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Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles?
Reply #60 - 30. Mar 2011 at 22:03

YZ250 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 21:46:

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tunnie wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 09:59:

only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:

[img]my old Vello [/highlight] Thumbs Up!

Not sure where you're from but we have a Vellocette Dealer/Parts/ Refurber by us. Seymours shop in Thame, Oxfordshire has Vellocette Venoms and Thruxton Vellocettes on display. Different world back then with de-compressors and kick-start at TDC. Thumbs Up!

A friend of mine has a 1950's Manx Norton. Its mega exhaust pipe well I need to turn down my hearing aid when he kicks her in Grin

Young'uns think everything like these chain oilers are new but it isn't. Ed's Manx has it, the oil is actually in the frame with a tap to drip out the oil onto the chain.

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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles? Reply #61 - 30. Mar 2011 at 22:29 Given the above Ray, please have a wee avatar on me...
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Turk Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3364 Llanelli, Wales Gender: Drives: Two tractors...a chipped manual 2.5td CD (F/Lift '00) & a Hardly-Movinson XL1200	Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles? Reply #62 - 31. Mar 2011 at 00:08 Honda CB250G Honda CB400N Yamaha DT250MX Honda CX500B Suzuki GS850G Honda CBR600F Honda CBR1000F Suzuki GSXR1100M Suzuki GS1000E Honda VFR750F and for the last 4 years, a 1991 Harley-Davidson XL1200.
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Darth Loo-knee Moderator Offline "If you only knew how much he likes Backsides!" Posts: 20248 Stoke-on-Trent Gender: Drives: An Omega in the Pipeline.....	Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles? Reply #63 - 31. Mar 2011 at 00:42 Harley's have never done anything for me but that of yours looks lovely mate.
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Sixstring Omega Baron Offline Its just GOTTA be a big V6. Mmm....NOS........ Posts: 2203 Lydney, Gloucestershire Gender: Drives: '99 Omega 3.0 Elite Estate with pikey hook, and Suzuki RF900 Motorcycle. Oh, and a MGZS180 and Renault Grande Espace 2.2DT (for work)	Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles? Reply #64 - 31. Mar 2011 at 08:35 I really, really, really really want a HAYABUSA next.................love my car, but the feeling a bike gives you just does it for me everytime, and as somebody on here said, "only a biker understands why dogs....................etc"
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Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles?
Reply #65 - 31. Mar 2011 at 14:09

999gsi wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:57:

i love em,started out on a honda vision,then had an unrestricted tzr 125,honda vfr 400,honda cbr 600,honda vtr sp1,then got married and it all went wrong,now divorced with no bike...have to say if all car drivers rode motorbikes we would cut the accident rates overnight...motorcycles dont kill people,,,,,, car drivers do....... Cry

Oh,oh, me, me, me! Lol! I LOVE bikes, my first love! There is nothing else that gives me the feeling that a bike gives, I only feel really "alive" when out on my bike. Have had loads of bikes over the years, with my early years all mostly strokers, but my R1 is all the bike I wanted in 30 years, just an outstanding piece of machinery! Still have my old RD400 too, which is getting a makeover, lol. You always have to have an old stroker stashed away somewhere lol!

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Reply #66 - 31. Mar 2011 at 14:22

999gsi wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:57:

i love em,started out on a honda vision,then had an unrestricted tzr 125,honda vfr 400,honda cbr 600,honda vtr sp1,then got married and it all went wrong,now divorced with no bike...have to say if all car drivers rode motorbikes we would cut the accident rates overnight...motorcycles dont kill people,,,,,, car drivers do....... Cry

Yes I can see some merit in your distrust of car drivers, but to suggest that the riders of motorcycles are wholly without blame for RTC's involving them (as it appears you are) is somewhat misplaced in my view.

I see many motorcycle riders who drive responsibly but sadly I also see many who drive irresponsibly by displaying impatience and using excess speed in the most inappropriate places - rather like many car drivers.

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Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles?
Reply #67 - 31. Mar 2011 at 17:25

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tunnie wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 09:59:

only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:

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Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now Undecided

You must be a very muscular man to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous Shocked

Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello Thumbs Up!

Your could not be further from the truth! Grin

I'm tall at 6ft4/5 ish, but very skinny, weigh bang on 12 stone now.

I borrowed a Yam XJ6 after I passed, silky smooth engine, but it felt like a monkey bike really, far, far too small. Had shoulder ache within just 20 mins, not a fan of the streaming engine.

