What did you do WITH your bike today.

[Tinkicker]

6 hours ago, bonio said:

The A10 between Littleport and Denver has always been astonishingly bad, especially the south carriageway as you approach Littleport. I haven't been that way in a few years, but I used to like that bit of road. As your heading north and you pass the burnt out speed camera, you feel you can open up the throttle and let the bike off the lead a bit. It's best on a summer's evening when there's almost no traffic. That road has seen a few wild rides.

 

I had a great ride home from Woodbridge this evening. Amazing scents hanging in the air - cut grass, mayflower. Being out riding on a warm evening is hard to beat.

 

Love the landmark.

 

In an ideal world you would pull over to ask a local for directions...

 

Scuse me, could you direct me to the black horse?

 

Sure.  Carry on down the road until you come to the second chopped down average speed camera pole, turn left straight after it and follow that road for about a mile until you come across the burned out speed camera van, then turn right.  Black horse is on the right by the burned out gatso.

[S-Westerly]

4 hours ago, Tinkicker said:

 

Love the landmark.

 

In an ideal world you would pull over to ask a local for directions...

 

Scuse me, could you direct me to the black horse?

 

Sure.  Carry on down the road until you come to the second chopped down average speed camera pole, turn left straight after it and follow that road for about a mile until you come across the burned out speed camera van, then turn right.  Black horse is on the right by the burned out gatso.

So you've been to Wiltshire then? Never seen so many torched gatsos as there. Shame Oxfordshire is so law abiding as its overrun with cameras and stupid 50 mph limits everywhere. Very Green though.

[Throttled]

Took the Benelli TRK702 loan bike I have out for a spin. It reminds me of the Kawaskai KLE500 I had, light, fun, eager, but not ideal for long distances.

[JRH]

Good ride out to get 3 tags. 
fosse way to Moreton then across to snowshill. Back to Stow then onto Daylesford across to bunkers hill near Kidlington.

then back home via Banbury.

 

[Shepherd]

On 01/05/2025 at 21:45, Simon Davey said:

Disappointed with the Nolan in this respect, it has awful ventilation, and being white made little difference to my head getting hot, even with the vents open.

 

 

Did you open the top vent? I can feel the airflow from that going over the top of my head a fair bit.

I don't find it too hot at all - just a little noisy. Putting the visor down creates more of a booming noise.

[Simon Davey]

1 hour ago, Shepherd said:

Did you open the top vent? I can feel the airflow from that going over the top of my head a fair bit.

I don't find it too hot at all - just a little noisy. Putting the visor down creates more of a booming noise.

 

Indeed I did open the top vent. it was 29 degrees so I should be a little more forgiving. 

[Fiddlesticks]

Had a nice bike day today. Out doing an observed ride on the Explorer first thing. 

 

Off to a local music festival for the afternoon on the Thunderbird. Met the local bike club and got an invite to their annual rally. Back home via the Tap at Eastham.

 

Out to a friend's 60th this evening on the XJR. Still can't quite believe I wandered into a showroom and bought that days after passing my MOD2, much less that they sold it to me! It really is just a little bit nuts. But I'd forgotten just how much I love it. So much power, torque, character and, erm, noise (apologies to the neighbours, we were late getting home).

[Old and Withered]

Hope you are all having a lovely day on your bikes. I am so jealous but still stuck at work. If any of you are riding round Cornwall particularly Liskeard/Bodmin/Tavistock area there's a Morrisons artic with a little old and withered bloke driving it. Seriously though have a great day and stay safe.

[Throttled]

Rode it 101 miles, to scrub in the tyres;

 

[Simon Davey]

I really do think it's a good looking bike, very clean lines, and quite original looking for a cruiser.

Hope you're enjoying it so far @Throttled, I know it takes a while to settle in to any new bike.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

A nice sunny run to Sleap aerodrome and then Old Stores.

 

 

[Tinkicker]

Love the Yaks and the Bucker Jungmeister.  Not so keen on the Ariel Leader though.

[Simon Davey]

Popped along to the bike meet/open day at R&C Motorcycles in Mildenhall (from where I bought the Strom), plenty of bikes of all kinds coming and going. Loud music, and Tracy cooking the most fabulous double sausage, double bacon, and fried egg bap!!

[Yorky]

1 hour ago, Simon Davey said:

Tracy doing the famous double sausage.

[sillyoldman]

Nice little tootle around the back lanes of West Cheshire on the Bonneville. 

[Fish]

Whilst returning home this afternoon, I had to go via a local town centre. Outside the KFC, McDonold's and a couple of other fast food establishments, the nice boys and girls in blue decended on mass to check all those wonderful Deliveroo, Just East and other L plated moped riders.

 

I wanted to stay and see how many bikes were taken away, and how many they found to not have the correct insurance for providing such services.

