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Offline Fatbelly

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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #100 on: May 23, 2010, 19:48:42 »
finest biking weekend in a very long time and what did I do?

I went to hospital and had a plate fitted in the wrist I broke last weekend!

no more riding for ages! bugger! bugger! bugger!

PS no I didn't fall off my bike, I tripped over a kerb while watching the NW200 racing in Norn Iron.

PPS thanks to Causeway hospital in NI and Hairmyres hospital in Scotland.
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #101 on: May 23, 2010, 21:15:24 »
I took a ride down to Weston Super Mare today and put yet another coating of bugs on the bike.... only stayed there for half an hour and came home because it was just too hot for me. I was sweating my nads off in a summer leather and draggin jeans.
The amount of blokes I saw today riding in just tee shirts and ordinary jeans was unbelievable, most of them on sports bikes. And of course cruiser riders riding in a tee shirt and a leather waistcoat.
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Offline jaminben

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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #102 on: May 26, 2010, 15:54:47 »
I went to Cupar Motorcycles (Suzuki Dealer) this morning to have the bike hooked up to the Yoshi box. they charged me £50, compared to the £200 Saltire Suzuki in Edinburgh quoted  :shock:

they adjusted the low and mid range by 5% - sounds like quite a lot to me. it now pulls like a train  :grin:

however, my problems with it hiccuping around 2800 revs persist!! :bawl:
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #103 on: May 26, 2010, 15:57:07 »
I took the Wee to Mount Motorcycles in Port Talbot for a service. The service took about two hours and then I spent a good couple of hours in the twisties  :grin:
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #104 on: May 26, 2010, 22:50:53 »
Passed my test and went for my first ride on the Strom, happy as can be :-)
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Offline ham1

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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #105 on: September 25, 2010, 20:43:10 »
Bike safe course, very fun and very worth it!
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #106 on: September 29, 2010, 20:50:40 »
Not today, but Saturday 26th, rode up to Boston in Lincs, stayed at a very friendly B&B and visited friends on Sunday when it chucked it down all day.  Came home via the Heritage Aviation Museum nr Horncastle on Monday (Excellent  :thumb: ).  Only 300 or so miles in damp conditions over 3 days but Me & Mrs E enjoyed the ride, nice to get away for a while.
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #107 on: September 29, 2010, 21:42:00 »
again, not today but Sunday 3rd October I shall be at the Ace cafe with the Hornets Nest.
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #108 on: September 30, 2010, 17:51:19 »
Weather great today and s##t forcast for next few days , so jumped aboard at ten and went off up Biggen Hill down through Westerham along to Sevenoaks, through town to Hildenborough, Tonbridge, back up the A21 onto M25 towards Dartford, turned off for Bexley, Welling, Shooters hill, then home, bit of everything.Brilliant.
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #109 on: September 30, 2010, 18:43:03 »
what part of gods own borough are you in then fella,
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #110 on: September 30, 2010, 20:55:19 »
The bit that God never got to ......
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #111 on: October 01, 2010, 17:52:51 »
yesterday I flew to manchester from belfast, bought a 250 superdream (ebay) and rode it back up to stranraer for the ferry home.  Not the first time taking one of these dreams a bit of a distance.  great trip about 220 miles and its amazing how many people who have had a superdream. I was speaking to a cop whilst waiting for the ferry and he had one and then this old bloke jumped out of his motorhome and was over admiring it talking about the old days.

Great craic it was!!! :auto-dirtbike:
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #112 on: October 02, 2010, 00:55:10 »
I had one too, it was an underpowered, overweight lump of shite and it's petrol tank rotted right through 'til the petrol ran out of little holes. I had to strip & clean the brakes every few months to stop them seizing.
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #113 on: October 02, 2010, 06:30:42 »
Quote from: "Fatbelly"
I had one too, it was an underpowered, overweight lump of shite and it's petrol tank rotted right through 'til the petrol ran out of little holes. I had to strip & clean the brakes every few months to stop them seizing.

That sounds like the one I used to own   :neen:
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #114 on: October 02, 2010, 13:19:36 »
first bike lesson in the rain!   :rain:
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #115 on: October 02, 2010, 17:23:28 »
Had a great run out around the Saddleworth Moor area, taking in Rishworth, Denshaw, Delph, Holmfirth etc, with my instructor Dave Brook, training for the IAM test which is hopefully just a few weeks away now. Quite a few bikers out braving the chilly air.
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #116 on: October 03, 2010, 08:44:00 »
Popped out yesterday and did 30 miles on the mighty X9 started first push of the button after 5 weeks..... :lala:

Thinks I might have to get another proper bike...... :auto-dirtbike: sort of regret selling the 'Strom but hindsight is always 20:20...
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #117 on: October 03, 2010, 11:29:22 »
Nothing because it is throwing it down with a vengeance.  

Yesterday took advantage of a brief weather window and took Lady G for her first run on the newly acquired Wee, went to take my mother her birthday present.  Found that the twist grip rubber on the newly fitted heated grips was fouling on the bar end weight so that the throttle didn't snap shut.  Should have checked before going out  :crazy: . Other than it was a lovely run out round the back roads of Lincolnshire.  On my return I attacked the offending item with a Stanley knife and now all is well.
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #118 on: October 03, 2010, 11:41:38 »
Did a few miles out in Northumberland, up the Military Road paralleling hadrians wall. Tried my phone sat-nav (Nokia X6) for the first time ever with any satnav to see if it could get me home...It was wrong within 200 yards! then it got confused at a (admittedly fairly new) bypass on the A69 near Haydon Bridge. Luckily I was enjoying the ride anyway so just had a laugh at it, but if I was in a foreign country (Wales) I'd have been effing and blinding!
Bike seems twitchy since I lowered it 25mm at rear and droppedforks...and maybe time to get some new tyres...
Thermal lining in jacket, first time in months and months...ho hum!
But a great little blast!  :)))
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Re: What Did You Do Today On Your Bike?
« Reply #119 on: October 03, 2010, 12:19:26 »
Greetings all, yesterday (saturday) I rode to the wall (National Arboritum memorial centre) along with probally eight thousand other riders to pay our repects to the nations fallen heroes out of all those bikes only saw 3 other stroms spoke to one strom rider who was not aware of the forom recommended him to have a look. fantastic day out we should promote this ride next year bonus it was also dry and sunny :grin:
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