Date: 23-10-25  Time: 12:54 pm

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slimwilly

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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #50 on: 23 April 2015, 09:07:29 pm »
Millietant that's a great advert for biking,family biking, you do have to ride your luck in this world.

And you took them around the Nurberg ring,,wow,,what a boast at school.



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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #51 on: 23 April 2015, 09:54:21 pm »
Yep - gotta live ! Youngest absolutely loved the 'Ring but always wanted to go faster, even though we ran under 9 minute laps. Now he just wants to take his Fazer to the 'Ring. - hopefully this summer  :)


Life is full of risks - we've had plenty of shit happen in our lives, but loads of good stuff and all of the good came from taking some form of chance - but we always took as many precautions as we could for safety's sake.

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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #52 on: 24 April 2015, 05:56:55 am »
My brother passed his test actually on his 17th birthday and he had already HP'd a Honda CBX1000 himself as he'd been working a couple of years, so it was sitting at home for him when he returned.
He used to take me out on the back, and i was only 10 years old, and i couldn't get enough of it.
He then exchanged that for a Kawasaki Z1300 when he was 18 years old.
He raced them both over a quarter of a mile at Santa Pod as well.
Makes me shudder a little bit now bearing in mind they were both extreme lumps of a bike and he was still a kid himself, but it was different times back then, and way less traffic to worry about.
Happy days.  :)




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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #53 on: 24 April 2015, 06:46:39 am »
Yep - gotta live ! Youngest absolutely loved the 'Ring but always wanted to go faster, even though we ran under 9 minute laps. Now he just wants to take his Fazer to the 'Ring. - hopefully this summer  :)


Life is full of risks - we've had plenty of shit happen in our lives, but loads of good stuff and all of the good came from taking some form of chance - but we always took as many precautions as we could for safety's sake.

9 minutes,,hell, I was about 12 /13 minutes,,being careful,,we are going again in four weeks,so will be studying my video of my first lap.

Anyway,,you bikers,,man up,get out and at um,, :)

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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #54 on: 24 April 2015, 10:09:32 am »
Life is full of risks - we've had plenty of shit happen in our lives, but loads of good stuff and all of the good came from taking some form of chance - but we always took as many precautions as we could for safety's sake.


Exactly!







"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #55 on: 24 April 2015, 10:25:43 am »
"Bonnet de douche...."  :lol

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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #56 on: 25 April 2015, 09:11:17 am »
Yep - gotta live ! Youngest absolutely loved the 'Ring but always wanted to go faster, even though we ran under 9 minute laps. Now he just wants to take his Fazer to the 'Ring. - hopefully this summer  :)


Life is full of risks - we've had plenty of shit happen in our lives, but loads of good stuff and all of the good came from taking some form of chance - but we always took as many precautions as we could for safety's sake.

9 minutes,,hell, I was about 12 /13 minutes,,being careful,,we are going again in four weeks,so will be studying my video of my first lap.

Anyway,,you bikers,,man up,get out and at um,, :)


If I could figure out how to get it uploaded, I've got a "no knees out, no braking" lap at 8.50 (had to make 5 quick dabs though) - that's a great exercise in riding safe and fast.

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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #57 on: 25 April 2015, 08:28:34 pm »
fazersharp....you're a genius....................a machine gun disguised as an exhaust :evil


if you're after a loud horn....I got one of these for the bandit......its a big old fella and you may have to root around to fit it but my mechanic got it tucked in just inside the nose fairing near the left fork

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stebel-Nautilus-Compact-black-for-cars-and-motorcycles-extremely-loud-/291439231527?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43db21c227


ref the hi viz... I wear a builders waistcoat but I think the long sleeved ones offer better visibility as the "body" can be "lost" behind the screen whereas the sleeves tend to be noticeable due to your arms sticking out a bit more

having said all this.....I've had dozy cnuts pull out on roundabouts in front of our fire engine en route to a job.....two tones going/blues on/white flashing headlamps on.........sometimes you just gotta admit that no matter what you do.......there's always some clown who won't see you :'(

with others on this.....take a break, don't sell her yet


That's exactly the same air horn I have, fitted under the left fairing infill, with a bit of jiggery pokery.
Worth every penny.  :thumbup



Darrsi


when the time comes will you tell me how to wire this up.


Cheers Nick




Is that relay already in the system or do i need to buy one?

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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #58 on: 25 April 2015, 08:47:13 pm »
Mine came with the kit I think.
Was a long time ago.

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Re: That's it... I give up!
« Reply #59 on: 25 April 2015, 10:48:21 pm »
This one comes with an inline fuse not sure what rating yet.