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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Ray_Tupper on 29 March 2011, 23:23:13
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:) :) Just wondering at what age you started riding them, plus what age are you now still riding?
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started at about 14 - got caught many times - :-[
Still riding at 51. ;)
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Honda SS50 at 16, the first of the sixteeners 1973.... :D :D :D FS1E's stink, 2 stroke... ::) ::)
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So what bikes have you had? What do you ride now? Are the aches and pains getting to you yet? I have few years on you but still remember going over 50 horrible time that. .
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Oh please why did you have to ask the aging Ode Irishman these questions Ray??
He has a Honda C90 step through, with a basket on the front... I have actually seen it, but he is bound to come out with some nonsense thats just how he is :-X
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Ray, I actually have a Honda C70 with a basket on the front. Its still not as slow as a Stokie Fizzy though. ;)
And who has changed their name to Ray Tupper ? ::)
I actually think its another of the alter ego,s of the Stokie mentalist. ;)
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Ray, I actually have a Honda C70 with a basket on the front. Its still not as slow as a Stokie Fizzy though. ;)
And who has changed their name to Ray Tupper ? ::)
I actually think its another of the alter ego,s of the Stokie mentalist. ;)
Why how many do you think he has Albs?
Apart from calling himself Brenda on the weekends.
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Who can tell Cap,n. Who can tell ? ::) :-/
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Honda SS50 at 16, the first of the sixteeners 1973.... :D :D :D FS1E's stink, 2 stroke... ::) ::)
I had a couple of Ambassadors they were a two stroke machine, fast at the time. Wearing a Tam & Goggles great and happy times. :)
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Hate them with a vengeance :y
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Why ? :-/
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Honda SS50 at 16, the first of the sixteeners 1973.... :D :D :D FS1E's stink, 2 stroke... ::) ::)
I had a couple of Ambassadors they were a two stroke machine, fast at the time. Wearing a Tam & Goggles great and happy times. :)
Never heard of them..... ::) ::) ::)
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Goes back years, Albs........won't go into too much detail, but involves deaths :(
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Honda SS50 at 16, the first of the sixteeners 1973.... :D :D :D FS1E's stink, 2 stroke... ::) ::)
I had a couple of Ambassadors they were a two stroke machine, fast at the time. Wearing a Tam & Goggles great and happy times. :)
You must be the first OOFer to be more than 100 years old. :o ::) ;D
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Goes back years, Albs........won't go into too much detail, but involves deaths :(
I have similar memories Terbert, but without wishing to sound insensitive or glib, its never the machines fault. :y
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Goes back years, Albs........won't go into too much detail, but involves deaths :(
Alb's doesn't go fast enough for him to get hurt anyway so he'll be ok ;D
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Goes back years, Albs........won't go into too much detail, but involves deaths :(
Alb's doesn't go fast enough for him to get hurt anyway so he'll be ok ;D
The stabalisers help too. ;D
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True. :)
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We saved up and bought a Royal Enfield 350 in 1954, it came in a three wheeler van covered in brown paper. We did no end of miles on that.
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Goes back years, Albs........won't go into too much detail, but involves deaths :(
I have similar memories, but without wishing to sound insensitiveor glib, its never the machines fault. :y
You are very right Albs..... it is the human on board that does the business :y
I admire the bikes when I see them at the Poole summer meets on the Quay...must get about a 1000 or so every Tuesday during the summer.....but because of the past, I would dissauade any of my family to have one.
We have suffered one killing himself on a bike and one being killed on a crossing by a bike..
I would not start a 'no bikes' campaign, but would say to people....have one by all means and enjoy, but please, please, be careful :y
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Goes back years, Albs........won't go into too much detail, but involves deaths :(
I have similar memories, but without wishing to sound insensitiveor glib, its never the machines fault. :y
You are very right Albs..... it is the human on board that does the business :y
I admire the bikes when I see them at the Poole summer meets on the Quay...must get about a 1000 or so every Tuesday during the summer.....but because of the past, I would dissauade any of my family to have one.
We have suffered one killing himself on a bike and one being killed on a crossing by a bike..
