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Fuel system in your Airhead BMW Motorcycle---
Tank cleaning methods; premium vs. regular; fuel additives;
fitting other tanks, seats & fit with various tanks;
throttle & choke cables; fuel hose;
Tank sealants & liners;
©Copyright, 2014, R. Fleischer
>>>Refer to article #1A, #1B, & #75 for more information<<<
>>>An article that describes Lead Substitutes, in depth: >>>
1. An extensive article on Dell'Orto's, covering all their carburetors:
It explains in great detail not just how the Dell'Orto works, but is applicable in general to all carburetors....&
MIGHT be worthwhile for you to peruse, even if you don't have one of these carburetors, which was used
only on the R90S Airheads.
2. If you have a high compression ratio airhead (modified later type; or, 1979 & earlier type with stock
medium-high compression ratio), & you use high octane fuel, be advised that when fueling up at a service
station, it is VASTLY better NOT to fuel up at the type of 'pump' that has only ONE nozzle/hose. Your fuel
may be diluted by a modest quantity of lower octane fuel remaining from the last user...from the internal
valve, pump, etc....through the hose, etc....somewhat depending on the type of equipment in use. The
dispensing companies don't offer this information easily, & 1/4 gallon or more is VERY common.
There is an old controversy over possible increases in combustion chamber temperatures, ETC.,
when using premium gasoline's in lower compression BMW airhead engines, where lower
octane is supposedly not needed. Gasoline burns at about the same rate under normal, that is
not detonating, etc., conditions. The output (BTU) per gallon of Premium gasoline is potentially
....or even likely...to be a small amount LOWER than for Regular. THE ENERGY CONTENT OF
FUEL ALSO VARIES WITH THE SEASONAL CHANGES OF THE FUEL! I think it is likely that
SOME premium gasoline's WILL give LOWER gas mileage than a regular gasoline will.....
assuming the engine ran properly on Regular grade gasoline. Winter gasoline blends tend
to have rather volatile things like butane or propane in them to make it easier for engines to
start. In the USA so-called oxygenates, such as alcohol, are added to most fuels. These
additions GENERALLY cause 6%-10% POORER gas mileage. They are NOT good for your
engine, carburetors, hoses, etc. All the oxygenates tend to cause the engine to run leaner.
Some Airheads are already running on the lean side of best power mixture...& more leaning will
cause stumbling, etc.
3. There are a number of types of aftermarket fuel filters on the market, metal ones, cleanable element
ones, various sizes, colors, etc. I prefer the impregnated paper type, NAPA #7-02323. That number
may have to be entered at the store or on-line as 702323. With the aging of our fuel tanks, even with the
in-tank or in-petcock screen filters, I feel that a decent aftermarket filter is a must, in the line just below the
petcock. There is a much more complete article on this website on the fuel filters, petcocks, etc:
NOTE that due to the age of our airheads, I am a firm believer in using aftermarket paper filters BELOW
the petcocks, & maintaining clean petcock mesh screens. Tank debris is a prime cause for a gasoline
soaked foot (besides old worn float needles). The 'stuff' gets right by the tank mesh screens....which are
designed to trap bigger particles. I clean the petcocks thoroughly every year, by removing (at simple
tank cleaning time), blowing them out with compressed air. If the handles are starting to get stiff....usually
that means at the every few years point I do the more thorough tank job ....I disassemble the petcocks &
service them. Almost never do I need any parts, other than a faint smear of silicone grease. Failure to
do regular tank cleaning is fairly likely to result in a rotted tank bottom....AND...a lot of junk getting
into your carburetors, or at least fuel screen(s).
4. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/leadtet/leadh.htm has some interesting information on lead & MTBE
for gasoline. There are other websites that have considerable technical information on fuels, additives, etc.
There is a fair amount of information scattered throughout this article of mine, that covers leaded fuels:
5. Questions often arise as to whether or not the screen, petcock, lines, filter(s), etc., are flowing enough
fuel. This is easy to actually calculate, if you figure the worst case, such as 20 mpg at wide-open throttle.
But, here is a guideline of mine, that is perfectly adequate, & you don't have to play with mathematics:
If you have a small displacement airhead, such as a R65, you need a cupful of fuel flowing from EACH
carburetor, separately measured, bowl removed, common household 2 cup measurer underneath carburetor,
in one minute or less. For the larger displacement Airheads, a cup & a half or more is OK.
NOTE: fuel flow problems such as stumbling after a bit of cruising....can be caused by fuel
cap venting problems, not just clogged fuel screens and filters, etc. The fuel caps of ~ 1978
into 1979 were particularly susceptible to vent clogging.
6. Tank cleaning, coating, etc.: See http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/chemicalsetc.htm and
To clean a fuel tank, you must remove it. It is easier to remove the petcocks before you remove the tank
from the bike. I clean the petcocks/screens at the yearly tank cleaning time, & I may take them apart for a
more thorough cleaning & silicone grease lubrication of the parts. There are several methods for cleaning
the fuel tank. You might want to use the high pressure wand (soap mode, then rinse mode there or at home)
at the local car wash. If your local car wash uses non-phosphate soap ('environmentally safe, green, etc.'),
then do the entire job at home with a garden hose & common hose nozzle, a bit of dish detergent or laundry
detergent is good. NOTE!...if the tank cleaning is done because the gasoline, maybe some moisture,
whatever, has been in the tank & dried (mostly) from very long term storage, & probably looks like syrup
(or??)...then the tank should first be cleaned by adding a fair amount of some strong cleaner like Simple
Green. Use a 50-50 mixture & let it sit overnight. Then go about cleaning the inside with a pressure wand
of soapy water, then clean water, from the nearest car wash place. If all the crud does not come out, you
can either repeat the process, or start with chemicals. If your water pressure and nozzle is good, you can
probably do all these things at home. I use a siphon type gun, a gallon jug with hole in top cap for the
siphon hose, & my air compressor. The jug contains a strong detergent & water.
NOTE: One of the BIG reasons to clean an Airhead steel tank every year is due to condensed moisture,
which becomes water droplets at the bottom of the tank & will ROT OUR YOUR TANK. If you live
in an area where dew condenses on things, or your area is high humidity, this is exceptionally
important. I live in a very dry area, & still clean & then thoroughly dry my tanks, EVERY year. I
usually do the job during my Pre-Winter preparations for storage.
Note: The information presented in this section is GENERALLY for Airhead steel tanks. If you are
reading this & have a fuel-injection bike with the submerged fuel pump, be very cautious about using
harsh chemicals. Aluminum tanks can have problems from condensed moisture!
If you are thinking about cleaning and coating the inside of the tank, read this:
The rest of this section deals with relatively normal yearly or bi-yearly cleaning for Airhead steel tanks::
CLEANING: Remove the tank. Do the rest outdoors. Mix two tablespoons of common
(works better than "soap", particularly the no phosphates soaps) in enough warm water to fill your tank
at least 1/3 full (both sides of the tank). Don't fill the tank to the brim, you want plenty of room for
shake/sloshing. Shake the tank thoroughly. NOW remove the petcocks, and flush the tank strongly with
your outside-the-house hose (nozzle set for a somewhat narrowed but strong stream). This can loosen
& lift some old deteriorating red lining if vigorous enough, I don't find that a problem. Wash out the tank
thoroughly. For the petcocks you removed, flush them in all handle positions. DO NOT re-install them now.
The next step I recommend is to then treat the bottom area with phosphoric acid mixture (hardware
store screen door & other metals etching solution). DO NOT use anything except phosphoric acid mixture.
You will need cork or rubber stoppers to plug the petcock holes, & hardware stores also sell those.
I have tried several of these common low percentage phosphoric acid etching liquids from hardware
stores, they all seem OK. Low percentage phosphoric acid converts any remaining rust, even deep
into the bottom seams... & tends to very slightly seal the interior of the tank, especially the vulnerable
bottom seam area. Any bare steel areas, or rusting areas, will have a gray-colored look to them after
you treat the tank. That is a protective layer, although soft. It will take several hours of contact with the
etching solution...at least..... to do a good job. I do it overnight.
