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Can't see anything anywhere else online... April fools?

I think it would be a crap reason to try and stop 3D printers becoming mainstream though. Although these guys are distributing the CAD for the firing mechanism I doubt many people would be able to gain access to printers accurate enough and with the correct material properties to make even that component work. From what I can see it's not really printing guns anyway- you have to be able to buy all the other parts of the rifle that the component firs into...

Really? A car is for many a necessity but a reliable car that'll last for years can be bought for a couple of thousand. Even if you can theoretically afford it there's no benefit to buying a £20k car on finance when you could probably get the same model but 5 years old for £4k. That's clearly not possible with a house and unlike with a car you can't get the same thing for £10k as you could for £200k. Even then finding £10k isn't easy for everyone. Student loans I can see- if I hadn't been so lazy and got a job I could've maybe scraped by at uni but I would still have to have been subbed by my parents. These days if you want to go to uni you have to end up in debt pretty much so again it's unavoidable...

To be fair though it's never sensible to buy a new car full stop... Is the benefit of having a 'new car smell' for a month worth losing 20% of the cars worth the second you drive it off the forecourt? Unless I was stinking rich (Tomm- I'm surprised you're not looking at private helicopters rather than a Z4!) I don't think I could bring myself to buy a proper new car. For the record, I'm also a finance-phobe. I've been brought up to pay off credit cards at the end of the month and save up to buy anything. Only ever paid cash for cars and bikes etc. and apart from the mandatory student loan and mortgage have never entered into any finance agreement.

What, you don't carve your meat with an AK-47? Sheesh I thought everyone did that. And Ross- I don't think that even the f**ktards in America have full on army spec artillery guns in their homes. Surely the gun you describe is unlikely to be used in the near future for killing school kids?

The Stealth Paint kit looks interesting too...

It kind of reminded me why I can't wait for the MotoGP season to kick off. Pretty much no team orders, far more overtaking and they tend to look like they're actually having fun rather than being overpaid corporate schoolboys fighting amongst themselves...

Seriously? I'd have said Brazil last year was maybe a little more entertaining?... Sunday's race was just a bit 'meh'. Anything that happens in the pits doesn't count, Alonso was in the first two laps (oh how I laughed), Mercedes team orders were embarrassing to watch and Red Bull's were a little more entertaining but same old, same old.

If we all leave all our fridge doors open will we reduce the global temperature and save the polar bears?

Loved Alonso disappearing into the gravel at the start of lap 2. What did he expect to happen? Feel sorry for Nico and Mark...

From my experience at work these type of cases are really quite heavy. No problem when you're transporting a 200kg wind tunnel model but more of a problem if you're trying to convince Ryanair not to charge you £100 for excess baggage to transport a 10kg bike in a 20kg case. Just food for thought.

I've put my ER6 pretty much back to stock and am going to see what I get offered as a trade in on an XT660X... I don't know why but I've always had a soft spot for the overweight and under powered pseudomoto. Maybe I'll regret it but we'll see! Dunno how much they'll offer me for the ER- it's in really good condition but it has done 30k so not expecting the world.

Cool beans Cheers dude.

Out of interest how do the high rises measure up relative to the tactics? The numbers say that the Dabomb's have a smaller rise but the pictures I've seen don't look like it.

That sounds suspiciously familiar...

So does removing a chainstay but that doesn't mean everyone should do it.

Just to stay off topic for a touch longer, I thought this was fairly standard in all bikes. Or am I thinking of ally frames where the temperature required is different?

That pisses me off soooo much. I've been caught out a few times and it really grinds my gears.

It wasn't really a comp though was it? Looked like an extended demo in the middle of a mototrial comp. Definitely agree that Aurelien looked far more comfortable and appeared to be riding bigger and better than the others.

Ah ok, so yeah raw steel but not raw, welded heat marked raw. Fair enough.

Heat treating still leaves it raw doesn't it... Just get him to lacquer it afterwards.

That I have certainly not ever wondered. I do however wonder if oil is in fact a self renewing resource or at least far more abundant than what our science teachers tell us. Note: That's not a foil hat comment but a serious consideration.

I would've thought you'd be able to tell if the elements are heating by feeling the exposed part when powered up. As Mr Seamons says if they have power are you sure it's not something silly like your thermostat is set too cold, the timer isn't operating and that the water is actually filling the tank beyond the elements?

Actually, I'd also point out that I had two of those frames, ran them with bashguards and each one dented the chainstays the first time I used the bash. The mounts just kind of folded into the stays. Wasn't impressed... I can see Paul reading this and that second frame went when we were riding Rownhams services and may remember it!

I guess it all depends on whether it really is made from squished dinosaurs...