back on the bike today

[y2blade]

a lot less cold that the last few mornings so i thought i'd use the bike

its so much more fun riding to work when its above freezing point

[v-twins]

Take it easy out there...

Roads are still pretty bad and slippy.

[y2blade]

v-twins said:

Take it easy out there...

Roads are still pretty bad and slippy.

yeah cheers

i was using it last couple of weeks untill i got a puncture on thursday ... then wimped out this week untill today as the car is far more apealing when the roads are covered in hard frost!!!

i ride her off road all year round but only recently started using her for my run into work, 20mins on mostly tight twisty country roads so it suits the DRZ pretty well...its a much better way to start the day

Edited by y2blade on Thursday 21st February 07:50

[Ballon]

Positively warm this morning in comparison, roads very greasy and wet. Just shows how much salt they chuck down to atract so much moisture from the air.

[v-twins]

y2blade said:

v-twins said:

Take it easy out there...

Roads are still pretty bad and slippy.

yeah cheers

i was using it last couple of weeks untill i got a puncture on thursday ... then wimped out this week untill today as the car is far more apealing when the roads are covered in hard frost!!!

i ride her off road all year round but only recently started using her for my run into work, 20mins on mostly tight twisty country roads so it suits the DRZ pretty well...its a much better way to start the day

I completely agree.. I work in IT and on shift so start at 6am sometime and on the warm mornings (I've had 1 so far) there is no better way to start the day.

Edited by y2blade on Thursday 21st February 07:50

[y2blade]

v-twins said:

I completely agree.. I work in IT and on shift so start at 6am sometime and on the warm mornings (I've had 1 so far) there is no better way to start the day.

i get to work just before 07:00 most mornings,no traffic just me and the road/wildlife


PS you work in IT and you still managed to muck that quote up

Edited by y2blade on Thursday 21st February 08:11

[v-twins]

I know I just saw that...

ANYWAY so I guess I work in IT but IT is not my strong point ha ha maybe time for a change of career.

On that note have you ever hit anything whilst out on your bike? I've been lucky and only got a kicked up stone in the shin from the car in front.

Edited by v-twins on Thursday 21st February 08:28

[y2blade]

v-twins said:

I know I just saw that...

ANYWAY so I guess I work in IT but IT is not my strong point ha ha maybe time for a change or career.

On that note have you ever hit anything whilst out on your bike? I've been lucky and only got a kicked up stone in the shin from the car in front.

lol

yeah i hit a blackbird at about 90 on my old 350LC a few years back...hit me in the shoulder and nearly took me off the bike,managed to stay on and pulled over as my face and neck felt warm and wet...i had feathers and guts all around my neck and up into my crash helmet...very grim i can tell you

more recently
i hit a (freshly killed) deer on monday morning on the way in thankfully i was in the car so it just clattered about underneith,i coulnt aviod it as it was spread right across the road so i just grimised and drove through the chunks, got to work and the car stank!!!! i spent about an hour under the car that night hooking off all the bits of deer from the exhaust and cat, the car smell's alot better now thankfully.....we have a nice dinner/do to go over the weekend and didnt really fancy turning up in a clean white car that smells like a BBQ gone wrong

i get hit by stones all the time,its like being shot with at by and air rifle at times.

Edited by y2blade on Thursday 21st February 08:34

[v-twins]

So hitting a crow is a big no no then ya?? I mean I never really been that fast on my bike of course I did the speed test when I got it but now I just growl around my local streets.

A dear? I have never seen a dear in the streets before and I live in rural Yorkshire...

Did you go to this dinner do with frsh meat in tow??

[y2blade]

v-twins said:

So hitting a crow is a big no no then ya?? I mean I never really been that fast on my bike of course I did the speed test when I got it but now I just growl around my local streets.

A dear? I have never seen a dear in the streets before and I live in rural Yorkshire...

