INCOMING!
SUPER SPECIAL
I’ve got to say that I am totally blown away by the Triumph/Kawasaki special featured in RC177. Massive kudos to the builder, I admire his skill and ability.
John Measures, member
Long-time RC reader GordonG built the beast and indeed it is an extremely well put-together package. Take a bow, that man Gordon!
RowenaH
STUCK RUBBER
This photo was taken during preparation of my Yamaha Serow for my Class O entry in the MCC’s Exeter Trial. This is what you have to do when an old tyre has become corroded onto a rim. I carefully dissected the cover to remove the inner tube first without damaging it. A bit like the thoracic surgery you see on telly, you have to be sure you don’t go too deep with your knife. You suck the air out of the inner tube to reduce it internally. You then stuff old rags in the way to stop your Stanley knife touching it.
The tricky bit is then breaking the wires one by one to get the remainder off the rim. This model of Serow was designed for tubeless tyres and has a security lip as well which makes life hard. No amount of squeezing it in a big vice,
