Motorbike and scooter owners.

[Electric_Andy]

Pinlock inserts!

Bit of advice please. My stepson has a Stealth brand helmet which according to the Pinlock website is not one they do an insert for.

Do they just stick on the inside of the visor? If so could we just buy one for another brand and see if it fits? I've never used one so it's a bit of mystery tech to me.

Thanks

 

[Electric_Andy]

The TL1000R was a much prettier bike

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Lovely looking bike. My boss had one back in the day and said it tried to kill him so he went back to the S. IIRC they were a bit prone to the speed wobbles and dubbed another widow-maker?

 

[teeonethousand]

Pinlock inserts!

Bit of advice please. My stepson has a Stealth brand helmet which according to the Pinlock website is not one they do an insert for.

Do they just stick on the inside of the visor? If so could we just buy one for another brand and see if it fits? I've never used one so it's a bit of mystery tech to me.

Thanks

Pinlocks go on the inside of your visor and are held tensioned against the visor by the 2 pins that should be either side of the visor about an inch in. I would imagine that the shape of the visor, distance between pins and it’s curve is key as the seal strip needs to make a perfect seal against the inside otherwise doesn’t work

 

[Gunk]

Lovely looking bike. My boss had one back in the day and said it tried to kill him so he went back to the S. IIRC they were a bit prone to the speed wobbles and dubbed another widow-maker?

My old ‘blade used to like shaking its head, especially decelerating at speed. Even a Scott’s damper didn’t cure it. Plus it didn’t have any brakes.

 

[Zimbob]

Unfortunately famous more for its unreliable rotary shock absorber than for its commendable performance.

Aye, thankfully thats all been sorted on this one 👌😃

 

[Drago]

Has anyone seen the Viper engined bike?
(8.0litre, V10)

That must be a pig on any corner, & a beast to try & steer

The one built by Allen Millyard?

Milly and Henry Cole hold the world pillion speed record on that bike.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The one built by Allen Millyard?

Milly and Henry Cole hold the world pillion speed record on that bike.

That’s the one

 

[Drago]

Milly is a genius. He built the Viper bike, converts Z1s to V8s, 3 pots to 4 and 5 pots, made a strsight 6 FZR250 into a 60s Hinda racer rep, but designs it all in his head as he goes along. Mind you, prior to his retirement he repaired nuclear reactors for a living so you'd like to think he knows a little bit about engineering.

The Allen Millyard youtube channel has some amazing vids, hours of good viewing.

 

[Gunk]

Milly is a genius. He built the Viper bike, converts Z1s to V8s, 3 pots to 4 and 5 pots, made a strsight 6 FZR250 into a 60s Hinda racer rep, but designs it all in his head as he goes along. Mind you, prior to his retirement he repaired nuclear reactors for a living so you'd like to think he knows a little bit about engineering.

The Allen Millyard youtube channel has some amazing vids, hours of good viewing.

I’m a huge fan, and an incredibly modest, humble man.

 

[Jameshow]

Seen at the foot of devils staircase, mud Wales!
Despite no license to ride it I almost brought it there and then!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Milly is a genius. He built the Viper bike, converts Z1s to V8s, 3 pots to 4 and 5 pots, made a strsight 6 FZR250 into a 60s Hinda racer rep, but designs it all in his head as he goes along. Mind you, prior to his retirement he repaired nuclear reactors for a living so you'd like to think he knows a little bit about engineering.

The Allen Millyard youtube channel has some amazing vids, hours of good viewing.

Duncan McDonald, one half of the original 'Pace Research' (as they were back in the late 80's/early 90s) was also involved in that industry, welding reactor chambers
He was a nice guy, I met him a few times, but it tended to be Adrian Carter that I saw (or Steve Worland)

On a similar vein, at the famous(?) 'Two Wheels Good' in Leeds, one of the guys in their workshop was an ex-RN helicopter engineer

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 26th


Picked this up in WH Smiths at dinnertime
(Pontefract)

The book is far too old to mention his Scania R620

Some of you may recognise his R620 (V8), as it was borrowed by the BBC, for an episode of Top Gear

 

[Profpointy]

When you see them racing full chat around the IOM TT it's bloody frightening, they have balls of steel!.

We were at Craig na Bar and though one guy, having over-cooked it a bit, was about to shredded by the steel cable mesh protecting us watchers. Thankfully after a scary amount of wibble wobble he scrubbed off enough speed to make it round the bend, but looked well dodgy.

 

[Profpointy]

Been discussing classic bikes with mate feel like a midlife crisis coming on!!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33499641...eJTeO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=WHATS_APP

A pal of mine posted on a chat group, "I've just bought myself a mid-life crisis" with a picture of his new Honda

 

[Profpointy]

Pinlock inserts!

Bit of advice please. My stepson has a Stealth brand helmet which according to the Pinlock website is not one they do an insert for.

Do they just stick on the inside of the visor? If so could we just buy one for another brand and see if it fits? I've never used one so it's a bit of mystery tech to me.

Thanks

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My Shoei helmet came with something like that. Don't know if it's an actual "pinlock" brand or their own, but it is excellent. Only once caused trouble trying to ride in snow when somehow it misted up inside. That's one journey in 35000 miles of use, including one or two others in snow/ sleet (best avoided obviously)

Anyhow the fixing broke so I just banged in a pop rivet. This might be workable if you retrofit to a helmet visor lacking the dual layer.

I take it you are already aware of the "smear with fairy liquid and wipe clear trick" to avoid misting if you visor is single layer