winter riding

No but Guzzi still sell a similar engine with the cylinders tilted up at a
sensible angle.

Spada. YKIMS

 

Softer. *much* softer. Reduce tyre pressure as well to increase the
contact patch.
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Change the suspension oil for lighter grade, and lube the
countersprocket.

 

No problem I shall look into it. Just clicked on your URL and the bikes you
used to own. I once owned a CD175 first bike a brought I was 13 at the time
some bloke had it parked in his back garden for years, when I asked him how
much he wanted he told me £40, I replied "I dont have that much", he then
told me "what I should of said was I only have £20" so i asked my mum for
£20 and went back to him he then sold it to me the police hated me and have
ever since.

 

What tyer pressure would I be looking at for a realy wet day

 

Really wet? What, really pissing down or just your normal cats and
dogs? If it is really honking it down you want to be down to about
6psi in the front and perhaps 4 in the rear on a light bike like
yours. This will allow a certain amount of squish, see, and as the
tyre moves around on the rim it will heat up much better even if you
have to ride quite slowly.

Once the tyre gets hot enough to steam gently when you are stopped
then you can be sure that the water will evaporate off it as it goes
round, so you are effectively putting dry rubber down as you go along.
If you aim your mirrors down a little you should be able to see the
dry line of tarmac where you have just been - or look over your
shoulder. This is the proper way to do it - if everybody did it
properly like this then we would dry all of the roads all the time and
we could ride a lot faster even in the rain.


In snow, put your inner tubes over the outside of your tyres for extra
grip - inner tubes are much softer rubber, see - just like wearing
socks over slippery boots on ice.

 

Depends really. If it *really* wet, you want to up the pressure a *bit* to
gain extra bouyancy, but I'd prolly look for about 1 atmosphere, 14 psi

Of course, you need to adjust it daily to match your barometer.
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What about taking the wheels off get one of them big black rubber rings that
get towed behind a speed boat and fix some sort of propelor to a shaft drive

 

Ah, that's all very well, but you must also remember to calibrate your
barometer on a daily basis.

Go here for more details ...

http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/publications/baroguidelines.pdf

Alternatively consult a piece of seaweed or a pine cone, taking great
care to ensure that the aformentioned are correctly aligned with the
Greenwich meridian.

HTH

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Elly wrote:

Oh, not this rubbish *again*

We did all this last year and you still know you're wrong........

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Well, if you're not going to listen to the answers, why post the question?
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Pip wrote:

This of course is why winter bikes, like the CG125, have inner tubes.

 

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:03:20 GMT, "Chris Griffiths"

snip

Perhaps they are just good judges of character...?
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