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Milwaukee Midget

Quote from: Moxnix on February 26, 2012, 01:50:38 PM
Chris, who is LeRoy?

Max - did you ever see the movie Spartacus?   :wink:
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

Tman

Quote from: Moxnix on February 26, 2012, 01:50:38 PM
Chris, who is LeRoy?

I'm fixin' to fill the webcast bandwidth with Honkitonitis if allowed back at The Shootout in September.

Grumm, I assembled bicycles whilst attending university in Germany, including building wheels, 'cept the head mogo kept the truing stand on his office desk and would always say, "Jah, jah, I'll teech you, but now, pleeze, I am too busy."  I think he was afraid I'd marry his daughter.  Got back to Seattle eventually and built wheels at Poke's Cycle to become proficient.

Might have to order a few more Milwaukee's finest CDs to give to my local community radio station to bring on the twang.



It is funny the overlap between bikes, cars, motocycles and airplanes happens with the REAL gearheads! 15 years working in the bicycle business in the last 20 myself.

Moxnix

Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on February 26, 2012, 01:59:01 PM
Quote from: Moxnix on February 26, 2012, 01:50:38 PM
Chris, who is LeRoy?

Max - did you ever see the movie Spartacus?   :wink:

Leroy Anderson, The Phantom Regiment?  Needs more cowbell.  Or the chuff & puff of my long gone recalcitrant Matchless G80.
Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.
http://speedbumpsontheroadtoperdition.wordpress.com/

Milwaukee Midget

Quote from: Moxnix on February 26, 2012, 04:56:54 PM
Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on February 26, 2012, 01:59:01 PM
Quote from: Moxnix on February 26, 2012, 01:50:38 PM
Chris, who is LeRoy?

Max - did you ever see the movie Spartacus?   :wink:

Leroy Anderson, The Phantom Regiment?  Needs more cowbell.  Or the chuff & puff of my long gone recalcitrant Matchless G80.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%20am%20spartacus
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

Moxnix

Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.
http://speedbumpsontheroadtoperdition.wordpress.com/

Stan Back

Ah, the premises for the hit game show "To Tell the Truth".
Past (Only) Member of the San Berdoo Roadsters -- "California's Most-Exclusive Roadster Club"

grumm441

Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on February 27, 2012, 02:12:15 PM
Quote from: Moxnix on February 26, 2012, 04:56:54 PM
Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on February 26, 2012, 01:59:01 PM
Quote from: Moxnix on February 26, 2012, 01:50:38 PM
Chris, who is LeRoy?

Max - did you ever see the movie Spartacus?   :wink:

Leroy Anderson, The Phantom Regiment?  Needs more cowbell.  Or the chuff & puff of my long gone recalcitrant Matchless G80.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%20am%20spartacus


"I'm Brian and so is my wife"

G
Chief Motorcycle Steward Dry Lakes Racers Australia Inc
Spirit of Sunshine Bellytank Lakester
https://www.dlra.org.au/rulebook.htm

Milwaukee Midget

"Bruce here teaches classical philosophy, Bruce there teaches Haegelian philosophy, and Bruce here teaches logical positivism. And is also in charge of the sheep dip."

"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

grumm441

I don't believe we can show that particular clip o. The teev
In Aus anymore. Non PC
G
Chief Motorcycle Steward Dry Lakes Racers Australia Inc
Spirit of Sunshine Bellytank Lakester
https://www.dlra.org.au/rulebook.htm

Milwaukee Midget

#939
Quote from: grumm441 on February 28, 2012, 06:15:12 PM
I don't believe we can show that particular clip o. The teev
In Aus anymore. Non PC
G

5000 people pose naked for an hour in front of the Sydney Opera House, and it's called "art", but a 40 year old Monty Python script that ties the words "G'day" and "sheep" together is non grata.

Seems we've misplaced "sense" somewhere between "sensational" and "sensitive".

Packed off the head to APT in Riverside - they've got a fix for my valve guides, and I'm going to have them re-index the valve depths and maybe skim a few thou.
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

Jack Gifford

Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on February 28, 2012, 08:50:11 PM... Seems we've misplaced "sense" somewhere between "sensational" and "sensitive"...
I'll keep repeating that line until it rolls effortlessly off my tongue...
M/T Pontiac hemi guru
F/BFL 1-mile Loring record 2020

Rob

Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on February 28, 2012, 08:50:11 PM
Seems we've misplaced "sense" somewhere between "sensational" and "sensitive".

and a serious lack of "common"!!

grumm441

#942
Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on February 28, 2012, 08:50:11 PM

5000 people pose naked for an hour in front of the Sydney Opera House, and it's called "art", but a 40 year old Monty Python script that ties the words "G'day" and "sheep" together is non grata.

Seems we've misplaced "sense" somewhere between "sensational" and "sensitive".


Nudity is fine
And it's even OK to use all of the curse words except the "C" word on free to air television here
However the aforementioned clip makes "unacceptable" references to homosexuals and Aborigines, and therefore contravenes both the race and the sexual discrimination act, making it unacceptable for the Australian censors.
Did I mention that in Australia we do not have the right of free speech
G
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJkO-EKRVd0&feature=related
Chief Motorcycle Steward Dry Lakes Racers Australia Inc
Spirit of Sunshine Bellytank Lakester
https://www.dlra.org.au/rulebook.htm

Milwaukee Midget

Just got off the phone with Dave Anton at APT – they'll be starting work on the head this week – new valve guides for sure, hoping to even up the valve depths and a bit of a shave off of the face.  He needs to take a closer look at the head, but the initial diagnosis is that it's all pretty routine.

I also ordered up a new set of adjusters, and here's why –



There's no indication of any wear in the cup of the pushrods, but I've got 3 adjusters that look like this.  They should have been harder than this, but running at .025 lash certainly didn't help.  Details.
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

Jon

Do they coincide with the valve guides that looked like they copped the worst pounding?

jon
Underhouse Engineering
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