No, we’ve turned around the Revard. We headed to le Col de Lescheraines, then Aillon-Margeriaz, and down to Chambery, and back home along the lake.
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Looks like one to do in June… 
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nice road and stunning view.
Me too. 
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I can’t work out whether to offer congratulations or condolences. 
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80-80 Engine (actually now an 84 stroker according to S&S’s reply to my enquiry) ready to be delved into to learn about these old tractor engines:
I made up an engine stand from some angle. They are blimmin’ heavy feels like about the same as a T140 unit engine but remember these are still what we Trumpet people call pre-units with separate gear boxes. Get the spanners out……… always a bit exciting to find what’s inside especially with an engine I don’t know much about.
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First ride-out with my mate on his new CB750 Hornet, at running in speeds!!
Brunch in Aberfoyle with a few other bikers and a visit to David Stirling Memorial, originator of the SAS.
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Scotland??
Yeah, Aberfoyle about 25 miles north of Glasgow, a popular biker stop. David Stirling memorial is between Doune and Stirling.
David Stirling is the basis of the TV show SAS: Rogue Heroes…. Rommel called him “the phantom general” for his hit and run tactics, Montgomery said “the boy Stirling is quite mad, quite quite mad.” In 1943 he was betrayed by a double agent, and after four escape attempts was imprisoned in Colditz.
It’s a fine statue!
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Blasted thing won’t start!! Just on the point of final assembly to get a reg number for the baby katana and the little shit 
won’t ‘ave it!!
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You don’t start the engine—you align the internal conditions so that ignition becomes an inevitable consequence of properly sequenced intent, where compression creates possibility and spark simply confirms what was already mechanically destined… Fuel alone is ambition, compression is discipline, and spark is permission—but none of it matters until the system agrees to become motion! The engine doesn’t respond to force; it responds to harmony—where pressure, timing, and rotation converge just long enough to convince the machine that now is the correct moment to exist.
You see, true ignition is not an action—it’s a negotiation between components that have finally stopped disagreeing. You can turn the key a thousand times, but until the internal geometry of intention is synchronized, the cylinders will remain unconvinced… In the end, engines don’t resist starting—they resist being misunderstood.
Hope that helps!!! 
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I once had an engine refuse to start after a rebuild until I realised the ignition leads had been switched over. Or maybe it was just missing its therapist.
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Have you tried reversing the polarity of the neutron flow?
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But be cautious when you hit 88 mph!
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Shall I just put some petrol in it then?
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The ride was last year, but an article about the Highland trip I did with my brother is in Motorcycle Sport and Leisure magazine…. my copy arrived today!
Page one as a taster!
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Triumph wanted £160 AliExpress £36 Inc delivery 