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Lately I’ve thought of a few things to call Elon

Now this is something I like to share with you. Some pages ago, I mentioned Iris Dement in a reaction and clearly did not know John Prine. Shame on me but even more a pity. When knowing the name, I all of a sudden saw it popping up everywhere. What a great guy he must have been, great texts, a true poet, mocking himself and enjoying every bit of it. And so much welcome by his fellow musicians. I really like to thank you guys on the forum to point my attention to John Prine.

On that, who should I meet outside the Bungendore pie shop on Monday but Bart! After raving about the Beetlemap Michael had just installed in his Greenie he went on the rant about having found the company that now owns the jigs for the S’toons. I think he said they were in Tassie? Anyway he’s sending his, (Terribly lightly damaged, like tiny surface dings, but this is Bart!) pipes off and they’re going to re-tube them for him. I think the sum of $800 for the pair was mentioned but I’m not certain. I’ll see if I can get more details…….

John Prine has a great writing style imo. A- not so snarky -protester. A similar, somewhat under the radar, lyricist is John Hartford Both artists have a boatload of tunes that are covered by others.

I agree, but they could tone it back a bit. Having to retake your test to move up to a bigger license is annoying, and the wait times are long enough as is!

A blown radiator hose had you scuppered on the side of the road Mick...amateur . Thats what electrical tape is for. Tape up the damaged area, top off the radiator with the water you always carry with you and leave the radiator cap partially open so it doesn't pressurise the system and you're on your way again. I've done it a few times and it lasts a while in most cases. At worst to the next town where you can a least get a room for the night and consult the local garage. I crashed my first car as a teen in the main street of Paramatta in Sydney and the fan nicked the radiator core in a few places when the engine came forward , coolant everywhere. No worries. Some silastic and a couple of matchsticks jammed into the holes and the Rad cap only installed to the first click so system not pressurised and I was on my way home again. The cooling system doesn't need to be pressurised to work in the short term. Worked for me in a WSB race one time when we had a water leak across the head gasket. Finished the race fine but it dumped quite a bit of fluid in Park Ferme after the race. What's wrong with kids these days. It's a source of pride being able to do road side repairs. A totally lost art. Nothing brings a smile to my face like a Tesla owner stuck on the side of the road. I just cruise past thinking "call Elon"

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I am gonna be nice and leave this alone

No. This place https://öhlins-gera.de/de which is here https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/208123602#map=18/50.880637/12.166849 Not really close to New Jersey... It's become a bit difficult here. There were two places with a good reputation. I had my rear shock done at one of them, but they have closed down. At the other place, the owner apparently has health issues and can't say when (or if...) he will be back to normal operations. I turned up Motoradtke myself, but so far haven't had any comments back in the various forums about the quality of the work. I assume, though, if he can stay as official Öhlins partner, then he probably is at least competent.

Darwin wasn't wrong, but we (as a species) have a lot of work-arounds (for the time being).

Yes, indeed the more accurate cSt measure varies dramatically with the "weights" of common fork oils. I am extremely pleased with my suspension set-up (YMMV). Yes, my target cSt is about 19.x while the typical "7wt" pushes into the 30s. The 19.x gives me much more compliance and responsiveness from these forks. Again, I changed my springs, raised the forks in the triple trees 5mm, adjusted my tire pressures 35psi front/ 40psi rear (with selected tires/sizes for my rim widths), and changed the rear shock/spring rate/preload.

In 136,666 miles/ 220.000 km, my Sport has needed four or five roadside assists. All of the other issues, I have solved with field expedience. A failed regulator caused me to phone my family to bring the neighbor's trailer to gather us up. The early Sport's "battery warning light" alerted me to the issue and got me halfway back home for the rescue effort. One other time, the "battery light" came on and my battery positive had loosened and blew the charging fuse: close to home, young son came and jumped me off from his Jeep. Two of my roadside tow assists were related to failed driveshaft yokes. First the rear, then (later) the front. The issues leading to these failures are documented here, elsewhere. Don't cross thread or otherwise screw up those driveshaft pinch bolts! The tow from 310 miles away from home was attributed to rear wheel bearing failure *complicated* by "stacked tolerances" from a too-short rear wheel bearing spacer, various wear changes, the history of driveshaft failures, history of collision damage, and substandard wheel bearings.

...also beginning to better understand your choice for Belray 5W. According to Verdone, "most cartridge type forks use a viscosity of 16 cSt@40°C". Not sure what that's based on, but according to Belray's website, the 5W has a viscosity rating of 19.1 cSt@40°C. What's interesting to me is going to just 7W increases the viscosity all the way to 32.4 cSt@40°C, and 10W only slightly more to 34.9.

Not quite on topic, but related: mine has a blown fork seal. Not just a drip, it lost (apparently) the entire contents of the left fork leg on the ground overnight after the last time I rode it. It has, according to the speedo, about 70,000 km on the clock. I'm still tossing up about what to do. On the one hand, there is a place about 80 km away from here that is a "fork specialist", specifically Öhlins, but I gather he'll do any forks. On the other hand, the workshop that I use as needed has no doubt done forks, and can no doubt do a servicable job. I was more or less happy with the fork's performance. As far as the "too soft" springs go, I currently weigh 65 kg, so I don't need particualrly hard forks. So what should I do? Go to the effort to take the forks to the specialist, or just have them done by my "tame" mechanic? I do like to have things perfect, but on the other hand, I'm not going to be racing it or anything demanding like that. I could have a go at it myself, but I don't think I'll find the time (it's already 6 months since the seal went), and I don't have the experience to evaluate the wear on the internal parts as to whether anything needs replacing. I'd be interested in a "vote", what is the sensible thing to do, weighing cost and effort against advantages.

Yes, of course. But it was a Trio, no keyboardist (thank god...), and the bass player formed the band, and was the owner of the vehicle. This is them, and the "coming just in time" in the first video is truer to life than is funny.

I learned (from this forum), early on, that lighter oil performs better in our forks, so I chose 5 "wt." Then, I learned (from this forum) that 5 "weight" can vary widely between manufacturers and even between one manufacturer's different products. After taking in Peter Verdone's discourse, and published tables, I chose BelRay 5W High Performance fork oil based upon its rating in centiStokes. This measure is vastly more accurate than "weight." http://www.peterverdone.com/archive/lowspeed.htm http://www.peterverdone.com/archive/images/content/motorcycle/PVD-ISO-Viscosity-Data.gif Perhaps, most important (and biggest gain) with forks is to be certain your springs and preload reflect your rider weight and riding style. Factory springs are notoriously soft. Springs are also fairly inexpensive and super-easy to change during the oil service. I used Traxxion Dynamics to spec my springs and preload spacers and they are spot-on.

That's a nice piece of jewelry! Only 105 Octane should pass thru that gate into the Greenie...anything less is not worthy!

For those of you that are not privy of the European quirks; once you get your Motorcycle driver's license, you are restricted to a certain power limit for a given time. I don't know if it is good or bad, but it prevents you from purchasing a Ducati Desmo Sedici right after you get your license. Absolutely not! we are all very young at heart here! Bienvenue au Club!

Hallo Jaide, welcome aboard.

Welcome @Jaide! This is not only the best place in the world for the care and feeding a a V11 Spine Frame, but also the Dutchmen are particularly knowledgeable and courteous !

Bart! Look at the date of the ad! It’s seventeen years ago! And what are you doing chucking it on its side you dork!? Words will be spoken next time we meet!

I know some humans that function similarly.