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Spotted you!!! Your video was pretty spectacular Michael. There were sixty five bikes on the ride I did in Southampton, I think there was more than that in the first 30 seconds of your video!
As a town we raised a respectable £7065. My brother came as pillion and hands up but I rode a modern bonneville as the brakes on the Kwak need sorting. The rural part of the ride was brilliant but like kk spoke about on his ride once we hit town on ours it was stop start and fighting for road space with buses etc. I haven’t been able to add pictures. Since updating my I phone I can’t seem to reduce the JPEG size and they won’t upload. (Any tips welcome) amazing amounts of money raised for the good cause
Duffy
Lovely day for polishing the bike ready for tomorrow. 10am start for us in Southampton. Wishing good luck to all of you doing their ride tomorrow. As the saying goes “keep upright and between the kerbs”
For all of you with a prostate or those who know someone with one its not to late to support any of us doing the ride!!
http://www.gentlemansride.com/sponsor/?kw=Trudie+travers
Look forward to seeing people’s photos
Duffy
I’ve registered for the Southampton ride, is anyone else joining this group?
Duffy
I understand your frustrations beachcomber, if I told you I was still searching for the stanchion tubes for my bsa c12 at my mothers garage sum 30 years later it would be no exaggeration, I remember greasing them and wrapping them up, putting them in a ‘safe’ place whilst I stripped the bike to spray the frame, just can’t remember where that was!!
Looking good though beachcomber it’s good to see the piccies
Duffy
Hi aerialo
I got a new tacho cable from zpower. The guys were extremely helpful and supplied number of bits for my b4 with discount as a lonesome user. All were correct for the model and received next day.
Hope this helps
Duffy
I understand girls are welcome support this good cause aswell. Will anyone be joining a group in the south?
Duffy
Thanks kk, I’m loving it!! Totally agree re grab rail. It looks like someone has had a rack on there at sometime as there is a rub mark across the tail, but I will keep a look out for rail. Hubby and I took a friend who lives in Portugal to a guy not to far from us who deals in old bikes. Our friend wanted to buy something to take back and sell there as they make good money in Portugal apparently. Well I spotted the Kwak and it was love at first sight!!! It just looked a really genuine old bike. I had been looking for something for some time but old japs up together seemed to make silly money. Right place at the right time for once!!
Re photos, with my computer skills believe me it’s amazing that any got there at all even if they were upside down and duplicated but I will try harder next time!!!
Ha oil leak solved! Fitted a new tacho cable complete with seals. The o ring was in there but not the other bit so oil was pushing through. It’s nice not to be choking on burning oil fumes when you start up anymore
Thanks Kaye, I have to admit I hadn’t even thought about getting replacement parts and how difficult it would be when I got the bike, It wasn’t like that in the ’80’s ha. My last bike was an 1100 Kwak and having searched and found this twin just thought it was really smart. I’m very pleased with it but it has has had its share of teething troubles!! My ignorance and impatience haven’t helped. Finding you lot has been mine and its saviour!!
