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by R-man
Wed May 08, 2013 12:25 am
Forum: Boxertech
Topic: Sticky Forkers
Replies: 4
Views: 3792

Forkin ell

Update on sticky forks... Read back to 'r550S' post from 2004, and it dawned on me that at rebuild they were refilled with too little oil. Wizard wheeze - rather than remove forks -requiring new fork seals) I could whip off the air bleed screws and use a dipstick to check the oil level. Straightened...
by R-man
Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:42 am
Forum: Boxerbanter
Topic: Sign of the times?
Replies: 0
Views: 2228

Sign of the times?

raised a laugh...lets have your guesses

http://bit.ly/YKSE47

-what sort of (had to be a car-) driver was the artist? :roll:
by R-man
Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:09 pm
Forum: Days Out
Topic: Come visit Kington?
Replies: 4
Views: 4624

Mid-Wales

Thanks for this tip Nick (which I spotted since returning from Easter weekned so def willl look at Kington as a base for the next bash. Despite the brass monkey weather (it was pretty much everywhere in UK) we really enjoyed stay near Hay-on-Wye (at the Baskerville Arms PH in Clyro) and great roads ...
by R-man
Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:48 pm
Forum: Boxerbanter
Topic: A bit of history
Replies: 17
Views: 7535

Yeah, tell us more about the Norton!
by R-man
Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:42 pm
Forum: Boxertech
Topic: Sticky Forkers
Replies: 4
Views: 3792

Sticky Forkers

* Did the title remind you of a Stones album? * In last winter's major overhaul of the beloved 11s I had the scabby alloy fork stanchions powder-coated, and the fork seals and oil replaced on reassembly. Since then when I get on and off the bike, I have sometimes noticed s-ti-c-ky-ne-s-s in the exte...
by R-man
Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:23 am
Forum: Humour
Topic: Inappropriate add placements?
Replies: 1
Views: 1993

bad-Ads

Guffaw
delightful
by R-man
Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:06 am
Forum: Boxertech
Topic: Carbon front fender
Replies: 1
Views: 1735

fender un-bender

Gotta be worth a try, as the FF is two-ply, plastic inner with a skin of Carbon.

Just don't overdo the heat, or the two layers may separate -and you don't want that happening on the move...
by R-man
Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:04 am
Forum: Boxertech
Topic: What Tyres ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7512

tyre wear

-worth experimenting with reduced pressures, as you will gain feel and grip. Tyre fitters please comment! I had several pairs of Diablos and loved them, but they are very very stiff carcasses and my fillings were coming loose! All the manufacturers quote 2.5, 2.9 bar (39, 42 psi) as a staring point,...
by R-man
Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:05 pm
Forum: Boxerbanter
Topic: Sunny afternoon -no contest!
Replies: 4
Views: 2727

Sunny afternoon -no contest!

Dry roads, bright sun? Only one thing to be done. Rushed home to swap zoot suit for Halvarssons, and here's a clip of Sunny Suffolk: http://youtu.be/_CGcaTwt75w If you like this, do come over an play in East Anglia as there are lots of interesting roads, usually midweek like here with not much traff...
by R-man
Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:33 am
Forum: Boxerbanter
Topic: That's GOTUH hurt.
Replies: 6
Views: 3958

Testing, testing

...a more realistic way of testing the abrasion resistance of leathers?

-yeah, gotta have hurt!
by R-man
Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:24 am
Forum: Boxertech
Topic: Setup for y-piece, Lennies intake & K&N?
Replies: 29
Views: 11238

setup for...

Great that you already have a Lennies and looking for Y-piece - however: #1 the K&N replacement filter is similar in size to the original, and you can cheaply improve on that, to get a solid improvement. Search here for 'Val Singleton' a/f mod which has been a massive boost for my S. Note you ca...
by R-man
Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:50 pm
Forum: Boxerbanter
Topic: So.... I popped into Williams....
Replies: 18
Views: 8091

A lovely R

Bought two washers - tick
Got an R as bonus - tick
Posted photos - tick

S'doing my head in peering at that photo, can't see where the ruddy washers go!
by R-man
Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:14 pm
Forum: New Trixters?
Topic: Hi all from the Fen's
Replies: 16
Views: 13796

Greetings flatlander!

Very welcome to the S Club (no, don't put 7 after that).

I live in in Ipswich and occasionally cross the fens toLincs or further North, and Steve is not far away near Bury St Edmunds, so wer'e not far away from a ride...if you wanna compare notes look us up
by R-man
Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:08 pm
Forum: New Trixters?
Topic: Hello from Ayrshire
Replies: 15
Views: 14504

New to the S

Good choice - the S is one of the last of the great all-rounders, it'll do anything from 2-up touring to scratching a track day. As others have mentioned, the seat was quite thin from the factory, and hardens with age...plenty of notes here as some of us have rebuilt them...and experiment with a few...
by R-man
Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:56 pm
Forum: Boxerpix
Topic: There's some odd folk about :S
Replies: 6
Views: 5460

Surely that's a place no conscious person could get frostbite without knowing it?
And seein as there's no yellow snow in the newspaper picture I reckon it was staged...

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