Re: OT: The British Empire triumphs again! New record for world's fastest shed!

2019-04-24 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 24/4/19, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45636671 > >My favorite bit is that note "The record at Sunday's Straightliners >event came three months after the shed's engine exploded during a >race", which means that somewhere in Britain there's such a t

Re: OT: The British Empire triumphs again! New record for world's fastest shed!

2019-04-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Don't burst my bubble, the AF on my K-5II is almost effective. On 4/24/2019 9:16 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: We better ignore this news. This shed is too fast for Pentax AF:-( Henk Op 2019-04-24 om 14:59 schreef Mark Roberts: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45636671 My favorite bit is that not

Re: OT: The British Empire triumphs again! New record for world's fastest shed!

2019-04-24 Thread Henk Terhell
We better ignore this news. This shed is too fast for Pentax AF:-( Henk Op 2019-04-24 om 14:59 schreef Mark Roberts: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45636671 My favorite bit is that note "The record at Sunday's Straightliners event came three months after the shed's engine exploded during a

OT: The British Empire triumphs again! New record for world's fastest shed!

2019-04-24 Thread Mark Roberts
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45636671 My favorite bit is that note "The record at Sunday's Straightliners event came three months after the shed's engine exploded during a race", which means that somewhere in Britain there's such a thing as shed racing. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Mul

OT: Triumphs (Was OT: Mazdas vs cameras)

2004-06-10 Thread mike.wilson
Hi, John Francis wrote: Mine was the ragtop, too. The aerodynamics of that car conspire to make the front end *extremely* light over 100mph. I think the car would have gone faster than 120, but I chickened out; I was steering with just the lightest touch of my fingertips, and still felt as if I w

Re: OT: Triumphs (Was OT: Mazdas vs cameras)

2004-06-10 Thread John Francis
> > Hi, > > John Francis wrote: > > > The Vitesse does pretty well with that 120HP, too - not surprising in a > > car that weights about 1800lbs dry. I've had one up to around 120mph. > > > And then.. You can bump it up to 2.5litres by just putting the the > crank and pistons from the 2.

OT: Triumphs (Was OT: Mazdas vs cameras)

2004-06-10 Thread mike.wilson
Hi, John Francis wrote: Oh, you can go pretty fast in one. A college friend of mine found that out the hard way; he came round a bend on a country lane to find a group of hikers spread out all across the road. He managed to avoid them all, but was less fortunate in avoiding the tree branch hangin

Re: Triumphs

2004-01-11 Thread Butch Black
People discovered BMW Boxer m/bikes that handled well and didn't leak oil. > C R K My R80/7 had a most wonderful speed wobble. I thought they had that fixed by the /7's. I remember the first time I hit 95 mph on my R60/5 I started wobbling fairly violently side to side. I slowed down immediately

Triumphs

2004-01-10 Thread Chris
My R65/K100rs and K100 LT hd no such hassles.Police in OZ. UK. Europe use them for that reason.CRK

Re: Triumphs

2004-01-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Chris" Subject: Triumphs > People discovered BMW Boxer m/bikes that handled well and didn't leak oil. > C R K My R80/7 had a most wonderful speed wobble. William Robb