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12th November Club Night Geraint Hughes Positioning on The Road Eastham Ferry Hotel Ferry Road Eastham CH62 0AU

Issue No 190

November 2013

W I R R A L A D VA N C E D M OTOR C Y C L I S T S Group Council 2013 ~ 2014 Web Site

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Hi and welcome to the November issue of the WAM mag. Ok, so what have we got going on at this time of the year?

Firstly, ‘Thank You’ to Rob Cooper for doing one of his devious quizzes, and for those there, it certainly induced some head scratching!

Secondly, November Club night is a talk by Geraint Hughes (one of our IAM Examiners) and this time it’s not to talk about Touring, but about ‘Positioning on the Road’. Please turn up, it should be a very informative evening.

Thirdly, that brings me onto the FLC’s this year, and at the time of typing this, the last FLC is just winding up, and we have had many passes from all the 3 FLC’s held this year. So a timely ‘Thank You’ to Derek for running it, and looking after the core activity of our club.

So listen up carefully now. December club night is going to be the WAM Christmas Meal at the Eastham Ferry.

There are details inside this issue. Please select your options off the menu and contact Dave Spotswood promptly with your menu options.

Cost is £10 per head, and you can bring your partner if you wish.

So I’m going to sign off now until the next Newsletter, the final one of 2013 doesn’t time fly?

See you all at the November club night!

Pete

Club night Venue Eastham Ferry Hotel Ferry Road Eastham CH62 0AU 3

Some pictures taken on the October Club Night - Rob Coppers ingenious Quiz!

Thanks to Rob for devising some questions that taxed the grey matter. And Thanks to those members who turned up for a really good evening!

Naturally, being an anorak helped to answer most of the questions. Yes, the winner was your humble meek and mild Editor of this WAM Mag!

Nina must be thinking of the BMW rider who sued BMW in America for some reason‌.. ;o) Nice to see Dan too.

Everyone seems to be totally deep in thought!

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Official Ride-Out to the Lakes on the 15th September A quick thanks to Rob T & Martin for leading today, and to Steve B and Pat in the middle; with yours truly at the back. A four GS day out.....

The forecast rain came, albeit late, while the wind didn't materialize as forecast, although it was blustery on the motorway section passing Lancaster coming back.

It only got really strong as I came down off Parbold Hill and headed across Formby Moss, where the land is as flat as a flat thing. I trust the M58 wasn't too bad in the area that we discussed?

Anyway, Rob put together a good route today, with plenty of variation in road type and depth of water. At one point I had to lift my feet of the foot pegs to prevent my boots getting immersed in the river that had gathered on the road.

The rain gradually clearing from 1430hrs onwards, we enjoyed a good paced run back from Keswick and over Kirkstone Pass. At one point Steve said he saw pink sheep in field, but no-one else saw them - so make of that what you will!

Got home 1745 ish, bone dry, after a spirited run down the hill ( I left the group at the M6 Parbold Hill junction) and on to Formby & the back lanes into Crosby.

A thoroughly enjoyable day, despite the best efforts of the Met Office.

Rob D'C

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Diary of Events www.w-a-m.co.uk **************************

November 12th Club Night - Geraint Hughes ‘positioning on road’

December 10th Club Night - WAM Christmas meal

Line up of Bikes at Broxton. No, not for that reason, but the run out on Week Six of the FLC in October

Congratulations on passing the IAM Test to:Keith Williams Tim Williams Julian Snow Carl Mason 6

BEWARE OF SYNTHETIC OIL you have been warned!

Synthetic Oil can do terrible things to you and your beloved motorcycle. It will not only leak out of your engine faster than you can put it in, but it will also cause your oil filter to clog and implode, dumping debris and dirt into your lubrication system.

It will also make every part of your bike permanently slippery because of its linear molecular chain dispersal action. It will leak onto your side stand causing it to retract automatically, dropping your bike on the ground! But that's not all: Synthetic oil will round off your gears and spin your bearings. It will splatter onto your seat causing your girlfriend to fall off in the apex of a turn and she'll never ride with you again. Synthetic oil will completely leak onto the ground overnight and your dog will drink it and die.

Synthetic oil will wear out your tyres and make your battery leak. It will give you the desperate need to urinate after you put on your full leathers, and then jam your zippers shut. It will contaminate your fuel causing your bike to stall on railway crossings and accelerate uncontrollably near police cars.

It will make it rain during rallies and on weekends. It will lubricate your timing chain causing it to jump teeth and break your valves to bits. Synthetic oil chemically weakens valves and causes clearances to change every six miles. It melts the black soles of your riding boots the night before you walk across your new carpet.

