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Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 13 Apr 2018, 15:05
by C00kiemonster
duke63 wrote:C00kiemonster wrote:duke63 wrote:Not allowed photos as it was Bruntingthorpe.
A friend who has a ten year old Bentley Continental Gt was invited to the launch of the new GT and Bentayga. We did a bit of offroad in the Bentayga and then took the Bentayga and new GT round the track.
The GTs were pre production models and will be crushed as soon the car is on sale. So sad and such a waste to allow that to happen though i understand their reasoning from a purely selfish point of view.
625bhp and 664 ib-ft of torque means the engine will spin the wheels at 60mph just by flooring the throttle even with the electronics switched on..
Have to confess the lady with me was really good to. She tried to teach me some racing tricks once she saw i was not some numpty with loads of money and no sense and knew even just a little about race tracks and riding fast bikes. Think i fell a little in love
Cool. Did you at least get her name so we can google this lovely?
She said her name was Abbie.
Just looked up female race drivers named Abbie.
Check out Abbie Eaton. No wonder she knew what she was talking about.
Your a lucky boy - great looking girl and super fast, probably more so than most blokes given her pedigree - she's a bright future in front of her.
Born in 1992 pisses me off though - makes me feel so old
Nearest i'd get to a girl like that now is thai brides
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 13 Apr 2018, 17:00
by Blade
Driving a BMW with run flat tyres.
In Belgium with a puncture no spare and no tyres available locally until Monday. We are booked on Eurostar tomorrow
I've salvaged a temporary repair with my repair kit I carry in the boot.
Hopefully get back to Blighty and deal with it then, but for now eating a well earned meal with my family and getting pissed
the puncture can be tomorrow problem.......hopefully anyway
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 13 Apr 2018, 17:22
by D6Nutz
Blade wrote:Driving a BMW with run flat tyres.
In Belgium with a puncture no spare and no tyres available locally until Monday. We are booked on Eurostar tomorrow
I've salvaged a temporary repair with my repair kit I carry in the boot.
Hopefully get back to Blighty and deal with it then, but for now eating a well earned meal with my family and getting pissed
the puncture can be tomorrow problem.......hopefully anyway
FWIW I've got run flats (hate the decking things), had a puncture for a couple of weeks before realising what the warning light meant... They did say that you shouldn't repair them, I got a second puncture on a virtually brand new tyre (gag)
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 13 Apr 2018, 17:36
by Blade
Cheers Nutz
They are repairable just certain national tyre company's won't repair regardless of the actual damage for fear of legal action.
Reality is as long as it is repaired to a British standard it is fine.
In Fairness the tyres are closed to finished so if we can, fingers crossed get home drama free it's no biggy.......hopefully anyway
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 13 Apr 2018, 18:51
by duke63
Booked myself in on the Silverstone Ducati trackday at the end of May.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 13 Apr 2018, 19:32
by D6Nutz
Sports massage after work. Feck that hurt, I know it's for my benefit and it will do a lot of good, but feck it hurt.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 14 Apr 2018, 11:47
by duke63
Booked flights to Italy for July.
Managed to arrange a joint family holiday with a couple of days at WDW at Misano too.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 14 Apr 2018, 18:13
by Blade
Time Travel
Left Calais at 1236. Arrived at Folkstone at 1210
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 15 Apr 2018, 21:00
by Blade
Went to a Porsche Dealer open day in York's.
Was on an industrial estate with a high end car detailer next door.
Had a good chat with the mechanics and picked the detailers brains.
Looked at some very special , mega expensive cars and scoffed aload of free tea and biscuits.
Good afternoon out and even better thrash home
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 15 Apr 2018, 21:40
by rocket
Sounds like a good day. So you got home ok on the run flat ???
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 15 Apr 2018, 22:14
by Blade
I got it repaired. Rang 3 tyre shops and no where in Ypres had a tyre so a repair was only option.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 16 Apr 2018, 21:09
by Stonesie
Today some plans fell through so I had a drive over to Alan Jeffries BMW Rotherham and saw the same guy that I bought the Multistrada from, after a coffee or 3 I had booked in for not one but 3x 2 hour test rides on Thursday...
R1200GS
R1200RS
and S1000xr
Much as I like and appreciate the MT-10 I have fallen out of love with it (a little) recently, just little niggles here and there like the seat lock seizing up and it's heavy thirst for fuel. The seat lock has been stripped as far as I could, freed up and packed with ACF Corrosion Block grease...
I will see what the shaftys are like then the mental XR, bar and peg vibes are my main concern with that one.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 17 Apr 2018, 09:39
by Kwacky
Keeping my head down. My boss has got 2 young children who don't always like to sleep. You can tell when they've decided it was a night to stay awake, because she goes on the warpath the next day at work.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 17 Apr 2018, 15:00
by D41
Doing nowt. Bored as fcuk.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 17 Apr 2018, 15:32
by Cavetroll87
Stonesie wrote:Today some plans fell through so I had a drive over to Alan Jeffries BMW Rotherham and saw the same guy that I bought the Multistrada from, after a coffee or 3 I had booked in for not one but 3x 2 hour test rides on Thursday...
R1200GS
R1200RS
and S1000xr
Much as I like and appreciate the MT-10 I have fallen out of love with it (a little) recently, just little niggles here and there like the seat lock seizing up and it's heavy thirst for fuel. The seat lock has been stripped as far as I could, freed up and packed with ACF Corrosion Block grease...
I will see what the shaftys are like then the mental XR, bar and peg vibes are my main concern with that one.
Shame about the MT10, interesting though, I was saying to kwacky I'm a little disappointed with how the MT09 held up over the winter and funnily enough my under seat lock seized up literally yesterday, some wd40 seems to have sorted it for now, but ill keep a close eye on it
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 18 Apr 2018, 09:41
by Kwacky
Out with my brother for a meal and a much needed catch up. I've not seen him for a while. I need to congratulate him on me being an uncle again. He and his wife are expecting a boy in September.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 18 Apr 2018, 09:50
by Stonesie
Today I am taking my elderly parents to see relatives at the coast, it's landed on a very nice day for it.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 18 Apr 2018, 09:57
by C00kiemonster
Sweating. It's got hot here quite quickly and even Europe has had a crappy winter, so i'm not used to it yet this year. Getting the shades and summer furniture out - Summer in April! 29 degrees today.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 18 Apr 2018, 22:37
by Blade
Helped an old dude on a Royal Enfield.
Came round a bend and bike and biker are lying in the road on a blind bend. Not a good sight.
Long story short he was a old gentleman, got the bike in 3rd gear for a 1st gear corner, bike bogged down and he lost his balance.
Not much damaged to bike or rider. Helped him up. Righted his bike. Stayed with him and help treat for shock then followed him for a few miles to ensure he was ok and safe.
Re: What are you doing today ??
Posted: 20 Apr 2018, 15:55
by Rossgo
Popped down to Hayling Island today. What a lovely day. Dog played ball, had a nice walk along the beach, had a lunch out and finished off with an ice cream!
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