Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)

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You'll have room for Tommy to lend you his Jag soon.
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Was that an ovlov 340 I see there?
As I suspected I was right about everything.
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Hooli wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:09 am You'll have room for Tommy to lend you his Jag soon.
Maybe in another 5 and a bit years. Taxman would have my arse looking like a clown's pocket at the moment for both VRT and Motor Tax.
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treehugger wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:14 am Was that an ovlov 340 I see there?
Plain as day. You just can't see the other 2 there and the other 2 not there.
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Eddie Honda wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:27 am
Hooli wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:09 am You'll have room for Tommy to lend you his Jag soon.
Maybe in another 5 and a bit years. Taxman would have my arse looking like a clown's pocket at the moment for both VRT and Motor Tax.
Sounds like he already does from the prices you quoted.
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With the Jizz able to get onto the end of the drive, I took the nearside rear wheel off to investigate the metal-on-metal pad scraping noises. The caliper looked a bit lazy, the outer pad without the tuning-fork wear indicator was down to the backing and the inner pad still had some meat and the wear indicator wasn't scraping the disc yet. Sliders were doing their job after a wee nudge. Ah well, time to use those Apec disc I purchased a couple of year back and didn't bother fitting when I last did the pads. I decide on this occasion not to fanny around changing the piston in situ and just wound it back while I waited for a pair of calipers to arrive. Made fuck all difference and still the brake was dragging after release.

£170 for pair of Budweg ones outright. Shiny.
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Alloy looking a bit rusty (dust on spokes)
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That disc will be fucked then
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[Never seen the point of whacking discs on the rear of shopping trolley. What adds insult to injury is that the Septics get drums on the rear of their equivalent Honda Fits.]

Koken Attack test time
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Couldn't find a tripod so enlisted child labour.

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Not a real test as they weren't that stuck in, but they came out unmarked.
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Had my money out of that pad
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Inside face of the disc a bit black
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The offside hadn't got as bad, but there was a chuck of lining missing from where the rust ring has caught it
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It got dark, but those Lidl 10W LED rechargeable worklamps are handy
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Wrapped the job up and checked/sorted the handbrake the next day.

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I sent its original wheels away to get tarted up. I've got three sets between two cars, but these were the worst. I thought I'd get them done before I put some new rubber on.
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before

Jizz 1 had two Chinese fronts and two original Bridgestone rears, the steering was pants. Michelin had an offer on at the time, but no stock. Eventually got Michelin Energy Saver pluses about 7 weeks later. My overall impression was they're shit because they are far too fragile. I replaced two due to bulges, a third due to running flat for a short bit which made it unrepairable as it was leaking in 5 places and a fourth got two lumps in the tread.

Jizz 2 had a fairly fresh set of Continental Premium Contacts, they were good and never had any of the shit I had with Michelins. When they wore out, I nicked the Michelins from Jizz 1 and continued to have bad luck with them.

Tommy brought over a spare set I picked up cheap from Glasgow, these have Chinese tyres on and when the Michelin tread went bulgy, I had to put on a ROVELO. It did the job.

Now, it's time to try something else (all season), so ordered online some Vredestein Quatrac 5 - six days later they arrived.
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I dropped off the wheels with the wheel man on Thu 3/9, told by end of following week Fri 11/9. He called Fri 11/9 to let me know they were behind with work and they weren't ready, but would be following week. Ready to collect late Tue 15/9, dropped tyres in Wed 16/9 but a man down and too busy to fit on the spot so came back the following day Thu 17/9. So worked out at a couple of weeks in the end.
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after before

Very pleased with the end result, you wouldn't know the last owner loved kerbing his tyres and rims.
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Now I have the issue of having to tart-up some grotty centre caps.
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I solved a problem on Wednesday. Mrs H wanted her Honda Jizz back and I have no working vehicles at the minute.

Solution:
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Yep finished work late, get to bed even later, had 3 hours kip and got up early doors to make a phone call about an advert that appeared the late the night before.

It wasn't gone but the bloke said he had a couple of others looking after four (not sure if bluffing). He said he was working but might finish early though, mibbie half two. That's going to be tricky when I start at 4pm. I called again at lunchtime to see how the early finish was looking, then I drove the Jizz to nearby vendor's gaff at 2pm and let Mrs H go on her way to collect the kids. As look as the papers checked out and it worked I was having this. Chased him up again at 2.50pm to see if he was back - no he'd be about 30 mins.

He gave me directions to his house which I ignored as I was walking. Took me ten mins so got there and ended up sat on the wall. There was someone in, but they didn't answer. Matey arrives and I look it over and the papers and hand over a bag in an envelope for him to check. Not five minutes later someone turns up also to view to which matey politely replies that it's already sold.

Quick phone call to insurers and dash off round the M50 to work. It does the job.
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Yep, I've just gone and bought myself ANOTHER "OLD MAN's" motorcycle.
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Given it is the same colour, I was nearly going to do my usual and hide the broken one round the back of the shed and see if she noticed that I had replaced it.
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Have you ever tried fixing stuff rather than buying another fucked example to keep it company?
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