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From: Andy Bonwick on 22 Nov 2009 07:31 On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:06:45 +0000, Pete Fisher <Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote: snip> >Never had any such incidents riding the UK rig Mille GT and Squire in >France though. I didn't have any problems riding mine over in mainland Europe but that's probably because I fitted a mirror on the left hand side of the chair so I could check what was coming up behind me before I chanced an overtake. Others might not find a mirror as useful as I did and might not bother to use one but that'd be very silly...
From: Pete Fisher on 22 Nov 2009 07:33 In communiqu� <Xns9CCB7CD431276wtymmmsas(a)188.40.43.245>, wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >Pete Fisher <Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote in >news:shns$kl9oSCLFwgv(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk: >>> >>>Like most recent Mazdas, your M6 is a shared design with Ford and will >>>be using generic instruments from the corporate parts bin which will >>>be biased towards US & EU conventions. >>> >> >> Indeed. Though I am pleased to say that the buy back of shares by >> Mazda from Ford seems to have been reflected in the latest M6. Not >> quite so obviously just a Mondeo in Samurai clothing. >> > >it's not a Mondeo but the CD3 platform, not used by Ford in Europe >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_CD3_platform > > > Well every day's a school day. So mine is a CD3-2 (Ford) or GG (Mazda) definitely built in Japan platform. Suits me and IMO the 2.0 petrol MZR engine is a peach. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: sweller on 22 Nov 2009 07:39 Pete Fisher wrote: > >>> What about steering-column-mounted gear shifts (standard or > automatic)? >>> Do they protrude from the right side like here, or on > the left? > On the left on my old Saab two stroke. Surprisingly rapid changes > possible because of the free-wheel device I got it wrong - the Saabs had them on the left. Why on earth I thought it was on the right I don't know. My old '73 V4 96: http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/saab96dash.jpg I found I'd forget to press the clutch when stopping as I rarely used it changing gear i'd forget about it altogether. -- Simon
From: Pete Fisher on 22 Nov 2009 07:39 In communiqu� <okbig510g3aktbtauqvt7sb2i0tmnf7e4q(a)4ax.com>, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:06:45 +0000, Pete Fisher ><Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >snip> > >>Never had any such incidents riding the UK rig Mille GT and Squire in >>France though. > >I didn't have any problems riding mine over in mainland Europe but >that's probably because I fitted a mirror on the left hand side of the >chair so I could check what was coming up behind me before I chanced >an overtake. > >Others might not find a mirror as useful as I did and might not bother >to use one but that'd be very silly... The Mille had high wide bars and long stalk mirrors, so I found the view in the suitably adjusted left hand mirror was good enough with the narrowish RS3 chair. Roundabouts could, however, be a bit comical when going round, but great fun on the exit. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: sweller on 22 Nov 2009 07:41
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > > Column shifts tend to be on the right - the last one I had was on a > > 1975 SAAB 96 (manual). > > > > The old Jag autos were on the right too. > > Conversely, the two I had were on the left, so there's no > standardisation. I mis-remembered the SAAB - it was on the left. http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/saab96dash.jpg I'm still certain Jags are on the right. -- Simon |