Chimay - just back

It was deliberate?

 

No. Occam's razor applies here.
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I'm taken with the shot of TOG watching an auction close on eBay, via
international wireless laptoppery, presumably:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=155925289&context=set-72157594165894107&size=l

 

Last time I saw him, the beak was bright red.

 

"Dressed for comfort"

Yer bastards



P.

 

This was obviously taken early in the weekend then. I think he looks
better, now he has Champ doing his hair.

 

<TOG@toil>; <>; <>
wrote in message

<snip>

The Duke, for the record, is now coming up to nine years and 28,000
miles old, and barring the spark plug, it's never let me down. It's
eaten a couple of neutral light switches, a set of rear wheel bearings,
two chain and sprocket sets, and a set of head races. Oh, and the seat
lock bounced out on the M25 and a cunningly sited zip-tie is connected
to the unlocking mechanism. Pull it, and the seat detaches.

<snip>

 

What is that? The half-faired single-disc economy model?

The good thing about the 750 is that the engine is much smoother and
sweeter than the 900, and allegedly more solid.

It's also got a proper wet clutch.

Downside - less sophisticated suspension, and slightly less power and
torque. However, it's still an utter hoot to ride.

 

<snip>

You utter ****.

 

It's one of these:

http://groenen.hexon.cx/s2b5a2fa37253cf73ebbf3715e9cdca2a/details.html?id=476107

's Just that I like the look of it and it's cheap (to Dutch shtandards....)

 

<snip>

You utter ****.[/QUOTE]

I'm not seeing a denial here. SOB, was it?

 

bwahahahahaha!

best laugh of the day so far.

 

I did. I'm sorry. You didn't.

 

Never heard of it, but it's an early (white-frame) SS with an
aftermarket
single seat (can tell by the seat pad), ally swingarm, adjustable
forks,
high-level cans and a wet clutch.

Looks like a good bike. Not sure about the "Ducati" decal up
the side of the fairing, but I'm not too familiar with these
early ones anyway.

TOG is right about them being more reliable than the 900 - the
750 shares the same bottom end as the 900 so it is under
less stress, and has the same heads as the 900 so breathes
well through the larger valves.

Most of the parts are interchangeable betwixt the 400, 600,
750 and 900 SS, and a majority of the parts are used
elsewhere too, such as monsters, ST2 and even some
parts with the 916 - brake systems to name one.

I'm not sure about the whole dry/wet clutch issue. They both
work well, but the dry is noisier, of course. I've burnt out the
disks on the wet clutch (although it may have been fucked
previously!) and haven't replaced the plates on the dry yet.

 

More than a close shave.

P.

 

You really, really did. Honest.[/QUOTE]


I might have skipped a little, sort of fotherington-tomas stylee.

 

3750 euros for a 1992 750SS comes into the "bloody expensive" category
here. As Ant says, it's got some nice bits on it, but still. Jean
(Bruce Porter's wife) bought her 1997 17,000-mile model (same year as
mine, but lower miles) for £1600, and it's immaculate. She took it to
Chimay.

Oh, and the 750 only has a five-speed box, whereas the 900 has six
speeds, which it really doesn't need. I've been told this makes the
750's gearbox stronger as well, because in addition to having to handle
less power, the cogs are slightly bigger: for the 900 they had to shave
the size of the gears to get the sixth gear to fit in the cases. I
don't know if that's true.

 

I didn't look at the price, but that's about twice what it should be!

There are plenty of late SS bike around at the moment going
for silly money. I've seen a lot of SL (SS Superlight - an SS
with single seat and plenty of nice parts) come up for sale
recently all under £2K.

 

On 18 Jul 2006 03:34:33 -0700, TOG@Toil,

"Hullo clouds, Hullo sky ... Hullo ShiteOldBike ..."

"Oh, I say, **** me rigid".

 

Aw. Thanks for asking for me. You're a star.

<hits "send" on lost passport notification form>

It's getting quite expensive for a weekend away.