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I like his black and white trunks. Must be a hassle being famous: even on the beach they're hassled for a handout by an emaciated drug-injector. Anyway, enough of James Dunt – what's the big dangerous 145mph bike selling for?

I'll ask Madonna

Tooters A tutor who tooted a flute Tried to tutor two tutors to toot. Said the two to the tutor, "Is it harder to toot or To tutor two tutors to toot?"

It's not this guy: 'cos he's James Hunt

Did you see the snippet in MCN? A V.11 that was owned by James Blunt will be for sale on ebay tomorrow. His record company insisted that it was too dangerous for him to ride, apparently. No axle nuts on it, or what?

Must have been pretty AMAZING.

It's in here, if you can work out the code: a propane torch should do it

Shouldn't that post have been made in the Quiz section?

DL, you can't get in there without a password ? What else is inside? Edit, oh yeah, there's a separate Downloads Area for the manuals.

On assembly, I'd use some coppaslip to make the job of extraction a bit easier next time. If the spacer is a bit short you would be best addressing that, so that the bearing doesn't get wrecked again. 113mm sounds right though. Can you determine if it is the right length for the hub or can you see another reason why that one bearing went south?

It's simple really, you'll know the problem when I mention it – can't get the staff these days – It's the troublesome world of sub-contracting. The day-job, as Lifestyle Strategist for Madonna, keeps me pretty busy, so to do my duty by V.11.com I have to hire in jobbing hacks (mostly from the higher orders of primates** and agile tree dwellers) to keep the daily column going. Some of these writer guys can be scurvy swabs, lazy as the day is long. They do nothing for weeks on end and I don't know about it until I get a nasty phone call from the Global Moderator, telling me Jaap's Euros are as good as anybody's and why haven't they had the pieces they've paid for...yak, yak, yak. On the other hand, some are just soooo serious. It's 'clocks' this and 'time' that. For them, tappets and cans and the density of seat foam are the doorways to paradise. One of these guys is so keen he works on after-hours, going by some crazy handles like 'Ratchethack' and 'D.Laing' and others that you may recognize. That boy sure is keen and I do think that somewhere along the line he's gonna have a REALLY IMPORTANT message for us all. Watch this space. Anyhows, in recent weeks I had to work out how Madonna could help the poor, NOW . So I was a bit busy. I think I cracked it, so the pressure should be off for a while. That means I can kick out the jobbing writers, rein things back in and get the V.11.com job in hand again. **In my experience, these primates might have their eyes facing forwards, but they aren't all they're cracked up to be. I hear that spiders are pretty diligent, so I'm gonna keep a few in the garage, so that they get a hang of the V.11 thing and then let them try working on a few of the threads hereabouts. I mean, could they be any worse? Sorry for your equilibrium. If you continue to be troubled, you could always do as JRT has done and resort to the refuge offered in the whisky bottle. Thanks for the opportunity to explain.

You've got a Tenni, right????

You've peddled this heretical scepticism here before Ratchet. To no avail. We still believe. We have the shiney windows and the shiney shoes as solid proof.

Looking further into Bike magazine, I see they have a Venn diagram type chart, showing what classification and overlaps new bikes fall into. From memory, they have the Griso along with Yam MT-01 and the Harley Street Rod. So those could well be 2 of the other bikes in the December issue Big Test. In fact it's a mighty good reason not to – I'll send the Scura round to bite you.

No no, just pointing to it, in case anyone would like to refer to it or say if their opinion has changed. It's interesting to hear now from people who have some riding experience of the bike, one year on. I was asking, in the other thread, what the bike should be tested against. Looking further into Bike magazine, I see they have a Venn diagram type chart, showing what classification and overlaps new bikes fall into. From memory, they have the Griso along with Yam MT-01 and the Harley Street Rod. So those could well be 2 of the other bikes in the December issue Big Test.

So: seems like you're having second thoughts?

I'm sure that are a variety of radios and a variety of ways that they may be mounted. Could I suggest that you open a new thread and ask for advice before doing this?

But in different time zones, I suspect. Time for bed

NH says, in the interview: that's exactly what he has said to DP Says he needs him there S'pose DP could swat VR off the track. That would make for an electric final.

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Yep. I used a wrist watch, taped on. It was good, though be warned, when I got a 'proper motorbike clock' and took the wrist watch off, the tape took the black paint on the top yoke with it. The fittings that came with the 'proper clock' wern't terribly useful for my bike. I adapted one of them a bit and screwed it on to one of the top clamps. There's a sharp edge on the clock surround and it gouged into the top clamp, 'cause of vibration, so I had to add a bit of metal strip to shield the alloy. It's actually hard to read – the hands and clock face are not a good design for their purpose. There was very limited choice. Took it off to drop the fork legs and haven't put it back on. Tempted to tape the wristwatch on again.

There was SOME DISCUSSION along these lines, this time last year. A year on, my opinion might have softened a bit. I mean, at first look, you have a certain opinion of this guy's fashion sense but that softens with time, as you get used to him.... Doesn't make it right though. Hmmmmm...... NB Obviously, as with the 'Breva bashing', no offence is meant.

Look for a Rawlbolt May be called a Rawbolt somewhere , or shield anchor I think you need to hit harder. Make sure that the wheel hub is properly, well supported.

Ok ok, best make amends and rebalance the quotient Here's a cycle clock, er, a clock cycle you can add a trailer for 24-bit accuracy Value of a Buell when the clock battery starts running down Invention for remote checking of time, when you're on the move think that pulled us back from the brink – just in time?