2017: Bikey goals

[TommyBuoy]

1. Two Part leathers and a track day
2. Turn the R1 into a track bike is it survives number 1
3. Buy a trailer to transport the bike to track days if it survives number 1 & 2
4. Clean the Ducati more
5. Not Fall Off
6. Keep a Clean License
7. Maybe one of those advanced police ride things or get an assessment from IAM to get an opinion on any bad habits I've picked up.

OR

8. None of the above and just take the time to ride and enjoy

[Graemsay]

My rough plans.

1. Decide on all the details for the new set of leathers that I'm getting. This might take until 2027.
2. Decide on what fairing I'll bolt onto the Thruxton. This might also take until 2027.
3. Do a track day at Phillip Island. I've got a friend talking about doing one in January.
4. I'm also thinking of doing some track training. The California Superbike School runs sessions at Phillip Island.
5. Ride the Great Ocean Road, if it's been cleared of landslides.
6. Possibly go up to Sydney for the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride.

[Speed addicted]

Job uncertainty has limited my plans so far, and cancelled a coast to coast trip in the USA. I did manage to ride up to the Nordkapp this year though!

I'll be mainly riding the Explorer to places in the UK, possibly back to Germany or around Ireland.

I'd like to get in an offroad course, possibly the BMW one in Wales (I live in NE Scotland) as I think it'll help when things get slippery.

Further tidying and refining of the project BMW K100 as it has a good long list of stuff to get done over the winter.

[ToGGoT]

1) Buy a bike, having got shot of everything else recently
2) Get confident riding again
3) West/North coast of Scotland tour

[AnimalMother]

1). Fix rear master cylinder Ive drilled a hole in on the GSXR
2). Pass Module 1 & 2 ;-)
3). Do some track training
4). Do a wheelie training day
5). Buy a 2nd hand street triple for commuting
6). Buy a brand new sports bike

or change my mind and do nothing...

Edited by AnimalMother on Wednesday 2nd November 16:42

[kiethton]

1 - Take and pass my DAS
2 - Purchase a new commuter
3 - Not have it nicked this year
4 - Regain my NCB

[Ki3r]

Biking holiday somewhere. Not sure were I want to go. Either Scotland (bloody long way from me though in Dorset) or France/Spain as never been to Spain and not been to France for 10 years or so.

[curlie467]

Get the YZF running.
Get my ACU licence.
Do some off roading.
Ride up to see yazza.

[graeme4130]

1) Less UK track days, and more Euro ones
2) See if my wife will bring our youngest for the day somewhere track related so I can ride and he can watch
3) Get faster
4) Enjoy it more (not that I don't already, but you can always have more fun, right)
5) Spend less on tyres
6) Go racing
7) Get close to 1:40 around Donny
8) Not crash too often

[Fluid]

Buy an R1.

Buy a RGV250.

Ride both.

In all likelihood buy neither, ride nothing.

[Janluke]

1. Ride more
2. Finish Z1B
3. Ride more

[Mastodon2]

1. Have less enthusiastic early season rides - it's never as warm as it looks and the good roads are still covered in st from the winter.

2. Make more effort to get out with my mates, who have suffered crashes, bike fires and breakdowns this year and been off the road. Better luck to them and more fun next year.

3. Only go out when the conditions are right. If it's too cold, raining halfway round the route, bank holiday traffic even in the middle of nowhere etc, it's demoralising to waste time going out only to abort the run and come home. Go out less on speculative rides, only go out when it's guaranteed fun and optimum riding conditions.

[bogie]

Finish paintwork on Harley, then no more mods
New stainless or titanium cat free manifold for MV and remap
Ride as much as poss with mates as usual
Do the Route66 thing across USA for my birthday in May, 3 weeks with other half on Indian tourer thing
Do the bike Cannonball in June on Isle of Man/Scotland for a laugh

[moto_traxport]

Buy / build a campervan that can take the bike for weekend's away.
Get my ACU license again and do a couple of races (endurance preferred to sprint)
Euro trackdays at Castolloli, Spa, Hungaroring and something else.
UK trackday somewhere - Donington / Oulton / Anglesey?
Watch road racing at TT and Chimay.
Poss long weekend ride to & from Brno MotoGP.
Reinstate the yearly thrap round Wales.
Watch less racing on telly - waste of many a sunny Sunday.

[Sebo]

1. Buy a van. Fed up of trailers and paying through the nose to hire vans for track days.
2. Do Cadwell and Oulton and get out of the South East for a change
3. Nail Snetterton
4. Sell my trailie as it's been sat doing nothing since April and isn't likely to move any time soon

[shielsy]

1. Stop being a and buy something newer than 13 years old

2. Get new friends who ride bikes as the ones I have go for approximately 1 ride a year

[Yoda400]

r1flyguy1 said:

2016 has been busy with all my spare time taken up extending the house (& garage ) . Hopefully it will all be complete with just cosmetic touches to complete, so my list is...

1) get my 2016 ZX-10R run in !!!!
2) buy a trailer, now I have a car with a tow bar
3) track days
4) get out on the bike more
5) Euro track days

6) find like minded individuals to ride with as I have no friends

Same here with the house, exactly the same work done here! The cosmetics take a long time! But now it's winter I won't get distracted by the bike and might get around to finishing it.

My bike plans:
1 do a track day, at least one, first time in 6 years
2 keep both bikes healthy through winter
3 more off roading at e-scape (and write about it so much that my auto correct stops changing roading to tossing)
4 do an i2i knee down or other course
5 get YODA stitched onto my leathers
6 plenty of sociable rideouts, it's been a good year for that, I like the company

[myvision]

Get a VFR 1200GT and ride it around Europe for three weeks in July.

[crofty1984]

Sort all the jobs I've been meaning to do on the Bonneville.
Do a bit of a mini-challenge on the Starfire, all round the Norfolk coast or visit all the "x" in East Anglia. Something like that.
Ride one or the other to the ace cafe one Saturday for breakfast.
Go to route 11 a lot more (my local biker cafe)
Customise the BSA.
Sell the fking Kawasaki.
Ride the Bonneville over to Nervous's house to show it off.
Ride one of the classics to my parent's house for similar reasons.
Go on a ride out with my brother.

Edited by crofty1984 on Wednesday 2nd November 21:49

[castex]

1. Fix the small patch of gravel rash. Graham will sort it, no doubt.
2. Buy a new left boot (see above).
3. Buy another SS to take over commuting duties (WHAT?!)
4. Meet up with Mastodon again to see if he's any faster on his new wheels

I can't wait for the new year!