If you have never heard of phosphoric acid etching solution, perhaps you have heard of the jellied
form called Naval Jelly.
I am so anal about this (fixing/repainting a tank is COSTLY & if you do it yourself, it is a HUGE amount
of labor) that I put the washed & cleaned tank (& treated, if doing that) over one of my house heater's
floor outlets for a week or so, outlets downwards, cap off or open. No, it does not smell if cleaned
properly first. I do not do the phosphoric acid treatment EVERY year, as it is not necessary IF you
take care of your tank in refueling it (particularly in climate conditions where dew would form overnight),
& clean the tank yearly.
Rust-forming water accumulation is GREATLY reduced by refilling the tank before parking
the cooling Airhead overnight, where dew could collect INside the tank, if it is not full! The
dew collects, runs to the bottom in droplets; then you have water in the very bottom; & with
oxygen that gets in the fuel, etc., rust begins at the slightest microscopic place the tank,
especially the bottom, is not protected.
Be sure to have filters below the petcocks & clean the petcock screens yearly at least.
There are numerous tank coatings one can apply to the tanks; much more (VASTLY MORE!)
labor intensive products to use, compared to phosphoric acid solution. I don't like Kreem, Caswell's is
OK, as is POR15. A proper coating job is VERY labor-intensive (preparation), and if not done properly,
is a WASTE of all that effort, and can ...fast!....kill your exterior paint. I have had good results using the
vastly simpler techniques I describe here, EVEN on tanks that have the red interior lining flaking off.
The big problem with fuel tanks is not that some red lining peeling off from the tank walls....it is
deterioration at the tank bottom. It is water that is the worst offender. NO QUESTION that sometimes
one of these coatings like POR15 can be needed. Be SURE to prepare the tank properly...do NOT
SKIMP on labor...you will likely need to spend more time on preparation than the manufacturer of
the coating says.
****It is possible to use other products & methods to clean or treat the tank insides. You can also
use the reverse-plating method using sodium carbonate & water to fill the tank (obviously, first close
off the petcock outlets), then fit a big cork (OR?) to the top opening, with a piece of iron, rebar, etc.,
going through the cork & into the solution...but it does NOT touch the metal tank. Use a low voltage
DC power source to remove the rust. You can finish by using a zinc rod (maybe an old carburetor
bowl or pieces of one), & reversing the power leads. You will actually zinc plate the inside of the tank,
which is a very good protectant against rust. I suggest you look up this type of cleaning & plating via
an Internet search (Google.com is your friend here). Don't use the phosphoric acid method if you
plan to do this electric and zinc plating method.
SOME folks will purchase a small plastic bottle of gas or fuel-line treatment....the type that is for
preventing water from freezing in the fuel system of cars. This stuff is usually a very dry alcohol.
Some will clean their tanks with this stuff, using it as a solvent to wash the insides.....and to pick up
any water.....and they then drain it from the petcock area. This does work fairly well (for a cleaning)....
and no other solvents nor detergent/water nor acid treatment is done. If you are a regular tank
cleaner type of person this may work fairly well, although I am not so sure that it would not be a bit
harsh on the tank liner. But, I have some customers who have been doing it for many years without
major flaking. I'm not convinced it is a universal answer.
>>>>The method I use every few years on my own tanks is to remove the petcocks, thoroughly
clean what I can out of the insides with a strong detergent solution, preferably one that is NOT
phosphate-free, then flush it really well, corks into the outlets, and then put in a quart or so (pint
each side of tank) of common aluminum screen door, or galvanized flashing, etc., etching product,
various names, all containing a weak mixture of phosphoric acid. I let it sit from mid-morning to
afternoon, or overnight. I then remove the acid mixture & put it back in the plastic container for
another use (two or three times seems possible, depending on the amount of rust in the tank), I
flush the tank with water, then dry it as noted earlier over the house vent outlet, right side up, with
the air going into the petcock holes. Takes a day or three usually. The phosphoric acid is simply
a liquid form of naval jelly. It will convert rusty surfaces, generally to a gray color, & that colored
layer, thin & soft as it is, is protective against further rusting. It works well for this at the tank
bottom where the serious rusting begins & ends with holes, if you let it go. Yearly, clean the tank,
but there is usually no need to repeat the phosphoric acid, or not for a long time, typically several
years. This stuff is not a sealant/protectant like POR15, but it works well, & is hugely-vastly easier
to do. Try not to scratch the insides of the tank with hose nozzles, etc.
7. Alcohol in fuels (gasohol, etc.):
A lot has been printed, a lot said. It is bad for hoses & other parts including plastic types of gas
tanks. BMW has had bulletins out about the dangers & problems of using gasohol. We can't get
away from it in the USA. Below is a link to an article, for boaters with fiberglass tanks. It explains
a lot, if you read it thoroughly. I could cite a LOT of articles about problems from alcohol-laced
fuels. Just be aware, that even if you have a steel tank, the lining may be damaged over time, &
alcohol-laced fuels are likely to deteriorate MUCH faster & attract condensation of water easier
which rots the tank bottoms. In addition, alcohol causes carbureted engines to run leaner, unless
you change carburetor adjustments including jetting & needle position, ETC. Common old style
rubber fuel lines used on Airheads deteriorate faster. Same for lines on the injected K bikes.
Here is the article about boat tanks: http://www.boatus.com/seaworthy/fueltest.asp
8. Fuels, in general:
Summer & Winter fuels vary not only for miles per gallon, but for volatility, ease of starting, & the energy content
can vary up to about 7%. A GRAM of LEAD (as TEL) will raise the (R+M)/2 value of octane by about 6 numbers.
Pure hydrocarbon gasoline, NOT the type with any alcohol in it, can only hold about 0.15 teaspoon of water in each
gallon. In other words, water hardly dissolves in pure gasoline. But, if the gasoline has about 10% by volume of
Ethanol, a very common additive used for oxygenation purposes, then that fuel can now hold about 4.0 teaspoons
per gallon (assuming very dry gasoline & ethanol to begin with!). The problem occurs if just a bit more water is
introduced, even by overnight condensation, over time. The gasoline, water, & alcohol can then SEPARATE, &
when that separation occurs, water & alcohol sink to the bottom of the tank....which hardly does any good to steel
tanks, & might be hard on the engine if it gets into the engine. The fuel characteristics also change even if that does
RON specification, in layperson's terminology, is the specification most concerned with LOW & MODERATE
power usage; & for potential for engine run-on, also called dieseling. MON specification, in layperson's
terminology, is the specification most concerned with HIGH power operation (Knocking).
(R+M)/2 is a compromise specification.
Rule of thumb:
RON is USUALLY 8 to 10 higher than MON.
USA sold 87 octane fuel is approx. 82 MON; and 92 RON
Engines vary & most very modern engines with fuel injection now have the ignition automatically retarded & thus
the maximum power produced is lessened if the fuel's octane is lower than the designed-for octane....this is not
so for Airheads.
Here is a chart of the
MINIMUM NEEDED RON (remember, RON is perhaps 5 or 6 points HIGHER
than USA marked pumps which are (R+M)/2. So, the values below can be REDUCED by about 5 or
6 points, for what YOUR engine is LIKELY to need, for USA marked pumps. Keep in mind that your
engine LIKELY has a HIGHER compression ratio than its mechanical calculation...due to carbon buildup,
etc. Keep in mind also that RON is NOT done by the most stringent testing; RON is for low & medium
throttle/power settings. It is MON that is for high power output. Remember, that in the USA, RON+MON
divided by 2, in other words, an average, is what is on the USA pumps.
