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  1. A young man married a beautiful woman who had previously divorced 10 husbands. On their wedding night, she told her new husband to "Please be gentle; I'm still a Virgin".

    "What?" said the puzzled groom. "How can that be if you've been married ten times?"

    "Well, husband #1 was a Sales Representative; he kept telling me how great it was going to be.

    "Husband # 2 was in Software Services; he was never really sure how it was supposed to function; but he said he'd look into it and get back with me.

    "Husband # 3 was from Field Services; he said that everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn't get the system up.

    "Husband # 4 was in Telemarketing; even though he knew he had the order, he didn't know when he would be able to deliver.

    "Husband # 5 was an Engineer, he understood the basic process but he wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state of the-art method.

    "Husband #6 was from Administration; he thought he knew how but he wasn't sure whether it was his job or not.

    "Husband # 7 was in Marketing; although he had a product, he was never sure how to position it...

    "Husband # 8 was a Psychiatrist; all he did was talk about it.

    "Husband # 9 was a Gynecologist; all he did was look at it.

    "Husband # 10 was a Stamp Collector; all he ever did was lick it..... God I miss him.

    " But now that I've married you, I'm so excited".

    "Wonderful", said the husband, "but why?

    "You're with the "GOVERNMENT" - this time I KNOW I'm gonna get screwed."

  2. i use 50ml of fully synthetic oil in 5lits

    of fuel.

    had it up to the dealer today, yes its on p11 evo

    but was just running too rich, leaned it off and

    reset the throttle sensor. only time will tell now.

    it was interesting to see how hours it had done

    i would have said about 40 but the big brother

    efi system only showed 21 hours.

    jsp

    Hi jsp, Only was talking with our importer yesterday to ask the difference to the mapping of my previous 280i as the new 2012 I have found with a few hours now clocked it is running rich, lumpy off idle. What was done to lean off and reset the throttle sensor ? Is it now running better.

  3. 3 trials a year is hardly a career world champ or not?

    Yeah you right, to only have three recognised Womens world events is pretty lean pickings for all the hard work they put in. Even if they had the same number of events as the men, Im sure you would still see Laia on top. That's probably why they do cut a bit of slack for Laia to compete in the world rounds against the men.

  4. Surely her trials career at fulltime world level must near be over.

    Disagree,there really is no other female rider in Laia's class at present. The only way she will not be world champion for the next decade will be of her own decision not to compete. Others could only get a look in is for a repeat of a World round with substandard section where a single 5 gave it away. The harder the event the cream just rises.

  5. Hi Claudio, the distance you ask for is 50-51mm on mine. The outer edge of my bar clamp is 182mm in from the bar end.

    Have zero drag on mine and the disengagement - engagement area is the last 12-15mm full out. Also have no problems now with finding neutral which was very hard to find earlier on when the bike was newer.

    Have you updated to a Ossa ?

    The new 2012 Ossas are arriving in Australia next week so should be available within a couple of weeks.

    Steveo

  6. I have found the bike usually is a 3 or 4 kick affair from cold, no throttle but as soon as it fires give it a quick twist. Always start the bike in neutral and have it leaning supported by the bar end on the wall. This will give you a chance to stand high on the left peg for a solid prod. Once warm find it very easy with a single solid kick. Trying to kick it or any bike over without boots will give you more trouble than even finding a virgin nowadays I think.

  7. I have found no problems at all with the gentle nature of the clutch engagement. From new just a small adjustment to get the engagement point I am comfortable with was required.

    I find it is a little firmer than the 2011 Gas Gas but nothing that needs component changes.

    Samy you will find you can increase the idle with a long pointy nose pair of pliers with the adjustment screw tucked in behind the petrol tank.... easy fix.

    Steering lock is the only down side I have found and that looks to have been addressed on the new 2012 arriving in a couple of weeks.

    Suspension from new was very tight and took quite a few riding hours to loosen up.

  8. A 7 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom.

    'You know what?' says the 7 year old, 'I think it's about time we

    started swearing.'

    The 4 year old nods his head in approval, so the 7 year old says, 'When

    we go downstairs for breakfast I'm gonna swear first, then you swear

    after me, ok?'

    'Ok' the 4 year old, agrees with enthusiasm..

    The mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 7 year old what he wants

    for breakfast.

    'Oh, **** mum, I don't know, I suppose I'll have some Coco Pops'

    WHACK!! He flew out of his chair, tumbled across the kitchen floor, got

    up, and ran upstairs crying his eyes out.

    She looked at the 4 year old and asked with a stern voice, ' And what do

    YOU want for breakfast, young man?'

