2019 bikey goals

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Rubin215

3,985 posts

155 months

Monday 31st December 2018
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WaferThinHam said:
Buy a house with a garage.
Put Bike in garage.
Ride bike.
You're not going to do too many miles riding in a garage.

Not unless your garage is, like, huge or something...

Steve Bass

10,186 posts

232 months

Monday 31st December 2018
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wuckfitracing said:


No 1 completed.
Good job that man.. thumbup

I'm counting the days until you begin justifying a new(er) bike to practice on wink




Edited by Steve Bass on Monday 31st December 07:50

Birky_41

4,276 posts

183 months

Monday 31st December 2018
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I was going to leave writing this. Been so stressed and under pressure at work not been able to get on here let alone ride much...

I think for 2019 I'd like to if I get the time;

1. Finish my road to track bike before March
2. Test it out and setup on track March time
3. Start working on the Maico 'Magnum' 440 1979 which my dad raced and have restored by year end
4. Do at least 10 track days this year to makeup my dismal 2018 track day season
5. Change my Tuono to a new 19 model without being too upside down due to the high mileage I've put on it
6. Go Nurburgring in April (Already booked)
7. Go IOM TT Race week (Already booked)
8. Get my boy out moto-x as much as possible and throw my leg over too

darkyoung1000

2,025 posts

195 months

Monday 31st December 2018
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Relatively modest goals from me, mostly around moving house first...and giving up the large garage.
The new place with a smaller integral motorbike garage will hopefully allow the following:
1 - Pare down the numbers of bikes we have from 5 to 4 to actually allow time to get the remaining ones in a better state.
2 - NC30 - new front brakes, refurbished rear shock, new reg/rec.
3 - ZZR1100 - work out why it won't fire, fix it and ride it.
4 - SV1000 - fit quick shifter.
5 - 2 days at Cadwell with the BMW Owners Club (hopefully on the NC).
6 - Definitely not bring the numbers of bikes back up to 5 with a Ducati 749 or 999. In Yellow. Oh no.

Happy New Year all!

kurt535

3,559 posts

116 months

Monday 31st December 2018
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- finally get to ride my CB13SA Ive had in my lock up for 2 years since I bought it and ride the sodding thing!!!

Mr Tidy

22,065 posts

126 months

Tuesday 1st January 2019
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Get a house with a garage, or a house where I can build one.

Then find an RD350LC, H1 and H2 to put in the garage. And an RD400 for old time's sake!

Looking like a busy year. laugh

Oops, nearly forgot - a trip to the Classic TT on the IOM would be fantastic too.

Mr Tidy

22,065 posts

126 months

Tuesday 1st January 2019
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Get a house with a garage, or a house where I can build one.

Then find an RD350LC, H1 and H2 to put in the garage. And an RD400 for old time's sake!

Looking like a busy year. laugh

Oops, nearly forgot - a trip to the Classic TT on the IOM would be fantastic too.

black-k1

11,889 posts

228 months

Tuesday 1st January 2019
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Doing it once would be challenge enough, but doing it twice …. yikes


wink

WarnieV6GT

1,135 posts

198 months

Tuesday 1st January 2019
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Mine are simple as I only have 2.

1. Do a track day
2. Do a 2-3 day trip as I've never done one before.

Bonus would be to do a short European trip as well.

WaferThinHam

1,680 posts

129 months

Tuesday 1st January 2019
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black-k1 said:
WaferThinHam said:
Buy a house with a garage.
Put Bike in garage.
Ride bike.
Nothing too ambitious then! biggrin
A man's got to dream. We've actually bought it already, just waiting for it to be built.

tvrolet

4,251 posts

281 months

Tuesday 1st January 2019
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tvrolet said:
My top 10 for 2019 - in no particular order...

