The Sock
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As ever, Clem, I bow to your greater knowledge.
I should've prefaced my comment "On proper Triples,..."
What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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I should've prefaced my comment "On proper Triples,..."
The Sock
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Fitted my Mark 1 mock up soft luggage rear shock protector.
A little bit of fettling, some reinforcement, and they'll be ready for paint.
A little bit of fettling, some reinforcement, and they'll be ready for paint.
Dellortoman
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That's a lot fancier than my version, which is just a bit of stainless steel bar.
piranha-bro2
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Why not bolt it at the bottom as well? Make it stronger 
The Sock
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I wanted to be able to get to my damping adjuster and secure the bags, on mine, Cam.
Indeed, it does, Quentin, but also larger and more time consuming to fit/remove. Travelling solo, I don't need much luggage, so this should be more than adequate.Why not bolt it at the bottom as well? Make it stronger
piranha-bro2
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Introduced on motorcycles about the same time as contact-less transistorised ignition systems.What's damping adjustment?
Paul
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chrisk
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A defunct adjuster, if you use Q’s eye to eye shock protector.What's damping adjustment?
Paul
Went to fetch some bearings for the rear end of the SF2 before our summer trip, and some medication for my poor stomach.
Tanked up the S. On Sunday, we vote for the European parliament. I'll go vote on the S and then go for a long ride.
A few days after D day commemoration, it would be good that Europeans remember where they come from when they vote.
Paul
Tanked up the S. On Sunday, we vote for the European parliament. I'll go vote on the S and then go for a long ride.
A few days after D day commemoration, it would be good that Europeans remember where they come from when they vote.
Paul
Sécurité Sociale.I didn't know that pharmacies sold bearings ! Reimbursed ?
Bearings are good for health.
Paul
Took the S to go and vote then out for a ride in the too rare sunshine this year. 100 km.
It's raining again today.
Out into coal mining country. All the pits are now closed. The country around here is very flat. There's not a hill between the Channel coast and the Ural mountains. So men made mountains. Frenchmen, then Poles, then Moroccans, all who were to become French. A lot of men lost their life here, underground, silicosis, the brutal repression of strikes and the Germans. The miners very courageously went on strike in 1941 during the brutal occupation. A lot were deported never to return or shot.
Paul
It's raining again today.
Out into coal mining country. All the pits are now closed. The country around here is very flat. There's not a hill between the Channel coast and the Ural mountains. So men made mountains. Frenchmen, then Poles, then Moroccans, all who were to become French. A lot of men lost their life here, underground, silicosis, the brutal repression of strikes and the Germans. The miners very courageously went on strike in 1941 during the brutal occupation. A lot were deported never to return or shot.
Paul
Did a bunch of back-to back testing over the weekend. SF versus Jota, for the trip to Breganze. Jota won. Now I just have to make it look presentable for the trip 'home'... currently suffering from "Jeeez, how many shades of orange can there possibly be on one bike" 
Stand it in a row of 750 SFCs, it'll blend in nicely! They're all different too.Did a bunch of back-to back testing over the weekend. SF versus Jota, for the trip to Breganze. Jota won. Now I just have to make it look presentable for the trip 'home'... currently suffering from "Jeeez, how many shades of orange can there possibly be on one bike"
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Andy J
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Having spent an unsuccessful morning trying to find out why my friend’s 650 Formula has now decided it will only run for a few seconds and then stop, I finally managed to do a ride over the mountain section of the TT course, which is made one-way for the fortnight, before they revert back to two-way tomorrow.
However, it turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. Not only was I having to make do with my ‘Should-have-been-a-Jota’, as I am currently a bit lacking in the road legal Laverda stakes, and the LZ50 and 100 Sport don’t quite cut the mustard on a derestricted speed limit road, but it was too bloody cold and far too windy to really enjoy the run. And the first section up to Guthrie’s Memorial was spoilt by a pair of dickhead locals in cars who thought as they were doing speeds approaching 60-70mph they really needed to take the racing line and hog the ‘outside’ lane. Sure, I could probably have taken them on the inside, but given their already dumb driving I wasn't going to risk them then deciding to move back to the ‘inside’ lane as I went to pass.
Once I finally got past them I wound it up a bit and headed up the mountain mile but had to back off as the wind gusts (around 35-40kts) meant what is already a challenge in good conditions (think Joey Dunlop: ‘there are blurred grey bits and blurred green bits - I aim for the grey ones…) was becoming even more hairy.
Hopefully the wind will drop overnight and I might get another run early tomorrow morning and not have to wait 12 months for another opportunity.
However, it turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. Not only was I having to make do with my ‘Should-have-been-a-Jota’, as I am currently a bit lacking in the road legal Laverda stakes, and the LZ50 and 100 Sport don’t quite cut the mustard on a derestricted speed limit road, but it was too bloody cold and far too windy to really enjoy the run. And the first section up to Guthrie’s Memorial was spoilt by a pair of dickhead locals in cars who thought as they were doing speeds approaching 60-70mph they really needed to take the racing line and hog the ‘outside’ lane. Sure, I could probably have taken them on the inside, but given their already dumb driving I wasn't going to risk them then deciding to move back to the ‘inside’ lane as I went to pass.
Once I finally got past them I wound it up a bit and headed up the mountain mile but had to back off as the wind gusts (around 35-40kts) meant what is already a challenge in good conditions (think Joey Dunlop: ‘there are blurred grey bits and blurred green bits - I aim for the grey ones…) was becoming even more hairy.
Hopefully the wind will drop overnight and I might get another run early tomorrow morning and not have to wait 12 months for another opportunity.