Prefer the low-reving torque of the 1200 boxer, to be honest I do struggle with the weight, its about 210kgs, when its fully fueled, got the panniers and camping gear on it can be a struggle to get it off the side stand! Embarrassed

But once rolling, weight disappears and it becomes a very nimble bike for its size, not everyones cup of tea but I love it

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Do you break V6's as often as TheBoy? Then you need tunnie's towing services, recovery costs are just the humiliation of being towed by 2/3's of an engine

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Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles?
Reply #68 - 31. Mar 2011 at 18:14

My head has decided that I am selling my bike in the near future.However, it should be back on the road this weekend, and once ive had a couple of rides on it my heart may well overrule the head for another summer. Roll Eyes

Love that R1 btw Daisy. Ridden a few and always wanted to own one before hanging up my helmet, but dont think its going to happen now. Might be just as well I suppose, as I now need my licence to get to work. Roll Eyes

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Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles?
Reply #69 - 31. Mar 2011 at 21:29

Darth Loo-knee wrote on 31. Mar 2011 at 00:42:

Harley's have never done anything for me but that of yours looks lovely mate. Thumbs Up!

I was the same too. I was asking myself "Why am I on this heap of sh*t ?" before I had even gone a 100 yds on the test ride, but a few miles later I realised I was actually starting to like it. Shocked

Tho' I suspect the fact that it's now bored out from 883 to 1200 and dyno'd, with N4 cams, S.E II pipes, an 8,000rpm S.E ignition module and re-worked heads may have something to do with it still giving 'the grin factor' after being used to the performance of even standard tune jap 'plastic fantastics'.
Handles ok for a 'two wheeled tractor' too, but getting my 'knee-down' on it would be closely followed by an elbow and an ear hole. Grin

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chrisgixer Omega King Offline Black ones are faster. Posts: 14570 Wokingham Gender: Drives: "Omega Black" 3.2 Elite. Thanks to Joshwyatt.	Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles? Reply #70 - 31. Mar 2011 at 23:46 Jap bike is no guarantee Turk, I have the scars to prove it. . And yes it's that tired old pic again.
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Reply #71 - 31. Mar 2011 at 23:51

chrisgixer wrote on 31. Mar 2011 at 23:46:

http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/Almeriafeb06cropped.jpg

Jap bike is no guarantee Turk, I have the scars to prove it. Grin

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And yes it's that tired old pic again. Undecided

Aah that's the one to quicken my pulse - it seems to defy logic but there it is, a machine and rider leaning at a crazy angle but yet able to sustain it and come out the other side ready for more. Kiss

Heady stuff.

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Albs Omega King Offline The upgrades are ongoing. Posts: 15083 North Essex Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5CD with LPG/Honda cbr600 FX	Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles? Reply #72 - 01. Apr 2011 at 00:09 Not at all a tired old pic Chris. Its a great reminder of what biking is all about in its purest form. And probably a clue to you probably being a pretty quick rider. .....preffered the one with both wheels off the ground myself (Cadwell?)
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Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles?
Reply #73 - 01. Apr 2011 at 00:12

chrisgixer wrote on 31. Mar 2011 at 23:46:

Jap bike is no guarantee[/highlight] Turk, I have the scars to prove it. Grin

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And yes it's that tired old pic again. Undecided

True, and so do I, Roll Eyes

but a knee down whilst on a Harley IS guaranteed to start the 'Earth....Sky....Earth....Sky....Earth....Sky.....Ambulance' sequence Grin

That's an excellent photo, by the way ! Thumbs Up!

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Re: Does anyone like Motorcycles?
Reply #74 - 01. Apr 2011 at 00:28

Albs wrote on 01. Apr 2011 at 00:09:

Not at all a tired old pic Chris. Its a great reminder of what biking is all about in its purest form. And probably a clue to you probably being a pretty quick rider. Wink

.....preffered the one with both wheels off the ground myself (Cadwell?) Wink

Quick? Not on that day. That's taken at Almeria in Spain in Feb on an ACU license holders only track day, often used by BSB/MRO level riders and teams for pre season testing due to the drier climate, plus there was local race on at the circuit the following werkend. I and several other track day regulars where very much in the way on that occassion. Of note, Superdtock rider, at the time, Brendon Roberts was on track along with one of the BSB privateers and Ian Cobby also.

I learned alot, mostly that the difference between "Quick" riders and the pro's is Massive, really is! A different planet in fact.

Heres the Cadwell pic Albs. Thumbs Up!

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