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Re: Dutch input, mail 1

G'day Kladjes,

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 05:57, kladjes wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I hope you can open and read my e-mail.

No problem here.

> First let me introduce myself. I am Andr? (39) from the Netherlands and the
> owner of a RC17, Suisse version.

Are there any obvious differences between the Swiss model and the others 
around Europe?  I didn't even know there was a Swiss model.

[...]
> too. My bike felt like (s)he was reborned (boy or girl, what is your
> opinion?!).

Depends on how it's running.  When it's going well, it's "William the 
Conqueror", when it's not, it's "You @#$#@# b**ch!"  I hope that no-one's 
upset, there.  (Viking looks rather embarassed...)

> In the past few years I changed so more details on the bike and last winter
> my "fuel tank rebuilding project" started. An old original RC17 fuel tank
> was the basis, which I did saw through. The opening is sealed with tinplate

Which way did you cut the tank?  Vertically (to make the tank longer), or 
horizontally (to make it taller)?  I'm curious now!

> and the inner side is was coated after the tank was closed again.
> The tank now has a capacity of 32 liters and my personal opinion is that
> s(he) looks better than before.

32 litres?  That's another 10 litres.  What sort of touring range do you get? 
 I'd estimate about 450km (seeing how I get about 300km to reserve when 
touring at constant speed).

> To show you the result, you will receive some pictures seperately, 5 in
> total.
> Maybe you can use them on your website.

Oh, yes, please!  I'd love to see how you did it.

> So far so good, if you want to have more pictures which were taken during
> rebuilding, please let me know.

I'd love to see them.  I think that most of the team would too.

> Best regards, Andr?

Steve

> PS) How can I become a member of your team i.e. what are the team
> activities you are getting up to.

There is no set requirement for becoming a team member - all you need to do 
is ask, and you're on the team.  Have a look around the website for the 
'official word' from Mr_T on becoming a team member - I think there's a link 
off the Member's page.

As for activities, they are few and far between.  Although we did have a meal 
out for Mike when he was in Australia last month.  We seem to be pretty 
relaxed about getting out and meeting each other...

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