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- Tue May 05, 2015 10:54 am
- Forum: TECHNICAL
- Topic: wrong fuel
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4004
Re: wrong fuel
I filled my old BSA with Diesel once (filler as wide as a bucket) just before a planned trip to The Netherlands. I only realised when I put the nozzle back and saw the black hose :pinch: The petrol station attendants were no help at all. I had to drain the fuel into a bucket (it was all they had) an...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:17 am
- Forum: ACCESSORIES
- Topic: Saddlebags
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6378
Re: Saddlebags
riding a motorcycle is just a series of plastic bags. :laugh: :laugh: That quote deserves to be famous :laugh: :laugh: Having toured Norway it's a sentiment I would fully agree with. In the company of such esteemed pannier recommendations I feel a bit foolish but I've used bog standard Oxford Sport...
- Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:58 am
- Forum: THE PUB
- Topic: Oh how I laughed, what a race to the bottom world we live in
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1847
Re: Oh how I laughed, what a race to the bottom world we live in
Does sex make you fart? I don't know 'cos I'm a Virginian
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:35 am
- Forum: TRAVEL
- Topic: Stumbled upon this.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1243
Re: Stumbled upon this.
That's interesting and inspiring stuff. I've travelled far to exotic and strange places (Stoke for example :whistle: and I found 14 by Cesare Pavese (?) to be particularly relevant to my experience. I think they all have a nugget of truth though. I'm always surprised, when you get off the touristy b...
- Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:30 pm
- Forum: TRAVEL GEAR
- Topic: Beads or gel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4750
Re: Beads or gel
Beads? What is it you've got? An Austin Allegro Oy, I had an Ausin Allegro and a bead seat but, in my defence, not at the same time. I've tried a bead seat thing and found it raised the seat hight quite markedly. It also didn't help in my case. As someone else pointed out earlier, I found attention...
- Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:20 am
- Forum: THE PUB
- Topic: Have a gander here
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1191
Re: Have a gander here
Absolutely quackers. Riding in that weather with flipflops :S
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:35 pm
- Forum: MEETS & RUNS
- Topic: North Cape of Norway via Arctic Coast Highway - Summer 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8174
Re: North Cape of Norway via Arctic Coast Highway - Summer 2015
A couple of years ago the DFDS ferry (which I presume they have now discontinued) hit the dock in Harwich and was taken out of action. So I went via Amsterdam. It's a bit of a haul but not that bad of a ride (thumbs) . It will add a day or two to your trip though, each way. There are many options to...
- Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:23 pm
- Forum: BIKES
- Topic: Which Bike
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5314
Re: Which Bike
I agree with going to see/try them. I'm at that point myself looking for a new bike, having narrowed the field down to 3 or 4 to make it a manageable exercise. I noticed all your choices are big bikes. Big is not necessarily better. There are some good and capable 600's as well as the 800 mentioned ...
- Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:13 pm
- Forum: TRAVEL
- Topic: Spain/Pyrenees/South of France - Things to see, roads to ride
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11494
Re: Spain/Pyrenees/South of France - Things to see, roads to ride
Add my name to the fans of N260/N240. It's marked as a main route but varies between fast A road to intricate B road. One thing to note, my Spanish friend warned me that northern Spain gets a lot of rain especially from Santander to Pamplona. I can testify to that. I was completely drowned out from ...
- Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:22 am
- Forum: TECHNICAL
- Topic: There's something wrong with the starter or or the top end
- Replies: 64
- Views: 12264
Re: There's something wrong with the starter or or the top end
I think the cause looks like the stripped gear. Why they would put a plastic gear on something as important as an oil pump is beyond me. I suppose the argument may be the best lubricated and therefore the most free running part of an engine is the oil pump itself :laugh: It does seem a bit penny pin...