Trooper74

J&S at Doncaster has a nice cafe and a good crowd at weekends … CMC  at Clay Cross has a busy cafe even during the week …..

both worth a visit …

My bike was stolen and recovered after the police followed the drunken rider, without helmet , for 6 miles before he crashed it into a driveway … he ran away but the officers knew who it was …

My bike was written off and I was paid £670 for it …. I bought the scrap bike for £125 from the insurance company and replaced the ignition switch from my stock of spares …  since I’d only paid £400 for the bike off eBay …. I’d made a profit …… ish …..

He went to court and I was awarded £500 in damages .. which he paid at the court ..

I’m considering this as a business model ….

I rode my V Strom for 6 months, including a trip to the TT, without a valid MOT … we only realised because my grandson did a dvla check using his phone to test the software …. Oops 

I’ve cut potatoes, rice and pasta plus biscuits and most sweet things …. 4 months later … 3 stone lighter and all my motorcycle kit fits better than ever …

59 minutes ago, smallfrowne said:

There are some issues. I'll email you. What happened to the bike and why is work paying for it though? What did I miss? Run over by a fork lift?

My business ….

5 hours ago, smallfrowne said:

I have a trailer. In maltby. 

I’m in wickersley ….

[email protected] 

or message on here please ..

Local towing places all seem to have disappeared ….4 years ago I could have called Sheffield Trailer’s, picked up a day hire and got the job done ….

not anymore ….

On 10/02/2024 at 18:55, Simon Davey said:

 

Can you rest your feet up on them? 

Great moment arms to bend the frame there …… the more they stick out the more damage will occur at the mounting points.  Just my experience …. 

That was a short ride ….

We’ve been ill for a fortnight … all 3 of us … not man flu, not Covid, not a cold,  not Flu,  not the plague… but definitely some combination….

I was determined to get some miles in today …. Warm sunny dry day ….

20 miles in my chest is cold and the coughing starts …. At 25 miles my stomach starts heaving ……

I got home just in time to remove the armour and get to the toilet …..

Just … !!!!!

Has anyone got a single bike trailer I can hire to get my 1999 Honda CBR 600 from work in Chesterfield back to Rotherham … happy to pay a decent day rate and collect from Sheffield, Doncaster, Derby areas ….. it will be on our company insurance…
 

On 14/02/2024 at 15:53, V650 said:

I bought a small hand held air blower on amazon to blow the bike dry after washing it as I did not like to leave it wet under the cover 

About the size of a skil saw but very powerful Any time I wash the bike now I give it a blast with this before putting the cover on 

I will change the mains cable on it as it is a little short for my liking 

I have taken it apart to see whats involved and it would be straight forward to replace with a longer lead 

 

or an extension.. no dismantling, no loss of warranty …..

Both our bikes live outside, Suzuki 650 and Aprillia Tuono 125 …. Covers … Oxford waterproof lined covers …. I know they aren’t cheep …about £120 …. But they really do the job and also keep the bikes away from prying eyes… and scumbags …

Do you ever hire bikes when you’re ashore ?

How long before your back on land  again …. ?

Wash day … chains oiled, salt washed off … 

V-Strom 650DL, Connor’s Aprillia Tuono 125.

1 hour ago, S-Westerly said:

Rode it via Portbury, Bristol, Bath, Shaftesbury and Zig Zag Hill then on to Salisbury and then Stockbridge where I'm having lunch. Then off to Kingston on Thames where I'll be putting it to bed. Going to need a thorough wash though as it's filthy.

Good run out …. …

I ride all year round … rain, cold ..but not ice. I’m comfortable and protected by cheap cordura jackets and trousers from eBay … lots of layers and decathlon fibre pile jackets … and most importantly…Oxford Heated Handlebar grips … toasty … Cafe stops are usually just for a hot chocolate … 

But not in ice or snow . Been there, done that … fell off …

It’s easy to bypass the side stand switch in my experience … removes one possibility …

On 07/02/2024 at 21:39, Fish said:

Not today, but I had to have it recovered last night. When I finished work I went to the bike and turned the key and everything lit up, but pull the big red button and nothing. Pump was priming, but just a click from the solenoid.

 

First breakdown guy checked a few things then kept trying to bump start me, then the recovery driver arrived to being me home. 

 

4 hours late getting home, and up early today just to catch a bloody train instead of the bike.

Found the cause yet ?

Ride to the dentist’s … one extraction and a filling, plus a clean.
The plan was …. Go out for a ride for the rest of the day but the pressure of my ARAI on my cheeks was so uncomfortable, and with the dribbling blood from the extraction,  I retired home, washed the mud off from the last ride, oiled chain … hid in conservatory with  pussy …. Cat … and drank cold beer, medicinal purposes only ….

For 40 years I have worn ear plugs on the bike … 2 stroke or 4 stroke …. The last thing I want to hear is 20 spanner’s rattling around in a tin box … …. 

Sorry .. it doesn’t matter how many sliders, when they passed their test or what stories they tell … 

At least they’re riding …

I hear so many oldies almost boasting about how early they put their bikes away for the winter … Many of us, old and young, ride all year …. It is the way ………

Today’s run out to Fridaythorpe … Seaways cafe. Had planned to continue to Bridlington but when I turned my phone on at the cafe I had a txt telling me I had a face to face GP appointment at 1320hrs …. News to me.

Really good hot chocolate at the cafe ….

Great ride, even with the 20mph cross wind for most of the ride.

I really have not got the Selfie thing !!

The Cafe.

Todays Route .. Good fun morning .. 140 miles …ish.

Weather in the South Yorkshire area is sunny tomorrow ….. Cold but sunny …. 
Let’s Ride …..

God, it was cold this morning … another ride curtesy of Oxford heated grips …

80 miles, nice ride … they all are to be honest … motorcycling is very near to flying … in flying every landing you walk away from is a good one….. in motorcycling every ride you get home from is a good one …. 
 

I’m on a ride out to Derby Airfield tomorrow …. Delivering some diesel fuel to a contact there … says no rain … but I’ll be dressed for all possibilities 

And here’s the route …. Amazing airfield with loads of stuff to see and run by really nice people.

Comet Racer Rebuild … fascinating …. That table … is the wing!!!