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  1. 9th June 2006, 14:43 #1
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    Einstein was right

    Nice crunchy morning in Chch this morning. So went for a wee spin on the GS and noticed that after travelling for a time (as Einstein commented is relative to the beauty of the company one keeps) noticed that the odometer had wound right back to zero - Before and After below are really separated by 3 hours.

    Well actually, some months ago I commented to Sportszone that there was a minor fault in the dash (Trip2 reset itself and there was a flick in the tacho needle as it rose thru about 6k rpm) so they said that Suzuki would probably fix it - and so they have. Apparently it would have cost $900 if it wasn't still under warantee. to Suzuki.
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    I have just found out that they have removed the word gullible from the dictionary
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmie
    Nice crunchy morning in Chch this morning. So went for a wee spin on the GS and noticed that after travelling for a time (as Einstein commented is relative to the beauty of the company one keeps) noticed that the odometer had wound right back to zero - Before and After below are really separated by 3 hours.
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    So how did you KNOW to take a pic three hours earlier? and how do we know the bike was not in the same spot 'resting' for the whole three hours, huh? huh? HUH?
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    D'uh!

    He invented a time machine to go back and take the picture
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    Cos I went back the three hours after I had gone forward three hours to remind myself to take a picture then and .... oh its just a Suzuki thing, I guess Harleys don't do it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmie
    Cos I went back the three hours after I had gone forward three hours to remind myself to take a picture then and .... oh its just a Suzuki thing, I guess Harleys don't do it.
    Sort of...

    They went back in time but unfortunately got stuck there...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
    Sort of...

    They went back in time but unfortunately got stuck there...
    Ferkin bitch!!!

    They only went back far enough to see that Guzzis were already on the planet (most Guzzis got lost in the tar-pits) and started from then
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    So your bike will always have low km! ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmie
    Cos I went back the three hours after I had gone forward three hours to remind myself to take a picture then and .... oh its just a Suzuki thing, I guess Harleys don't do it.
    Actually Harleys do something very similar.

    Your speedo didn't register any movement within the three hours...Harleys simply don't move for three hours

    Same result though
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    So if anyone wants to buy Jimmy's bike remember to add 14000 km to the odo to get true distance. Bugger I only built up 7000 km on my spare speedo unit.
    Time to ride
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmie
    Nice crunchy morning in Chch this morning. So went for a wee spin on the GS and noticed that after travelling for a time (as Einstein commented is relative to the beauty of the company one keeps) noticed that the odometer had wound right back to zero - Before and After below are really separated by 3 hours.
    Bugger mate. Now you'll have to run it in again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog
    Ferkin bitch!!!

    They only went back far enough to see that Guzzis were already on the planet (most Guzzis got lost in the tar-pits) and started from then
    Semi true oh jealous one...

    sadly HD stuck the engine in sideways and avoided the tar pits, thus they never evolved... Some Guzzi did get stuck in the tar pits the HD's left behind from being stationary so long but the rest evolved...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jantar
    So if anyone wants to buy Jimmy's bike remember to add 14000 km to the odo to get true distance.
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    Lol my R1 did the same thing when I crashed it, unfortunatly I cracked the tacho and had to buy a second hand one that had 1200k more than my original but im sure the inards of the old one will fit in the nice un broken replacement
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