This guy looked to me to be texting, he pulled straight out on the main road, did not even look, or slow down... Total knob !

Anyway we all got home after a cracking days ride, so its all good

Glad you all had a good days riding lads.

Myself, Squadron leader Dale and flight lieutenant Andy had a mega day flying round mid Wales.

320 mile of smiles and only rain was I turned into my road, I'll have that

Kwacky wrote:Got the replacement plastics for the kwak. As he's racing his bike he gave me most of the road parts so my bike will look like new when it's done.....

What colour plastics are they Kwacky, and how did you locate a set.?

Got the replacement plastics for the kwak. As he's racing his bike he gave me most of the road parts so my bike will look like new when it's done. As I use the bike all the time and seeing as I'm now skint for a couple of months I'm going to wait before I put the new ...

... any stickers on yet. Suppose I should :) Also remember that bikes in France do not need an mot. Ever. There are some really shitty bikes on the road too, so they were probably looking to pull older french bikes over. I've been to bordeaux today and seen a couple of mobile sites with 2 motorbike ...

... because he was a single biker they could make anything up. We just got back from Pyrenees and through France on some of the long straight boring roads we were tanking on a bit. Then cars started flashing us and bikers waving us to slow down and on getting to a village at 50kmph there were police ...

Well I was in Cologne last year which is just down the road. We went to Leverkusen for the football.

It was mostly bars and beer when I went. Lads long weekend.

Cologne is worth a visit. The Cathedral is magnificent. There are some very nice bars along the river as well.

If I was him Id be very grateful I rolled into the road and not off the edge lol

but I think it was a small boulder.
It was a large rock in the middle of the road as. I was coming round a bend, I think I target fixed it and then hit it, threw me up in the air and out of my saddle, but I managed to save it.
More expense.

Give me a 100BHP, 140kg bike and a decent B road and I'll be a happy Monty. [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZw2J9zzymM[/video] Yep that would do it! Nice find Duke. I've always said that I'll always be a sports bike rider, but the more ...

Monty wrote:Give me a 100BHP, 140kg bike and a decent B road and I'll be a happy Monty.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZw2J9zzymM[/video]

Give me a 100BHP, 140kg bike and a decent B road and I'll be a happy Monty.

Haha I have indeed spudda, it's my road bike for normal use and for the tt next year which will be race prepared "because it looks cool" and for no race rounds what so ever officer I promise........

Muahahahah!


Kwacky yeah unfortunately thanks anyway though mate

Yup, I reckon 120 / 130hp is great on a sports bike. It's the lower down torque that makes the difference on the road IMO.

... to 100mph i doubt there is very much in it between a decent 600 and a new litre bike. I have said for a while if Ducati brought out a lightweight road-friendly sportsbike with about 120 bhp i would be first in the queue.

I still think somewhere between 100 and 120 it perfect for the road. Any more and I don't think many of us mortals can get the extra power down. I never really see much difference in speed on the road ride outs between 600s and litre bikes.

DaytonAndy wrote:Am I the only one who really really wants to try "195bhp 'kin 'ell mode"?

Nope, I'd love to try it.. Just not on a UK road, somewhere like Silverstone it might make sense..

thats the only good review ive read about an 1199 i don't think the motor makes any sense on a road bike unless you are very very talented. It didn't like being under 50mph at all in Sport mode and the throttle was very sensitive even then. If you did a lot of track riding ...

thats the only good review ive read about an 1199 i don't think the motor makes any sense on a road bike unless you are very very talented. It didn't like being under 50mph at all in Sport mode and the throttle was very sensitive even then. If you did a lot of track riding ...

As title says now il be on the road a lot/daily I pick up my cb500 next week( we can all see where it's heading) [FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE AND WINKING EYE] And was wondering if anyone has a jacket they don't use anymore , I'm a 46 chest ...