Trevor, no 'brain deads' there by any means, simply just different points of view, could be easily resolved.
Quite so...I've apologised to TZee for inadvertently setting Wob off on a rant. I still don't understand why he did though...I've publicly disagreed with him and Frits before and may well again. Arguments are second nature to me - the old man (AMIMechE) turned it into an art form. I don't go behind peoples backs, what you see is what you get. I backed out of that argument, I thought before anyone would have got upset, but apparently not so.
What Wob contributed was worth reading. Some of my contributions may be also, a matter of opinions.
To my knowledge I've not done Wob any direct harm. Thus the rant came as a surprise to me. And mildly offensive.
Quite so...I've apologised to TZee for inadvertently setting Wob off on a rant. I still don't understand why he did though...I've publicly disagreed with him and Frits before and may well again. Arguments are second nature to me - the old man (AMIMechE) turned it into an art form. I don't go behind peoples backs, what you see is what you get. I backed out of that argument, I thought before anyone would have got upset, but apparently not so.
What Wob contributed was worth reading. Some of my contributions may be also, a matter of opinions.
To my knowledge I've not done Wob any direct harm. Thus the rant came as a surprise to me. And mildly offensive.
Really, do you have to apologise to people on this thread if you disagree with them. Holy Shit That's one king sized ego!!!
Sometimes we're just better off without those kind of people in our lives, although it may not seem so at the time.
Im just about to leave for the World Karting champs in Vegas to try win it for the 3rd time, and will start posting again when I get back.
And no I wont be in the sidecar with one of the best kart drivers in the World- I will be full time looking at data and tuning his engine and chassis.
As he couldn't win it without that help,and I for sure couldnt drive 1/2 as well.
The only two times I have gone off on this forum is when reading absolute rubbish passed off as an attempt at fact.
1 - " Vertical bar shaking isnt bad " - but why does every engineer set the balance factor to try and reduce it to a minimum.
2 - " There is no time to blip the downchange on a bucket " - funny that all the worlds fastest shifter karters find time in less than 1/2 the braking distance -
and do it for the same reason all good bike racers do, reducing the ill effects of the downchange on the chassis.
And as for the childish personal abuse and piss taking, well many others have said to me - ignore it, but my response is to say "fuck off " or contribute something
useful to the forum, as I have tried to do.
And to cap off what was received by a couple as being a big headed wank on my part, well here is a pic of Dennis doing what he does best.
The reason for the wank - I built the chassis, designed the engine &, the pipes in EngMod - then made them, so yes I am the proud builder
of the fastest Pre 82 in the country - not just talking eh.
Ive got a thing thats unique and new.To prove it I'll have the last laugh on you.Cause instead of one head I got two.And you know two heads are better than one.
And to cap off what was received by a couple as being a big headed wank on my part, well here is a pic of Dennis doing what he does best.
The reason for the wank - I built the chassis, designed the engine &, the pipes in EngMod - then made them, so yes I am the proud builder
of the fastest Pre 82 in the country - not just talking eh.
All I can say to that is you should put me on that next time and with the added weight I bring, there will be no wheelie issues.
Cool, I built mine too, It cost ten percent of what the only bike barely ahead of it cost.
So how much did some poor cunt have to pay you for that? We all know chequebooks win races.
I think this is the story, its Trevor Discombs bike, he was a very good rider in the 70 and 80's on TZ's. Even had a sponsorship deal with Air NZ. He had to give it away when a Kiwi Fruit venture went sour and he needed to put all his energy into financial survival.
And now that he is 74 (I think), 70 plus anyway, and things have come right for him he has had the ultimate TZ put together for a grand last fling, I can relate to that. He rode it at Philip Island last year. And He can still peddle it competitively, as witnessed at Puki and HD. Not sure how much of the background I have got right but I think that is the story.
Anyway whatever, he is someone who is enjoying a little pride of ownership in his bike. Back in the day he prepared his own bikes and they were always very well presented and now he is still getting out there and doing it, I take my hat off to him.
Factual Facts are based on real Fact and Universal Truths. Alternative Facts by definition are not based on Truth.
Who gives a shit what it cost. If you want to spend the money and it makes you happy - all good. I've spent heaps over time and a have a couple of trophies. I've been accused of chequebook racing more than once in more than one class. Normally followed by something along the lines of how it will ruin the sport. Funnily enough every cheque that was written was accompanied by weeks/months/years of work by often a group of people. Nobody comments on that. Sometimes a more frugal effort can be rewarding. For me that would be the MB after the RG/TS combo, until I made the shortstroke crankshaft at least, then I was back to chequebook racing.
Well I built the bike for Trevor Discombe to replace his TZ350 I did , that won the Challenge for the last 2 years.
But at 70 his wife thinks he loves the bike more than her, so has left - permanently.
So i own it, lets just say a 14 dead in Pre 82 Junior isnt possible without around 5K of Ohlins on board.
And between every race while Dennis was sleeping I changed the gearing, did the data downloads, and changed the jets.
This is what it ended up with - 12,000 = 248Km/Hr, is the bike fast, sure is, is Dennis fast,sure is.
Ive got a thing thats unique and new.To prove it I'll have the last laugh on you.Cause instead of one head I got two.And you know two heads are better than one.
Im just about to leave for the World Karting champs in Vegas to try win it for the 3rd time, and will start posting again when I get back.
And no I wont be in the sidecar with one of the best kart drivers in the World- I will be full time looking at data and tuning his engine and chassis.
As he couldn't win it without that help,and I for sure couldnt drive 1/2 as well.
The only two times I have gone off on this forum is when reading absolute rubbish passed off as an attempt at fact.
1 - " Vertical bar shaking isnt bad " - but why does every engineer set the balance factor to try and reduce it to a minimum.
2 - " There is no time to blip the downchange on a bucket " - funny that all the worlds fastest shifter karters find time in less than 1/2 the braking distance -
and do it for the same reason all good bike racers do, reducing the ill effects of the downchange on the chassis.
And as for the childish personal abuse and piss taking, well many others have said to me - ignore it, but my response is to say "fuck off " or contribute something
useful to the forum, as I have tried to do.
And to cap off what was received by a couple as being a big headed wank on my part, well here is a pic of Dennis doing what he does best.
The reason for the wank - I built the chassis, designed the engine &, the pipes in EngMod - then made them, so yes I am the proud builder
of the fastest Pre 82 in the country - not just talking eh.
I think you will find that the only grumpy arrogant cunt comments were coming from you, directed at Grumph.
We just responded because we are sick to death of your blowhard comments.
Have fun with your karts, I grew out of them 30 years ago...
Originally Posted by WilDun
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