Compression Ratio Needed RON (for USA marked pumps, subtract about 5 or 6 points)
NOTE! The above chart is for a near perfectly machined, clean & smooth combustion chamber, under
near ideal conditions, & with single plug per cylinder ignition. For a dual-plugged ignition, might be best to
use the same figures & just know that the near perfectly machined & clean & smooth combustion chamber
no longer has such strict needs. NOTE that if your Airhead had a stock 8.2 CR, & you milled the head a
bit, & have a CR of, say, 8.8; then you need at a minimum, assuming jetting for BEST POWER (this is a tad
rich), USA marked pump fuel of about 87-88 octane. This tends to work out quite accurately....if you have
dual-plugging. It is marginal, but doable, with single plugging.
I've been asked about how much lead (TEL) was used in the leaded car gasoline's we used to have, years ago.
It was up to 2.4 grams per gallon. Aircraft piston engines had, generally, twice (or more).
PRESENT day Aircraft fuel is 100LL, & has about 2.12 grams per gallon.
There is a fair amount of information scattered throughout this article of mine, that covers leaded fuels:
There is a good discussion of compression ratios, head milling, cylinder shaving, ETC., here:
Fitting other tanks to your airhead; SEATS....etc....:::
Often someone wants to install a fuel tank or seat or both that is not the original version. There is often
confusion about what fits what, & what the PROBLEMS are, if any, when fitting some other tank or seat.
There were a number of various /5 tanks; see much further below.
Just before the disc brakes came out on the /6, BMW modified the underside of the fuel tanks to allow for the master
cylinder that was coming.
It is not at all uncommon to swap various tanks and seats.
The /5 and /6 SEATS are LONGER than the /7 seats.
The /7 SEAT will be OK with a /5 or /6 tank.
The /7 tank can fit a /5 or /6, but modifications are needed, otherwise it is rather ugly.
The 1973-1/2 (+-) tanks did have the underside cutout for the MC, but the MC did not actually appear until the 1974
models. The first disc brakes were the ATE brakes. There were two types, the swinging type, and a later fixed type
that looked somewhat like a Brembo, but with ATE's name on them. With the front Brembo brakes came the MC on
the handlebars. The reason for the bars Master Cylinder is that in the same era, the metal pad under the fuel tank
where the ATE MC had been mounted was then used for the ignition module. There are some variations.
A /7 tank will fit on a /6. But, best to use a /7 seat. In general...some tanks when substituted, depending on what
tank, will require, or might be nice, to have a shorter or longer nose on the seat. The seats themselves may look
similar at first glance, but may not be. As example, the /6 tanks have the mounting pins facing each other; the /7
and later are facing the rear. The later tanks have the hinges welded to the steel pan. The early ones had screws,
and you might have to unscrew them to get the seat on and off. Because of these variables, frozen screws, etc.,
many converted the seat to a LIFT OFF style.
Many questions are often asked about tanks. There were a LOT of variables, and although this is not information
pertinent to fitting them (note: all /5 tanks fit all /5)...here is some detailed information:
The standard capacity 6 gallon tanks had black knee pads.
In 1972 the Toaster tank was, however, standard for the U.S....withOUT pin striping.
Early in 1973 production there were not only the toaster chrome panels, but also pin stripes.
Rubber pads were available for the small tanks...AFTER the chrome panels were discontinued.
Authorities tanks (Police) look like the /6 tanks, with the rubber pads too....but the top has a lid.
/5 tanks have screwed-on Roundels.
1970-1971: a larger tank was available, and had either 6 or 6.3 gallons, the books are unclear as to
official value. In 1972-3 this larger tank was no longer stock, but a special order. I think a few were
produced that way for 1973.
1970-1971 fuel caps were hinged at the FRONT; 1972-3 caps were hinged at the REAR.
1973-1/2 (+-), had the underneath master cylinder cutout, which was to come in the 1974 models.
Standard tanks had black knee pads.
1972: "Toaster" tanks were STANDARD for U.S. shipped bikes. They had NO pin striping, and this tank
WAS available for 1973. the 1972 tank was about one gallon less capacity.
Early 1973 tanks had the chrome panels, but ADDED pin stripes, round the panels. There were rubber
pads available for the small tanks after the chrome panels were discontinued.
POLICE (Authorities) tanks look like the /6 tank, even have the rubber pads, but ON TOP there is a LID.
/5 tanks have SCREWED-on Roundels.
GS or R100R tanks WILL fit a R80ST, will add 5 liters.
R100GS tank WILL fit a R80G/S
A PD tank adds 6 liters over stock.
A GS tank, on a ST, needs rubber 16-11-2-307-014, plus fuel splitter and hose...or, block off one petcock
outlet. With this arrangement of GS on ST, will be a small seat to tank gap.
The early R90S had a 24 liter tank, with a RAISED filler cap.
YES, you can modify the later tanks with the flapper restrictors, to increase fuel capacity. Remove and
plug the crankcase downpipe in the starter motor area. You can remove all the solenoids, etc...too.
Do it properly. See my pulse air article for details: http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/pulseair.htm
With minor work, you can interchange these seats: R100S, RS, RT, from 1977-1984.
AND, R100 and R80, T, RT....from 1981-1984.
Seat dimensions: I have only one I've measurements for here:
1977 R100/7: 29" front to rear; 12-1/4" widest point; 10" from front lip to seat post.
There are further differences in how the various seats mount.
a. The /5 models and the /6 to 1976, had the seat pins on the subframe facing each other. You had to
REMOVE one hinge to remove the seat. Be SURE to put anti-seize on the threads!
b. The 1977 /7 "U.S." seat pins faced in the SAME direction, and used CLIPS.
c. Subframes from the /7 will fit PRIOR long wheelbase bikes.
Early seats had the hinge portion screwed to the seat, with allen screws, and if they rust-out, can be a bear to
remove them....making it a bear to get the seat off the bike. There are variations. It is not uncommon for the
area around the seat portion of the hinges to rot out, from moisture accumulation. This can be fixed by making
up small flat plates in a U configuration, and having them welded to the seat bottom. This CAN be done with
the upholstery intact, if wet cloths are used. It is a good idea to drill the recess area of these hinges in any
event, whether during welding repair...or stock....to allow any accumulated water to go downwards.
Use antiseize compound on seat screws.
Don't depend on factory printed information on the tank capacity. When BMW publishes a fuel tank capacity,
you ADD the tank & reserve amounts to get the total amounts. I mention this here because the literature has
gotten rather corrupted on gas tank volumes.
Because BMW has a month-long vacation shutdown (the factory is closed in August), a year model could have
been produced near the end of the prior calendar year.
10. Throttle and choke (enrichener) cables: This section is not concerned much with what cable fits what bike
with what handlebars. See your Dealership, and, see Anton Largiader's website on CABLES. But, here is some
information on LENGTHS, etc., that are not always easy to find. Lengths of BMW cables MIGHT be printed on
the cable sheath. USUALLY the cable assembly part number IS printed on the cable sheath.
32-73-1-242-135 528 mm long, for 40 mm carbs
32-73-1-454-584 1158 mm long
32-73-1-454-090 1130 mm long, and is the left cable on such as a 1989 G100GS
32-73-1-454-091 1165 mm long, and is the right cable on such as a 1989 G100GS
32-73-2-311-827 1143 mm long, and is the left cable on such as a 91-95 R100PD using 40 mm carbs
32-73-2-311-828 1178 mm long, and is the right cable on such as a 91-95 R100PD using 40 mm carbs
See www.siebenrock.com for more control cable information
There is an article that gets into the cables more in-depth:
11. Fuel hose:
Fuel hose is made in many sizes. For our motorcycles, fuel hose has been used in stock 'nominal 6 mm'
size; some have used 5/16" & 1/4" SAE American sizes. OUTSIDE diameters vary! American, SAE type
of hose may not fit easily into the crossover area of the airbox, if you have a crossover hose.
Just because a hose has a nominal inside diameter, does not mean it fits, installs, nor 'pulls off' the same
as other hoses. This includes hoses with the exact same size specification, & it includes 1/4" & nominal
6 mm hose which are almost exactly the same mathematical size. In other words, while size MAY matter,
it also may NOT.
