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do it! would love to have an idea if I'm just getting soft, or whether it has really deteriorated.

I think that is in the same area (very close), but not the same path. I had the same feeling about the esselbank one........have done it quite a few times in the past, but the current condition will really make me reconsider soloing it again.

Definitely nothing offensive about any of those traits (or diagnosis as you put it). I don't know you, so was just making some comments on my observations of similar (you've been to Thailand......"same same but different.) Best wishes for the journey - it definitely sounds like you are on one.

Just remember, introverted thinking / personality is very similar / the same as what you have described. Doesn't mean autism. Your mind just ends up racing (never shuts off) - makes it very difficult / impossible to engage in small talk. Extreme focus is another trait of introversion (note this...

Are you still running the original SU carb? I seem to remember that they have an oil damped piston. The oil is there to slow the movement of the piston - it enriches the mixture when the throttle is opened suddenly. I remember a friend struggling with that a long time ago when he rebuilt his...

That being said......no surprises about the GSXR. If ever there was a motor built to handle that kind of punishment......it's always been the GSXR..!

Also think that in the WSBK, they were mostly always running against smaller capacity inline 4's (916 etc v 750's). I think that there was only one year where the 999 raced against the 1000 inline 4's, and won if memory serves, but the motor was so highly strung that it wasn't reliable. (and it...

They asked Ducati years ago why they never raced the Suzuka 8hr.........their answer was pretty straightforward - the motor wouldn't last for 8 hours. Suspect similar with a 24hr race.....

Sometimes you get lucky, and there's a tyre machine nearby.........but that is really the exception.

Things are clearly very different up there. That ain't going to work down here in the middle of the Tankwa / Cerberg / WesKus / Richtersveld / Namibia / pick the deserted area of your choice. You're going to be walking for a long time trying to get signal.........and be waiting even longer for a...

On my sister's mini back in the day, those speeds would have seen us with both back windows flipped open, with the heater on full to try to keep the old gal from overheating........

for sure. Definitely do a practice run or two! I've had a few punctures, but previously always had my riding mate's sidestand to use to break the bead. I ride solo quite a bit now, and struggled on my own to break the bead. I do have a mainstand, so could use the sidestand to break the bead...

I concur with your sentiment. That Burmese teak is pretty much extinct - would hate to see it wasted.

hahahaha.....I should send a photo of my garage and basement. Gramps was in construction, but was a carpenter by training. They built many of the big buildings in CT (LTA). When demolishing the old one's, he grabbed all the wood that he could. Teak, yellowood, oregon heart pine. I live in his...

It's an odd one.......that colour scheme came out in 94 and 95. The paint code says that it's a 94, but the engine and frame numbers point to 95. I suspect that it's a 95, and the paint code stayed the same as the previous year's model. I think that the 94 / 95 were the last one's that came out...