A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 3)

[Biker's Nemesis]

Mastodon2 said:

Is that Randy Mamola on the right

Yep.

[scunnylad]

Fleegle said:

scunnylad said:

Montjuic's?

The green one looks like an old kwak motor to me going by the fins and cam covers

[gwm]

theshrew said:

Don't do it. I miss mine

What did you replace it with and what was the thing missed? I'm not even sure I would replace it with another road bike tbh.

[legzr1]

tight5 said:

Dave, cheers.

Rideout ? Yeah I'm up for that.

It's going good, different.
Punch out of corners
Need a new jacket, tho. Once the speed gets up my current jacket 'honey monsters'

Rideout? Yes, me too (probably get Macca to tag along as well).

Don't know if I mentioned it last week but you know that horrible bumpy road Stanhope - Middleton? That's the quickest I've seen you on that stretch - impressive after 20 miles on a new bike!
Wasn't just the torque of that thing - you looked comfortable on it and that must count for a lot.


Anyway, Honey Monster you say?




Croft is grippy in the wet

[central]

Super Street by Mark Skinner, on Flickr

[George29]

Biker's Nemesis said:

I have been told the same but never managed to get both wheels off the ground on Camera.

I have heard the revs rise sharply a few times so it must have been at least 1mm off the ground.

I'm the same, had both wheels off individually on camera, but never both. Felt like I've had both off though as a rise in revs.

Fleegle said:

I don't even like having one wheel off the ground

Same here, try to avoid wheelies wherever possible. I'm st at them anyway.

[mckeann]

I'm also crap at wheelies and stoppies. Never been to cadwell but I think I'd poo myself on lift off.

[J B L]

Fleegle said:

scunnylad said:

Montjuic's?

That's 3 pipes at the front of the orange one, Laverda I'd say.

Here's one I took in Italy, look at the front fairing's shape



Here you can actually see a version with the twin headlights

[graham22]

J B L said:

Fleegle said:

scunnylad said:

Montjuic's?

That's 3 pipes at the front of the orange one, Laverda I'd say.

I'd agree, more Jota than Monty by the way the pipes appear. The other one's a Kawasaki, probably in something like a P&M frame.

[tight5]

legzr1 said:

Don't know if I mentioned it last week but you know that horrible bumpy road Stanhope - Middleton? That's the quickest I've seen you on that stretch - impressive after 20 miles on a new bike!
Wasn't just the torque of that thing - you looked comfortable on it and that must count for a lot.

Cheers, bud.
But I think that's the first time you've been behind me there !

[scunnylad]

graham22 said:

J B L said:

Fleegle said:

scunnylad said:

Montjuic's?

That's 3 pipes at the front of the orange one, Laverda I'd say.

I'd agree, more Jota than Monty by the way the pipes appear. The other one's a Kawasaki, probably in something like a P&M frame.

Nico Bakker frame I am told

[Alex@POD]

A quick picture from our first proper trip out on the bike:

[gwm]

This is what counts for heaving motorcycle parking in Edinburgh (for all you Londoners)




Though I bet you don't get a jakey asking you how easy it is to steal a bike while you get your kit on...

[central]

Woody by Mark Skinner, on Flickr

[Baryonyx]

gwm said:

This is what counts for heaving motorcycle parking in Edinburgh (for all you Londoners)




Though I bet you don't get a jakey asking you how easy it is to steal a bike while you get your kit on...

By Newcastle standards, that's fking rammed!

[Playsatan]

Baryonyx said:

gwm said:

This is what counts for heaving motorcycle parking in Edinburgh (for all you Londoners)




Though I bet you don't get a jakey asking you how easy it is to steal a bike while you get your kit on...

By Newcastle standards, that's fking rammed!

And I bet there's always at least one GS there too.

[srob]

central said:

Woody by Mark Skinner, on Flickr

How do you take your photos?

They're always bloody brilliant! Do you pan with a slow shutter speed and rely on your hand/eye coordination keeping up, or is there more to it? I've tried picking one point and focussing, then waiting for the subject to pass that point but it's hit and miss.

I can take half decent photos occasionally, but I'd say that for every 30 I take I get one decent one if I'm on full-on manual mode. My camera is one of the very first digi-SLR Pentax's, so not the best and I always use it in full manual mode.

[scunnylad]

[Yazza54]

[Fleegle]

scunnylad said:

SEXY and you know it