And today's commuting highlight is...
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kiethton said:
Deranged Granny said:
I wonder how many people have come off because of the oil your bike is pissing out. Didn't you just buy a newish Lotus? Bin this bike and get something roadworthy.
Yeah, got a 10 year old lotus last summer...The oil is now a tiny weep, 100ml a month tiny, fixed the proper leak a good few months back.
Now I've got a new job lined up I'm tempted to do so, biggest thing will just be insurance, if I spend more than £1.5k I'll need to upgrade my TPO cover to TPFT which may not be too easy to do.
Kiethton, your best bet would be a scruffy Cat D (or new-grades equivalent) 600 naked. As long as it's mechanically sound, you'll have no emotional investment and it should be less of a theft magnet. Cover the tank in gaffer tape, mess it up visually.
Just make sure it's not a Triumph.
Just make sure it's not a Triumph.
Well bike season has truely started today. Couldn't believe the differnce in number of bikes on today's commute.
After commuting every day through winter the bike is wearing its salty road grime with pride today.
Oh and if you are commuting in for the first time since late September check your filtering skills out first before...
After commuting every day through winter the bike is wearing its salty road grime with pride today.
Oh and if you are commuting in for the first time since late September check your filtering skills out first before...
Well that commute wasn't fun, started raining about 3 minutes into the ride and just got heavier - I arrived at work with soaking wet underwear and feeling pretty miserable!
Separately I've got another bike, now just to pick it up, gone for an '10 CBF600, after I've then moved my current CBR on the cost to change should only be ~£700
Separately I've got another bike, now just to pick it up, gone for an '10 CBF600, after I've then moved my current CBR on the cost to change should only be ~£700
Great stuff! Hope she's a cracker for you.
Same though, it's just not enjoyable riding in the rain. A lorry had gone into the back of car in Manchester so there was plenty of filtering to be done. Unfortunately I could barely see out of the visor as was all fogged up so had to lift the lid and squint lol. Got to work alive with no dramas so can't really complain (although I just did ha ha).
Same though, it's just not enjoyable riding in the rain. A lorry had gone into the back of car in Manchester so there was plenty of filtering to be done. Unfortunately I could barely see out of the visor as was all fogged up so had to lift the lid and squint lol. Got to work alive with no dramas so can't really complain (although I just did ha ha).
Nearly had me a pedestrian this morning.. coming up to Elephant and Castle, head down, earphones in, on their mobile phone.. stepped out between two HGV I was filtering.. pedestrian crossing was just 30 metres further down the road!!
When I made my presence known the lady jumped up in the air and I think maybe even s
t herself..
When I made my presence known the lady jumped up in the air and I think maybe even s
t herself.. kiethton said:
Well that commute wasn't fun, started raining about 3 minutes into the ride and just got heavier - I arrived at work with soaking wet underwear and feeling pretty miserable!
Separately I've got another bike, now just to pick it up, gone for an '10 CBF600, after I've then moved my current CBR on the cost to change should only be ~£700
Separately I've got another bike, now just to pick it up, gone for an '10 CBF600, after I've then moved my current CBR on the cost to change should only be ~£700
Deranged Granny said:
kiethton said:
Well that commute wasn't fun, started raining about 3 minutes into the ride and just got heavier - I arrived at work with soaking wet underwear and feeling pretty miserable!
Separately I've got another bike, now just to pick it up, gone for an '10 CBF600, after I've then moved my current CBR on the cost to change should only be ~£700
Separately I've got another bike, now just to pick it up, gone for an '10 CBF600, after I've then moved my current CBR on the cost to change should only be ~£700
The replacement is a little down on power and already having a few more miles than the current bike but should hopefully be reliable enough to run for a good few years, especially being 7 years newer!
WaferThinHam said:
Pothole said:
Mega muppet on the ride in this morning:
BMW in lane 3, southbound M6. Overhead "managed motorway" gantries on 60, traffic moving well at 65+ (they seem to have taken all the cameras down between J11 and j6. I moved up behind the BMW and sat on his left quarter, a little bit close but hoping he'd take the hint, notice nothing was next to him in L2 and that he wasn't overtaking anything or moving faster than the cars ahead in L2...after about a minute he put his hazards on. I pulled back and over to the right in case he was about to do an emergency dive for the hard shoulder, but he just carried on, still showing his hazards and now giving me the time-honoured "coffee beans" hand gesture. I raised my upturned left palm in a "what's the problem?" gesture and pointed to lane 2. He moved into lane 2, having cancelled his hazards but not indicated left and I passed him. He was still gesturing and gesticulating. I'd estimate that if we were travelling to the same building in central Birmingham I'd have arrived about 10 minutes earlier than him...so why bother getting so excited?
Just go past in lane 2, life's too short. BMW in lane 3, southbound M6. Overhead "managed motorway" gantries on 60, traffic moving well at 65+ (they seem to have taken all the cameras down between J11 and j6. I moved up behind the BMW and sat on his left quarter, a little bit close but hoping he'd take the hint, notice nothing was next to him in L2 and that he wasn't overtaking anything or moving faster than the cars ahead in L2...after about a minute he put his hazards on. I pulled back and over to the right in case he was about to do an emergency dive for the hard shoulder, but he just carried on, still showing his hazards and now giving me the time-honoured "coffee beans" hand gesture. I raised my upturned left palm in a "what's the problem?" gesture and pointed to lane 2. He moved into lane 2, having cancelled his hazards but not indicated left and I passed him. He was still gesturing and gesticulating. I'd estimate that if we were travelling to the same building in central Birmingham I'd have arrived about 10 minutes earlier than him...so why bother getting so excited?
Been a viewer for about two years and finally caved to my mates' nagging to get an account!
So, since I read this thread often I thought my first post should be here. I commute from South Bucks into London all year on a fairly dirty Harley Sportster - hence the name.
To the fully boxed out R1200 I stopped for just off of the A40 today, if you're on here - I hope the AA didn't keep you waiting too long and the issue is just a knackered battery!
So, since I read this thread often I thought my first post should be here. I commute from South Bucks into London all year on a fairly dirty Harley Sportster - hence the name.
To the fully boxed out R1200 I stopped for just off of the A40 today, if you're on here - I hope the AA didn't keep you waiting too long and the issue is just a knackered battery!
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