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Just downloaded the calendar What's this? 3 Tenni's and not a Scura in sight? I reckon packets of chocolate limes have been winging their way between Tenni HQ and Jaap's place. Maybe the Scura boys should get ready for next year, I'd suggest bottles of Guinness(the dark stuff)! PS why has the Tenni got it's panniers on backwards?

Male or female buffalo? I've heard African buffalo grease is very good, but Indian can be too runny. If it's from a male,are you sure it's fat?

If he can win it on a Guzzi,he's disproved Einsteins theory of relativity,can perform time travel and may well be able to walk on water.

Thanks Ouiji,she's a wee honey. She looks like that most of the time,just cant keep it clean and anyway I'd rather be out on her than washing her. You'll probably have noticed that it's mostly the nancy boys with their scura's and tenni's who use them as ornaments.(puts on tin helmet) That pic was taken for the "show your v11 " thread,I was just back from Scotland and I love when she looks like that,well used,as you say.

Put the drink down and go to bed.

Could this oscillation be related to the "gyroscopic forces" thread?

Dont they contain any meat at all?

I havent had the forks done yet Guy,it's on the list tho! I fitted one of their rear shocks and it's much better than the sachs in my opinion. The only thing I dont like is that changing the compression damping is a bit fiddly,but I only changed it to see if I preferred a different set up.To be honest,it suited me best straight out of the box.It's very nicely made,too.

Hi Jock,howzitgaun? There's a Guzzi place in Ayr, Moto Ecosse, might be worth a try and I believe theyve got a spares organisation in Cambuslang( sorry I dont have any details here) I suppose you tried Jim Allan's in Falkirk? All the best with the new bike. Why fix what is not broken? Give it time...... All the best through the bells too,staring wistfully into space,making plans wi'a hauf in your palm.

Ohmygod no no noooooooooo!BMC's and K&N's cannot be the same material, otherwise I've wasted a whole 5 minutes of my life debating their relative qualities. Please,please,purleeeaaaase,tell me it isn't so. I'll be good,I'll honest to god be good,just tell me it isn't so.............. Do they do stickers?

Ah for gawds sake, just take it out and play with it. Have some fun and put the smile back on your face.

I am of course far above questions of snobbery. Would any of you proles mind if my butler answers for me? Course not. You're all too insignificant for such a rhetorical question. Now,whom would be so lucky as to like a sniff of my saddle? I wont charge,of course,I dont need the money. Respondants may reply to my usual address at: Marketing manager, Honda uk.

Hmmm... I see no mention of ravioli on toast. Is this some low rent Scura riders meet?

Sherbet lemons and winklepickers. Can you live with that kind of void?

Ah c'mon guys,you must be kiddin. Real whisky is never spelled with an 'e'. But anyway,whatever you're drinkin,have a good one.

Just what I was wondering,how you gonna cool it,g?

It's christmas time, he'll be away munting the turkey or whatever they call it.

Heaviness is like,all relative,man.

Ben,if you have a K&N filter,the guys who sold it to you will have filter clean and the oil that you apply after. I only re-oil the filter every 20,000 iles or so,so dont sweat it. Sling your leg over and stuff the rest works best!

Hmmm.There's something dodgy about this.Where's the chicken? It's not a p.roper piece without the chicken.

Jeezus christ,who rattled your cage? I didn't detect an ounce of acrimony anywhere,you've got one opinion,I've got another,someone else is different again. So what? You have decided,based on the above test,that K&N's are not for you. Fair enough. You've set out these arguments before,shown the same tests and outlined your position why one filter is better than another.I read your post,picked up any salient points and put forward another point of view,based upon what I've read and my own personal experience. You dont like K&N's.Dont fit one,then. Some fella's have them,some have drilled airboxes,pods,stockers,et al.Everybody has differing perspectives and likes/dislikes,it's what makes it all so interesting. Keep tinkering,Ratchet,I enjoy your posts but I'm big enough and ugly enough to make up my own mind about what I like. And lighten up a wee bit ffs,were only havin a chat. Anyway,any theoretical decrease in efficiency due to poor airfilter choice will be nought compared to he drop in performance due to the dodgy cam chain stretching and throwing the cam timing out.Which gears are best,steel or ally?Anybody?

Very nice. Where d'you get em/ how much?

Ratchet, google up David Vizard and see what you find. He's well respected both sides of the pond for independant research. I've got a couple of his books and have been reading his tech articles since I was a nipper. I could scan and copy the air filter tests but frankly I can't be arsed. He shows a properly oiled and fitted K&N outperforms others.(as Jim says,they must be oiled to work) I could get a K&N here,so I fitted one.No others are available afaik locally. I've fitted them to other engines and have always had good results. You dont like them.Dont fit one,then. I'm struggling to see the relevance of all this. On a big air-cooled engine like ours,ring wear by unfiltered air shouldn't be that much of a problem,surely. If as you have said in the past, you typically keep the revs between 4-7000, you'll be replacing the rings round 60-70,000 miles anyway. BTW,I didnt bother reading all those graphs and stuff,but I assume the guys who performed the tests did oil the filter. Didnt they?

For gawds sake,dont fit K&N's,Ratchet'll be down beating you over the head with a Marzocchi fork spring.