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Saying "Hello"
By: Graeme Sharp Date: July 19, 2015, 9:36 am
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Just a note to say Hello. I am past my three score years and ten
and gave up my much loved Triumph Daytona 955i as after 60 odd
years of biking and kick starting my knees and legs are not what
they used to be. I managed to get a well sorted NF Militaire
with (thankfully) electric start! A lovely docile old lady and
perfect for buzzing about Dorset. It has been fully rewired and
fitted with Boyer Bransden ignition and also an exposed
lightened flywheel. The flywheel is painted but come the winter
I intend to remove it and have it chrome plated. Have already
made the special tools to do this.
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: cryospeed1 Date: July 20, 2015, 2:49 am
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Hi Graeme Sounds like you have a well sorted falcone there. As a
long term BMW owner I am just rediscovering my right leg due to
the Falcone and my Indian Enfield. It is getting to the stage
where I even start my 60/5 with the kickstarter. Enjoy your
bike.
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: banquo Date: July 20, 2015, 3:07 am
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Welcome to the Virtual Owners Club Graeme.
You will be pleased to know that the NF can be started by hand
(yes, really) if your starter packs in.
Hope you get years of enjoyment from your new steed.
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: nick949 Date: July 20, 2015, 4:06 pm
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Welcome - I hope you enjoy your new bike. They are truly
charming - but how can we tell without pictures (please....).
Nick
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: Graeme Sharp Date: July 20, 2015, 5:17 pm
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Thank you all for you good wishes. I will post a picture of my
NF in the near future. Starting is instant, so I can understand
that it can be hand started if necessary. It is one of the
easiest starters of all the many bikes I have had over the
years. One query I have is regarding the OMG fuel taps. I
thought they would be ON, OFF and RESERVE. However they didn't
seem to quite work that way so I removed them to have a look.
The appear to be full flow (ON) half flow and OFF. Is this
normal?
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: Bruno Date: July 22, 2015, 4:38 am
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Quite normal.Use one tap for 'on' the other side for
'reserve'.Take your pick!
You may want to download the owners manual for more info.The
parts book is handy too.
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: banquo Date: July 22, 2015, 3:44 pm
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The 'correct' taps (square section plated brass) are either on
or off, and generally the left is main, and right is reserve.
They should actually be marked. That said, mine was fitted with
two taps that were both reserve, so there was no reserve. The
main taps should have a solid pipe rising up inside to limit how
much it drains. I got rid of the tee piece and run only one tap
now, with the other blanked off, as the range is so long you
need to be really careless to run out. The only way to be sure
what you have is to remove both taps for inspection. The tap
rubbers swell and perish, but my good one has lasted 13 years
without issues.
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: Graeme Sharp Date: July 23, 2015, 2:54 pm
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Just a quick query. I have a picture of my NF now but am unsure
how to include in a reply. Any advice would be welcome,
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: banquo Date: July 24, 2015, 3:18 am
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Hi Graeme; the forum actually had some storage for uploads, but
very limited and now full.
The way to make your pix appear as if by magic is to set up an
online photo storage account.
I use Photobucket, because it's free, and because it's
functionality is extremely good.
You can start here, by creating an account:
HTML https://secure.photobucket.com/register?returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fs21.photobucket.com%2F
HTML https://secure.photobucket.com/register?returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fs21.photobucket.com%2F
Once you have done that, you can start uploading your pictures.
Tip, give some thought to creating some albums, and how you
would like them arranged before uploading. If you move a photo
to another album after having posted a link to it on a forum,
that link will be broken, and that's a pain, because nobody can
see your photo, and only you can fix it by editing your post to
show the new location.
Tip 2, resize your photos before uploading them. Typically, you
want a file size smaller than what came off the camera,
otherwise your photo will be far wider than the screen. I have a
7 megapixel camera, and usually resize to about 25-35% of
original size before uploading. Saves storage space too.
Once you have uploaded your photos, they will appear in your
album. If you hover your cursor over the photo, a number of
options will pop up.
Choose links, and then click on the box beside IMG.
The location of your photo will be copied onto your clipboard,
and you can paste that directly into your forum reply.
If you haven't done anything like this before, it probably won't
be as simple as that, but if you get stuck, just shout... 8)
If I get time, I may create a thread on how to post via
photobucket. We had that on the old forum, but Photobucket's
changed a lot over the past year, so it needs redone.
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Re: Saying "Hello"
By: Graeme Sharp Date: July 24, 2015, 9:28 am
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Many Thanks Banquo for your helpful instructions and advice. I
will have a go at photobucket over the weekend and see how I get
on.
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