29 teeth and counting!

[Paul-S]

I was able to go over to the Yonderman this morning to meet up and have breakfast

On the way I felt what I thought was a misfire as the bike chugged. I opened it up thinking it might be some dirt in the carbs but it was still not running as smoothly as normal

A quick inspection at the cafe revealed I had lost a whole 3rd of the teeth in one go 15 gone out of 45



Went to the first stop with everyone, Austin said it was 15 miles

I lost one more tooth = 16 lost out of 45 now

29 teeth left and counting (64%)

Satnav said I had 54 miles to get home from that location

Did some maths and guessed I might just make it

Stopped at the Cat'n'Fiddle for a recount and still had 29 left

Took it easy going home and still had all 29 when I got home

The other side of he Cat'n'Fiddle the weather was clear and from Chelford I was in the sun all the way home

The boss said it had been blue skies all day

Whoever booked the weather........you're sacked!

Nice to see everyone again

Shame I could not hang around longer

I was due to change the chain and sprockets as they have been on for the last 4 years and have done 28000 hard miles and a good chunk of the run time has been off road so I have had my monies worth from them

Decided to do the ABR may boil 600-700 miles and figured that we'd only be doing about 1500 miles in Italy last week.....wrong!! we did over 2500 miles in the end

All intact this morning but the pasting it got in Italy must have finished it off

Not bad for an alloy sprocket (Renthal Hard Anodised)....I will be going back to steel only in future

Till next time peeps

Ciao

 

[Ian Porter]

Glad you got home OK Paul,

Was good to see you today.

 

[Lord Vader]

Mudwiz got all the way home from dartmoor on a mere 3 teeth on his Xr what u moaning at man :/
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Mudwiz did the longest day JoG-LE on only 4 teeth left on his XR sproket

 

[stanbloke]

That'll teach ya for hooning up and down Italian mountains all week

 

[Lord Vader]

That'll teach ya for hooning up and down Italian mountains all week

No it wont

 

[OhJ]

Paul you finished the route no doubt on 29 teeth. That means the ones that fell off where spares and not needed.

 

[boboneleg]

I had 8 teeth left on my front (17t) on the way home from the Alps once, frightening as I was giving it 90mph in places on the way home

Paul S , come on get those photos up of Italy. I am getting withdrawal symptoms

 

[Paul-S]

I had 8 teeth left on my front (17t) on the way home from the Alps once, frightening as I was giving it 90mph in places on the way home

Paul S , come on get those photos up of Italy. I am getting withdrawal symptoms

Will do Bob

 

[Paul-S]

Looked at the sprocket over the weekend and the front is fine.

I had a steel Honda original on a spare wheel I have that has done 16000 from the chap I bought the spare off

The sprocket is in good condition so I have fitted this

The chain has no lift off the sprocket and very little sideways bend so my guess is that it still has plenty of life in it yet

Chain is waxed after every ride while hot and cleaned also to get the dirt off

Well impressed - you get what you paid for

DID ZXV 525 Gold something or other

Happy days

I'll use this bike on the Pennine run now to use up the last of the E09's

 

[Paul-S]

I had 8 teeth left on my front (17t) on the way home from the Alps once, frightening as I was giving it 90mph in places on the way home

Paul S , come on get those photos up of Italy. I am getting withdrawal symptoms

Disaster has struck!

Fortunately I still have the photos on my camera

They are on the computer at home which is now dead

I can't put them on my work laptop

 

[boboneleg]