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Pete Fisher

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(Msg. 16) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:03 am
Post subject: Re: Fed up with shite in the carbs, FI modification? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In communiqué <xn0fmkruf24vc2000 DeleteThis @news.individual.net>, sweller
<sweller DeleteThis @mztech.fsnet.co.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>Ace wrote:
>
>> > > Are fibreglass tanks legal in the UK? Only asking because they
>> > > aren't in Germany...
>> >
>> > Fibreglass specifically or plastic generally? My Guzzi's tank is
>> > plastic, so I guess some plastics must be legal. Oh, so's the
>> > Aprilia's, now that I think about it.
>>
>> And my old Sprint ST was, so presumably quite a lot of other Triumphs
>> as well.
>
>I think the change in the law was early 90s, about the same time Triumph
>started production.
>

Indeed. The first grey import (WeeVee) 92 Nordwests were strictly
illegal. By 93 when Piaggio started official imports the plastic tank
was presumably OK.


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