Re: Chimay and ukrm feckwits (longish)

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:26:05 +0100, ginge <the.gingeREMOVE@THISgmail.com>
wrote in <MPG.210ea0a95e36f788989a8c@news.zen.co.uk>:

> Thanks for all the assistance, without it I suspect I'd be dealing with
> a fully loaded dropped ZRX, in some god forsaken french ferry port. I
> think the highlight had to be the indicators making it backfire
> though... now that's a flat battery.

Yes, had that one Easter back about 1973 on a T500R, riding from
the Australian Grand Prix at Bathurst to a mate's 21st in Maitland.
Bloody thing ran better with more load on the charger so I was pottering
down desolate dirt roads with my brake-lights on to keep the engine
firing. As you say, indicators around intersections were ...interesting.

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Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

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Dr Ivan D. Reid	Re: Chimay and ukrm feckwits (longish) On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:26:05 +0100, ginge <the.gingeREMOVE@THISgmail.com> wrote in <MPG.210ea0a95e36f788989a8c@news.zen.co.uk>: > Thanks for all the assistance, without it I suspect I'd be dealing with > a fully loaded dropped ZRX, in some god forsaken french ferry port. I > think the highlight had to be the indicators making it backfire > though... now that's a flat battery. Yes, had that one Easter back about 1973 on a T500R, riding from the Australian Grand Prix at Bathurst to a mate's 21st in Maitland. Bloody thing ran better with more load on the charger so I was pottering down desolate dirt roads with my brake-lights on to keep the engine firing. As you say, indicators around intersections were ...interesting. -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk\|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".