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« on: 07 July 2020, 09:10:00 pm »
Thin end of the wedge if that fuckin' works. 
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« on: 07 July 2020, 12:02:59 am »
games
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« on: 06 July 2020, 11:58:11 pm »
types who love
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« on: 06 July 2020, 11:55:19 pm »
Anyway,compared to my first "motorised" bike it's fantastic,it was...……….wait for it a Zundapp Bella scooter.  I remember I was frightened to bank it over and went up the gutter and into a pub car park,I didn't hurt myself,I'd have probably been going quicker on my pushbike. 
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« on: 05 July 2020, 03:33:39 pm »
debauchery and depravity
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« on: 05 July 2020, 03:29:39 pm »
crash
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« on: 05 July 2020, 03:28:01 pm »
I think I'm being unfair with my dislike of that Honda,I mean it sparked something inside of you,starting you out on a life of freedom,friendship,exileration and a fantastic camaraderie ,who am I to judge?
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« on: 05 July 2020, 03:18:48 pm »
Carl Rosner is my local Triumph dealer. They're still campaigning a Slippery Sam rep in classics, and have raced that bike since it was current. I had Lucas Rita on my Bonnie as well at one stage. Can't remember now which one needed a deeper points cover(Boyer or Rita), but I do remember having the hump after fitting whichever one needed the deeper cover as it prevented the fitting a high level pipe on the right hand side, as that was the look I favoured at the time.
Slippery Sam,now that brings back some memories,wow !!
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« on: 05 July 2020, 12:26:46 am »
sinking to the
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« on: 05 July 2020, 12:25:04 am »
microsoft
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« on: 05 July 2020, 12:22:53 am »
What a lash! hated 'em then and hate 'em now, focin' orrible things. 
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« on: 05 July 2020, 12:19:44 am »
I used to race a Rob North 3 and that was a bastard to start with points,we put RITA ignition on,just a few steps when the flag dropped and bang it was away. 
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« on: 03 July 2020, 04:09:16 pm »
silicone
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« on: 03 July 2020, 04:08:37 pm »
ending up with
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« on: 03 July 2020, 12:42:50 am »
Talking about dragsters,just reading about E.J.Potter,the Michigan Madman who came over from the states with a V8 lump in a Harley chassis,apparently he had no room for any transmission and would put the bike on a stand and run it up to the equivalent of 150mph and drop it onto the tarmac!!?? the resultant wheelspin would give him variable gearing enabling EJ to snake up the strip in spectacular amounts of tyre smoke and noise!! can you imagine the balls required to do that???.He even got into the Guinness book of records with an 8.68/172mph run in 1970 but the drag racing bosses wouldn't rcognise his speeds because his bike aptly named "The Widowmaker" didn't comply with their rules,didn't stop him packing places out wherever he went though,he's quoted as saying "drag racing is a way of making a living without working" what a character!!
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« on: 03 July 2020, 12:07:15 am »
and massive dildos'
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« on: 03 July 2020, 12:05:13 am »
I wonder if you could carefully "weld" it with a hot knife/thin scraper, I've done it with plastic but not sure about acrylic.You can get some good stuff now for cracked aquariums that's not as expensive as you were saying.
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« on: 02 July 2020, 11:58:38 pm »
bonafide
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« on: 02 July 2020, 11:50:38 pm »
looks a great product,and also looks like an alien is watching
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« on: 28 June 2020, 05:37:24 pm »
maybe
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« on: 28 June 2020, 05:36:23 pm »
to slide inside
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« on: 28 June 2020, 05:33:01 pm »
Anyway, last year I test rode an MT10, a CB1000R and a R1250R. Both the MT10 and R1250R had quick shifters.
First up was the MT10, I did actually ask if they could switch the quick shifter off as I was worried it would get in the way on the test ride. No it can’t, and yes it did. It’s hard to change the habit of a lifetime. I change up without the clutch all the time, I just snap the throttle closed then open, at the same time as prodding the gear lever. It’s like an automatic reflex. The MT10 did not like this behaviour one bit, I had to work hard against my instinctive reflex, but towards the end of the test ride I was starting to get the hang of it. However, I felt that the quick shifter was a bit crude, but maybe that was just me not being used to it.
Next up was the CB1000R. No quickshifter, so no problems.
Then the R1250R. I asked again if the quick shifter could be switched off. Nope sorry. They told me just to use the clutch like normal if I didn’t want to quick shift. They didn’t understand when I told them that that’s not normal to me. Anyway, my brain had actually managed to get the hang of it after the MT10. But I just found the thing crude and somewhat mechanically unsympathetic – it’s rough. So, I ended up rolling off the throttle a fraction to compensate – so what’s the point? Oh, the R1250R had an auto-blipper too, I just about remembered this towards the end of my 2hr test ride. Maybe it wasn’t set up right, but I only tried it twice, rough as foc – nasty.
As far as I am concerned quick shifters are for racers. Clutchless shifting without one is easy, anybody can do it. Leaning to brake and blip the throttle whilst going down the box ain’t that hard either. Learning these simple skills adds pleasure to riding a bike.
So quick shifter – it’s a no thanks from me.
Don't you think however smooth and used to it you are changing without the clutch puts wear on some parts of the box? I would have thought just fanning the lever and dropping the revs a gnats' would be a far kinder way of going up the box,then again if you've had no problems doing it fair enough,I personally do it if I'm going for it through the gears but not as a constant thing,only my opinion . 
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« on: 27 June 2020, 01:23:51 pm »
indulgent
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« on: 27 June 2020, 01:22:32 pm »
with tight rings
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« on: 27 June 2020, 01:21:26 pm »
Thanks for that,different bloke,just curious 'cause of the name.
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