I would not start a 'no bikes' campaign, but would say to people....have one by all means and enjoy, but please, please, be careful :y
I lived in Poole in 1985 for a few months....... :y
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What drove you away....the Motorbikes ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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What drove you away....the Motorbikes ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
No his Mrs ;D ;D ;D
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What drove you away....the Motorbikes ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Nope, a job back in the North for the company I had left...... :D :D :D
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What drove you away....the Motorbikes ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
His ASBO. ;D
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Honda SS50 at 16, the first of the sixteeners 1973.... :D :D :D FS1E's stink, 2 stroke... ::) ::)
I had a couple of Ambassadors they were a two stroke machine, fast at the time. Wearing a Tam & Goggles great and happy times. :)
You must be the first OOFer to be more than 100 years old. :o ::) ;D
I am 78 years old this October 25th young man. Not quiet 100 yet but I will do my very best. :)
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What drove you away....the Motorbikes ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The restraining order. :y
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Honda SS50 at 16, the first of the sixteeners 1973.... :D :D :D FS1E's stink, 2 stroke... ::) ::)
I had a couple of Ambassadors they were a two stroke machine, fast at the time. Wearing a Tam & Goggles great and happy times. :)
You must be the first OOFer to be more than 100 years old. :o ::) ;D
I am 78 years old this October 25th young man. Not quiet 100 yet but I will do my very best. :)
What did you do in the war Grandad? ;D
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You seem pretty good on this computer Ray :y
How long have you had Omega's? Does your wife like it?
Daz :y
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Forgoing comments apart, I have to say, I stand in awe at the way the bikers look after their machines.
This sounds like an advert, but if anyone is within a near distance to Poole in the summer, pop down on a Tuesday night, and you will be suprised at the amount and variation of bikes. And trikes, etc. Saw one last year, had the front of a trike and the rear of a Porsche....fantastic machine :y
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I have been outside all day putting my bike back together, not finished yet, but its nearly there. Its been in bits since about October, so its hard to remember what goes where. ::)
Seem to have lost a stabiliser somewhwere too. :D
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I am infact a Grandad and a proud one at that. I also lived through the war as a boy frightened beyond belief, sitting under the stairs for hour on end, but you would not know about such things CaptainZok I am sure. I did however do my National Service which dare I say would have done your age group some good. :y
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Hes actually older than you
right up her Ray Tupper. ;) ;D
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I am infact a Grandad and a proud one at that. I also lived through the war as a boy frightened beyond belief, sitting under the stairs for hour on end, but you would not know about such things CaptainZok I am sure. I did however do my National Service which dare I say would have done your age group some good. :y
Nah can't stand authority. I'm still AWOL from the cubs. ;D ;D
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I am infact a Grandad and a proud one at that. I also lived through the war as a boy frightened beyond belief, sitting under the stairs for hour on end, but you would not know about such things CaptainZok I am sure. I did however do my National Service which dare I say would have done your age group some good. :y
Woooooo.....handbags at three paces ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I am infact a Grandad and a proud one at that. I also lived through the war as a boy frightened beyond belief, sitting under the stairs for hour on end, but you would not know about such things CaptainZok I am sure. I did however do my National Service which dare I say would have done your age group some good. :y
Nah can't stand authority. I'm still AWOL from the cubs. ;D ;D
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As a man in authority, Capt, I can tell you the file is still open !!!!!! :y
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I am infact a Grandad and a proud one at that. I also lived through the war as a boy frightened beyond belief, sitting under the stairs for hour on end, but you would not know about such things CaptainZok I am sure. I did however do my National Service which dare I say would have done your age group some good. :y
Nah can't stand authority. I'm still AWOL from the cubs. ;D ;D
And the Barbers. :D ;D ;D
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I am infact a Grandad and a proud one at that. I also lived through the war as a boy frightened beyond belief, sitting under the stairs for hour on end, but you would not know about such things CaptainZok I am sure. I did however do my National Service which dare I say would have done your age group some good. :y
Nah can't stand authority. I'm still AWOL from the cubs. ;D ;D
And the Barbers. :D ;D ;D
Jealous? ;D ;D
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I have enjoyed chatting with you, not sure if stopping up this late was a great idea but not being able to sleep lately. My son has been showing me how to use this computer bringing myself out of the dark ages apparently. .
Anyway Good Night God Bless .
Ray :y
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My hair is lovely. Its a bit lonely though, it misses all the others.
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Good Night Ray take care :y
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Why do I get the feeling 'old' Ray....isn't ? ::)
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OK, I'll post a sensible answer..................
Started on a Yamaha YB100 at 17, then...................
Suzy T125-11 stinger
Suzi GT185
Suzi GT380
Suzi GT550
Honda CB650
Yamaha RD400
Yamaha RD350LCx2
Honda CX500 eurostyle
Kawasaki Z900
Kawasaki KH500( nearly killed myself, had only 3 days.............)
