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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - fazersharp - 24-12-14

Two things
It looks like a pram without the engine---------- and
The engine looks good silver


Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Sandscorcher - 24-12-14

(24-12-14, 10:11 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: Two things
It looks like a pram without the engine---------- and
The engine looks good silver

Mmmm
Hadn't thought about doing the eng silver.
Left casing was full of bodge, as I found out when I started to strip the paint back so needs replaced & I've already bought black paint but I'll keep the silver in mind for future.

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 25-12-14

Had a good ride in the sunshine today. Xmas day is definitely a good un when the weather's nice. Unsurprisingly, hardly anyone out and about today, had many of the best bits to myself.


Went via Swindon, first brief break at Royal Wooten Bassett:


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Then down to Calne, tagged on behind a ZZR1100 for a bit to Melksham, then Westbury, then Bratton Camp White Horse Hill:


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Very cold wind on the top, so the flask of coffee I took was appreciated. Others were taking advantage of the wind up there:


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Then a little winding B road to the A360 which is a lovely stretch, up and down and sweeping bends.


I know it's yellow, but it ain't that slow  :lol  :


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Still had over half a tankful by here, but found a petrol station open on the A303 and topped up just in case.
And once again, ended up here for the last coffee break of the day; Silbury Hill:


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The road from here to Marlborough is fun, as some of you Foccers might remember from the Lofos ride we did along there.


So all good stuff, that's my idea of a good Xmas day  Smile

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - noggythenog - 25-12-14


Merry Christmas Nick, good to see some piccies up on xmas day, and for sure the roads would have been dead quiet....I took the dog out for a walk for an hour and I only seen a couple cars, was like the apocalypse.....I thought to myself "yeh I'd quite like being the only person on the planet for a day"

what's that hill all about then?....giant killer ant hill is it?.....iron age burial mound?.....shit like that is good to see.

I also know that a Foccer was out on their other steed today....a ZZR1100....a red and silver one....short, stocky bloke.....perhaps that was him you were following, he's from Telford...would that tally in with near where you were or are we miles and miles off?

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - pilgo - 25-12-14

Nick, is the road with the Tank crossing sign the chittern road (?) that starts/ends at Bulford camp ?
if so, I love that road, its part of my 'got no where to head so go here' route, on the way to countess services on the A303 before turning around and doing it again back home.
glad you had a good ride out today, I was stuck in the cage from somerset to berkshire wishing I was on the bike.

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 25-12-14

Noggy, Silbury Hill is Neolithic, nearly 5000 years old. Bratton Camp is an Iron Age hill fort with associated barrows (burial mounds) etc. We have loads of this kind of thing around Wiltshire, Gloucestershire; Avebury stone circle, Stonehenge (went past this one today, but nowhere you can stop now for a decent snap since they built the new visitor centre), various other white horse monuments, barrows etc. Down by Salisbury is Old Sarum, another hill fort which I sometimes ride to, and which I think might have first been occupied in the Iron Age (not sure), but has had Roman and Norman associations too. I think William The Conqueror had all the Lords and Barons pledge allegiance to him there: the first time all did so to one king in the UK.


Telford a long way from here! The ZZR I followed looked to be black and purple, but I sat back a bit from him so not sure. He went in to Melksham whilst I took the ring road to head to Westbury. He had Furygan full leathers in black and white on.


Pilgo, no, I didn't use the Chitterne road; perhaps the only one in the area I haven't been along now. But it connects with the one in the photo, which is the A360, which runs from near Stonehenge to the Lavingtons.

This was pretty much my route:

Xmas day ride


Google says about 150 miles, but I measured 174.

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - noggythenog - 26-12-14

(25-12-14, 09:07 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: Noggy, Silbury Hill is Neolithic, nearly 5000 years old. Bratton Camp is an Iron Age hill fort with associated barrows (burial mounds) etc. We have loads of this kind of thing around Wiltshire, Gloucestershire; Avebury stone circle, Stonehenge (went past this one today, but nowhere you can stop now for a decent snap since they built the new visitor centre), various other white horse monuments, barrows etc. Down by Salisbury is Old Sarum, another hill fort which I sometimes ride to, and which I think might have first been occupied in the Iron Age (not sure), but has had Roman and Norman associations too. I think William The Conqueror had all the Lords and Barons pledge allegiance to him there: the first time all did so to one king in the UK.


