What do we think of

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Colin Irvine

Oh right, that's it, deflect the blame.

It's hardly my fault if you carelessly leave 24-carat, fur-lined,
ocean-going feedlines lying around, is it?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

I think Fowlers still have that supercharged Speed Triple in the showroom.

 

I was going to add the 7R to the list til I noticed the word modern.

 

12 valves shortly, then?

Awkward ****.

<re-drafts>

 

<whimper>

 

Pip said...

You knew that

 

Do it, do it now.

 

L*ftm**st*r do [not] have the very highest of lily-white, untarnished
reputations, certainly [not] among their peers. I mean, this
http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/eatshit.htm could not possibly have anything to
do with them! I had it bookmarked, from waaaay back when I was thinking of
bunging a turbo on my bike, and have just found it again.

 

Ouch. Elephantine memories or what?

 

I thought you were a few years younger than me.

 

there'd be less of a dry-cleaning bill if you removed the package
first.

 

Dog-eat-dog in the cutthroat world of tractor tuning.

http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/patrickracing.htm

 

that was the T595 rather than the later 955i though. totally different
bike to the latest one.

--
Adie
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UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/

Triumph 955iSS (going) / ZX9R / GSF1200 bandit / CG125
keeper of the FAQ for my sins
MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11

 

http://www.dynomite.co.uk/Dynosite/HTMLfiles/triumph.html

Ten large, mind.

 

He'd have to sell Elly to pay for it...

 

Ah. Yellow T595, black 955i IIRC. And I probably don't. You have to
make allowances, you know, for us wrinklies.

 

For that price you'd think they would employ someone who could spell
to write the blurb.

 

yep those're the ones.

I'm married to a wrinkley...it goes without saying )
--
Adie
(replace spam with nickname to reply)

UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/

Triumph 955iSS (going) / ZX9R / GSF1200 bandit / CG125
keeper of the FAQ for my sins
MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11

 

They've both just rung up to see a) how much a new clutch is and b) how
much a major service is.

 

Good:
* The power is delivered nicely, so it's easy to use. I rode mine
around on the torque mostly, and it hoons nicely when you wind it all
the way up.
* Get a race can, and the noise is wonderful.

Bad:
* Running costs seem to be a fair wedge higher as a jap bike (?240 for
a clutch, ?500 for a big service)
* Opens you up to old giffers telling you about bonnevilles every time
you stop somewhere.

I'm not sure on this handling lark. I don't have many problems as
such, but I've never been quite happy. I think it's a product of mine
being 7 years old, and although I fiddled with the settings it never
seemed quite right.

I'd go for a newer one, as after riding mine, WavyDavy's and Adie's at
a *OSM a while back there was a very noticable improvement to Adies.
More power, and it did handle nicely.