Didn't win a 2009 R1 this evening...

There's always a chance that one of their superconducting
interconnects wasn't properly soldered?

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It's almost as ugly as a gixxer now too

They're getting there.

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Beav

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But calling it a Virago was a mistake.


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I thought Champ rode a Kwak.


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i have, actually, talked, to des, in real, life, and, can, like, therefore,
confirm, that, he does, talk like that.

 

i don't, recall, that.

d.

 

it was when h pointed out that you had lost any kind of grasp on reality about
30 seconds after meeting you.

 

<fx: bites tongue>

D.

 

No, I wasn't there. I've only met dog once, and that was on a TOG run
to somewhere up there, and Cab and I were late, having got lost near
(IIRC) Rouen.

(either that, or I was _really_ into some heavy recreational drug use at
the time, for I genuinely have _no_ recollection of a bike show with
you, dog, H and Cab. I recall meeting you on maybe two occasions when
you were staying over at Cab's place in the 95. One of those occasions
in particular, I'm not likely to forget. Ever. And I have _vague_
memories of chatting with you at Big J.'s place. But no, please tell
me that I don't have a 'black hole' in my memory and that I wasn't at
that bike show...)

Oh, I remember the meeting, i.e. the one in the hotel at the
aforementioned TOG meet. I just don't recall anyone commenting on the
way I speak.

D.

 

No idea, but here's a guess:

The original big bang engines were two-stroke 500 fours. On these
engines, I suspect that you couldn't avoid a lot of overlap of the
firing pulses if you did anything that bunched up the firing order
enough for the uneven timing to have a useful effect on traction. Bear
in mind that a uniformly-timed V-four 2T would fire at 90 degree
intervals.

A conventional four-stroke four fires every 180 crank degrees, so you
can bunch up the firing into a 'long bang' without massively
overlapping the firing pulses and still get a reasonable 'pause' in
the firing.

Just a thought.

 

I'm sure both you and dog were on the TOG trip to Dunquerque in
2001(?). Certainly that's the only time we've met.

 

That would be it, yes.

D.

 

It was good to see you again.

Some good pics of the R1 there, it did sound good.

I miss that bike :-(

Figuring if I chopped in both the KTM & the Gixxer, I might be able to
raise the funds.....I'll carry on daydreaming.

Nah, darn sarf now, what do they say here, 'yarp' isn't it?!

You still in Thornbury ?

 

Ayup.