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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:03 pm 
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Location: England ~ The Lake District
[b]I just took delivery of this...its the third one I've had and I love 'em..(obviously) :clap: :clap:

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They are known as the GTR 1400 over here but in the States they are a Concourse b]

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:07 pm 
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Very Nice Rog :clap: ....i wish i was tenner behind you! :lol:


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:36 pm 

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Location: Narooma NSW Aus
kawbulman wrote:
@jim, heres a pic of the interior. hard to believe the conversion was done in early 70's. Purchased from orig owner's daughter after his passing.. He was a diesel mech. in the army during ww2 followed patton through europe. and came home and started the local school bus transport till they went public in early 70's. This was his baby. always garaged.. Best part is they leased me the shop to boot.. Now its full of triples and parts..And of course the kenworth.. Found this while garage selling this summer.:)
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Buses are a fun way of travelling I had a 36 ft coach rear mount , yours look to be very comfortable and will be a good way to chase the sunny weather , have fun , urs Al in Aus


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:32 am 
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kas750 wrote:
Very Nice Rog :clap: ....i wish i was tenner behind you! :lol:



You probably would have been Adie....................if ya hadn't just made your 'latest purchase' :clap: :clap: :lol: :lol: :lol:

BTW I had to p/x two bikes to get it including the W650 :shock:

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:10 am 

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kawbulman wrote:
My latest acquisition,, Just need to build a platform on back for hauling a bike or two. Now when im sick of rain and no decent riding weather.. I can go searchin.. 1956 kenworth turb diesel upgrade.
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Wow that looks pretty neat :thumbup: , how about some more pics 8-) ?

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:08 pm 

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Location: San Francisco, CA
not yet bought (still have to sell my 09 vmax...) but thinking of it badly... (I am in the side).

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:13 am 
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Different Philippe but would prefer a R 69S with Steib (not really the same range of price yet) :mrgreen:


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:59 am 
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:08 pm 
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Here are a couple that might be helpful to others...

The first one is an Innova Equus 3551 timing light. I started out looking at Snap-On timing lights, which are rated for 10,000 rpm (5,000 for a 2-stroke). Those are the better part of $200. Then I found that Innova sells one that looks the same and has the same features, as far as I can tell (maybe same manufacturer). It's model 5568, and can be had for a little over $100 delivered. Then I discovered their whole line of timing lights, including three less expensive models. I finally got down to the basic version, the 3551, which is just a timing light, still rated for 10,000 rpm, for $26.54 and free shipping from Amazon. The more expensive ones have things like digital rpm display, advance setting, and dwell measurement.

I tried the 3551 on the bench, up to about 7,000 rpm and it worked great. Unlike my old light, this one doesn't start doing odd things at high rpm to make it appear that there's timing jitter where there isn't. It behaved perfectly to 7,000, which is equivalent to 14,000 for a 4-stroke. It seems to handle the higher speeds by skipping sparks. For example, at idle it sparks every time, then when you speed up, it lights every 2nd spark, then every 3rd or 4th, etc., so it never has to actually flash at ridiculous speeds. Note that setting the timing at 4,000 rpm as the manual specifies requires a timing light rated for 8,000 rpm, and most aren't.

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The next thing I got was a set of three NGK plug caps, from http://www.summerlandautosports.com, through Amazon's site. The good thing about this purchase was that they sold me three caps for $2.69 each and only $1.14 shipping. Sensibly, they put them in a padded envelope mailed them to me, instead of charging the usual 8-10 bucks minimum that most places hit you for. These are the 1k resistor version that I want to experiment with, but they have a wide selection. The drawback is their site is not so easy to browse around in, but if you have a part number, you can search for it easily.

I noticed that the price on their site is actually $2.39 each (without going through Amazon), and I assume their shipping is still low there, but I haven't tested that.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:31 pm 
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my hero ,just what i need jim thanks for posting

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