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I put it down to character, though some might consider it a defect.

Invite JR around – have a party

You needed to be there

Never mind comparing the blessed springs. Make sure you've got the right size of pawl arm boss and a standard Guzzi spring or bigger boss and the revised big coil spring. Or fix the broken spring as a temp. measure. Get it on, get it together and get it in gear. B*ld*ni has already been insulted. Now you're starting on Martin Barrett and BigJ too. Trouble's brewing.

is that quantity, or height?

Yeah. B*ld*ni, Friday night, Erin Rally, June. – say no more.

What I can't believe, is that you guys don't lubricate your bit and pieces as a matter of course. Cor...Americans!

Unfortunately there's no dealer near me, but I was meant to be in Cambridge last weekend. If I'd known there was a chance to see the bike, it might have tipped the balance in favour of going. I'd love see it. (Downside would have been I'd have had to fix P.R.'s mum's shower's leak.) I'll be in London over 17-19 October. I doubt if there'll be time to get to Corsa Italiana. Anyone, who knows their way about the big smoke, know if there's a dealer that can be got to quickly from Camden?

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Where? Have they arrived in Engerland? Black ones and Red ones?

That's Bob Dylan! just 'cos it says BFG don't make it true!

Those pics are actually me. Just joking about the Bob Dylan fella. This is Bob Dylan:

Yeah: the one that feeds all the water and goo back into the oil sump.

Not necessarily. With agreement of dealer, they sent the parts and I did the work. Dealer gets paid for work, warranty stands. Best way.

What on earth ? That's just not cool.

Single carb.....Tiger (?)

Poetry in motion? Just opened up the 'No Direction Home' double CD. There's a pic of Dylan on his Triumph, from 1965 or thereabouts. another

Who? OYB by any chance?

best thing you could do really or you coulda brought an iPod

Great. Very nice.

Eh? Is there a problem with the spring?

Hmmm. Perhaps you should clarify what you mean by '...and spin off' too? people could be getting dangerously dizzy.

Main pics here: spring stuff 1 spring sprong 2 Makes me want to go out and whip the transmission cover off and start poking at things.

A claw hammer? Any old thing to shock it / pry it off.

If you're just looking but not disassembling, there aren't major pitfalls. Just take care. The most difficult part is getting the bottom left side allen bolt out. See the pictures, you may notice an allen key that I ground down so that it's easier to gat at that Allen head. more inf here & pics & also a link to more pinks. Everything should be covered somewhere in the FAQ links. There are a number of bits of advice about lining up the internals. Also see here. Good luck.