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BenWah
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#1 Post by BenWah » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:34 am

Hi All,

I used to be on the 'old' site, since 2000 or whenever it was started, but have only just made the transition to this one.

Just checking in!

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#2 Post by Firestarter » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:58 am

Nice to see you made it Ben :smt006
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#3 Post by Gio » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:06 am

Hello, welcome to RS :smt001
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#4 Post by Falcopops » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:28 am

Welcome back old son.

You still scribing?
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#5 Post by D-Rider » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:40 am

Glad you made it over Ben. :smt006

Noticed that you'd registered fairly recently and wondered when we'd here from you!
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#6 Post by DavShill » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:42 am

Hi Ben - you been walkabout again :smt018
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#7 Post by Tweaker » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:48 am

Welcome back Ben - good to see you on board!
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#8 Post by HowardQ » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:01 pm

Nice to have you back Ben. :smt006
Keep up the good work in the day job, always good to read your stuff.
How's the Falco going, do you still get out on it much?
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#9 Post by Falco9 » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:18 pm

Hi Ben,

So what have you been doing for all this time??? :smt017

Your not one of those people who have a life are you? :smt005 :smt005

Later

F9 :smt006 (now actually T9 since my new purchase)
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#10 Post by TwinNut » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:01 pm

Falcopops wrote:You still scribing?
Welcome back there fella, but what scribing are we talking about?
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#11 Post by D-Rider » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:07 pm

TwinNut wrote:
Falcopops wrote:You still scribing?
Welcome back there fella, but what scribing are we talking about?
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Back from the void...

#12 Post by BenWah » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:43 pm

Hey guys,

thanks for the warm welcome to the new site! Have been in a couple of time to browse but it was all looking very complicated, so I didn't get around to sitting down and navigating my way around. All these bright colours and all... :smt002 I'm pop in quite often

Have still got the Falco and have been using it quite a lot recently. I use it to go up to Leeds every other weekend and for weekend fun. Still not intending to sell the bike, coz I can't think of anything that I want to replace it with. All these new bikes and there's very little that I fancy for my own garage. The RG500 I'm rebuilding on the other hand... :smt004 Can't wait for some 500cc two-stroke action!

Yes, still typing for a living. Hmm, no wonder I'm skint...

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Re: Back from the void...

#13 Post by Falcopops » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:53 pm

BenWah wrote:The RG500 I'm rebuilding on the other hand... :smt004 Can't wait for some 500cc two-stroke action!
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Re: Back from the void...

#14 Post by Falco9 » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:09 pm

Falcopops wrote:
BenWah wrote:The RG500 I'm rebuilding on the other hand... :smt004 Can't wait for some 500cc two-stroke action!
:smt107
Has this got anything to do with your "bends", :smt005 :smt005 :smt005

Ben,
Have you ever heard or met a guy called Mark Denton???, he has (or had) an unbelievable RG500 which was fully tuned inc water injection into the chambers etc... I saw it when we raced at the BMF moped mayhem a few years back where he had a moped running on methanol and producing 15bhp (it seized solid every race though! :smt013)

He knew his stuff! (obviously not on keeping mopeds running for hours though)

F9 :smt006
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#15 Post by D-Rider » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:15 am

Ben - I've just picked up a copy of June's edition of RiDE (June in April FFS!) and it suggests that you're running the RG at the Northwich Thundersprint.

...... should we be believing all that we read in the press ? ... or this bit of it at any rate....

I believe Paddy will be there ('cos he lives in Northwich) and I had been thinking of checking it out on one or other of the days.
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