S-Westerly
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Motorcyclist fatalities increase by 9% in 2024
S-Westerly replied to Fender1515's topic in Motorbike Chat
My wife's Lexus internals you can dim right down. Too much so in my opinion. -
I think the key phrase is 20 yo bike. I'd be looking for some wiring hopefully near the headstock which has become chafed and shorts when you turn the bars. As my pronouncements on anything technical are usually proven to be complete hogwash it'll be anything but.
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Needed to blow some debris out of my head so thrashed it. Morpeth- Wooler- Yeavering Bell - Kelso - Jedburgh - Carter's Bar - Otterburn - Morpeth. Just over a hundred miles and some of the roads were quite challenging and the views were nice and the weather decent. Lots of bikes out as well.
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Lucky you. Due to my occupation which is indicated on the electoral roll I'm exempt from jury service.
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Didn't see them in Northumberland last night but we were having a wake.
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I actually quite like some M&S rubbish.
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I spent a week in a hotel doing a course at Fleetwood College. Refused point blank to ever do that again. It's the ass end of the universe.
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Got to 8000 miles and still loving it. Really nice to ride and fast enough to get me into and out of trouble. Surprisingly nimble through the bends.
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My thoughts were along similar lines.
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Needing to de-stress I rode the back roads between Morpeth and Ponteland and back. No police coverage, lots of bends and straights in between so good for a real thrash.
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It was the Worcester one that had been taken over by some group that went bust about a month later. Then it has now reopened under ownership (I think) of the guys who own Ducati Manchester. However I am now a happy Guzzi owner.
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Ours regularly sees speed limits of 120 mph. I wish.
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Nice bikes. I really enjoyed my Multistrada and was keen to take on another one but my local dealer was a dick so I ended up with Guzzi instead.
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Motorcyclist fatalities increase by 9% in 2024
S-Westerly replied to Fender1515's topic in Motorbike Chat
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/29/delivery-drivers-behind-rise-motorcycle-deaths-aa-rac-roads/ As suspected. Deliveroo and their mates main victims. -
Jealous as f@@k.
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Haven't seen one of those vests for a while. Fortunately.
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Nearly got done by one on the A192 yesterday but saw it in time so pootled past at the required 40 mph. Even saw the camera at the front as I went past. BTW Northumberland / Tyneside is now full of stupid speed restrictions it never had when I lived up this way. Just as well for my licence.
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Fairly crap day.
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Motorcyclist fatalities increase by 9% in 2024
S-Westerly replied to Fender1515's topic in Motorbike Chat
Driving a car these days I sometimes think I need a copilot just to operate all the gizmos. -
Motorcyclist fatalities increase by 9% in 2024
S-Westerly replied to Fender1515's topic in Motorbike Chat
I'm with Mickley on this. There's been a huge increase in small capacity bikes being ridden by delivery riders many of whom seem to have no idea about traffic rules etc etc. Ride like maniacs and if they have an off in heavy urban traffic which is their main operating area it's likely to have serious consequences. I'd be interested to know what percentage of the casualties fall into that group. Probably politically incorrect to ask. -
My brother got bitten by a spider when he lived in New Hartley and almost got blood poisoning. No idea what kind of spider either and he was arachnophobic even before that.
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Metzelers are good tyres too. Mind you 240 is pretty enormous.
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What tyres has it got? You may find things improve with an alternative tyre.
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All I'm doing with it at the moment is riding between Morpeth and Northumbria Hospital. Not exactly the most thrilling of rides.
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Be tempted to give it back with a suitably nasty virus.
