What did you do WITH your bike today.

[Bianco2564]

Sold the Kawasaki, owned for 18 mths, covered 6000miles, unused since Sept last year as I’ve given up commuting on the bikes.

 

 

[Trooper74]

Sort of “with “ the bike .. we’ve booked the day trip to the Southern 100, leave the bikes at Heysham … we’re delivered to the paddock with brekkie, watch a day’s racing, home with dinner … ride to local Premier Inn .. sleep, ride home £150 for 2 …. Why would you not..

[Simon Davey]

41 minutes ago, Trooper74 said:

Sort of “with “ the bike .. we’ve booked the day trip to the Southern 100, leave the bikes at Heysham … we’re delivered to the paddock with brekkie, watch a day’s racing, home with dinner … ride to local Premier Inn .. sleep, ride home £150 for 2 …. Why would you not..

Good time bargain for sure. 

[S-Westerly]

We went to do our stint on the naughty step for going too fast. 22 folks there but only me on a bike. I was good, kept my mouth shut (mostly) and have to avoid being done for next 3 years.

[husoi]

Looked at the Pan, called her expensive bitch wanting to take me to bankruptcy 

 

[Mickly]

On 13/06/2024 at 12:57, S-Westerly said:

We went to do our stint on the naughty step for going too fast. 22 folks there but only me on a bike. I was good, kept my mouth shut (mostly) and have to avoid being done for next 3 years.

I’ve been on a couple, my main take out was how absolutely ignorant of the most basic rules of the road a lot of fellow participants were.

[Fish]

Fitted an EvoTech rad guard to the bike, just didnt feel right not having one on there.

[Trooper74]

Maps read, Suzuki V-Strom 650 DL chain lubed.

Granddaughter has sorted all her riding gear.
Hotel booked, waterproofs packed ….

0500hrs Sunday me and Moll are off … 

Rotherham, A1, A68, Edinburgh, Perth, A9, Inverness.

Night stop, Premier Inn Inverness. Steak and chips, shower, sleep …. No doubt some Snapchat … Molly …!!

Monday….0500hrs..

Inverness, Fort Bill, Glencoe, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Penrith, Scotch Corner, Rotherham…..

Depending on our actual route … 900 miles…ish …. 2 hourly stops, no riding tired, precious cargo on board. 
I planned to do Iron Butt, RBLR 1000 mile fund raiser, timed events … and then thought.. Why … why add to the stress in my life …. I’m riding for fun …. 

 

[Simon Davey]

2 hours ago, Trooper74 said:

Maps read, Suzuki V-Strom 650 DL chain lubed.

Granddaughter has sorted all her riding gear.
Hotel booked, waterproofs packed ….

0500hrs Sunday me and Moll are off … 

Rotherham, A1, A68, Edinburgh, Perth, A9, Inverness.

Night stop, Premier Inn Inverness. Steak and chips, shower, sleep …. No doubt some Snapchat … Molly …!!

Monday….0500hrs..

Inverness, Fort Bill, Glencoe, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Penrith, Scotch Corner, Rotherham…..

Depending on our actual route … 900 miles…ish …. 2 hourly stops, no riding tired, precious cargo on board. 
I planned to do Iron Butt, RBLR 1000 mile fund raiser, timed events … and then thought.. Why … why add to the stress in my life …. I’m riding for fun …. 

 

 

Sounds great

[Trooper74]

Oops …. Slept in …. We’re off …….

[Trooper74]

14 hours ago, Trooper74 said:

Oops …. Slept in …. We’re off …….

NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING BBC WEATHER TELLS YOU !!!

Currently sat in Inverness prem inn with the granddaughter  … soaked  … well drying out ..core stayed dry but relentless rain from Jedburgh to Inverness was   “ sub optimal “ .. 

GD currently drying her jeans with the hair dryer ..

 

However ….
 

 

 

 

YES ! She’s taking pictures, videos and face timing while we’re riding .!!!!

