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Talk Morgan Sage
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Wires in Mulberry to match the trim?  Oh, I keep telling him..but you know what he's like..
Steve
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Wires? Nasty hard to clean things.....plus I'd need new hubs!
Jays
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I believe that on the Morgan shimmy can be in part caused by too much positive scrub radius. That is to say the distance at the road surface between the axis of the kingpin and the centre of the tyres contact patch. As the tyres get wider from say the 4/4 on up to the more powerful cars the srub radius increases and my feeling is that the cars with the wider tyres can therefore be more likely to have shimmy problems if the geometry of one side is not identical to the other.
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Yes Peter...you've just reminded me.....another thing that the factory mentioned.
Jays
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If the shimmy is cyclical on bends it may be the out of balance or out if true wheels going in and out of phase. It doesn't take much to generate a slight shimmy.
DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
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Three pints and I can shimmy all night..
Steve
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Builders bottom centre stage?
DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
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Just arrived in Pembroke dock for 02.45 ferry back to the Emerald Isle. Suplex rear suspension fitted and initial view is that it is a really good "mod" - ride is definitely more comfortable - thoughts on handling need further mileage.
Also need some sleep!!!!!
Robbie
2021 Plus Four -- Helga
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"Fettlebodge"--A chief of the PaddyMogs
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Finally after various chores and a rain shower it was off in the godess , made it to the main road and planted right foot a bit too firmly on the right pedal and ....back tyres squirmed scarily till the diff corrected the sideways slithering !! Must be careful !
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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Took green godess on a short but fast run with wife in passenger seat for first time , mentally fast \mog , swept past several ponderous folk lots of crackling and popping when changing down ! I must stop behaving like a teenager ! I bet they never noticed you pass them but I bet they heard you! 
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