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Zambia
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:10 pm 
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Here are the shots off Repro Decals site:

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R.B.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:55 pm 
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mach3restore wrote:
all the restored gauges look like crap the more I see them, It doesn't matter who did them. The rings don't look right and so on. :thumbdown: :thumbdown:


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Took my recently restored '69 for it's maiden voyage yesterday, with guages we have restored - - it was LOVELY not to have needles flickering like a metronome . . . . . :thumbup:
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Oh, I should point out, I did not miss a gear, the clutch let go . . . teething problems :shh:

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Ja-Moo
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:13 pm 
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R.B. wrote:
Oh, I should point out, I did not miss a gear, the clutch let go . . . teething problems [/b][/color] :shh:


On a new rebuild? :wtf:

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Iron
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:35 pm 
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Thats is going to be one nice airse Bike. :thumbup:

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R.B.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:49 pm 
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Ja-Moo wrote:
R.B. wrote:
Oh, I should point out, I did not miss a gear, the clutch let go . . . teething problems [/b][/color] :shh:


On a new rebuild? :wtf:

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Yep, needs looking into . . . On THIS bike it's all "refurbed" stuff . . . . 4 miles in and the left carb puked . . . and kept puking! Thankfully I had a spare fuse in my pocket and blocked the fule pipe to get home on Two cylinders :thumbup: - Turns out that the overflow pipe in the float bowl had decided to jump out of it's socket :o . . . New One on me but an easy fix :)

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Hal
PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:38 am 
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I thought the objectives of a test ride ran beyond "let's see how fast this sucker goes and how many bikes can I overtake" :roll: :e11 :lol:

Can a leopard change its spots? :wave:
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mach3restore
PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:51 am 
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R.B. wrote:
mach3restore wrote:
all the restored gauges look like crap the more I see them, It doesn't matter who did them. The rings don't look right and so on. :thumbdown: :thumbdown:


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:eh:
.
:eh:
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Took my recently restored '69 for it's maiden voyage yesterday, with guages we have restored - - it was LOVELY not to have needles flickering like a metronome . . . . . :thumbup:
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsjh85O3 ... re=mh_lolz
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Oh, I should point out, I did not miss a gear, the clutch let go . . . teething problems :shh:

Ok Rick I see you couldn't stay in the back of the pack. LOL :D

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R.B.
PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:11 pm 
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Hal wrote:

Can a leopard change its spots? :wave:


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|Ermm . . . . Apparently NOT :roll: . . Another rebuild, and another slipping clutch! The guages are the first set I ever built, 14 years ago, before I even knew that they were dampened! :think: . . I DID back off after 1/8th mile :)
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Ja-Moo
PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:31 pm 
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Are you just using the old springs?

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R.B.
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Are you just using the old springs?


Neah, I just added 40 H.P. :P

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