new or used: a question of economy

That's what they learned me, right down to the bit about
someone running up your arse, etc, etc.


GB

 

I had a new Sprint in 1998, crap suspension brand new, the dealer suggested
a kit put in the front end, I protested that a brand new bike should not
need a kit, anyway after 1,300 kilometres I was hit from behind and the bike
was a write off. Don't think I will be back in a Triumph dealers showroom
again.

Boxer

 

There's no point sitting on the fence.


GB

 

I don't *know* a torque wrench is "required". I don't have one, nor use
one - my rear wheel's still attached. As it starts to undo, it
clicks/cracks and when I do it back up, I get it to there.

As for the actual torque I wind up with, it would be about 90% of what a
skinny 60Kg nerd can generate. Someone else can convert that to
foot-newtons or whatever they are.

If you don't need them both send me one (or Betty )

 

I had to go through a bit of a mind-shift when I went from a mid-80s Yamaha
to a late-90s BMW... this whole clickety-click stepping through gears
business that I was so used to just didn't work any more.
Then I bought a late 80s BMW and I had to go through it all again!!

 

[shrug] Pretty unscientific but it felt very light and flickable on the
few-km ride from Rockit's house to the GP and back..... even with
Biker-Betty on the back!
All 'round it felt very good for an old Doodle 'cept I didn't bend my gammy
leg enough and I was trying (barely successfully) to change gears with my
upper-foot instead of my toes!

 

OK; there's obviously a very clever pun-fest happening here but I'm too
stupid to discern what it's based on.
Help me please.

 

When I did mine, it was emphasised to change down once at least, but the
main point was *stopping*.

"Ideally, with practice you can be in first gear by the time you stop,
making moving off a lot easier, as you may have to stop, then get out of
someone's way" would be the words I was advised.

 

Unscrew the plug on the bottom,
let it run out,
screw the plug back in,
fill it at the top. It's not rocket science Betty.
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I missed step three at least once and had to watch my nice new 20W-50 run
out over the road (and my toes) and know that I had to catch the bus to the
auto-store to buy more!!

 

"But that's not important now..."

 

You have wiggly bits?
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Theo... maaaate.... let me tell ya!

 

When you find out let me in on it because the above makes no sense to me
either

Feint: n 1. a deceptive or pretended attacking movement, especially in
boxing or fencing
2. adj denoting paper printed with faint lines as a guide for handwriting.
3. vb make a feint (1).

So it's got me stuffed what a fence has got to do with it (skirting
around kinda makes sense)

JL

 

"theo" <> :
.... when you have a need to emergency stop, you forget about the
gears, the indicators, the dashboard clock, the CB radio, the people
behind you, and just concentrate on stopping.
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x2 here. If you have time for the rest it's just a "stop".

 

Ermmm.... you don't know who's got the engine do you?

 

Ahh thanks. Now that you point-out the feinting/fencing link the "fence"
bit makes sense but, to me, the "skirting" doesn't!

 

Practice would make it more instinctive so you don't have to 'think'
about it while you're doing it, much like shitting your pants.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Oddly enough that's one thing I do very much think about before it happens!
--
Clem
(THE most humiliating experience in my life was when I had to shit my bed in
hospital after my bowel was sewn back together and my colostomy removed but
I, being a spinal-injury patient, hadn't been OK'd to use a bedpan.
No matter how much I pleaded they wouldn't let me have a pan in the absence
of the authorising Registrar and I (eventually) just had to just let go all
over the sheepskin on which my arse was resting.
To make matters worse my brother was "supporting" me by not leaving the room
while this happened....

No big deal for the nurses though... they just waited until I'd shit myself
and then cleaned me and the bed up; totally business-like.
They deserve 4 or 5 times what they're paid!)

..

 

Tsk Clem, mine's the -S, not the -N. I had a ride on the N once when mine
was in for a service. Didn't like it much at all - felt like I was being
blown around, even in city riding. I think the dry weight of mine's 172kg,
still lighter than the GS500F, which was 180 dry (8kgs is a lot for someone
under 60kgs!)

Didn't dare <snigger>! Plus I was wondering how much stomping the you-beaut
"Clem-shifter" would take - my guess, after all that, is A LOT. ;-)

betty

 

a tenuous connection between "fencing" and "skirting" both being stuff that
goes around something? (fence/skirting board?) Also the "dodging"
implication - feinting in fencing, and skirting an issue???

betty, just guessing

 

How long did it take you to order the Ohlins stuff for your last BM?

regards,
CrazyCam