A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)

[LiamB]

moto_traxport said:

So he crashed it, picked it up, tried to start it, it wouldn't work, he threw it on the floor and then photographed it??

He's been watching far too much Moto3!

I was the one that took the photo

[308mate]

Loan bike whilst mine was being serviced on Saturday. First time on an RR and I'm now even more convinced I made the right choice with the XR. British roads with their st surfaces, st driving and huge penalties for speeding, are no place for the modern super bike. Even the 160hp of the XR is a marginal case, these days.
What a machine though.

[gwm]

Just put a deposit down on this, plus getting a few extras fitted. Cannot bloody wait to get home in 3 weeks now!

[Janluke]

gwm said:

Just put a deposit down on this, plus getting a few extras fitted. Cannot bloody wait to get home in 3 weeks now!

Fantastic, If I was faster and maybe a little younger I'd be getting one of them. However the 990 is too fast for me tbh

Enjoy

[Gunk]

308mate said:

Loan bike whilst mine was being serviced on Saturday. First time on an RR and I'm now even more convinced I made the right choice with the XR. British roads with their st surfaces, st driving and huge penalties for speeding, are no place for the modern super bike. Even the 160hp of the XR is a marginal case, these days.
What a machine though.

I rode one last year, best bike I've ever ridden, they're brilliant, I'm definitely having one in the next couple years, I just don't want to finance one so I need to sell a kidney (and a couple of old Honda's) and manage to buy it without the wife noticing!

[cbmotorsport]

308mate said:

Loan bike whilst mine was being serviced on Saturday. First time on an RR and I'm now even more convinced I made the right choice with the XR. British roads with their st surfaces, st driving and huge penalties for speeding, are no place for the modern super bike. Even the 160hp of the XR is a marginal case, these days.
What a machine though.

Agreed, I have the single R and the performance is probably too much for modern roads. Lovely bike though.

[spareparts]

A couple pics from Vietnam, with a 2 fingered salute to H&S In fairness, kudos to all these bikers as their sense of road awareness shames most here in England from what I can tell and see. Watching the 1000's bikes navigate a 5 way roundabout at rush hour in Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi is poetry in motion!

[Andybow]

gwm said:

Just put a deposit down on this, plus getting a few extras fitted. Cannot bloody wait to get home in 3 weeks now!

A friend of mine picks his up tomorrow, Congrats lovely bit of kit!

[gareth_r]

I suspect that Hell Riders starring the recently, sadly, deceased Adam West may not have been in any list compiled by the recently, sadly, deceased Barry Norman.

Any resemblance between the poster and the London commute of a typical BBer is purely coincidental.

[SystemParanoia]

[Steve Bass]

spareparts said:

A couple pics from Vietnam, with a 2 fingered salute to H&S In fairness, kudos to all these bikers as their sense of road awareness shames most here in England from what I can tell and see. Watching the 1000's bikes navigate a 5 way roundabout at rush hour in Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi is poetry in motion!

The rules are simple.

There are none!! Just ride ignoring anything and everything, don't bother hooting or shouting because as much as you're being cut up, you cutting someone else up. It's all very Zen.
Saw a bloke the other day with 15 x 20 litre water office water jugs on a Honda Dream. All full and not a wobble to be seen. Another with 4 proper full size truck tyres on his bike.
There's even articulated Honda Cubs with a construction rubble cart on the back. They fit the bikes with double rear shocks, just to help out you understand

But in reality, it makes having a big bike here utterly pointless. Nothing moves faster than the slowest scooter and they park up so close your $40k pride and joy will be a wreck inside 6 months. I've already got a dink in my tank from a scooter brake lever....

Edited by Steve Bass on Friday 14th July 01:11

[spareparts]

Steve Bass said:

spareparts said:

A couple pics from Vietnam, with a 2 fingered salute to H&S In fairness, kudos to all these bikers as their sense of road awareness shames most here in England from what I can tell and see. Watching the 1000's bikes navigate a 5 way roundabout at rush hour in Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi is poetry in motion!

The rules are simple.

There are none!! Just ride ignoring anything and everything, don't bother hooting or shouting because as much as you're being cut up, you cutting someone else up. It's all very Zen.
Saw a bloke the other day with 15 x 20 litre water office water jugs on a Honda Dream. All full and not a wobble to be seen. Another with 4 proper full size truck tyres on his bike.
There's even articulated Honda Cubs with a construction rubble cart on the back. They fit the bikes with double rear shocks, just to help out you understand

But in reality, it makes having a big bike here utterly pointless. Nothing moves faster than the slowest scooter and they park up so close your $40k pride and joy will be a wreck inside 6 months. I've already got a dink in my tank from a scooter brake lever....

Edited by Steve Bass on Friday 14th July 01:11

I spent 2 days riding a Honda Blade - an AirBlade! - one day in the city then another into the countryside, and the tip from a local was good: the traffic must be like water, everything keeps flowing, and any stopped object or pedestrian is like a rock - the water just flows around it. It's a real buzz with so many bikes around and I love it. A great way of life as it is normal to so many.

[Steve Bass]

spareparts said:

I spent 2 days riding a Honda Blade - an AirBlade! - one day in the city then another into the countryside, and the tip from a local was good: the traffic must be like water, everything keeps flowing, and any stopped object or pedestrian is like a rock - the water just flows around it. It's a real buzz with so many bikes around and I love it. A great way of life as it is normal to so many.

AirBlade??? Oooooh, a sporty little number.
Amazing how Honda own the scooter market. Probably outsell all the others 8:1

[scunnylad]

Had a few days at the Southern 100
No huge hospitality units and state of the art race trucks even for Mr Dunlop

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[Birky_41]

scunnylad said:

Had a few days at the Southern 100
No huge hospitality units and state of the art race trucks even for Mr Dunlop

url]|https://thumbsnap.com/xfWfirs5[/url]

Proper racing in my opinion. That's how I know racing, none of the fancy bling. Just go and get the job done

[scunnylad]

Couldn't agree more Birky

[graham22]

Good couple of days in the IOM, same as Sunnylad said, back to basics racing, great places to watch dare I say, like the TT used to be.

Tried uploading a photo but it keeps uploading upside down - I did have camera/phone rotated wrong way as was holding it against railing to stop it getting blown away as bikes passed - if anyone can tell me how to rotate it on here please.

[evil len]

I'd love to go to Australia one day.

[Birky_41]

evil len said:

I'd love to go to Australia one day.

I lived in Perth for two years...funny though I dont remember it being as upside down as that picture

[B'stard Child]

graham22 said:

Good couple of days in the IOM, same as Sunnylad said, back to basics racing, great places to watch dare I say, like the TT used to be.

Tried uploading a photo but it keeps uploading upside down - I did have camera/phone rotated wrong way as was holding it against railing to stop it getting blown away as bikes passed - if anyone can tell me how to rotate it on here please.

There you go