What did you do WITH your bike today.

[smallfrowne]

Nice one @rob m. Hope you don't see any more rain. 

[rob m]

Thanks A little bit of rain this morning and it was cold. Like shivering and heated grips cold. 12c. Rained a bit when I got to Monschau then has slowly got better. Currently a balmy 21c. Have made my way to Adenau by selecting no motorways on the sat nav. Currently eating currywurst and contemplating my next move. 
 

The whole area is surprisingly quiet, I’ve got the roads to myself. Very little traffic, not that I’m complaining!

 

   
 

 

[Simon Davey]

@rob m

I'm jealous, but not for long!

We'll soon be there. Really looking forward to the healthy eating  I feckin' love sausages too....

[bonio]

3 hours ago, rob m said:

The whole area is surprisingly quiet, I’ve got the roads to myself.

This was how it was in June. Was great.

[Simon Davey]

Had a great 60mile local ride, only marred by technology, and a petrol panic in Bury. 

Home > Halstead > Sudbury > Bury St Edmunds > Home 

 

Edited July 24, 2024 by Simon Davey

[smallfrowne]

I will stop going on about it after this, but I just got the email to say the track day photos were available. I don't normally buy anything unless they capture me crashing but...

 

 

I'm pretty sure in this shot I am blocking him off on the last corner down to the chequered flag to keep my top spot in the championship. Or, I'm just a moving bollard cocking up his testing sheet. Notice the lack of windscreen on my one, that's why I'm not leant over as much as him.

[Simon Davey]

Excellent picture, you must be proper chuffed with that. 

[rob m]

That’s very cool @smallfrowne 

 

My day in the Eifel has gone like this…

 

 

Looked out of the window.

 

Ate this.

 

Rode here.

 

Got lost due to Garmin tomfoolery.

 

Found my way back to the bnb and ate this.

 

Drank this.

 

The sun was out and it was a pleasant 25c. Tomorrow’s forecast looks grim. Likely to make a dash back to Blighty tomorrow but the two days I’ve had have been great. Better than doing boring stuff at home on my days off. 
 

 

[smallfrowne]

@rob m ooh that looks grand to me. Just right. How was/is the beer?

 

@Simon Davey very happy haha. It's pretty much a a recreation of the poster on the gate, but instead of Tommy Bridewell it's me. 

 

[rob m]

3 minutes ago, smallfrowne said:

@rob m ooh that looks grand to me. Just right. How was/is the beer?

It’s not bad. They only do two at the bnb and that’s one of them. When you’re hot and thirsty though, it tastes incredible 

[JRH]

Good ride out to the Kingswinford area. Short walk by the canal watching the boats go by while waiting for the pub to open.

then into aforementioned pub for a drink and a bacon and egg sandwich (which was very nice). Back to the bike only to find I had managed to lose one of my custom ear plugs. 
So  retrace steps but no luck in finding it.

I bought them in 2015 and still have the company name so was hoping they may still have the moulds, but google shows them permanently closed. Bugger.

[Trooper74]

Another dull day at Chez Julid ….. 0520hrs Jules gets up for a wee, bounces back into bed … so we’re both awake … chatter and giggles ……..and a house full of children … so downstairs for a coffee is the plan… In the living room at 0540hrs grandaughter number 2 is wrapped up in a quilt watching Mowanna …really !!

Coffee in conservatory … Jules back to bed …Me .. prep the V Strom …. I’m going to pop to the beach …It’s only 60 miles away….Via Gainsbrough, Blyton, Caistor, Cleethorpes, Louth, Willingham Woods, Blyth …..Great morning ride out

So home 134 miles later …. Ha!!!

 

[bonio]

@smallfrowne

Oh my. What a freakin awesome picture. 

I don't think I'd ever want to ride again after that - how could it ever get better?

Edited July 26, 2024 by bonio

[Tinkicker]

5 hours ago, JRH said:

Good ride out to the Kingswinford area. Short walk by the canal watching the boats go by while waiting for the pub to open.

then into aforementioned pub for a drink and a bacon and egg sandwich (which was very nice). Back to the bike only to find I had managed to lose one of my custom ear plugs. 
So  retrace steps but no luck in finding it.

I bought them in 2015 and still have the company name so was hoping they may still have the moulds, but google shows them permanently closed. Bugger.

 

 

Wow.  You have the heart of a lion to walk by a canal and have a sandwich.  I am mentally scarred from indulging in such an innocent pastime....

