Stu

love a happy ending in a bromance 

Enjoy the bike Bob. I was looking at the pics thinking its the same bloody bike before reading the post and it all clicked  

I don't know I daren't look  

59 minutes ago, Ainzley91 said:

Her dad is a biker and races side cars so she’s totally fine with it and yeh we get on fine. 

You're lucky then  

1 hour ago, Ainzley91 said:

picking her up from her mums

That will be your biggest hurdle if she doesn't agree and wants to be awkward! 

Hopefully you both have a good relationship with no issues and it all goes smoothly 

26 minutes ago, Magpie said:

My Father worked at Sutton annex as an Anaesthetist

and enjoyed a pint in the Dolphin pub as I remember.

Dolphin is long gone now! It was knocked down for reasons unknown 

19 minutes ago, Magpie said:

Small world eh,I once spent part of my life in my younger days in 137 Amethyst rd  Bilton Grange.

I remember next door neighbour son ( Raymond Farrah ) R.I.P got killed going up to Brid on his Norton or Triumph 

never did get all the details of that fatal accident as we moved back up north,I was around 8 at that time.

His dad jack had Triumphs in his garage….still remember the smell of petrol and oil

 

Atb

 

That's not far from where I live now! 

I'm just on the outskirts of Bilton village 

Hi Stu welcome to the forum 

More power less throttle

Is that the McPlant!! 

Just booked 3 nights in Wales for week after next 

Then remembered my MOT tester telling me my bike passed MOT and the rear tyre had twice the legal limit on the back tyre! 

So 2mm then! 1mm usable! f**k

New tyres ordered!

And while I was at it I ordered 2 tyres for the wifes car

that was an expensive 30 mins  

Just now, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

I did something similar to an old Ford Escort which leaked through the windscreen. Having tried multiple times to cure the leak I eventually gave up and just drilled some holes in the floor. It did the trick. 

Thats what you do in old land rovers  

18 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Go on....why?

This is like being on facebook and tagging yourself at A+E and everyone asking if you're ok hun  

Basically the mirrors are enclosed on my bike and when you wash it or it rains they get full of water with nowhere to drain! 

So I removed all the covers and mirrors and drilled a small drain hole for it to drain away  

You can see where the water collects! 

I also washed the bike afterwards  

Fitted some new brake pads today 

And drilled some holes in the mirrors! 

Happy birthday have a good day

Just now, Bender said:

Bollocks...... 

No! not that far under! 

2 hours ago, MikeHorton said:

How do you plug in these modern horse thingys? 

Theres a charging port under the tail............

great aren't they

Hi and welcome to the forum 

Ignore @Bender he doesn't know what day of the week it is

Hi and welcome to the forum 

Snell is not a brand I have heard of before  I have just had a quick google and they do seem cheap 

Which to me suggests to keep clear 

With things like this I would always go for a long term trusted brand 

There is no wonder the high street is a dying trade

And I am sure we are all guilty of contributing to it too! But then why wouldn't we? its all about convenience 

Remember the old corner shops/convenience stores where you used to pay over the odds for the privilege of it being convenient? well its gone full circle and you pay less for the convenience of having things delivered to your door when you want it  

Get ready for another year of everything that is two wheels, taking place from 4pm to 9pm on SATURDAY the 9th July in Barton Upon Humber Town centre ,North Lincolnshire.

http://www.bartonbikenight.com/

2 minutes ago, Troy said:

That’s the thing though, I really like the bike I have! One day, I’d like to get a second bike. I have a soft spot for a Street Triple, I’d happily own another one of those.

I have a soft spot for the TL1000s especially my old one that my brother has! I always said I would have it back in a heartbeat 

Well that option came up last night and I've said no  

So far  

I came to that decision because I had it in for repair last year and took it for a ride to "test" it and I bloody hated it  I think I have got used to the armchair riding styles now  

Yes! 

I have been there! 

A change of bike helped me  

1 hour ago, Cardriver said:

the vague new rule about filtering

Filtering has always being legal and the rule is not new 

Evening all 

Just spent all weekend at cadwell park watching my mate racing! 

Its been a long time coming! 3 years since we was last at any race event 

He has done rather well this weekend winning all 4 races and one of them was right on the line! 0.015 second gap  

Battled out until the end