oldgrump

East of England.

#1 The Mallard Barn Shop.

#2 Perrywood  Garden Centre. 

#3 Deersbrook Farm.

#4 Carlton War  Memorial.

11 hours ago, Simon Davey said:

 

Are taking the bike?

Yes, have some Challenge Tags to catch up on, and I love the roads up there.

Escaping to Norfolk/Suffolk border for a week, fingers crossed the weather plays ball

Happy Birthday @Grumpy Old Git , Hope you have a good evening

On 13/05/2024 at 08:44, Nick the wanderer said:

Dum dum Dum dum.. Cue the Jaws soundtrack as I close in on last place..

Yep, made a huge mistake, forgot you could only do 2 trades!!! at a time. So lost a lot of points! 

And I was away in Wales over the weekend. Hopefully now{famous last words} I might claw back up the leaderboard, but I doubt it!!!!!

Cheers Guys, Had a brilliant 3 days away with a bunch of mates, up in Wales for the WNRR, then back yesterday and a Family do at the pub last night!!

Now just off to meet another mate for Breakfast!! 

Hi @bob parker, I have a used Haynes manual, I could post to you for £9.00 if you are interested.

Hi @Hairsy, try allensperformance.co.uk used them often, don't forget a lot of low down misfires are caused by the airscrew/mixture screws holes being blocked, and not the pilot jet.

4 hours ago, Hoggs said:

if you draw me the pictures instead I might allow it

Haha cheers,  only 2 were location's,  the other 4 were Hogg related . 

Well yesterday didn't go to plan!!

Got back after taken 6 photos,  to find phone had shut off in tankbag!!

And no sign of photo's!!!!@

Might get daughter to look when we get home!!!

Nortwest England. 

#5 Devil's Bridge Snacks. 

#6 The Falls Coffee House & Bows & Arrows Gift Shop.

Northwest England.

#1 Brough Castle Ice Cream Tearooms. 

#2 Dalemain Mansion & Historic House. 

#3 Aira Force High Force car park.

(I did take the wrong car park!!)

#4 The Lake's Distillery. 

On 11/04/2024 at 21:44, Fiddlesticks said:

Nice pictures @oldgrump

Definitely Oakerside Tea Room - the sign is an A frame chalkboard with half the name rubbed off.

Haha just looked at your photo,  we turned up in middle of afternoon and I know it doesn't look like it,  but it was full.

So didn't risk going any further. 

Northeast England. 

#4 Clay Bank Car Park.

#5 Dalby Forest Visitor's Centre. 

#6 The Whole Hogg Farm Shop. 

#7 Sir Tatton Sykes Monument. 

#8 The Ramblers Rest. 

#9 York Marina. 

Northeast England. 

#1 The Station. 

#2 Low  Barns Nature Reserve. 

#3 Oakerside Tea Room's???

No signs anywhere, just a cafe sign!!

And the Three Horseshoes for No 3.

Can't believe I'm already 50 pts behind, show's you its the team's choices that count, not the riders!!!

Anyway also away for next 10 days, so might be last when we get back.

Finally started . 

South West England.

#1 The Udder Farm Shop.

Rider's and teams done, Fingers crossed.

1 minute ago, Nick the wanderer said:

Yep that sounds reasonable. I just paid £66 for the XSR. I do my breakdown cover separately though because l opt for the full recovery, any vehicle, so I'm covered in the van. One of the joys of being old l guess.

That's with Devitt.

Yep that's full recovery and included in price, Car and Van on separate policy!!! another story!!

38 minutes ago, RideWithStyles said:

Who the heck is that with? (broker and under writer) sounds too good... .

 

Peter James insurance, classic bike policy.

22 minutes ago, Hairsy said:

Well in an extremely rare instance of good fortune, when I started investigating the nuts I found a loose one. Took it out, cleaned up threads, torqued it up to spec and problem solved!

 

Amazing how much we can panic and assume the worst. I'm glad I didn't go and invest in a load of tools - I celebrated by giving the garage a good hoover!

 

Family activities are taking priority so nothing more today. But, as you'd expect, I'm quite happy!

Nice one, They do have a habit of coming loose once the gaskets bed down, takes a few years, just done a Honda cb750f which had lost one of the nuts!! hence why I said they were long nuts, and like you just torqued them back up!

4 hours ago, Nick the wanderer said:

If you have been with the same company for 20 years chances are you are covered.

Now you get to decide. If you do take pillion you pay extra, or you can look at it if you don't you pay less. Like you should declare any changes to the bike pillion is now one of those things.

If l was you I'd check my policy to make sure l am covered. If you have had the same policy for 20 years you could either be super covered or sadly lacking. You must be happy with the price I'm guessing.

Hi @Nick the wanderer, just phoned my insurance company, yep fully covered for pillions, and as for price £143.50 for 4 bikes 1997 VFR800, 2001 VFR800, 2004 SV1000, 1988 CBR400RR.

Fully Com, and unlimited mileage, £50 excess on 2 oldest, £200 on newest, and full UK and European Breakdown Cover included. Used twice in last 2 years and cover is with AA.

Went on a website years ago to compare insurances, cheapest quote was around £150 for 1 bike!!!!! 

10 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

 

 checked pillion insurance, 

 

Sorry!!!! WTF is this, never heard of it!

Been with the same insurance company for last 20+ years and never heard of Passenger insurance, always carried passengers in the last 53 years of riding never been asked for pillion insurance.

Surely they don't ask when you buy Car insurance so why on a bike that's meant for 2 people are you being asked for this!!

Would love to hear replies?? As I said never seen this!

Hi @Hairsy, looking at photo's you look like you have the original nuts holding the exhaust on, and if they are then the nuts are long 15 - 20mm if i remember correctly and the studs are 8mm in the head,  and 7mm on nut end!!

I also mainly use this for exhaust studs instead of heat!!

Europarts sell it. 

Good spray with this,  it's a bit messy but done loads of studs  with it. 

He was banned in 2019 on a doping charge for 18months, he appealed and ended up with 4 years, Australia was his first competitive race back. 

He was always a rider I liked even in his early days on the 125 and Moto2, he's a bit headstrong at times, and I'll never forgive him for that move when he took down his team mate Dovizioso on the last lap in 2016!!!!!!

Haha bloody hell I'm feeling old when I look back at some of the race's!!