Anybody out yesterday?

[tim2100]

Had a cracking day out on the bike yesterday. saw quite a few bikes & TVR's over cat & Fiddle.

Really nice day for tooling on the bike.

[WestYorkie]

No, unfortunately I was working until late afternoon so I had to endure the torture of driving past people hooning around looking cool as F**K whilst I'm sat driving a great stinking Bus .
I was hoping to get out this morning but the rain gods put a stop to that idea again.

Roll on Tuesday and Wednesday when I can get out weather permitting.

Nice pics BTW

[Jimmy5]

An afternoon in front of the tv with world supers was the closest I got to any bike action this weekend.

Fully suited, booted and gloved I went to get the bike out. As I was taking it off the rear stand I noticed a nail in the tyre.

[m3psm]

I did over 500 miles on the VFR yesterday. Unfortunately they were mostly motorway miles from Essex up to the Croft circuit and back.

It was a good test for the bike though which it passed with flying colours

[y2blade]

nice blade

yep i was out yesterday too after running the old girl through her MOT...spent about 2 hours on her

also grabbed an hour on her today, what a cracking weekend

[Biker's Nemesis]

m3psm said:

I did over 500 miles on the VFR yesterday. Unfortunately they were mostly motorway miles from Essex up to the Croft circuit and back.

It was a good test for the bike though which it passed with flying colours

I'm hanging my head in shame. I didn't turn up at Croft as it looked like it would rain, obviously it didn't.

It's only 60 miles from me.

Looks like I've turned into a fair weather biker. Hope you had a good day at Croft.

[R1_JON]

Yep. Went out for a couple of hours yesterday evening. First proper ride this year!

[Muffles]

Yep got out for a few hours in the morning - left at 7am trying to beat any traffic, got back at 10am. Unfortunately around 1-1.5 hours of that was getting in and out of London! Lovely weather though, shame today has been a bit iffy.

[black-k1]

I went out for an hour or so but .... er ..... it was in the TVR. Does that count?

[m3psm]

Biker's Nemesis said:

I'm hanging my head in shame. I didn't turn up at Croft as it looked like it would rain, obviously it didn't.

It's only 60 miles from me.

Looks like I've turned into a fair weather biker. Hope you had a good day at Croft.

lol It managed to stay dry yesterday when I was there and only rained for a little while this morning but the track dried quickly.

Had a great day there. My mate came 5th in Roadsport A in his first ever race. He then managed to get 5th again today in the second race, even getting up to 2nd briefly

You'll have to take the bike out next time it rains just to lose the fair-weather rider label

[ode]

I was out all weekend, picked up my new (to me) ZRX1200R on Saturday morning, so had a good ride home from Telford, then over the Cat & Fiddle, on to Matlock, then back via the the Bosley road... cracking good fun.

Went out in the rain yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed that too, surprising as I usually hate riding in the rain but I told myself to stop being such a poof and just get out and get some miles in - glad I did!

[y2blade]

i was out both days over the weekend


nice again here today ... i used the car for work though as the forcast is supposed to have been wet all day b'''ards why cant they get it right!?

i'll be out again tonight if it stays dry that's for sure

it's so addictive when you open the taps up on a big bike I need another "hit"

[sjtscott]

Used the bike instead of the car to visit the immediate family over the weekend. First significant ride outside London this year. Sat was excellent weather and great taking the non-motorway route.

The only downside is this has just re-enforced to me that as I get older (past mid 30s lol), I need something more comfortable that requires less effort (i.e. more cc/power/torque) to hussle along than a sports 600. Too much gearbox dancing required lol

[y2blade]

sjtscott said:

Used the bike instead of the car to visit the immediate family over the weekend. First significant ride outside London this year. Sat was excellent weather and great taking the non-motorway route.

The only downside is this has just re-enforced to me that as I get older (past mid 30s lol), I need something more comfortable that requires less effort (i.e. more cc/power/torque) to hussle along than a sports 600. Too much gearbox dancing required lol

the new CB1000 hornet replacement looks very interesting at the moment

[sjtscott]

y2blade said:

sjtscott said:

Used the bike instead of the car to visit the immediate family over the weekend. First significant ride outside London this year. Sat was excellent weather and great taking the non-motorway route.

The only downside is this has just re-enforced to me that as I get older (past mid 30s lol), I need something more comfortable that requires less effort (i.e. more cc/power/torque) to hussle along than a sports 600. Too much gearbox dancing required lol

the new CB1000 hornet replacement looks very interesting at the moment

Indeed, Honda just need to provide me an element of fairing and then we might have a winner! Effectively the Honda version of the FZ1 Fazer. I guess if they did this it would rather leave the CBF1000 redundant.. but thats a nasty lo-tech (save for the ABS) heavy bike of which I can't get remotely interested in having looked at one in a dealer.

[Biker's Nemesis]

m3psm said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

I'm hanging my head in shame. I didn't turn up at Croft as it looked like it would rain, obviously it didn't.

It's only 60 miles from me.

Looks like I've turned into a fair weather biker. Hope you had a good day at Croft.

lol It managed to stay dry yesterday when I was there and only rained for a little while this morning but the track dried quickly.

Had a great day there. My mate came 5th in Roadsport A in his first ever race. He then managed to get 5th again today in the second race, even getting up to 2nd briefly

You'll have to take the bike out next time it rains just to lose the fair-weather rider label

That was a helluva run for you, pleased you didn't get soaked either way, I'm gutted that I didn't just go, would have been cool to meet you.

Next time.

I'll be out next time it rains, I need to rid myself of the shame.

[Hooli]

was up in yorkshire with mates saturday, ended up in willingham woods? i think that was it anyway, linconshire direction. some great roads & had a brilliant day trying not to get burnt.
yesterday i timed it just right coming home to essex to hit the M1 for the thunder lightning and hailstones! that was lovely to ride in! stopped at a mates in mansfield for a cuppa till it stopped. A617 was flooded getting into town, good couple of inches deep & fast flowing across the road, lovely.

[RizzoTheRat]

sjtscott said:

The only downside is this has just re-enforced to me that as I get older (past mid 30s lol), I need something more comfortable that requires less effort (i.e. more cc/power/torque) to hussle along than a sports 600. Too much gearbox dancing required lol

Give me torque over revvy power any day

y2blade said:

the new CB1000 hornet replacement looks very interesting at the moment

I like that exhaust pipe. Not much travel in the forks though