What have you done to your bike today....
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And some Voltarol for an RSI
Don the Don
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Our Genny's and Comp/Airs had four cylinder Perkins Diesel's it was not the swinging it over that's the problem it;s when it either fires up or kicks back and your thumbs are in the way like @Steve 998cc indicated, it worked a treat on gobby Airmen as they ended up sucking their sore thumbs instead of giving too much lip. It was a bit easier to swing as the decomp lever was swung in as it spun round if fitted.
Big Sandy
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I offered a foreman the heavy end of a crank handle once. He was a gobby shite too. Once told him to mind he didn't go down the ladder the same way he came up. Heid first!
Sarky B’stard
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In my day this way the arm, hand and wrist killer:
The Unit Bulk Refuelling Equipment (UBRE) pronounced yewbry but mostly called a pod came with a single cylinder donkey engine of evil temperament that needed hand cranking. The experienced made it look easy and got their sport from letting the 'uninitiated' have a go.
Diesel pods on the Stolly. You didn't want petrol dripping into the engine bay underneath!
The Unit Bulk Refuelling Equipment (UBRE) pronounced yewbry but mostly called a pod came with a single cylinder donkey engine of evil temperament that needed hand cranking. The experienced made it look easy and got their sport from letting the 'uninitiated' have a go.
Diesel pods on the Stolly. You didn't want petrol dripping into the engine bay underneath!
Don the Don
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All this about cranking/starter handles reminded me of this good old classic film, Ice Cold in Alex
Quite a thread drift "what"
Don the Don
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Today I am going to fit a DNA airfilter to the Enfield [already have one on the Bonnie] to replace the original poor quality standard fram job
smib
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They work well, gives a bit of induction noise as well
Don the Don
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The Himalayan is looking good,Oil n' filters change done!
Gear change has improved dramatically with the 15/50 Motul fully synthetic!
I knew that old pair of boxers would come in handyView attachment 18233
half ton
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smib
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half ton
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Skipped me din dins and went out for a "where the fuck am I" bimble ..85 miles and not one bit of dual carriageway ..very few cars,and the temp was perfect,Stopped for a Kebab and just got home, Done waffles,Ice-cream and chocolate sauce now going to have a bevy ...aaah chilled out and wondering if my stomach will survive a few beers after the Waffles etc. ...... will soon find out
chas
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Tedium aside I think the locked up compression damping (it's def set at salad dodger setting) means running lower than std pressures to introduce a bit more reactiveness and feel. I also think it's odd that the front and rear don't roll round to the same degree. I think it'd handle better with a 180 on the back, the 190 (and consequent flatter profile) doesn't roll over with the front in the right way.
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Tedium aside I think the locked up compression damping (it's def set at salad dodger setting) means running lower than std pressures to introduce a bit more reactiveness and feel. I also think it's odd that the front and rear don't roll round to the same degree. I think it'd handle better with a 180 on the back, the 190 (and consequent flatter profile) doesn't roll over with the front in the right way.
In the 90's I helped a mate turn his Kawasaki Zephyr 1100 into a national show winning Streetfighter.
The budget to do so kept growing & growing. To the point it basically became a blank cheque.
One of the upgrades he insisted on was a 200 section (or bigger) rear tyre.
After a lot of beer mat maths. I proved to him on paper that it would bollox up the handling. Mainly due to what you're experiencing Chas. Plus the fact we'd changed the swingarm from a twin shock to a mono shock & were using a Fireblade shock on it. A better quality shock, but designed for a much lighter bike.
However, he wouldn't listen & got exactly what he requested.
A radical looking bike with various parts reassigned from the top sports bikes of the day plus a load of one-off bits.
That looked great, but handled like a pi$$ed up pig on rollerskates!
MartytheMartian
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I reckon that I would stick with a 190 rear on yer speed trip @chas . The Sprints are set up with a 180 rear, 120 front where the Daytona and Speed triple are set up with the 120 front and 190 rear and I reckon it's because they have a significantly shorter wheelbase and a lower, less raked front fork than the Sprints. The Sprints also have a reputation for being much more of a handful than the Daytona's and I can personally testify to that. The Daytona feels like it's on rails, is smooth and predictable in the bends and feels almost 'tame' where the Sprint RS feels like a feckin' nutter with a thousand yard stare who is deciding somewhere in one of his minds whether he feels like killing you this time out. I swear the Sprint RS's are the psycho's of the Triumph brand and it can only be down to the frame dimensions, wheelbase, rake and tyre width because the Swingarms, rear suspension and wheels are common to all models.
Don the Don
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What's a salad?
half ton
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It's what you take off the top of your Kebab and throw in the bin when the geezer behind the counter wasn't listening to your order
