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Home Base => Introductions => Topic started by: ZebraDriver on December 22, 2016, 02:17:05 PM
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Just realised it would be bad manners not to introduce myself. I'm Martin from Fife in Scotland. During the day I repair wood working machinery (from multi million pound lines down to humble sawbenches). At home I'm into motorbikes (I have a couple of Beamers), I also have a '71 Land Rover. I have a modest garage workshop that houses a pair of Viceroy lathes, a Clarke CMD300 mill and assorted other small workshop machines.
Martin
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Hi Martin. :wave:
Welcome to the Collective! :borg:
Lots of help/ hindrance available here! Don't forget. We need to see pics and a description, of whatever you are doing.. :)
With your background and experience, we should get along very nicely. :thumbup:
Join in. Enjoy!
David.
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Welcome Martin, what BM's do you have? i still have my Late Dads 90S . I ride it now and again, only has 9000 on the clock, had a couple of R1200 GS's and one each 80gs and 100gspd got a new Honda 750X now i am getting on a bite. :beer:
Nice workshop toys.BTW:
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Hello kayzed1
I have an '99 F650ST (the one with the rotax 650 single engine) and I have a '08 F650GS ( the one with the 800 twin engine). The ST tends to spend much of its time in the garage because I prefer the GS, but I can't bring myself around to getting rid of the ST
Martin
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hi and welcome
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Welcome for the High Plains of West Texas USA, where cotton is King. I'm recently retired four months ago, we moved for my wifes health reasons. Yes to a smaller house and I ended up with a much smaller shop. It's currently full of boxes and things I don't know what to do with. My 1941 Logan lath is somewhere under it all. Three old cars, my welder, motor lift, a 1953 Dayton drill press and lots of fun thing are still in a rented storage warehouse. I still have way to many toys to fit in my new place and having to make difficult choices. I hope to be dug out by spring doing something. Wow I have a very good friend in the Kingdom of Fife, what are the chances of that. This hobby spans the globe.
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Welcome Martin.
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Hello kayzed1
I have an '99 F650ST (the one with the rotax 650 single engine) and I have a '08 F650GS ( the one with the 800 twin engine). The ST tends to spend much of its time in the garage because I prefer the GS, but I can't bring myself around to getting rid of the ST
Martin
hi Martin, nice bikes.
I did have a 1994 F650 Funduro until 2007 when i sold it, i did 140,000 on it and only needed a new second gear ( my fault ) and a long story. Two water pump kits.....still going strong with over 180,000 on it now and the guy uses it to get to work every day. I thought about a new one but after the 1200gs's and the electricary stuff i changed my mind. Duff left leg now so it's Honda 750X DCT gear box for me.
Lyn.
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Hi Martin :wave:
A warm welcome from me here in the North East.....
We need pictures......please... :clap:
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Welcome and Happy Christmas. :beer:
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Welcome Martin hope your enjoying the seasonal weather your getting up there :lol:
I lived and worked in Fife for about 2 years quite a while back and met the wife while I was there when I decided I needed to be back in the midlands to be nearer my kids she came down with me.
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Welcome to the Forum from another newbie :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Welcome Alexander err. Martin!
Any connection to Zebra Drive and ladies' detectives?
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Now when I think on it. Someone called z-drive zebradrive.
Pekka
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Thanks for all of the welcomes people
Pekka. The ZebraDriver comes from an old Land Rover that I used to own, it was painted in zebra stripes. I used this as a forum name on a land rover forum a long time ago and it's kind of stuck.
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Nice. I should have guessed. Lucily you didn't paint it grey...
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Pekka
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Thanks for all of the welcomes people
Pekka. The ZebraDriver comes from an old Land Rover that I used to own, it was painted in zebra stripes. I used this as a forum name on a land rover forum a long time ago and it's kind of stuck.
Hi Martin, welcome to the MadHouse
With a LR like that, I thought your username would have been Daktari !
Dave (Isle of Man)
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welcome
as someone who ( with sons encouragement ) is considering a road tax free landrover for fun, Would a 71 qualify I wonder?
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A '71 vehicle qualifies for free road tax (the historic vehicle thing now rolls on each year - for vehicles 40 years old ) I should warn you that getting a Land Rover is similar to getting a dose of Herpes - once you have got the bug you can't get rid of it !!!
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Thanks for the warning. A friend had Hermes ( she's a carrier I believe!) :thumbup:
The only thing putting me off is the number of projects currently on the go, and the fact the damn thing only did 20mpg ( mind you it didn't matter what I towed or where, it did 20mpg!) :smart:
Also the small matter of half the garage being occupied until further notice by it.
Currently it's on the "nice to do list",
We shall see.
Ian