Champ

Spent a fairly profitable afternoon fettling the turbo (setting the
TPS, unseizing the rear brake etc).

Just as I was finishing off, with the bike up on the bench, something
caught my eye - a falling drop of something from the front of the
tank. A quick investigation revealed that the tank is leaking.

Bollocks.

So, I guess I have several options to get it sorted for Chimay
1. Try and bodge it myself (Petseal? Fibreglass? Help me...)
2. Try and get it fixed professionally
3. Try and borrow one (Sweller? Mike Buckley?)
4. Try and get one from a breakers (I'm fairly sure the non-turbo
tank is identical fitting).

Any other ideas?
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

Dan L

Champ wrote:

> Spent a fairly profitable afternoon fettling the turbo (setting the
> TPS, unseizing the rear brake etc).
>
> Just as I was finishing off, with the bike up on the bench, something
> caught my eye - a falling drop of something from the front of the
> tank. A quick investigation revealed that the tank is leaking.
>
> Bollocks.
>
> So, I guess I have several options to get it sorted for Chimay
> 1. Try and bodge it myself (Petseal? Fibreglass? Help me...)
> 2. Try and get it fixed professionally
> 3. Try and borrow one (Sweller? Mike Buckley?)
> 4. Try and get one from a breakers (I'm fairly sure the non-turbo
> tank is identical fitting).
>
> Any other ideas?

Temporary bodge with some chemical metal in readiness for Chimay,
followed by a complete strip down, repair and repaint upon your return?

--
Dan L
dan.yodanet@gmail.com
http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

deadmail@burnt.org.uk

Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
<c4gv83tieh3u0q6fi13mflijbal7vcfm8e@4ax.com>:

>Spent a fairly profitable afternoon fettling the turbo (setting the
>TPS, unseizing the rear brake etc).
>
>Just as I was finishing off, with the bike up on the bench, something
>caught my eye - a falling drop of something from the front of the
>tank. A quick investigation revealed that the tank is leaking.
>
>Bollocks.
>
>So, I guess I have several options to get it sorted for Chimay
>1. Try and bodge it myself (Petseal? Fibreglass? Help me...)
>2. Try and get it fixed professionally
>3. Try and borrow one (Sweller? Mike Buckley?)
>4. Try and get one from a breakers (I'm fairly sure the non-turbo
>tank is identical fitting).

If you can see where it's leaking from then I'd suggest using some
petseal. I've used it on the BMW I commute on with no problems. Helps
if you can get it inside the tank as well as outside.

I'm pretty sure I've got some left over in the garage.
--
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I know I aint doing much,
doing nothing means a lot to me.

Champ

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:01:38 +0100, deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:

>If you can see where it's leaking from then I'd suggest using some
>petseal.

It's pretty obvious. But, it looks like it's been repaired before -
there looks to be a plate of something attached to the original seem.

>I've used it on the BMW I commute on with no problems. Helps
>if you can get it inside the tank as well as outside.

Prolly won't be able to get it inside.

>I'm pretty sure I've got some left over in the garage.

Coo. Can you have a look? I'll collect tomorrow if so.

--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

Pete Fisher

In communiqué <bfjv835b1q9ujt0revmmjskk9123md9233@4ax.com>, Champ
<news@champ.org.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:01:38 +0100, deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
>
>>If you can see where it's leaking from then I'd suggest using some
>>petseal.
>
>It's pretty obvious. But, it looks like it's been repaired before -
>there looks to be a plate of something attached to the original seem.
>

In that case DanL's chemical metal bodge would probably work. My old SWM
started to leak a bit a couple of days before a hill climb years ago.
Fairly obvious weep from a seam on one back corner of the tank. Bodged
it with chemical metal from the outside only and it was still OK two
years later when I got rid of the bike.
--

+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Pete Fisher at Home: Peter@ps-fisher.demon.co.uk |
| Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z |
| Gilera GFR Moto Morini 2C/375 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+

Cab

Champ wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:01:38 +0100, deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
>
>> If you can see where it's leaking from then I'd suggest using some
>> petseal.
>
> It's pretty obvious. But, it looks like it's been repaired before -
> there looks to be a plate of something attached to the original seem.
^^^^
Now I'm disappointed in you there...