Hoses vary in materials, & how constructed. The hose may remain on the spigot/nipple from friction of
the nipple ridges against the mostly unchanged inside diameter. It may remain on from the nipple ridges
& actually making very distinct depressions to match, on the inside of the hose. A fairly stiff hose material
can get some goodly ridges, & need a lot of force to remove the hose (unless you pressure the END of
the hose). Some fuel hoses are made of two types of rubber in the same hose, with distinctly different
Hoses made of the wrong material to match gasoline may SWELL, & may come off, or eventually split....
but, most fuel hoses seem to harden, over time. Some take many years to harden noticeably. I have done
plenty of hose testing, including very long term testing, & I posted a summary.
You CAN get away with most any fuel hose, for awhile. Just how long you want your fuel hoses to last
or how long before rubber particles start causing problems, or how original you want them to look.
You should consider if your selected hose is easy to fit....particularly if you have a crossover hose at
the airbox area.
Hoses should almost never be 'pulled off'. The old fabric covered hoses were made in at least two
types; some would act like the Chinese finger torture toy, if you pulled on them..., it got tighter & tighter.
several modern hoses are somewhat like that too; the hose tightens while pulling on it; until brute force
pulls the hose off...or breaks/damages the nipple. The PROPER method of removing a hose is to
have a tool on the petcock side (end of the hose), & push on the tool while gently pulling on the hose.
That eliminates any severe tightening of the hose. Hint: put a large 'fender washer' on the
spigot, before pushing on the hose. Then, when you want to remove the hose, you push
on the fender washer while the hose pulling force needed is vastly less!
The original silver colored braided outside fuel hose is still available, from such as Bing Agency in
the U.S. The new-style BMW black hose from your BMW dealership is a DIN specification hose, fits
better, particularly the cross-over at the air-cleaner housing, where American hose is too large in
diameter. Old Volkswagens used a fuel hose that you may find easily: it is a 7 mm ID hose
(x 2.5 mm wall). It was used on 60's and 70's, etc., VW's. The VW number is N-203571; sometimes
shown as N203571 or N-203 571. There are problems with modern fuels & fuel hoses. When
fuel hoses deteriorate, they often release almost microscopic particles of various rubber & other
compounds into the fuel, & these can cause problems with the carburetors, INCLUDING overflow of
the float bowls due to failure of the float needle & seat to fully shut off the fuel. These problems
have WORSENED over the years since ALCOHOLS have been put into fuels (not to mention
some of the nastier other stuff). It is not easy to find out what the INNARDS of the multiple layer
fuel hoses are made of. For K bikes, the fuel pump & some immediate hoses, are all INSIDE the
fuel tank, covered by fuel. That is an even worse condition; & SUBMERSIBLE hoses are A MUST
inside the fuel tank (besides the need for a FI pressure type specification).
In general, fuel hoses used to be made of nitrile rubbers, usually called NBR or acrylonitrile butadiene.
These can be softened & will deteriorate in the presence of alcohol. Another type of hose is EPDM,
which is ethylene propylene diene monomer. This hose will not stand up to most gasoline's, over time.
The best fuel hose for an Airhead USED TO BE, but it certainly does not look original, a
fluorohydrocarbon elastomer, (FKM), such as Dupont's VITON. It USED TO hold up for many dozens
of years, wouldn't harden appreciably. It came in various colors. I can no longer recommend that
hose due to changes in composition of pump gasoline's.
A hose material that did NOT pass my tests (various solvents, gasoline components, ETC...short term
& long term) is Masterflex "FDA Viton" 96412-D
Fuel hose for Fuel Injected bikes (K bikes) is special...see my K bike section of this website.
The best fuel hose I have ever tested is Tygon type F-4040A. Holds up to everything &
does NOT harden too much....even after many years of use. I've seen a few exceptions, and have no answers.
Want to cover it with braid? http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/121/848/=10oyb2k
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08/23/2006: Add information on fuels, CR vs octane, and much more.
11/04/2006: more TEL information
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11/29/2007: add item 11
01/07/2008: remove bad hyperlink for Heinrich items, was #7
02/18/2010: add more information on fuel hoses
02/16/2011: add link for more information regarding alcohol & fuel tank problems; adding previously
blank item 7... and a few minor other things.
07/21/2012: Remove recommendations for Viton hose; add Tygon; add Masterflex FDS Viton comment.
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01/21/2014: A bit more editing on tank cleaning methods; add caution about FI submerged pumps tanks.
07/21/2014: Review again the article-in-process file, final clean-up, final version clarifying cleaning details.
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09/02/2014: Revise section 9 on tanks extensively, incorporating information previously in another article.
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Stanley Gatera, Editor of Umusingi tabloid has been sentenced to one year in Prison and will pay a fine of Rwf 100 000.
Gasabo court concluded that Gatera was found guilty of divisionism and gender discrimination based on the opinion published in his paper.
Court also argued that since it was the first time Gatera had committed such a crime, his punishment was reduced to one year in prison.
Normally his crime attracts a sentence ranging between 5 years and 7 years and fines ranging between Rwf 100 000 and Rwf 1,000,000.
Gatera will also pay Rwf 31,850 to cover expenses court incurred during his trial.
However, Speaking to IGIHE journalist, Gatera said he will appeal the case.

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Take a pencil and attempt to carve the Minnesota Vikings roster to 53 names. The task is daunting.
With the regular season 82 days away, ESPN did just that on Tuesday, forecasting the Vikings final roster for Week 1. While the list was not rim-rattling, Kevin Seifert from ESPN did author a handful of interesting snubs.
These are those players in alphabetical order.
Wyatt Davis (OG)
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Two years ago, Davis was a man possessing fringe 1st-Round draft stock. Now, according to ESPN, he can’t make a 53-man roster for a team with notoriously bad offensive line production.
The Vikings signed several possible solutions at right guard, Davis’ natural OL spot, including Jesse Davis, Chris Reed, and Ed Ingram (the draft). Those men made Seifet’s 53-man cut-off, and Wyatt Davis did not.
If he’s released, some team will sign Davis hoping to resurrect his once-promising career from the Buckeye days. For now, though, Davis is a forgotten man in the backdrop of the Vikings summer.
Ihmir Smith-Marsette (WR)
If one ranked Vikings roster cuts by surprise value, Smith-Marsette would take the cake.
The Vikings and their fans have big plans for the Iowa alumnus as he came on strong in the last couple of games of 2021. Seifert disagrees. According to him, the Vikings will keep Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen, K.J. Osborn, Bisi Johnson, Albert Wilson, and rookie Jalen Nailor.
Amid that sixsome, Smith-Marsette is on the outside looking in. One has to wonder if his current injury played a factor in ixnaying the 22-year-old. Regardless. Smith-Marsette not in Minnesota’s 2022 plans would be weird.
Chazz Surratt (LB)
Surratt earns the “snub” noun because of his draft stock. Ex-general manager Rick Spielman found Surratt in the 3rd Round of the 2021 NFL Draft. More often than not, 3rd-Round off-ball linebackers get a chance to showcase their skillset in the regular season.
If Surratt is a roster cut, he won’t do that for the Vikings. He didn’t play a single defensive snap in 2021, so a banishment from the 2022 roster would indicate full bust status for the North Carolina native.
Jaylen Twyman (DT)
You probably know about Twyman because he was shot multiple times last summer.
Those gunshots didn’t keep Twyman down, however, as the Pittsburgh alumnus will battle for a Vikings roster spot this summer. The only problem? ESPN isn’t high on those chances.
Twyman is curiously listed as a starter on ESPN’s Vikings depth chart, but per Seifert, that won’t last long as rookie Esezi Otomewo sneaks in through the backdoor to steal Twyman’s roster spot.
Harrison Phillips, Dalvin Tomlinson, and Armon Watts will also make the team in the defensive line’s interior if ESPN is correct.
