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Posted: 20:15 - 19 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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so the weather warms ... sort of
and off we go to the moors ... Whitby anyway.. ____________________ Whatever I post I have no citation and no intention of providing one..
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Posted: 20:40 - 19 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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Copycat73 wrote: | so the weather warms ... sort of
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Just started to feel colder here again today, and supposed to be the general trend for a few days now, not particularly sunny with it either - don't think I'll be out much this coming week ____________________ 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: 13:22 - 20 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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Copycat73 wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: |
Just started to feel colder here again today( |
usually a little warmer this side.. so been stuck over here ...
when it clears I`ll be over the lakes again .. if I`m passing the café in Keswick I`ll mention it ... if your passin that way too.. |
And it's usually the weather over the pennines that stops me coming over your way or heading down into Yorkshire. At least (for me) in The Lakes, I can run away quickly if it turns
The Filling Station is where I always head for first if I'm heading for The Lakes. A nice blat down the A591, cuppa and a bite there, then on with the day's ride proper. See you there sometime ____________________ 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: 14:27 - 20 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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Had my first proper ride out with my lad on Sunday. He passed his A2 during the week and picked up a Ninja 300 on Saturday.
Nice little run from Northampton to St Neots and back. Just 3 of us, Ninja 300, Ninja 600 and Monster 1200.
I was impressed with the way the 300 kept up. Would show some vid but camera angle was a bit low and includes my speedo. ____________________ ZX6R G2 (1999) & ZX6R F2 (1996). I like ZX6! |
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Tigerlea Nitrous Nuisance
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Posted: 18:03 - 20 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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Two days running managed to get out to on the bike.
Thursday I rode from Woking to Virginia Water via Chertsey (back roads, not residential). Then on to Sunningdale and Ascot from there. Took Chobham Road back to Woking then on to Newland's Corner via the A247 to the A25. Didn't have much time so just popped out to watch the sunset – was a great evening. Arrived just as a group of bikers showed up. I kept myself to myself and gave a nod as I "quietly" (if anything on the Monster can be considered 'quiet') snuck out.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2899/33508605326_d1e30a3948_c.jpg
Friday it was another ride past Newland's to Dorking at which time I lost patience with the rush hour traffic (at 3 in the afternoon? I reckon road works) so turned back.
Noticed a bit of a rattling coming from the engine on the second ride, so now a wee bit concerned. |
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Posted: 19:53 - 24 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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Just dodging' about the Lakes again.
Things looking a bit more picturesque with the tops dusted in snow, and I wasn't sure whether to post some of these shots here or in the photography thread, but I was plagued by white skies in the photos today, and I decided they just didn't quite pass muster, so I'll dump em here
Skiddaw:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8310_zpsbrd1ycwb.jpg
Grasmoor:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8312_zpshzohjogk.jpg
Crummock Water, with High Stile and Red Pike:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8326_zpsqy6v2pu6.jpg
Reflections; Crummock Water and Mellbreak:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8335_zps3l8wyi6c.jpg
Crummock Water, Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8346_zpsr0z6iojl.jpg
Haystacks:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8350_zps1rq7pqw8.jpg
High Stile, just along from the Honister Pass:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8356_zps5yzt2jme.jpg
Derwent Water and Skiddaw:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8368_zpsh6xzy5su.jpg
Helvellyn:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8374_zpsoxokmsrx.jpg
From just below the top of the Kirkstone Pass, the small lake is Brothers Water, but I've yet to identify the prominent fell:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8387_zpsvk12utxv.jpg
Ullswater:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8389_zpsg7mncbi1.jpg
Washed the bike thoroughly yesterday, and it was all shiny shiny when I set out. Run off from melting snow, mud and salt soon put paid to that and now it's filthier than it was before I washed it. Bollocks. ____________________ 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: 21:21 - 25 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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Today I did go here:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8392_zpsu4lpcxrt.jpg
You always find Fazers in nice places
Chap just recently picked up this boxeye 600, so I directed him to the Fazer owners club. He seems happy enough with it.
And I did go here:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8409_zpstyekuyhg.jpg
And here:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8420_zpsv0tuwzlb.jpg
And here:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8453_zpsctjzljwg.jpg
And here:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8456_zpsn4ahfbll.jpg
And here:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCN8460_zpsqg8mnq5q.jpg
And one or two other places. ____________________ 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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Do you know what? I haven't a clue. Started out into Somerset, got lost. Found myself again. Had a really fun
time turning about 14 quids worth of petrol into speed, noise and fire. The Spacker is not a comfy place to be at 100+. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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Pigeon wrote: |
Jeeeezus christ. I actually feel sick with envy.
Lovin' your work! |
Thanks More, better shots in the photography thread in Random. And without that pesky Fazer! ____________________ 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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Went to a job, and the Ponderosa is on the way back... it would have been rude not to stop.
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Why is your exhaust pipe so long? I'd be chopping a foot out of that pipe straight away. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Polarbear wrote: |
Why is your exhaust pipe so long? I'd be chopping a foot out of that pipe straight away. |
Something I've been thinking for a long while. Just haven't got around to it. ____________________ 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: 22:49 - 30 Mar 2017 Post subject: |
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Guildford to Bordon and back at lunch (around 40 miles). Went via some back roads that I used to cycle when I was 12. Which was really odd, kept getting flashbacks from 25 years ago everytime I came round a bend and recognised a fence or tree / bit of road.
Visited a bike shop run by a guy who sold me my first lid + leather jacket in 1996 and my CG125 in 1998. He hadn't changed a bit, shame the same couldn't be said about me
Tried to get a test ride on GSXR750 and MT10. Failed on both counts due to lack of stock for the former and not being main dealer for later.
Left work around 6 and hooned off down to Winchester to blat back home on the A272 (120 miles). It was pretty much empty. It's normally so busy and a struggle. But not this evening.
I was not hanging about (loving the Roadtec 01's), but descended into that weird meditative state where all limbs are weightless, the need to breathe becomes almost non-existent and everything flows with ease and a pre-emptive sense as everything seems to slow down.
Eyes were a little damp for the last few miles. Utter peace and joy.
For a while I've wondered if I already died, and life on earth is purgatory.
Today was different. A reminder that maybe the great philosopher Belinda Carlisle was right, heaven is a place on earth |
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Abba stands rock Well not literally, they are super safe and stable, much better than those front paddock stands. ____________________ stinkwheel: He had an animated .gif of a cat performing fellatio. It's not socially acceptable. It can have real life adverse effects on other people. |
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https://i.imgur.com/786dM6Z.jpg
Yesterday: rode down to the Ace for breakfast and to meet up with a few of the BCF crew. Bit grey and wet in the morning but a decent turnout for the UKMTP "awareness" ride*.
https://i.imgur.com/QkxUQa0.jpg
Then off to do some sightseeing in London and scare a few tourists around the Palace of Westmister while the sun shone.
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Met up with some local Enfield owners before they set off for a jaunt to the Cotswolds for the Royal Enfield One Ride. I unfortunately couldn't join them, so went for a 50 mile bimble around the local villages. ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
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so did go for a ride round the Yorkshire Dales.. dry, bright.. if a little cold.. Tan hill was packed as was Hawes... but the service at penny garth is a lot quicker..
roads as you can see have taken a bashin this winter and salt was still in abundance
pics if you want .. sorry for the zip. method but photobucket is still bein pissy.. ____________________ Whatever I post I have no citation and no intention of providing one..
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 50 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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