--
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Champ

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:55:54 +0100, Cab
<my_email_address_is_in_my_sig@privacy.net> wrote:

>Champ wrote:
>> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:01:38 +0100, deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
>>
>>> If you can see where it's leaking from then I'd suggest using some
>>> petseal.
>>
>> It's pretty obvious. But, it looks like it's been repaired before -
>> there looks to be a plate of something attached to the original seem.
> ^^^^
>Now I'm disappointed in you there...

LTSTP-RU
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

Mike Buckley

In article <c4gv83tieh3u0q6fi13mflijbal7vcfm8e@4ax.com>, Champ
<news@champ.org.uk> writes
>Spent a fairly profitable afternoon fettling the turbo (setting the
>TPS, unseizing the rear brake etc).
>
>Just as I was finishing off, with the bike up on the bench, something
>caught my eye - a falling drop of something from the front of the
>tank. A quick investigation revealed that the tank is leaking.
>
>Bollocks.
>
>So, I guess I have several options to get it sorted for Chimay
>1. Try and bodge it myself (Petseal? Fibreglass? Help me...)
>2. Try and get it fixed professionally
>3. Try and borrow one (Sweller? Mike Buckley?)
>4. Try and get one from a breakers (I'm fairly sure the non-turbo
>tank is identical fitting).
>
>Any other ideas?

Somebody on 750turbo.com must have a tank, post a wanted ad on there. On
the outside chance "turbofunk" has one I'll pick it up and bring it to
Warwick for you.

I used a 2 pack sealant on my RD and it's lasted 4 years so far, I
reckon it'll be a perfect mould of the tank long after the metal has
rusted away. Can't remember where I got it from though - mailorder
through a Leeds bike shop I think - wasn't Kreem.

I'm taking my Turbo to Chimay - so I'm afraid you can't borrow mine!

Did you try your replacement TPS?

--
Mike Buckley

Cab

Champ wrote:
>>> It's pretty obvious. But, it looks like it's been repaired before -
>>> there looks to be a plate of something attached to the original seem.
>> ^^^^
>> Now I'm disappointed in you there...
>
> LTSTP-RU

How long have you been waiting to use that? :-)

--
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platypus

Champ wrote:
> Spent a fairly profitable afternoon fettling the turbo (setting the
> TPS, unseizing the rear brake etc).
>
> Just as I was finishing off, with the bike up on the bench, something
> caught my eye - a falling drop of something from the front of the
> tank. A quick investigation revealed that the tank is leaking.
>
> Bollocks.
>
> So, I guess I have several options to get it sorted for Chimay
> 1. Try and bodge it myself (Petseal? Fibreglass? Help me...)
> 2. Try and get it fixed professionally
> 3. Try and borrow one (Sweller? Mike Buckley?)
> 4. Try and get one from a breakers (I'm fairly sure the non-turbo
> tank is identical fitting).
>
> Any other ideas?

Depends how fast it's leaking - it might just be a case of extra fuel stops
and avoiding naked lights.

--
platypus

"It was not yet obvious that the war
would bring misery to the whole world,
but it seemed probable that it would do
no one any good - except the contractors."

deadmail@burnt.org.uk

"platypus" <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
<_ZSji.19915$p8.529@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>:

>Depends how fast it's leaking - it might just be a case of extra fuel stops
>and avoiding naked lights.

My K100 leaked petrol for ages. My bike clothes stank of it. It was
only when it was hanging around on me after I'd got changed that it
bothered me.
--
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I know I aint doing much,
doing nothing means a lot to me.

deadmail@burnt.org.uk

Muck <muck@rulex.net> wrote in message
<MPG.20fa0f6de0b0de769896eb@news.individual.net> :

>In article <lfvv835b4b0l20v4da0v8n9mrooga0smbc@4ax.com>,
>deadmail@burnt.org.uk says...
>> "platypus" <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> <_ZSji.19915$p8.529@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>:
>>
>> >Depends how fast it's leaking - it might just be a case of extra fuel stops
>> >and avoiding naked lights.
>>
>> My K100 leaked petrol for ages. My bike clothes stank of it. It was
>> only when it was hanging around on me after I'd got changed that it
>> bothered me.
>>
>
>Look under your old gas bottles you may have a failed terrorist
>infestation.

