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adyf wrote:Hi buddy yeah I'll come over to squires for a coffee about 9.30 , be good to catch up , ady.

Excellent

I intend tackling the handlebar conversion on Saturday ( after I meet a guy at squires at 9.30 to buy a baglux tank bag from him)

Anyone at squires Saturday morning?

sirch345 wrote: From what I remember the bars looked up a lot more than they appear to in your photo, may be it's due to the angle your photo was taken at,

You might be right about the photo angle, they were a little more "up" than they look, but it didn't really look out of place

I am currently carrying a back injury (some end of a bell ran into the back of me while I was stationary in a queue of traffic) which is making the riding position very uncomfortable, I have a handlebar conversion kit which I will fit at the weekend to see if this helps. I was at squires cafe at the...

AMCQ46 wrote:not yet, but I plan to do cider with all the apples I have to pick up in my garden......... all hints and tips welcome

Freeze the apples and then thaw and press them, it will give you cleaner juice which will mean better tasting end product.

sirch345 wrote:I had a go when I was about 19 or 20yrs old, which is years ago I used a Boots beer kit. The outcome was okay, but nothing great. I imagine the beer kits have improved since then,

Chris.

They have improved beyond recognition from those old kits

I make my own wine and beer from scratch as well as kits and have had a great deal of success in competitions including quite a few "best in shows". I run a wine and beer making website, http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum You should find a great deal of information, guidance and tutorials....

sirch345 wrote:Post up some pic's when you're done

Will do

WOW

A thing of real beauty

Removed connector from regulator and everything lit up fine I can't get my head around the fact that it blew when not in use!!! Regulator replaced with mofset one supplied last year by MacV2 ( cheers Mac) Running a treat now Thanks for the help guidance and advice chaps, Tis much appreciated, whilst...

Bit of research

Agostini left MV in the 1974 season, so was still riding for them at the start.

He was the first racer to really hang off the seat, sometimes looking like he had fallen

Very stylish

Phil read had different helmet designs through 1974 ( google images of him for 1974)

1977-1993

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Haslam

Haslam was later on I think, don't think he was racing in 74

Playboy racer, dated supermodels did ride for MV

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Agostini