Caramel Wafer….. No competition!

If anyone is around the area this Weekend is the Scooter Shootout at Elvington near York.

racing is over Saturday and Sunday with 4 different distances .

There are road scooters, Straight line sprint, and road race scooters all going for top speeds / times over 1/4 and 1/2 mile.

I’m racing Sunday…. Come say hello if anyone makes a visit!

Ooh…. Interesting …… What is all this Yobokies watch trickery ! who is Harold? tell me more ? Is this someone who builds watches to order ?
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Ok… I’ll check that….. What I don’t understand is that PCM time in status bar is different to outlook!

anything up to £15,000 for the most in demand original restored models …. crazy money !

Front running Race engine is likely to be £6-9000 according to spec….. most parts are hand made, modified or one off!

Scooters are for men who want to ride motorcycles, but prefer to feel the wind on their vagina.

hardly……. riding a bike fast is easy… bikes are developed to handle well and perform to riduculous speed levels……

Scooters are essentially extremely easy to ride around town etc, and very practical, however theres considerable engineering skill needed to get them to perform to 100mph + levels and to go around bends very fast ….. I always say that riding a scooter is easy…. but riding very fast or racing is extremely hard.

Its interesting over the years how many successful motorcyclists have raced scooters but then gone away quite quickly as they have been far less successful…. its a very different set of skills. However the flip side is that several scooter racers have transferred to bikes and done extremely well… Toseland, Leon Haslam , Tom Oliver spring to mind

Serioulsy I’d say put your scepticism away and come watch scooter racing…… there are some absolutely superbly skilful riders if the British Championship……. few motorcyclists leave a scooter race unimpressed….. I’ve seen many a jaw drop and shake of heads…. nutters is a common description ! lol

Current Championship Leader Mikey Bonnet in action -;

Ex Champion Stuart Day …

Yes…. I think you can safely say thats well leant over!

Power is around 30HP ….. but dyno’s vary and it has shown 32 depending on setup!

The engine has been developed to have a broad spread of power for rideability and is not too peaky like many race bikes are ….

Standing 1/4 mile is 86-90mph terminal speed

its a 200cc piston ported barrel… 38mm Dellorto carb, bespoke expansion chamber, modified crank with Yamaha con rod, Suzuki piston, 8 plate clutch one off, electronic variable ignition.

Oldnick…

Action pics

Never really been a small frame fan…. But loving the S2 buddy….

Here’s one of mine …. It’s a bit nippy as Lambrettas go!

At last …. A scooters thread ! Lambrettas for me personally……. Especially trick fast ones ! ;-)

So…… A Gaggia Classic arrived today!

Well pleased…….. But milk heating / frothing / pouring is an art to learn!!

Yes…. Link please!

Great articles and well written…… I was in Wales last week and rode some trails solo…. Felt a bit uneasy in places in case I fell….. These articles make good sense!

I’m in…. Mtb and road!

Reading more reviews of the Dualit has put me off a bit fellas….. Mainly the blocked filters / use of a paper filter……

Now being drawn towards Gaggia Classic ……. Any input from STW Coffee World about them?

I used galaxy S4 and really liked it overall, but not the plasticky feel and the shape meant it didn’t sit easily in my hand…. Never had a phone drop or slip out my hand as much….

iPhone 5 I sent back after a week,…….. In comparison screen is small and it just feels dated now

Settled on a HTC One…. All aluminium….. If it didn’t say HTC it could easily pass as everything an IPhone 6 should be! Only two negatives are slow charging time, and the screen is poor outside compared to iPhone

Entertainment for imbeciles

Genuinely. ( in that Simon Cowell way )
Synergy
Rad
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I would absolutely hate being asked for cash. Modern weddings can be a ridiculous waste of good money. It’s about two people in love ( hopefully) in my book….

… Yes….. I can be a bit Victor Meldrew ….. :-)

99th percentile???? …. Yeh righto!

Not a hugely intelligent post is it?

well…. dropped a hint….. one ordered for my birthday present :-)

As ‘summer’ has only just arrived……. I have only the faintest line!

Flip to ball to railway…..amazing

Double flare to platform…. Brilliant

Top work

^^^^. Agree!

Well it is MOUNTAIN Mayhem……. Not Fenland Frolic ! LOL

I have the 500 but am seriously thinking of upgrading to the 510

My Heart

^^^^. Are you doing downhill or something…… Do you really think it will make a difference…… Moan at them by all means…. But there’s such a small difference performance wise I’d get them to give you something else like a bag or some clothing as a goodwill…. But seriously…… There’s more to worry about fella!!

^^^^. Are you doing downhill or something…… Do you really think it will make a difference…… Moan at them by all means…. But there’s such a small difference performance wise I’d get them to give you something else like a bag or some clothing as a goodwill…. But seriously…… There’s more to worry about fella!!

Any event,….. Whether its called a challenge or anything else….. That has times recorded and then published … Has to be a race at some level……

The word Challenge is just to (slightly) circumvent officialdom!

Did you not feel it ????

KMC chain now fitted!

I sell them mate through my business if you havnt got sorted yet?

Hhhmmmmm. Weird. But that would explain it ! Well in that case te single speaker isn’t working right then! The sound is quiter than my sons and slightly distorted. I shall ake it to the Apple altar and see what they say !

I don’t really lie the idea of splitting and rejoining chain links……

KMC it’s going to have to be I reckon!

What is the warranty period with Apple to take a phone to an Apple store as above? Mine is about 16 months old and only one of the external speakers works……..

Wouldn’t surprise me ! What cassette does the trance have?

Looks like it will ave to be KMC then!

Seems very odd that the SRAM is standard fit meant but you can’t buy them!

Thanks for the suggestions and input fellas !

Big to big test is done ….. Indicates 114 length is two links short …. Hence why the original chain is 116 long!

Khani …. Thanks for the link to 116 – but that’s Shimano and as said above I’d like to keep the drivetrain original and all SRAM …..