Heh. I think you're missing a "been" in that.
--
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I know I aint doing much,
doing nothing means a lot to me.

deadmail@burnt.org.uk

Muck <muck@rulex.net> wrote in message
<MPG.20fa12b3e6ac4a769896ec@news.individual.net> :

>In article <hrvv83psuoutue9dsk39fle8f6np3vql66@4ax.com>,
>deadmail@burnt.org.uk says...
>
>> >> My K100 leaked petrol for ages. My bike clothes stank of it. It was
>> >> only when it was hanging around on me after I'd got changed that it
>> >> bothered me.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Look under your old gas bottles you may have a failed terrorist
>> >infestation.
>>
>> Heh. I think you're missing a "been" in that.
>>
>
>Just be careful you don't ride along to any airports of a leaky K100.

Well... I went to Heathrow on Weds. They'd blocked the road that led
to my usual parking space... I forced the K75 between the bollards and
the pavement, only later thinking that a jumpy policeman might have
thought it was time his trigger finger got exercised...
--
K75RT, K1100LT, ZXR750H1, 5TA.

I know I aint doing much,
doing nothing means a lot to me.

Wicked Uncle Nigel

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
<news@champ.org.uk> typed
>Spent a fairly profitable afternoon fettling the turbo (setting the
>TPS, unseizing the rear brake etc).
>
>Just as I was finishing off, with the bike up on the bench, something
>caught my eye - a falling drop of something from the front of the
>tank. A quick investigation revealed that the tank is leaking.
>
>Bollocks.
>
>So, I guess I have several options to get it sorted for Chimay
>1. Try and bodge it myself (Petseal? Fibreglass? Help me...)

I used Petseal on the BlingMobile tank and it seemed to work well.

I note that TOG is offering you some old stuff, just be aware that it
does have a shelf life, so make *sure* it'll go off before you use it. A
tank full of Petseal that won't quite harden sounds like a world of
hurt.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

sweller

Champ wrote:

> 3. Try and borrow one (Sweller?

No problem.

--
Simon

Champ

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 18:47:37 +0100, Mike Buckley
<mike@toastyhamster.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Somebody on 750turbo.com must have a tank, post a wanted ad on there. On
>the outside chance "turbofunk" has one I'll pick it up and bring it to
>Warwick for you.

I'll resort to that if tomorrows effort with Petseal and/or plastic
metal doesn't work.

>Did you try your replacement TPS?

I measured them both with the multi-meter, and they were both in spec.
So, I adjusted the position while it was ticking over, and got a much
better idle. But then I discovered the petrol leak, so that was the
end of that.
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

Champ

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:47:54 GMT, "platypus"
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Depends how fast it's leaking - it might just be a case of extra fuel stops
>and avoiding naked lights.

The drip is dripping onto the hot engine.

And it could get worse, I imagine.
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

Champ

On 7 Jul 2007 21:35:34 GMT, "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>Champ wrote:
>
>> 3. Try and borrow one (Sweller?
>
>No problem.

Many thanks for the offer. The logistics of getting it could be
awkward, so I will try and fix mine first.
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

Beav

"Champ" <news@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
news:c4gv83tieh3u0q6fi13mflijbal7vcfm8e@4ax.com...
> Spent a fairly profitable afternoon fettling the turbo (setting the
> TPS, unseizing the rear brake etc).
>
> Just as I was finishing off, with the bike up on the bench, something
> caught my eye - a falling drop of something from the front of the
> tank. A quick investigation revealed that the tank is leaking.
>
> Bollocks.
>
> So, I guess I have several options to get it sorted for Chimay
> 1. Try and bodge it myself (Petseal? Fibreglass? Help me...)

Empty it, then run a pipe from the exhaust of another vehivle into the tank
and leave the engine running for 10 minutes. Now it can be gas welded, mig
welded or tig welded without a problem. Just make sure it doesn't smell of
petrol after the exhausting job.


> 2. Try and get it fixed professionally

They'll only do what I've suggested, if they're any good.

> 3. Try and borrow one (Sweller? Mike Buckley?)
> 4. Try and get one from a breakers (I'm fairly sure the non-turbo
> tank is identical fitting).

