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Not mine: it's been through Quat D surgery. Mind you, that does make it sound much more like an aeroplane, for sure.

If the Scura was a statue, I'd say it would be this or perhaps this

It's no good. The Scura would eat them before breakfast and make them leak their precious fluids. Save them for a nicely behaved Tenni.

Yes. and It's cursed.

My replacement 'improved' double-lip seals lasted only two and a half thousand miles before leaking. Both went at same time. They just don't last. Plus, The Curse Of The Scura probably doesn't help. Why would these parts be immune to it when all the rest of the bits that are part of, attached to or touch the beast, aren't?

I'm reassured by your reply that I posted in the correct place. Cushion making is not a subject of banter. BTW My clock is precisely set to local time, unless somehow some sort of internet trickery means that it displays differently in different locations. I hope that is not the case, otherwise the work of the great longitude engineers was for nothing. Regarding the Guzzi Wedge Conundrum: I have been investigating the acoustic properties of hole placement. No one has mentioned this business yet. Odd? Hole displacement following what is known as the Greg Field Pattern is unsettling for the more conservative – as we saw in certain reactionary posts. It has acoustic merit though, compared to the conventional, careful, centrehole drilling. Fine, but let's consider the more technologically sophisticated 'wave' cutout. Improved acoustics AND, I would think, NICE CUSH! Improved squish too. No one has mentioned this. Odd? Do you think that these holes could be modeled from urethane? How many would it take to fill the Albert Hall?

Now look here D.L. If I'd wanted an answer like that, I'd have posted in Tech Topics, or perhaps the Tenni Forum.

No, no. It's ok. It's a twin sister thing. Actually, I think she said triplets. There's one more out there somewhere.

I'd like to accent my bike's seating area through the use of artfully placed cushions. I don't want anything sloppy, so what's the best material combo for the job? Nice bit of chintz, maybe calico, stuffed with horsehair, feathers, or some grade of polyester, maybe even rubber? Any point in putting in holes, so the water drains through? The relevant chapter in Gosh!ology seems to refer to grease, but I find that misleading. I really can't see how that stuff could be useful. It's probably meant to be a reference to geese. PS when trolling through haberdashery, I found a friend who says she'll help me with the sewing: She looks quite dexterous.

Well, I don't know if this is a lame excuse or just excessive boasting. Either way, you need to give yourself a good talking to, pull your socks up and seriously consider how to re-align your priorities. Job or no job: these threads march relentlessly on. Can you afford to be left behind?

The G-ology reference was extensively discussed in (at least) one of the previous threads on this subject. I think there's mention of that somewhere in the first one or two pages in this thread here(?). Don't be having the idea that there are ONLY 16 pages on the Forum, debating this. No, no, fascinatingly no.

Brilliant Good pics of very nice bikes

I was rolling around Cadwell and I came across this big girl's blouse. Unfortunately, I've nothing more to report.

Hope you're watching, G.Rider. Turn it on if you're not. Injured Ryan Farquhar showing class in fierce riding on the ZX10R and ZX6R, winning against what looked like bigger Honda power. Great wee circuit. The Dunlops are tearing things up too. A win apiece for 3 of them. Ulster Grand Prix next. Big giant pic:

I was rolling through Amazon and I came upon this feller... We chatted for a while, he's kinda Grizzly.

TV time again for BB1 NI receivers Monday night at 10.35 Mid Antrim Road Races

No best not, though sometimes I think he feels surly: don't you think so Mock, er, Mick? Other times, I think that he feels bruce. Em, sorry, I mean he seems brusque. (15 yet????)

You're suggesting that we get rid of the rider? Could make for less stress on the system right'nuff. So, replace with urethane gnomes and use radio control? (Must be edging up the Golden Fifteen page now, surely?)

Friction plates, now valves – you're trying to get this to 15 pages, aren't you? Yeah, valves. Same principle to reduce shock in the valve / seat interface. I drilled mine like this. Thought it better not to drill the stem. Are valves necessary anyway? I wonder if Guzzi are just adding weight where it's not needed? That would be typical. I heard that Ducati use desmos or something – carved from a semi-firm material:

Unless you're Ralph, in which case the cheese 'comfort' wedges become a visible embarrasment at that point.

A similar sort of percentage as are brave enough to buy a weird (in the nicest possible way) Italian bike?

uhm... as opposed to quack?

QUOTE(dlaing @ Aug 8 2007, 08:45 AM) But just to keep it going... I recalled a better word... that represents slack plus cush, and that word is slop. No and also. In a way, in another thread elsewhere, Ralphy kinda suggests that this could also be viewed as "cleavage". Seems like a more poetic description, so I suggest that it has merit.