What did you do WITH your bike today.

[curlylegend]

On 12/08/2024 at 00:12, muldoon74 said:

Hopefully these'll work...

 

Other than going up to Sheriffmuir (very steep and constant, thought I'd have to push it at one point!) The little CB didn't miss a beat. Perfect bike for the roads and riding I done today. 

 

Looking forward to moving to a bigger bike but now considering what I need from one... 

 

 

Stickin oot, man !  And you got a smashing day for it too !

[Stu]

6 hours ago, Tinkicker said:

Sunday, sat the missus on the back and proceeded to ride around 30 miles or so to a cafe near York.  Both to further settle the missus in, but mainly to test the new reg rec.

Arrived at cafe, removed seat and had a suspicious sniff around.  No smell of burning.  Reg was hot as expected, but not too hot to touch.

 

Arrived home without incident and I no longer look at that right seat cowl with deep suspicion.

 

She is feeling pleased as punch with herself.  I think she even enjoyed the ride out.

 

Not strawberry fields I hope! 

[JTDG]

Yesterday evening weather was nice (had been raining all day) been riding the bike a week so decided to venture out onto the A75 near me. 
 

Absolutely loved it, only downside was if anybody has drove the A75, it’s single carriageway but has intermittent overtaking areas which are all uphill. 
 

I am a relatively big guy, and my cb125f isn’t broken in yet. On the uphills it really realty struggled (speed dropped from 60-45) I really thought if it went on any longer I was going to have to get out and push it up. I didn’t pick it for speed, and it’s not often I will go on that road. But I got some very angry horns beeped at me . 
 

Also the amount of dead insects on my visor!!!

[Simon Davey]

@JTDG

People will see a smaller vehicle, or even a caravan or horse box and just instantly want to get past. 

I think a lot of us would ride smaller bikes, if it wasn't for the pressure from faster traffic. 

Also, once you've had a taste of a faster bike, there's no going back. 

Thing is, 45 isn't actually that slow. Glad you survived though! 

Edited August 14, 2024 by Simon Davey

[RideWithStyles]

17 hours ago, Tinkicker said:

Reg was hot as expected, but not too hot to touch.

 

Arrived home without incident and I no longer look at that right seat cowl with deep suspicion.

 

She is feeling pleased as punch with herself.  I think she even enjoyed the ride out.

 

To help keep reg cooler as a back up rather than solely relying on is to wire up a simple small, cheap pc fan to cool or 

extract heat off the surface of the reg if you mount it on or near it, might just keep it happier and long lasting?

 

She as the bike or the wife pleased as punch?

 

lovely looking bike.

Seems like your poor luck with it found another vfr owner to haunt, saw one the other day being attended to by the AA van….

[AstronautNinja]

17 hours ago, Tinkicker said:

Sunday, sat the missus on the back and proceeded to ride around 30 miles or so to a cafe near York.  Both to further settle the missus in, but mainly to test the new reg rec.

Arrived at cafe, removed seat and had a suspicious sniff around.  No smell of burning.  Reg was hot as expected, but not too hot to touch.

 

Arrived home without incident and I no longer look at that right seat cowl with deep suspicion.

 

She is feeling pleased as punch with herself.  I think she even enjoyed the ride out.

Some of that heat reflection tape on the back of the reg may well help 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Out last night in pouring rain. All my kit kept me dry, none of it Gore Tex. 

 

Except my new Richa Gore Tex gloves....they leaked like a sieve. 

 

I didn't buy them for the Gore Tex, just because they fitted me best. But even so, a bit disappointing.  

[S-Westerly]

1 hour ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Out last night in pouring rain. All my kit kept me dry, none of it Gore Tex. 

 

Except my new Richa Gore Tex gloves....they leaked like a sieve. 

 

I didn't buy them for the Gore Tex, just because they fitted me best. But even so, a bit disappointing.  

Don't goretex give a lifetime guarantee for waterproofing? Be worth asking what the hell as my winter Richa / Gore Tex have kept my hands dry in the winter monsoons.

