The Hitcher

my neighbour had a Ducati, he had it running all day once , i had to go round and complain about the noise ... turned out he was doing some concreting , wasn't the bike at all.... 540x360.jpg How did your neighbour feel (and every other Ducati owners!) about his bike being mistaken for a cement mixer!!! The new ones don’t have dry clutches anymore, they still are very grabby and annoying to try and launch though.

Nothing wrong with Aprilias,they make great bikes, only thing I think that goes against one a bit is the dealer network is smaller and parts can take longer to get than a Kawasaki, both good bikes though.

If you're going in chronological order shouldn't your next bike be called Buffy? . Wasn't really into buffy never really appealed Me either, the actress was cute though, I did see a few episodes, she seemed to be into older men from what I could gather.

You named your bike after a lesbian icon from a crap 90s tv show?. Not sure about the crap tv show, but you gotta luv curves in the right places If you're going in chronological order shouldn't your next bike be called Buffy? .

The company closed down in 2006/2007 IIRC, it got sold to a rich young Russian who completely messed things up, think it is now back in English hands and trying to get a new model off the ground and building in Wales. As much as I think it would be great to see them come back I’m not holding my breath for it being a success given how much better the competition is. It would be great to see Norton come back again too .

Stabilisers ha ha funny guy What is that thing in your avy picture it’s got ladies handbags on it That's because she's a lady and she's called Xena You named your bike after a lesbian icon from a crap 90s tv show?.

He’s a conman, really feel for the people who have deposits on bikes, classic Nortons, not really my thing but respect them as a good British bike of the time and understand why they appealed, the rotary engine was kind of cool too. The modern incarnation was doomed to failure imo, trying to build a V4 superbike with an extremely high price tag just wasn’t a good idea, Aprilia and Ducati make V4 superbikes which are much better to ride, much cheaper to buy and have an extensive dealer network for servicing and parts(ok extensive might be a bit of a reach for Aprilia but they’re certainly miles ahead of Norton there) They should have stuck to building retro bikes with modern suspension etc and offer an alternative to Triumphs for people who want a British bike. Instead they tried to compete with the big boys whilst not having the resources to do so, similar happened to TVR,which was a shame because their cars are really cool.

Might as well get one with a side car straight away as you know you’re going to get her pregnant.

Ok , very good who is this really ? If you're going to pretend to be an imbecile you've got to make it more convincing than that . Nobody could be that stupid . The bad grammar is a nice touch though . I was thinking the same,a decent trolling attempt needs far more panache, this was quite poor 1/10 must try harder.

If you’ve got a bike that’s powered by an old indirect injection Diesel engine then yes, otherwise no, stick to pee or vaginal fluids as already recommended.

Renewed mine last week, £680 Fully Comp, and can’t even ride it at the moment .

How is it me riding my bike solo as one a day exercise any different than my neighbour cycling? If anything people cycling are more exposed. INB4 fuel - well I use app anyway and pay at the pump. Note I do stay at home now and don't ride the bike. But my question is about the written rules - are there any rules written by the UK government about motorcycling now specifically? For me it’s more about if you come off at the moment, it puts further strain on much needed medical staff and puts you in hospital and at much greater risk of being exposed to the virus. Don’t get me wrong I’d love to go out on my bike at the moment, nice quiet roads to blast about on etc, but it just isn’t the right thing to do imo so I’m leaving it in the garage.

Probably not no, I'm sure we're all tempted to take our bikes out at the moment but please leave it tucked away until non essential travel is allowed.If you need to use it to get to work, or shopping etc then it's fine to use still.

About 100/110 Miles until the light comes on, 17 litre tank, usually get about 12/13 litres in if I fill up within a few miles of the light coming on. My old bike was the worst though about 85/90 Miles before the light came on and said 25 MPG average on the computer!.

Renewed my insurance, not something I was particularly looking forward to paying in the current climate, but had to be done.

An Mt 07 fook I thought it was a vespa Think it was only running on one cylinder!.

Wow, I didn’t think those MT-07s were that slow, tell him to pick it up a bit!.

That rad came up well, looks good .

So glad I got a couple of hours in on the bike today, next few weeks are going to be very boring.

Thought I’d take advantage of having a pre booked day off and the roads being quiet, had a nice ride up to Newlands Corner, there were a few people around but not that busy and everyone thankfully keeping their distance, went past Box Hill on my way back which was closed and quiet, good news was I managed to mostly get my new tyre scrubbed in a part from a couple of cm left on each side .

Buying beans solely to put them on, and around, his bike as a response to my graphic is truly mindblowing! I'll catch him next time by putting a load of dildos on it! Let's see if he'll go out and bulk buy those! A great plan but it has a fatal flaw that you might not have considered, you'd have to go and buy a load to start with, unless you went to valet parking and this happened:

That better? now that is an expensive toy Tell me about it, I've always liked them ever since having the 400 version, that sound , sadly very expensive and probably a big let down compared to some more modern stuff but if I won the lottery I'd have one, right next to an R7!.

That better?

Each to their own, there’s nothing wrong with them , styling wise I do quite like some of their newer stuff, never really liked the classic E Type etc, give me an AC Cobra over one of them any day!. Got to agree with you there . In my eyes the E Type is far too high off the ground and the roof is too high . Compared to a cobra that looks like its crouching ready to strike , the E Type is awkward looking . I think you’ve summed it up really well there, the E Type is a bit soft and quaint looking to me, with those wire wheels whereas the Cobra just looks mean and purposeful, especially with those side exit exhausts, another one I’ve always really liked is the Jensen Interceptor although that was a bit later and later than that still (90s and 00s) I really like some of the TVRs.

Jaaaaggs aren't Japanese though , I'm not a huge fan of them to be honest, had too much bad experience with things from JLR, the XF and XK look nice though. No but I love jags tbh don't know why Each to their own, there’s nothing wrong with them , styling wise I do quite like some of their newer stuff, never really liked the classic E Type etc, give me an AC Cobra over one of them any day!.