wildone

Your "old machine" was underated by the press and therefore by the average punter. The launch of the comparably "over-rated" 'blade kept this machine as one of preforming sports bikes best kept secrets In my opinion it was easily the best performing machine in it's class / era and was a blade beater in any fair comparison I actually "had both" and thereby should be aforded the right to this oppinion

Be prepared / expect to use the brakes again Strokers just don't care if you close the throttle cos they have absolutely no engine braking The more cylinders it has the more prounounced is this interesting characteristic --- V4's or square 4's are all throttle and brakes.(and exciting with it) The truth is if you don't ever use your brakes really hard then perhaps you simply don't go very quick anyway. The school of thought which advocates that you don't need to brake hard if you think ahead are supporters of MPG and not MPH I've digressed but you did ask what to look out for in a F2 (or similar) and in short my answer is "reliance on good brakes" Please enjoy your rides between fuel stops and to hell with the planet

Sounds like a fuel / fuel supply problem to me ---- Has your petrol garage ever had a water - in - fuel history ? Can you disconect the fuel pipe and see how much / how little fuel flow you have Do you have in-line filters ? Are the tap filters clean -- inside the tank Is the air vent clear -- simply opening the fuel cap when trying to rev it will eliminate this possibility if nowt else Nil Desperandum

Please put APRIL 12TH. (EASTER SUNDAY) in your diary for Durham and Darlington Hospitals Easter Egg Run. Meet at TESCO, Dragon Lane / Rennys Lane , Gilesgate, Durham 12th April at 09.15hrs for registration and egg collection. Leave Tesco about 10.00ish then off to Darlington Memorial Hospital , stop there for a cuppa while eggs are delivered there Then to Durham University Hospital to deliver eggs there too Once delivered it’s on to Aykley Heads for tea, biscuits and a bit of a road casualty chat / presentation. (nothing too indepth!) Look forward to seeing you ALL there, hopefully SNOW FREE!!!!!! Best Wishes WILDONE

Here is the latest development--- AMATEUR bikers and racing drivers have been the first to lose out from a High Court ruling limiting activity at a motorsport venue. Croft Circuit, near Darlington, has cut dozens of public track days from its calendar to abide by the High Court ruling. The circuit was ordered to pay damages and legal costs totalling nearly £860,000 and reduce its number of annual “noisy days” to 40. The decision, which was reached in January after an appeal, was enforced after neighbours Derek and Julia Watson, and their daughter, Jill Wilson complained about the “loud, intrusive and repetitive noise”. Their objection was not to car and motorbike racing events, but to vehicle-testing and track days. Dennis Carter, director of Croft Promosport, said yesterday that circuit officials were consulting lawyers about the ruling. However, he said bosses had abided by the judgement, which meant they had to cancel up to 100 events. Mr Carter said: “We have had to cut quite a lot of track days. And there is one or two other things we have had to cancel. “It is such an unexpected ruling. The ramifications are going to be enormous for the area. “Mostly, we have had to cancel public track days. In my mind, this is bad news and goes against common sense, because they will just go out onto the open roads.” Mr Carter said the circuit was also looking at its calendar of race meetings, particularly rallycross events. It also fears further legal action and that the ruling could impinge on motorsport events across the country. No Limits Trackdays was one of Croft’s biggest customers for public track events. The company used to run 11 events a year at Croft, worth £70,000. Since the ruling, it has been cut to two days. Company owner Mark Neate, who has had to lay off an employee because of the ruling, said: “Track days are the bread and butter for circuits in this country. We do 130 across the country. “If you take these away from circuits, they will all close.” He said Croft Circuit was one of the most well-behaved circuits in the country because it was more restrictive than other venues on the number of riders and the maximum noise levels. Croft events include the British Touring Car Championship and British Superbike Championships rounds. It also stages about 20 club events a year.

Now that it's over and thereby it's too late for you to decide to go --- Please find pasted here below my sad report which I sent to the Wild bunch today -- Morning / Afternoon Wild Bunch I took the pieces of silver from the Sorn Man this year and thereby I have nowt w' less than four wheels on the road at the moment The turnout / crowd was so massive at Harwood yesterday that all of the Desperado's may have been there. However I think that our numbers were confined to Fleetup Ray and I (and I didn't even see him) In contrast to your previous admissions to being a non-attendees at Trials ------- Yesterday may well be my last of many.(MANY) trials My excuse is that it was extra slippery yesterday but the truth is that I fived section 12 in a big way and whilst laying prone on a 1 : 2 slope I thought "what am I doing here" I was very relieved that the gallery had moved on to section 13 and that Sable was left alone to extricate me by applying dog power to her lead. At one point I thought that I would never reach the car / carpark but the caffeine was calling from my flask therein and I was very pleased to sprawl across the kennel part of the focus estate. Enough of my problems -- the choice was mine -- I could have stayed at home, in comfort, filled with dinner whilst posing no further risk to my knackered leg. However, by about 20.00 I would have thought ---"I've done nowt today and it's gone forever" THE TRIAL itself was absolutely fantastic ---- as in all things the standards move on and if you drop out of the loop for a short time the progress is a cultural shock when you return. The sections were of the severity that I would have expected at a World Round just a few short years ago but here they were at a British Championship Round. Dougie (Lampkin) stood out a mile in my eyes having just returned to his own countries championship after dominating the World scene. However there were other great riders present and the victory was snatched by Drabil with another clean at the mega hard last section (last / second lap) where Dougie fived. In truth I didn't see that section that lap because I was still laid near to death in the estate car. At least I met with some old of me old buddies like Wayne Braybrook, John Shirt Junior, Rastus Rathmell and of course Marty Lampkin Lampy and I have had a running competition since the days when our Sons rode in National Schoolboy events all over this country and we would remark on how well (or otherwise) that we had parked up our Tranny's. Yesterday he admitted to me that he too was now resigned to the reality that driving the transporter was his only contribution. However his "contributions" were still there to be seen --- his personal presence in the sections - his loud banter ----- his section altering --- his father / son "advice" and his massive all round experience. I consider Martin to be one of the fine characters of this world and long may he continue. ( It was noticeable that Isobel (Mrs L.) was not present yesterday but perhaps she was allowing her ears to recover for one day ) W1 PS I may have changed my mind about "not going any more " by tomorrow !

