I rode that 1200 shittet that you talk about Phil, more than a couple of times,and bloody hell it was easilly the best road 1200 I have ever tried, but it wasnt me doing the wheelies, it did take a very long time, but Sheepy eventually admitted that he might not have refilled with oil, while doing a service prior to that trip into Belgium.It surprised me that the bike ran for 120 miles or so after having had an oil change, drain plug back in, but maybe no oil.For a while there were many who were convinved that 1200's can ,just dump all their oilI was never one of them, because when his bike stopped the outside was bone dry, no oil showing anywhere, and later back in Swanley, with the cam cover off for a day, his garage still smelt like someone was burning rubber and oil inside it with the door shut, the whole thing even smelt when Steve had it apart for the rebuilt, which following completion,Ray restored the whole bike, I helped him lift the motor into position, it is still in his lounge being used as a bookshelf and the motor is still not bolted in, just left resting.
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