What did you buy today ???

[Phill P]

Samsung galaxy tab2 tracker, only works with Samsung phones but similar to the apple airtag, has motion detection and up to 700 days battery life on low power mode.
Will hide it on the bike and see how it goes.

[Kiwifruit]

Heard a story over the weekend. Insurance company cancelled a blokes house Insurance  because they said his property was in a flood prone area. Tough to get insured now as he cannot say he has never had Insurance cancelled. Poor bugger, it's becoming more common. They love your money but not if you might make a claim.

[Pommeroy]

Heard a story over the weekend. Insurance company cancelled a blokes house Insurance  because they said his property was in a flood prone area. Tough to get insured now as he cannot say he has never had Insurance cancelled. Poor bugger, it's becoming more common. They love your money but not if you might make a claim.

An insurer can cancel a policy only in limited, and well defined, circumstances. More commonly, they decline to reinsure when the existing policy ends. The distinction is of no comfort to the poor sod who can't find a company willing to insure a riskier property. There are parts of NZ where flood risk from rivers or sea is such that no insurer will offer insurance to homeowners.

[grog]

Rob, here they keep selling rip off properties in flood areas. one in a hundred yrs they say, that once in a hundred is up to maybe 5 in last 30 yrs. So that puts insurance thru the roof. My house cant flood, on stumps and 2 way run off, i still have to pay flood insurance. Usually a news story, go fund me, no insurance and house wrecked, feel sorry for them sympathy, only because they dodged the insurance cost. No Irish, not a 2 mill house, youll find out next bill. 

[Pommeroy]

That's an issue in the UK and NZ too Grog. As building land becomes harder to find, developers increasingly look at areas that traditionally were avoided. I remember a developer building a small estate on old watercress meadows near where I lived in Leicestershire...the old villagers wet themselves laughing at that one.
It's becoming increasingly important to check flood risk data before buying a property. Adapting to climate change is unavoidable.

[Tony Nitrous]

I built on a hill, 655m above sea level but way above the nearest town and surrounding valleys, I even brought 250 cubic metres of fill in from another site to raise the house pad above the surrounding paddock. If I flood the 99% of S/E Qld will already be gone.

Many years in Civil / Earthworks has made me real cautious.

Floods don't bother me, now I'm more worried about bush fires and high wind / cyclone damage.   I build and plant to suit.

[Andre]

That's an issue in the UK and NZ too Grog. As building land becomes harder to find, developers increasingly look at areas that traditionally were avoided. I remember a developer building a small estate on old watercress meadows near where I lived in Leicestershire...the old villagers wet themselves laughing at that one.
It's becoming increasingly important to check flood risk data before buying a property. Adapting to climate change is unavoidable.

Yesterday was the 4th anniversary of a major flood here. Over 100 people lost their life. Many homes totally destroyed. They are rebuilding on the same spots. Instead of checking flood risk data, they should check their heads.

[seth]

That's an issue in the UK and NZ too Grog. As building land becomes harder to find, developers increasingly look at areas that traditionally were avoided. I remember a developer building a small estate on old watercress meadows near where I lived in Leicestershire...the old villagers wet themselves laughing at that one.
It's becoming increasingly important to check flood risk data before buying a property. Adapting to climate change is unavoidable.

Yesterday was the 4th anniversary of a major flood here. Over 100 people lost their life. Many homes totally destroyed. They are rebuilding on the same spots. Instead of checking flood risk data, they should check their heads.

It was a terrible time I remember it well so sad 😞

[Kiwifruit]

To see the devastation caused by flooding is heartbreaking. I've witnessed houses full of silt level with the windowsills, grass and debris stuck and caught in the guttering after the floods in the Esk Valley a few years ago.
Like you Tony we are elevated and get nobody else's runoff.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Near new hydraulic bike lift. Been wanting one for ages, sick of crawling on the floor to do basic maintenance.  This one popped up on Gumtree.

[KiwiCol]

Very nice Eric.  I'd like one of those myself, but I don't want it in the way when I'm not using it. I need a shed like Kiwifruit, plenty of room in that . . .

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Very nice, Eric.  I'd like one of those myself, but I don't want it in the way when I'm not using it. I need a shed like Kiwifruit, plenty of room in that . . .

mine won't be in the way. It should hold the Beemer when it's not holding the Suzi... need to clear out the kids' stuff from the shed then id be able to fit a second lift....(cue Tony Nitrous and his gambit of 16V cylinder bikes...)

[Irish in Oz]

Very nice Eric.  I'd like one of those myself, but I don't want it in the way when I'm not using it. I need a shed like Kiwifruit, plenty of room in that . . .

My mates said the same put it to the side and park the bike on it, they all bought one.

[Tony Nitrous]

Sat in the city with a coffee and my feet up waiting for the Fortuner to be serviced. Fixed price, $290.  Like the bikes I like having one car dealer serviced and under warranty, and Toyota have done me a very expensive repair under warranty at almost 7 years old on a previous vehicle.

Time to kill so I googled a full Gen-3 Hayabusa derestriction and hot up combo.  Akra full system, short BTmoto stacks, air filter, Brocks Super Stock cams, Brocks clutch conversion, a Super Stock V2 plug in box, full dyno tune by Yuri.
Price for the parts and tune without labour and fitting...
AU$9,000 !!! Fark !!!

So I then priced up a bull bar for the Fortuner. Toyota supplied and approved, doesn't effect the airbag, the airflow or the warranty, in black steel, with a small loom to move the sidelights, installed......
AU$3,907 !!! Fark !!!

Both are on my wish list, but I think I need to lower my expectations a bit


I bought a Chicken Curry pie and a coffee instead.
AU$10.50. 

I don't think my wallet is up to playing in the Premier League... 

Plan 437B... maybe it's looking cheaper to make a Gen-2 Busa go a bit quicker than it is. Doesn't need the clutch, Super Stock box, cams etc and will still be good enough for a talentless old bloke like me.

[Tony Nitrous]

Very nice Eric.  I'd like one of those myself, but I don't want it in the way when I'm not using it. I need a shed like Kiwifruit, plenty of room in that . . .

My mates said the same put it to the side and park the bike on it, they all bought one.

They do take up a bit of room, but you'll never see mine without a bike sat on it. Even if the bike doesn't need maintenance, cleaning or jobs doing it's not a big drama to park a bike on it.  I've tried other stands but the large working platform is a must for me, parts, tools, mugs of tea etc on a large area under the bike, and the ability to take a dozen different bikes with no fitting kit is great. I can see why they are a standard bit of kit in bike shops.