big J

Stacks of bikes heading north through Dublin today for the North West 200. Hey Belfast,is it on the telly up there,nothing down here. Qualifying today I think,any info?

Smokeless

Starter solenoid?

I once had the plastic adjuster knob for the linkage catch on the shock remote reservoir knob.Never did it before or since.Wierd.

GTL? GTV?

Sadly,they've been known for this stuff for years. I used to help in a mates shop and the abuse that JMC got was unbelievable. He would tell customers not to go near them, he had so many broken promises and bullshit from them. This was ten or eleven years ago and I still hear stories about them through the grapevine.

They dont seem to suit the bike as well as the Diablos. Dead slippy in the wet,too, Just dont feel planted at all if it's damp and wiggle about on the white lines all over the place. Not quite the right shade of black,either.

More Bridgestone stuff? You're an agent for them now? I've got BT 014'S on the bike now and I dont like them. Can I get a refund?

Definetly,I well remember my son offering to clean the bike for me when he was two years old. I was just about to tell him to go ahead,turned round, and he's standing there with a 2 lb ball pein hammer. To him,no different to a polishing cloth.I gently persuaded him to put it down and skewered him on my claymore...........erm..........gave him a rag.

Serge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like what I was saying at the bar at about 3 this morning. But it was a statement,not a question. I think.

A mate has one.The roads over here are admittedly a bit bumpy, but about 100 miles is the outer limit of his endurance. "Absolute total fucking torture on the wrists and neck". Seat like a plank too. Generally if we go for a burn,he'll clear of no problem on the occasional smooth stuff,anywhere else,he's slower than a nun in a nissan, the battering he takes from the roads and the slower speeds round here means he's bolloxed while the old Guz may ultimately be slower in a straight line,but I'm able to roll along happily for a lot longer.

The first soviet scooter able to do 150 miles on a pint of yak fat.

Nice one Keith! The scura sounds great.

Pah,anybody can do tracing. It's colouring in without going over the lines that separates the men from the boys.

??????? Any chance of an explanation? Did they do some kind of study?

As Greg says,seems to be a common failing. Mine has been like that for months now,but hasnt got any worse,just a damp oil soaked area,no running leak or anything. I might try running her without any oil in to see if that cures it.

No bad, back to see the kids in Scotland every 3 weeks,going to work, out for a spin at the weekends. Jo says I have izzug otom across my arse.

21,150 miles in 9 months of having the bike on the road. Down time due to shock blowing,starter eating itself and various other maladies.

Alexander the Grate?

Mine curled up and died some time back

I keep being drawn back to this. (Un)Fortunately I'm skint.

Knowing sods law, about 5 miles from the nearest petrol station.