Kawasaki Triples Club

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First report: Gary seized and got an hole on the left piston + broken the center exhaust in the long side, Simon breaks is left exhaust in two parts, finish to repare at 10.30 PM everything works now, go to bed

Start the breakfeast, continental one then the track!!!!
But Yesterday British team was on the lead for troubles

SimonH2C from one mile to Gary wins the trophy for the longest ride to come.
But sadly, just have a call from Gary, he is in England but his gear-box is locked out and he is waiting the AA !!!!
Bad week end for Gary but it was a pleasure to meet him again

Looking forward to seeing all the pics and reading the write-ups on the event. hope you all got/get home safe and well with bikes intact.

sounds like a hard weekend for the boys, hope gary is home now.

just got in. i waited with gary untill recovery picked him up. it seems like a gear box prob. but he also had problems with timing and a holed piston just out side of paris. i just got a text from him as i write this he has just got home. What a couple of days.Many thanks again JP for your hospitailty and everyone else we meet in paris.

yes many thanks for your hospitality JP
thanks for the company jeff and simon and nick joy

boy what a weekend
Simons pipe snapped in half
my pipe split down the seam,i holed a piston at 100mph uphill,on the way back the ignition rotor fell apart so we repaired it and guessed the timing enough to get the bike running at 60 mph
the got through the tunnel and i think a selector fork has snapped
the gearbox has locked up.

i might go back next week and have another go Jeff ?

downpipe3 wrote:yes many thanks for your hospitality JP
thanks for the company jeff and simon and nick joy

boy what a weekend
Simons pipe snapped in half
my pipe split down the seam,i holed a piston at 100mph uphill,on the way back the ignition rotor fell apart so we repaired it and guessed the timing enough to get the bike running at 60 mph
the got through the tunnel and i think a selector fork has snapped
the gearbox has locked up.

i might go back next week and have another go Jeff ?

i did tell you gary last week that they travel long distance trouble free if you put them in the back of a van

If there was a trophy for the most troubles trip, the british team would have win easily
Here are pictures from the event:
http://www.vj2t.fr/machIII/
put your mouse on the word
Galeries
then click on
images de l'événement

simon looks very pleased with his award

malc87 wrote:

downpipe3 wrote:yes many thanks for your hospitality JP
thanks for the company jeff and simon and nick joy

boy what a weekend
Simons pipe snapped in half
my pipe split down the seam,i holed a piston at 100mph uphill,on the way back the ignition rotor fell apart so we repaired it and guessed the timing enough to get the bike running at 60 mph
the got through the tunnel and i think a selector fork has snapped
the gearbox has locked up.

i might go back next week and have another go Jeff ?

i did tell you gary last week that they travel long distance trouble free if you put them in the back of a van

Not so sure Malc, my little finger says you could have turbo trouble on van

husson73 wrote:

malc87 wrote:

downpipe3 wrote:yes many thanks for your hospitality JP
thanks for the company jeff and simon and nick joy

boy what a weekend
Simons pipe snapped in half
my pipe split down the seam,i holed a piston at 100mph uphill,on the way back the ignition rotor fell apart so we repaired it and guessed the timing enough to get the bike running at 60 mph
the got through the tunnel and i think a selector fork has snapped
the gearbox has locked up.

i might go back next week and have another go Jeff ?

i did tell you gary last week that they travel long distance trouble free if you put them in the back of a van

Not so sure Malc, my little finger says you could have turbo trouble on van

very true JP

malc87 wrote:simon looks very pleased with his award

yes he did 1 more mile than me to get there

Sounds like you all had a fun weekend, even with all the grief.

Glad everyone got back ok in the end. Gary, it sounds like you came up with some excellent "keep it going" bodges to get (nearly) home, well done

Bizkarts wrote:Sounds like you all had a fun weekend, even with all the grief.

Glad everyone got back ok in the end. Gary, it sounds like you came up with some excellent "keep it going" bodges to get (nearly) home, well done

i am not 1 for quiting mate
i was SO determined to ride home,but as the recovery driver said
you cant replace a gearbox at the side of the road

Great pics, glad it all went well and all got home safe and sound.

JP I very nearly didn't recognise you there without your old denim on, I do hope you haven't thrown it away

To go on the track you must have a leather suit or a leather jacket and leather trouser.
I fit my old race leather suit, I could fit it but not really breathe.
So I toke my red leather jacket and bought on saturday morning a leather trouser.
But have still my denim

Have a lunch with Alan (leagal eagle) and his wife Allison.
They should be on the british dinner on saturday evening in my home and I've given them my exact adress in PARIS but without the phone number, my mystake.
They put my adress on google earth UK and got the road but not in PARIS but in a suburbub town near PARIS: MAISON ALFORT (which was the town on which lived Gilles HUSSON!!!!)
So they have been ready at 7.30 PM but on the wrong place.
They have done a video of the H1 event very nice and I expect to see them on the north-west or on the northern.
Was a nice lunch except for peculiar reasons they both speak english
So if you come to visit me in PARIS, remember I live inside PARIS and PARIS isn't like LONDON, the suburbs are the suburbs and not a part of PARIS and ask me my phone number if I've forgotten to give you

or breakdown so you can come find us