drewpy

appreciated, not much around though

hey John, can look for some Gilera touring forks and wheels will ya, before the hoy pollloy get in.?

you have to match the variators to the engine power. have you changed the contra spring? red seems to be the way to go to maintain the top speed. I'd also do a plug chop with the new spannie. 6.5 grams seems to be the optimum roller weight, and check belt for fraying/slipping

wow, that's cool

sounds like a new brit flick story starring Renee Zellweger!!

so you have a dohc bike then (maxim or seca) they don't have kick starters I thought kickstand was a kickstarter (we call them side stands) as for exhaust gaskets, easy enough to replace, its getting the old on out of its home. (use a pick) drewps

sounds like a good plan

loved the story of how his father at 70 + years old, took a ducati to 160 kph (100 mph) and said it took a long time to get to the ton, when in fact it was recalibrated to MPH, so he was doing 160 mph on the Alton bypass!!

sounds like the engine is overfilled with oil, big style! with a kickstand means the 82' would be an SOHC, which is right at the end of that production run (DOHC's came in at '81) you may have a sight glass on the right hand side, with the bike level and not on side stand, it should be half way up the sight glass! check out ww.xs400.com too

I'm coming saturday, either on bike or mates car (if persisting down)

great, I'll remind you nearer the time, pre book as its cheaper!

yay, It's Jeremy the annoying horse

at least its german, UK would be worse..

drop the bike's guts ..parrp!

which day? I'm riding down with Big Mike but willl pick the best day weather wise

replace seals with sea lions and top up with exxon valdez fluid!

Carol Nash, been with them for 6 years now. I shop around every year and will always match a lower priced quote

got mine from Aldi, its not heated, but TBH I don't use it much!

I drain my carbs and spray ACF50 all over. tank get empited and stored away!

John, you off to Stafford next week?

come on down next year Kev, you'll enjoy it!

this'll keep the 2 stroke bods quiet....

beenz, sounds like you got some stories to tell.......

Wooo! Wooooo! Woooooo! Two Red Indians and an Irishman were walking through the woods. All of a sudden one of the Red Indians ran up a hill to the mouth of a small cave. 'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' he called into the cave and listened closely until he heard an answering,'Wooooo! Wooooo! Woooooo! He then tore off his clothes and ran into the cave. The Irishman was puzzled and asked the remaining Indian what it was all about,. 'Was the other Indian crazy or what?' The Indian replied 'No, It is our custom during mating season when Indian men see cave, they holler 'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' into the opening. If they get an answer back, it means there's a beautiful squaw in there waiting for us. Just then they came upon another cave. The second Indian ran up to the cave, stopped, and hollered ,'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' Immediately, there was the answer..'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' from deep inside. He also tore off his clothes and ran into the opening. The Irishman wandered around in the woods alone for a while, and then spied a third large cave. As he looked in amazement at the size of the huge opening, he was thinking, 'Hoo, man! Look at the size of this cave! It is bigger than those the Indians found. There must be some really big, fine women in this cave!' He stood in front of the opening and hollered with all his might 'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' Like the others, he then heard an answering call, 'WOOOOOOOOO, WOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOO!' With a gleam in his eye and a smile on his face, he raced into the cave,tearing off his clothes as he ran. The following day, the headline of the local newspaper read................. NAKED IRISHMAN RUN OVER BY TRAIN!!!