1) Get the big-bore kit for the '14 Chief - not allowed for sale in the EU, but I'll try to pick one up in the US...apart from the stty exchange rate
2) Get the '46 Chief properly registered (just waiting on on the V5 now), get it fully 'sorted', and work on getting it more 'period correct' than it is now
3) Master that foot clutch and hand change - had a couple of goes so far, and while I know exactly what I should do, it's still a bit tricky in practice
4) Change the head and base gaskets on the GPz1100 and stop the pesky oil leak
5) Sell the GPz!
6) Get get certified as an IAM National Observer
7) Accomplish 6) without purchasing corduroy trousers, a cardigan, a BMW or 'textiles'
8) Take the '14 Chief down to the Dolomites for the OG trip smile, plus a few other jaunts in the UK/Ireland
9) Take the '46 Chief to a few vintage runs/shows/rallies
10) Do a wee trip/tour on the '46 with at least one overnighter, just to prove it's possible to tour on a 70 year-old bike
First of the year - and certainly getting the hang of 3) and spent most of the Xmas break in the garage so 2) well underway too smile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJQx8EgFFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLU8VynT6C8

Turn the volume up wink

jt racing

561 posts

173 months

Tuesday 1st January 2019
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Biggest target is to get back to Pendine in Sept and increase my speeds. Only had the Busa a few weeks before we went and only got 3 rides on it. Can't make May due work.

Couple more trackdays on the thunderace, and maybe the hill climb in Cork.

Use either of them a bit more than I got to this year.

Have to fix the thunderace first as she's sulking since the busa arrived... Choosing when to start. Only thing left is the cdi so hopefully the replacement will solve that.

mrdelmonti

1,420 posts

180 months

Wednesday 2nd January 2019
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jt racing said:
Biggest target is to get back to Pendine in Sept and increase my speeds. Only had the Busa a few weeks before we went and only got 3 rides on it. Can't make May due work.
Is it just an ACU sprint licence you need for Pendine?

airsafari87

2,547 posts

181 months

Wednesday 2nd January 2019
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1. First goal has been partially taken care of already thanks to my missus. California Superbike School at Cadwell is booked for July.

2. Give my 16 year old son a few lessons prior to him doing his CBT once he turns 17 in June.

3. Help my missus through her various bike tests (she already has her CBT and has been riding for 2 years) and on to a 'big bike'.

4. Get out and ride as much as possible as a biking family once numbers 2 has been achieved and number 3 is in progress.

5. Attend more BSB rounds this year than I managed last year.

6. Wear out more sets of tyres than I did last year.

7. Find an old project bike that all 3 of us can work on together.

George29

14,706 posts

163 months

Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Biker's Nemesis said:
I'm doing Mugello in August with FE, you fancy it?
Definitely as long as it doesn’t clash with any races biggrin

AceOfHearts

5,818 posts

190 months

Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Bring my MC22 back from Australia!

Dannaz

313 posts

145 months

Thursday 3rd January 2019
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2019 goals;

1. Make the KTM look like it did before I binned it in 2017 (was 2018's goal getmecoat )
2. Ride the KTM as much as possible ( its done 300 miles in two years, very poor effort)


Biker's Nemesis

38,536 posts

207 months

Saturday 5th January 2019
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George29 said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
I'm doing Mugello in August with FE, you fancy it?
Definitely as long as it doesn’t clash with any races biggrin
Hopefully a nice pleasant 4 days in the sun.

V1nce Fox

5,508 posts

67 months

Saturday 5th January 2019
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Recover from back strain.

Put blade back together.

Finish building classic Honda moped.

Avoid BN's inappropriate advances.

jt racing

561 posts

173 months

Sunday 6th January 2019
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mrdelmonti said:
jt racing said:
Biggest target is to get back to Pendine in Sept and increase my speeds. Only had the Busa a few weeks before we went and only got 3 rides on it. Can't make May due work.
Is it just an ACU sprint licence you need for Pendine?
Acu sprint yes and being a member of straighteners to compete at their events.