What did you do to your bike today ??

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I was looking at the 899 before I bought the F3 800.

Spending time on a Ducati forum put me off. There's nothing wrong with the bikes, but the owners are a different breed :D
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How so?
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Imagine the biking equivalent of a vegan who does cross fit

That's your average 899 owner
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Kwacky wrote: 01 Nov 2023, 15:05 Imagine the biking equivalent of a vegan who does cross fit

That's your average 899 owner
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Kwacky wrote: 01 Nov 2023, 14:04 I was looking at the 899 before I bought the F3 800.

Spending time on a Ducati forum put me off. There's nothing wrong with the bikes, but the owners are a different breed :D
LOL are the forum rides obligatory?
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Only when you've got your Ducati or dainese leathers
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Tonight will be finishing off the fettling with the YZ, sorting filter, plug, check bolts, gear lever needs moving... oil, fuel etc...

Once thats done, replace the pads on the S1, i have had the pads for ages, but every time I check they look ok. However it was in for an MOT recently and that was flagged up.
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Thought it was lonely sat in the shed by itself, so bought it a new buddy.

Need to get a stand for it and have a bit of a shed shuffle.ImageImage

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Woo Hoo!!! Happy New Bike Day
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It was the Monthly Triumph Rat run today, chilly and wet, so I took the beemer, spend bloody ages cleaning the 765 and the rear is a little close to being done, so it stayed wrapped up... I didnt want to get it dirty so soon lol.

Had a really good day on dry roads, wets roads, floods... and a bit of rain later in the day. I have to say and I know I have said it before, but that S1000R is such a good bike, really had fun on it today. Going off onto roads that I have not ridden for ages on the bike, made it even more fun.
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Wintered the bikes today. Good clean and sort out.

I also put the missus’s 400-4 back together, it’s been in bits for 10 years. I now need to find time to strip it completely / properly and get it running, needs a lot of work but a cool bike. 1976 vintage 👍🏻
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C00kiemonster wrote: 06 Nov 2023, 15:14 Wintered the bikes today. Good clean and sort out.

I also put the missus’s 400-4 back together, it’s been in bits for 10 years. I now need to find time to strip it completely / properly and get it running, needs a lot of work but a cool bike. 1976 vintage 👍🏻
Got any pics ?
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Calm down Frankie, you know what his wife looks like ;)
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Kwacky wrote: 07 Nov 2023, 07:48 Calm down Frankie, you know what his wife looks like ;)
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No on both counts, I did mean to take pics of the bike but it started raining so it went back inside 🙄
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Cleaned the last of the mud off the MX bike and lubed the chain up.. my office now smells of MucOff chain lube

I turned the triumph over the other day as it's been sat for a few weeks, started instantly so happy with that.

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Insured it... I've bought, taxed and insured cars for less. Admittedly not recently.
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Sunday I dropped off toys for the Reading Toy run... Its amazing how many people come out to support the ride. Then again they close most of the roads so nobody can get anywhere anyway lol. A little vid on some of the route. left the camera on waiting to get out the car park !!! Doh... run out of battery to early.....
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Yesterday I made use of a hole in the weather to take the bike up to Squire's cafe and back on the back roads, 90 miles so far and still over 200 in the massive tank.
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I remember those days on the Africa Twin. You can do a full day.
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I actually rode my bike. I took the kwak in to work.

It'll be dirty now, so I'll have to wash it at the weekend. I don't miss those weekly winter washes.
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