I agree that the valtru rims are good, and excellent value. I haven’t had great luck with their spokes though, I kept getting them snap at the bend. They seem much better now, but the newer ones were from central wheel.

A word of warning if you are using covers, particularly cotton ones - make sure your garage isn’t damp!

I appreciate that the use of Facebook isn’t for everyone, but generationally the way we interact with each other changes and we need to move with the times. When I was in my early 20’s, you tried to pick up girls in late bars and night clubs and had to pull out your finest chat up lines - these days...

That indeed is the KH owned by the late Chris Read. It was restored (and the restoration documented on this very forum) by myself and sold to Chris to aid a house purchase. I understand that Chris did a not insignificant amount of fettling after buying from me. Prior to my ownership it had been sitt...

i have already paid in advance, a very simple process. I would recommend you do the same, it can’t be easy for the guys to predict numbers so we should do what we can to help them out.

Plus that means more cash to spend on rusty bits of motorcycle...

I am Planning a cycle ride which might take sometime so I am going to be selling a few bikes. Square 4 wise I’ve got a 52 mk1 and a 38 4g which are going to be for sale soon . If you want any info pm me and I’ll try to get pictures sorted in the next couple of weeks. Take one of the squares instead...

Could I put my hand up for the ‘56 KH book?

I think the answer may be to do as suggested Alan and carry some sealant with me in case of puncture.

Rob I have used it in the past but now just carry a canister of sealant for punctures. Odd that it is only now you are having issues, how long has the sealant been in? I think 'Slime' say that the sealant has a 2 year life span after being put in a tube, which would mean a tube change every 2 years...

roger.fellows wrote:I suppose if the valve starts to leak the slime thinks it has a job to do???

From inspecting the valves, it looks like slime is semi curing and blocking the valve when I check tyre pressures - something I do very regularly.