First Ride of the Year

[MattEMulsion]

Well guys and girls, I don't know about where you are but here in the Midlands it has been a glorious day (for January anyway)! So I deemed it to be too good an opportunity to miss and I wheeled the R6 out of the garage and took it for its first spin of 2007. I only did about 30 miles on it to blow the cobwebs out but I managed to take a picture as evidence lol...

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[yambabe]

Hehe. Must be in the air huh?

Did a little bit more miles than you but first proper ride on the Zephyr since I bought it this afternoon. Feeling a lot more confident with it already (I am slower into corners but quicker out so that's not too bad) although I still have another 3k or so revs to play with before I use it to it's full potential. Still, it's a start!

Not stopped yet...........
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[Nb]

Its been a good day, chilly but sunny. I went to the motorcycle trade expo event, got there and wondered around looking at the scantily clad ladies and some very nice bikes. Also got 2 free rucksacks and an oxford bike cover just for turning up.
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[Al]

Yep was out all day aswell, rode out to the North Norfolk coast , was a very nice day for the middle of winter.

Saw loads of other bikers out too, was almost like summer.

About the 3rd time I've had the FZR out this year, but I've been out almost every day so far this year on the Vespa anyway.
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[Whosthedaddy]

Took the very long way round to my mums (only 10 miles away or so) this morning to help remove tiles from her bathroom.

As you said, the sky was blue not too much of a breeze and little traffic, so the monkey got a good spanking.


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Went to One Tree Hill for some scneic shots with the bike in the foreground, but the bikes too damn small

About 30 miles later and a severly shrunken pair of testicles, I finally arrived only to get covered in dust.

The ride home was even better, the sun had evaporated any last remains of last nights showers and the roads were bone dry. I dont think I could get my knee down on this bike, but I was giving it the beans were I could
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[wilbur]

Lots of fantastic machines at Newlands corner today. So much chrome, people must spend their life polishing

I was drooling over the Ducatti with the red frame.

Sorry should have taken some piccies.

[Whosthedaddy]

[ram_doom]

I had a nice little run also, doesnt feel like winter... well today didnt at least
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[Al]

I nodded at every biker I saw today, even a guy on a dna50 and a Harley rider.
Most nodded back even the guy on the Harley

When I'm on my Vespa I've stopped nodding to anybody but Vespa and Lammy riders as every other fucker just gives you a strange look.

I'd nod to you if I saw you on your monkey 'Whosthedaddy'
I'd be laughing at the same time , but I'd still nod..
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[wilbur]

[craigs23]

A herd of Cruisers went past on the way back from Bury this afternoon, presumably the same group from Newlands (or maybe a rideout).

Was good to get out and about on a bike again, albeit relegated to the pillion seat on Dad's Hornet.

[sagalout]

I went out today too (2nd run of the year for me - last week was actually better weather here).

Planned to be out for a good few hours, but to be honest it was too windy to be fun. If anyone here knows Greenhow Hill, coming out of Pately Bridge, the top of it was unbelievable. I had a 10 degree lean angle into the wind on the straights! Still, the wind had dried the roads I suppose.

[MattEMulsion]

Well today the weather was a bit better here in the Midlands than it was last weekend (I think). There was a bit of wind about today but certainly not enough to worry about or even give you a 10 degree lean on the straights!
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[Ariel Badger]

It was iced up in the Forest of Dean this morning but once I was clear of the Wye Valley it warmed up well.
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[trevoriv]

Cold and windy up here but dry and sunny. More bikes out than cars around lancaster/kirkby lonsdale/clitheroe - did a 150 mile b road trip

accident involving two bikes just outside of clitheroe though, lots of police and ambulances

[lumphammer]

Both Boxhill & Bury Hill were heaving with bikes this morning.

Mind you, the nice weather bought some right wossocks out in their cars today.

The low sun was a bit of a bugger heading south on the A29 though.

[JakeyR]

Did 150 miles on the little 50 today fantastic day

[JonB]

It was absolutely lovely in Coventry yesterday. I saw about 30+ bikes in total when looking out of my flat window. Wanted my bike so badly.

I even gave a local ned a round of applause when he pulled a pretty stunning 11 o clock wheelie on his moped for about 100 metres.
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[chris-red]

I went out with the guys too yesturday It was great, we did the midhurst run from portsmouth. I saw so many bikes, A massive thanks to the bikers that waved us down to let us know about that copper hidding just down the road, 5/7 of us had illegal exhausts and we propbably would have gone past him at about 90-100mph if it weren't for those guys.
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[jonboy22]

Had a nice hoon from Oxford to East Sussexs and back again over the weekend.

Plenty of bikers out as expected....

Big question though is will it get any colder or is that it??
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[iand]

Had a good blast over to Milton Keynes from Aylesbury yesterday with the missus on the back, weather was perfect
Saw quite a few bikes but not as many as I expected. Although from my bros flat in MK I could hear quite a few.
Any one else notice the colour of the sky around 3-4oclock, it went a very strange pinky-purpley-grey-blue colour!

[benc]

i had a nice 600 mile trip this weekend, just went up to south wales from southampton on saturaday then home sunday via taunton.
saturaday was quite bad because of the wind, sunday was nice though and i could keep up a decent speed. saw quite alot of bikes out comming back through wales. i need to thank the nice people who warned me about the camera van along the m4.

[krebsy]