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1: You acquaint yourself with an engineer familiar with hydraulics and diesel engines, most agricultural engineers are capable enough. 2: afaik tracks rarely break, they will oftimes come off, so familiarise yourself with the refitting procedure.

This arose because the manx norton engine was used by formula racing cars so the only way to get one was to buy the bike and sell the rest on.

So right that I'll only add that rowan are susceptible to fire blight (which has only been in England as long as I have) and stressed ones more likely to succumb.

My last British bike was a Royal Enfield Constelation 700 twin . I longed for the much more reliable Interceptor 750 but alas could not afford one .

The Atlas 650 -750 motor was indeed a good motor, but suffered from bad vibrations at higher revs, The Triumphs were a smoother running motor,but their single downtube frame was much inferior to Nortons featherbed, I never owed either, but I had a tuned Tiger 110 in a BSA frame that would beat many of them. great days.

If its anything like the backpack brushcutter its slow, massively underpowered for a fourstroke so generally shite

we are near the end of the growing season now, so you may not see any recovery till next year, but those slabs over much of the root plate, cimbined with this being a drought year have not helped it. Without disturbing the slabs, a few watering cans around the exposed side twice a week during dry periods may help it, or a hose if no ban. Ideally you dont have paving (unless porous) directly under the canopy

Hi, I am looking to go down the tracked route but I have a few concerns. For example. What happens if your machine breaks down on site? How do you get it moving again? What happens if one of the tracks breaks? Thanks

My local dealer tried to sell me a 4stroke Honda hedge cutter- can’t remember the model. Felt very heavy and cumbersome. Bought an Echo HCH185ES instead for less money and so far very happy with it 👍

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I reckon that is the plan but he is too stubborn to stand aside, so will be played like a puppet from behind the scenes

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Morning all, Light duties for a day or two. Pulled my right shoulder starting the MS880!

Morning gents, wee bit of rain yesterday and through the night, we are certainly needing it. Another day of potterchoresery for me.

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Hes not going to wait till next year! Get on with it.

Sometimes "good" just doesn't cut it! :-)

Morning Everyone.

Spiffing word what ?

Splendid. What a good word, even has a excited ring to it! Nice one.

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I seem to remember some very expensive Ducati bikes had to change from fiberglass tanks to steel or aluminum because of that . The " wide line " featherbed frame was very popular in my day for housing Triumph and BSA engines . Thing is there was not much wrong with the Norton Atlas engine I thought.

Good Morning An adventure to Richmond upon Thames beckons Hope we don't get too much rain. Have a splendid day.

Oi oi then troops . Cool and clear so far . Rain later .