Happy new year everyone, I am clearing out a couple of boxes of magazines and thought FFers out there might like first pick: Performance Bikes - April 1992 to...
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Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Jan 2, 2008 12:37 pm
Niall Mead summed up the biggest problem of all the big scoots in two words: (The lack of a) ... Shirley an extra litre should mean more like an extra *10*...
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Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Jan 2, 2008 1:14 pm
A bit of background history about the Devon QL from Tony Foale himself. Pic here: http://www.tonyfoale.com/gallery/QL/QL_P1.jpg PNB ... [Non-text portions of...
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Dan Whitfield
ed3gooding
Jan 2, 2008 4:21 pm
... My ECOMOBILE is well outfitted for range with a ten gallon plus tank that ... Dan Whitfield ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Andy Tribble
tribbikes
Jan 3, 2008 2:01 am
I've seen the 'Kundalini Needle' before, it's a homebuilt enclosed Honda Helix, the guy lives in Florida I believe. Not the most handsome thing in the world. ...
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Bob Wreford
bobwreford
Jan 3, 2008 9:37 am
Hi guys, I see from the Beaulieu site that Motorcycle World in on Sat 5th and Sun 6th July this year, a little later than previously. I would hope to get there...
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Grahamrobb@...
robbgr2002
Jan 3, 2008 10:41 am
In a message dated 03/01/2008 09:37:58 GMT Standard Time, bobwreford@... writes: I see from the Beaulieu site that Motorcycle World in on Sat 5th and ...
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Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Jan 3, 2008 2:10 pm
Many thanks to Tony Page, ex Royal Marine Commando and serious bike enthusiast for the following info about the long-lost Bob Moyse, sometime owner of the one...
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Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Jan 3, 2008 8:08 pm
... A very handy website that, Ian. Thanks! It's also worth remembering that in 1978 a brand new Quasar would have cost you £3,500 and by the time the last...
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Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Jan 3, 2008 8:12 pm
... And I'm pleased to report that the Goodwood Festival of Speed does not clash this year either, being the following weekend, July 11-13th. Similarly, the...
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David Scott
badgersettuk
Jan 3, 2008 8:56 pm
I put near 60 quid's worth of petrol in the Cavalier the other day and I was telling the kid behind counter that in 73 when I started at British Gas a gallon...
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Grahamrobb@...
robbgr2002
Jan 3, 2008 9:36 pm
In a message dated 03/01/2008 20:57:08 GMT Standard Time, david@... writes: I put near 60 quid's worth of petrol in the Cavalier the other day and I...
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David Scott
badgersettuk
Jan 3, 2008 10:14 pm
He's Brummie Indian and far too polite to do anything like that even though he probably wants to.The filling station is next door to a mobile home estate and...
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Bob
turbometaspider
Jan 4, 2008 1:00 am
Hi All, Where would I find these "design studies" and photos of the 'Kundalini Needle'. I tried google with no success and looked in the photos and files of...
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robperrott@...
helix4all
Jan 4, 2008 1:34 am
... Thank you, Bob, for this info' and to Paul B. for Goodwood dates. I am very annoyed, but not overly surprised, that Beaulieu have moved their dates but...
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Arthur Middleton home
conrod55
Jan 4, 2008 9:33 am
... Hi Bob, welcome. The design study was posted here: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/42136 The MP3 platform would be interesting for...
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Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Jan 4, 2008 10:41 am
I've written an FF article for the free Mortons newspaper Motorcycle Monthly, prompted by the advent of Honda's DN-01. Most FFs of note get a mention, from the...
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Grahamrobb@...
robbgr2002
Jan 4, 2008 10:43 am
In a message dated 04/01/2008 01:34:26 GMT Standard Time, robperrott@... writes: I am very annoyed, but not overly surprised, that Beaulieu have...
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Julian Bond
jbond23uk
Jan 4, 2008 11:57 am
I guess it depends how far you go back. My earliest memory of being aware of this was my mother paying 3/11d per gallon for petrol to put into a Mk1 Cortina...
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ianpegram@...
ian_pegram
Jan 4, 2008 12:49 pm
Hi Paul and everyone (Happy New Year) With the spectre of ever increasing fuel prices we will have to resort to more aerodynamic fuel efficient vehicles, and...
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Duncan Hardy
duncan_hardy
Jan 4, 2008 12:53 pm
Actually petrol is cheap - people are just spoiled these days. I remember in the sixties my Mum rashly offered to fill my Dad's pride and joy (a post war...
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Bernie Harper
bernieharper...
Jan 4, 2008 12:59 pm
... quid's worth of petrol in the Cavalier the other day and I was telling the kid behind counter that in 73 when I started at British Gas a gallon of 4 star...
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Arthur Middleton home
conrod55
Jan 4, 2008 2:59 pm
snip ... To see the effect of fuel prices we need to look at the running cost difference. Back in the mid '70s, I think Which (consumer magazine) estimated the...
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David Scott
badgersettuk
Jan 4, 2008 2:59 pm
3/11 sounds right, I came home from Germany with my Vauxhall Velox and Shellmex (2 star?) was 3/11 at home in Kilmarnock, plus Greenshield stamps of course....
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David Scott
badgersettuk
Jan 4, 2008 3:05 pm
I agree but I think we're at the end of cheap petrol and its nothing to do with Gordon Brown but more to do with the price of crude and the availability of oil...
... <artmidd@...> wrote: snip ... cost difference. Back in ... running cost of an average ... snip ... Is is correct to assume that running costs are still 2x...
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David Scott
badgersettuk
Jan 4, 2008 5:27 pm
Good point but that would only affect a small proportion of us. Most people didn't do their own maintenance. Nowadays of course there's not that much one can...
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Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Jan 4, 2008 6:04 pm
... The reference to the "Kundalini Needle" is misleading, as are most of the other names; it's just a made-up name by someone who has nothing to do with the...
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Julian Bond
jbond23uk
Jan 4, 2008 8:27 pm
Bob <mothers@...> Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:56:15 ... http://datafortress2020.110mb.com/miraclemile/cycles.html -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at...
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Arthur Middleton home
conrod55
Jan 4, 2008 11:13 pm
... snip ... UK values from the AA http://tinyurl.com/22t9a for petrol cars and http://tinyurl.com/2yom3 for diesels. Looks like fuel cost is about 1/2 the...
