Subject: RE: Another successful rally in the history books - long

Author: Ian Adkins

Date: Jul 1, 2003, 5:00 AM

Post ID: 1713597844

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Jones [mailto:dbjo-@bylavalle.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 7:44 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Another successful rally in the history books - long


Yes, Andrew me boy, you should've. You know about the notorious
reliability
problems of those newfangled motorcicles. I was disappointed to hear that
you wouldn't be making it when I arrived at the rally. Forget now whether
Charlie or Ian told me that you had problems with the Sport. I
haven't seen
you since I can't remember when. Get somethin' running will ya?
I'll be at
the Ohio Rally and the Maryland Rally for sure, and probably the Mid-Ohio
Vintage weekend. Don't know what else. It was good to see Ian
and Charlie
and Joe Kenney & Pat Galbreath again, and Ian's friend Ed, who had a nice
black Eldo. Makes me think I ought to paint the old Eldo and get up to
their level.
Dennis Jones
----- Original Message -----
From: "andy hill" <alh-@adelphia.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Another successful rally in the history books - long

yeah, guess i shoulda rode the eldo. sigh.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Adkins" <ianad-@linkamerica.net>
To: "Loopframe" <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Cc: "Doug Adkins" <doug1-@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:32 AM
Subject: Another successful rally in the history books - long

Hey All,

Well....what can I say. Another great rally put on by Ron and Alice.

They

make it look easy.....but I know a lot of work goes into one of these
events. What amazes me is how these two keep smiling through the whole
time....an inspiration for this rally "wannahave".

All told....150 were in attendance...about 10 Loops I think.

I received

oldest bike awards and Ed received People's Choice. Saw the new Breva
courtesy of Winchester Motorsports. Had a chance to meet up with

familiar

faces and met some new ones.

Total mileage for the old 69 Ambo was 1139 miles. Not bad for

a 33 year

old

bike. She never missed a beat and scooted along the I-state

pretty well.

The Tech Tip learned from this rally is:

When your bike quits....make sure that the points are

opening. Ed's bike

quit in Asheville and although we never check the point gap I

did check

the

condition of the points. They even sparked on me! However the points

were

on

the low part of the lobe so I never thought they would have slipped. I
thought the problem was the coil and fetched a new one only

to find the

same

problem. Reinspected the points and this time (as luck would have it)

the

points were on the high part of the lobe and not open. AHHH

HA!! Took a

screw driver.....reset the points to .017. The bike fired and we were

off.

Took us three hours to isolate and fix a 15 minute problem.

The positive

on

this is that this only happens once to a person. I have never seen

points

slip after riding 150+ miles. I will be sure to expect the unexpected

rather

than to "think" I know what the problem is. The screw on the

points was

still tight too. I don't know how they slipped but after

correcting the

problem the bike ran well for the remainder of the trip.

On a sad note: Andy...I heard your bike crapped out on you. Sorry to

have

missed you....I had a couple of beers in your honor :-) You

were missed.

On a positive note: The Blue Ridge Rally is a month away.

After hitting
my

first rally of the year I am lusting for another one. Folks.....you

likely

missed the best rally on the "right coast". Don't miss the second best

on

Aug 1,2,3 :-) My only dilemma is what bike to take this rally....

Good seeing you all at that rally. I hope to see you all again in

Caruso.

...Ian