What did you do to your bike today?

[bonio]

2 hours ago, Trooper74 said:

Rode it home from Macclesfield this afternoon through the Peaks  .... It’s an absolute joy to ride .... love it ...

oops. no pic

[Fish]

Nice little loop, around 240km in 5 hours

[Stu]

2 hours ago, Fish said:

Nice little loop, around 240km in 5 hours

 

Some good pics there for @dynax to steal for the calendar  

[Fish]

[dynax]

Get them submitted chaps

[Fr. Anton Goos]

On 30/04/2020 at 00:26, oldgrump said:

Took the Sv1000 up for a MOT, passed with 1 advisory, Rear brake pads!!

Is MOT compulsory for motorbikes in the UK? I hopento travel to the West Midlands at the end of November by motorbike. Hope this will still be possible!

[Stu]

5 minutes ago, Fr. Anton Goos said:

Is MOT compulsory for motorbikes in the UK? I hopento travel to the West Midlands at the end of November by motorbike. Hope this will still be possible!

 

Providing your bike is all legal in the country it is registered in and you hold the correct licence then you have nothing to worry about 

 

The MOT is a yearly test for UK bikes 

 

West mids in November? NEC Motorcycle Live?

[Fish]

Today's adventure was around the Picos mountains, not many miles but still a good day

[V650]

2 hours ago, Fish said:

Today's adventure was around the Picos mountains, not many miles but still a good day

Nice piccys

[Bianco2564]

On 01/10/2022 at 14:30, Bianco2564 said:

Got my monies worth out of them, should be changed every 8000 miles

Got through my first tank of fuel since the plugs and filter.

Same route to work, travelling the same time of day, same garage I filled up at last time and.... the fuel consumption hasn't changed.

[Pie man]

To Hull & Back. Not the well-known trotters Christmas special. But a 228-mile round trip to Bransholme, Hull. Painful motorway ride there and back, all for a 2hr meeting. Still the weather was nice, showing an average 57 mpg.  

[Stu]

9 hours ago, Pie man said:

To Hull & Back. Not the well-known trotters Christmas special. But a 228-mile round trip to Bransholme, Hull. Painful motorway ride there and back, all for a 2hr meeting. Still the weather was nice, showing an average 57 mpg.  

 

Bransholme!! 

 

Bet that was enjoyable! where on Bransholme was you? 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I think I've turned my bike into a submarine. I set off to Liverpool to visit my parents who live right on the front. The weather was meant to be light rain. It is torrential. On the motorway the deluge was so heavy that I couldn't even see as far as my instrument panel. And there were still muppets driving with no lights on.

[S-Westerly]

Rode mine down to Bristol to get Covid jab #4. Got a Flu jab as a bonus. Was expecting wet so went bundled up. Had bright sunshine albeit windy as hell. Only wet I got was from the sweat pouring out of me on way home it was so hot. Now absolutely peeing down. Wife's walked into town for shopping (2 miles each way). She'll be a bit soggy around the edges!

[bonio]

Rode Dr. Z down a green lane to the beach. 

 

[Pie man]

On 07/10/2022 at 09:11, Stu said:

 

Bransholme!! 

 

Bet that was enjoyable! where on Bransholme was you? 

I was right in the middle of one of the largest 1960'/70s built housing estates in Europe. It seems a nice enough area, well the sun was out. 

[Stu]

7 minutes ago, Pie man said:

I was right in the middle of one of the largest 1960'/70s built housing estates in Europe. It seems a nice enough area, well the sun was out. 

 

I know that! I grow up on there  

 

In the middle? North point centre? 

[Pie man]

2 hours ago, Stu said:

 

I know that! I grow up on there  

 

In the middle? North point centre? 

Thats the one, it was quite pleasant, had a nice brew in the cafe, however; so many roundabouts, I got lost leaving the place 

Edited October 8, 2022 by Pie man

[onesea]

Well the weekend has been rather stuffed.

 

The plan has been Sail to the other end of Solent Friday for the night. A nice F6 maybe 7 from astern to blow us there over a large spring tide.

 

Then drift back Saturday & Sunday, instead I ended up with a ride around the forest.  ended by a stary ride across the forest.

 

All started well,

Until phone call from mother in law having funny turn.  Ambulance on its way.

The sail back to home port, was a tad more colourful. Up wind into a stiff breeze 

I won't include the picture of misses ass, her waterproofs leaked and she looked like she wet herself.

 

We still managed to beat the ambulance, phone the Dr at 1600 same day appointment (I know I was shocked), Ambulance cancelled.

Mother in-law ok now on anti-biotics.

[Fiddlesticks]

.. Gentlemen don't sail to windward.

[onesea]

1 hour ago, Fiddlesticks said:

.. Gentlemen don't sail to windward.

Firstly I make no claim to being a gentleman. Secondly a little bit of chivalry keeps misses happy.  She even enjoyed the up wind sail...

[Ian Frog]

OK for those of us who are landlubbers and completely ignorant you are now talking Welsh !

Cheers

Ian

[Gerontious]

meanwhile, in an alternate universe. where people occasionally ride their bikes and do things.

 

I oiled my chain.

 

[billy sugger]

I fixed my Scott oiler. Heard noise coming from chain, so thought it needs adjusting, etc, turns out chain had sliced through the feed hose that provides the oil to the dual outlet, but the reservoir sits directly above the chain near the front cog so chain still got oiled but the noise was the hose remainder rubbing the chain. I then went out on it to help a fellow biker in distress - - - his chain had come off on the way to here from Daventry for blood test at NGH, so that's my good deed for the day

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

7 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

.. Gentlemen don't sail to windward.

So how do you round a windward mark?