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Posted: 12:28 - 23 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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Looks like a gay's handbag.
Opinions, eh? ____________________ 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: 12:39 - 23 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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You're a gay handbag.
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Ste wrote: | You're a gay handbag.
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Is that all you got? ____________________ 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: 10:19 - 26 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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You meet the nicest people on a Fazer
With one well-known exception, perhaps ____________________ 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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chickenstrip wrote: | You meet the nicest people on a Fazer |
You do now
In fairness, although it looks like a huge deal to some, actually, between this guy and me it's not that big of a deal. I've done similar for him, lent him my Range Rover when the engine went bang in his Ford F150 etc. So many examples of me and him just helping each other out, as real mates do. At least, where we come from they do.
Yes, I am supremely grateful to him, not just for this but for everything, and make no mistake I would do exactly the same for him. If he needed help I would give it, no question.
Anyway, no pics, didn't happen
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Well, where I'm at is that I have a bike to ride which takes the pressure off me to buy one quickly. Bizarrely it would seem my dislike of chain drive is justified. I've just ordered a chain and sprockets for this bike I've been lent as it's all worn. Chatting to my mate he thinks the chain and front sprocket are original (29k miles) and the back sprocket was changed for one with 2 extra teeth a couple of years back. That explains why I keep wanting to take a gear when in 6th, and also the rather interesting acceleration
I have to say, this Fazer is an awesome machine. If only it had shaft drive I would buy one. The handling is so well weighted I can almost "think" it round corners. A lot like my old XJR1300 with twice the acceleration.
This weekend will be off looking at a Moto Guzzi or two, I also have a test ride lined up on a BMW R1200R. Once that's done I was planning on having a mooch round the superbike warehouse and a couple of other dealers. I'm just wondering how I will find the twins after so may 4 cylinder machines. Never owned a twin, well not since the days of my old Suzuki X7 back in about 1982.
But, do appreciate the banter/suggestions etc. It all helps, even if it just removes something from what started as a very long list. |
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Posted: 12:07 - 27 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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I do get the shaft drive for zero maintenance thing. Chain kits on litre bikes aren't cheap these days, and sometimes, especially in winter when the salt is down, constant chain maintenance in order to get a decent mileage from them can be a pain. And yet, I've never owned a shaft drive bike. I don't think it's anything to do with extra weight, torque-reaction forces or anything like that (although I once tried a BMW Paris-Dakar replica - 900 boxer twin, and the way the rear rose up unnoticed on acceleration, then suddenly dropped down when you let the throttle off, was disconcerting). Just that the kind of bikes I like don't come with it.
But other than that, another positive review of the Fazer thou. Why am I not surprised? ____________________ 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: 16:37 - 27 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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You could be right, but yes, my TDV8 Range Rover has cam chains, not belts. One of the many reasons I chose it over the TDV6 version, well than and 100BHP |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 304 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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