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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    HAY JIMMY..... dont you start with the South Is shit again, yeah I have a good memory



    If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?



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    hullo ... :spudwave:
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    Um... Thanks folks...

    Thats got to be high up there on the list off warm (but odd) welcomes onto any board. I just can't wait to say something remotely controversial to see what happens....

    Yes. It is a Mk2 LeMans. I have a love/slightly dislike relationship with it. When it's good it is unbelievably good. When it has the sulks it is.... Perplexing.

    Yes. Vicki and the girls are all great. Vick's back still giving her trouble so not too much riding for her. The girls are living in town as they started uni this year.

    I also have an old triumph but the engine is in a gazillion bits all over my bench right now.

    I love old bikes. Dunno why but I'd rather ride a slow old bike fast than ride a fast new one slowly... There is something addictive about pushing less able machinery to the limit but something desperately unsettling knowing that your bike is actually far more competent than you will ever be...

    ;-)

    It's all fun....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
    Dunno why but I'd rather ride a slow old bike fast than ride a fast new one slowly... There is something addictive about pushing less able machinery to the limit but something desperately unsettling knowing that your bike is actually far more competent than you will ever be...
    Didn't seem that slow when it went past me doing about 140 going up the old water tank road to Gladstone.

    Sounded nice too. Though those skinny tyres are a worry...

    I'm not sure I'd have the guts to throw around a bike that has a skinnier tyre on the back than mine has on the front.
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

    - James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.

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    Hi, Paul.

    From the sound of it, you are yet another Old Bastid(tm).
    Welcome to KB.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by celticno6
    Though those skinny tyres are a worry...

    I'm not sure I'd have the guts to throw around a bike that has a skinnier tyre on the back than mine has on the front.
    Yes... I'm old... Older than santa claus... old enough not to worry about stuff like how wide my tyres are too.... No offense but fat tyres are an obsession for a lot of folk. If you want to ruin the handling on a Tonti framed Guzzi, put a one size fatter rear tyre on it... and lets face it. An old push rod munter like that (57bhp at the rear wheel) is not exactly going to light up the rear tyre exiting corners is it?

    Most of the guys on the Guzzi lists that run the newr V11's actually go for a size down in tyre as it makes the bike turn in a little quicker and sharpens everything up...

    Come to think of it... That day I met you Simon, you, Jim2 and the GSXR1000 pilot who's name escapes me now (and possibly forever ) I think you all had issues with tyre temperature and lichen etc on the road? I was seriously wondernin' what the heck you were on about... My tyre were toastie pie ;-)

    No, I'm not bagging modern bikes or tyres or anything. I'm just saying that an appropriate tyre is the correct one. If i had 180bhp (hmm 3 - 4 Guzzis), I'd maybe want a bit more rubber than a 110/90..... (heh heh)

    Paul N

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    The gixxer pilot was Mark...

    Yeah, that lichen was a bit slippery.

    I guess your tyres just cut through it, whereas mine were sliding a bit at the rear...
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

    - James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.

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    Mark, thats right. How embarassin' sorry!!

    The Guzzi is quite good at not slipping about. Dunno why, might be the tyres or the wide power (what power?) band or maybe the vibration cuts through the moss?? Or maybe the noise scares it away?

    it was a nice ride though.. Always good to mis behave...

    How you getting on with your bike? Try Forking by Frank in the USA for tubes. been doin' em for yonks...

    Cheers

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    Welcome to our gargre Paul!
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    Welcome - I see in another thread you have owned a Rickman MMeettiissee'' (two of something in there,not sure which) and can even spell it - so hi from someone else who has also lost perhaps the best handling dirt bike in the world.What powerplant did your's have and what year.Mine was 63 I think and had a unit 500cc engine,frame number 642,maybe,it's been awhile - but I can still remember how unbelievablingfuckingoverthetopstupid I was on it.Best bike I've ever ridden for diguising rider defects.
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    Mine was a dunga when Ibought it but was quite nice when I sold it. It must have been bought in as a frame kit only as it didn't have the nice rickman forks and wheels. It had a pre unit triumph 500cc with the enfield primary chain cases. I used it on the road a few times and it was a bloody good bike on a gravel road.

    I also owned a Spartan which was a NZ built copy of the Rickman

    I also owned a bitsa that ran in the early 60's open scrambles. Airel huntmaster frame, norton dominator motor, norton 500T front end, triumph gear box. It went like a cut cat on the beach and had a motorcross side car for a while. Now THAT was interesting I can tell you!!! More cuts and contusions from that beast than anything I can think of...

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
    Um... Thanks folks...

    Thats got to be high up there on the list off warm (but odd) welcomes onto any board. I just can't wait to say something remotely controversial to see what happens....
    This is what happens when you say something controversial around here.... :P
    Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by mangell6
    See how long it takes for guzzi owners to smell each other out
    Careful mangell6 , there maybe others from IMOC lurking around here !. Ops ... too late .
    Welcome aboard Paul , looking forward to a ride sometime soon.

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    Quote: "I've often thought about moving to Chch, but I understand that it is compulsory to wear walk shorts, knee length socks and roman sandals, and an airtex short sleeve business shirt to work if you work in an office. That always put me off."

    You got a problem dressing like that? If you move to the Mainland it is "de riguer" to be so dressed unless riding a motorbike, - then you have to wear a tassled jacket
    Just kidding, I know of another Guzzi Guy who gives me shit about MY tassled jacket and wouldn't be seen dead in it.
    Welcome anyway, if you can get along with self-opinionated, narrow-minded and abusive dickheads you'll just blend in!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog
    Welcome anyway, if you can get along with self-opinionated, narrow-minded and abusive dickheads you'll just blend in!!!
    He doesn't have to get along with them. He's from the same gene pool
    If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?



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