A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)
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I have an actual bikey picture that might interest someone for once!
One of my dream bikes was at my Mums today
It was minty mint mint and I would of sold a teste to ride it! No idea if it's her boyfriends or one of his mates, but I'm hoping it's her boyfriends so I can have a go when I pass my test next month (Booking my test this week btw, I'll let you know if I pass soon enough
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There was also this, which I have no idea what it's going to be used for..
One of my dream bikes was at my Mums today
It was minty mint mint and I would of sold a teste to ride it! No idea if it's her boyfriends or one of his mates, but I'm hoping it's her boyfriends so I can have a go when I pass my test next month (Booking my test this week btw, I'll let you know if I pass soon enough
)There was also this, which I have no idea what it's going to be used for..
The girlfriend and I have been planning a trip to Northern Ireland (her home country) and it conveniently coincides with the Ulster GP, so we are going to visit for a day. She mentioned it to her family and it turns out her dad went to watch the UGP back in 1948 and took a bunch of photos. I'll have to get some decent scans of them rather than the girlfriend's dodgy pics.
Edited by Gypsum Fantastic on Friday 12th June 10:34
For every great ride I have 3 or 4 s
t ones.
It's fine trundling along but it's not fun pushing on.
I couldn't pass a range rover sport, at 130 it's gave all its got it was embarrassing. Above 100 your arms feel like their gonna get ripped out
Its no fun leaning off.
Get it on a sheltered road and it's fine. Only problem is you have to ride 30 miles to these roads with the wind hammering you.
I thought ah it'll be ok I'll slow down but it's fking boring going speeds where wind isn't a problem.
t ones. It's fine trundling along but it's not fun pushing on.
I couldn't pass a range rover sport, at 130 it's gave all its got it was embarrassing. Above 100 your arms feel like their gonna get ripped out
Its no fun leaning off.
Get it on a sheltered road and it's fine. Only problem is you have to ride 30 miles to these roads with the wind hammering you.
I thought ah it'll be ok I'll slow down but it's f
king boring going speeds where wind isn't a problem. 
moanthebairns said:
For every great ride I have 3 or 4 st ones.
It's fine trundling along but it's not fun pushing on.
I couldn't pass a range rover sport, at 130 it's gave all its got it was embarrassing. Above 100 your arms feel like their gonna get ripped out
Its no fun leaning off.
Get it on a sheltered road and it's fine. Only problem is you have to ride 30 miles to these roads with the wind hammering you.
I thought ah it'll be ok I'll slow down but it's fking boring going speeds where wind isn't a problem.
Interesting post. Are there really no decent B roads nr you in Scotland? I've never been on one of these but everyone raves about them for wheelies and general pissing about on - have you not found them to be fun at all?t ones. It's fine trundling along but it's not fun pushing on.
I couldn't pass a range rover sport, at 130 it's gave all its got it was embarrassing. Above 100 your arms feel like their gonna get ripped out
Its no fun leaning off.
Get it on a sheltered road and it's fine. Only problem is you have to ride 30 miles to these roads with the wind hammering you.
I thought ah it'll be ok I'll slow down but it's f
king boring going speeds where wind isn't a problem. It does sound a little like my KTM; superb on poorly surfaced B roads and ones with lots of sub-licence losing corners, but a bit s
t if you want to have race any reasonable quick modern car on a DC at three figure speeds.I can't knock the bike as I've never ridden one, but if it doesn't fit your riding style then get rid.
Personally I need two road bikes - one such as the KTM, or maybe the Tracer, big Versys or something, and something a bit sharper and capable on some of the more open roads - my old Thundercat sort of fulfills this criteria at the moment, but it's going to be on the market soon probably to be replaced with a revvier bike in the 600-750 range, or possibly an old GSXR, R1, Fireblade or something.
Tribal Chestnut said:
moanthebairns said:
For every great ride I have 3 or 4 st ones.
It's fine trundling along but it's not fun pushing on.
I couldn't pass a range rover sport, at 130 it's gave all its got it was embarrassing. Above 100 your arms feel like their gonna get ripped out
Its no fun leaning off.
Get it on a sheltered road and it's fine. Only problem is you have to ride 30 miles to these roads with the wind hammering you.
I thought ah it'll be ok I'll slow down but it's fking boring going speeds where wind isn't a problem.
Interesting post. Are there really no decent B roads nr you in Scotland? I've never been on one of these but everyone raves about them for wheelies and general pissing about on - have you not found them to be fun at all?t ones. It's fine trundling along but it's not fun pushing on.
I couldn't pass a range rover sport, at 130 it's gave all its got it was embarrassing. Above 100 your arms feel like their gonna get ripped out
Its no fun leaning off.
Get it on a sheltered road and it's fine. Only problem is you have to ride 30 miles to these roads with the wind hammering you.
I thought ah it'll be ok I'll slow down but it's f
king boring going speeds where wind isn't a problem. It does sound a little like my KTM; superb on poorly surfaced B roads and ones with lots of sub-licence losing corners, but a bit s
t if you want to have race any reasonable quick modern car on a DC at three figure speeds.I can't knock the bike as I've never ridden one, but if it doesn't fit your riding style then get rid.
Personally I need two road bikes - one such as the KTM, or maybe the Tracer, big Versys or something, and something a bit sharper and capable on some of the more open roads - my old Thundercat sort of fulfills this criteria at the moment, but it's going to be on the market soon probably to be replaced with a revvier bike in the 600-750 range, or possibly an old GSXR, R1, Fireblade or something.
You hit the nail on the head. It's awesome to go a wee relaxed ride on. Handles like a house fly. Crack on though and it and your left hating it.
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