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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, steve auvache

And (in this election time) let us never forget poor, poor Stephen
Milligan. Who never was very good with knots.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

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I've made the acquaintance of (or at least had a chat on the phone with)
an early Ural/Dnepr specialist, smashingly helpful chap. The
conversation went along the lines of:

"I need a cylinder head"
"Don't have any left: just sold the last one"
"arse"
"I'm going to Poland next week - How many do you want?"
"How much?"
"£10"
"Lots"
"Any other bits?"
"Shall I give you all my money now?"

He was at Stafford this weekend and if I'd thought of it I could have
asked someone southerly to pick some bits up for me.

 

£10! TEN POUNDS! For a cylinder head...???

 

That's secondhand, it'd be £30 for a new one.

 

<choke>

 

Wasn't Mick Cross of MPC, was it? I was at Stafford on Saturday, looking
high and low for purveyors of Dnepr bits, without success. Any idea where
he was hiding?

 

No - he wanted £30 for S/H. He said he was there, this is a chap from
Wigan, private individual as opposed to a commercial enterprise. - I'll
let you know how I get on with getting spares from him.

He seems helpful enough on the phone.

 

sweller wrote:

Right **** up on the 'making sense' front.

 

That's only a quid.

 

And the posting front, too, it would seem....

 

He's Mr. Ural spam?

la-la-la-la-la-la-la

 

No, YTC: I was referring to your top-posting.

 

That wasn't top posting: that was an explanatory introduction.

 

<narrows eyes>

OK, 10/10 for a convincing explanation.