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From: Champ on 10 Jun 2010 11:15 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:34:27 GMT, "J�r�my" <a(a)b.com> wrote: >Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote in news:17t11693u2jn9kcnjnt70hik6tu4hp5gir@ >4ax.com: > >>>Do they have sheep on the Isle of Man? >> >> Yes. >> Although, as you might imagine, they do make quite a substantial >> effort to make sure they can't get onto the course. >I suppose the "where could a nasty surprise come from?" mindset is a bit >couter-productive in racing, anyway, isn't it? Christ yes. It's often been remarked to me that I must have quite a lack of imagination, in order to go fast. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Andy Bonwick on 12 Jun 2010 06:39 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:44:47 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:49:01 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: > >>Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >>> yesterday I >>> got up at 7am to have a last run round on clear-ish roads. > >>Clearish? You must have radar in that 10r, it was pea soup up there >>yesterday. > >ah. I meant 'clear of traffic'. Visibility was somewhat, er, >compromised over the mountain. > >Mind you, it can be considered even more fun pissing past someone into >a corner in the fog, because you know it just a kink and they don't. It's better when it's *really* foggy and you've got a pillion telling you where to open the bike up.
From: SIRPip on 12 Jun 2010 11:32 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > > > The Older Gentleman wrote: > > > Hang the rear wheel in place, using a couple of bungees looped > > > rund the rim and over the seat. > > > > > > A bit of judicious bungee stretching and you can get it to hang in > > > pretty much exactly the right place. Then it's hands-free. Just > > > insert the spacers and spindle and tighten things up before > > > removing the bungees. > > > > A good idea, but probably not too useful when racing. > > Ah! The earlier part of the thread has vanished from my newsreader > :-)) Ah, the reverse crn excuse. It must be your age: no longer troubled by propagation, you now struggle with retention. -- SIRPip : B12
From: ogden on 12 Jun 2010 19:24
Ben wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:45:52 +0100, Andy Bonwick > <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > > >The company was good this week but the idea of spending a week in > >that environment with somebody I didn't get on with has absolutely no > >appeal no matter how cheap the accommodation is. > > I think, given who's fronted the deposit, this should be taken this > off-group. Apropos of which... -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250 |