[ColinWB]

Picked up my first ever bike, a CB125F, and rode it home 50 miles. Decided to do an additional 30 mile loop because I was enjoying it so much. The weather was perfect, dry and clear skies. That's me started 

[Simon Davey]

49 minutes ago, ColinWB said:

Picked up my first ever bike, a CB125F, and rode it home 50 miles. Decided to do an additional 30 mile loop because I was enjoying it so much. The weather was perfect, dry and clear skies. That's me started 

Welcome to the biking World, and all that it offers. 

Glad you had a a great ride home. 

[Tinkicker]

Missus had her first ride out of the year on the back of the VFR.  Took her to Breighton Airfield for a full english and an hours worth of watching the aircraft while we ate.

 

She thoroughly enjoyed herself and said that the 40 mile, ease her in gently run; left her wanting more.  Goodo.

 

Of late, the reg rec has been often in my thoughts re the VFR.  I have no reason whatsoever to suspect anything awry, but I learned long ago, never to dismiss nagging thoughts.  They are a renowned and pretty much only VFR failure point, so when I got home, took a look and found it had been replaced at some time in the past.  The label proclaimed the replacement to be manufactured by Sun.  

Never heard of them.

 

So a new Electrex Mosfet reg rec is winging its way towards TK towers as we speak complete with new terminals and connector block to do the solder mod to the connections.  Still have plenty of thermal paste left over from when I built my latest PC.

 

BTW the Viffer is running absolutely lovely since I stuck the carbs in the ultrasonic.  Smooth as a billiard ball dipped in whipped cream.

Edited July 28, 2024 by Tinkicker

[JRH]

As the good weather is holding a ride out to collect a couple of South East tags. 4 Kingdoms and Jane Austen phone box. The A34 was a nightmare on the way back did many many miles of filtering through virtually stationary traffic.

after Kidlington (Thrupp) stopped off at Annie’s Tea Room for the obligatory bacon sandwich and coffee.

a good but hot day out.

if anyone else is going to Jane Austen phone box from the north, continue on the B3051 to Overton then the B3400. Don’t follow sat nav as you end up on miles of single track road

 

[smallfrowne]

Took the day off. Too hot to work. Up early kettle on and walk the dog, careful not to wake anything else. Bike out, cheese sarnies made. Jam too why not. First proper decent try of the green one.  

 

Up the A1 to Leyburn, Hawes, and west. Heading for the ferry. After an hour in, what's going on? Numb fingers? I'm holding on too tight a lá Cougar of top gun. Ease into it, get comfy... Stop for a coffee thing. It's more milk than coffee but it's helping. 

 

Chap on the bench talking to another couple about going hang gliding. I think he'd had a few coffees already or was just really ready to go. Never used his emergency chute in 20 years. Hope that didn't change today mister. 

 

Ferry. Last time I was on this I was on the DR650, not long after I'd got it. 

Didn't realise until now, but them's Dutch plates! Of course. They get everywhere. Think I could've got away without paying the £2.70 but my inner bonio kicked in. Then the ferryman let me off first, "narrow lanes, hard to get past this lot". Thanks ferryman. 

 

Sandwich time with the cows. And the bull. 

 

Then, I'd managed to find it, again, having done it on the DR, but in the opposite direction. The big ol' Hardknotts pass. It's the only one I knew really. I'll have to find some others. 

 

It was a bit errr, bumpy. Ya dunt get roads like that in Rotherham. 

So that was nice. And no mechanical issues. The DR had thrown a balancer shaft at the exact top of the pass last time. I distinctly remember the sound of a horrible mechanical failure within the engine. I rode it home mind, and all the little springs, washers, pins, etc had settled nicely at the bottom of the casings which I found later on...

 

330 miles on trip A when I got back. I think it should do Germany alright. I'm pretty sure I made it to 130miles without having a major panic for petrol as well. Though I couldn't resist topping up at £1.37 a litre in the middle of nowhere, cheapest I'd seen all day. 

 

Edited July 30, 2024 by smallfrowne
Dutch context

[bonio]

That's an epic trip mate. 

I fed my inner Jack with a wild berry and white chocolate sundae today. 

[Simon Davey]

1 hour ago, smallfrowne said:

Took the day off. Too hot to work. Up early kettle on and walk the dog, careful not to wake anything else. Bike out, cheese sarnies made. Jam too why not. First proper decent try of the green one.  

