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<blockquote data-quote="Mickthevin" data-source="post: 464" data-attributes="member: 4432"><p>WE HAVE A HOTEL UP HERE IN WHITLEY BAY - THIS WEEKEND AND LAST WEEKEND WE HAVE HAD TWO BIG HARLEY CLUBS ; ONE FROM LONDON AND ONE FROM MANCHESTER. PART OF MY ONEROUS DUTIES AS MEIN HOST IS TO TAKE THE LADS AND LASSES ON A RIDE OUT OR TWO OVER THE WEEKEND</p><p>I HAVE BEEN LEADING BOTH GROUPS ON MY COMET WITH AN AVERAGE OF 300 MILES EACH WEEKEND. I WON'T TALK ABOUT SOME HARLEY RIDERS ON </p><p>1600cc MACHINE THAT CAN'T KEEP UP WITH A 55YR. OLD BIKE WITHME AND MY WIFE ON - AND I'M NOT THE LIGHTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.</p><p></p><p>THE BIKE WAS JUST STUNNING - THE ENGINE IS A BORED AND STROKED BOB DUNN SPECIAL. THE ONLY ISSUE I HAD WAS ONCE WE GOT UP TO 70/75 I WAS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GEAR</p><p>DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF A GEARBOX THAT WOULD GO ON AN OTHERWISE STANDARD COMET WITHOUT ANY MAJOR ENGINEERING ISSUES.</p><p>ALSO IS THERE WRITTEN ANYWHERE AN IDIOTS GUIDE TO SETTING UP THE FRONT BRAKE</p><p></p><p>LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING</p><p></p><p>MICK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mickthevin, post: 464, member: 4432"] WE HAVE A HOTEL UP HERE IN WHITLEY BAY - THIS WEEKEND AND LAST WEEKEND WE HAVE HAD TWO BIG HARLEY CLUBS ; ONE FROM LONDON AND ONE FROM MANCHESTER. PART OF MY ONEROUS DUTIES AS MEIN HOST IS TO TAKE THE LADS AND LASSES ON A RIDE OUT OR TWO OVER THE WEEKEND I HAVE BEEN LEADING BOTH GROUPS ON MY COMET WITH AN AVERAGE OF 300 MILES EACH WEEKEND. I WON'T TALK ABOUT SOME HARLEY RIDERS ON 1600cc MACHINE THAT CAN'T KEEP UP WITH A 55YR. OLD BIKE WITHME AND MY WIFE ON - AND I'M NOT THE LIGHTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. THE BIKE WAS JUST STUNNING - THE ENGINE IS A BORED AND STROKED BOB DUNN SPECIAL. THE ONLY ISSUE I HAD WAS ONCE WE GOT UP TO 70/75 I WAS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GEAR DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF A GEARBOX THAT WOULD GO ON AN OTHERWISE STANDARD COMET WITHOUT ANY MAJOR ENGINEERING ISSUES. ALSO IS THERE WRITTEN ANYWHERE AN IDIOTS GUIDE TO SETTING UP THE FRONT BRAKE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MICK [/QUOTE]
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