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The Artist
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PostPosted: 22:36 - 09 Sep 2009    Post subject: First ride in a month Reply with quote

Bike been non active due to punctures and holiday so it has been over a month since I rode.

Very Happy Very Happy good times.

I will put pics up when I have finished sorting the bike out for Friday.

People have said summer is over but me and biohazard went for a quick spin up the local roads and it was warm and sunny.

have you fair weather (pussy) bikers packed away for the year yet?
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PostPosted: 22:55 - 09 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

if i had the option i would pack up for the winter too, nothing clever or 'hard' about riding in snow lol. can be fun if it's a short trip but if there were a car in my life i know i would choose it.
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PostPosted: 23:03 - 09 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riding all seasons because I love it, if I didnt I would take the car but riding in winter makes you a better road rider and shit loads of fun, wet leaves next then heavey rain, cold, dark, windy, ice and snow arrrrr bring it on
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PostPosted: 23:11 - 09 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to say that down here at the very bottom of England I only got a couple of days worth of snow, so I really can just ride all of the year around.

I actually feel like complaining about this though, as I'm sure riding in the snow is a lot more fun than people are making out Laughing just to try it once...
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PostPosted: 10:17 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Will be riding in all but the worst of days this year, same as last.

If this makes me a gay then so be it! I have a car and am not afraid to use it! Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 10:26 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would love a bike for winter Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 10:31 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

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have you fair weather (pussy) bikers packed away for the year yet?


Unfortunately my bike has been off the road for the past two months, it should be back on the road just in time for the winter Evil or Very Mad

I ride all year round but have a cage for commuting and shit weather. It's well worth it!
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PostPosted: 10:39 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got a low powered P.O.S 125 for the shit weather and low enough dignity for the bus in the worst of the worst. I keep thinking I should get a car, but what fun would that be? At least if I take the bus I can get drunk before returning home.
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PostPosted: 10:58 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tend to find that the Bandit can be considered suicidal in ice and snow. The 125's fine for it, though, because I don't have to worry about going faster than the road conditions allow for. Unfortunately, the gearing on it is inclined more toward acceleration, so wheelspin is likely to become a frequent phenomenon come January/February time...
I have been known to take the train if the weather's truly gash, though...
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PostPosted: 12:48 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Early Autumn is best time of year for riding when it's fine like now.
If I had time I'd be off for two weeks touring now.
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PostPosted: 12:55 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I ride all year round.... not because i see myself as some sort of double hard 'real biker'.... but simply because i enjoy riding in all seasons. The engine note and race exhaust sounds handsome on crisp cold winter days.
The only time i wont ride is when salt has been put down and the roads are wet, as these conditions and Suzuki's dont really mix.
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PostPosted: 14:49 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have 11 staples in my kickstart leg but I'm still riding Laughing

I think when the ice shows up I'll bolt the sidecar back on, just a shame it makes filtering almost impossible.
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PostPosted: 17:32 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great stuff.

I ride in all weathers. The ZXR750 and less so the VFR800 loved the snow last year.

A car might give the impression of safety but the roads are just as slippery and i'd rather be thrown free from a crashing vehicle hand trapped in a crushed steal can.
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PostPosted: 17:45 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

truslack wrote:
I have 11 staples in my kickstart leg but I'm still riding Laughing

I think when the ice shows up I'll bolt the sidecar back on, just a shame it makes filtering almost impossible.


Have you ever gone to filter with the sidecar on and realised at the last moment..
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PostPosted: 17:56 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alexio wrote:


I actually feel like complaining about this though, as I'm sure riding in the snow is a lot more fun than people are making out Laughing just to try it once...


Its only fun if you don't have to be anywhere!

When I first got a bike I had to ride through winter to get to work (14miles) and I was shitting it as big sheets of snow where sliding off the tops of lorries my 125 was stuck behind!
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PostPosted: 18:09 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

allymoss wrote:

Have you ever gone to filter with the sidecar on and realised at the last moment..

Not really, I get used to the extra space needed normally within a mile, what does catch me out is the lower acceleration - go for overtakes and then realise there's no possible way i can make it Laughing
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PostPosted: 18:29 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alexio wrote:
I actually feel like complaining about this though, as I'm sure riding in the snow is a lot more fun than people are making out Laughing just to try it once...


I had a moped in the snow and this is so fun. Just make sure you have decent boots on and drag them either side of the ped on the road. Even stand up and just skate around.

I miss my ped Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 18:49 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not riding this winter, got a car for that!

It was fun on a 125, but horrible on a 600. I take pride in my bike being nice and shiny, and road salt and dropping it on ice and snow doesn't help with keeping it shiny!

Suppose i could have bought a 125 offroader with some good knobblies on it, instead of a car. Would certainly be fun in the snow Very Happy
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PostPosted: 18:49 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

allymoss wrote:
Alexio wrote:
I actually feel like complaining about this though, as I'm sure riding in the snow is a lot more fun than people are making out Laughing just to try it once...


I had a moped in the snow and this is so fun. Just make sure you have decent boots on and drag them either side of the ped on the road. Even stand up and just skate around.

I miss my ped Crying or Very sad


Hmm, that sounds pretty fun although my 125 is a bit heavier than a ped so I imagine it would be a lot harder to balance even while skating around with both feet on the floor. If it starts to slip I might have to drop it beneath me Sad

I'm thinking that when it comes to it, I'll just be sticking to high gears and slow speeds, but I'll have to tell you how it goes once it comes to it!
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PostPosted: 19:54 - 10 Sep 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alexio wrote:

Hmm, that sounds pretty fun although my 125 is a bit heavier than a ped so I imagine it would be a lot harder to balance even while skating around with both feet on the floor. If it starts to slip I might have to drop it beneath me Sad

I'm thinking that when it comes to it, I'll just be sticking to high gears and slow speeds, but I'll have to tell you how it goes once it comes to it!


Front brake becomes quite fun. I had a pretty good disc brake on my front wheels so easy to lock up. I dropped it many a time. Fastest was 2am, -8 that night way, my jacket was undone with t shirt underneath, back lane, 40mph, front brake.

Covered in mud but couldn't feel happier Very Happy Proper awesome ped that was.
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