While riding past groups of attractive women it will cause both of your handlebar grips to slip off at the same time so you smash your windscreen with the bridge of your nose. It causes your swing-arm to crack, your studs to break, and your discs to warp, and your rear shocks to leak, and it voids your warranty by changing your odometer reading. (happens to me all the time - Pete) It wets your dry clutch and/or dries your wet clutch. It makes your clutch slave cylinder seal fail in the heaviest traffic on the hottest day of the year. It will put an angry wasp inside your helmet for good measure.

Synthetic oil hides your 13mm socket and puts superglue on your earplugs. Synthetic oil will scratch your visor and make your gloves shrink two sizes the night before a long ride. Synthetic oil will also steal your neutral and sell it to the Chinese. Synthetic oil will make you grow a tail.

Next month - Why you should avoid riding a motorbike with slippers and a pipe

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WAM CHRISTMAS MEAL Dear all, It's getting to that time of year yet again, when we are having the WAM Christmas Meal at the Eastham Ferry Hotel on Tuesday 10th December 2013 Start time 19.30 hrs

The closing date for the meal is 30th November 2013 No bookings will be taken after this date WAM club members will pay ÂŁ10.00 per head for the Xmas meal Please select your Starter, Mains and Dessert options on the menu opposite Then please email your meal selection to events@w-a-m.co.uk or phone Dave directly if you are not online Payment can be taken on club night November 12th Or you can call into see Dave at Shed And Fencing World, Carr Hall Farm, Hoylake Road, Moreton CH46 5NA Tel No 0151 677 3532 Or you can call and see Derek at Corinthian motors 2-16 Queen St, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH41 9AS If you require any further information please give me a call Regards Dave Spotswood 07505 361711 8

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Yamaha MT-09 Derek and Nina give an evaluation of the new 850cc Triple from Yamaha. Pix by Pete We thought we would give the Yamaha MT09 a try given all the positive press reports it’s been receiving.

It seems to have great power – 115 bhp, it’s light weight at 186 kg fully fueled. It’s also a bit of a bargain at £6799. The build quality look excellent and the equipment includes all the things you would expect on a modern bike, gear

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indicator, outside temperature gauge, fuel economy meter etc. It also has excellent brakes and USD forks.

So with the loan of Marriotts demo bike for the day and no restrictions on mileage, a long Sunday run was in order to enable both of us to test the bike on our usual choice of roads. With due respect for the fact that the bike only had 63 miles on the clock on collection, full use of power was not made but it was certainly very responsive.

The MT is very narrow with an upright riding position. The bars are fairly high and wide, the footrests low and the seat more than adequate. It makes for a comfortable ride. A small screen and heated grips are all that’s missing.

A possible downside of such a light bike is a small fuel tank (14 litres) but we

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averaged 60 mpg so a range of 160 miles is realistic. This may not be the case if you use the full rev range. The bike is a pleasure to ride. The engine is very responsive and the handling confidence inspiring and very flickable. On balance, the bike impressed us. So the question is, would we buy one? Yes we would.

Now which colour?!!!

Engine Engine type 3-Cylinder, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC, 4-valves Displacement 847 cm続 Bore x stroke 78.0 mm x 59.1 mm Compression ratio 11.5 : 1 Maximum power 84.6 kW (115PS) @ 10,000 rpm Maximum Torque 87.5 Nm (8.9 kg-m) @ 8,500 rpm Lubrication system Wet sump Fuelling Fuel Injection Clutch Type Wet, Multiple Disc Ignition system TCI Starter system Electric Transmission system Constant Mesh, 6-speed Final transmission Chain

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Chassis Frame Diamond Front suspension system Telescopic forks Front travel 137 mm Caster Angle 25º Trail 103 mm Rear suspension system Swingarm, (Link type suspension) Rear Travel 130 mm Front brake Hydraulic dual disc, Ø 298 mm Rear brake Hydraulic single disc, Ø 245 mm Front tyre 120/70ZR17M/C (58W) (Tubeless) Rear tyre 180/55ZR17M/C (73W) (Tubeless) Dimensions Overall length 2,075 mm Overall width 815 mm Overall height 1,135 mm Seat height 815 mm Wheel base 1,440 mm Minimum ground clearance 135 mm Wet weight (including full oil and fuel tank) 188 kg / ABS 191 kg Fuel tank capacity 14 L (3.07 Imperial Gallons) Oil tank capacity 3.4 L

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In all his Glory!!! Tim Brown - Badge Man

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as seen on the WAM Quiz night

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