Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

Someone I know bought a manual sports car years after getting a license and ran into, pun, the exact same issue. She had to learn how to drive it and get through the licence thing as well. Fantasy versus reality.
 
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I got bumped to the first page of the thread somehow.

After all your travels around the world, what’s been your favourite place, and when you decide to put your roots down, where will that be?
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So far in Asia, Vietnam is the winner, but they don’t have a retirement visa and we would have to leave and re-enter every 90 days. In South America it’s Uruguay hands down and Spain in Europe. Unless Putin invades Europe we will probably end up in Spain since I have Lithuanian citizenship so I can stay in the EU visa free. If he does it’s Uruguay because it is as far away as possible and getting residency and then citizenship is very easy. But we have yet to see Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, so we are keeping an open mind.

Cost of living is a factor with Spain the most expensive but still cheaper than California, Uruguay very close behind and Vietnam an absolute bargain. On a lifestyle basis it’s Spain, Uruguay and then Vietnam, but we could be happy in any of them.

Spain has the advantage of access to all of Europe by car for exploration and fantastic food and wine, Uruguay is safe, stable and is a solid middle class democracy, plus it is right next to Buenos Aires with all of its low priced food, shopping and the amazing scenery of Argentina. Vietnam is central for exploring SE Asia and has great street food and a vibrant expat community as well as ok beaches. Nothing beats the beaches on the tiny hippie style Thai islands though.
 
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I thought the shroud was around the cylinders, not the exhaust?
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The exhaust headers had integrated heat exchangers that supplied the cabin heat. The engine was completely shrouded, so the fan did the pushing for both engine cooling and cabin heating. The lever opened the heating ducts and let in quite a lot mechanical noise as well.

The seperate heat exchanger shrouds would funnel most of the air going to the cabin. If oil leaked into these shrouds, or a header gasket blew, you were in trouble... The shrouds would eventually rust away, oil stench was then inevitable.

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Morgan Park Raceway, Warwick, QLD
 

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Alzero said:
So far in Asia, Vietnam is the winner, but they don’t have a retirement visa and we would have to leave and re-enter every 90 days. In South America it’s Uruguay hands down and Spain in Europe. Unless Putin invades Europe we will probably end up in Spain since I have Lithuanian citizenship so I can stay in the EU visa free. If he does it’s Uruguay because it is as far away as possible and getting residency and then citizenship is very easy. But we have yet to see Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, so we are keeping an open mind.

Cost of living is a factor with Spain the most expensive but still cheaper than California, Uruguay very close behind and Vietnam an absolute bargain. On a lifestyle basis it’s Spain, Uruguay and then Vietnam, but we could be happy in any of them.

Spain has the advantage of access to all of Europe by car for exploration and fantastic food and wine, Uruguay is safe, stable and is a solid middle class democracy, plus it is right next to Buenos Aires with all of its low priced food, shopping and the amazing scenery of Argentina. Vietnam is central for exploring SE Asia and has great street food and a vibrant expat community as well as ok beaches. Nothing beats the beaches on the tiny hippie style Thai islands though.
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I’ve been to a few places around the world too, but my heart remains in regional Spain.

Love some places in Asia, going back in August, but Spain floats my boat.

The roads, food and general acceptance of foreigners clinches it for me. Felt at home, read: super comfortable, soon as I got there.
 
When I built an R5 into a racebike back in 1972, I couldn't afford a front brake like that one.

Young me is insanely jealous Current old me is laughing at the slogan on the fairing
 

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GregT said:
When I built an R5 into a racebike back in 1972, I couldn't afford a front brake like that one.
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Back in about 1976 when I worked in the moto shop in Perth I was visiting the major Yamaha dealer for parts and they had one of those big 4LS brakes an NOS in their glass cabinet - AUD$90 brand spanking - I bought it to replace a tired secondhand one I'd been using on the SF1. They laced straight into the Laverda Boranni rim. Loved the power and feel (raced on it) but they tended to be a bit lightweight and after too many road miles the cast drum would start to separate from the alloy hub. Went to discs and sold both the big drums for a pittance.
 
GregT said:
When I built an R5 into a racebike back in 1972, I couldn't afford a front brake like that one.

Young me is insanely jealous Current old me is laughing at the slogan on the fairing
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Ironically I seem to have bought another R5 front brake. Looking for a small 2 leader for a lightweight special I'm building I saw a local wrecker had an RD200 brake in stock. Nice small 2LS drum. So bought it. It's marked as RD200 But I'm now sure it's actually an R5.
It'll do very well for what I want. Bigger than needed but it'll look impressive when I've finished with air scoop and ventilation etc.
 
GregT said:
Ironically I seem to have bought another R5 front brake. Looking for a small 2 leader for a lightweight special I'm building I saw a local wrecker had an RD200 brake in stock. Nice small 2LS drum. So bought it. It's marked as RD200 But I'm now sure it's actually an R5.
It'll do very well for what I want. Bigger than needed but it'll look impressive when I've finished with air scoop and ventilation etc.
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You've still got a local wrecker????
You lucky lucky bastard ;)
 
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