What did you do with whatever else you've got?

[nickodemon]

Well done! :thumbup

[esetest]

I Wil have to Google that road , the Guzzi is perfect for short trips and twisty roads , but due to the racing position a pain in my old neck after about an hour , it is also very vibey through the bars , so again I tend to stop every hour  , but I could invest in a trailer and then I could take it to these great roads .

Did the 50 mile cycle route of the Coventry and Rugby Bikeathon for the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research Charity, with my wife Liz, son Ryan and his best friend. Great weather, great ride (even though we did it in mountain bikes and got passed by hundreds (or what seemed like hundreds) of road bike riders) and lovely fresh roast pork and stuffing sandwiches at the end 

[Millietant]

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Rode the Guzzi to Minehead today ,stopping at Riders in Bridgewater on the way , getting used to it, I reckon 75 miles each way is about far as my upper back can take , the mind is willing ,just wish the body felt the same way .

Love the Guzzi 
We followed one from Baden-Baden on the B500 a couple of years back. The old? rider was clad in black, oldstyle leathers. He didn't hang about & the bike handled beautifully. I don't know what model it was but it was fun to follow on such a great road.
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B500 from Baden Baden to Freudenstadt must be one of the very best stretches of asphalt anywhere in the world - and a perfect road for the Guzzi, with plenty of fast smooth sweeping bends !

[nickodemon]

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It isn't that much louder than the huge standard can. Aprilia fitted an exhaust valve purely for noise regs. it remains closed until 6000 rpm to pass the noise tests. (God only knows how they got away with that one!). I disconnected mine because it caused hunting on a steady throttle.. It's the best sounding bike i've ever owned... 8)

I can only guess how loud it is with the valve open 

Mine with Akra & bellypan to hide the hideous cat


Love youyr s1r


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[esetest]

Sounds fantastic .

Did the 50 mile cycle route of the Coventry and Rugby Bikeathon for the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research Charity, with my wife Liz, son Ryan and his best friend. Great weather, great ride (even though we did it  on our mountain bikes and got passed by hundreds (or what seemed like hundreds) of road bike riders) and lovely fresh roast pork and stuffing sandwiches at the end 

[Millietant]

It certainly was !


We just did the 150 mile C2C ride from Whitehaven to Sunderland two weekends ago, so it was great this time to not have any real hills  .

[unfazed]

Took the hooligan bike to work today :lol nearly more fun than the Fazer  :eek

[dazza]

Explored some new Byways today taking me all the way over the North Downs in between Ashford and Maidstone. It's amazing how far you can get without hitting a main road, beautiful countryside and views and a dirtbikes playground.

[Dead Eye]

That looks awfully clean to be a "dirt" bike

[nickodemon]

I reckon he took it there on a trailer and parked it for some promo shots! :lol

[dazza]

:lol Busted,  o.k. Perhaps dirtbike was the wrong description.

I should of said, recently washed, just on the way out and so far avoided all the really muddy bits greenlaner

Or..... RWJOTWOASFAATRMBGL.  For short.  :b

[Fuzzy]

Long time no speaky Foccers - this has been keeping me busy recently. ZX9r 2004.

Very clean but new bikes always require a bit of work, was working on it over the weekend hence it's semi naked state  :b

[JoeRock]

Long time no speaky Foccers - this has been keeping me busy recently. ZX9r 2004.

Very clean but new bikes always require a bit of work, was working on it over the weekend hence it's semi naked state  :b

Excellent taste sir, I've got an red 2000 plate E1 myself!

[Fuzzy]

Think we've crossed paths on the other forum :-) Great bikes aren't they, not as practical as Fazers but not far off if you can find luggage for them...

[esetest]

Did half hour strength training and 22min run dodging the red light runners , this time a biker .

[downey]

three weeks without a proper ride  :lol ,managed to get out for a few hours around co kerry  on a vstrom im "minding" for a friend ,the wrist is healing well cant wait to have the fazer bk on the road though,missing the power badly

[downey]

Took the hooligan bike to work today :lol nearly more fun than the Fazer  :eek

blimey that cleans up well man  :thumbup [size=78%],you obviously have too much time on yer hands [/size]

[nickodemon]

I had a vstrom thou for a short while. Didn't like it at all. Brakes were pretty poor/ handling wasn't great, but the worst thing was the on / off throttle at slow speeds. Tiring to go round a roundabout and having to feather the throttle ain't my kind of fun!. I heard later that mine was the early model, which was prone to snatchy throttle :\  I owned a 650 vstrom for longer and it was a great bike in comparison to the thou..

[downey]

comfortable id call it but lacking in the grin factor though,i was just glad to have something to get out in the rare irish sunshine

[unfazed]

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Took the hooligan bike to work today :lol nearly more fun than the Fazer  :eek

blimey that cleans up well man  :thumbup [size=78%],you obviously have too much time on yer hands [/size]
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Beats cutting the lawn. :lol