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From: Champ on 10 Aug 2010 12:06 On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:58:17 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: >My antique Webb, OTOH, has an equally antique throttle control, >consisting of a chromed thumb-operated lever on a quadrant - no >deadman's handle or nuffink. Once the thing is running, the only way >to stop it is to press the button that grounds the sparks - hence the >KSB potential. Half throttle is a rapid walk, full throttle is faster >than I'd care to run. >WUN came round one day when I had it out (f'naar) when we lived in >Greenfield and had an enormous grassed garden. He (unsurprisingly) >adored the beast and amused us all hrtling round the grass, trying to >keep up with it and pulling KSBs until his ears could take no more and >the garden was full of smoke. Ah, happy days. <applause> Marvellous mental image you've created there. -- 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: SIRPip on 10 Aug 2010 13:08
Champ wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:58:17 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip" > <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > My antique Webb, OTOH, has an equally antique throttle control, > > consisting of a chromed thumb-operated lever on a quadrant - no > > deadman's handle or nuffink. Once the thing is running, the only > > way to stop it is to press the button that grounds the sparks - > > hence the KSB potential. Half throttle is a rapid walk, full > > throttle is faster than I'd care to run. > > > WUN came round one day when I had it out (f'naar) when we lived in > > Greenfield and had an enormous grassed garden. He (unsurprisingly) > > adored the beast and amused us all hurtling round the grass, trying > > to keep up with it and pulling KSBs until his ears could take no > > more and the garden was full of smoke. Ah, happy days. > > <applause> > > Marvellous mental image you've created there. You should have been there. You'd have loved it and wanted a go, to boot. -- SIRPip : B12 |