The Motorbikerist Thread

[tim]

Nicely done!

I rode 110 miles on my S1000R yesterday through some interesting suffolk roads to my preferred Motorrad dealer, ate their sausages, drank their coffee, sat on their bikes and acquired a free hat. It was a good few hours.

We discovered there are places a 1200GS can't go - namely through a gap where a road had been closed but not quite closed enough, so we ended up arriving in two groups.

[Marv]

As ever the problem was just in my attitude - rather than getting all wobbly-lipped about the things I'm not as good at as others on track, I just went out and enjoyed the bike, which is as ridiculously epic and awesome as ever.

Yes, enjoying yourself is all well and good, but did you acheive a lean angle greater than 62 degrees?

[JLv3.0]

Nope

[Marv]

I've put around 1000 miles on my CB500X now. Not sure I'll ever be able to push a motorbike as hard as I can a car (got into motorbikes too late) but I don't care. I just really like how different it is interacting with a bike on the road, compared to a car.

[NotoriousREV]

I've put around 1000 miles on my CB500X now. Not sure I'll ever be able to push a motorbike as hard as I can a car (got into motorbikes too late) but I don't care. I just really like how different it is interacting with a bike on the road, compared to a car.

You’d be surprised, Marv. I would generally agree with you, I never feel like I’m throwing the bike around like I did with a car, but if I check my speed through corners I know well, I’m at least as fast on my bike as I am in the car (and remember cars have more grip and are capable of carrying more speed in a corner).

[tim]

Dude, come up for a ride out.

[tim]

https://www.held.de/15-1-Made-to-measure.html

I've just designed some Phantom II gloves from Held on their made-to-measure service and asked for a quote. I suspect, it won't be cheap.

[JLv3.0]

So my mate picks up his Ducati V4 Speciale in five days. That's a 40k bike.

FML

[NotoriousREV]

Someone's earning

[JLv3.0]

We reckon it's about a month's pay for him. Bonus extra.

[tim]

Nearer 60k isn't it? Nice job.

[JLv3.0]

Definitely 40k

[tim]

It was the Superleggera I was thinking of, a mere £72,000.

[JLv3.0]

Same guy saw a Desmo go for 50k at Bonhams yesterday and kick himself for missing it. I should have tried harder at school - and then work.

[NotoriousREV]

I wish I was luckier.

[NotoriousREV]

M56 was closed tonight, which I didn’t know until I saw all the stopped traffic. Filtered to the front of the queue, where I sat for 10 mins with the engine off until they reopened one lane. I won the drag race from the standing start and the nice policeman gave me a wave.

[Barry]

I have a set of lights on the A556 that I often *want* to be on red so I can launch from the green. Childish but fun.

Speaking of costly vehicles, our new Head of Dept. likes his fast cars, had the red GTR, and has an Exige. He sent me a link to an R8 V10 Plus (?) second hand but still £95k. Lovely car but fk me..

[tim]

Fookin' hell. Don't got speeding in Switzerland lads. £3,000 on the spot fine!

[NotoriousREV]

Schweisse!

[JLv3.0]

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH!!!

They do bring the lolz though - on the subject of Swiss prisons:

"what you in for"
"ah I was slicing cheese incorrectly"