Probably charge twice what it's worth if you can find one.



--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

sweller

Champ wrote:

> >> 3. Try and borrow one (Sweller?
> >
> > No problem.
>
> Many thanks for the offer. The logistics of getting it could be
> awkward, so I will try and fix mine first.

If you can bodge it up enough to get it and bike here en-route to Chimay
it'll be a simple swap over - same on the return. I'm not leaving until
early Saturday and will be in all day on the Friday.

In a pinch I've used Araldite with some success on the classic Jap seam
leak.

Guzzis have a habit of rusting out behind the badges. Initially I used a
3M petrol resistant glue (the name of which escapes me) swilled about
inside the tank which lasted 10 years until two years ago when the hole
was about the size a 5p; I then used chemical metal and body filler.

--
Simon

The Older Gentleman

Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

> I note that TOG is offering you some old stuff,

I am? News to me.

--
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GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....

The Older Gentleman

sweller <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> If you can bodge it up enough to get it and bike here en-route to Chimay
> it'll be a simple swap over

Chewing gum - it's petrol proof. Honest.


--
BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....

Pip Luscher

On 8 Jul 2007 05:41:56 GMT, "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>Guzzis have a habit of rusting out behind the badges.

<pats plastic-tanked Quota>

--
-Pip

Wicked Uncle Nigel

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
Gentleman <chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com> typed
>Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> I note that TOG is offering you some old stuff,
>
>I am? News to me.

Apologies, it was burnt.

You look very alike from this distance.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando

deadmail@burnt.org.uk

Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message
<+DswTzYxCLkGJAcS@rcav8r.demon.co.uk>:

>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
>Gentleman <chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com> typed
>>Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I note that TOG is offering you some old stuff,
>>
>>I am? News to me.
>
>Apologies, it was burnt.
>
>You look very alike from this distance.

You know what you can do, don't you.
--
K75RT, K1100LT, ZXR750H1, 5TA.

I know I aint doing much,
doing nothing means a lot to me.

Nige

The Older Gentleman wrote:
> sweller <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> If you can bodge it up enough to get it and bike here en-route to
>> Chimay it'll be a simple swap over
>
> Chewing gum - it's petrol proof. Honest.

Blu tac too, sets like rock with petrol

--
'That is one bad hat Harry'

Nige

Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)
Yamaha MT-03 (2006)

Nige

Beav wrote:
> "Champ" <news@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:c4gv83tieh3u0q6fi13mflijbal7vcfm8e@4ax.com...
>> Spent a fairly profitable afternoon fettling the turbo (setting the
>> TPS, unseizing the rear brake etc).
>>
>> Just as I was finishing off, with the bike up on the bench,
>> something caught my eye - a falling drop of something from the
>> front of the tank. A quick investigation revealed that the tank is
>> leaking. Bollocks.
>>
>> So, I guess I have several options to get it sorted for Chimay
>> 1. Try and bodge it myself (Petseal? Fibreglass? Help me...)
>
> Empty it, then run a pipe from the exhaust of another vehivle into
> the tank and leave the engine running for 10 minutes. Now it can be
> gas welded, mig welded or tig welded without a problem. Just make
> sure it doesn't smell of petrol after the exhausting job.
>
>
>> 2. Try and get it fixed professionally
>
> They'll only do what I've suggested, if they're any good.
>
>> 3. Try and borrow one (Sweller? Mike Buckley?)
>> 4. Try and get one from a breakers (I'm fairly sure the non-turbo
>> tank is identical fitting).
>
> Probably charge twice what it's worth if you can find one.

You learn summat new every day...,.

--
'That is one bad hat Harry'

Nige

Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)
Yamaha MT-03 (2006)

Cab

deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:

> >>> I note that TOG is offering you some old stuff,
> > >
> > > I am? News to me.
> >
> > Apologies, it was burnt.
> >
> > You look very alike from this distance.
>
> You know what you can do, don't you.

It's the hair, innit?

