Author Topic: What did you do with whatever else you've got? (Read 510256 times)

fazersharp · « **Reply #1300 on:** 25 March 2016, 12:52:17 pm »

Quote from: markie_wales on 24 March 2016, 09:48:36 pm

Messed around on Salisbury Plain.

Cheers
Markie

That reminds me the other week I was trundling along my fave twisties when I hit a load of mud on the road from a tractor. But then up in the distance there was this brown blob and as I got closer to make out what it was I realised it was bike and rider completely covered in mud.

markie_wales · « **Reply #1301 on:** 25 March 2016, 04:05:29 pm »

Yeah my mate got a bit mucky getting his out of this. The mighty 950 SE got though ok

Cheers

Markie

esetest · « **Reply #1302 on:** 25 March 2016, 06:08:28 pm »

Finished off painting the pergola .

esetest · « **Reply #1303 on:** 26 March 2016, 02:04:53 pm »

Took a Harley iron 883 out for a demo ride , looks , and sounds great , but not much oomph after 70mph . Gonna try one of the 1200,s next .

Nath · « **Reply #1304 on:** 26 March 2016, 07:18:23 pm »

Thought about cleaning the car as it's minging

Decided against it and cleaned the bike instead. Much more satisfying .... and smaller

unfazed · « **Reply #1305 on:** 26 March 2016, 08:51:08 pm »

That ugly merc is blocking us from seeing the condition of your car, to see if it really needs cleaning, although from what we can see, it looks clean enough

fazersharp · « **Reply #1306 on:** 26 March 2016, 10:45:27 pm »

Shit - there you were taking a picture of your car for us all and Angela focing Merkel goes flying past

Nath · « **Reply #1307 on:** 27 March 2016, 10:14:36 am »

Ha ha, definitely a marmite car but I love it. My bike does more mileage than my car. Although I've got space in the garage for another bike

taylor · « **Reply #1308 on:** 27 March 2016, 07:13:56 pm »

sat on my arse outside the pub on the beach, had a few nice sunny day but windy what will tommorow bring.

unfazed · « **Reply #1309 on:** 27 March 2016, 08:50:37 pm »

Quote from: taylor on 27 March 2016, 07:13:56 pm

~~sat on my arse outside the pub on the beach, had a few nice sunny day but~~ windy ~~what will tommorow bring~~.

To much drink will do that

How is the health?

taylor · « **Reply #1310 on:** 27 March 2016, 09:09:16 pm »

very good unfazed thank you. feeling great no slashing my panse , bits of signs on the erection section , so all looking good so have come to pembroke for two weeks , i have my results in two weeks so hopefully all is good.

.. as i say this wow the storm just started.

slappy · « **Reply #1311 on:** 28 March 2016, 03:18:38 pm »

Washed my Focus, wifes Fiesta, daughter in laws Fiesta, sons Peugeot Boxer and his Impreza turbo, amazing what you find to do when waiting for parts for your bike, mind you I love driving the Impreza

celticdog · « **Reply #1312 on:** 29 March 2016, 11:36:09 am »

Family eaten too much chocolate over Easter?

This is what you need, a pot of home made Pea & Ham Soup!
This'll give your exhaust pipe a good blow out!

Get cooking Lads!

esetest · « **Reply #1313 on:** 03 April 2016, 03:41:29 pm »

Spent the day cleaning the Guzzi , washed , chamoised , and polished it , put the battery.back on , started it first push of the button , put air in the tyres, put fresh fuel in , then took it for a spin , went Down. The A38 to Churchill , through Burrington , across the Mendips , back along the A37 into Bristol, what a buzz , love riding the Guzzi .

tex · « **Reply #1314 on:** 03 April 2016, 05:30:41 pm »

Lovely bike

esetest · « **Reply #1315 on:** 03 April 2016, 05:59:08 pm »

Quote from: tex on 03 April 2016, 05:30:41 pm

Lovely bike

Thanks and great fun to ride .