Telford a long way from here! The ZZR I followed looked to be black and purple, but I sat back a bit from him so not sure. He went in to Melksham whilst I took the ring road to head to Westbury. He had Furygan full leathers in black and white on.


Pilgo, no, I didn't use the Chitterne road; perhaps the only one in the area I haven't been along now. But it connects with the one in the photo, which is the A360, which runs from near Stonehenge to the Lavingtons.

This was pretty much my route:

Xmas day ride


Google says about 150 miles, but I measured 174.

Very interesting Nick, I do like some historic viewings as it is just the excuse to take the bike trip plus there is so much in the UK to see.

Interesting TV prog the other night about Roman Britain from the air and even showed some of the old Roman wall...inside and underground NCP car park in London.....which was the original Londinium apparently......back when it was civil Wink, big bloody chunk of it just sat there and I bet hardly anyone notices it too.

on account that I can never afford a foreign holiday anyway then my plan is to continue ticking off historical sites in my own country instead.....it does amaze me how many people have visited Cape Canaveral or whatever for a recent history lesson....yet they haven't visited a Neolithic or Iron age site just 10 or 20 miles away from their front doorstep.

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - devilsyam - 26-12-14

nice to see ya back on your wheels nick

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - griff86 - 26-12-14

Went for a 60 mile ride on some local roads to me near Betws-y-Coed, it was cold but I enjoyed it.

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - hairnet - 28-12-14

Didn't ride from Kildare to ballynahinch for fish and chips cos the snow is bad

Ride to Dublin to catch boat after

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - esetest - 28-12-14

went round the ring road to Frenchay , down the M32 into Bristol , back along the Easton Way and home , It was foccin freezing  .

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - hairnet - 28-12-14

Waiting to come home

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - hairnet - 29-12-14

Rode home from Holyhead

Brrrrr

Bike ming Big Grin

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 29-12-14

(25-12-14, 05:45 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: Then a little winding B road to the A360 which is a lovely stretch, up and down and sweeping bends.

I was up that way on Xmas Eve going to my mum's in Bristol.

Unfortunately, on the way back, I'd not noticed that the temperature forecast had dropped significantly and by the time I got to Devizes my fingers were absolutely frozen to the extent that I was actually having difficulty controlling the bike and I'd not brought along the connector for the heated gloves Sad

So I stopped off at a garage and used the hot air hand dryer in the loos to warm my fingers, then hit "Fastest Route" home on the Sat Nav, but even so I still had to stop off again at Sutton Scotney services going via the A34/ M3 to get a hot chocolate and warm my hands again.

Brr! Sad


Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - pilgo - 30-12-14

put in some 'lucas fuel stabalizer' which sounds simple but.......

i had to give the battery ( indoors over the winter) a quick boost,take off 2 covers,remove the chain thats wrapped around the back wheel/over the saddle,re connect the battery,leave her running for 10 minutes to get the fuel flowing into the carbs,which stunk my flat out with the fumes,and then had to do everything in reverse order- so it had better be worth it come the spring !!

i was really tempted to take her out for a quick bimble,but with all the salt thats gone down in the last 4 nights i decided againts it.

roll on spring  8)

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Rexr - 30-12-14

Ordered more stuff....... Smile not done yet..... :rolleyes

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - midden - 30-12-14

Flushed wrong chainsaw oil out of scottoiler and filled with good chainsaw oil.  Now cutting through the traffic with ease

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - J_Dub - 30-12-14

Started to repair my cracked fairing. Probably going to fit projector style headlights but not HID, I've already split the headlight cassette open and removed the original reflectors (they have the usual peeling chrome and are for mainland europe so cast their feeble beam the wrong way).  Smile



Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - downey - 31-12-14

fitted shorty levers to my baby ..brake was straight forward the clutch lever required a spacer slipped into the hole to stop it moving around too much for my liking then it was catching the handguard but nothing a hot spoon and some melting of plastic couldnt fix  :lol  ,sorry bad photo

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - unfazed - 31-12-14

Left mine in the garage as the weather was crap and I had just washed and polished it. :eek

Took the Serow to work Smile