Oli Udoh (OL)
Udoh played 94% of all Vikings snaps in 2021 but ranked second in the NFL for penalties. That’s unbecoming of a sequel, evidently.
Udoh seems on track to return to his organic tackle job this summer because the Vikings have guard options-galore, especially if Wyatt Davis is on the chopping block.
Fans won’t lament the release of Udoh, but he has quietly been with the team for three seasons.
Other roster cuts from Seifert included Kris Boyd (CB), Nate Hairston (CB), Blake Lynch (LB), James Lynch (DT), Andre Mitze (OLB), and Luiji Vilain (EDGE).
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).

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It has often been said that the greatest gift you can leave for your family and loved ones is a well-crafted estate plan. A comprehensive estate plan, designed to ensure that your assets pass to your intended beneficiaries in an efficient manner, begins with a consultation from an experienced and knowledgeable estate planner. A comprehensive estate plan requires careful consideration of the types of assets you have and the coordination of your various estate planning documents and non-probate beneficiary designations. A well-crafted estate plan will also include planning for the management of your assets if you become incapacitated or if you for any reason would benefit by having another party assist with the management of your assets. The attorneys at the Vitollo Law Firm are glad to work with you, your accountant, financial planner and other advisors as necessary to make sure your estate plan is structured according to your wishes.
Wills and Healthcare Powers of Attorney
Your Last Will and Testament is used primarily to direct who you desire to receive your assets upon the completion of the probate process, who you desire to serve as the Personal Representative of your estate, and who you desire to appoint as the guardian of any minor or disabled children. Your Healthcare Power of Attorney is used to appoint another person to make healthcare decisions for you if you are unable to make healthcare decisions for yourself, and to express your intentions concerning end of life care.
General Durable Powers of Attorney
Your General Durable Power of Attorney is used most often to appoint another person as your agent to manage your finances in the event you are unable to do so for yourself. Preparation of a GDPOA can help your loved ones avoid a court proceeding to request the appointment of a third party to manage your finances and your other legal affairs in the event you become incapacitated. A GDPOA can be specially drafted if you desire for your agent to be able to make gifts.
Revocable Living Trusts
Your Revocable “Living” Trust is primarily used to avoid probate. A Revocable Living Trust is generally drafted to become effective during your lifetime, and many individuals choose to serve as the initial trustee of the trust. The trust document would also name a successor trustee to be appointed upon your death or incapacity, and the trust document can be amended and revised so long as you are living and possess the requisite mental capacity. Any assets transferred to the trust during your lifetime, or by way of a non-probate beneficiary designation upon your death, could most often be distributed to your intended beneficiaries outside of the probate process. If you are married, the attorneys at the Vitollo Law Firm can review your circumstances with you to determine whether a joint trust might be appropriate, or whether separate trusts for each of you would better accomplish your estate planning goals.
An irrevocable trust generally cannot be modified once it is executed. Irrevocable Trusts take many forms and can be used for various purposes, including asset protection, estate and gift tax savings, and preserving assets for descendants in the event that a surviving spouse remarries after the creator of the trust has passed away. Assets of an irrevocable trust generally are not subject to the claim of a creditor of your probate estate, which creates a number of asset protection planning opportunities. Examples of irrevocable trusts include Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILIT’s), used to prevent life insurance proceeds from being subject to the federal estate tax; Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT’s), used to facilitate the transfer of an ownership interest in a residence to one or more beneficiaries, while allowing the grantor to maintain possession of the residence; Intentional Grantor Trusts (IGT’s), used to minimize or eliminate the gift tax that would be imposed on certain beneficial transfers; and Qualified Terminable Interest Property trusts (QTIP’s), used to obtain the federal estate or gift tax marital deduction by allowing the creator of the trust to provide for a surviving spouse, while maintaining control over who receives the assets upon the surviving spouse’s death. The attorneys at the Vitollo Law Firm can review your circumstances with you to determine whether an irrevocable trust is advisable for you and to discuss your options concerning the various types of trusts.
Supplemental Needs Trusts
A Supplemental Needs Trust or Special Needs Trust is used to supplement the federal and state benefits received by a disabled beneficiary, by complying with federal guidelines that make it possible to set aside funds for the “supplemental needs” of a disabled beneficiary when there are no governmental benefits available for that same purpose. Distributions from a properly drafted and administered Supplemental Needs Trust can be made for the benefit of a disabled beneficiary without disqualifying the beneficiary from receiving governmental benefits or reducing the amount of the benefits the beneficiary would otherwise receive. The attorneys at the Vitollo Law Firm can help you determine the most effective way for you to make provisions for a disabled beneficiary.
Estate and Gift Tax Planning
South Carolina does not have a state inheritance or death tax; however, if you have sufficient net worth to be subject to the federal estate tax, there are gifting and planning options available to reduce or eliminate the estate tax that would otherwise be owed. The attorneys at the Vitollo Law Firm can assist you in planning your estate to minimize your estate tax liability using a number of techniques, including use of the annual gift tax exclusion, the estate and gift tax marital deduction, shielding life insurance proceeds from the application of the estate tax, and utilizing creative lifetime gifting strategies.
Failure to properly structure your beneficiary designations, or failure to keep your beneficiary designations up to date, can have a devastating effect on an otherwise well-structured estate plan. Common mistakes includes failing to update designations upon the birth of a child, a change in marital status or the death of an intended beneficiary, as well as leaving assets directly to a disabled beneficiary. If your net worth consists heavily of bank accounts, brokerage accounts or retirement accounts, there is a good possibility that the bulk of your wealth will pass by way of non-probate beneficiary designations, and the attorneys at the Vitollo Law Firm can assist you in structuring and updating your beneficiary designations as necessary to achieve your estate planning intentions.

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I have a small pension through an annuity, which I am advised is worth £28,500. Under the government scheme, I would like to take this as a trivial commutation lump sum [ie, cash in the lump sum].
However, I have another small annuity which is £113 a year, which takes me over the £30,000 threshold.
I am told I cannot cancel the annuity. Is there any way that I can cancel it in order to access the lump sum?
Unfortunately, the decision to purchase an annuity is, in the vast majority of cases, irreversible so you would be unable to cancel it. At one point the government did announce that it was looking at plans that would allow people to cash in their annuities – the so-called secondary annuity market – but these were dropped in 2016.
In terms of your other small pot, you do not mention if it is a defined contribution (DC) or defined benefit (DB) pension but you do have options. If the pension is a DC one, then under the pension freedoms that came in in 2015, you would be able to take it as a cash lump sum less any tax due if you are over the age of 55.
If you have a DB plan, then you would need to do a DB to DC transfer if you wanted to be able to take your money as outlined above. Under current rules, you would not have to pay for regulated financial advice to make this switch as your pension is worth less than £30,000.
However, you may find that many providers will refuse to do a non-advised transfer so you may have to shop around.


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Contemporary bathroom vanities – Clean designs, artistic contemporary European style bathroom vanities improve your bathroom, giving you a sense of elegance. Vanities are made from a selection of wood, metal, stone and glass to create a work of art. Many facets bring European style functionality and style to your bathroom.
To complement the European style contemporary bathroom vanities you choose, there are additional options to consider. Some vanities can have a solid granite countertop with a hole located to connect the drain of the sink. This allows you the freedom to select from a wide range of sinks, old style or contemporary shaker or basins. Shapes include wide openings shaped shallow dish to reduce and deeper forms of plate. The taps can either be mixed with vanity or contrast finishes polished, brushed or satin metals including chrome, brass or copper.
Contemporary bathroom vanities European style offer something for every budget. They often have the option of buying one’s vanity and adding other accessories later, but you can also opt for purhcase entire assembly – the vanity shelf and mirror – and add matching shelves. European style contemporary bathroom vanities include traditional, modern, antique, shaker and classic look that can make your bathroom an elegant work of art.

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GENEVA: Hong Kong chief Carrie Lam instructed the primary UN human rights discussion board on Tuesday (Jun 30) that China’s nationwide safety laws for Hong Kong would fill a “gaping gap” and wouldn’t undermine its autonomy.
