Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by Diesel Dave » Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:32 am

You could always convert to a carb setup..... :D

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by alihar07 » Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:22 pm

I wouldn't mind doing that, other than the fact I'm fixing it to sell it and replacing it with a 650 Deauville... :roll:

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by Diesel Dave » Tue Mar 23, 2021 2:08 pm

Then I would simply apply the age old motor vehicle sales line:-

“Oh, they all do that sir”.

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by knapdog » Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:09 pm

alihar07 wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:22 pm
I wouldn't mind doing that, other than the fact I'm fixing it to sell it and replacing it with a 650 Deauville.. :roll:
Oh dear! Don't.

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by Capitano » Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:06 pm

knapdog wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:09 pm
alihar07 wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:22 pm
I wouldn't mind doing that, other than the fact I'm fixing it to sell it and replacing it with a 650 Deauville.. :roll:
Oh dear! Don't.
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=36275

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by dmw1950 » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:28 am

If you get a red Deauville 700 I have new pannier lids for it.
I

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by alihar07 » Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:06 am

dmw1950 wrote:
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:28 am
If you get a red Deauville 700 I have new pannier lids for it.
I
Thanks, however it's one of the NT650V variants from 2005. I believe the later year Deauvilles already came with the expanded lids?.
Capitano wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:06 pm
knapdog wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:09 pm
alihar07 wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:22 pm
I wouldn't mind doing that, other than the fact I'm fixing it to sell it and replacing it with a 650 Deauville.. :roll:
Oh dear! Don't.
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=36275
I've had a look through the Deauville thread prior to my purchase. As far as I can tell, the reasons that that bike wasn't purchased were unrelated to the bike. Power-wise, it has over twice that of my current bike and the reason I am replacing it isn't due to lack of power, but I fancied a bike with better touring capabilities (motorway wind protection and shaft-drive) for the coming year. :roll:

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by Capitano » Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:51 am

alihar07 wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:06 am
dmw1950 wrote:
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:28 am
If you get a red Deauville 700 I have new pannier lids for it.
I
Thanks, however it's one of the NT650V variants from 2005. I believe the later year Deauvilles already came with the expanded lids?.
Capitano wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:06 pm
knapdog wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:09 pm
alihar07 wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:22 pm
I wouldn't mind doing that, other than the fact I'm fixing it to sell it and replacing it with a 650 Deauville.. :roll:
Oh dear! Don't.
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=36275
I've had a look through the Deauville thread prior to my purchase. As far as I can tell, the reasons that that bike wasn't purchased were unrelated to the bike. Power-wise, it has over twice that of my current bike and the reason I am replacing it isn't due to lack of power, but I fancied a bike with better touring capabilities (motorway wind protection and shaft-drive) for the coming year. :roll:
Correct, and it was me doing the purchasing/deciding.

The reason I posted the link up was to say that we'd debated the Deauville before, purely for information.

Regarding that decision by me, the bike was great, I wasn't put off from buying a Deauville by anything said. The information imparted was very useful.

That particular bike came with a lot of personal "baggage." I have bought similar "baggage," before and have no desire to go down that road again. ;)

TLDR I'd have a Deaville. I didn't buy one because a low mileage Divvy 6 came up first. 8-)

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by Diesel Dave » Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:54 am

I think bike recommendations and opinions are akin to oil recommendations.......everyone has a different opinion.

If you have ridden one and liked it then I’d say go for it, you may love it.

If not sell it on and choose something else.

A mate of mine had one for a few years until he rode it up a farm track (mistakenly), came to a locked gate and then couldn’t turn around and ended up paddling backwards for half a mile. He got a Silverwing afterwards - I did point out that the Silverwing was even longer and would have been even worse to turn around but his logic was it would have been easier to manage with a lower centre of gravity.

S’funny thing, he hasn’t been up any farm tracks ever since?

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Re: Enfield UCE - Tappets and decompressors

Post by Capitano » Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:06 am

Diesel Dave wrote:
Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:54 am
I think bike recommendations and opinions are akin to oil recommendations.......everyone has a different opinion.
Aye, even the term "linear power delivery," is nirvana to some, and the spawn of Satan to others. 8-)

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