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I never met him either but was touched by his plight as the illness overtook him. a brave fella with a lovely wife.
RIP Marty

unlucky mate!
had a fractured butt meself a few years ago when some clever bugger dismantling a tower scaffold took the wrong piece out & he & it toppled over onto me
about 8 weeks recovery, maybe 4 of them on crutches depending on the aligment of the fracture.

huh??? :roll: up & down, i do it all the time.... doesnt lock the wheel up at all unless youre daft enough to drop 3 into 1st on a wet road! it does wreck the box tho... eventually thats interesting. was surmising (hence the "maybe"), having never tried a clutchless change either up or down but ...

MissEd wrote:Why not downshifting...

I know it's harder then up on IL4's, but is there a reason you should not doit on a V?

rear wheel lock up maybe an issue, esp dodgy if cornering at the time

ahh thanx for the memories 8) I've had both a storm & an SP1 & would happily own both again. my thoughts on them are that the storm is the best value for money bike available bar none & the SP is an icon, though to fully appreciate it you need to be a better rider than I've ever been. I've since ...

prefer a balaclava meself, cuts out just enough noise to protect my ears but not enough to remove what is an essential safety feature

aye chins up fellas, as long as you can see the bike in the garage yer not far away from chucking yer leg over it. been reg disabled meself 18 months now courtesy of smoking related lung damage & withered down to under 7 stone with associated depression. I'd have given up if I didn't have the bike ...