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Old 16-Jan-2009, 10:46   #111
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i recon miss riot weighs about 7 stone so she should have to wear a five stone lead belt to equal my weight as for dom he will have to cut one of his legs off

How do you think I feel? I weighed in at about 22 stone in my leathers!
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Old 16-Jan-2009, 10:53   #112
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Now about 20 years ago when I last had my Jaguar engine apart, I had the whole crankshaft assembly (from front damper through to the clutch pressure plate) dynamically balanced. The engine was subsequently significantly smoother and appeared to spin up easier. This is on a 6 cylinder 3.5 litre long stroke engine!

Chris, can you recommend anywhere to supply/remake an XK crank damper? Got a 3.8 engine here that I'm building (very slowly) and 3 dampers (all in poor condition) off various engines.
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Old 16-Jan-2009, 13:46   #113
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How do you think I feel? I weighed in at about 22 stone in my leathers!
I should think you feel Very Heavy
I'm certainly not going to try and lift you off the ground
And thankfully when you were on the Multi you never toppled over onto me I would have been squashed


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Old 16-Jan-2009, 15:25   #114
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only 22st.....
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Old 16-Jan-2009, 16:09   #115
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only 22st.....

Yup I've been dieting
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Old 16-Jan-2009, 16:54   #116
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so have I - unfortunely the classic see-food one!!
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Old 16-Jan-2009, 18:07   #117
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I think we should petition for a Class C in DD - for the fully grown gentleman.
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Old 16-Jan-2009, 18:13   #118
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I think we should petition for a Class C in DD - for the fully grown gentleman.

How about a combined rider and bike minimum weight limit of 250kgs?
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Old 16-Jan-2009, 18:25   #119
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How about ditching qualifying and replace it with a practice instead. Then chose the grid randomly.....that could be....fun... I think the MZ's do this in Bemsee
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Old 16-Jan-2009, 18:51   #120
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How about ditching qualifying and replace it with a practice instead. Then chose the grid randomly.....that could be....fun... I think the MZ's do this in Bemsee



At Darley Moor you used to pick a number out of a bag whilst in the assembly area, a right pot luck.


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