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Spete

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: New tyres Archived from groups: uk>rec>motorcycles (more info?)

Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. Then I remembered that christofire had them fitted...he crashed. When flook heard that I had Avons, he mentioned that he crashed with them on as well. Watch for further posts from a hospital bed -- Spete >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Spete wrote: > Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. 45/46's would have been my recommendation to you. > Watch for further posts from a hospital bed quite. -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~\|~ VS800 - borked TS150 - squatting ~\|~ V2300 - flat cap and rug MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Doesnotcompute" <doesnotcomputeDELETETHIS.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message news:3c2v6iF5tdlakU1@individual.net... > Spete wrote: > > > Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. > > 45/46's would have been my recommendation to you. I nearly got my knee down, I'll have you know... -- Spete<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Spete wrote: > > I nearly got my knee down, I'll have you know... > when you kneeled down to remove the sticky labels? <g> -- Dnc B1200 - +30bhp ~\|~ VS800 - borked TS150 - squatting ~\|~ V2300 - flat cap and rug MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Spete <cloggyspete RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote: > "Doesnotcompute" <doesnotcomputeDELETETHIS RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message > news:3c2v6iF5tdlakU1@individual.net... > > Spete wrote: > > > > > Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. > > > > 45/46's would have been my recommendation to you. > > I nearly got my knee down, I'll have you know... Don't lean over too far, because you'll become weightless and float off the bike. -- Bandit 600; CG125; FZR250RR DS#1 ; DOMO#1 ; SH#2 ; SKoGA#7 ; BOMB#16 ; LotR#5 "Less scary than Petrolcan." Remove _TEETH_ to e-mail<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Muck wrote: > Spete <cloggyspete DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote: > > > "Doesnotcompute" <doesnotcomputeDELETETHIS DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in > > message news:3c2v6iF5tdlakU1@individual.net... > > > Spete wrote: > > > > > > > Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. > > > > > > 45/46's would have been my recommendation to you. > > > > I nearly got my knee down, I'll have you know... > > Don't lean over too far, because you'll become weightless and float > off the bike. Now you're starting to get it. -- Krusty. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.muddystuff.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.muddystuff.co.uk</a> Off-road classifieds '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk_tiger_rides" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk_tiger_rides</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Krusty <dontwantany DeleteThis @nowhere.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > I nearly got my knee down, I'll have you know... > > > > Don't lean over too far, because you'll become weightless and float > > off the bike. > > Now you're starting to get it. Heh.. -- Bandit 600; CG125; FZR250RR DS#1 ; DOMO#1 ; SH#2 ; SKoGA#7 ; BOMB#16 ; LotR#5 "Less scary than Petrolcan." Remove _TEETH_ to e-mail<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Spete says... > > "Doesnotcompute" <doesnotcomputeDELETETHIS RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message > news:3c2v6iF5tdlakU1@individual.net... > > Spete wrote: > > > > > Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. > > > > 45/46's would have been my recommendation to you. > > I nearly got my knee down, I'll have you know... Nearly isn't good enough. 2nd place is first loser. -- Lozzo ZX-9R "Lozzo is not a role model" (tm) Laura Smith, BOSM 2005<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember muck RemoveThis @_TEETH_rulex.net (Muck) saying something like: >Spete <cloggyspete RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote: > >> "Doesnotcompute" <doesnotcomputeDELETETHIS RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:3c2v6iF5tdlakU1@individual.net... >> > Spete wrote: >> > >> > > Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. >> > >> > 45/46's would have been my recommendation to you. >> >> I nearly got my knee down, I'll have you know... > >Don't lean over too far, because you'll become weightless and float off >the bike. That pic Des posted is proof of the failure of that. A brave try, nonetheless. -- Dave GS850 x2 XS650SE / SE 6a<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember muck.RemoveThis@_TEETH_rulex.net (Muck) > saying something like: > > >Spete <cloggyspete.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> "Doesnotcompute" <doesnotcomputeDELETETHIS.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in > message >> news:3c2v6iF5tdlakU1@individual.net... > >> > Spete wrote: > >> > > >> > > Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. > >> > > >> > 45/46's would have been my recommendation to you. > >> > >> I nearly got my knee down, I'll have you know... > > > > Don't lean over too far, because you'll become weightless and float > > off the bike. > > That pic Des posted is proof of the failure of that. A brave try, > nonetheless. They were French - the laws of physics affect them differently. For example the molecules in anti-perspirant deodorant can't exist in the same space-time continuum as a Frenchman's armpit - strange but true. -- Krusty. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.muddystuff.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.muddystuff.co.uk</a> Off-road classifieds '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk_tiger_rides" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk_tiger_rides</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: New tyres [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Spete wrote: > Had some new tyres fitted today: Avon AV49/50 Sport. Then I remembered that > christofire had them fitted...he crashed. When flook heard that I had Avons, > he mentioned that he crashed with them on as well. > > Watch for further posts from a hospital bed I've got Acvons on and haven't crashed, if that's any encouragement. -- John SV650 Black it is and naked<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: New tyres

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