What did you do to your bike today ??

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It would be nice to be able to have a bike for most occasions.
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duke63 wrote:It would be nice to be able to have a bike for most occasions.
I'm trying to persuade the missus we need to convert the barn and fill it with bikes - might take a while :D 8)
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i will live in there and look after them for you.
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duke63 wrote:i will live in there and look after them for you.
Deal. I will need a deposit to confirm your attendance ;)
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Just deduct it from my salary. :P
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I perversely like having a bike that's plainly only meant for one thing and doing lots of other things on it that it's not meant to do. Like commuting around London, or touring on a super sports bike.

Even managed a few fire track roads on it in Scotland last year.
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Joys of a naked bike :D :DImage
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Gave it a wash and wax

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Do you fancy cleaning mine too? It's got more bug splats than the leathers (giggle)

Today I rekindled the love for biking and the KTM, despite a rocky start. The battery was knackered, so despite being on charge all night it still needed to be jumped from the car. Then the worst light that could come on came on. Low fuel! Tried on the way to the petrol station to spin the alternator, but no joy. Filled it up and it was dead. Waited for the wife with the car and some spare electricity, jumped it again a rode to the stealer for a new (and overpriced) battery.

Being just up the road from Wantage I decided to cheer myself up and repeat a ride I lead a couple of years ago to chedder gorge. Missed a couple of turns but got there in the end, bloody beautiful day for it.

Then things took an unexpected turn for the better. I roughly planned a route back, heading for Glastonbury but got epically lost and ended up on some amazing roads. Fast nationals with mainly flowing bends and the occasional cheaky tight one to keep you on your toes.

Caught a glance at the time and realised that at is was over 70 miles and 3 counties from home I should provably find a main road and get back.

I really need to get back over to somerset and find some of those roads again.

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Just cleaned/lubed the chain and topped up the oil ready for a ride to Kielder tomorrow, it's going to be a long day.
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Not today, but Tuesday night I went out with “The” Buxton Motorcycle Club thinking it would be a good opportunity to scub my new (3 miles on them) tyres in.
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To be fair I really did enjoy the ride, at least 50 bikes and 3 scooters.
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Were the bikes 50cc?
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Couldn’t say, didn’t speak to them
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Monty wrote:Couldn’t say, didn’t speak to them

(rolf) (facepalm)
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WAIT!!

You went out on a ride with 50 other people & you didn't speak to any if them??

Why??
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47, I didn’t speak to the scooter boys
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Your a bad power ranger. Giving us sports bikers a bad name.
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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Tut tut - bloody Sportbikers :?

I've spanked mine on a new route i worked out this morning - i've also finally sorted my lid so it's comfy, so well happy. Bike is definitely a bit looser now it's covered much more km's.

Back now for Moto3, Moto2 and GP 8)
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HAHA to be honest I did actually enjoy it, and thinking about joining. Apparently Sunday rides are a bit quicker.

They also do some social stuff over the winter, last year they had Neil Hodgson over for an evening.
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Today I did a 400 mile run up to Kielder Castle and back, the road from shap to kendal is nice and quick with the MT-10 having no trouble keeping with a Blackbird and Hyabusa since they didn't go too far into triple digits, great fun and impressive levels of fly/midge carnage.

What a way to say my goodbye to the MT..... That SD-GT has a lot to live up to.
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