http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310381648042?s...1558.l2649

Well after riding through showers and farmers road mud i eventually got to rufforth on sat 3rd march,
only to find they were charging £4 per person entry so they wnted £8 before we even got off the bike to walk round a look at the potential bargins of the vendors that have paid
is it me or is this just a car boot for bikers as ive never paid to go round any other car boot should we boycott this ????

Ive been a member of this site for a while started when lived on the isle of man, we moved to bournemouth 18 months ago although only brought my bike over late last year.


as we are new to the area still i dont know anyone else that rides, just wondering if there were any other  members that wld be interested in summertime rides out?


im no valentino so would just befor the rideing pleasure and getting out on my pride n joy for a couple of hours as i try spend week time with our 3 month old.


i hear that poole has bike nights too on a tuesday that sounds quite good but turning up like billy no mates and being sorta a quiet guy doesnt thrill me lol.


anyway just thought id see whos about down this end.






ride safe  8)

Just had my bike dyno-ed today at Jordans Bikes in Leeds and what a happy man its made me. 130 bhp at the back wheel! With a nice smooth power curve all the way to the limiter, not bad for a fairly unmolested 30,000 miler, thats in desparate need of a service! Chuffed to bits I am, so much so that I thought I'd share this little bit of happiness with you all

Watching the headlines and thinking that Surrey will be first .............

I see Denise / 'FZ1girl' has finally made 'TwoHundredThou' on the original FZS engine. Nice to know the engine will probably outlive the chassis....guess she'll have to aim for 300000 miles now!


http://fz1grl.net/2012/02/200000-mile-fz1/

On another forum (www.motobanzai.com) we argued the toss and talked bollox about racing like everyone does. A members nephew raced in 125 and told us about the costs, £10 a litre for the control fuel etc,  so we decided to start a fund for us to put some cash into to help out. Its being going a while (5 years?)  and this year Niall Campbell and Josh Elliot are the riders we voted to help out, same as last year. The total amount raised is only a dip in the ocean but welcome by them nether the less.

Niall is in superstock 600s, last year he got a spot in Grant racing and with the extra help, Niall MacKenzie gave him some tips, improved all year. As a team they get passes to hand out and I've been given one a couple of times.  Grant racing also had MacKenzies son Tarren and Kyle Ryde in the same 'garage' last year at Silverstone and I was sat there watching them prepare as well.

Josh in superstock 1000, he was in Euro STK 600 the last 2 years. He got on pole at Brno 2010, but lobbed it during the race. Last year they struggled for funds and couldn't make to Imola. I caught up with them at Magny Cours and Josh's dad Jules found a pass for me. Their 'garage' was an awning on the side of their campervan and I chatted to them for a while as they made changes to the bike before the race on the Saturday. Then Simon Crafer walks in and introduces himself. He was working for the Kawasaki 250's series providing coaching for the riders, but had spotted Josh on track and had a bit of advice for him. Jules was saying the other riders had been to a trackday there the weekend before, so were well ahead on finding a setup. They didnt have the funds for that so he qualified well down and despite being involved in a collision in turn 1 still had a decent race.
This year due to costs they decided to race in the UK, STK1000, and got a ride with Primo Kawasaki before that went tits up when of the Primo owners was charged with drug offences. 1 week or so later they manage to get a ride with Carbontek who also run Dave Johnson.
http://youngridersfund.org/2012/02/29/el...ls-racing/

Getting behind the scenes was well worth the money I put in regardless of the free passes. Its been great meeting the riders and their dads, really nice people and gives extra interest to those classes following them.

Feel free to join in with any donations and more info here http://youngridersfund.org/, although I'm not sure what the deal with passes is this year as they are riding for teams and not on their own.
Theres also a link there for a subscription to Racer magazine, who are going to donate 12% if you subscribe from that link.

rack wanted for fzs1000 gen1 please

Can anyone tell me if the undertray for the 03 FZS 1000 (Fazer) will fit an 04 model. Some a***hole drove into the back of me and has broken the part the number plate is hung on to. I need the whole part as it supports panniers (when they are attacheded).

If someone can tell me I will be v grateful.

James

Hi all. Recently moved to Brighouse from Leeds, West Yorkshire.  Ride my 2001 Blue FZS600 all year round to work etc. Been interesting the last few months with the combination of hills and snow/ice round here. Looking forward to better weather and hopefully meeting up with some yorkshire folk.
Ride safe