[Throttled]

A rare run in the sun, and no winds. Is this going to be the only time this year I use my armoured denims?

[Simon Davey]

1 minute ago, Throttled said:

A rare run in the sun, and no winds. Is this going to be the only time this year I use my armoured denims?

 

Not if you go back out again today 

I wore my denims the other day, so stretchy and comfy..

[Throttled]

20 minutes ago, Simon Davey said:

 

Not if you go back out again today 

I wore my denims the other day, so stretchy and comfy..

 Having lost 2 1/2 stone and gone down a dress size, I may need new denims. They were hanging off me.

Edited August 14, 2024 by Throttled

[Simon Davey]

@Throttled

That's superb! 

Although, expensive too

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

3 hours ago, S-Westerly said:

Don't goretex give a lifetime guarantee for waterproofing? Be worth asking what the hell as my winter Richa / Gore Tex have kept my hands dry in the winter monsoons.

They do give a guarantee but every bit of Gore Tex kit I've had has leaked. So I've never bothered to act on the guarantee. 

 

But these gloves are new and I still have the receipt so I'll take them back to J&S and see what they say. 

 

I was very careful to get my overjacket sleeves over the gloves so it wasn't water running into them from my arms. 

[muldoon74]

22 hours ago, Stu said:

Where are you trying to copy and paste them from? 

tried to do it from PC  as I uploaded them from phone via email.

 

I'll save them in future to PC and upload as normal, just thought copy/paste would be quicker. 

 

[muldoon74]

13 hours ago, JTDG said:

Yesterday evening weather was nice (had been raining all day) been riding the bike a week so decided to venture out onto the A75 near me. 
 

Absolutely loved it, only downside was if anybody has drove the A75, it’s single carriageway but has intermittent overtaking areas which are all uphill. 
 

I am a relatively big guy, and my cb125f isn’t broken in yet. On the uphills it really realty struggled (speed dropped from 60-45) I really thought if it went on any longer I was going to have to get out and push it up. I didn’t pick it for speed, and it’s not often I will go on that road. But I got some very angry horns beeped at me . 
 

Also the amount of dead insects on my visor!!!

I too am a more generously built guy..  and I've discovered hills and the cb125f with me on it don't go well.. 

 

The trick is not to care about others as you need to ride your ride, you can only piss with the cock you've got and the cb125f's cock shrinks on hills! 

 

I love mine and will be fine if I cant afford DAS in next year or so as I'll alter my riding ambitions and keep doing the roads I do and pushing further out on bigger rides on roads suited to the bike (plenty in Scotland, especially down where you are..). 

 

BTW, most I've had out of mine is 64mph but I find the sweet spot (road depending) is between 30 and 50... Fun factor outweighs speeding tickets for me! 

[muldoon74]

Took mine to work today.. 20 mile round trip..

 

It's just to get out and use it.. 

[Stu]

53 minutes ago, muldoon74 said:

tried to do it from PC  as I uploaded them from phone via email.

 

I'll save them in future to PC and upload as normal, just thought copy/paste would be quicker. 

 

Clearly not

 

I have never tried to copy and paste! I usually just drag and drop or use the add files 

 

I think it depends where you are copying from as to whether it works or not 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I took my Richa gloves back to J&S, they have to send them to Richa to be checked. 

 

We shall see. The waterproof overtrousers I bought from Richa also leaked so I'm not overly impressed with their stuff. 

[Fiddlesticks]

My Richa typhoon one-piece rainproof suit wasn't.

[S-Westerly]

The only Richa stuff I have is a pair of winter gloves which are Gore Tex blah blah. They are my warmest gloves and have stayed dry on the inside in the worst weather. Made in Vietnam and that's all I can say. I really like waterproof gear to be waterproof as that's its entire purpose. I have a pair of allegedly waterproof overtrousers which aren't which really annoyed me.

