The work well enough, they are about as good as it got 30 years ago, I certainly don't find them dangerous, just not up to modern standards.
I shall be taking an R1 down to Sussex on monday, the brakes on that are incredible, I would like somewhere near that standard.
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- Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:58 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Two wheels good.
- Replies: 5631
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- Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:49 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Two wheels good.
- Replies: 5631
- Views: 1032372
Re: Two wheels good.
I have a new tyre fitted to the front of VFR, the whole bike has been given a clean and has come up remarkably well considering it hasn't really been cleaned in the last ten thousand miles. I will try and keep it a bit cleaner this year, maybe, probably, but as it will be used for work most days thr...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Escort endeavours
- Replies: 55
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Re: Escort endeavours
I was driving along in the late nineties one night in my Mum's mk4 escort and I lost all drive. Got it towed to a friend of a friends garage and the gearbox was pronounced scrap. So I got him to replace the four speed with a five speed, it made loads of difference, no longer was it revving its tits ...
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:03 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Cortina Capers. What are yours?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2382
Re: Cortina Capers. What are yours?
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- Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Cortina Capers. What are yours?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2382
Re: Cortina Capers. What are yours?
I dont know if I have told this story before, but don't really care... The year is 1977, flares were in fashion and the Raleigh Chopper was the machine the kids with rich parents rode. Most kids parents had Fords or BL cars, Japanese cars were starting to get prevalent and AUDI's were so uncommon th...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:41 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 6468
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 6468
Re: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
Eddie Honda, Could you post a link to the website you found that seal on, please.
I have had a bit of a search, but haven't been able to find it.
I have had a bit of a search, but haven't been able to find it.
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:12 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 6468
Re: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
There we go.
Thank you, I am sure I have fucked this up before.
Thank you, I am sure I have fucked this up before.
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:38 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 6468
Re: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
Trafic is still off the road.We have ordered a new seal kit for the master cylinder, but there is one large seal on the top which is knackered, we can't find a new one, it seems integrated into the body of the cylinder. I cannot seem to post a photo, every time I click on photo icon all that happens...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:36 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 6468
Re: It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?
A failure to proceed yesterday, the clutch master cylinder has packed up.
Van now at home while I try and find a new master cylind
Van now at home while I try and find a new master cylind