Andymann

I listen to crime podcasts on my commute and Seriously is one of my favorites. I listened to this one a few weeks ago and was absolutely blown away about how Nicholas Rossi could do what he did - and yet, reading the message above - these two stories are eerily similar. Give it a listen if you have some time in the traffic - it's incredible how these guys operate and how both parties share the same modus operandi

it was a bit high there - but dropped it 200rpm and it's a lot happier!

Motor will need a complete redo......

I will say though that for the first time since I have owned it, it's beautiful low down where you get the benefit of the normal slide carb, but when you whack open the throttle and the CV comes into play it pulls like a train. It's really fun to ride now.

Exactly. And if the Motorcycle Gods so wish, they might exist in harmony. But you have to make all sorts of sacrifices. Otherwise, Mr. Primary and Ms. Secondary are just going to practice corridor sex......

And on a more positive note - I decided that since no-one else was able to help I was on my own with the weird YDIS Carbs on the XTZ. So after much cursing and gnashing of teeth I managed to figure out how it works.... The float level is super critical and needs to be set off the bike perfectly level.

And in the next chapter of bikes that Andymann buys which will only need a few small issues sorted but turn into a massive money pit we have a 1981 DT175H......... Quickly taking off the exhaust to paint and check why the head is leaking will turn into a complete rebuild. But it needs to be done unfortunately, and as I tell the Apprentices that work for us - do it properly. You can't be half-pregnant!

Very interesting take on The Race Podcast. They are saying if anyone should be canned it should be either Horner or Marko or whoever made the call to put Lawson in the seat - they knew exactly what they had in Tsunoda, Ricciardo and Perez yet made the decision to take a risk on Lawson. They knew it was a risk and are now blaming him for a situation which admittedly is worse than they expected, but not totally unexpected. I think the exact words were along the lines of you can't put someone in a car who is not a Verstappen and then blame him for not being a Verstappen. If I was Yuki I would tell them to get knotted - he's probably going to follow Honda to Aston anyway and why leave a car which is working really well for him to go to a situation where it's pretty toxic, and where they didn't think he was good enough to go to in the first place.....

Well I'm guessing with one eye open for the next week or so......

So I also had a good old fashioned Ja Ja whatever when I heard Floyd claim that back in the day and then just last week I listened to one of my Mr Ballen Podcasts about Medical Mysteries and this one was about Chimerism. Read this if you have time - https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/case-lydia-fairchild-and-her-chimerism-2002 The poor woman was almost sent to jail because they suspected her of Welfare fraud - turns out you can actually have two sets of completely different DNA in different parts of your body. Very rare, but not impossible. Was a long shot but not as far-fetched as it sounded back in the day......

https://www.trizone.com.au/simmonds-tests-positive-blames-boyfriends-bodily-fluids-2/ Don't have a bonk before you race, people......

Chinese Carbon frame - think it's a cross between a Scott and a Felt landed for R4000 in 2018, second-hand fork off the Hub, second-hand Roval Carbon wheels off the Hub, 3 x 10 XT Groupset, Chinese Carbon bars, Thompson Alloy seatpost. Absolutely love it - climbs like a rocket and on the flats when you hook the 48x10 at the back there's not many 1x's that can keep up.

My wife is the Junior High Performance Manager for TSA and this is one of the biggest challenges she is facing - there is very little focus on how to manage the emotions of young Triathletes. Lots of excellent coaches, lots of great race opportunities but very little in the way of mentorship and programs on how to prepare yourself for what happens when you don't reach the expectations that have been thrust upon you. Seems like that is just pushed to one side and left to the parents to manage. Sadly not a unique SA problem either. A lot of Triathletes are speaking out now on podcasts about mental struggles they had after feeling like they had not lived up to expectations.

Oh and I might just have bought in my World what I consider to be a Holy Grail. In 1984 my Dad bought me 3 x DT's - they were scrap bikes from ISCOR and I think he paid R20 each. That got me into bikes and started my love for Yamaha DT's. From those 3 I built two - a 125 which I learnt to ride on, and a 175 that I sold to my brother for University. When the time came for me to find University transport it was of course a DT175. I always felt that if I could find another original one I would consider it - and over December I did - so I did a quick trip down to the South Coast - Uvongo and bought it. One owner and very very very original......

It's not even the real deal - when I was in 2nd year I think, we all got given a beta version to test and I have just kept mine. If you think that's old, you should see the Laptop I am running it on - Windows XP because it won't run on anything later than that! But as my Dad used to say, sometimes the fastest route is the route you know and for the small drawings I do I really couldn't be bothered to learn a new Drawing package