Yorkee
Group: Members
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Joined: April 2004 |
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Posted: June 26 2008,18:24 |
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| Quote (Warwickb @ June 26 2008,10:08) | Lol. No offence taken Jools. I am fully aware of my sickness  . Believe me though, the extensive posts are often more some weird sense of duty than any real pleasure - though it is rewarding in a way to be able to help folks out where you can. And, yes, I suppose being a teacher does mean that that kind kind of thing is second nature in some ways - if pretty time consuming. Which is why there are often left with the full range of interesting typo's intact 
I suppose it all stems form that fact that when I first got a 3XV (in the late nineties) there was nothing at all like this forum (or Alex's excellent resource site) available, and getting hold of any kind of info was unbelievably difficult - just who would you ask? It took me two years or so to get hold of a proper battery for example. Everyday set-up info and data was similarly unavailable. There were no .pdf manuals or parts books to download - you had to try to get a paper copy from Japan. which was bloody hard work before OkShon etc., I can tell you! (we all really owe Alex a massive debt of thanks for making all those documents avaialable I reckon)
And as for any any info on unleashing full power? Forget it. That was quite simply unobtainable. No-one knew anything... Or if they did, they would jealously guard their knowledge and simply wouldn't share what they knew.
Without wanting to sound like my granddad , more recent 3XV owners really 'don't know how fortunate they are' that a few of us have put in the time, effort and ££££'s over the years to work much of this stuff out - and, just as importantly, are happy to pass on that knowledge and experience gained freely to others.
In many ways it's only really internet forums and websites like this and Alex's site etc. that keep these old strokers alive, but, as I said, I'll take a bit of a break from the long posts and concentrate on my own bikes for a bit. Thay all need some work really, so will benefit from a bit of extra time. And the weather's good here at the moment too, so I ought to be making more of it really  .
Cheers
Mr. B |
true. I remember googling information for 3xv is almost impossible couple years ago! There are couple of time I was thinking of giving up the TZR and go with NSR because of the support and information around. Warwickb, I vote for you to keep posting. Better yet, you should take break from maintaining your own bike and concentrate on posting here!
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