Honda CB1000
and at the moment, Suzi RF900R at just over 50 y.o.
Cant seem to shake the bug!
Had loads of others over the years for short times, and swapped them if they were crap, or didn't ride very well (bought a Kawasaki Z750 once, nearly fell asleep it was so boring to ride, sold it a week later for the same as I bought it for, PLUS a set of leathers....RESULT.) :y :y
MOTORCYCLES=FREEDOM. :y
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I'd like to ride my ZX10 again, but that means finding the keys ::)
I did, errr, tweak some wiring the other day, and took it for a run around the corner, and its running like a sack of poo. It needs the cobwebs blown out. Can't run it much further, as I can't get any petrol in it until I find keys...
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Started riding very young, my brother did schoolboy scrambles as it was called then, so had access to bikes. I had stopped riding by the age of 15 as I discovered females.
Started riding again around 26 or 27, and still riding now at 45.
:)
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only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/MT-03%20Sale/DSC00003.JPG)
But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.
So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price :D
Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC00930.JPG)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC01046.JPG)
Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now :-/
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A long, long line since 1975.
Suzuki GT 185
Yamaha RD250 (pre-water cooled)
Suzuki GT 380
Honda CB550 F2
Suzuki GT 550
Honda CB400-4
Suzuki Bandit 600
Honda VFR800
+ a few other unmentionables in between
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww345/readerj01/Sundry/DSCF0251-1.jpg)
I loved them all (except the Yam) but the VFR was sooo nice. I sold it once then re-bought it after passing it every day for four weeks on the way to work. I couldn't stand looking at it sobbing in the shop window.
Sadly it has now gone forever but it will always be in my heart. The reality was it was too easy to speed and after getting a second pull in as many weeks from Mr Plod and his speedy camera I decided it was time to hang up my helmet. :'( :'( :'(
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i love em,started out on a honda vision,then had an unrestricted tzr 125,honda vfr 400,honda cbr 600,honda vtr sp1,then got married and it all went wrong,now divorced with no bike...have to say if all car drivers rode motorbikes we would cut the accident rates overnight...motorcycles dont kill people,,,,,, car drivers do....... :'(
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passed my test at 17 with a honda 50.
kawasaki kh250.
suzuki gt550.
honda cb 750 k6.
suzuki gs850 shaft drive.
suzuki gs1000en.
and now still with this beauty 1989 cbr 1000fk at 52 years young.
(http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww84/colv6/Photo0122.jpg)
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only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/MT-03%20Sale/DSC00003.JPG)
But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.
So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price :D
Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC00930.JPG)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC01046.JPG)
Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now :-/
You must be a very muscular man to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous :o
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello :y
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only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/MT-03%20Sale/DSC00003.JPG)
But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.
So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price :D
Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC00930.JPG)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC01046.JPG)
Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now :-/
You must be A VERY MUSCULAR MAN to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous :o
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello :y
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Oh dear. Oh dear. ;D ;D
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..motorcycles dont kill people,,,,,, car drivers do....... :'(
Perhaps someone could pass that message on to my Yamaha YZ Moto X ;D ;D. It does its best to kill me every time I go out on it. Power valve two stroke which has power band either on or off, nothing in the middle. Especially lairy when on tarmac or maybe I'm just too old for it now. ::) ::) :y
Regards
Alan
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Lambrettas and Vespas when I was about 14 and finished with an old RD400 about 6 years ago. Think its time for a GPZ900R as i've always fancied having one of them :)
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Lambrettas and Vespas when I was about 14 and finished with an old RD400 about 6 years ago. Think its time for a GPZ900R as i've always fancied having one of them :)
Have you ever been to Scarborough when they have the Scooter Rally? the amount bikes is literally unbelievable, the paintings that these people have on them are thousands of pounds worth.. :)
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Lambrettas and Vespas when I was about 14 and finished with an old RD400 about 6 years ago. Think its time for a GPZ900R as i've always fancied having one of them :)
Have you ever been to Scarborough when they have the Scooter Rally? the amount bikes is literally unbelievable, the paintings that these people have on them are thousands of pounds worth.. :)
That was my first scooter run in 1982 ;)
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Lambrettas and Vespas when I was about 14 and finished with an old RD400 about 6 years ago. Think its time for a GPZ900R as i've always fancied having one of them :)
Have you ever been to Scarborough when they have the Scooter Rally? the amount bikes is literally unbelievable, the paintings that these people have on them are thousands of pounds worth.. :)
That was my first scooter run in 1982 ;)
I wonder then if you could have been one of the young men lying in the middle of the road intoxicated :-?
