A picture a day...biker banter (Vol 5)

[Bob_Defly]

Out exploring.

[mak]

Bob_Defly said:

Out exploring.

I don't mean to be rude Bob but do you ever go to work? Every fking day your out taking stunning photos living the dream. I need to work more on my finances and except my lot in life

[Janluke]

Running in the FTR today

Ritual Tall Reservoir pic

[horsemeatscandal]

Janluke said:

Running in the FTR today

Ritual Tall Reservoir pic

We must have the same taste in bikes, I really fancy one of these one day. What's it like? What model did you get?

[Janluke]

horsemeatscandal said:

We must have the same taste in bikes, I really fancy one of these one day. What's it like? What model did you get?

Its the "Rally" which is basically a base model with a different paint job and a selection of extras from the Indian catalogue, Spoke wheels, seat, higher bars, rear rack, side rack, small headlight cowl, chunky tyres. The dealer also added tank and side bags.

I still have the 701

Its not unlike a bigger Svartpilen, heavier, a little softer but serious grunt

So far the only thing I dislike is the 100 mile tank range but I knew that going into it

[Bob_Defly]

mak said:

I don't mean to be rude Bob but do you ever go to work? Every fking day your out taking stunning photos living the dream. I need to work more on my finances and except my lot in life

This was my Father's Day bimble out for an hour, before getting back to digging up weeds in the garden. But thank you, I know I'm very lucky.

[theshrew]

Space is a bit tight in the garage though



One day I will have a double garage and a lift.
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Nice to see you're still going strong.

Ill have get up yonder to be a back marker again soon.

[Jazoli]

theshrew said:

Ill have get up yonder to be a back marker again soon.

There's only me left! everyone else has either crashed out, given up or moved abroad, there are no more NW rideouts and I've done 500 miles this year

[SAS Tom]

Jazoli said:

theshrew said:

Ill have get up yonder to be a back marker again soon.

There's only me left! everyone else has either crashed out, given up or moved abroad, there are no more NW rideouts and I've done 500 miles this year

I’d be up for a ride. I think I’ve only done maybe 100 miles this year if that.

[Catnapper]

Jazoli said:

Fitting a new (old) engine to my mates thundercat as he fitted a new chain (incorrectly) and did this

Space is a bit tight in the garage though



One day I will have a double garage and a lift.

Just seen that on the Thundercat FB page

[Jazoli]

SAS Tom said:

I’d be up for a ride. I think I’ve only done maybe 100 miles this year if that.

I'll drop you a message in a couple of weeks

Catnapper said:

Just seen that on the Thundercat FB page

Yeah it gets better, the replacement engine has all the exhaust studs snapped off and remnants of stud extractors in at least 2 of them, so I also have to swap the heads over, and the casing around the stator cover is also damaged which will need a chemical metal repair, it was under £100 though so I guess it was cheap for a reason, I just hope the bottom end is ok on it, apart from that I'm quite enjoying it to be honest, I've been spoilt by new bikes for a while now and have not got my hands dirty for a while,

[shurm]

Still running it in can't keep it below 5k revs

[loftylad]

shurm said:

Still running it in can't keep it below 5k revs

Haha. I feel your pain.

Had 1st service now, and starting to open mine up.

[Junior Bianno]

shurm said:

Still running it in can't keep it below 5k revs

I really want one of these...and a tail tidy!

[shurm]

loftylad said:

shurm said:

Still running it in can't keep it below 5k revs

Haha. I feel your pain.

Had 1st service now, and starting to open mine up.

Nice one

[Biker's Nemesis]

SAS Tom said:

Jazoli said:

theshrew said:

Ill have get up yonder to be a back marker again soon.

There's only me left! everyone else has either crashed out, given up or moved abroad, there are no more NW rideouts and I've done 500 miles this year

I’d be up for a ride. I think I’ve only done maybe 100 miles this year if that.

Me too, its just been a bad start to the year weather wise...You have my number, you only have to text.

[Biker's Nemesis]

podman said:

Fab, how does the old un compare to the LC? They where made in the day before the 12BHP restrictions so I guess it must go pretty well?

Hello Bryan, sorry for the late reply.

The old 200 goes really well, my 125 only gets it at the very top end. The 200 handles surprisingly well.

It was good fun last week and hopefully we can do it again before summer fades.

[Biker's Nemesis]

anonymous said:

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Last time that happened was July last year.

[Catnapper]

Jazoli said:

SAS Tom said:

I’d be up for a ride. I think I’ve only done maybe 100 miles this year if that.

I'll drop you a message in a couple of weeks

Catnapper said:

Just seen that on the Thundercat FB page

Yeah it gets better, the replacement engine has all the exhaust studs snapped off and remnants of stud extractors in at least 2 of them, so I also have to swap the heads over, and the casing around the stator cover is also damaged which will need a chemical metal repair, it was under £100 though so I guess it was cheap for a reason, I just hope the bottom end is ok on it, apart from that I'm quite enjoying it to be honest, I've been spoilt by new bikes for a while now and have not got my hands dirty for a while,

Nice easy job then to get your hands dirty again. TBH they are pretty good to work on.

[gusm2]

Melbourne Raceway on Saturday