WUN has left the country

I promise I'll wipe it down afterwards.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

This is not the question you are looking for.

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

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

But of course.

How about self-centred?

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

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

After sales care at its finest.

The more I look, the happier I am.

I'll shut up now, before Mike's other half hunts me down and kills me.
;^)

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

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, mb

LOL!

Just clocked the page title.

You're actually making me feel very slightly guilty here...

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

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Calm down dear - it's only a bike. A very smart looking bike but still
only a bike.

 

Heh, I had to change it to suit.
Do I get visiting rights?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, mb

Every fifteenth weekend, you have to give me seven days notice, and
promise to have it back by six PM.

And you have to take it to the zoo.

<sits back and waits for maintenance cheques>

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

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Wicked Uncle Nigel

Not to worry you or anything, but I wonder how available front
suspension bushes/bearings will be for that once they start to go.

 

It isn't that difficult to dismantle the front swingarm, thus
lubricating them is fairly easy - much easier than a rear swingarm on a
"normal" bike.

 

Are they ball, roller, needle, or rubber bearings/bushes?

Thing is, I'm wondering if they'd be replaceable with industry standard
components once Yam stops making bits for that.

 

It's the front suspension that gets me hot, and the Omega chassis. The rest
of it's pretty tedious.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

<raises eyebrow>

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

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Oh, come on. Plastic, plastic, plastic <glaze>, standard-issue Jap
across-the-frame four-cylinder engine <stifles yawn>, chain drive <eyelids
droop>, catalytic converter <nervous tic> etc. Take away the modern front
suspension and what have you got[1]? A N Other sports-tourer.

[1]apart from a lot of scrapes on the fairing

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

<casts around frantically>

Err... Two trip meters?

And one of the most amazingly effective fairings I've come across for
keeping the breeze off.

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

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Well, you /could/ have mentioned fuel injection, ABS, brilliant handling,
terrific engine, enormous weight...

Better than the Blingmobile? <gobsmacked>

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

Oh yeah. Fuel injection. No ABS on this one. Handling... It needs a firm
hand to tip it in, and shakes its head a bit on fast tight corners. I
need to play with the suspenders.

Oddly, yes. For me at least. I get head-buffet on the BlingMobile, no
matter how I adjust the screen. With the GTS, I got none. How it
performs in terms of keeping weather off remains to be seen.

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

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

I've heard they're quite sensitive to tyre condition/wear/pressures. I've
also heard that a committed rider can get the front swingarm down...

Coo, that's a bit good. One of the problems with the Trophy was the
buffetting - not so bad for me, but Sarah found it scarily violent. If she
had her head in the straight-ahead position, there was a lot of vibes and
she felt like it was going to snap her head to one side or the other. If
she looked to the side, it would snap her head round to full lock. Most of
the time, she'd cower down behind me.

 

WUN could also have mentioned the shortest stopping distance of any
motorsickle as measured by "Rider" magazine;

"When we finally downloaded the computer, it spit out a long series of
numbers, the result of our numerous "set-up" runs from 60 mph. One
hundred five, 87, 87, 89, 90, 88, 87, 87, 89, 89 feet. We'd never seen
numbers like these before in any car or bike magazine".

 

Was that on an ABS bike?