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Scott_F
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The Tiger wasn't exactly known for it's build quality !
brucemillar
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Fearsome machine (The Tiger that is). Their destructive power was terrifying when compared to what we or the Americans could field at that time.
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milleplod
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I always rather liked Stalin's oft-quoted 'Quantity has a quality all of its own'!
100 shoddily-built T34s were always going to be a problem for a dozen quality Tigers!
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The British 17-pounder fitted to the Firefly could at least match the Tiger's 88mm main armament.
Wheelsnuts
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Fearsome and the tank is pretty scary too.
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I always rather liked Stalin's oft-quoted 'Quantity has a quality all of its own'!
100 shoddily-built T34s were always going to be a problem for a dozen quality Tigers!
Pete
It depends of which modification(soviet) you are talking about??
T-34 or T-34-85?
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Ted
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milleplod
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Is this turning into an 'I know stuff about WW2' thread?!
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milleplod
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That's more like it! Nice bike - nice colour combo too (and the car!). The only 'custom' bike I've ridden was a V-Rod....nice in a straight line, but scary round twisty bits as the footpegs scraped the road very easily - a bit unnerving!
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Had a BMW (R80/7) back in the day. Lovely bike, did some serious miles on it too.
Absolutely bulletproof apart from the plug caps.
Absolutely bulletproof apart from the plug caps.
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milleplod
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The plug caps (actually, stick coil/plug cap combo) on my 1200ST are a weak point too. One failed on the trip to Spain (2 on each cylinder) - the bike will run on just the main or secondary, but then feels quite down on power. Fortunately I'd taken a couple of spares and it was only a 10-minute job to put a new one on.
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I was out for a walk the other day & saw what looks like a proper, genuine, battle tank parked out the back of some bloke's garden. He's also got some kind of '60's (?) jet & a prop driven (fighter?) plane.
I'll take a picture next time I'm over that way.
I'll take a picture next time I'm over that way.
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We have a British tank on the roundabout in Leyland on my way to work. (The weird thing is that autocorrect changed the place name to Alexandria where my late father in law was in a tank division! Spooky.)
And I have, erm, a Vespa! (And a full A licence.). It's a twist and go 150 though... (Hangs head in shame.)
And I have, erm, a Vespa! (And a full A licence.). It's a twist and go 150 though... (Hangs head in shame.)
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Currently got a CRM 250 Mk1 Previous steeds include DR650 ( sold it as it started to mess my knee up - no electric foot!)milleplod said:
Had an R1100s for a week while my TL 1000 was in for service. Very nice bike but flawed by false neutrals and shaking clocks on tickover and it was a bit slow after 120.
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My other baby
That's very nice. I had a '93 one (F-P?) and went all over France and Spain on it - ultra comfy and super smooth too. I think its the only bike I've ever had where the oil came out of the engine after 3k miles as clean as when it went in!
Pete
Yep , me too.
ZX12R (B3) , mostly standard with a Yoshi pipe and some carbon trinkets.
ZRX1100 , built from a bare frame with a mono shocked rear end , Hayabusa front end , loads of one off parts , ZRX engine with ZZR1100 cams and 40mm carbs with home made stacks.
ZRX1100 , mostly stock with a full Akra system and st. 1 dynojet kit , mint condition with only 4,8k miles.
Sold these a few years ago :
Built this for a chap in work :
Kenny
ZX12R (B3) , mostly standard with a Yoshi pipe and some carbon trinkets.
ZRX1100 , built from a bare frame with a mono shocked rear end , Hayabusa front end , loads of one off parts , ZRX engine with ZZR1100 cams and 40mm carbs with home made stacks.
ZRX1100 , mostly stock with a full Akra system and st. 1 dynojet kit , mint condition with only 4,8k miles.
Sold these a few years ago :
Built this for a chap in work :
Kenny
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