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Gregor wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:09 pm Went out looking for a Nissen hut for the riding challenge round the slippery lanes of Kent.

Didn’t find any I could get close enough to but did see a building near Detling aerodrome of similar style.

Gregor wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:09 pm Went out looking for a Nissen hut for the riding challenge round the slippery lanes of Kent.

Didn’t find any I could get close enough to but did see a building near Detling aerodrome of similar style.

Trinity765 wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:36 pm

Gregor wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:09 pm Went out looking for a Nissen hut for the riding challenge round the slippery lanes of Kent.

Didn’t find any I could get close enough to but did see a building near Detling aerodrome of similar style.

Surely that's a win - get it in the other thread and lets move on - no nissen huts around here

Skub wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:21 pm

Trinity765 wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:36 pm

Gregor wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:09 pm Went out looking for a Nissen hut for the riding challenge round the slippery lanes of Kent.

Didn’t find any I could get close enough to but did see a building near Detling aerodrome of similar style.

Surely that's a win - get it in the other thread and lets move on - no nissen huts around here

Yeah,get it in the other thread man.

Potter wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:40 pm I haven't actually ridden any because it's been really cold, but I have finished rebuilding a couple and sat on them imagining what it will be like to ride them again.

Potter wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:29 pm

Bustaspoke wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:27 pm
Are they 350 YPVS wheels on the LC?

TZR250 forks, TZR125R Belgarda Brembo wheels - the same ones the Yamaha Past Masters race guys use so I can use 140 section modern rubber.

Whysub wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:25 am Rode over to Tamarit motorcycles yesterday, and it was only a 5 mile ride in the sunshine. Never knew this place was there, and we got the full tour by the owner and chief designer. Had one that had just been completed and was ready to go to its new owner in London.
https://tamaritmotorcycles.com/

Potter wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:37 am

mangocrazy wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:14 pm
I just wish that someone would make a set of slightly wider light weight 17" wheels in the style of the original LCs that could take modern rubber. I like the TZR125R wheels on yours, but to my mind the OE wheels are a defining aspect of the LC look. But in terms of weight they really are boat anchors.

Yes I agree, the standard wheels look better, the LC doesn't quite look right on those 17s, I tried to keep it as standard looking as possible, but it's one of those things where you do a double take because it doesn't quite look right.

The standard wheels don't actually make it a worse bike, it's just different, in fact it's arguably a better bike with the standard wheels, you can feel the momentum in the heavier wheels and it does make for a slightly more stable and lazier ride, which isn't bad, but I wanted it to feel a bit more modern - which is what I would have done back in the day - but you do lose some of that legendary LC road holding that made it feel like it was glued to the road, because now it's a bit more flighty. I've kept all the standard parts and I might put them back on one day.

My lad is nineteen soon and he's itching to get out on it, we have some brilliant memories of being out on it together when he was just a kid, he was on the back at six years old, so now he's got a full bike license he just has to wait until he's nineteen to be legally allowed to ride a 350. He sold his KTM390 when he left Dubai and the other day he said "I can't wait to get out on my bike", I said "What bike? You don't have one" and he said "The LC" - so it looks like he's not going to bother waiting until I'm dead before he decides to inherit it.