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Diesel Dave wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:36 pm Sh*t, better put the bike back together in one piece....

FFS Dave! Do you ever have all of them in one piece at the same time?

On a serious note... is Hamm still on? I did drop Raf a message on Twitter to check if it was still on but no reply yet. Anyone else managed to confirm?

That's really rough Mark. Sorry to hear it both on the people you know and the job front but glad you're the 'right way up' at least. My kids are struggling without the routine of school, wife and I are struggling with having to juggle them and some home-schooling with working long days from from ho...

This isn't much of a 'chatty' forum these days with everyone largely focusing on the technical side of things. What I thought I'd do - and I hope you don't mind Stuart - is just open up a thread to check how everyone is during this time. It's an opportunity to be angry, be positive or just explain h...

Well even though we are now allowed out for a ride I’m gonna miss the Big Knock. So I’m buying a raft of widget Guinness, putting the tent up at the bottom of the garden and cooking myself a burger on the BBQ followed by talking bollox to myself whilst sitting around a campfire for the evening. Fri...

Real shame about this Stuart but I guess sadly unavoidable. Very much hoping we've all got back to some kind of normality in time for Hamm this year as well. Hope everyone is staying safe and well.

I'll second fuel stabiliser. Also... cheap supermarket 95RON is fine when it's being used every day, it goes off frighteningly quickly when it isn't so I wouldn't recommend leaving a car with a tank full of it long term even with stabiliser. Same with Tesco Momentum (99RON) as well oddly enough but ...

It is a good idea but one thing worth considering is that kind of distance each day all ends up having to be done on motorways or similar roads. It’s a long time in the saddle even on a fast bike and you don’t want the ride to stop being fun which when you’re just trying to achieve distances. There ...

Sad I missed it this year - sounds like yet another scorcher of a weekend and I look forward to the write up. I have been trying to make myself useful by fighting the ongoing battle with keeping the forum clear of spam!

And as fast as they were here, they are gone

They're prolific I'll give them that! Why on earth they would think anyone would be interested in Korean casinos on a diesel bike forum is anyone's guess...

So you're all aware I've banned the user and am in the process of clearing it up...

Thanks for that Dave - I look so young and the bike so clean! Sadly I don't look the former and the latter is in Wales (I believe). I'm still here though so not that easy to get rid of and my old Revere smokes like a diesel in sympathy now too (my job for the spring). Hopefully Rafael will be along ...

Anyone know the dates for this yet? It’s hard to call this year as the first weekend in September is split with August!

Great work Alex. I was starting to worry we’d lost the ability to log in for good. If nothing else it’s given Dave time to finish that bike off

Brilliant to be back at another diesel bike rally in Germany - thanks again for organising Rafael and also to Alex for leading Dave and I on some superb rides in Holland. Hope everyone got/gets back safely. Dan

Stuart - hope you don’t mind but I moved your post to the Hamm 2018 thread! Got my ferry booked - I’ll be doing the overnight Harwich to Hook of Holland ferry arriving morning of Friday 7th then a ride through the dykes to Germany. I’ve missed the last couple so can’t wait and really looking forward...

This sadly coincides with the wife’s birthday this year so I can’t make it. Have a great rally all and see you in Hamm!

Thanks to an op date being moved I'm now unable to go to Hamm this year. Gutted to be honest not in the least given for related reasons I couldn't make the Big Knock either. Have a great time to everyone who is making it, take plenty of pictures and safe riding.

Thanks Bert. I don't suppose you can manage 50 litres can you?

UK V-Power from Shell apparently contains GTL though in what proportion is anyone's guess as Shell didn't release that information. Out of interest Bert (and for the next time I'm in the Netherlands) is GTL easy to find there? Is there a specific fuel company (like Shell) that is selling it? I'd be ...

Slightly off topic as not diesel related but I can highly recommend Nathan Millward's "The Long Ride Home" book. Very much a story that includes both his struggles with the personal side of the journey from Australia to the UK and - and what many of the other so called "biker journey&...

Have seen some of these before but they still raise a chuckle... Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise. Translation: Clamp with molegrips (adjustable wrench) then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. You do know which way is anticlockwise, don't you? Haynes: Should remove easily. Translation: Will be c...

Stuart wrote:Dan, it's BMW barrels, Hatz heads & German pump. It runs! I love the Frence chopper though

Thanks Stuart! That is amazing with the BMW - a real petrol to diesel conversion. Keep the photos coming and hope you guys are having a great time there - do say hello to everyone from me.

Here is the reason I will not be smelling diesel fumes in the morning in Hamm...Time just conspired against me...There is always next year. Hang in there mate. Whilst it'll come as no comfort right now the same has unfortunately happened to many here at the last minute - read Ian's tale of woe unfo...

So the ferry is due to chuck us off at 06:30 (I'm pretty sure it used to be a more sensible hour?), no doubt by the time we get off the boat and through passport control it may well be 7am. Dave! I got caught out by this on the family holiday earlier in the year - it's 8am rather than 6.30am (which...

Sad I can't make it this year. Safe riding everyone and enjoy the rally.

I sold my diesel Enfield in 2013 and have been on the naughty step since having had a petrol FJR1300 and various petrol cars (including a beautiful Volvo 740 with only 30k miles). By pure chance I'm now back in the world of diesel as I bought the last unregistered right hand drive SAAB 9-5 earlier t...

Very sad I wasn't able to make it this year but your write up brought the rally I missed to life for me - thanks Stuart.

I remain jealous of your Acadiane ownership! What a lovely car... And on topic... 32 psi :) Third wheel. Doesn't support you. Nothing other than a drag on the bike. 32 should be high enough to give minimal resistance with load but low enough to stop bouncing. Maybe we should have a sweepstake on wha...

Am most jealous Bert - it was a really superb bike. What range can you get out of it?