into the corsa when I get the time to do that

Soon to be aquired -
BMW S1000RR Accident damaged (ill only be able to ride it on the track as im on A2)
Air rifle (yet to choose)
and a GoPro

on my dream list -
Triumph Bonneville
Norton Comando
VW beetle with a Porsche engine
The keys to a Bugatti Veyron for the day

 

[marknotgeorge]

I had to sell my Triumph TR7, as the mates whose garage it was in have gone travelling and are renting their house. :'(

 

[hedder2212]

I had to sell my Triumph TR7, as the mates whose garage it was in have gone travelling and are renting their house. :'(

:'(

 

[flake99please]

My company manufactures items for large scale remote controlled cars. I have several models which I use for 'testing' new products I develop. I aso co-host 2 weekend events each year, of which footage can be seen in the video below.

 

[Basil.B]

Electrics; regulator/rectifier?

Yep, problem with the rectifier. Actually owned two VFR's an FJ 1988 model and I think an FL 1997, same problem with both. Still managed over 50,000 miles on them and managed plenty of European trips.

 

[Brandane]

Yep, problem with the rectifier. Actually owned two VFR's an FJ 1988 model and I think an FL 1997, same problem with both. Still managed over 50,000 miles on them and managed plenty of European trips.

From what I hear/read, they are STILL having problems. Will keep my fingers crossed, as mine is 13 years old.

 

[hedder2212]

From what I hear/read, they are STILL having problems. Will keep my fingers crossed, as mine is 13 years old.

I fixed two last week. Problems are still present.