    'I don't know,' he blubbers, 'but it won't be ******* Coco Pops'

  9. Maria just got married, and being a traditional Catholic Italian, she was still a virgin. So, on her wedding night, staying at her mother's house, she was quite understandably nervous. However, her mother reassured her. "Don't worry, Maria. Tony's a good man. I cook pasta. You go upstairs and he'll take care of you."

    So up she went. When she got upstairs, Tony took off his shirt and exposed his hairy chest. Maria ran downstairs to her mother and said, "Mama, Mama, Tony's got a big hairy chest!"

    "Don't worry, Maria," says the mother, "All good men have hairy chests. I cook the pasta. You go upstairs. He'll take good care of you."

    So, up she went again. When she got up in the bedroom, Tony took off his pants exposing his hairy legs. Again Maria ran downstairs in panic to her mother, "Mama, Mama, Tony took off his pants and he's got hairy legs!"

    "Don't worry, Maria. All good men have hairy legs. Tony's a good man. I cook the pasta. You go upstairs, and he'll take good care of you."

    So, up our poor Maria went again. When she got up there, the patient groom Tony took off his socks, and on his left foot he was missing three toes. When Maria saw this, she ran downstairs.

    "Mama, Mama, Tony's got a foot and a half!"

    "Step aside," said the mother. "You stay here and stir the pasta. I'm going upstairs. This job is for Mama!"

  10. Charlie, for people not familiar with the winning big bikes, could you give us an idea on the make and any mods of the top 3 winning bikes please.

    cheers

    Steveo.

    PS Good to see Stephen A, the NZ rider, finishing the event.

  11. Been following Laia each day and with only one day left she has shown us another side of her riding abilities and stamina. Given some of the boys a real pisling. Will certainly deserve rooky award and best female ever to compete and complete (baring any mishaps tomorrow)this event with such a high standard of consistancy. All CLASS, well done.

  12. A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest, 'I almost had an affair with another woman.'

    The priest said, 'What do you mean, almost?'

    The Irishman said, 'Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then I stopped.'

    The priest said, 'Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. You're not to see that woman again. For your penance,

    say five Hail Mary's and put $50 in the poor box.'

    The Irishman left the confessional, said his prayers, and then walked over to the poor box.

    He paused for a moment and then started to leave.

    The priest, who was watching, quickly ran over to him saying, 'I saw that. You didn't put any money in the poor box!'

    The Irishman replied, 'Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and according to you, that's the same as putting it in!'

  13. Three dogs were sitting in the waiting room at the vet's when they struck up a conversation.

    The Black Labrador turned to the yellow Labrador and said,

    " So why are you here ? "

    The yellow Lab replied, "I'm a pisser. I p*** on everything...the sofa, the curtains, the cat, the kids.

    But the final straw was last night when I p****d in the middle of my owner's bed."

    The black Lab said, "So what

  14. The best mods I have used to settle them down and give a more gentle response is,

    1. A Dell'Orto PHBL26BS with a standard induction manifold from a 250. This will give you the biggest reduction from the aggressive response the 28 Keihen generates. When changing from a Keihen to a Dellorto a small spacer fitted at the end of the outer cable where it goes into the neck of the carb top works nicely.

    2. Slow response throttle tube. (black)

    3. Hebo Gas Gas flywheel weight.

    4. 10 tooth sprocket.

    All things that are quite easy and reversible if you are looking for more grunt later as your skills improve.

    Steveo

  15. A Northern Territory farm hand (An Aboriginal) radios back to the farm manager.

    'Boss, I gotta helluva problem here. I hit a pig with the Ute.

    The pig's OK, but he's stuck in the bull bars at the front of my Ute

    And is wriggling and squealing so much I can't get him out.'

    The manager says,'Ok, there's a ....303Rifle behind the seat.

    Take it; shoot the pig in the head and you'll be able to remove him.'

    Five minutes later the farm hand calls back, 'I did what you said

    Boss. Took the 303, shot the pig in the head and removed him from the

    Bull-bars. No problem there, but I still can't go on'.

    'Now what's the problem?' raged the Manager.

    'Well boss, it's his motorbike. The flashing blue light is stuck

    Under the right-front wheel arch.'

    You there Boss?'

  16. My Keihen 28 that came standard on the Raga sits in my cupboard too.

    My OKO 26 flatslide that I put lots of time and effort into making my engine smoooooth running and gentle off the bottom sits in my cupboard as well, again to aggresive down low.

    Your dellorto 26 phbl (Neo) is the carb I much prefer, along with the addition of the standard 250 induction manifold ( different to the standard Raga) and a 34 pilot, needle clip second from top, fuel screw nearly 2 out, has my motor sweet as.

    Fitted a set of boysens and the motor ran sweeter on idle but introduced aggression that I found unsettling for my riding.

    Lots of postings on this subject as each rider looks for different motor responces for their own style of riding I guess.

 
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