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I don't know whether to be horrified or impressed by the ingenuity of this one Dave?


This one I think is genuinely cool. No reason why it won't work & it's different.

 

I have seen the wooden wheel with disc and cable operated pincers before but not the others.

Ingenuity at work.

I drilled two holes and bolted a block of wood to the sidestand on my yam 200 to make it more upright, needs must

 

That last front sprocket is a real pearl. Not only is the welding shite but what happens now the teeth are shot

 

I reckon with some of those fixes, soon to be broker.

 

Used to see lot of that sort of fix with mole grips and spanners in the sixties....but some of those are styling choices and some look like good old keep it running whatever form India and far east.

 

I always carried a pair of mole grips when out in the woods on my mountain bike after snapping a pedal and borrowing some from a friend to use for the 5 mile pedal back.

 

Craftsmanship at its finest...................

 

Necessity is the mother of invention

 

A guy I knew several years ago, bought a car from Scotland and drove it back to Suffolk with a pair of molegrips instead of the steering wheel.

 

OK being a Yank I had no idea what a mole grip was had to google it

mole grip = vise grip knock-off

 

Is a vise grip a vice grip knock-off?

 

vice grip is for wankers I think

you made me look DD

 

I had to use kite string to tie my shift linkage together once.

 

Made by US.Pro, measurements in inches & called Mole Grips

 

This is the modern equivalent of bailing twine or wire.....

 

Shall we agree to call them locking pliers?
That should avoid an international incident?
All it would take is for President Trump to find out about this disagreement &...