Think it's better to keep running the M rather than keep it off the road but it's a balance with the salt and conditions . Just been enough rain perhaps to wash it away (??) and a period without frost (hoping the gritters haven't been out (??) to (perhaps ) cut down on the negatives. Whatever , the run today was lovely and the roads so lacking in traffic it's so worth making the effort (and doing all the cleaning on return ).Number5 wrote:Well done Paul. Nice to see people getting out , enjoying the roads still at this time of year and with great photos too.
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No balance revs req'd as still baulk ring syncro on 2,3 and 4.
Straight cut had the advantage of less axial thrust and lost energy . A very noisy gearbox that sounded knackered to the untutored ear.
Straight cut had the advantage of less axial thrust and lost energy . A very noisy gearbox that sounded knackered to the untutored ear.
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Never knew that - imaged straight cut gears would need to mesh far more carefully I have heard them though and yep they sure sound noisy!ronk wrote:No balance revs req'd as still baulk ring syncro on 2,3 and 4.
Straight cut had the advantage of less axial thrust and lost energy . A very noisy gearbox that sounded knackered to the untutored ear.
Great to see others getting out there - nice one - some beautiful light on your photos and an exemplary parking spotbuzyg wrote:Cracking pictures. Enjoyed reading that. Great to see a Zed out and about. Had to take ours out after work today, for precisely the same reason. Needed to ensure the battery was topped up .
Headed up to Bodmin moor.
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The gearbox is in constant mesh - basically all gears on the mainshaft are meshed with their other gear on the lay shaft - changing gear is best described as locking the required gear onto the mainshaft - power is then transmitted thro the lay shaft then up to the output shaft section of the mainshaft.paulgs1000 wrote:
Never knew that - imaged straight cut gears would need to mesh far more carefully I have heard them though and yep they sure sound noisy!
Now a "crash box" is a different kettle o' fish! That is when the driver had to double de-clutch and do it right!
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Great pics Paul
Hope Steph and yourself are well !
Hope Steph and yourself are well !
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Hi Alan, doing well mate thanks - hope you and yours are having a good new yearmetal licker wrote:Great pics Paul
Hope Steph and yourself are well !
Maybe that's what I'm confusing it with ronkronk wrote:
Now a "crash box" is a different kettle o' fish! That is when the driver had to double de-clutch and do it right!
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+1 Looked like another fun day out.metal licker wrote:Great pics Paul
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Hi Jim, Yep - great runjimbo1958 wrote:+1 Looked like another fun day out.metal licker wrote:Great pics Paul
Hope Steph and yourself are well !
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Cheers Rusky.
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