Not that this is all that important ... but since Parilla Days has been scheduled for September plus a variety of family problems I'll not be doing the Giro...
PJ Johnson
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Apr 5, 2004 11:27 pm
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PJ, Sorry to hear about your problems. Hope none of them are too serious. Must be a bummer not to do the giro, eh. For us too. One less person to live...
Thanks Dgy. I have no doubt my thumb will be free of wrinkles by the morrow. :-) besides I am planning to do Parilla Days in September. I have a local...
PJ Johnson
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Apr 6, 2004 5:33 am
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KH yea, pretty cool bike bike. Fast Freddy Petis was racing one in the open twins division in dist 16, could not beat him with my Morini 500. Almost always won...
Hello, last week, I decided to get the 125 scrambler on the road. I kicked and kicked and nothing happened. I figured it was a dead battery and recharged it....
Milt, that is not uncommon to have happen. I destroyed the liner of the front cylinder of my '74 Ducati Sport by leaving the petcock on for a week, then...
David Chrone
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Apr 6, 2004 8:23 pm
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Milt, That's very common on older bikes. I work on old British bikes for a living and I run across gas diluted oil pretty regularly. That's why everybody...
Hello, last week,<snip>. I managed to find a bucket and a least a gallon of gas was in the motor. When I first tried to start ! the bike, I forgot to turn off...
More common than you think! The float or the float valve is at fault, or may just have a peice of grit between the neddle and seat on the float valve, And yes...
PJ, I don't know Dick, Obrien. The Van Tech isn't done yet, but I'll post some pics' if it comes out good. Hey, what ever happened to our Canadian DJ who moved...
Hey Dgy, FYI: Guinness stout is actually LOWER in alcohol content than most beers at about 4.5%. I think Bud comes in at around 5% and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale...
I didn't see your post till after I sent the last one Harley. In future I'm sending Mike's grumbling to you OK :-) Hey Dgy, FYI: Guinness stout is actually...
PJ Johnson
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Apr 7, 2004 3:01 am
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Youre a hoot Dgy and no doubt Mc Garry will stomp in to defend the Guinness label and disparage that piss those Yankees drink. Silo drippings ! Man ! I just...
PJ Johnson
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Apr 7, 2004 3:04 am
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I picked up a couple NOS WM1 undrilled 18 inch Borrannis this weekend at a swap meet. They are 40 hole. Anybody have a use for them? $80. each. Have a Guiness...
David Chrone
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Apr 7, 2004 3:26 am
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... I guess you must drink plenty of that stuff then if its your baseline? We get Bud here , is that similar? ... You can actually buy a 12 pack here, but I...
Depends which you buy. The stuff in the smaller yellow-labelled bottle (titled "Export") is 7.5% I think. The real stuff is about 5% and the nitro-ball sh***e...
Message>Depends which you buy. The stuff in the smaller yellow-labelled bottle (titled "Export") is 7.5% I think. The real stuff is about 5% and the nitro-ball...
Exactly the same happened to my Morini 175. Combination of a downdraught carb, sticky float & short term memory loss led to a flooded motor.....twice! Just...
... I guess you must drink plenty of that stuff then if its your baseline? We get Bud here , is that similar? ... You can actually buy a 12 pack here, but I...
Message Except Guinness, who tell you on the can to chill it for at least three hours in your refrigerator, but perhaps Brit refrigerators still involve a...
... C'mon Doug, you can do better than this! Thought we were in for a little "wit & repartee" session.... Fridge - whassat? We just leave the cans on the...
Mike, First, the fiz'. Actually, there is a pub about 40 minutes up the road towards Bennington, yes the same Bennington where we kicked your asses, called the...
Mike, I am attaching a couple of pics of my W-Cat tach in case it helps. The rubber has departed, but you can see how it should go. I have other angles if...
... Thanks KenG & DC for the pix, it seems quite a complex way of suspending a counter. Similar to the suspension system used on manx nortons & quite...
What's wrong with sex in a canoe. Bob ... From: Doug Boughton To: parilla@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [parilla] WCats...
Domi-racer sells the ring w/ the rubber band for the tach. It is a common part for mounting Smiths tach on British bikes... Jim S. ... From: Mike McGarry...
Guys Here is a bit of news from Michael Dregni concerning the Parilla History book that is, always, in the yet to come stage. PJ PJJ@... ...
PJ Johnson
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Apr 9, 2004 1:36 pm
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... Thats the difficult bit found then, now need a good pic of the fork bracket to guage dimensions. Found an ebay shot I saved some time ago which showed the...
Good deal Mike I think only English patience has come up with a fully functional system that will also run the lighting system. let us know how it shakes out...
PJ Johnson
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Apr 13, 2004 3:09 pm
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Hello. I am curious who is going to the Moto Giro . I did it last year on a rented ducati it broke and I finished on a new duc. This year I am entered on a 175...
