(11-09-14, 08:39 PM)slimwilly link Wrote: Tidy Mr Noggy, you will love the roar !!
I cant wait!
I've got a Mottobat gel battery for £45 so I'm hopeful i wont have any more dodgy starting issues....of course ill have to go for a spin to check it out and woooosh!!!!
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
Been using the trusty thou all week for commuting and have booked it in with All Year Biker for a thorough cleaning and ACF application for the coming winter
Changed the spark plugs and then rode to Exeter to try a Honda varadero 1000 for size. Lovely comfy position, but can I bear to part with the fazer for one??????
(15-09-14, 08:05 AM)bigbluebear link Wrote: Glencoe, Oban & Lochleven....great day out with 16 other bikes
Would love to ride some of those roads again. I will someday, but don't think it'll be until I can afford to B&B it to avoid the midgie scourge inherent with camping there. Probably not next year, hopefully the year after (if I can get a passport :lol ).
Meanwhile, how about some pics on your next little jaunt BBB?
(15-09-14, 08:07 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: [quote author=bigbluebear link=topic=6412.msg166387#msg166387 date=1410764749]
Glencoe, Oban & Lochleven....great day out with 16 other bikes
Would love to ride some of those roads again. I will someday, but don't think it'll be until I can afford to B&B it to avoid the midgie scourge inherent with camping there. Probably not next year, hopefully the year after (if I can get a passport :lol ).
Meanwhile, how about some pics on your next little jaunt BBB?
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with a bit of luck and good weather ill be venturing northwards this weekend after my "ivanising" on Friday. ill pack the DSLR as well :lol
15-09-14, 10:01 PM (This post was last modified: 15-09-14, 10:04 PM by slimwilly.)
Put some wheels on my"scrap yard challenge" bike lift, i can now jack it up and then roll it against the wall out of the way
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And we all enjoy a garage picture ,don't we ? :lol
120 miles. Llandudno and back via St Asaph, Llanrwst. Warm, sunny day, lots of bikers out. Unfortunately yet another biker hospitalised after a collision near Corwen. The ambulance passed me on the way home. This follows the death of a 55 year old biker last week on the same road, near Bryneglwys. A sad end to what was a nice day.
Finally got out for a spin after doing my airbox mod, new filter, blocking off the AIS.
I also fiddled around with adjustments on the gear linkage and increased the idle speed....& put my baffle back in.
Had a nice spin to the beach where i bumped into a couple of crazy fools, 1 on a naked FZ1 & the other on some Aprillia race supermoto type thing that only got 40 miles to a tank of fuel :eek ....after a yatter they invited me along on a coastal spin which was good fun although they were on the back wheel allot & i haven't tried to master wheelies yet....was good fun until the FZ got a nail in his tyre and they were off for a kebab anyway so i peeled off and headed home.
Bike was faultless throughout and sounds awesome with the K&N at circa 5k revs.
Cleansed my sould nicely. 8)
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
That was a long day! Left home at 8:30 this morning, didn't get back til 9:30 this evening. Had a ride down to Exmoor, took the coast road from Minehead to Lynmouth, and snapped some views of Exmoor:
And a couple of snaps of the coastline on the descent to Lynmouth:
Had fish and chips by the sea at Lynmouth:
And a couple of general shots taken for the hell of it:
Covered a fair few miles around the moors too, Exe Valley, Bampton to Minehead, Minehead to Lynmouth (twice!), and generally just followed my nose with no set route. 397 miles covered today