Hours earlier, China’s parliament handed nationwide safety laws for Hong Kong, setting the stage for essentially the most radical modifications to the previous British colony’s lifestyle because it returned to Chinese language rule 23 years in the past.
Lam, in a video message to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, mentioned Hong Kong had been “traumatised by escalating violence fanned by exterior forces”, including: “No central authorities might flip a blind eye to such threats to sovereignty and nationwide safety.”
“The laws goals to stop, curb and punish acts of cessation, subversion of state energy, terrorist actions … These crimes can be clearly outlined within the legislation. We’ll solely goal a particularly small minority of people that have (damaged) the legislation.”
“The life and property, primary rights and freedoms of the overwhelming majority of Hong Kong residents can be protected,” she mentioned.

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5. Ce’ Cile
Ce’ Cile grew up in Jamaica in Porus and Mile Gully, and spent most of her youth in Mandeville, where her grandfather had previously been mayor
Ce’ Cile discovered music through a friend of her father, Michael “Ibo” Cooper from the reggae band Third World and brought out her first single “Beat Of Her Heart”.
She added her own style to classical reggae and took it toward dancehall. In 1995, Steven Ventura, the owner of Celestial Sound Recordings, noticed her.
Then followed a period where she worked as a studio manager and recorded multiple demo tapes.
She also appeared on stage as a backing vocalist for various bands, as well as writing and producing songs with artists such as Jah Mason & Chrisinti.

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Nattacia Satie Music
Nattacia Satie Music - World Music Songs
Channeled melodies & lyrics by Nattacia Satie
Vocals: Nattacia Satie
Soundtrack for feature film "Bibi & Verlaine" by Nattacia Satie
Nattacia's mysterious style transcends time, culture and space. Her melodies and lyrics in languages contemporary and ancient are fragments of a soul's journey through lifetimes remembered. These songs are about the eternal cry for freedom, peace and unity with all, about beauty and joy of life, about harmony and love. They are to inspire the heart of all beings.
"Wildly inspired as early as a 3-year old in rural Austria, singing and dancing to jazzy American black & white musicals of Golden Hollywood with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, mesmerized in my teens by Chick Corea's 'Return To Forever' fusion jazz with the delicately intricate Brazilian vocals of Flora Purim and the sublime and otherworldly percussions of her partner Airto Moreira, stirred in all my senses by Carlos Santana's 'Abraxas' magic and his earthen African and Latin beats, I ended up traveling a long musical journey. First, running off to Paris and singing swing jazz in the streets of the Latin Quarter, at the French Riviera in Nice and Cannes, and in Switzerland, saving up every penny and emigrating to New York City. There, living the singing swinging bebop life, then exploring the different cultures of our beautiful world through the rhythms and sounds of their music, all in my beloved New York City!
These songs are a melange of all these world rhythms and sounds, which have ignited passion and joy for life within me as long as I can remember. They came to me in meditation and channeled during the Voice Toning workshops I used to hold in the East Village in Manhattan.
These songs send a passionate message of love and celebration of life to the world, you!" ~ Nattacia Satie
1. Touch The Stars (Kevin Leo voc. prod.)
2. Move All The Mountains (Shai Bachar prod.)
3. Lamento Yamasta (Shai Bachar prod.)
4. Mafunge (Yoham Chiqui Ortiz prod.)
5. Eshnapur (Yoham Chiqui Ortiz prod.)
6. Baba Tuma Yé (John Themis prod.)
7. Touch The Stars (John Themis prod.)
8. [raw rehearsal] I didn't wanna be your secret (Sam Watts piano)
Jazz Singing New York City
Nattacia trained extensively for several years in jazz singing and improvisation with renowned veteran Bebop jazz pianist Barry Harris in New York City in the early 1990s.
At the same time, she was honing her craft nightly at jam sessions from downtown Greenwich Village to uptown Harlem jazz clubs, standing her ground in the high octane testosterone ruled world of bebop, singing and swinging with up-and-coming and veteran musicians alike.
For the Thelonius Monk contest in 1994, three of these veterans offered to record five Jazz Classics with her. On piano, the late Chris Anderson, from Chicago, played with Charlie Parker in the 40s, mentored Herbie Hancock, accompanied Dinah Washington early on. On bass, the late Lisle Atkinson, from New York, was bassist to Nina Simone and Betty Carter. On drums, Frank Gant, from Detroit, briefly played with Billie Holiday early on.
Westrax Studios, New York City, 1994
Vocals: Nattacia Satie, piano: Chris Anderson, bass: Lisle Atkinson, drums: Frank Gant
Jazz Singing England
Live Radio Interview for 'All That Jazz'
Phoenix98 FM station, Brentwood, Essex, 2014
Nattacia is being interviewed by jazz pianist and radio host Adam Dyer, and they are performing some songs live. She talks about her life in jazz, starting out as a street performer in Paris, then moving on to New York City, where she met and worked with some amazing jazz musicians.
London Debut Live Performance
The Cellar Door, Aldwych - February 21 2014
Vocals: Nattacia Satie, piano: Sarah Bodalbhai
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Paris–Brest–Paris (PBP) is a 1200 km (750 mile) Brevet that was founded in 1891. The event is held every 4 years. As in all Brevets, riders need to be self-sufficient, as there are no follow cars, only checkpoints with limited supplies along the route. There is a 90-hour limit, with the clock running continuously. Most riders sleep as little as possible, sometimes just catching a few minutes nap beside the road before continuing on. In a state of exhaustion, one of our old employees took a nap in a farmer’s field before climbing back on his bike.
Participants must first complete a series of brevets (randonneuring events) within the same calendar year as PBP for qualifying. A series consists of 200 km, 300 km, 400 km and 600 km. Mike Barry Sr., and his business partner in Bicyclesport / Mariposa, Mike Brown, founded the Toronto Randonneurs (now Randonneurs Ontario) and organized a series of brevets so that local cyclists could qualify for P-B-P. The two Mikes never had the chance to ride P-B-P as they had to take care of the shop while most of the shop staff rode the event.
Where once PBP was contested by a few professionals as a demonstration of the bicycle’s potential, today the focus is on the every day riders and weekend warriors. Despite insistence that it isn’t a race, PBP offers trophies and prestige to the first finishers. For some riders, the goal is just to finish within the time limit, while for others it is to finish as fast as possible.
This Mariposa was designed to be ridden through the countryside in California and also in the August 2023 P-B-P. The frame was built with lightweight Kaisei tubing and it has an ENVE Adventure carbon fork with routing for a dynamo hub generated lighting and usb charging system so the rider has the option to ride through the night and charge their GPS and mobile phone. It has also has Honjo Fenders, so the bike is equipped for inclement weather. It was built up with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 12 speed groupset and lightweight, fast Princeton Carbonworks Peak 4550 wheelset and René Herse Bon Jon Pass Extralight Tires.

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Hughes wants St. Louis to stay with Canadiens long term
Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes gave interim head coach Martin St. Louis a significant vote of confidence Tuesday.
"I'd like to see him part of the Montreal Canadiens organization for the long term and remove the interim tag, if that's the question you're asking," Hughes told TSN from this week's GM meetings.
"In terms of the success or the impact that he's had, I expected him to have an impact, no question about it. Probably not as significant as he has in such a short period of time. But I said at the beginning, I'm not one to bet against Marty St. Louis, and those that have, have generally lost. He's a pretty special guy, and he's proven to be a pretty special coach."
St. Louis replaced Dominique Ducharme behind the bench on Feb. 9, marking his first NHL coaching gig. Since the Hall of Fame player took over, the Canadiens are 10-7-4 after a dreadful 8-30-7 start with Ducharme at the helm.
A notable turnaround in production for Montreal's young core forwards followed the coaching change: Cole Caufield has registered 25 points in 21 games, while Nick Suzuki has 22.
