Stuck in second gear

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Stuck in second gear

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It was just awful. Mile after mile of second gear riding.
I got it into third every so often.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q61BttshAAc
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I feel your pain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjlCy_UKrE

No gum trees away from the coast for me, though.
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Plenty of fir trees tho Mel!
We'll be able to keep riding when we're too old to ride. Just put the nursing home headphones on and watch away.
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You see Jeff, if you had a pro rebuild that box you could ride on straighter roads. :D
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ME 109 wrote:It was just awful. Mile after mile of second gear riding.
I got it into third every so often.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q61BttshAAc
She's high geared, I'd have been stuck in third with occasional fourth.
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ME 109 wrote:Plenty of fir trees tho Mel!
We'll be able to keep riding when we're too old to ride. Just put the nursing home headphones on and watch away.
Do you tilt your head, or do you lean from the waist when you play one of these? Muriel calls it--"Are you watching a moto vid?"
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You clock still works! But you are clearly on the wrong side of the road. You some kinda macho man? :shock:
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Garnet wrote:You see Jeff, if you had a pro rebuild that box you could ride on straighter roads. :D
It was a pro Garnet :roll: Somehow he managed to put all 2nds in.
There's a lot of bent roads here man.
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Mt. Hotham road?
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SteveD wrote:Mt. Hotham road?
Yeah, the nuttiest section. :P
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