Four bikes today

Mike Nesmith, "Rio".

Anyway, that wasn't what I was talking about.

 

The only thing done to the swinging arm was to mount it in a really stiff
frame with a set of Konis (IIRC). There's a bit more work involved in
swapping out the swinging arm of a shafty than a chain-hauler.

 

Grief, like that's something new. I've made a life out of things
slipping past me. At least I *think* I have, well I would if I could
find the stamina to think for more than about 3 seconds at a burst.

 

I don't really understand why people make such a fuss about this. On the
Guzzi it's barely noticeable and doesn't upset the handling. It still
goes where I point it.

Some of the chain drives I've had cause to drop the swinging arm out of
have been utter bastards.

 

But but ... that's not a song, that's a story. Something like 'The
nine billion names of God'. Isn't it Arthur C. Clarke?

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and that's "The Nine Billion Names of God", right?

 

On Aug 4, 8:41 pm, Pip Luscher

no idea. I have in the past however, flown in a plane, been on a
train, a bus, a boat, and ridden my bike and drove my car all in the
same day.

 

Interesting. I've never thought about it, but I've definitely done
car, train, bus, plane and boat in one trip on moer than one occasion.

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actually, if you want to stretch it a little, you could probably add
"monorail" to my list above (though this is just another type of
train, and just from the gate to the terminal at Stansted).

 

Same with all of my Beemers, the Silver Wing, the Gold Wing, the Dnepr, the
Ural etc

That's "swap out" in the sense of "exchange for a new, improved version".
The standard BMW swingarm was enormously strong, and wasn't where
improvements were needed. Stiffening it up would have delivered very little
benefit proportional to the cost and effort required.

 

Yup. And if you know the story, you'll know why I used it.

 

been a long time since I read any Clarke, but it's the one with the
tibetan monks with the machine that's printing out all the possible
combinations of letters that spell out the name of god...

I *think* so.

 

"driven"

 

"pedant"

 

"Illiterate culchie"

 

if you really want to argue, "drove" is OK, but just doesn't match
"ridden" for feel.

 

Oh, well in that case I could add "seaplane" and "minibus" to my list
too.

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`\\ | //'
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<fx: considers arguing>
<fx: realise I haven't a leg to stand on>
<fx: takes usual alternative given current interlocutor>

**** off, froggie.

 

He does chain drive conversions?

 

"pedant"