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Alienist m8.. gday, its' not hard to decipher m8, if you read it phonetically,
stone the crows blue m8 ,
I was just exploding one or two scottish myths, there is an old wives tale that a true scotsman wears nothing under the kilt but a breeze,believe me cobber
when that breeze has a wind chill factor attatched to it ANY Scotsman in a kilt
wears his chuddies m8 , that is unless he wants his Richard to turn black and fall off...

I know sweets... its a gift

Alienist wrote:Zero, you appear to be speaking Scottish, mate, I only speak Australian and poorly at that. What the hell did you say in the last part of your post!!! All i got was something about skirts and men

Pete, I was gone for a month and I noticed that not a single tear was shed for my absence

I thought you'd been a bit quiet.

A little update on my first post...
Roger and Teut arrived at the cottage a little before lunchtime on friday, it took about an hour and a half to change the spring and the shims on my penske. whilst Teut got on with stripping the rear end, roger kept me enthralled talking about the bikes and races he had been involved with. did you know that the " chief constable" of devon & cornwall has two of rogers race prepped VTRs he has just taken delivery of a stage three moriwaki tuned Firestorm one of only two on the planet..he already has a stage one storm!
talk about irony !!
anyways the nasty parts were replaced. and my storm put back together in quick time..what a crew! my gratitude was shown with a bottle of glenfiddich each. poor recompense for their excellent aftersales service. it was a pleasure to meet Roger and put a face to the reputation. Top guys , im still stunned.....thanks again and enjoy the Malt

Pleased to here the out come ZerOZerO and glad its been sorted
Living in Cornwall myself I found that information about the chief constable very interesting It was good that you showed your appreciation with the glenfiddich

Chris.

Aye ! Glenfiddich ! King of Malts my father still says !!!! Not a bad tipple !

ERRRRRM!! just a thought....he ...cou ..woul...do you..NAHHHHHHHHHH!
he wouldnt' post on here would he ?!!!GULP....
the ermmmm.. old chiefy boy there??? .....
Can anyone else smell Bacon???

Apparently the said Chief C*ntstubble of Devon and Cornwall is one Maria Wallis so at least we know what sex we're looking for !

http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/v3/ ... /index.htm

And her predecessor was one D.F Coleman i believe, anyone on here now i wonder ?

its' not the current cheif con...roger deffo said HE....

Zer0Zer0 wrote:As those of you that joined us in the lakes will know, on my way there I stopped off at Revoloution Racing to have my forks redone and a penske damper fitted to my storm.....@ a grand total of £835, not a cheap upgrade.

How much was the forks part of the £835 and what did you get get done.

£250 revalved, resprung, damping rods ground down, reassembled and set up. highly recommended. the difference at the front is incredible.....

Wonder if its worth doing in stages ? Front first, rear later ? Or just wait til i've saved up ( hidden away ! ) the money.

I reckon it would be yella me ol fruit..the rear shock as a standard unit is adequate for the road, under "NORMAL" riding ..if ya ken whit ah mean min.
IMHO, anyway. having the front redone FIRST will improve the front end response and you'll think you're on a different bike, and when you eventually get the rear done ...you'll wish you put the lot on your credit card in the first place.....if like me you like to make...erm rapid progress on the road, and a
track day now and then,get the lot done in a one-er however you go about it you wont be dissapointed....

Zer0Zer0 wrote:£250 revalved, resprung, damping rods ground down, reassembled and set up. highly recommended. the difference at the front is incredible.....

That sounds like something i should get done in the spring, tats a good price. I have the ohlins on the rear I might get the ohlins springs for the front too. £250 is a ood price. I assume they could do that in a mornings work?

I am tempted to get the bike on the dyno and get the fuling checked out at the same time.

I think i will definatly take a trip down there in the early spring.

if you've got the ohlins on the rear, you may already have something done to the front.

i use a dyno run by a guy works as a mechanic for MCS in Renfrew, its sited in an outdoor center called Kypeside, the other side of Strathhaven, near a wee village called Deadwaters.

£120 for a run and any work that needs doing to set it up properly i'm going back reasonably soon to get mine set up properly, as i have had a problem since i changed my cans.