Did you go to this dinner do with frsh meat in tow??

i would'nt fancy hitting a crow at speed!!!!

i live in the countryside in north hampshire we have alot of shoot estates in the area,we have alot of deer around here....muntjac's, roe deer, fallow deer and sika's

also loads of pheasent's, partidge's, guinnee fowl and alot of hares too

its like a safari park some days

the dinner is "this" weekend coming so no my car smells fresh and clean again

Edited by y2blade on Thursday 21st February 08:49

[v-twins]

I can never hit blackbirds in the car.. Inteligent little buggers how did you do it?
Did you suffer any damage?

Yeah same as here really although I never seem to see any which is just fine with me because I do not want to hit anything if I am on the bike.

So you are not taking dear pie or anything? You know some people are starving in the world HA HA

[y2blade]

v-twins said:

I can never hit blackbirds in the car.. Inteligent little buggers how did you do it?
Did you suffer any damage?

Yeah same as here really although I never seem to see any which is just fine with me because I do not want to hit anything if I am on the bike.

So you are not taking dear pie or anything? You know some people are starving in the world HA HA

it was just "luck" i guess i wasnt injury as such but it brused my shoulder through my leathers

the venison pie would have been a bit "gritty"

Edited by y2blade on Thursday 21st February 09:02

[v-twins]

Gritty pie.. YUM.

Bruises are ok I guess it could have been far worse so by all accounts a lucky escape..

Bring on the sunshine.

[Hooli]

ive hit a smaller bird, sorta greenish & chaffinch size. was doing 40-45 in an open face & got a mouth full of feathers as it hit me right in the face. lucky it didnt 'burst' as i was in an open face lid. rather distracting it was, along with trying to stop with it stunned & twitching on the saddle without squashing it.
ive see a bloke kick a squirrel, it ran across the road, stopped & put its head up just in time to hit his toes - hes foot never left the pegs. squirrels can fly you know

[TheCarpetCleaner]

I had a bumblebee hit dead centre of the visor a few years back at warp 9... on a trackday

Actually covered the entire visor

I never knew a bumblebee could spread so much!

[castrolcraig]

wussys, i have been riding all through winter, i did 150 miles on tuesday/wednesday on a selection of honda's finest, including the new blade and an 08 hanspree rep 600rr......road are great when you got a slipper clutch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[v-twins]

How was your ride this morning

[y2blade]

v-twins said:

How was your ride this morning

good thanks
nice and mild. roads are greasy but thats half the fun on a DRZ ...its deffo getting lighter earlyer

I saw a barn owl this morning

[v-twins]

y2blade said:

v-twins said:

How was your ride this morning

good thanks
nice and mild. roads are greasy but thats half the fun on a DRZ ...its deffo getting lighter earlyer

I saw a barn owl this morning

HA HA HA barn owl? Did you see it then hit it?

Yeah I was up at 5 all last and all this week and have seen the change. Jyst need the dryer weather to make an apperance and then it's all systems go. Helmet hair cut and it's a go for me...

Getting it booked in for a blue flame this weekend and prob get it serviced again just ready for the better weather.

[y2blade]

v-twins said:

y2blade said:

v-twins said:

How was your ride this morning

good thanks
nice and mild. roads are greasy but thats half the fun on a DRZ ...its deffo getting lighter earlyer

I saw a barn owl this morning

HA HA HA barn owl? Did you see it then hit it?

Yeah I was up at 5 all last and all this week and have seen the change. Jyst need the dryer weather to make an apperance and then it's all systems go. Helmet hair cut and it's a go for me...

Getting it booked in for a blue flame this weekend and prob get it serviced again just ready for the better weather.

no it was sat on a corner fence post,it just watched me ride past

im servicing the blade at some point over the weekend so she's all ready for when the salt is washed off the main roads

my local roads dont get gritted so i'll prob have a quick wiz up the road on her (rude not too)...be good to get back on a "proper" bike again