AndyH

Got it, Petith "Büffel" 700 Special! Made from Horex parts. Whaddya know? No wonder I hadn't heard of a Horex V twin. Internet's a wonderful thing really

Looks like a Horex from the badge and general style but never seen a V twin of that make

Can't wait to see the bronze look. Could mean a variety of shades so will be interesting to see...

My wife has this on an original sales poster from the 1960s on her office wall at home.

Post apocalyptic nanotech?

You can still get the Dunlop K82 new. A quick google: http://www.nationalbiketyres.co.uk/motorcycle-tyres/dunlop-motorcycle-tyres/classic-k70-k81-k82/cat_85.html Wish I'd known about that for my V50!

It's 51,000 Mac and I believe that has nothing to do with the R90.Unless your talking about another recall.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/automobiles/bmw-is-recalling-51000-motorcycles-for-fuel-leak.html?_r=0 How many single plate Guzzis were covered under warranty? I'm not particularly a BMW fan,I like them,but don't get all warm and fuzzy as they are too "functional" for me,but overall they are well made bikes that will last a lifetime if well cared for. I've heard plenty of reports of quick rot wiring harnesses on Bee-Ems and a few other bizarre electrical quirks (self starting in a locked garage for one!!!) Not good for lifetime ownership and clearly not the typically 'German' reliability you'd expect.

There is evidently some magic care formula that determines the durability of these batteries but darned if I know what it is. I've been told they don't like being kept on full charge all the time but on the other hand have a limited number of charge/discharge cycles. Battery Immortality must lie somewhere in between, I guess

Thumbs up for the dream! As a Saxon, it shouldn't be any of my concern but kind of got some idea of what it means to you guys, so best of luck! Hope it works out good, whatever. I watch with interest!

I just had to... Only a few images of a slightly worrying non-mechanical nature and one slightly worrying mechanical one: Anyone heard of 'Tranny Honey'? I immediately assumed it was a beer of course.

I was just thinking the same thing. Always felt steering dampers had a tendency to make low speed handling sluggish to the point of fally-offness in car parks etc. and so figured mine must be f***ked. Anyway, doesn't waggle at speed so I follow the principle: 'ain't broke, don't fix!'

The learning to be done just keeps piling up it seems... first MG or not!

Your signature gave you away! ;-) Time to edit it?

Note you still have an XN85 there... Must love your eighties turbos! Those CX turbos looked good in their eighties way and flew too. But the 650 turbo was a heavy beast: 570lb, 100 hp and 140mph. Comparable to the Daytona 1000 in some ways except heavier and much less low down grunt, so know what you mean about the brakes. Needed some gold line brembos!

Sorry to hear that Joe,Wish you both a speedy recovery and the New Year just has to get better for you guys!

Just a tip on measuring the depth of the pivot pins (and mainly because I have so little trust in my own ability to measure consistently!): I mark the 12 o'clock position on the face of each pin before measuring them with the depth gauge, so that when reassembling I can rapidly return to the original settings without wondering if I might be half a turn out ('is that gauge really flat on the face, must get new glasses etc?')

Happy New Year to all! I spent the midnight hour in bed after picking up a stomach bug at the weekend, but hope you all celebrated well. Still a bit dicey but on the mend Rotten luck.

Based on previous threads about this bearing, you'll realise that removal is a total PIA and only to be attempted if the thing is completely shot. "Discretion is the better part of Valour" as someone (Shakespeare probably?) said

Ooh! Beauty is in the eye... but would certainly turn heads on Peckham High St.

'Black' India 'Pale' Ale... a tad oxymoronic, don't you think? My education is clearly incomplete... Seasonal Greetings anyway Jim! Sterling work there.

they did and they did it well... yes those two are prototypes but they did lead to the CX500 of which I have had 5 or so including the turbo, emagine if Honda stuck with it, a CX 1400 classicI used them for courier work and also had the 650 for a few years. Ugly and odd looking to some eyes (in particular the early ones), disparagingly called 'plastic maggots' over here, it was one of the best Jap all rounders there ever was. You still see them out there with high mileages on the clock: a tribute to the build quality and has retro cachet now! Almost never see the contemporary Moto Guzzi V50 in routine use on our roads, by contrast: I'll grant a lot fewer were sold but my V50 has to be one of the awkwardest bikes I've ever had to work on and maintain, and that's got to be a reason. The CX was generally a piece of cake to work on.

Looks like Honda really wanted to give it a go... Good finds, dangerous!

Agreed, they look very interesting. There's also a conversion kit to go back in time, round fin covers on square fin barrels. Haven't made up my mind which is better...

That is correctthe rest of the world puts the month first Don't get me started ....!

I can see now why you'd want to lose it. All the road crap, salt and other undesirable mess accumulates down there anyway. Thx for the education. We've been spared that over this side of the pond. When I tried to disassemble the bolt through that bracket into the rubber bush, it just sheared off as it had corroded badly and I had to source and replace with stainless.