[ColinWB]

I had a week baking in the sun in St Neots, so missed the bike for that week. I put that to rights today with a trip up to Aberfoyle via Erskine Bridge, Queens View/The Whangie. Passing this I had to give the car in front plenty of distance to avoid second hand consumption of weed . From Aberfoyle I went over Duke's Pass with its twist and turns on the ascent and descent and on to Callander where I took a wee detour along the southern shore of Loch Venachar towards Invertrossachs. Back through Callander and along the A84 to Stirling where I went round the bottom of the rock the castle sits on to join the A811 to head back to Queens View. It was windy and gusty all the way but the A811 was the worst, most exposed part of the trip, my wee 125 got a bit twitchy occasionally.

I got to practice my emergency stop at the A811/A809 junction when a bus turned left out the junction and strayed over to my side briefly, I moved to the left side of my lane to avoid the bus and spotted the left hand drive campervan turning right on the far side of the bus straight into my path.  It was a Westfalia Nugget conversion, an apt name for that driver who was not looking into the junction. Anyway, my emergency stop worked. Every ride is a lesson.

[Simon Davey]

1 hour ago, ColinWB said:

I had a week baking in the sun in St Neots, so missed the bike for that week. I put that to rights today with a trip up to Aberfoyle via Erskine Bridge, Queens View/The Whangie. Passing this I had to give the car in front plenty of distance to avoid second hand consumption of weed . From Aberfoyle I went over Duke's Pass with its twist and turns on the ascent and descent and on to Callander where I took a wee detour along the southern shore of Loch Venachar towards Invertrossachs. Back through Callander and along the A84 to Stirling where I went round the bottom of the rock the castle sits on to join the A811 to head back to Queens View. It was windy and gusty all the way but the A811 was the worst, most exposed part of the trip, my wee 125 got a bit twitchy occasionally.

I got to practice my emergency stop at the A811/A809 junction when a bus turned left out the junction and strayed over to my side briefly, I moved to the left side of my lane to avoid the bus and spotted the left hand drive campervan turning right on the far side of the bus straight into my path.  It was a Westfalia Nugget conversion, an apt name for that driver who was not looking into the junction. Anyway, my emergency stop worked. Every ride is a lesson.

 

Love your detailed ride reports, it does seem as though you have a great time though.

[ColinWB]

9 minutes ago, Simon Davey said:

 

Love your detailed ride reports, it does seem as though you have a great time though.

 Cheers Simon, I'm really enjoying being on the bike. Need to remember I'm a learner, though and not get too carried away with the thrills 

[AstronautNinja]

3 hours ago, ColinWB said:

I had a week baking in the sun in St Neots, so missed the bike for that week. I put that to rights today with a trip up to Aberfoyle via Erskine Bridge, Queens View/The Whangie. Passing this I had to give the car in front plenty of distance to avoid second hand consumption of weed . From Aberfoyle I went over Duke's Pass with its twist and turns on the ascent and descent and on to Callander where I took a wee detour along the southern shore of Loch Venachar towards Invertrossachs. Back through Callander and along the A84 to Stirling where I went round the bottom of the rock the castle sits on to join the A811 to head back to Queens View. It was windy and gusty all the way but the A811 was the worst, most exposed part of the trip, my wee 125 got a bit twitchy occasionally.

I got to practice my emergency stop at the A811/A809 junction when a bus turned left out the junction and strayed over to my side briefly, I moved to the left side of my lane to avoid the bus and spotted the left hand drive campervan turning right on the far side of the bus straight into my path.  It was a Westfalia Nugget conversion, an apt name for that driver who was not looking into the junction. Anyway, my emergency stop worked. Every ride is a lesson.

For years I was diasapointed that despite what school kept telling me, strangers very rarely offer you drugs

[Simon Davey]

Went out as it was getting dark, fancied a blap, and wanted to test my new brake lines. 

Front brake's a lot better, but after filling up and starting my way up to the A14, I actually turned around, because I was getting cold arms. 

Didn't wear a jumper because I was hot when I left, next time I'll take one with me. 

Good ride though.