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#676 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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pre65 wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:39 pm Baggo, have you experience of trail style (rally tourers) bikes ?

Not suited to short legs, but something like an NX650 Dominator.(Honda and one lung)
No experience at all, other than with an ancient New Imperial I used to thrash around the farm when I was little. But I don't think that counts.

I remember watching Dave Bickers, Arthur Lampkin and Jeff Smith on 't Saturday afternoon telly years ago and thinking this off-road stuff might be fun, but living in London at the time, the opportunities for engaging in these activities didn't exist. A couple of years ago when I was temporarily bike-less, a friend lent me his BMW with 650 Rotax engine. I needed a ladder to get aboard and couldn't get on with it at all. I knew about the NX650 and wondered why Honda should so obviously copy Norton's 88 and 99 (no flake, thank you) Dominator designation. As you know, the Honda 500 and 650 engines share a common heritage and power output.

Anyway, I'm really a wannabe road racer with short legs, so anything with a 21" wheel isn't on my list. I'm booked to go to the Island in September and hope that Boris has got his arse sufficiently into gear by then to allow some degree of what is a fading memory of normality and I shall be able to again imagine I'm Jock West on the Porcupine or Reg Armstrong on a cammy Norton as I thunder past Kate's Cottage doing the ton on my Mike Hailwood Replica . . . . . . . . .
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#677 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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I put my KTM on Ebay Late Sunday afternoon, and within a couple of hours I'd had 8 requests for "how much for cash in hand mate".

Eventually I struck an amicable deal, and took it off Ebay.

The new owner has just been and collected it, so now I can put a bit more into the "building amplifiers fund". :D
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Wow! :shock:

I wanna get on with the Bantam but it's too 'ot to do owt.
 
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#679 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Amal 361 carburettor reassembly.

The Amal 361 is extremely simple, has a separate float chamber, no starter jet, no idle jet, just a main and needle jet, and tapered needle in a round slide; no throttle stop screw, you set slide height with the cable adjusters to get a tickover; no mixture adjustment screw. Like I say absolute minimal. The separate float chamber is a nice feature though and contains a brass float comprising of two halves soldered together, with a hollow brass tube through the middle which holds the needle valve, which is a brass rod tapered at the top.



That's another finished part ready to go back on.

Have also got a couple of inline fuel filters to try out, seems like might be prudent.
 
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#680 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Tommy Cooper would have been proud of the 'disappearing cup of tea' trick - tell us the secret Mike :smilebox:

I'm enjoying your rebuiild Mike, even though I'm not into motorcycles - looking forward to seeing it on the road again. :thumbup:
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#681 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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The cup of tea seems like becoming bit of a feature, need to make sure I include it in future videos :lol:
 
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#682 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Are you getting product placement fees from Portmerion?
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...maybe you're heading to be one of those big-earning 'influencers'.
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Salt, pepper AND WD40!!!

A must-have combo for every kitchen table...
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Oh yes!

:lol:
 
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Ray P wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:11 pm Are you getting product placement fees from Portmerion?
I'm sure this is very clever but I'm afraid it eludes me .. Image
 
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Mike H wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:09 pm
Ray P wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:11 pm Are you getting product placement fees from Portmerion?
I'm sure this is very clever but I'm afraid it eludes me .. Image
To do with the maker of your crockery ?
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Really?? OK then. :D

I did get it in a craft shop in Wales but no idea of any Portmerion connection.

Altho the shop is called Meirion Mill, which is a bit spooky .. Image

Google Maps – Meirion Mill
 
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#689 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Oh well I've just turned the cup over and indeed it has Portmeirion written on the bottom. So there ya go. Not normally in the habit of looking at the bottoms of cups :lol:

If I knew that before I'd forgotten.
 
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#690 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Mike H wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:35 pm Oh well I've just turned the cup over and indeed it has Portmeirion written on the bottom. So there ya go. Not normally in the habit of looking at the bottoms of cups :lol:
It's from the "Botanic garden" range, and your design is "Pimpernel".

See what you've done, I've become a crockery nerd now. :lol:
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