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A good rally, the electric bikes were food for thought. This year went by diesel as the Triumph alternator failed, (now welded up). although with too many wheels for some :) but it did the 1100 Km on a tankful with 270 Km to spare (47 litre tank). Meant I could take a bigger better warmer tent. Will...

For those of you that would like to venture further afield this show is small but very friendly. (Camping 5 euros a night). Sadly I am off bikes for a while. Rassemblement Motos Diesel , Royal Enfield & Vintage CUNLHAT 63 (Domaine de la Barge) 11-12 -13-14 Juillet 2015 Ce rassemblement a pour bu...

I hope to be there, due to unexpected circumstances not by bike but with luck at least a diesel

I hope it is the first weekend in June (1st) as that coincides with the woodfest in Wales 2 days later.

Back home safe and sound and yes old sludgy made it all the way under his own steam. I think he's trying to tell me it's time for a rebuild after... Exhaust fell off Charging circuit failed Rear brake failed Horn fell off And finally the tank split on the way home. Apart from that he's running like...

No I wont, drive to alternator failed, only £7 to fix but wont get the parts from UK until next week

I may.... be passing south of you on the road from antwerp to eindhoven and onwards.

Tuesday the 2nd sept, I will be going the other way to UK hopefully returning on the 3rd. (via Caen to Portsmouth)

Don't give up. My old 1961 Triumph 500 disappeared off the face of the earth in 1970... and It turned up all restored last year..Funnily enough in..... Camborne

It is a shame, although they seem to be keeping "some" of the manuals staff. I have a feeling it is a combination in part to modern vehicles being more difficult for the average owner to fix. the average owners abilities have declines significantly. ( I realised this when I discovered my s...

I agree with you Sam about the German rally. For me it is two days riding with an overnight stop each way minimum. In the past I have had ice on my tent on the way up and cold and rain during the rally. So these days I get ready for it but check out the weather for a 7 day window over quite a lot of...

My very old and trusty lathe is now surplus to requirements. Very soon I hope to be turning wood again instead of metal. It is big, you can skim car cylinder heads mounted on its faceplate. it comes with two chuck, both 12" one three jaw self centering, one four jaw independent. the jaws can be...

My Enfield and my car 1990 model both do significantly less mpg using e10. so much so it is worth the 2-3 p per litre extra to buy 98 grade. (which performs marginally better than non ethanol 95ron.

My sentiments exactly Sam, note also often the petrol for ten years or so after the war was "pool petrol" at about 65 octane.

My current Enfield is managing about 95mpg. (carb)

I went, met Claude again on his Velocette, also BertTrack on his diesel and a few others. Sampled various flavours of "eau de vie" etc, and found the ground to be very uneven on the way back to my tent at the end of each evening. Friday was very good hot day, but during the night we had se...

I hope to be there. Expect to arrive Friday late afternoon.
saw Bernard on Wednesday. all is in hand. will be visiting Clermont Ferrand next week to get my front brake fixed (hopefully)

My 1961 Triumph 500 would do much more than that, but in those days 4 star was 4/7 a gallon ( four shillings 7 pence) which in new lire is just under 23P

There was also a four wheeler that used an Enfield 700cc motorcycle twin engine (may have been a tad bigger, 736 or even 750)

Hi Dave Shouldn't be any problem. With Luck Henry from Priceparts and his little band will be stopping over on this Tuesday on the way to the rally at Vanosc. Limoges (St, Julien) is an easy half days ride from here. Note it is hardly any detour to the destroyed by the nazis village of Oradour sur G...

What was forgotten is that pistons are accelerating and decelerating faster at the top of the stroke than the bottom. as a consequence when the motor is at TDC or BDc there is always some vibration. especially with singles, some twins and fours as usually all the pistons stop at the same time twice ...

Thanks guys, I will keep looking.

I prefer to drive with a RH steering wheel..

think maybe to hire a car trailer and go with a car

There are showers in the toilet block, also dish and clothes washing facilities...

I have stayed at this camp site before. For the French Enfield club rally. It is fine, just a field with toilet block and BBQ facilities in a very small town. there is a restaurant and bar there :) Other restaurants not so far away ( by bike) also a river or lake to swim in if you are brave. Be awar...

never be seduced into raising the gearing, all that helps is top speed downhill.
check chain alignment and make sure they are well lubricated, but the biggest variable of all is the hand on the throttle.

also anticipate, using brakes is wasting energy so slow up on the throttle in plenty of time.

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Does anyone know of a bike trailer that can be towed empty with a bike. If possible I would like to buy a car in the UK and if I could tow the trailer with my bike there I could then use the trailer to return in the car towing trailer and bike.

I gave up using mickysoft craporation products years ago. been on Ubuntu 3-4 years, never had a system halt or other kind of glitch. Only snag I ever encountered was in the early days printer drivers were scarce, but now Epson among others are directly linked so if you plug in a new printer it knows...

If you fix things properly if possible, you should not have to go back to that fault again. eventually you should win.

Sometimes there is a design fault you cannot overcome, such as water pumps failing in the old Hilman imps .

I built a 20ft inshore fishing boat around 1970 in it I installed a 9.5hp Yanmar diesel . It was equipped with a dynastarter. connected to a large flywheel by two vee belts. Was a very good engine, although I usually started it by winding the handle

I grabbed a hole in the rain and went for a ride yesterday, about 30 miles. I try through the winter to grab a ride whenever the weather is conducive to me enjoying myself. In the spring I do a full service irrespective of mileage and then ride it until the following year. Sometimes if I have had a ...

horizontal shaft please.