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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: johnr on February 01, 2016, 02:20:09 AM
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Jeroen (AKA Jay and an occasional contributor here) is from the Netherlands and came out here to NZ for a year to do an internship. That done he is touring about looking at the place. He turned up at mine a few days back.
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb116/johnr39/Jay%20001sm.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/johnr39/media/Jay%20001sm.jpg.html)
He holds a typical Guzzi tool. I should have taken a better pic of his bike. It is a militarised V50. Nato bike.
Access to a garage here was the ideal opportunity for him to deal to a misbehaving transmission.
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb116/johnr39/Jay%20002.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/johnr39/media/Jay%20002.jpg.html)
Reassembly
In the course of all this we visited Hayes Hardware for some stuff. A must do in any case. Jay was particularly taken by the Norman Hayes Engine
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This is it. It was built by the firms founder as the result of a bet that he couldn't build a working engine out of scraps he had in his garage.
I had to get a guy in Hayes to start it up to prove to Jay that it worked.
In all, a pleasant encounter.
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Rube Goldberg/Heath Robinson would be proud :grin:
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Dag, Jay.
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I'd love to see/hear that run.. :smiley:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYznnQCVWY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYznnQCVWY)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYznnQCVWY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYznnQCVWY)
:smiley: :smiley: :thumb:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYznnQCVWY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYznnQCVWY)
:laugh: Yep doesn't look as though it should does it. Same with Richard Pierce's airplane, but it flew. I've seen proof. :grin:
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I literally laughed when he lit it off.. :smiley:
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I literally laughed when he lit it off.. :smiley:
As did I, totally awsome !!!
Quiet too.
kj
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Classic seeing that motor run John after seeing it in the flesh.
Hope you were able to get Jay in to the NZ way of having a good cuppa tea. :thumb:
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:smiley: :smiley: :thumb:
Like an old "Johnny Popper"...
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I see a final drive box in bits. Need anything? I have spares. In fact I have a spare box plus spares.
Cheers Kev.
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Classic seeing that motor run John after seeing it in the flesh.
Hope you were able to get Jay in to the NZ way of having a good cuppa tea. :thumb:
He was entirely amenable to that. He was even reasonably impressed with my instant coffee, which he reckoned tasted like coffee!
I believe he is in Christchurch now Muzz. Keep an eye out for him.
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I see a final drive box in bits. Need anything? I have spares. In fact I have a spare box plus spares.
Cheers Kev.
All done Kev.
The housing remains a bit beat up where the bolts screw into it, but Jay seems happy enough with the outcome and says he has a spare back in the Netherlands.
Given the amount of riding he has planned before he gets back there though I reckon he should take you up on your offer if we can locate him. I believe he is in ChCh now. Do you want me to try and contact him?