gymwitch

On 06/05/2021 at 11:19, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

One of our gang has the NC750, he's very pleased with it. Enjoy.

Who is that?

On 06/05/2021 at 11:52, skyrider said:

does yours have a centre stand

Unfortunately no but theres a place on the bike for one....deffo on my to do list !!! Ive got paddock stands but putting a bigger bike on them on my own....errr no

Just now, dynax said:

 

My CG125, it's on the for sale section here if you want to see it

Yes i read the whole thing properly and currently trying to delete my post ill keep my eyes peeled and ears open. Deffo a good price you are asking and i would hold out for your asking price !!!

12 hours ago, dynax said:

 

£900 and I came down to £1100 which I think is a fair price, but no negotiating on their part.

What are you selling?

Supposed to have picked up new bikes yesterday (sunday) but they're not ready sooo we went out with the scooter club to New Brighton. Must've been 20+ going through those tunnels what a racket !!!! Great day and great fun on Betty cbr125r. Kept getting asked if im selling her.... how many times have i heard "i wish id kept my 125".....

On 26/04/2021 at 15:39, fullscreenaging said:

These are very competitive 

 

https://www.oponeo.co.uk/moto-tyre-finder

I got my michelin street pilot tyresfrom here. No problems so far. 

7 hours ago, skyrider said:

not bad and a good deal, was that the shop near eccleston 

Yes thats the one

50 minutes ago, skyrider said:

good colour scheme and proper riding position

Yes i need a touring bike and the nc750x was too tall for me. Andy passed this place on his way home from work and spotted the Tracer outside. The guys are awesome in there. Just so happened this nc was there and although its a bit loud for me they did us an amazing deal for both bikes. Both one owners and less than 7k on clocks. Tracer has all the luggage with it too. 

KJM Superbikes.

45 minutes ago, skyrider said:

what happened to the harley shop have they moved on to the docks the original shop has been closed for a while now

I thought they had gone altogether ?? Someone said they had shut shut but im not sure. Im going to macros on sunday so ill have a look

Husbands done a thing....

11 minutes ago, JackieOWheels said:

 

Congrats on passing your test @gymwitch

 

Hopefully I read your post right as you never actually said YOU passed but your partner did.

Ooops ill edit that thanks !!

1 minute ago, skyrider said:

i sometimes go in summer and then move on to ainsdale and birkdale 

Hubs hails from southport so he will know all those spots !!! We were there last night with the scooter crew. It was cold though !!!

1 minute ago, husoi said:

That's  why I never let anybody touch my bikes  

It was meeeeeeee

Nice !!! Enjoy

On 04/05/2021 at 20:00, Stu said:

Has anyone had any issues with test rides from dealers? I know pretty much all of them stopped them but with restrictions easing have they now started up again?  

 

I have seen the odd place saying they are doing click and collect and stores are open but nothing really on test rides  

BMW are.

50 minutes ago, husoi said:

I had to take the carbs of the shadow 4 times until I realised that I would be better doing the complete job properly end to end.

Then the bike was happy and decided to work.

"A shortcut isn't always the quickest route..." 

I have done the bike end to end. There was rust and shit inside the tank but must've been on the roof of it. Then someone, not naming names, run her out of petrol. So big clean up job again but tanks getting done elsewhere. 

Just now, skyrider said:

you will be able to join the crowd at the carousel outside the chippy in southport now

Already do on little Betty Andy on his vespa

@skyrideryep it is. Andys isnt on this pic...those are fireblades in the background....it was a tough call

After failing Mod 1 i was somewhat nervous. Hubs went first and looking at his face as he came back i thought he had failed and if he had i think i would've gone to pieces but no worries there as he passed.

It was done in Southport last friday afternoon and people, cars, lorries and push bikes were throwing themselves infront of me. Its a damned good thing i can do a good emergency stop !!! Happened on my car test too I had turned into a road and was scanning for speed repeaters, couldnt see any so kept at 30....just as i spotted a 40 repeater in the distance the examiner spoke and said its a 40 and also at that very same time a white van nearly side swiped me overtaking us. So thanks for that and may a 1000 fleas infest your armpits forever more. So that was a minor. 

Didnt indicate off a roundabout 2nd minor.

No second left life saver as i turned back into test centre road. 3rd minor. Passed mod 2 so I've no complaints. Examiner Rob was spot on. All my training was done by Wayne at Riverview Rder Training in Tarleton. Awesome experience but incredibly stressful and glad i never have to do it again !!!

Taken the carbs off again......cleaning fuel lines....  ABLOODYGAIN !!! This bike better be worth it

I havent actually got it yet...might be ready this saturday so yes the weather had better buck up its ideas !!!

From the start i had an issue with the bike i was on. It just felt extremely top heavy. U turns are a thing and i struggle with them. However by the time we got out of lockdown to do our mod 1 after 2 cancellations there was a Suzuki sv for me to ride....perfect.  We had one refresher and the ride to the test centre. 

The examiner was awesome, i couldn't have asked for better but i failed...he looked more gutted than me....heres why though.

Engine breaking on a big bike is fairly instant and what i did was rolled off the throttle in the speed trap, losing a precious 2mph which had me too slow. So i failed on the swerve avoidance. Engine breaking i jad heard of and knew what it meant but just didnt realise how quickly the speed drops when done on a bigger bike. 

Did a lovely U turn though

Thanks so much peeps !!! Im sorry for my absence but work has gone stupid !!! Not complaining. Going to contribute to the mod1 & 2 & theory threads about my experiences as soon as i can and update the nc23 progress or lack thereof. Also might've got another bike