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[mikey k]

Discuss you Aston nuts & bolts queries and conundrums here
You never know it might stay on topic

[yeti]

mikey k said:

Discuss you Aston nuts & bolts queries and conundrums here
You never know it might stay on topic

Is an Aston nut anything like a coconut? Which is actually a fibrous one-seeded drupe I believe.

[yvr]

mikey k said:

Discuss you Aston nuts

Who are you calling nuts?

[George H]

yeti said:

mikey k said:

Discuss you Aston nuts & bolts queries and conundrums here
You never know it might stay on topic

Is an Aston nut anything like a coconut? Which is actually a fibrous one-seeded drupe I believe.

I believe it's more similar to a peanut, which is actually a lagoon

[AdamV8V]

yeti said:

Is an Aston nut anything like a coconut? Which is actually a fibrous one-seeded drupe I believe.

It is indeed. The term is derived from 16th century Portuguese and Spanish cocos, meaning "grinning face", from the three small holes on the coconut shell that resemble human facial features.

Talking of Portugal and Spain, The Iberian Union lasted between 1581 and 1640, when the Portuguese Restoration War began, and Portugal regained its independence under the Braganza dynasty.

[burntout]

Well enough about the nuts......

Its friday,,, Its a bank holday longen,,, I am switching off the work phone and am going to have a weekend of fine dining and copoious amounts of red wine.

Whats everyone else up to????

[George H]

burntout said:

Well enough about the nuts......

Its friday,,, Its a bank holday longen,,, I am switching off the work phone and am going to have a weekend of fine dining and copoious amounts of red wine.

Whats everyone else up to????

Booking my CBT
Copious amounts of cider, and then BSB on Monday

Also cleaning both cars

[burntout]

George H said:

Booking my CBT
Copious amounts of cider, and then BSB on Monday

Also cleaning both cars

Nice... Liking that!! I miss my biking days, trips out to Boxhill, watching the racing...

Good luck with your CBT... Are you doing a direct access course?

Dont make the same mistake as me by buying your bike before passing your test.. I swear that jynxed it for me.. 3 attempts, shameful

[Neil1300R]

Bolt? No conundrum there, he will win the Olympics 100M. I think he is a little bit nuts though

Edited by Neil1300R on Friday 4th May 19:41

[burntout]

I find this very amusing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfE1qy1K1kM

Enjoy!!!

[George H]

burntout said:

Nice... Liking that!! I miss my biking days, trips out to Boxhill, watching the racing...

Good luck with your CBT... Are you doing a direct access course?

Dont make the same mistake as me by buying your bike before passing your test.. I swear that jynxed it for me.. 3 attempts, shameful

Thanks I will be doing direct access at some point in the future, not ready for it yet. Going to pass my CBT and theory and then drive about on my mates 125 for a bit. Will probably do one of those 4 day courses straight to direct access in September or October. My mate owns a fairly large bike shop that does tests there so I can get a decent discount I hope

I was going to look at a bike either this weekend or next actually! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CBR600RR-TRACK-BIK...

And I'm also accidentally winning an auction for one that I bid on when pissed on Sunday night Will have it if I win it since it's only £410 for a 1998 CBR600, only problem is it's down in Swindon!

[burntout]

George H said:

Thanks I will be doing direct access at some point in the future, not ready for it yet. Going to pass my CBT and theory and then drive about on my mates 125 for a bit. Will probably do one of those 4 day courses straight to direct access in September or October. My mate owns a fairly large bike shop that does tests there so I can get a decent discount I hope

I was going to look at a bike either this weekend or next actually! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CBR600RR-TRACK-BIK...

And I'm also accidentally winning an auction for one that I bid on when pissed on Sunday night Will have it if I win it since it's only £410 for a 1998 CBR600, only problem is it's down in Swindon!

That CBR is really nice!!! Easy to get it back to road legal??

Amazing you can spend £400-£800 for a crotch rocket that will wipe the smile off the face of any sports car owner!!

Ha ha, I do stupid stuff like that when pi$$ed and left to my own devices... did it this week, I bought a set of monster moon wheels & tyres for my Nissan Navara!! I must start hiding my wallet before I start on the vino...

[George H]

burntout said:

That CBR is really nice!!! Easy to get it back to road legal??

Amazing you can spend £400-£800 for a crotch rocket that will wipe the smile off the face of any sports car owner!!

Ha ha, I do stupid stuff like that when pi$$ed and left to my own devices... did it this week, I bought a set of monster moon wheels & tyres for my Nissan Navara!! I must start hiding my wallet before I start on the vino...

I'm only going to be doing track days

Got a few mates who do them regularly, so decided to join them (albeit on a much lesser scale!).

These are a couple of their bikes:



The Ducati has just been race tuned (now 197 bhp at the rear wheel ), and had carbon fibre race fairings put on! Sounds absolutely sublime

Got a Panigale and an RSV4R coming on the next one. My little CBR is going to be left for dead!

[V8 Animal]

Thread running normal i see

[tonyhall38]

i won a coconut once...when drunk throwing wooden balls....

[burntout]

George H said:

I'm only going to be doing track days

Got a few mates who do them regularly, so decided to join them (albeit on a much lesser scale!).

These are a couple of their bikes:



The Ducati has just been race tuned (now 197 bhp at the rear wheel ), and had carbon fibre race fairings put on! Sounds absolutely sublime

Got a Panigale and an RSV4R coming on the next one. My little CBR is going to be left for dead!

Hat off for getting involved... Mahooosive kahoonas needed to throw a bike around the track with a load of other mentalists...

Had a couple of friend who used to do track days, they were mental

I used to like doing all the trick stuff,wheelies, lighting up the rear tyre rolling burnouts, and was particlarly good at rolling stoppies..

If I was to get another bike it would be nice big trailie... XR450 or XR650R

Had a super moto't XR650R a while back, that was just massive grin factor, everywhere on the rear wheel....

[George H]

burntout said:

Had a super moto't XR650R a while back, that was just massive grin factor, everywhere on the rear wheel....

My mate Ross with the Aprilia RSV4R has a 650 Supermotard, on slicks, sideways everywhere

Neil Hodgson blew the head gasket going over the mountain at Cadwell, whilst about a foot and a half off the ground!

Going to Donington next month sometime

[krisdelta]

I've convoyed to the Nurburgring with a Ducati, fill up every 100 miles - bonkers!

[Lunablack]

krisdelta said:

I've convoyed to the Nurburgring with a Ducati, fill up every 100 miles - bonkers!

Well I'm currently parked up at Oulton in the riders enclosure

Got little Asher Durham 13 year old top 125 rider in the van next to me.. Look him up... He's so small he can't touch the floor even on a 125
He must weigh next to nothing... No wonder he's fast...

[Neil1300R]

krisdelta said:

I've convoyed to the Nurburgring with a Ducati, fill up every 100 miles - bonkers!

They are doing it wrong. Been to the Continent many times with my mate on his Ducati Foggy Rep. He doesn't need to stop until 110 miles!
Have got 164.5 miles out of the Busa tank after a fk up on mileage estimates French motorway, low fuel light on, eventually fuel gauge needle hard against the stops. Wasn't panicking...

...Much!!!!