Mark Savage
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Bonjour Comrades!Incredible turnout at the NOC rally in FranceView attachment 120206
Dinner tonight
Have you bumped into @jan nelder yet? He is riding a 961.Incredible turnout at the NOC rally in FranceView attachment 120206
Dinner tonight
we met this morning before Breakfast: billeted in adjacent chalet streets!Have you bumped into @jan nelder yet? He is riding a 961.
it was the rear rotor magnets that starting losing bits, it transpired. He now has a charged spare battery on board , which will easily see him to St Malo ferry and Southampton.we met this morning before Breakfast: billeted in adjacent chalet streets!
Meanwhile on todays ride to Vannes, fifty miles west, two of us nearly got there when friend’s 72 Commando Alton stator coils starting coming apart. We got nearly all the shrapnel out, but had stopped charging, so bought a spare battery for his homeward journey to Southampton and got back to base just now.
Quick update on my “Top Gear Challenge” of me riding “Old Shite”
How old was the Alton unit? Years/miles ? @jimbo has recently seen the same problem. You guys are scaring me!we met this morning before Breakfast: billeted in adjacent chalet streets!
Meanwhile on todays ride to Vannes, fifty miles west, two of us nearly got there when friend’s 72 Commando Alton stator coils starting coming apart. We got nearly all the shrapnel out, but had stopped charging, so bought a spare battery for his homeward journey to Southampton and got back to base just now.
7 years old, but I don’t know mileage.How old was the Alton unit? Years/miles ? @jimbo has recently seen the same problem. You guys are scaring me!
Hello Jan , are you allready back from the rally ? it was a pleasure to meet you and your friend (7 years old, but I don’t know mileage.
Good for you! I am jealousView attachment 120237View attachment 120238
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1,974 miles. All that way and nothing to see except fog!![]()
A bit clearer today, bloomin ‘ cold though.View attachment 120237View attachment 120238
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1,974 miles. All that way and nothing to see except fog!![]()
Guess the big hammer in the background got a good work out then.I got the Combat motor & gearbox assembled over the weekend - almost time to start building the rest of the bike.
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