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GSX 1400 - Speedy Zimmerframe.
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deadmail@burnt.org.uk

"Cab" <my_email_address_is_in_my_sig@privacy.net> wrote in message
<xn0f8gn3uyijzr004@rosbif.org>:

>deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
>
>> >>> I note that TOG is offering you some old stuff,
>> > >
>> > > I am? News to me.
>> >
>> > Apologies, it was burnt.
>> >
>> > You look very alike from this distance.
>>
>> You know what you can do, don't you.
>
>It's the hair, innit?

You can go off people, you know.

FWIW my current hair cut has been compared with Michael Douglas's in
"Falling Down". Odd that.
--
K75RT, K1100LT, ZXR750H1, 5TA.

I know I aint doing much,
doing nothing means a lot to me.

Champ

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:01:38 +0100, deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:

>If you can see where it's leaking from then I'd suggest using some
>petseal. I've used it on the BMW I commute on with no problems. Helps
>if you can get it inside the tank as well as outside.
>
>I'm pretty sure I've got some left over in the garage.

Well, the extremely high speed blast to your place this morning
definitely cheered me up :-)

I didn't use the Petseal in the end, cos it said it needed 12 hours to
cure, and that's considerably longer than I was prepared to wait. But
the other stuff you gave me seems to have done the job. The area that
was leaking had already been fixed once, with fibre glass I think; I
prised it off and was greeted with 4~5 small holes (big enough to put
some lockwire through).

So, I cleaned it all up, mixed up the goo (which is just a variation
on body filler, I think), smeared it on and waited the 10 minutes the
instructions indicated. It seemed solid enough, so I put some petrol
in and left it for an hour (while I replaced the KPH speedo with an
MPH one I got off ebay), and it's dry.

Just about to go out on a test ride.
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

Mike Buckley

In article <if42931dkdl42f5k33hgq5tev23k9vk7an@4ax.com>, Champ
<news@champ.org.uk> writes
>Just about to go out on a test ride.

broken down? stopped in the pub?

--
Mike Buckley

wessie

Mike Buckley <mike@toastyhamster.karoo.co.uk> wrote in
news:avmKayDP6TkGFwys@toastyhamster.karoo.co.uk:

> In article <if42931dkdl42f5k33hgq5tev23k9vk7an@4ax.com>, Champ
> <news@champ.org.uk> writes
>>Just about to go out on a test ride.
>
> broken down? stopped in the pub?
>

Both, probably.

--
wessie at tesco dot net

BMW R1150GS

Martin Coogan

Mike Buckley wrote:
> In article <if42931dkdl42f5k33hgq5tev23k9vk7an@4ax.com>, Champ
> <news@champ.org.uk> writes
>> Just about to go out on a test ride.
>
> broken down? stopped in the pub?

On fire, searching for a flooded road?

--
Martin

'03 R1150RS (#2) '02 V11 Sport

Champ

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:44:15 +0100, Mike Buckley
<mike@toastyhamster.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <if42931dkdl42f5k33hgq5tev23k9vk7an@4ax.com>, Champ
><news@champ.org.uk> writes

>>Just about to go out on a test ride.
>
>broken down? stopped in the pub?

Nope, went to visit some mates who live 10 miles away. The bike
hummed along at 100mph, happy as larry. The fuel injection is
definitely better now.

Then I got a call from Gyp and the darling T, inviting me to dinner.
So, leaving my readers in supense, I went straight there.
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

CT

Champ wrote:

> Any other ideas?

Don't attempt to repair it in any way, shape or form and end up running
out of petrol or at least having to stop every 50 miles to top up for
the whole weekend.

It's the only way for Chimay.

--
Chris

platypus

CT wrote:
> Champ wrote:
>
>> Any other ideas?
>
> Don't attempt to repair it in any way, shape or form and end up
> running out of petrol or at least having to stop every 50 miles to
> top up for the whole weekend.
>
> It's the only way for Chimay.

There's also the potential for better and more thorough
luggage-incinerating.

--
platypus

"It was not yet obvious that the war
would bring misery to the whole world,
but it seemed probable that it would do
no one any good - except the contractors.”

sweller

platypus wrote:

> > And as someone else has pointed, surmounting mechanical issues is part
> > of the ethos of this trip.
>
> <fx: Champ pokes Fate in the eye with a sharp stick. Again.>

ITYM: "Smacks Fate in the face with a shovel. Repeatedly"

--
Simon