Cog swopping

As those sensible enough to read every issue of this august organ will be aware, I made a very poor judgement in my investment in a two-wheeled triple oil burning stove from my favourite Japanese motorcycle maker, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI).

This was to be a copper-bottomed investment that would grow faster and with less risk than any of my filthy lucre invested in the craven hands of the evil bankers. After less than a couple of hundred miles I realised I had bought a shiny project.

This month I intend to discover why, after considerably less than 200 miles, the tricky triple was jumping out of third gear as soon as asked to accelerate.

Before pulling apart the horizontally split crankcases to gain access to the