On 12/01/12 22:36, Jordan wrote:
> On 1/12/2012 8:50 PM, Capt_about_lunchtime wrote:
> just one small scratch in the paint on a
>> magnesium alloy rim, as opposed to a aluminium alloy rim, and slowly
>> corrosion set in. Six months later your wheel collapses as you ride
>> over a
>> railway line.
>>
>
> Who was it that called magnesium "electrified dirt"?

That would be Harold Willis, Velocette's Technical Director, he of the
"Whiffling Clara" fame - also the inventor of that new fangled "Positive
Stop Gear Changing Mechanism" thingy (foot gear change):

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...=608627&page=3

HTH

N/

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:50:53 +1000
Capt_about_lunchtime <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> Call me a girl. I can handle it. Got a Sporster in the garage I'm used to
> it.

GOod, we need more women around here.

Oh, wait, was that supposed to be an insult?

Hm... cause and effect I suspect.

Zebee