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You must be a very muscular man to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous :o
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello :y
Not sure where you're from Ray but we have a Vellocette Dealer/Parts/ shop in our town. Seymours shop in Thame, Oxfordshire has Vellocette Venoms and Thruxton Vellocettes on display. :y :y
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Lambrettas and Vespas when I was about 14 and finished with an old RD400 about 6 years ago. Think its time for a GPZ900R as i've always fancied having one of them :)
Have you ever been to Scarborough when they have the Scooter Rally? the amount bikes is literally unbelievable, the paintings that these people have on them are thousands of pounds worth.. :)
That was my first scooter run in 1982 ;)
I wonder then if you could have been one of the young men lying in the middle of the road intoxicated :-?
I was always a good boy ::) ;D
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only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/MT-03%20Sale/DSC00003.JPG)
But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.
So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price :D
Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC00930.JPG)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC01046.JPG)
Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now :-/
You must be A VERY MUSCULAR MAN to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous :o
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello :y
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Oh dear. Oh dear. ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/MT-03%20Sale/DSC00003.JPG)
But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.
So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price :D
Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC00930.JPG)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC01046.JPG)
Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now :-/
You must be a very muscular man to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous :o
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello :y
Its lucky Tunnie has big feet or he would be falling down grids :D
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only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/MT-03%20Sale/DSC00003.JPG)
But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.
So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price :D
Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC00930.JPG)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC01046.JPG)
Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now :-/
You must be a very muscular man to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous :o
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello :y
Not sure where you're from but we have a Vellocette Dealer/Parts/ Refurber by us. Seymours shop in Thame, Oxfordshire has Vellocette Venoms and Thruxton Vellocettes on display. Different world back then with de-compressors and kick-start at TDC. :y :y
A friend of mine has a 1950's Manx Norton. Its mega exhaust pipe well I need to turn down my hearing aid when he kicks her in ;D
Young'uns think everything like these chain oilers are new but it isn't. Ed's Manx has it, the oil is actually in the frame with a tap to drip out the oil onto the chain.
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Given the above Ray, please have a wee avatar on me...
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/avatar/alfsbrother.jpg)
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Honda CB250G
Honda CB400N
Yamaha DT250MX
Honda CX500B
Suzuki GS850G
Honda CBR600F
Honda CBR1000F
Suzuki GSXR1100M
Suzuki GS1000E
Honda VFR750F
and for the last 4 years, a 1991 Harley-Davidson XL1200.
(http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv327/Turkpix/wwwsporty.jpg)
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Harley's have never done anything for me but that of yours looks lovely mate. :y
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I really, really, really really want a HAYABUSA next.................love my car, but the feeling a bike gives you just does it for me everytime, and as somebody on here said, "only a biker understands why dogs....................etc" :y
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i love em,started out on a honda vision,then had an unrestricted tzr 125,honda vfr 400,honda cbr 600,honda vtr sp1,then got married and it all went wrong,now divorced with no bike...have to say if all car drivers rode motorbikes we would cut the accident rates overnight...motorcycles dont kill people,,,,,, car drivers do....... :'(
Oh,oh, me, me, me! Lol! I LOVE bikes, my first love! There is nothing else that gives me the feeling that a bike gives, I only feel really "alive" when out on my bike. Have had loads of bikes over the years, with my early years all mostly strokers, but my R1 is all the bike I wanted in 30 years, just an outstanding piece of machinery! Still have my old RD400 too, which is getting a makeover, lol. You always have to have an old stroker stashed away somewhere lol!
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5760/dsc00518x.jpg)
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i love em,started out on a honda vision,then had an unrestricted tzr 125,honda vfr 400,honda cbr 600,honda vtr sp1,then got married and it all went wrong,now divorced with no bike...have to say if all car drivers rode motorbikes we would cut the accident rates overnight...motorcycles dont kill people,,,,,, car drivers do....... :'(
Yes I can see some merit in your distrust of car drivers, but to suggest that the riders of motorcycles are wholly without blame for RTC's involving them (as it appears you are) is somewhat misplaced in my view.
I see many motorcycle riders who drive responsibly but sadly I also see many who drive irresponsibly by displaying impatience and using excess speed in the most inappropriate places - rather like many car drivers.
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only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/MT-03%20Sale/DSC00003.JPG)
But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.
