Singularly Singular (HELP!)

[Steffan]

"I thoroughly endorse Smudge's remarks. It almost brought a tear to my eye, but being a hairy arsed biker, I think it must have been some grit"

Here here!! It is nice to see the egalitarian spirit of biking is alive and well here.

"I will make sure to do a full write-up for the next Newsletter (?) so you can then judge for yourselves if it was a true Iron Butt event."

Oh don't do that Boyd, no one will ever read your story if you put in the "next" newsletter (what newsletter??)
Post it here and the best of luck and good fortune to you.

Steffan

[squirrelciv]

No offer of a bike I'm afraid as Dolly is in constant use and you'd have to push Abigail around in a wheel barrow (good on fuel. Hard on the legs ). But can I wish you all the best for the rally and good luck with the fault diagnosis. Bet it'll turn out to be something simple in the end, but that's no consolation now hey?

Threads like these do lift the spirits though (not the breaking down bit.... All the offers of help bit), I remember the many offers of assistance and generousity afforded me by club members in the past, not least the gift of Abigail from GC when I was bleating about not having anything to fettle. Mind you, looking at her now in the shed, she might have been a poisoned challis.

Well done guys.

[Dave#22]

Hi Boyd, as I mentioned before, Pat & I did the Welsh National Rally on Saturday and covered nearly 400 miles in 11hrs,we weren't hanging about and only had 3 breaks totalling 3/4hr, but to do 3x that in 36 hrs would mean virtually no sleep.....and lots of coffee.
     Good luck
       Dave

[guest27]

Nowt to do with anything really - but I once did over 600 miles in a day on an RD500.  That was between Milton Keynes and Cornwall - seem to remember going through Marlbrough a number of times and Frome appeared more than once at some hours distance.  Ohhh I was having fun.  A cracking blat for about 30 mins with a Lotus Esprit reg BUL 11T...

Mind I had a young and pliable bum then.

Best of luck on the rally, hope it all goes well for you and stay safe, would prefer to have to take the P because you did not finish due to tired etc, than did not finish for chucking the bike away.

Still you will finish and then bore us all with the tale, many times.

R

[mini-thumper]

Still you will finish and then bore us all with the tale, many times.

I should finish now that I have a smooth Transalp to get me there. I think I've been corrupted and may have found solice in twindom! The blame for this is with TrophyDave, and I thank him again for that!!

Boyd

[Steve Lake]

Keep the faith.....whip a plug out :-)

[guest27]

Keep the faith.....whip a plug out :-)

Nah - take the cap off and put a spare plug in that - making the running cylinder drive the compression of the non-runner will make it properly asthmatic

R