My day of bike activities
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Had a great day of biking activities today - I'm absolutely knackered but enjoyed it.
I was up early this morning for when the post office opened at 9am to get tax for my Hornet. Have to say that paying £48 for road tax was a pleasant change
Went home and fitted the tax disc and tax disc holder.
I then went to my local HSS hire and hired a massive SDS drill, so that I could fit my ground anchor in the garage. Glad I hired the right tool, a normal hammer drill would have taken me ages - even just trying to drill a pilot hole was hard work with a normal hammer drill. With the ground anchor fitted and my baby chained up
I went to my local bike accessories shop.
I flashed the cash and went on a bit of a shopping spree
I picked up some GT85, a Motrax Vishas disk lock, a Halvarssons back protector and my new leathers - a 1 piece Teknic Xcelerator suit in black and white.
After dinner, I took the Hornet out for my first solo ride since my test ride the other weekend. I was waiting in traffic at some lights to turn left and another biker filtered past, returning my nod. I don't expect he realised how important that was to me; it felt like I'm really part of the gang now, rather than nodding whilst wearing my L plates. Solo ride was great fun, but I came home when the weather changed for the worse.
Sat down to watch some TV for a short while whilst wearing my leathers (got to break them in
) and now browsing PH.
What a great Saturday Tomorrow I'm meeting up with Dudd from here, to kick tyres and say hello to another newbie from PH.
Soss
I was up early this morning for when the post office opened at 9am to get tax for my Hornet. Have to say that paying £48 for road tax was a pleasant change
Went home and fitted the tax disc and tax disc holder.I then went to my local HSS hire and hired a massive SDS drill, so that I could fit my ground anchor in the garage. Glad I hired the right tool, a normal hammer drill would have taken me ages - even just trying to drill a pilot hole was hard work with a normal hammer drill. With the ground anchor fitted and my baby chained up
I went to my local bike accessories shop.I flashed the cash and went on a bit of a shopping spree
I picked up some GT85, a Motrax Vishas disk lock, a Halvarssons back protector and my new leathers - a 1 piece Teknic Xcelerator suit in black and white.After dinner, I took the Hornet out for my first solo ride since my test ride the other weekend. I was waiting in traffic at some lights to turn left and another biker filtered past, returning my nod. I don't expect he realised how important that was to me; it felt like I'm really part of the gang now, rather than nodding whilst wearing my L plates. Solo ride was great fun, but I came home when the weather changed for the worse.
Sat down to watch some TV for a short while whilst wearing my leathers (got to break them in
) and now browsing PH.What a great Saturday
Tomorrow I'm meeting up with Dudd from here, to kick tyres and say hello to another newbie from PH.Soss
Great stuff!
I remember going to show a mate my "new" GSXR600. I was stuck in traffic on the A127, middle of a summers day. Was so hot it was unreal. A couple of bikes flew past (filtering) and I was just too scared to even think about it!
T'is nice when other bikers nod back. How annoying when they don't?! Reading an article in last months PB (think)which was saying how annoying it was when you get ignored....and how you'll be smarting for miles over it!!
I remember going to show a mate my "new" GSXR600. I was stuck in traffic on the A127, middle of a summers day. Was so hot it was unreal. A couple of bikes flew past (filtering) and I was just too scared to even think about it!
T'is nice when other bikers nod back. How annoying when they don't?! Reading an article in last months PB (think)which was saying how annoying it was when you get ignored....and how you'll be smarting for miles over it!!
Nice one Soss!
Got my bike back from its fist service this week and was looking forward to have a pootle out on it this weekend. Woke up yesterday with a spasmed muscle in my neck which got worse over the day. I am now walking round like a bloody robot unable to lift my arms so no biking for me
Ah well, good excuse to lay around watching the Moto GP though
Trace
Got my bike back from its fist service this week and was looking forward to have a pootle out on it this weekend. Woke up yesterday with a spasmed muscle in my neck which got worse over the day. I am now walking round like a bloody robot unable to lift my arms so no biking for me
Ah well, good excuse to lay around watching the Moto GP though
Trace
Chilli said:
Great stuff!
I remember going to show a mate my "new" GSXR600. I was stuck in traffic on the A127, middle of a summers day. Was so hot it was unreal. A couple of bikes flew past (filtering) and I was just too scared to even think about it!
T'is nice when other bikers nod back. How annoying when they don't?! Reading an article in last months PB (think)which was saying how annoying it was when you get ignored....and how you'll be smarting for miles over it!!
I remember going to show a mate my "new" GSXR600. I was stuck in traffic on the A127, middle of a summers day. Was so hot it was unreal. A couple of bikes flew past (filtering) and I was just too scared to even think about it!
T'is nice when other bikers nod back. How annoying when they don't?! Reading an article in last months PB (think)which was saying how annoying it was when you get ignored....and how you'll be smarting for miles over it!!
I read that article too, it is really annoying! Grrr, wave/nod back people! Trying to persuade my misses that I need a bike or I might die of terminal misery.
Not got much money at the minute though so would need a loan/finance, she's not budging. Common sense is prevailing but it's not much fun is it?
Good work re the new bike sossige, you have more patience than I could ever muster, which is a good thing for a biker.
I'd a been up at 6am and gone for a ride in my pyjamas, tax in the post mr plod...honest.
ps....was looking at a 53plate VFR800 yesterday (I actually want a ZX10R) and if my misses hadn't been there I might have been posting a different tale
Not got much money at the minute though so would need a loan/finance, she's not budging. Common sense is prevailing but it's not much fun is it?
Good work re the new bike sossige, you have more patience than I could ever muster, which is a good thing for a biker.
I'd a been up at 6am and gone for a ride in my pyjamas, tax in the post mr plod...honest.
ps....was looking at a 53plate VFR800 yesterday (I actually want a ZX10R) and if my misses hadn't been there I might have been posting a different tale
Momentofmadness said:
dave_s13 said:
Not got much money at the minute though so would need a loan/finance, she's not budging. Common sense is prevailing but it's not much fun is it?
This months Ride magazine has a feature on buying a good bike for under £1k; they ended up buying a Bandit 600 for £875 !200 bandits are available for 1500-2000 though.....what are they like anyone? Maybe needs a new thread.
dave_s13 said:
Good work re the new bike sossige, you have more patience than I could ever muster, which is a good thing for a biker.
I'd a been up at 6am and gone for a ride in my pyjamas, tax in the post mr plod...honest.
Thanks bud, it was certainly difficult resisting the temptation last weekend - glorious weather. Still, all legal now and was out riding today - just trying to get miles under my wheels.I'd a been up at 6am and gone for a ride in my pyjamas, tax in the post mr plod...honest.
Sossige said:
Thanks bud, it was certainly difficult resisting the temptation last weekend - glorious weather. Still, all legal now and was out riding today - just trying to get miles under my wheels.
Was it windy Sos? I thought about it but decided it was too blustery to risk it. This was in Yorkshire though.
It was more windy this morning when I was out on my own - when I met up with Dodd it wasn't too bad actually, a nice afternoon.
It was good to get out and about, building up experience. I really would like to feel more confident going round roundabouts a bit faster - guess it will come with time. I'm also looking forward to learning about counter steering - I think I understand the theory, but I'm keen on getting back out with my DAS instructor for more training.
It was good to get out and about, building up experience. I really would like to feel more confident going round roundabouts a bit faster - guess it will come with time. I'm also looking forward to learning about counter steering - I think I understand the theory, but I'm keen on getting back out with my DAS instructor for more training.
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