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Not sure bout cyclists as most of em r mad in the smoke but I have seen a nutter on a cb500 thinks he owns the foccin road. I keep hearin this funny noise when i pass..... Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Count me in mate.
nice one exup......time for you to catch up with some of your "special friends"
Do u mean u? U were lookin a bit homeless yesterday hehe
Yeah, Kent,turned up and did it this morning,.,, no fuss, did the assessment and now will be allocated an instructor to take me through.
First Sunday of every month, Mickeys Diner, no appointment necessary it seems
Went on a ROSPA assessment ride, very good!
Ribble are cheap for a reason. But you can return it as others have said. Compatibility is becoming harder add they is still plenty of old 9 speed about, 10 was standard for a good while, then the idiots decided 11 cogs was a good idea. Plus more proprietary chain rings mean maintaining a push bike is getting more like a motorbike cost.
8 & 9 speed out is interchangeable (generally), 10 is not. Don't waste your time trying to get it to work. Amongst my many skills, I'm a cytech 2 qualified bike mechanic...
If they won't amend the order (which reflects poorly on them), just order the correct one as well, and when the 10 speed fella turns up, return it under the distance selling regs, which give you right to return any item within (can't recall if it's 7 or 14 days) of delivery for a full refund.
Red 98, kitcrazy, kosmic, steeve666666666, deadeye, christoTtttttt(caravaner) where r u....
Changing the tank size won't alter the fuel consumption - unless it makes it worse because it's carrying more weight! But I guess if I could afford a KTM I wouldn't be too worried about the cost of fuel. Can I have Exup's go now he doesn't want to try it?
Yeah, I've just been looking into that, some of the reviews said as few as 80 miles to the fuel light if you ride like a tw@! (but they'd be very fun miles)
And no, Exup, you still can't have a go on mine...
Dont want a go anymore.
Chichester to Milau = 900 miles 14 hours on my VFR , and still fresh on arrival,those midi piranees motorways are very twisty and fast fast fun.
I've done 1400 miles in 21 hours but in a car not on a bike. Personally I think you'll be pushing it even though you've got decent roads all the way. You'll win yourself an hour at the ferry as we're an hour behind the rest of Europe but even then with the hanging around time before boarding and getting off the ferry, you're still looking at 2.5 hours total but 1.5 hours delay.
A few years ago I met a guy on a bike at some services just south of Paris. He had been on holiday with some mates in the south of France and he had to get home earlier than the rest of them. He had a bet on with them and he would win if they phoned his home number exactly 24 hours after he had set off and he answered. He wanted to follow me round the Paris ring road as he wasn't sure which route he had to take. He followed me for a while but then we hit traffic and, after I'd told him what signs he had to follow, he went off on his own. Having got through Paris we took a leisurely run and even stopped for a meal but found him again when we got on the ferry. He reckoned that he had got so tired and dehydrated he had started hallucinating and had been overtaking vehicles that weren't even there so had had to stop for some sleep.
I will, and regularly do, drive a car for hundreds of miles at a time but I find riding the bike much more tiring, probably because of the extra concentration needed. I don't think you'll do it.
I have to ride from Budapest to Swindon in august, but I have to do it in 24 hours, a total od 1200 miles minimum and also involves a ferry crossing.
Then took the piss out of Exup's hair.