The Canadiens were recently eliminated from playoff contention and sit 31st overall in the league standings with 47 points.
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Hello all you TV watchers – well the end of March and start of April were such strange months – almost daily rain for 3 weeks or so. Several records were broken including the longest spell of continuous rain on record for Cartagena. Writing this during Easter weekend we have had some sunny days but more rain is forecast next week. Anyway I expect by the time you are reading this in May, rain will be a distant memory and the beautiful daily Spanish sunshine will be with us. Things roll along in the Rainbow household – still with four dogs, a few cats, goldfish in the pond and two terrapins in their own pond. We at Rainbow Satellites sponsor and work with the local charity “Friends of Mazarron Animals (FMA)” who do some wonderful work helping any animal in need. Find them on Facebook for all the current animals in their care and the upcoming fund raising events – and watch the 100 club draw live on a Friday night at 20.00h.
TV News …………… Well all the TV companies are pushing along for the eventual change to TV by internet only. Within a few years the transmission of TV signals by regular TV antenna and satellite will cease – leaving only internet as the sole TV transmitting medium. Many people ask “but what if we don’t get decent internet?” and the answer to that is everyone will have access to fast stable internet. There will be several alternatives for internet from the fibre transmission most of us in towns are now on, to the most advanced, which will be the Elon Musk satellite system currently in beta testing – he has launched hundreds of low orbit satellites to cover the whole globe for internet services at high speed. We understand you can now buy equipment to use the service but current prices before full rollout of the system are out of reach for most ……… but these prices will come down. In Spain everyone must have access to high speed internet by 2025 (?) and we understand the government are looking at subsidised satellite connections where fibre is not available.
Some ask what is internet TV – well iPlayer, More4, ITV hub, SKY glass, Brit box and all the other services now available are all internet TV services. Many of you in Spain watch TV by internet now with no satellite dishes or TV antennas required. If you don’t currently watch TV via the internet and want to know more about internet TV contact us for a free in home demonstration and the loan of a system for up to a week so that you can fully appreciate it. You will need good stable internet of 10mbs+. One day in the not too distant future you will have to make the swap from satellite to internet if you want to continue watching UK TV.
As an aside if you think your mobile phone (is it a phone these days?) does wonderful things now then wait until the phone companies get hold of the frequencies the TV companies use for regular transmissions – there will be an explosion of new technology.
The phone companies can’t wait to get these frequencies and will pay the government 10 times the price the TV companies pay – another reason for the demise of regular transmissions.
Regarding satellite – who is going to pay millions for a new satellite (and the current ones are coming to the end of their life) when you can “pump” it down the internet for free.
There is a huge disadvantage with internet TV and that is multiroom transmissions. Internet streaming is generally a subscription service and you will need a subscription box for each TV location – ouch! It is possible to “copy” a box transmission to another TV but both will have to watch the same thing. We often have people telling us they never paid for TV before and they are not going to now – but we respond with “did you have a TV licence in the UK?” – and of course we get the answer “well yes” – but the TV licence is only a subscription to watch BBC – call it whatever you want but BBC is a subscription service as are ITV etc – the subscription is through the advertisement costs that we all contribute to.
That’s it for May – another edition in June 2022 and that will be half the year gone!
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“Can I have four tickets to whatever event is on here now?” asks a German tourist at the ticket office outside London’s Excel Arena.
“You mean the boxing? Not a chance, mate,” says the man behind the counter, unable to withhold a smirk. Tickets for the 10,000 seat arena are sold out for the Olympic semi-finals, just as they have been every day over the last two weeks.
Difficulties in viewing the competition aren’t limited to London. Across the sea in the Irish town of Mullingar the family of John Joe Nevin gather to watch the boxer in a local pub moments before he meets Cuba’s Lázaro Álvarez in the Olympic bantamweight silver medal contest. They enter the pub but are told to leave. Arguments ensue, accusations are made. Other pubs in the town shut their doors, not wanting the group’s business. Nevin’s family have to venture six miles outside Mullingar to find somewhere that will let them in to watch the bout.
It’s been a difficult few years for Ireland. The once heralded “Celtic Tiger” economy dramatically collapsed in 2008, with the nation subsequently forced to accept external financial aid as thousands of young jobseekers emigrate in search of work. The lack of opportunity in people’s lives has stymied their own ambition and seen an increased unity behind the national sporting teams; essentially anything that can distract from the perpetual headlines detailing rising unemployment and economic stagnation.
The teams haven’t obliged, with the much-hyped rugby squad underperforming at the world cup late last year, while the soccer team was pitifully out-classed this summer at its first appearance in the European championships in 24 years. Those disappointments left a lot of scope for the Olympic boxers to capture public attention. Before London 2012, Ireland had won a total of four medals in all sports over the last three Games, and three of them were in boxing. Katie Taylor duly obliged public expectation and won the female competition and John Joe Nevin was seen as the best hope of emulating Michael Carruth to win Ireland’s first male gold since 1992.
John Waters of the Irish Times recently explained Ireland’s obsession with sport: “An Olympic medal, or a creditable appearance by an Irish team in the finals of some international competition, is proposed as something fundamental, rather than a mere passing cause for celebration. And it is indeed as if such successes occur to provide a kind of hope by proxy for the entire population, for whom more enduring forms of hope are nowadays culturally inaccessible.”
Nevin, 23, has been regarded as the best Irish male amateur since 2008. After being eliminated in his second contest at the Beijing Games, he later won two bronze medals at world championships. A relaxed counter-puncher in the ring, he boxes with a confident style, typically avoiding punches by a deft move of the head, putting himself in a position with strike with a sharp right cross. Yet in the months leading up to London his performances slumped. He was beaten by opponents that should have been routine tune-ups. Several members of the Irish team said the pressure was getting to Nevin. “He told me a few months ago that he wanted to pull out of the Games,” said 2008 Olympic silver medallist Kenny Egan. “He didn’t want to go through with it.”
In addition to dealing with the expectations of a success-starved nation, Nevin’s distinct heritage has brought additional difficulties. He is part of the Travelling community, a traditionally nomadic group considered a distinct ethnic minority in Ireland and Great Britain. The Traveller population in Ireland nears 30,000 and in recent years the group have become more integrated into the broader society, with many living in fixed houses and attending public schools. But the relationship between the communities is uneasy. The Traveller culture suffers from stigmas of violence and crime not helped by the portrayal of their idiosyncratic customs with a voyeuristic curiosity in the mainstream media via “exposé” documentaries on bare-knuckle boxing and reality shows like My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. As with many minorities, the actions of a few taint an entire community.
Few Travellers have been depicted as positive role models. Former boxer Francis Barrett is the most notable exception. Barrett competed for Ireland at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the popularity of his story saw him carry the nation’s flag at the Games’ opening ceremony. The gesture was expected to be a major breakthrough moment for the Travelling community. It wasn’t.
“Six weeks after I came back from the Olympic Games, I was turned away from a bar,” recalled Barrett. “I wouldn't say all Travellers are good. Some cause fights, drunken arguments and break places up, but you should not paint them all with the one brush.”
Sixteen years later Nevin’s family had to journey miles outside their hometown to find a public place that would allow them watch their next of kin approach the zenith of his vocation.
“It is wrong,” said Barrett of the apparent discrimination that faced Nevin’s family on the day of his semi-final bout. “If African or Polish people were not served in pubs because of their nationality there would be big trouble and so there should be. It is a disgrace that these pub landlords closed the door of the pubs. By rights they should be proud; John Joe is fighting for his country.”
Nevin’s cousin Martin said John Joe learned of the situation just moments before his contest with Cuba’s Álvarez. “He really took it personally,” claimed Martin. “He asked me was there a problem with him, whether the local people unhappy with his performance at the Olympics. He was really upset because he thought it was about him. He was in tears.”
But the anguish seemed to stir Nevin into the greatest performance of his career, culminating in a 19-14 points win over Álvarez. Nevin became the first Traveller to win an Olympic medal and expectations were high that he could beat Great Britain’s Luke Campbell to win gold the following Saturday night.