 

 

 

 

Edited June 16, 2024 by Trooper74

[Trooper74]

This morning .. 0700hrs … black black skys .. but we set off south ..still wet in some places from yesterday …..Our clothes .. still damp despite being huddled up to the radiator all night …

Met 2 Brothers from the RBLR at Perth services .. they removed their gloves an shook Molly’s hand, which impressed her… she’s not sure how adults work yet …

Inverness, Perth, Edinburgh, Abington, Penrith,  Scotch Corner, Doncaster, home … 420 miles today ….A fun 2 days with my GD … 

 

823  Miles for the 2 days …. And it was fun ….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2024 by Trooper74

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Trundling along the M57 this morning I passed a motorbike cop, who was riding without any gloves on. 

 

Bit odd, I'd have thought gloves were pretty essential.  Plus it was quite chilly. I had my mid-season gloves on and my fingertips were just feeling on the verge of being cold. 

 

I've never ridden without gloves. Even a low speed spill can cause huge damage to your hands. 

[Fiddlesticks]

Very surprised to hear that.

[S-Westerly]

Can't imagine anyone to be so deranged as to ride without gloves. If you have an off you are almost certainly going to be putting your hands out with catastrophic results. (YouTube has some hideous examples). I'm surprised a cop would though - surely it would be a disciplinary thing for them?

[JRH]

Met up with CB999 and had a good run out to collect 3 tags. Bacon & sausage sandwiches were consumed along with coffee. A later stop provided cake and coffee. ️

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Sneaky donning of my mesh jacket today to mark the summer solstice.  

[bonio]

1 minute ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Sneaky donning of my mesh jacket today to mark the summer solstice.  

I marked the day by turning my heated grips off.

[S-Westerly]

Yep it's all down hill to winter now. Nights drawing in etc.

[Shepherd]

Rode my mk3 Versys  300 miles to Verviers, Belgium today, in readiness for a weekend at Spa Francorchamps watching a friend race in the GT championship. 

It has definitely made my mind up about getting a seat upgrade - I can barely walk 

 

Think I'm regretting selling the Deauville now.

 

 

 

Shep

[Fish]

After a 5+ hour drive from Hull to home, I decided that as the sun was out and warm I'd give my new Knox Urbane Pro 3 a trial ride. I did put a hoodie over the top, but still let plenty of air thru and kept my nice and cool. 

 

Well the little trial ride, turned into a 4 hours bimble down to Hastings for supper. Fighting the flying dustbins (seagulls) for my hard earned food was getting annoying, so stuffed it down my throat and set off for home. The ride back was a little on the chilly side.

[curlylegend]

On 16/06/2024 at 19:49, Trooper74 said:

NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING BBC WEATHER TELLS YOU !!!

Never believe ANYTHING the BBC tells you !

[Trooper74]

Washed 800 miles of dirt off the bike, cleaned and lubed fescalised portions of the bike, lubed chain, … did maintenance stuff .. oil change in the morning after short ride … all consumables in place .. A run down to Battle next week is a definite … “Work” so the company will be picking up the fuel and hotel tab …

Edited June 21, 2024 by Trooper74

[S-Westerly]

Rode up to Halesowen to do the Bike Sure day with West Midlands Police. Had a great day in perfect weather and actually learned a bit. Had a one on one session for about 4 hours which was really good. Quite recommend it especially if you've not done anything before. I mainly wanted to find out if I'd picked up any bad habits like you tend to and was pleasantly surprised to find out I didn't have anything too bad. A good day.

[curlylegend]

1 hour ago, S-Westerly said:

Rode up to Halesowen to do the Bike Sure day with West Midlands Police. Had a great day in perfect weather and actually learned a bit. Had a one on one session for about 4 hours which was really good. Quite recommend it especially if you've not done anything before. I mainly wanted to find out if I'd picked up any bad habits like you tend to and was pleasantly surprised to find out I didn't have anything too bad. A good day.

But are you not a notorious speed fiend ?