[bettingpython]

Went for a ride led a group, I suck at spotting troopers got a ticket for passing in a no passing in the twisties. Tractor trailers on twisty roads suck.

Amazingly I am less hacked about the $200 dollar ticket than I am about big rig drivers using the good twisty roads and getting in everyones way.

[LoopyLee]

Working for 11 hours today, starting at 6am thins morning.. I'm shattered

[Surffrog]

Originally Posted by Sideshow bob

I don't believe it.....

Sun WAS out....

Put on leathers.. put on helmet.. Start Bike... go to Petrol station (need fuel and cigarettes).. Fill up..

Go in to pay....

And Its Starts F**KIN' tipping down
Turn my back for five F'kin' minutes.. bl**dy british summer (again... Don't know why i so surprised.... It's just really begining to grate now!!!)

Probably time you and Loopy considered moving country then.

[rokitt51]

Supposed to be leaving tx this weekend to head for home and pick up my bikes. The significant other wants to pack up the kids (3) and the dogs (on back of the truck) and take the ride roo. Mind you it is supposed to be there and back, quick as trip as possible. And on top of that she has to be at work the next day. Why do they always have to ruin something? She doesnt believe that a 120 lbs husky, along with a 75 lbs pit bull, will not be alright along with a 954 and gsxr750 in the back of a 4 door f150. Oh yeah and my sons bike in the back too. Something tells me that in the next couple months im gonna be a bachelor again

[LoopyLee]

Had another really cr*p day at work

Then on the way home was quite happily cruising along at just a tiny bit above the legal limit.. well 80 actually.. and a bike passed me like I was going backwards

[StrumminRonin]

Originally Posted by LoopyLee

Then on the way home ... a bike passed me like I was going backwards

It wasn't me!

What's hacked me off today? If we forget about the clowns at work, I guess it'd be the Big Honda itself. What do you mean the Honda Motorcycles Customer Service don't know if there are any CBR125Rs in the UK, and have to find out. Sheesh...!!!! You've got to be kidding me!

I'm not buying another YBR, and am certainly not buying a Chinese clone. I don't want the CG because it's heavier than the YBR. I have been told to stay away from Americans, Italians and Chinese - it's bikes, not food, or men - so I the little cibby it is.

Hey... how about importing one of those 150CC CBRs over from Thailand, and restrict it for now so I stay legal.... Hmmm...

[Sideshow bob]

Originally Posted by StrumminRonin

stay away from Americans, Italians and Chinese

yeah,

Shifty looking buggers

[macca9540]

Originally Posted by StrumminRonin

It wasn't me!

I have been told to stay away from Americans, Italians and Chinese -

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie

[StrumminRonin]

Originally Posted by Sideshow bob

yeah,

Shifty looking buggers

The English were on the list too, but I don't see myself riding a triumph (thought they made underpants??)

[Twincam]

Stay with the people you can trust, Japanese (not Chinese) for bikes and both German and Japanese for cars - although I heard that Mercedes were now getting parts made in China! Cheeky Buggers!


Think of it this way, (e.g. Chinese bike) if something were to go wrong would you be able to get parts for the bike easily? Is the bike and manufacturer reliable? Is it the bike you need and want? If you answered no to any of these, then don't waste your time or money.

Im hacked off as I have to be out of the house by eight again tomorrow - My lovely sleep has been disrupted.

[StrumminRonin]

Originally Posted by Twincam

Think of it this way, (e.g. Chinese bike) if something were to go wrong would you be able to get parts for the bike easily? Is the bike and manufacturer reliable? Is it the bike you need and want? If you answered no to any of these, then don't waste your time or money.

Im hacked off as I have to be out of the house by eight again tomorrow - My lovely sleep has been disrupted.

Hope you get some quality sleep, dude.


The Chinese bike thing...

I have been told by a very reliable source that, you do get what you pay for. If it costs 1/3 the original, it's only gonna last 1/3 as long as the original. It's "fine" when it's new.... just don't hold your breath or bank on it when it's not-so-new. Kinda makes it "disposable" - adding to the whole unenviron-mental bullabaloo.

However, as far as manufacturer reliability goes... Honda isn't scoring too high at the moment!

[D3f3ND3R]

Originally Posted by LoopyLee

Had another really cr*p day at work

Then on the way home was quite happily cruising along at just a tiny bit above the legal limit.. well 80 actually.. and a bike passed me like I was going backwards

that happens to me alot...

[LoopyLee]

Originally Posted by Twincam

Im hacked off as I have to be out of the house by eight again tomorrow - My lovely sleep has been disrupted.

Part-timer

I have to start work at 6am

[Sideshow bob]

Originally Posted by StrumminRonin

The English were on the list too, but I don't see myself riding a triumph (thought they made underpants??)

They the shiftiest of them all!!
& thought triumph made Bra s? (who knows why they called it a speed triple!?* the mind boggles )
* maybe they ment speed nipple!

Originally Posted by Twincam

out of the house by eight again tomorrow

8....
Eight!!
How i dream of being able to leave the house at eight (especially as I now 'on Call' )

Originally Posted by LoopyLee

Part-timer

PART-TIMER!!!!

[Surffrog]

Rain, rain, rain and more bloody rain. I'm having to clean my chain once a week at the moment b/c of all the bloody sand and road grime

Miss-fire seems to be getting better all by itself... time to worry!

[Bucko@buck88.ka]

typical English weather ! Nuff said

[robert mcvey]

rain on monday, tuesday ,wednesday, thursday, friday .

[LoopyLee]

Originally Posted by macca9540

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie

[LoopyLee]

Today.. another crap day at work.. so was looking forward to a little swift cruise home and got stuck behind an effin tractor!!!!!!!! At the first available opportunity (after going several miles down the road at 20mph ) I nipped past it (actually wound the throttle wide open and shot past it like a bullet), leaving the other bike behind me staring at my lights as they vanished into pin pricks in the distance.. then I catch up with a flippin learner in a car doing.. you guessed it 20mph

So much for my lovely, albeit quick, ride home..

[Twincam]

Eight was my good day! Sometimes I have to be in Swindon/Reading for 7 or (of im lucky) 8... What makes it worse is that I have to drive my company van (Citroen Berlingo)... Grrr.

Also today I found out that my starter motor on my moped project has gone kaput. Great. Finding parts for a bike that hardly anyone has heard of before is causing me to go mad. Its a Yamaha Jog (CG50E - 1988)

[Sideshow bob]

Originally Posted by Twincam

Eight was my good day! Sometimes I have to be in Swindon/Reading for 7 or (of im lucky) 8... What makes it worse is that I have to drive my company van (Citroen Berlingo)... Grrr.

Also today I found out that my starter motor on my moped project has gone kaput. Great. Finding parts for a bike that hardly anyone has heard of before is causing me to go mad. Its a Yamaha Jog (CG50E - 1988)

I feel for you twincam...

Bl**dy Swindon* ........on a high note....

......My projects going well

*i used to cover swindon years ago (some strange, strange funny little people there!)

[Twincam]

Yeah its a good 2 and a half hours from where I am - And usually I don't finish until about 6. I guess every job has its ups and downs eh?

No one seems to have a Starter Motor* - Grrr!

* Emailed the people Loopy told me to ask... Not holding my breath but thanks

[Sideshow bob]

just found this twincam....
Starter Motor Yamaha CG50 Jog 1988-93 - shop at Motorcycle Parts UK any good?

Same starters used on CY50 jog-in