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Ah, Fotheringhay.

Rung there a couple of times - there's a bell from 1595 - and sunk a few pints in The Falcon. Lovely part of the country with the churches having much in common with those of Devonshire (apart from the latter's barrel roofs), both stemming from medieval wool money. Very much enjoy ...

It's a Guzzi Falcone but with clothes on. I have tried to post a photo but too many thingies for the system to digest. A very popular 500 horizontal single made from 1950 to 1967. An almost identical Nuovo Falcone followed it until quite recently. Long stroke, external flywheel and lots of character ...

[quote="Mike H" post_id=195071 time=1649253992 user_id=192
I remember while I was still a kid my dad telling me car engines were specified in horsepower, e.g. for a while he had a second-hand (pre-war, most likely) "Standard Eight" (8 hp), altho I was very young at the time and hardly remember it ...

I claim no particular authority but here goes . . .

The motor car and motoring essentially were European inventions of the late nineteenth century - notably German and French - so it was natural that metric units would be employed in vehicle manufacture. Many of the early British vehicles were ...

No worry, I learned something looking it up. :)


Seemingly it was a highly tuned Empire Star at Brooklands in 1937 that got the Gold Star.

" Four times TT winner Wal Handley, out of retirement thanks to the entreaties of BSA’s Bert Perrigo, was entered on what looked like a pretty standard ...

This is a smart-looking combo.

I have to admit I'm not into outfits, but some sixty years ago when living in London, a retiring window cleaner gave me a sidecar chassis complete with ladders, buckets and other apparatus necessary to conducting his business. Attached to this was a very tired 16H ...

Bikes can be repaired.

True, if you can get the parts. But why bother? You can buy a replacement for less than the cost of a repaint.

A friend lent me a VFR 800 Honda for a week - I returned it after a couple of days.
"Didn't you like it?"
"Yes, I did."
"Then why have you brought it back ...

My ktm superduke, when I picked it up had quite a limited lock to lock, I had read about it on a review so took it was normal .

When I checked it out, I found that I could adjust the lock stops, which made such a difference. To the point it felt like any other bike
Nothing was trapped or unduly ...

Now, did I tell you I fell of my Ducati because the steering lock is so bloody poor that I was unable to negotiate the sharp, uphill hairpin bend?
Bummer! It'll go on the market once the last of the salt has been washed away next year.



Cripes !!

Are you OK Baggo?


Thanks for the ...

As you well know, the Boeing issue was a systematic failure - many many processes failed.

If there is a positive from that, it's that the issues regarding changing flight control systems are now better understood and processes will be improved.


Indulge me another off-topic moment please whilst ...

My point being that it may look like unpopular laws are eventually repealed if in the meantime you can assume they don't apply to you. In this case 1. The majority won't give a toss as long as they can get a new car on a PCP. And 2. Even if the law was repealed by then the small companies making ...

VEHICLE TAMPERING

I can't find a "New Topic" box to tick, so will have to post this here.


Shapps's dysfunctional department is proposing to outlaw any modifications made to any motor vehicle's manufactured specification.

Stated at its simplest, this means that you will not lawfully be able to ...

Have to say I never enjoy riding solo on cold greasy damp and mud spattered country roads with occasional pot holes and gravel thrown in; still not totally got over stacking the blue X10 back in 2015 (all I did was lean it), however have to say that the Dunlop Arrowmax tyres performed faultlessly ...

Took pains explaining the clutch and gearbox issues Vincent had and how he was rebuilding one of them with great precision and care in his ‘90’s. What a life event.

I hope not forgetting to apply liberal quantities of Osotite to the shaft splines! Like a Velo, they could be tricky to set ...

I'm slightly puzzled by the rear light.

Understood that the colour of LEDs was more intense if they shone through a lens of similar colour. Perhaps Signor Guzzi has proved me wrong.

Looks a very nice machine and a bit different from my Nuovo Falcone!