Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: kpnuts on November 21, 2015, 08:27:38 am
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Well after then best drive up here we've ever had 6 hrs. We're up here delivering Xmas presents (the missus family) won't be back till Tuesday, so no modelling
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Good going that mate, hope you taken your skis.
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My son is leaving Sussex this morning on his bike heading for his new job in Thurso - about as far north as you can go. I hope he has as good a trip as you had. Enjoy your stay in that Bonny land. :-))
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My son is leaving Sussex this morning on his bike
Motorised I hope or its going to be a long cold trip!
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:} Yes! He may have to stop at Carlisle if weather further north has not cleared - but it should. :-))
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My son is leaving Sussex this morning on his bike heading for his new job in Thurso - about as far north as you can go. I hope he has as good a trip as you had. Enjoy your stay in that Bonny land. :-))
I would want heated handlebar grips , waterproof gloves and every other type cold weather gear for a road trip up there !! Nemo , your son will be able to have " tatties and neaps" with Charlie , wicker. Hope he has a safe run
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I would want heated handlebar grips , waterproof gloves and every other type cold weather gear for a road trip up there !! Nemo , your son will be able to have " tatties and neaps" with Charlie , wicker. Hope he has a safe run
...or a train ticket for the rest of the journey. :(( Midday Saturday. It is minus 2C on the A9 but sunny after overnight 2" of snow. Road ploughed and salted.
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He is used to runs up there in winter and even has a heated suit! Provided the roads are clear he loves it! Honda Pan-European.
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No snow here in Wick --20 miles from Thurso if he in to modelling he is welcome to meet our club on Sunday mornings at the boating pond where a warm welcome will await
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Nice ride I hated getting rid of my trophy, but I would never have ridden up here in the winter.
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No snow here in Wick --20 miles from Thurso if he in to modelling he is welcome to meet our club on Sunday mornings at the boating pond where a warm welcome will await
He does not do modelling Wicker, but I have asked him to pop along and say 'Hello' from me!
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Thats great
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Hi all here is our hotel and some views from it
http://imgur.com/a/5s6Lz
http://imgur.com/cpe9PRM
http://imgur.com/UIrBtBk
http://imgur.com/rayqzsU
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With you Mr T,
Even on a Pan I would want every warm extra available (no old fart comments Shady) but there is a certain magic about riding a powerful bike in dodgy conditions. I have a very vague memory of returning from a meeting at Silverstone on a T120 Bonneville with rain all the way, when I finally arrived home I was so cold that I could not get off the bike! I had to lean against the house wall and blow my horn for ages until my dad came out to see what the noise was about then lift me off the bike. Happy days denims and leather jacket. No stuff them lets use waterproof gear seems more sensible but hey I was a teenager.
A completely different ball game on a Pan no chain to worry about, huge fairing good luck to him and safe journey watch out for the mobile phone using D+++++++s.
Cheers,
Faz. :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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What's a 120 Bonnie ? ;)
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Sorry Arrow........but in OZ we put salt on our potato chips :-)).....wouldn't waist it on the road.....salty ice?....... YUK
Remember in Biblical times, a man's wealth was determined by the salt he owned O0....... Derek
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What's a 120 Bonnie ? ;)
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It's one owned by an optimist with a good stock of Triumph spares {-)
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Sorry Arrow........but in OZ we put salt on our potato chips :-)).....wouldn't waist it on the road.....salty ice?....... YUK
Remember in Biblical times, a man's wealth was determined by the salt he owned O0....... Derek
A bit before biblical times, hence salary. I thought you diggers dipped your crisps in Vegemite
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Our nephew posted this on Facebook last Friday!
Sydney
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Sunday 9:30am No wind, fog on A9 Perth to Inverness , 120-ish miles. Minus 3C , biker beware.
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Yo Shady,
Its a very old Triumph motorbike which when new was approx. £328.00, now you would be lucky to get a shed T120 for under 6/7K.
Scouse enlightenment.
Cheers,
Faz. :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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:-)) There was one on another site a little while ago,1966 fully rebuilt and complete professional restoration,85 miles on the clock went for 10.5k mind you a few bob was spent on it.......Ray :-))
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That's a better heading as the thread has drifted.
Only had a cub and a twentyone.
Drifted to Tritons after that.
Ned
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:-)) Ned, there is a nice Triton on Vintage bike sales site,but the asking price is 25k! manx frame 120 engine looks great but not 25k great,have a look see what you think never know might pick the right No's on the lottery.......Ray :-)) :-)) :-))
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A nice bike, but £25K %% and to remember that in 1966 when I blew the mains on my T110/ Norton 88s framed machine thrashing it back south from Scotch Corner, I sold it as a £50 basket case because I couldn't be bothered to rebuild the motor and bought a non leaking Honda 250 instead . Isn't hindsight a pain? <:(
Trevor.
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I remember Triton's mine was a wide line featherbed frame with a T110 engine cannabilised to Thruxton spec, all the lads used to say I just don't know how you get through the bends that quick possibly it was something to do with the absolute rubbish drum front brake (Ho,Ho,Ho). Part exed it at Bill Smiths in Aigburth for a T140 Bonnie that had a locked gearbox that they couldn't fix so Faz bought a manufacturers workshop manual stripped down the outer casing to find that two of the pawls that allowed the gear lever to move up and down were in the wrong way round with the bevel upside down. 30 minutes new gasket change all the oils bingo.
Oh how nice to have 20/20 hindsight!
Cheers,
Faz. :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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Agh, Tritons, happy days. Here's one I built in an earlier life. Courtesy of the Barber Museum Alabama where she now resides.
Jerry.
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ahh. a Manx tank and Goldie silencer. What a beautiful machine.
A friend of mine had one with a manx c/r gearbox and Tiger 110 engine with twin GP carbs.
STD96D was it's rego.
Wonder where it is now?
Jim.
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:-)) That's more of a work of art than a motorcycle,my old lady long since gone <:( <:( <:( <:( <:( <:( (http://s25.postimg.org/shppoltpb/1970_thruxton.jpg)
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Having trouble putting up pics as site won't recognise <300Mb .Jpeg.
Here's a link to Barbers site for a decent quality pic.
http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/barbers-best/1961-triton.aspx
Jerry.
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Jerry , congratulations on building a beautiful bike . Unfortunately for me the gear-levers on the wrong side . The thread got alittle side tracked after I was extracting the urine from Faz . Like Pete I raced jap stuff , after all I ran a motorcycle shop for nearly twenty years , and being very lucky my house looks out onto
" Oliver's Mount " racing circuit .
Once you get bitten by the bike bug it's always in your veins :-))