Sarky B’stard
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not really the place to play Drs & nurses but sounds like blocked eustachian tubes. 
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not really the place to play Drs & nurses but sounds like blocked eustachian tubes. Steve 998cc
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I suffer with hayfever and suffer what you've been suffering every year. I was prescibed these Cetirizine Hydrochloride hayfever and & allergy relief tablets, by the doctor years ago. You can get them over counter at the chemist or better still at ASDA £2.50 for a pack of 30 or poundland £1 pack I use the asda ones.
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The Departed
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I've never had hay fever but ill give them a go.
Scrappy
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This might be total bollox, but ENT related. I used to suffer with sinus problems for years, waking up not being able to breath properly through my nose with mild headaches etc. Went to see a GP a couple of times, which was a waste of fecking time, as all they did was recommend a spray to use before going to sleep, which worked but was only treating the symptom and not the cause, and I suspected using long term would cause other issues. Anyway when I switched to eating low carb, I noticed my sinus issue had gone, which might be coincidence or not 
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The Departed
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This might be total bollox, but ENT related. I used to suffer with sinus problems for years, waking up not being able to breath properly through my nose with mild headaches etc. Went to see a GP a couple of times, which was a waste of fecking time, as all they did was recommend a spray to use before going to sleep, which worked but was only treating the symptom and not the cause, and I suspected using long term would cause other issues. Anyway when I switched to eating low carb, I noticed my sinus issue had gone, which might be coincidence or not
I don't eat carbs, ever since my body was a temple (got new leathers), lol
It's annoying as when I want to go for a ride, I can't as my ears are blocked, but if I sit up for a good 6+ hours, they are clear.
Sarky B’stard
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Possibly no coincidence at all. There is a school of thought that says many of our health problems coincided with agriculture. We spent millennia evolving as hunter gatherers and actually don’t tolerate wheat that well and even lactose tolerance in milk was a genetic adaptation not universally shared across humanity. Enjoy fruit seasonally but not year round or you trigger gut bacteria imbalances….. However, it’s ok to get your oats. Phew!This might be total bollox, but ENT related. I used to suffer with sinus problems for years, waking up not being able to breath properly through my nose with mild headaches etc. Went to see a GP a couple of times, which was a waste of fecking time, as all they did was recommend a spray to use before going to sleep, which worked but was only treating the symptom and not the cause, and I suspected using long term would cause other issues. Anyway when I switched to eating low carb, I noticed my sinus issue had gone, which might be coincidence or not
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The Departed
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I took a hay fever tablet. Ears are clearer but it's the afternoon so not sure. I always have a constant headache which could be linked.
If I was a horse they'd put me down.
If I was a horse they'd put me down.
BAD LUCK DUCK
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Some mouthy twat fat bird walked out in front of the Duckmobile this morning and had a pop...
Boy did she get some verbal..
I actually found it very therapeutic and shall be telling my shrink so when they find me a new one..
Boy did she get some verbal..
I actually found it very therapeutic and shall be telling my shrink so when they find me a new one..
T
The Departed
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Some mouthy twat fat bird walked out in front of the Duckmobile this morning and had a pop...
Boy did she get some verbal..
I actually found it very therapeutic and shall be telling my shrink so when they find me a new one..
Divorce is difficult.
MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
I'm pissed off about bloody plastic fuel tanks today! I have been searching the internet for quite a while now trying to find a good way to re-finish a tank for my Sprint. Basically what I have come up with having checked with companies who specialise in nylon (essentially what the tanks are made of) is that it simply isn't possible to make paint, or any other coating or 'sticker' permanently stick to the stuff. They can coat it and it will stay in place for a few years if you're lucky but it will always eventually bubble or otherwise peel off. Apparently the best solution is to burn the surface so that the coating will take to the charred, less 'oily' skin but that isn't really a good idea on anything that isn't very thick and has to be done in an extremely controlled manner or you will end up with a melted blob. Even with that technique the highly mobile nature of the material, swelling and contracting, will eventually cause the coating to fail. It strikes me that the company who made these things for Triumph, Aprillia, Ducati and Harley knew all this and either chose to ignore it or it was deliberate in order to de-value bikes on the second-hand market to the point where people wouldn't want them because of the ugly, disfigured tanks.
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Steve 998cc
Legendary Knight
I'd be inclined to agree with the last sentence of your post Marty.
chas
Legendary Knight
I think you're going to have to apply a left field solution.
Maybe knit a tartan tank cover for it?
Don the Don
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BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
No it's not...
Being diplomatic when filling in the response form is difficult and parting with £245 for the privilege is a bit of a tear jerker but otherwise all is good
Scrappy
Legendary Knight
If it were me I'd look at getting a metal tank, and have it modified and sprayed if necessary, I hate the idea of a plastic tank
Surely it would not be too difficult to get a later metal tank modified to fit?
TRIUMPH 1050 SPRINT GT 2010-16 ORIGINAL METAL FUEL GAS PETROL TANK CELL | eBay
Triumph 1050 Sprint ST like the one shown in the last picture. Original fuel tank as pictured. Excellent used condition with a very small dent as pictured. IT MIGHT BE MORE OR LESS DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION.
www.ebay.co.uk
BAD LUCK DUCK
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I looked into it...If it were me I'd look at getting a metal tank, and have it modified and sprayed if necessary, I hate the idea of a plastic tank
Surely it would not be too difficult to get a later metal tank modified to fit?
TRIUMPH 1050 SPRINT GT 2010-16 ORIGINAL METAL FUEL GAS PETROL TANK CELL | eBay
Triumph 1050 Sprint ST like the one shown in the last picture. Original fuel tank as pictured. Excellent used condition with a very small dent as pictured. IT MIGHT BE MORE OR LESS DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION.www.ebay.co.uk
It was quite expensive as I recall..
My old triumph now as a new custom tank made from Kevlar...
It was bought by people that build and make TVR's...
Apparently it's now a totally different fully functional working bike that will have its appearance change frequently to demonstrate what the company can do custom bike panel and tank wise
Scrappy
Legendary Knight
Good to hear your old bike still lives, that's a resurrection on a par with Jesus
I wonder how much they charge for a tank?
BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
Unfortunately I don't know the name of the company..I have a receipt at home and shall see if I can get any information from that..Good to hear your old bike still lives, that's a resurrection on a par with Jesus
I wonder how much they charge for a tank?
MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
I have looked at the 1050 tanks but the design is too different to easily make fit. What has occurred to me is the option of something like a large sheet of styrene and heat molding it over the surface of the existing tank, that way the tank could 'breathe' underneath it and the plastic cover would take and hold paint easily. The problem is finding a sheet of Styrene large enough.