[Simon Davey]

1 minute ago, Fish said:

Whilst returning home this afternoon, I had to go via a local town centre. Outside the KFC, McDonold's and a couple of other fast food establishments, the nice boys and girls in blue decended on mass to check all those wonderful Deliveroo, Just East and other L plated moped riders.

 

I wanted to stay and see how many bikes were taken away, and how many they found to not have the correct insurance for providing such services.

 

It would be genuinely interesting to know. 

I wonder if that's supposed to be provided for them, or, if the riders have to provide their own mopeds/scooters, and insurance?

[bud]

They have to provide their own insurance. I was talking to a kid who does it while having a tyre changed. I was quite surprised how cheap the business insurance was. Not much more than social and commuting.

[Tinkicker]

Nice tootle out on the 175.  Of course it was to my favourite purveyor of bacon butties.  Around a 40 mile round trip.  Perfect for a sedate tootle in the sunshine. Sat and had a nice chat with a couple of the pilots, meanwhile big blue was attracting a lot of admiring attention and comments.

 

On the way there I had to have a word with myself.  I was sat on a lightweight enduro motorcycle shod with trials pattern tyres, not on the VFR with michelin road 6s.  My riding was getting quite "spirited" and I had the rear step out on a roundabout as I got the power on too soon as I saw the exit line opening up.

Lesson learned.  Ride it like it is a 1970s off road bike, not a modern road bike.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 11 by Tinkicker

[V650]

7 hours ago, Tinkicker said:

Nice tootle out on the 175.  Of course it was to my favourite purveyor of bacon butties.  Around a 40 mile round trip.  Perfect for a sedate tootle in the sunshine. Sat and had a nice chat with a couple of the pilots, meanwhile big blue was attracting a lot of admiring attention and comments.

 

On the way there I had to have a word with myself.  I was sat on a lightweight enduro motorcycle shod with trials pattern tyres, not on the VFR with michelin road 6s.  My riding was getting quite "spirited" and I had the rear step out on a roundabout as I got the power on too soon as I saw the exit line opening up.

Lesson learned.  Ride it like it is a 1970s off road bike, not a modern road bike.

 

 

 

 

 

Great photo

[Mickly]

A couple of pics from the TRF Moto Junkies weekender in Wales.

This is one of the more difficult parts of bast*rd Lane, surprisingly I managed to clear it 1st time with no assistance.

This was another dodgy bit, I’m the one in blue staring at it thinking it’s a bloody trials section, unfortunately I span up the rear wheel and went sideways, so needed a little help

I was lucky enough to get a lift off Adam to Wales along with my bike, his is the XR250, he is also a clubman trials rider and massively more talented than me.

Accommodation was a 2 bed pod which I shared with a stranger, he was fine, no issues with that, there was a compost loo in the wood behind but the rest of the facilities seemed a long way away, traipsing back and forth for washing, showers, meals etc was painful after a full days trail riding.

In the middle of nowhere 

It was a great weekend,  no ego’s, everyone willing to assist us less skilled liabilities without moaning, beers & stories round the fire pit, apparently it a complexly different story if it’s wet.

 

 

 

Edited May 12 by Mickly

[Simon Davey]

Apart from the toilet/washing situation, that looks like an amazing time to have.

Don't doubt yourself so much, I bet you're a lot more skilled now, than before you got there.....

[Mickly]

Just now, Simon Davey said:

Apart from the toilet/washing situation, that looks like an amazing time to have.

Don't doubt yourself so much, I bet you're a lot more skilled now, than before you got there.....

Indeed it was a brilliant time, my skill level and speed increased across the weekend, but I was also conscious of not over stepping the point where confidence out weighs ability 

[Simon Davey]

Took Vera (of course she's called Vera ) to the main dealer for the first 600 mile oil change.
Had a lovely ride, the route is all country lanes and urban roads with some very good "nationals".

So, now she's officially run in, and the metal filings laden oil and filter have bee changed, on the way back home I took her out of baby (rain) mode, which put the throttle curve into "fair bit of oomph" mode. Fifteen minutes of that, and I was in "sporty" mode... Hell yeah, that's better, but maybe I should bungee my trouser belt to the handlebars. All of that torque when sitting up, is so very different to when one is already leaning over the tank on a sport bike.
I did notice a slight increase in my fuel consumption on the way back. 
Big shout out to R&C Motorcycles at Mildenhall for their excellent, and very friendly customer service, great coffee and very nice pain au chocolate.

[RideWithStyles]

Nice, enjoy.

Must say there is load of difference between to manufacturers run in (bedding in) and fun run in, to fully running… doesn’t matter if it’s a bike or car it’s a ice engine. just that every engine has its switches of stages, there is more fun to come.

there is a great difference to an engine set up over than just its a SB, naked or other engine.