So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price :D
Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC00930.JPG)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Wales/DSC01046.JPG)
Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now :-/
You must be a very muscular man to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous :o
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello :y
Your could not be further from the truth! ;D
I'm tall at 6ft4/5 ish, but very skinny, weigh bang on 12 stone now.
I borrowed a Yam XJ6 after I passed, silky smooth engine, but it felt like a monkey bike really, far, far too small. Had shoulder ache within just 20 mins, not a fan of the streaming engine.
Prefer the low-reving torque of the 1200 boxer, to be honest I do struggle with the weight, its about 210kgs, when its fully fueled, got the panniers and camping gear on it can be a struggle to get it off the side stand! :-[
But once rolling, weight disappears and it becomes a very nimble bike for its size, not everyones cup of tea but I love it :)
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My head has decided that I am selling my bike in the near future.However, it should be back on the road this weekend, and once ive had a couple of rides on it my heart may well overrule the head for another summer. ::) :)
Love that R1 btw Daisy. Ridden a few and always wanted to own one before hanging up my helmet, but dont think its going to happen now. Might be just as well I suppose, as I now need my licence to get to work. ::)
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Harley's have never done anything for me but that of yours looks lovely mate. :y
I was the same too. I was asking myself "Why am I on this heap of sh*t ?" before I had even gone a 100 yds on the test ride, but a few miles later I realised I was actually starting to like it. :o
Tho' I suspect the fact that it's now bored out from 883 to 1200 and dyno'd, with N4 cams, S.E II pipes, an 8,000rpm S.E ignition module and re-worked heads may have something to do with it still giving 'the grin factor' after being used to the performance of even standard tune jap 'plastic fantastics'.
Handles ok for a 'two wheeled tractor' too, but getting my 'knee-down' on it would be closely followed by an elbow and an ear hole. ;D
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Jap bike is no guarantee Turk, I have the scars to prove it. ;D. :-[
And yes it's that tired old pic again. :-/
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http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/Almeriafeb06cropped.jpg
Jap bike is no guarantee Turk, I have the scars to prove it. ;D. :-[
And yes it's that tired old pic again. :-/
Aah that's the one to quicken my pulse - it seems to defy logic but there it is, a machine and rider leaning at a crazy angle but yet able to sustain it and come out the other side ready for more. :-* :-*
Heady stuff.
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Not at all a tired old pic Chris. Its a great reminder of what biking is all about in its purest form. And probably a clue to you probably being a pretty quick rider. ;).....preffered the one with both wheels off the ground myself (Cadwell?) ;)
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Jap bike is no guarantee[/highlight] Turk, I have the scars to prove it. ;D. :-[
And yes it's that tired old pic again. :-/
True, and so do I, ::) but a knee down whilst on a Harley IS guaranteed to start the 'Earth....Sky....Earth....Sky....Earth....Sky.....Ambulance' sequence ;D
That's an excellent photo, by the way ! :y
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Not at all a tired old pic Chris. Its a great reminder of what biking is all about in its purest form. And probably a clue to you probably being a pretty quick rider. ;).....preffered the one with both wheels off the ground myself (Cadwell?) ;)
Quick? Not on that day. That's taken at Almeria in Spain in Feb on an ACU license holders only track day, often used by BSB/MRO level riders and teams for pre season testing due to the drier climate, plus there was local race on at the circuit the following werkend. I and several other track day regulars where very much in the way on that occassion. Of note, Superdtock rider, at the time, Brendon Roberts was on track along with one of the BSB privateers and Ian Cobby also.
I learned alot, mostly that the difference between "Quick" riders and the pro's is Massive, really is! A different planet in fact.
Heres the Cadwell pic Albs. :y
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/Chris.jpg)
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http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/Almeriafeb06cropped.jpg
Jap bike is no guarantee Turk, I have the scars to prove it. ;D. :-[
And yes it's that tired old pic again. :-/
Aah that's the one to quicken my pulse - it seems to defy logic but there it is, a machine and rider leaning at a crazy angle but yet able to sustain it and come out the other side ready for more. :-* :-*
Heady stuff.
...in the grand scheme of things and a biking "carear" so to speak... this is L plate/beginner stuff...
...although photographers lieing on the racing line is not normal tbh. :o ;D
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Thats a cracking pic Chris. Looks like fun. Doesnt get much better than that. Afew track days were on my bucket list, but doubt its gonna happen now, life got in the way,and Im getting on a bit for all that now. ;)
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Thankyou gents, getting on a bit myself now.
I used to be young dumb and full of come.
Now I'm just old bold and full of mold. ;D
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impressive stuff :y