 

Up the A1 to Leyburn, Hawes, and west. Heading for the ferry. After an hour in, what's going on? Numb fingers? I'm holding on too tight a lá Cougar of top gun. Ease into it, get comfy... Stop for a coffee thing. It's more milk than coffee but it's helping. 

 

Chap on the bench talking to another couple about going hang gliding. I think he'd had a few coffees already or was just really ready to go. Never used his emergency chute in 20 years. Hope that didn't change today mister. 

 

Ferry. Last time I was on this I was on the DR650, not long after I'd got it. 

Didn't realise until now, but them's Dutch plates! Of course. They get everywhere. Think I could've got away without paying the £2.70 but my inner bonio kicked in. Then the ferryman let me off first, "narrow lanes, hard to get past this lot". Thanks ferryman. 

 

Sandwich time with the cows. And the bull. 

 

Then, I'd managed to find it, again, having done it on the DR, but in the opposite direction. The big ol' Hardknotts pass. It's the only one I knew really. I'll have to find some others. 

 

It was a bit errr, bumpy. Ya dunt get roads like that in Rotherham. 

So that was nice. And no mechanical issues. The DR had thrown a balancer shaft at the exact top of the pass last time. I distinctly remember the sound of a horrible mechanical failure within the engine. I rode it home mind, and all the little springs, washers, pins, etc had settled nicely at the bottom of the casings which I found later on...

 

330 miles on trip A when I got back. I think it should do Germany alright. I'm pretty sure I made it to 130miles without having a major panic for petrol as well. Though I couldn't resist topping up at £1.37 a litre in the middle of nowhere, cheapest I'd seen all day. 

 

What an awesome day out! 

Love that green machine, looking forward to you belting past me as I dawdle along. 

Edited July 30, 2024 by Simon Davey

[ColinWB]

Too good an afternoon to waste so I got on my bike again and forgot about the bonkers road works in my town that were causing an hours delay for drivers. There isn't really an alternative route either . My patience lasted ten minutes and another 4 bikes filtering through the queue so I decided to try it for the first time. Surprisingly most drivers had left enough space to get through comfortably, except Mr 4x4 pickup who just had to put his tyres on the white lines. An obliging driver in the next lane created a space for me and through I went . It took 5 minutes to get to the roadworks, except they weren't because no one was working, just a load of cones and signs creating an obstruction, with temporary traffic lights to enforce a standstill. I had to go through them again on the way back and had no hesitation in filtering this time.

 

There were plenty of other friendly bikers out too, it was nice to get the nods and waves from them. I rode a "massive" 85miles around Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire, so if you saw a blue CB125 being ridden by a guy in a white helmet wearing a high vis vest, that was likely me.

[Bungleaio]

No good deed goes unpunished as they say so I took the opportunity of going to the mother in laws to fit her new ring camera as a good excuse to scrub the new tyres in a bit that I fitted the other week, I hadn’t ridden on them yet. 
 

About 35 miles in I get the tpms light come up for the back tyre. I monitor it as it can come on now and then but it’s dropping about 0.1 bar per mile. I get to her house to be greeted with the sight of this in the tyre. 
 

Thankfully I have a repair kit in the top box which sorted me out for the return journey. It’s still leaking a bit so I’ll have another go at sorting it tomorrow 

[smallfrowne]

15 hours ago, Bungleaio said:

No good deed goes unpunished as they say so I took the opportunity of going to the mother in laws to fit her new ring camera as a good excuse to scrub the new tyres in a bit that I fitted the other week, I hadn’t ridden on them yet. 
 

About 35 miles in I get the tpms light come up for the back tyre. I monitor it as it can come on now and then but it’s dropping about 0.1 bar per mile. I get to her house to be greeted with the sight of this in the tyre. 
 

Thankfully I have a repair kit in the top box which sorted me out for the return journey. It’s still leaking a bit so I’ll have another go at sorting it tomorrow 

 

Bugger. Which type of kit did you use out of interest? Shroom head plugs or wiggly worms?

[RideWithStyles]

1 hour ago, smallfrowne said:

 

Bugger. Which type of kit did you use out of interest? Shroom head plugs or wiggly worms?

lol, Love the descriptions .

wiggly worms or bacon strips as the yanks call them are my fave, seem to be the most effective when at the road side or trials.