If you "get it wrong" neither the extinguisher nor the sand will help. When petrol "burns" in a confined space it is so fast that it is called (and is) an explosion. Anything flamable is gone in a flash (and a bang) and dependant on the circumstances and the amount of combustables within ----- it may take you, your garage and certainly your petrol tank with it. If you can purge ut with an inert gas then care is still required and any "test" with a heat source / flame can be exactly as dramatic as the welding attempt itself if the "test" fails. Worthy of consideation dependant on where / what part of the tank need welding is to fill it (or fill it as near as possible) with water and weld it with the water still in Obviously you will need to prop it up / support it to leave only the area imediately near to the split empty / dry If the area / seam that you need to weld will alow this water filling then AT LEAST you will have minimised the volume of remaining vapour.

The best way when the system has been really empty is to fill it up from the bottom --- Using a clean (in my case "dedicated" / used for nowt else) thumb pressure oil can full of brake fluid and conect it to the bleed nipple with a very short rubber bleed pipe. ( I use smal cable ties too to ensure and maintain the seal at both the nipple and the oil-can) Remove the resevoir cap Open the nipple and pump the system full of fluid --- this automatically bleeds - out MOST of the air too first time. Hold the brake lever slightly opened / pulled with a.n.other tie (or even a piece of string) When filled close nipple The advice from the previous member about cleaning off any spillages is still good practice but modern / new fluid is not the very corrosive stuff that it was but it will still knack your brake linings / pads permanently

Bleed nipples are perfect for using an "easy out" Easy outs" come in sets or indivudually from Toolshops if you know the size that you want Bleed nipple all already have a nice hole right through them and it's only a matter of selecting an extractor ("easy -out") which is a tight fit in the hole The princip[le is ---- the tool is like a very coarse threaded and very tapered tap. It is hard just like a thread - tap but it is left handed ! ! ! Just tap the extractor into the hole with a light hammer then turn it anti - clockwise with a tap wrench (or small adjustable spanner) The tool will quickly (within a turn) become so tight that it will unscrew the brocken piece (in your case the butchered nipple) You should be able to do this in situ DON'T BREAK THE EASY OUT --- APPLY COMMON SENSE ----- (with confidence -- it works)

Please find below a copy of an email which I've just sent to my mates "The Wild Bunch" You too may find the content interesting but please note that the instructions like "this side of" apply to those coming from North of Whitby Hi Wild Bunch, Please find pasted below and extract from this weeks TMX Scarborough & DMC. National Scarborough British Champs Trial at Low North Park, Harwood Dale, Scarborough, North Yorks. 9.30am. On the assumption that some of you are interested in the skills of riding motorcycles this local event is a British Championship round and short of the British round of The World Championship it is / should be as difficult a trial as you will see anywhere. Harwood dale is well "this side" (North) of Scarborough and will be flag - marked as a right turn from the main Whitby > Scarbro' moors road. The venue is wholly owned by the club with hard entrance roads and car parks, flush toilets and ,especially for Oily Rag, it has a permanent Burger Hut . The site was a massive Army Camp before being purchased by this forward thinking club and enjoys a comprehensive array of trials sections options ----- but it is actually beautiful too with steep sided wooded valleys and never dry streams. Very difficult sections of this British Championship round will all be within walking distance of the central car park and would offer you a day out on land that you couldn't normally enter and top quality trials riding free to view. See you there ? W1 PS The Wild Child, seen in the attachment at Scarbro' on his Fantic UK K-roo, says he'll be "in bed" after his Saturday night-shift I expect better excuses from other Desperado's

If you mean the strokers from the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters Merv. ----- I'm certain that they will be represented at the Durham bash 'cos it's right on their doorstep and they're a great bunch themselves.

Hi Smudge -- I have a brand new , unworn , HJC SY -MAX2 modular helmet which I imported direct from the West Coast USA because this particular model was not available here in the UK. ( THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE £30 HJC MODELS NOW ON OFFER) It is simply too small for me even though the box is marked XXL ---- I would say it is XL 61>62 but the return postage to the US is very expensive and I'm offering it at a net loss to me of 50% It is very smart and is better padded than anything I've seen before. The seperate dark smoked internal flip visor opperates independently of the main clear visor It comes with it's helmet bag and is , of course, still in the original packaging with both screen protective films in place too. If you are interested in it at £100 I'll pay the postage to you myself.

I like your blue un ! The YZF 750 was sadly and unjustly overshadowed by the almost symultanious arrival of the 'Blade. In many (indeed "MOST") ways it was a much better machine than the Honda option but it never won the bike press support that was lavished on it's 900 cc competitor. In the right hands the YZF750 was literally the one to beat and I'm not convinced that it ever was. Like my previous comment and image , posted elsewhere herein about the Thunder Ace, the 750 could easily be encouraged to go light at the front --- right through to 4th. gear ----- it is alleged !