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #1316 on:** 03 April 2016, 09:55:44 pm »

Lake District run today. Weather was mostly dry, though not very bright, so the pics aren't great. Zapped to the Filling Station cafe, where I got chatting to a chap with a silver gen 1; he's just got an R6 shock off Luke, but not a member on here. He sold the bike, rode around on others for 5 years, then found the exact same bike for sale, so jumped in and bought it back!

Then the long way round to Ambleside via Ullswater and the Kirkstone Pass (I'll be glad when the A591 is open again, and can just zip straight down that way). Looking back towards the Kirkstone from the gnarly little lane that plunges steeply down and into Ambleside:

Then went down to Coniston Water, but still the sun didn't want to play, despite this, the only patch of blue sky I saw today:

So then I headed along Little Langdale, and crossed into Great Langdale. Bow Fell in the background:

And the Langdale Pikes:

By the time I got back to Keswick, it had started to rain, but not enough to spoil the ride, and it's nice to get back at nearly 8pm and still be able to put the bike away in daylight.

davey boy · « **Reply #1317 on:** 04 April 2016, 08:36:07 pm »

Looking good
The road down to Ambleside from kirkstone pass is called the struggle it's great when you get a clear run down weeling and jumping the crests

downey · « **Reply #1318 on:** 04 April 2016, 10:39:33 pm »

took the beemer to the ocean late this evening couldnt take the cabin fever no longer ,said id only keep it for days when there wasnt a cloud in the sky but fuck it this is ireland

i just better get used to cleaning it

kitcrazy · « **Reply #1319 on:** 05 April 2016, 07:22:26 pm »

took the pup down to get the boat ready for the season.

kitcrazy · « **Reply #1320 on:** 05 April 2016, 07:24:36 pm »

he loved it

noggythenog · « **Reply #1321 on:** 05 April 2016, 08:02:38 pm »

Great dogs Borders are, kit-crazy

My boy is 7 now, first dog & really is a character

kitcrazy · « **Reply #1322 on:** 05 April 2016, 08:10:48 pm »

hes 7 months now and already a great dog

esetest · « **Reply #1323 on:** 05 April 2016, 09:20:03 pm »

Gave the lawn a good forking and covered it with a top dressing .

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #1324 on:** 05 April 2016, 10:46:40 pm »

Wasdale today:

Crap light again. I did linger for a couple of hours in the hope that the sun might break through, as it was brighter towards the coast, and that seemed to be heading in the right direction, but not a chance. Hard to capture the sheer scale of the Wastwater screes, but they surely look spectacular as you approach:

I camped here for a night when I did my epic fell walking trip, and in the evening was privileged to watch a spectacular weather phenomenon. From a clear blue, sunny sky, a band of cloud swept up along the lake at about half the height of the screes until it stretched the full length of the lake. I'm sat there outside my tent watching this cloud just metres away on the other side of the lake. The cloud developed all the way up to the mountains, clear above and clear below, and as the sun began to set, turned a beautiful bright salmon pink, with the pale blue sky above and the bases of the sunlit mountains below. And just as quickly as it developed, it all disappeared again to leave the stars shining in an otherwise empty night sky. I'll never forget it.

Yewbarrow; something about the shape of this fell from this viewpoint that mesmerises me, don't know what it is:

Packhorse bridge with Seat Allan in the background:

Messed about with various compositions while I was there despite the grey skies; this one not great compositionally, but at least the cloud had some definition:

Somewhere up in that ^ clag is Scafell, but never mind that; look how clean the bike is!

Which didn't last long, as further along towards Wasdale Head, there was loads of run off from the fells across the road

Feet-wet time:

Hey, and why didn't someone tell me about that brilliant stretch of the A5086 from about Deanscales down to Frizington?! Proper little rollercoaster with a good surface, and I encountered bugger-all traffic on it too. A perfect stretch for the little Striple to show what it could do