2-stoke lunacy :-)

Picked up the ex-Sweller shite old ETZ300 from the Chateau today.

After a bit of a YTC moment in the centre of Sutton [1] I'm pleasantly
surpised with what it'll do.

Went off the clock on the M25 / M40 on several occasions - even managed
'MZ' mph at one point on a slight downhill section

Ditched it at the inlaws for a while, until I get a chance to ride it
home in daylight.

Pics here:

http://www.steveh.dsl.pipex.com/ETZ300_1.jpg
http://www.steveh.dsl.pipex.com/ETZ300_2.jpg
http://www.steveh.dsl.pipex.com/ETZ300_3.jpg

[1] I'd stupidly fiddled with the fuel tap without really knowing what I
was doing, so got about 1/2 mile down the road and had drained the pipes
and carb. Several minutes of kicking over later (to the amuzment of
every pedestrian crossing the road), plus a couple of phone calls to
Katie and desperately trying to get hold of TOG, I checked the tap.
Turned it, kicked a few times and it burst into life..... got one hell
of a bruise on the back of my calf where it kicked back, though.

 

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:00:57 +0000, SteveH wrote:

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Ug*leee* [1]

[1] Not sure about the bike either TBH :>
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I warned you. Did I not warn you???

 

You did - but I wasn't thinking. Well, not thinking about the kick-back,
more about the insurance payout if I chucked it in front of a passing
truck......

 

The Older Gentleman said...

I ended up fitting some Gericke armour into the back of my trousers when
I had the XR400R. The kick-back was so nasty that I ended up with the
mother of all bruises on the back of my leg, and I don't bruise easily.

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You weren't the only one ...

 

I know this is gonna happen to me now but.....
I have never had a kickback from a kickstart and I kick over two bikes most
weekends.

 

How much is MZ mph? Although the engine is a little large, you could have
the makings of a Frankfurt trip bike there.

BTW Thanks for the bargain TV; it seems to be working OK so far. Also my
indicator is still in place after following your tip.

 

Somewhere in the region of 90mph, I reckon.

Frankfurt sounds like a laugh - but, as you say, 300cc is a little on
the large side. However.... it's only about 24bhp, so is probably only
as powerful as some of the other qualifying bikes ;-)

Good stuff. As I said at the time, the failure rate of the 'pikey' sets
doesn't seem to be any higher than a lot of the branded kit.

Glad the indicator trick worked - saved the cost of a new unit - which
can't be cheap.

 

Way too fast. I reckon cruising speed will be between 50 and 55mph.

Don't be daft.

 

Was that you wot done ogden's, then?

 

Heh.

Shots taken with a camera-phone. Which is why they're shite.

 

There's no telling some people, is there?

 

>,
says...

You warned YTC about the Jawa too, and he didn't listen either.
Maybe you should speak MORE S L O W L Y and L O U D L Y?

 

Yes, exactly. Cameras are for taking pictures.
Phones are for making phone calls.

HTH.

 

It is true that the MZ engine was actually modelled on a pile of waffles?

 

That's always been my view. I want a new phone, and I want a good one,
but I specifically want one without a camera in it. This specification is
proving demanding to fulfill.

 

I got a new one (T610) yesterday, it has a camera. I'm already bored
with it. There's only a limited number of times that taking pictures of
the cat's arse is entertaining.

To make matters worse I've managed to mislay the fucking manual and the
phone didn't copy all my contacts across properly. I can't work out how
to merge phonebook entries, easily.

The long winter evenings are going to fly by.

 

Can't you surreptiously get some of the...erm... talent around your place?

Then email them to me.

 

You're only supposed to use cameraphones for porn! I thought
*everyone* knew that!