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Flashster
***Glasgow***,
United Kingdom
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11 May 2008 19:47 |
An elderly guy on a Bonnie broke down outside today. After a couple of hours and a crowd of passing bikers had stopped I wandered out to see if there was anything I could do or if he wanted to garage it for the night. "Its ok he said I'm just waiting for The RAC".............I nearly pissed myself. This Triumph had a kickstart and a right hand gearchange. The RAC truck stayed for all of two minutes and finally a local recovery truck loaded it on the back and off they went..............
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Suffolk Punch
The Girthmaster....,
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
11 May 2008 19:52 |
The old guy on said Bonnie had obviously forgotten to bring his fag papers and baling twine with him....you could usually fix a Bonnie with that....
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Flashster
***Glasgow***,
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11 May 2008 19:54 |
No he did have the roll-ups going but knowing a bit about old bikes I would have put my money on an electrical problem......coils and the like.................
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Suffolk Punch
The Girthmaster....,
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
11 May 2008 20:04 |
It`s the old `Joe Lucas...Prince of Darkness` thing again I suppose...
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J-Zeus
London,
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Daytona 955i (99-01)
11 May 2008 20:11 |
Used to use fag papers to clean the points....ahh them were t' days
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Riggsy
Coventry,
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Daytona 955i (02)
11 May 2008 20:31 |
I used Fag papers to set the points.
Is that the same thing?
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Suffolk Punch
The Girthmaster....,
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
11 May 2008 20:33 |
I know you could set the timing with fag papers....
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Flashster
***Glasgow***,
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11 May 2008 20:33 |
Was it 15thou or 25 Riggsy??...................That would be two fag papers or four........................
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Suffolk Punch
The Girthmaster....,
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
11 May 2008 20:35 |
I reckon if any of the GSXR web site got on here they`d be pissing themselves at this thread...
They`d think we`d all lost our marbles...
...Wibble...
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Flashster
***Glasgow***,
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11 May 2008 20:45 |
[edited]:
www.gixerjunkies.co.uk
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Riggsy
Coventry,
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Daytona 955i (02)
11 May 2008 20:47 |
Dan:
I reckon if any of the GSXR web site got on here they`d be pissing themselves at this thread...
They`d think we`d all lost our marbles... |
Why?????
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Suffolk Punch
The Girthmaster....,
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
11 May 2008 20:57 |
I just have a feeling that your average GSXR rider on faced with the prospect of doing points gaps and timing with a couple of Rizlas would have the same reaction as I did when someone told me that I could run my 4x4 on Mazola....I thought that they were pulling my pud...
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Flashster
***Glasgow***,
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11 May 2008 21:00 |
As you well know I ride a gixxer but I also have the pre gixxer mentality when you had to fix things at the side of the road so I really don't give a shit and I'm happy that my present bike is faultless......................
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Riggsy
Coventry,
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Daytona 955i (02)
11 May 2008 21:02 |
[edited]:
Ah, Your sense of humour post-dates me
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J-Zeus
London,
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Daytona 955i (99-01)
11 May 2008 21:04 |
Actually- set and clean
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Riggsy
Coventry,
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Daytona 955i (02)
11 May 2008 21:05 |
I always used to use emery paper to clean.
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Flashster
***Glasgow***,
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11 May 2008 21:06 |
Would that be "Dick" then.....................
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Suffolk Punch
The Girthmaster....,
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
11 May 2008 21:12 |
I used to use emery paper to clean the points faces too Riggsy. Then a mechanic told me that by doing that it frigged up the hardened contact faces and then they wouldn`t last long. Sounds right I suppose but it seemed to work for me....
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Riggsy
Coventry,
United Kingdom
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Daytona 955i (02)
11 May 2008 21:21 |
Bollocks,
May sound right but I made real beer money tuning 2-strokes for hovercraft racing about 15 years ago....
I hanker after those 2-stroke days. Truth is, the racers didn't even know how to balance thier carbs properly, let alone allow thier engines breath properly.
Like I said, Happy days
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Suppards
Cheapside,
United Kingdom
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Bonneville T100 (01->)
12 May 2008 05:34 |
I once used araldite to temporarily repair a broken 2nd gear pinion - it held for 6k miles. Those were the days when I had no money but lots and lots of ideas for keeping on the road.
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Andy Bastard
Droitwich,
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Speed Triple (05->)
12 May 2008 10:21 |
SP:
I thought that they were pulling my pud |
Makes a change, someone else doing it for you I suppose?
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Suffolk Punch
The Girthmaster....,
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
12 May 2008 10:26 |
....Knackers.....
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