I've gone and committed myself to something else now!
OVERLAND AND CLASSIC, saturday airhead technical/maintenance workshop 15th november
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I've gone and committed myself to something else now!
patrick
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I have spoken to Mike and will take the spare place.
Cheers
Cheers
I took a few photos.
Great day, good company and learned a few things too. Still didn't get my gutters cleaned though.
Thanks to Mikeyboy, Duncan and Rob for an interesting day, good food and good chat too.
Great day, good company and learned a few things too. Still didn't get my gutters cleaned though.
Thanks to Mikeyboy, Duncan and Rob for an interesting day, good food and good chat too.
Great Day out.
Good company, good food, good subject matter.
Mikeyboy thanks for use of the facilities.
Rob and Duncan, thanks for the technical side.
Thanks for all others attending....it made the day.
Did pick up a few tips.
No photographs I'm afraid though.
Good company, good food, good subject matter.
Mikeyboy thanks for use of the facilities.
Rob and Duncan, thanks for the technical side.
Thanks for all others attending....it made the day.
Did pick up a few tips.
No photographs I'm afraid though.
Yes, very good day, and also learnt a few things too!
Great to meet people, and thanks to Rob, Duncan and Mike, and also to Mike's lovely dog whose
name I forget!
Must have another one in the Spring maybe?- Bike Day that is, not dog.
Tuffty, sorry about your gutters, but sure you can persuade
someone to lend a hand- ....
Great to meet people, and thanks to Rob, Duncan and Mike, and also to Mike's lovely dog whose
name I forget!
Must have another one in the Spring maybe?- Bike Day that is, not dog.
Tuffty, sorry about your gutters, but sure you can persuade
someone to lend a hand- ....
Thanks Mike for a great day. Nice ride home in the fog, not! The joys of airhead ownership are now exposing themselves, idle after the constant throttle of the A1 is now hovering around 3.5k, rear end inc panniers liberally coated in what smells like gear oil. It'll have to wait until the weekend now, off on a jolly first thing in the morning.
patrick
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Really enjoyed the day, thanks to Mike Rob and Duncan for putting it on. Great to meet some "Airheads"....
Fired up my enthusiasm to get moving on my r100/7.
Loved every minute of the ride home on my new fangled 1190, bikes are great !
Fired up my enthusiasm to get moving on my r100/7.
Loved every minute of the ride home on my new fangled 1190, bikes are great !
steve brown
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Thanks mike Duncan and rob ,learnt lots hope some might stick. Bit of a hairy ride home in fog and cold and rain half hour in shower to try to warmup.
Glad you got home okay. I found the 6 miles home a bit hairy!!
Again thanks to Mike, Duncan and Rob, great day and great to meet up with everyone.
Colin
Colin
This was a great day with so many helpful guys and well worth the trip over from darkest Dorset
Regards
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firstly a big thanks to all who attended the workshop,travelling from all over the country.
i hope you all had a good day and enjoyed yourselves.
i know i certainly did
its always good to put faces to names,and as ever the banter plays a large part of the fun.
a massive thanks also goes to Rob and Duncan,without their knowledge and enthusiasm the day would not have been possible
i hope the journey home was not too unpleasant,the weather definitely took a turn for the worst
hope to see you all soon.
mike
i hope you all had a good day and enjoyed yourselves.
i know i certainly did
its always good to put faces to names,and as ever the banter plays a large part of the fun.
a massive thanks also goes to Rob and Duncan,without their knowledge and enthusiasm the day would not have been possible
i hope the journey home was not too unpleasant,the weather definitely took a turn for the worst
hope to see you all soon.
mike
Thanks muchly Mike and Rob for sharing their expertise and time.
Was good to meet some more people from here and generally talk bollix while pretending to learn stuff
Was good to meet some more people from here and generally talk bollix while pretending to learn stuff
Oh dear - sounds like you might have the "Beancan" problem - the springs in the Beancan need greasing, as it sounds like the advance/retard bob-weights are sticking, and this tends to happen around 3-4000rpm, when the engine gets warmed up. Very straightforward to fix though.
As for the oil over your panniers - maybe a drain plug leaking......least it'll stop the rust for a while !
But apart from the above, the bike ran OK? And the tyres behaved ?
Oh - Tufty ...just spent the morning cleaning the leaves out of my guttering....didn't even need to refer to the Manual - ideal job for you......
A belated thanks.....
....to Mike, Rob and Duncan for a great day.
Dave.
....to Mike, Rob and Duncan for a great day.
Dave.
I had one of them once. An oil leak on the rear bevel. I'm sure you'll sort it very soon.
Rare, but available here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOOLSHACK...799?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c41ab0717
Tell you what, buy it, use it and sell the rest of the kit to me for half price!
All sorted now. Tapped it out to M10.
New shock and progressive springs fitted, new fork seals and gaiters too. Gearbox oil changed again back to mineral GL5. Nice and slick again. Bean can opened up to lube just need a good run to see it it has worked.
New shock and progressive springs fitted, new fork seals and gaiters too. Gearbox oil changed again back to mineral GL5. Nice and slick again. Bean can opened up to lube just need a good run to see it it has worked.
