Nick64 wrote:Great weekend, thanks to all who organised it. You even made the sun shine.
Eventually got home.
On way home fixed the indicators which stopped working due to a chafed wire which drained the battery. Then gear change linkage worked loose and I went to change gear and missed a gear - engine raced to 10500 rpm. Right piston was very rattly afterwards with plenty of piston slap which got progressively worse.
Waved goodbye to Tartan who was heading for the ferry via the M40.
Managed to keep it going to Northamptonshire then gave up due to the noise and lack of power and got recovered the last 80 miles.
But about 1600 miles covered in the last 10 days.
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Nick you and Tartan are the men
WS Churchill "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war"
a fantastic weekend we had a great time. THANKYOU to all involved. the ride out was a blast, if not a tad bit bumpy on one road but it added to the fun
Great to see Adrian and his nipper there, thanks for the ride on the KV, just gotta blag a ride on an H2 now.
Chris Todd turned up an looked well but he did walk like an old man but thats to be expected though.
we had a better journey back than on the way up and came upon a lone traveler recognized by a the smell of two stroke with a hint of chilli in the air
Tony_d123 wrote:You have to hand it to Tartan, he virtually lives on that bike. Respect
merci!! just got home now after 10 days on the bike,nothing broke or fell off,covered about 2500 miles I think,snapped speedo cable.
Tent now redundant as the poles and pegs are some where on the M40 !!
Nick64 wrote:Great weekend, thanks to all who organised it. You even made the sun shine.
Eventually got home.
On way home fixed the indicators which stopped working due to a chafed wire which drained the battery. Then gear change linkage worked loose and I went to change gear and missed a gear - engine raced to 10500 rpm. Right piston was very rattly afterwards with plenty of piston slap which got progressively worse.
Waved goodbye to Tartan who was heading for the ferry via the M40.
Managed to keep it going to Northamptonshire then gave up due to the noise and lack of power and got recovered the last 80 miles.
But about 1600 miles covered in the last 10 days.
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goodness !!! thats not like you to break down Nick !!!
Great weekend, really enjoyed putting faces to names and hopefully I'll remember your name when we meet again ? great ride-out and a good pace, I had to thrash the bike to try and work to the front, brilliant ! Strange thing is the bike was singing on the way home, maybe i should use it more Just my opinion but better without a band. Thanks to Higgsy for leading but also to Tony for shepherding everyone back, well nearly everyone ! Dave
ps. would be really cool to see any video's and pics from the weekend.
chilli update. after partaking of the chilli at the rally, my departure was delayed for over an hour as nature took its course,I appear to now be gas powered and for some unknown reason,seem to be able to clear a room with the smallest of trumps,after st malo,fuel was a bit of a problem,but made it home,great weekend
Great rally, great weather, great venue, great ride out, great guy's and girls, great trophies (even though I didn't get one).
All in all, GREAT ......
What more could you possibly want ? oh yes, a van that starts when it's time to leave....
Thanks to all that helped us to get going again ..
And thanks again for a great rally Simon, Dave and who ever else helped out.
Chris.
Thanks to Simon , Dave,Tony & George and anybody else I've forgotten for a great weekend,well organised rally ,one of the best I've been to can't wait till next year Rich & Karen (nutboltman1)
Mini Man wrote:Great rally, great weather, great venue, great ride out, great guy's and girls, great trophies (even though I didn't get one).
All in all, GREAT ......
What more could you possibly want ? oh yes, a van that starts when it's time to leave....
Thanks to all that helped us to get going again ..
And thanks again for a great rally Simon, Dave and who ever else helped out.
Chris.
Think that just about sums it up!
Rapidly becoming the Top club event. WELL DONE BOYS
Nick64 wrote:Great weekend, thanks to all who organised it. You even made the sun shine.
Eventually got home.
On way home fixed the indicators which stopped working due to a chafed wire which drained the battery. Then gear change linkage worked loose and I went to change gear and missed a gear - engine raced to 10500 rpm. Right piston was very rattly afterwards with plenty of piston slap which got progressively worse.
Waved goodbye to Tartan who was heading for the ferry via the M40.
Managed to keep it going to Northamptonshire then gave up due to the noise and lack of power and got recovered the last 80 miles.
But about 1600 miles covered in the last 10 days.
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goodness !!! thats not like you to break down Nick !!!
Aye Nick, you shouldn't have sat so close to Tartan. I think he has transferred his 'luck' to you lol.
A few more photos
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I think its fair to say that Joe enjoyed his time at the rally and loved looking at and listening to the triples..in fact he has spoken about little else since! :smt003
Had a good rally thanks to all involved called for fuel on the way back had a cuppa bike would not kick up after many kicks decided to prime carbs and it fired up must have gone onto reserve as I pulled in to petrol station
but it added to the fun 
Just my opinion but better without a band. Thanks to Higgsy for leading but also to Tony for shepherding everyone back, well nearly everyone ! Dave
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