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Managed to put a few miles on the bike since picking her up, mainly on Saturday. Cracking weather and some nice roads.
I started with a trip to the dealer to buy a tank protector !!! Then to a henrik wotsit in Dudley to have a mooch around... I then had to drop some stuff off nr evesham, so tried a bit of motorway...
well a couple of junctions before my glasses slipped down a bit and I couldnt get down on the tank and still see
so pootled through bromsgrove to Droitwitch, after stalling on coming off the motorway round about 3 times, as I tried to pull away in about 4th 
another junction of motorway and then off cross country to evesham ... some nice roads there, but Im still riding like miss daisy is on the back ( which is probably a good thing).
I did manage to overtake one car, and then whilst lining up for the next saw a bike behind, so moved over and let a line of about 6 bikes through... I must remember I dont need quite as much room to overtake on the bike as I do in the Discovery
got back home for a curry and a few beers after a nice days gentle riding.. I did manage to get my toe down accidentally on one corner.. Feck that hurts when your not expecting it
The bikes upto about 200 miles which gets my total biking miles upto about 400 since I started !!!
not sure now much time I'll get during the week, but a trip to silverstone planned for next week ( now i've got the dates right).. need to find a good xcountry route for that. I dont fancy blatting along the m42/m40 from kidder all that much...
SO I should get to the first service by the end of the month ( good job its included in the price), and that gives me a few more rpm to play with.. It still might be an expensive service though, as I dont think the bikes loud enough so a set of Termi's may need to go on...
Loving the bike so far though... The old man seems quite taken by it as well, so I may have to let him have a ride... Mother isnt too impressed though.... Wifey is hard to judge, but then she cant say much at the moment ( looonng painful story) the reaction from other friends is interesting.. and its not always the one you expect. Interestingly and surprisingly it seems to be the Girlies that are more up for it and the lads that trot out the Organ donor line....
I've started to find all sorts of excuses to go out... needed to drop a dvd back to the shop.. 5 mins in the car, nah get togged up and take 30 mins and 20 odd miles.. thats more like it..
Still amazed by the number of guys I saw out in T-shirts and a couple in shorts
roll on the summer
G
I started with a trip to the dealer to buy a tank protector !!! Then to a henrik wotsit in Dudley to have a mooch around... I then had to drop some stuff off nr evesham, so tried a bit of motorway...
well a couple of junctions before my glasses slipped down a bit and I couldnt get down on the tank and still see
so pootled through bromsgrove to Droitwitch, after stalling on coming off the motorway round about 3 times, as I tried to pull away in about 4th another junction of motorway and then off cross country to evesham ... some nice roads there, but Im still riding like miss daisy is on the back ( which is probably a good thing).
I did manage to overtake one car, and then whilst lining up for the next saw a bike behind, so moved over and let a line of about 6 bikes through... I must remember I dont need quite as much room to overtake on the bike as I do in the Discovery
got back home for a curry and a few beers after a nice days gentle riding.. I did manage to get my toe down accidentally on one corner.. Feck that hurts when your not expecting it
The bikes upto about 200 miles which gets my total biking miles upto about 400 since I started !!!
not sure now much time I'll get during the week, but a trip to silverstone planned for next week ( now i've got the dates right).. need to find a good xcountry route for that. I dont fancy blatting along the m42/m40 from kidder all that much...
SO I should get to the first service by the end of the month ( good job its included in the price), and that gives me a few more rpm to play with.. It still might be an expensive service though, as I dont think the bikes loud enough so a set of Termi's may need to go on...
Loving the bike so far though... The old man seems quite taken by it as well, so I may have to let him have a ride... Mother isnt too impressed though.... Wifey is hard to judge, but then she cant say much at the moment ( looonng painful story) the reaction from other friends is interesting.. and its not always the one you expect. Interestingly and surprisingly it seems to be the Girlies that are more up for it and the lads that trot out the Organ donor line....
I've started to find all sorts of excuses to go out... needed to drop a dvd back to the shop.. 5 mins in the car, nah get togged up and take 30 mins and 20 odd miles.. thats more like it..
Still amazed by the number of guys I saw out in T-shirts and a couple in shorts
roll on the summer
G
Another 150 or so miles today..mainly cross country with a little bit of motorway and even some filtering through banbury that was chocker as the motorway was stopped !!!
Bike needs a good clean and Im knackered.. using muscles that havent been used before !!
The motor is starting to loosen up a bit now ( just under 500 miles) and likes to rev a bit now...
G
Bike needs a good clean and Im knackered.. using muscles that havent been used before !!
The motor is starting to loosen up a bit now ( just under 500 miles) and likes to rev a bit now...
G
Graham said:
Im knackered.. using muscles that havent been used before !!
If you're finding your shoulders and neck are aching then it may be that you're tensing up, if you make a conscios effort to relax your arms you may well find it less tiring and easier to ride as rigid arms means the bike actually needs more control input. Glad to hear you're getting out there and enjoying it.Graham said:
Dontlift said:
Good to see you have joined the fray Graham. What bike have you got?
Ducati Monster 695 :-)What you up to these days, did you ever build that manic kart?
G
Duke 695, very nice for a first bike, think i will stick to the trusty blade for a bit longer yet.....
Richard tells me your not racing this year?????
Dontlift said:
Still at the helm of Toolsnstuff,
cool I could do with a chat with you on the e-commerce side, maybe meet up with that Rob chat and have a beer, Or maybe just find a pub between you and here and have a ride out?Dontlift said:
Richard tells me your not racing this year?????
We ran the first race at cadwell with a win and a buggered gearbox. Cars ready to roll at the moment, so I may do Angelsey and Oulton, Also talking with a couple of other drivers about putting them out in it. Main focus at the moment is trying to put a team and Funds together for the Britcar 24hr, class 4G
Graham said:
Another 150 or so miles today..mainly cross country with a little bit of motorway and even some filtering through banbury that was chocker as the motorway was stopped !!!
Bike needs a good clean and Im knackered.. using muscles that havent been used before !!
The motor is starting to loosen up a bit now ( just under 500 miles) and likes to rev a bit now...
G
Good stuff mate. However, no point cleaing it just yet....today's gonna be a corker!Bike needs a good clean and Im knackered.. using muscles that havent been used before !!
The motor is starting to loosen up a bit now ( just under 500 miles) and likes to rev a bit now...
G
Chilli said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Graham said:
Im knackered.. using muscles that havent been used before !!
If you're finding your shoulders and neck are aching then it may be that you're tensing up, if you make a conscios effort to relax your arms you may well find it less tiring and easier to ride as rigid arms means the bike actually needs more control input. Glad to hear you're getting out there and enjoying it.Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff