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186 miles in 7 hours  ____________________ So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976 |
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Never had a 50 (on the road, legally), but I used to use my 100cc frequently to do a round trip of 80 miles, the longest being a trip to Hunstanton and back from Northampton, about 200 miles.
I'd have loved to have done something like this though :-
https://www.wmuma.com/moped78/index.html ____________________ Current: CB500 Previous: CB100N, CB250RS, XJ900F, GT550, GPZ750R/1000RX, AJS M16, R100RT, Enfield Bullet
[i:6e3bfc7581]But still I fear and still I dare not laugh at the madman...[/i:6e3bfc7581] |
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100 miles, last summer. Laborous and it broke down afterwards.  ____________________ Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it?s worth. |
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Longest journey on my old Derbi Senda was about 60 miles, just around North Yorkshire. It was my only transport at the time and never really bothered taking it on long/slow/boring long rides.  ____________________ Aprilia RSV Mille R Edwards Replica - Aprilia RS250 - Suzuki GSXR600 Supersport Race Bike |
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It's roughly 75 miles from Peterborough to the centre of London, if you go via Godmanchester, Royston, Ware, Cheshunt. Assuming an average of 25mph you should make it in 3 hours or less. Depends on what real speeds your fifty is capable of, and where the actual start and end places are. ____________________ Current: CB500 Previous: CB100N, CB250RS, XJ900F, GT550, GPZ750R/1000RX, AJS M16, R100RT, Enfield Bullet
[i:6e3bfc7581]But still I fear and still I dare not laugh at the madman...[/i:6e3bfc7581] |
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its 75 from my base just north of peterborough to my house on the north edge of london going straight down the A1, problem is a lot of A1 is motorway, once you get closer to london, even when its not, its too fast a road for a 50
be a long bloody way, i'd get a train, its just i was skint when i had to go to portsmouth and back, so took the ped, only cost 6 quid or something in petrol  ____________________ So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976 |
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just under 500km (about 300 miles) on a 1982 (If I remember correctly) V50G. I even rode over what would be at least the NZ equivalent of the South Downs, reaching a grand 30km/h (19mph) on the way up
Those were the days  ____________________ Dangerous traffic offences spotted on 50-minute trip: Lost count after 100. Number of traffic cops spotted: One, sitting by a speed-trap camera |
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About 200 yards up and down the drive on my Dad's old Vespa. ____________________ I must not be a troll...
Mmmm, Guinness
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coventry - birmingham
birmingham - stratford
stratford to coventry
i got lost in birmingham and cudnt find my way back to cov...so went via stratford
so about 100mile? on my aprilia RX50.....needless to say i got home at about 4pm ..... after leaving the hospital in brum at 12 30  ____________________ Insta - FemFeral |
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About 60-70 miles the first day I got it cruising round with a few mates on scooters.
On the 125 I done 130 miles a few saturdays ago. ____________________ Northern Irish? www.nibikers.com |
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I did about 120miles in a day on a CG125, apart from it giving me a bad back, i could ride that bike all day and night if i had to, (not that i want to!) and it probably still wouldnt have used a tank of petrol!
On my Speedfight100 i had to ride from near Worcester to Newport in south wales, to Taffspeed's scooter shop to have it dyno tuned and set up. I think its about 75miles each way. The problem i had riding it there was that the new clutch was biting too soon so i had to wait ages for it to pick up, and it would only run on the main jet, so i had full throttle or a dead engine. I forgot to put the kick start lever back on, and i had to restart it about 50times, so i was worried about the starter packing up and leaving me stranded. I got on the M5 for 2junctions on the way back, and about a mile before my exit the carb came off its rubber, so i had to put it back on twice to get me home! |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 21 years, 189 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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