The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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#1336 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Dave the bass wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:14 pm I've been clocking up the miles on the Maxi recently, its a lot of fun to ride.
Do you pedal?
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#1337 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Ray P wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:05 am Do you pedal?
Very rarely, there was a very steep hill I came across where the Maxi just couldn't cope on its own so I applied 'Light Pedal Assistance' as its deemed but even a mahoosive climb like Wrotham Hill it seems to cope with pretty well. I'm just over 16st currently but it got me all the way up the hill yesterday at ~20mph. We 'did' Death Hill yesterday too at around 18mph towards the top, Rarrrrrrr!

To start it you're supposed to pedal and pull in the starting clutch/decompressor and the engine bursts into life but I've found it starts just fine using the nearside pedal as a kickstart. It's a flywheel magneto so you have to supply the initial power to get the bike to come to life.

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Dave the bass wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:46 am

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LoL .. :lol:
 
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It seems to be about one step above a Derny.... ?
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#1341 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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IslandPink wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:53 pm It seems to be about one step above a Derny.... ?
Yeah, I was thinking along similar lines Mark, reflecting on the time I rode from Bath to Bristol and back with Mr Bass and wondering if we might do it again with him pacing - I think he would provide plenty of shelter! :D
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... and we added the Two Tunnels loop onto the end, a good ride that was.

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Dave the bass wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:18 am ...a good ride that was.
Yes, indeed and in very nice company...
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Spring service for the Moto Guzzi V7 850 Special ... in between showers ...
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I watched it last night. :)

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Er, yes! :D

Some of you may have seen this one too, am late posting it here.
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#1347 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Changing the tank on the AJS Cadwell, because I want it red. Oh my word – what a marathon :shock: – began the job on Wednesday, finally finished Friday. Then it wouldn't start... well to be exact, the electric start, wouldn't ... cue the switch cleaner ...
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Well done on getting the job finished, the red tank looks very smart.

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#1349 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Well spotted that man. :D

Yay-yas, I woz testing a new OneTigris Tangram, hoping it will replace my very ancient (and slowly disintegrating) Saunders Base Camp. Very similar, albeit the all-mesh inner is a bit more breezy at nights. But keeps the bugs out. Actually it has more legroom than the Base Camp so that's a plus as well as packing much smaller and lighter. :D

There, more than you were expecting ... :lol:
 
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#1350 Re: The Audio-Talk Motorcycling thread.

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Very interesting Mike.

The other day I rode a Tempest Scrambler. I think the last bike of this sort of capacity I rode was a Bantam, so you can imagine the surprise which accompanied my introduction to the (pretend) AJS. My last Ajay was a 18S. I thought this a remarkable little machine and it sometimes was hard to remember it was only a 125. I thought it well balanced and it handled well, despite the knobbly front end. And 100mpg, excellent warranty and less then three grand . . what's not to like?

Despite being in my eighties, I'm not yet ready to give up the adolescent behaviour which my XBR allows me (potholes permitting), but when the time comes, I shall give this little machine very serious consideration for I liked it very much in spite of providing funds for the Chinese Communist Party. Of course the Cadwell doesn't really look anything like a 7R but it does have a visual appeal.

PS What's the gizmo poking out of the barrel on the n/s? Chain tensioner perhaps?
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