Hi Herb,
I used to do this also. I've crashed, layed down, wrecked 6 of them. By my
figuring I have 2 lives left. Wrecked a couple doing 45. Needless to say
after 30
years of riding cycles, I'm done. What is strange is people tell me all the
time
how small Puddles is, and isn't that dangerous? Ain't even in the same ball
park.
Rick Missin my 1100 Yamaha
HFC wrote:
> When I "feel the need for speed" I get on my GPz1100 and ride WFO! It's down
> right titillating to feel 115 hp between your legs... and on two wheels.
> WFO Herb
>
> Mike Maclean wrote:
>
> > As we used to say in the Air Force, "My fun meter is pegged!"
> > Mike
> >
> > Larry Miller wrote:
> >
> > > Yeah but are you having fun yet?
> > >
> > > Larry
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> > > To: <Lancer7676@aol.com>
> > > Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:37 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Original Fuel Line
> > >
> > > > I actually took two days off from work, as the trains I work on make
>round
> > > > trips. So, today was spent just fixing what i "bunged up" yesterday.
>The
> > > glass
> > > > cutters in town all seen to get their mirror glass from the same
> > > distributors,
> > > > who only provide 1/8th inch thick glass as the smallest size. I went to
> > > the
> > > > nearest home center and bought one 12 inch square glass mirror tile
> > > (suggested by
> > > > the girl at the glass cutter). The original glass I sat on was produced
> > > in
> > > > Taiwan (where all our quality repros come from) and I'm guessing it is a
> > > metric
> > > > thickness. The glass tile from Home Depot was about a 32nd thicker.
>I'll
> > > > probably break it making it fit. ($5.00 to get it cut and $1.58 to buy
> > > it) A
> > > > new repro mirror from M*** or VB is $50-55 bucks!
> > > > After many calls to auto parts stores, hardware stores and
>hydraulic
> > > supply
> > > > houses no 12 foot length of thin wall steel tubing to make a new fuel
>line
> > > could
> > > > be found. Aircraft Spruce only supplied ChromeMoly tubing (too hard)
>and
> > > the
> > > > hydraulic supply house only had thick wall steel tubing for high
>pressure
> > > > applications (again difficult to make the two 360 degree bends). All
> > > other
> > > > places I called only had 5 foot lengths or smaller. I finally called
> > > Classic tube
> > > > and they are sending me a nice 12 foot piece of thin wall steel tubing
>to
> > > bend to
> > > > my hearts desire for 7 bucks. 2 days and I still haven't got anything
> > > done on my
> > > > car.
> > > > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> > > >
> > > > Lancer7676@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In a message dated 5/25/99 10:24:02 PM EST, macleans@earthlink.net
> > > writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > << I knew I should have gone to work today. >>
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike:
> > > > >
> > > > > Some days things just bung up it seems. I have hit a wall with my
> > > welding
> > > > > and it seems that when I go to my shop nowadays I flit about like a
> > > whirling
> > > > > dervish looking for something significant to do and end up only
> > > piddling. No
> > > > > progress.
> > > > >
> > > > > The gasoline line leading into the tank? When I attempted to remove
>my
> > > line
> > > > > from the tank by unscrewing that fitting everything broke off down in
> > > there.
> > > > > I solved the problem by cutting a short piece of fuel line that would
> > > either
> > > > > slip over or into (don't remember which--that was about 2 years ago)
>the
> > > > > outlet hole and completely filling the crevice with epoxy. It is
>solid
> > > and
> > > > > leakproof. I will couple it with a short length of gasoline hose and
>a
> > > > > couple of clamps. Sounds like you were able to save the fitting so
>you
> > > may
> > > > > not be as desparate as I was. 8^)
> > > > >
> > > > > --David
> > > >
> > > >
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52 MGTD,Sparky 74 MGB, B-tris 76 XJ12 Coupe, Jacque
60 Bugeye, Puddles 58 MGA Coupe, Ruby
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