The strains of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” bring the crowd to its feet, with John Joe Nevin emerging into the arena first. Significantly less Irish fans are here than for Katie Taylor’s bouts earlier in the week, but those in attendance do their best to make themselves heard. Decked out in red vest and shorts, Nevin bounces on his toes, wearing a broad smile. Accompanied by coaches Billy Walsh and Zaur Anita in resplendent green tracksuits, Nevin raises his gloves to the crowd, signalling a contentment with the task in hand. He may be genuinely at ease, or putting on a front, but in a few minutes it won’t matter; attempts at illusion are quickly dispelled in the ring. Bounding up the steps and through the ropes, Nevin skirts the ring’s perimeter before briefly settling in front of his opponent’s corner where he wipes the soles of his shoes on the canvas as if marking his territory. He moves to his own red corner where Walsh affixes a headguard that will protect from superficial injury, but can do little to diffuse the concussive blows of an Olympic opponent.
As Luke Campbell comes into view the noise of the crowd reaches new decibels. The Irish fans gallantly respond with soccer-style chants but are soon drowned out by the locals’ booming repetition of “Campbell, Campbell”. There’s sincerity in Campbell’s approach; head down, he walks quickly with purpose to the ring. His face expressionless, he seems tense, as he should be. At the foot of the ring’s steps he jumps in the air, bringing his knees into his chest in an effort to shake out the nerves that likely make his legs feel like lead.
With introductions underway, the boxers prepare for nine minutes of combat dissected into three rounds in which they hope the judges at ringside will acknowledge every punch they land by pressing an electronic button.
As the round starts Nevin, boxing from an orthodox stance, immediately looks to assert himself by stepping firmly onto his southpaw opponent’s lead foot. He does this several more times, but the referee is quick to issue a caution. Campbell, the taller, rangier boxer, seeks to keep the fight at a distance by constantly moving while launching long, straight punches. Nevin has a sturdier look about him and is prepared to stand flat-footed and lean away before quickly throwing looping right hands. Each man tries to impose his will, hoping to draw the other away from their well-rehearsed strategy.
Billy Walsh sits ringside gulping back water. He’s fidgeting, crossing his legs, cracking knuckles, trying to subdue the adrenaline. Nevin seems to be almost trying too hard, with his eagerness to score compelling him move forward instead of boxing off the back foot. He gets caught by Campbell’s long right hand through the round and as the bell sounds the Irishman is behind 5-3.
In the second, Walsh forgets his restraint, snapping out right hand– left hook combinations. Nevin lands a solid right and Walsh leaps off his chair, pumping his fist. The punch gives Nevin momentum and by round’s end the deficit is reduced at 8-9. Behind by one score, Nevin knows he has to press the action. Desperation leads him to chase Campbell, who midway through the round smoothly steps back and catches an onrushing Nevin with a hard right hook. Nevin falls to the canvas. He recovers his senses quickly and unleashes a flurry of combinations through the remainder of the round. Some blows appear to connect, while others are deflected off Campbell’s gangly arms.
As the contest ends Nevin stands in the ring’s center. He blesses himself and looks skyward, praying that the oft-erratic scoring will go in his favour. When the final result of 14-11 is announced for Campbell there are no complaints from the Irish contingent. As the arena lets out a thunderous roar, Nevin fulfils the obligatory congratulations for his triumphant opponent. After leaving the ring, Walsh puts a red robe onto Nevin’s listless body and a white towel over his bowed head.
Nearly half an hour later the boxers are summoned back into the ring for the medal ceremony. Nevin is cleaned-up and dressed in a green Irish tracksuit, but his face remains solemn. Just three punches landed or blocked and he could be standing up where Campbell is, allowing the Irish fans to wave their tricolours to “Amhrán na bhFiann” instead of enduring the deep bellows of “God Save the Queen”.
After descending from the podium the boxers make their way from the ring. Nevin gives Campbell a final pat on the shoulder, but it goes unnoticed as the gold medallist is quickly surrounded by a horde of cameras and reporters. Nevin circumvents the gathering toward a small gathering of Irish media. He says a few words, has his picture taken with the tricolour and walks alone into the bowels of the arena.
Back in Mullingar applause resonates around the town center where a crowd of 5,000 [one quarter of the town’s population] has just watched the ceremony on a specially erected 13-foot outdoor screen. While Nevin’s immediate family decided to stay away from the town, many of his extended clan are among the spectators. Yet it is difficult to tell people apart; most blend together in a sea of green and gold. The town center belongs to no one and everyone, each person sharing common ground without disagreement or unrest; a community brought together by a young man’s sporting endeavours.
“I’m glad of Mullingar, what they done for John Joe,” said Nevin’s mother Winnie later that night. “I was watching it on television and there was a queer [astonishing] atmosphere in Mullingar at the Market Square, and fair play to the Mullingar people, but not the pubs, the pubs is a disgrace.”
Around the country 1.2 of the 5 million population tuned into the bout on television, with many more venturing to pubs and other pubic venues. The following Monday an estimated 7,000 people lined the streets of Mullingar to welcome back Nevin as he was paraded on an open-top bus.
“Today it’s a dream come true for me to come back and get represented by such a big crowd,” said Nevin at his homecoming. “It’s great to see all my family here. I was devastated to lose the final but saying that, I’ve gotten so far and a month ago I was talking about not going [to the Olympics].”
That Nevin didn’t win gold is insignificant. He ultimately absorbed the expectation of country and community and as part of the most successful boxing team in Ireland’s Olympic history he showed that the small island can still compete with the best. Whether rich or poor, Traveller or settled, few can be untouched by the success of the Olympian that runs on their town’s roads, trains at a nearby gym and breathes the same damp Irish air.
Nevin’s success won’t see the masses flock to boxing clubs, nor will it wholly change broad perceptions of the Travelling community. But when the youth of Ireland are discouraged by the shortage of opportunity or fearing immigration, maybe in the coming months they will think of how Nevin had his own setbacks before he achieved on the grandest stage. He has provided a flicker of inspiration to a generation in danger of losing the ability to dream.
Ronan Keenan can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org


This detailed chemistry lesson from the U.S. Department of Energy focuses on transforming vegetable oil into biodiesel through a process of transesterification. The process described offers a good model for many chemical reaction processes that are used to produce a viable product.
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The figure summarizes some of the key variations amongst the six illustrative scenarios used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in considering possible future emissions of greenhouse gases during the 21st century.
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This Earth Exploration Toolbook chapter is a detailed computer-based exploration in which students learn how various climatic conditions impact the formations of sediment layers on the ocean floor. They analyze sediment core data from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica for evidence of climate changes over time. In addition, they interact with various tools and animations throughout the activity, in particular the Paleontological Stratigraphic Interval Construction and Analysis Tool (PSICAT) that is used to construct a climate change model of a sediment core from core images.
This resource consists of an interactive table with a comprehensive list of 29 Greenhouse Gases, their molecular structures, a chart showing a time series of their atmospheric concentrations (at several sampling sites), their global warming potential (GWP) and their atmospheric lifetimes. References are given to the data sets that range from the mid-1990s to 2008.


"Ghosts," said Dillon, sadly.
"A thief!" I replied. "Why would you think it was ghosts who stole your saxophone?"
"It started 30 years ago," Dillon sighed. "There were four of us, then, playing an alto sax and a baritone, plus a low 'contrabass' and a high 'soprano'." His eyes were lost in memory, and he smiled happily. "Our band had a sound like no other. We were this city's biggest saxophone quartet!"
Dillon walked to a tall bookcase, which was stuffed with vinyl records, and ran a tired finger along their edges. He settled on worn-out cover, and soon the needle on his phonograph had found the record's groove. His tiny room filled with 30-year-old music, fast saxophones rollicking while a bass and a drum kept the beat. "I didn't know it then," Dillon explained, "but my saxophone also had its own legend."


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