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 Posted: 13:45 - 31 Dec 2015 Post subject: Your Biking Plans For 2016 |
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New Year approacheth, time to start thinking about what I'm going to be doing on the bike this year
Got a shit-load of money (by my standards) to blow, no good in the bank, sod the future
1st off, it's time to stop talking and buy me that Street Triple I've been thinking about for so long
And now I'm settled in my new home, I can at last start thinking seriously about a European tour. Nothing planned for certain yet, time to get out the maps and start researching
As well as exploring up here in the north, Scotland etc. If I work this out carefully, could have a full year off to do stuff
So come on BCFers, what biking stuff are you planning for 2016? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Hmmm? I might have to modify my plans for this year as I am the opposite to you in that I don`t have two brass beans to rub together at the moment .
I will still have a bit of a mini tour somewhere, but it might not be so far away or for so long.
Looks like a long week-end in Lincolnshire or a few days in Norfolk. ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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In May a group of 12 *friends are heading down to Cornwall for a week.
Staying in mobile homes but I'll be taking the tent just in case I fancy a night away from the beer and farting.
Other than the BCF BBQ weekend I haven't planned anything.
I may go to Oliver's Mount and also been threatening to see my uncle race his old Lotus.
I fancy doing 190mph(ish) legally.
*Know 4 of them...see how it goes. ____________________ Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
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The main holiday will be Northern California and Oregon at the end of June, so no euro tour on the bike this year
Need to sort something out for September though - maybe Ireland on the bike for week  |
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| m3-paul wrote: | Add an RG500 to the garage. In all probability, due to the prices it may have to be an RG400 but over time I will do a 570 conversion to it. |
So 2016 is to be the year, huh? Good luck with your purchase, look forward to seeing what you finish up with  ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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| CaNsA wrote: | https://i.imgur.com/SD2edT8.png |
You might have a point there  ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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| GT200Fan79 wrote: | | m3-paul wrote: | Add an RG500 to the garage. In all probability, due to the prices it may have to be an RG400 but over time I will do a 570 conversion to it. |
The cheapest thing is a 465 kit and a stage 3 tune. Faster than a derestricted V-max according to PB back in the day. |
Who do you go to for good 2T tuning these days, what tuners have a good reputation? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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 Posted: 17:23 - 31 Dec 2015 Post subject: Re: Your Biking Plans For 2016 |
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| Teflon-Mike wrote: |
HELP!
I'm still picking up the pieces (of bludi-guzzi) from the last one of them she had! AND the pieces of little Super-Dream from the one she had before that! |
Buy a decent bike in the first place?  ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Definitely try not to crash Probably sell the MT-03 in the spring, only done about 2 thousand miles and crashed it twice, think it deserves a better owner
In my head I'd like a Hypermotard 796, or maybe an MT-09. Realistically I'll probably get a 250-400cc, would like to try a 2-stroke but doubt I'll find one for sensible money. |
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 Posted: 17:47 - 31 Dec 2015 Post subject: Re: Your Biking Plans For 2016 |
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| chickenstrip wrote: | | Teflon-Mike wrote: |
HELP!
I'm still picking up the pieces (of bludi-guzzi) from the last one of them she had! AND the pieces of little Super-Dream from the one she had before that! |
Buy a decent bike in the first place?  |
I keep looking at the 'Seven-Fifty' and pondering that notion.
An XJR is rather tempting... But then I get Guzititis, and start thinking about the Mille GT I always wanted, or the Quota I always liked, and then? I get myself in a quandary, thinking that something lighter might be more fun, and thinking YPVS...
Then I look at t'owd-dawg, and it's only 'boring' because its far too 'sensible'.. its not too big or too small, its not to fast or to slow, its not too comfy or uncomfy, and it just 'works'! Boringly reliably, without hardly any concious attention, or need to find spanners!
Which is just as well, 'cos them women have probably left them in the grass, on the windowsill, in the fridge, under the sink, or in thier hand-bags!
I DID however spot a 350 barrel and piston on e-bay for my trials bike the other day... mines a 250, and apart from the barrel & piston the only other bit that is different is that the 350 has a 'bolt on' inlet manifold rather than one cast integral to the pot; I have been keeping my eye out for one for decades, as offers opportunity to 'reed-valve' the (piston-ported) motor, with Yamaha reed-block & Mikuni, which I think I may have conveniently in a do-fer box....
But I'd have to round up my spanners first! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
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 Posted: 17:55 - 31 Dec 2015 Post subject: Re: Your Biking Plans For 2016 |
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| Teflon-Mike wrote: | thinking YPVS...
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These are on my mind too. Defo going for the Street Triple, that itch has to be scratched, but wondering if I could stretch to a 2T as well  ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 10 years, 250 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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