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X9-rider
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PostPosted: 22:43 - 13 Jun 2010    Post subject: Keswick - Ride out report in pictures. Reply with quote
Hello.

Well i decided to take the CG 125 on a Round trip of 220 miles to the lake district and back, visiting keswick, layburn, Richmondale, devils bridge.

It was a grate day out, mind you the bloody hills kills the CG at times i could have got off and walked faster. I loved the twisted roads. Stopped for a male at the windermear pub before heading back to headingly, coming back i maintained about 60mph it was 10:30 and iam in middle of nowhere so was in hurry to get back home. Was good Day out and only cost me 14 in petrol for 220miles and still some in the tank, so a cheap trip no thrills day out.

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PostPosted: 22:50 - 13 Jun 2010    Post subject: Re: Keswick - Ride out report in pictures. Reply with quote
X9Travels wrote:
Hello.

Well i decided to take the CG 125 on a Round trip of 220 miles to the lake district and back, visiting keswick, layburn, Richmondale, devils bridge.

It was a grate day out, mind you the bloody hills kills the CG at times i could have got off and walked faster. I loved the twisted roads. Stopped for a male at the windermear pub before heading back to headingly, coming back i maintained about 60mph it was 10:30 and iam in middle of nowhere so was in hurry to get back home. Was good Day out and only cost me 14 in petrol for 220miles and still some in the tank, so a cheap trip no thrills day out.


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PostPosted: 22:50 - 13 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Do you think you could have found yourself a bigger screen? Looks like fun.
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PostPosted: 22:55 - 13 Jun 2010    Post subject: Re: Keswick - Ride out report in pictures. Reply with quote
X9Travels wrote:
Stopped for a male at the windermear pub

It sounds like your report would be better suited to a dogging forum. Razz
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PostPosted: 23:23 - 13 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
ahhh... I figured it out now. The clue is in the 'lakeside CG.' It's not a screen it's a sail. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:40 - 13 Jun 2010    Post subject: Re: Keswick - Ride out report in pictures. Reply with quote
X9Travels wrote:
Hello.

Well i decided to take the CG 125 on a Round trip of 220 miles to the lake district and back, visiting keswick, layburn, Richmondale, devils bridge.

It was a grate day out, mind you the bloody hills kills the CG at times i could have got off and walked faster. I loved the twisted roads. Stopped for a male at the windermear pub before heading back to headingly, coming back i maintained about 60mph it was 10:30 and iam in middle of nowhere so was in hurry to get back home. Was good Day out and only cost me 14 in petrol for 220miles and still some in the tank, so a cheap trip no thrills day out.


The life of a CG rider always confuses me.

Also, how did the sail perform on the lake? Interested in converting my next bike to a boat in a similar way.
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X9-rider
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PostPosted: 23:50 - 13 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
The height of the screen is adjustable but iv got it on the highest, its good screen tho, keeps all the wind of me.
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PostPosted: 01:00 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Re: Keswick - Ride out report in pictures. Reply with quote
Digitalize wrote:

Also, how did the sail perform on the lake? Interested in converting my next bike to a boat in a similar way.


I'd suggest that a slightly curved sheet of plexiglass almost certainly has better aerodynamic properties than, say, a motorcycle rider wearing a dayglo jacket with a top-box behind him.
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PostPosted: 08:30 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great to see the little bikes out there doing the long trips Smile
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PostPosted: 08:46 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
pepperami wrote:
Great to see the little bikes out there doing the long trips Smile


I was talking to a guy the other day about this subject, he has a Aprillia RS 50 and was saying he cant go on long rides because his bike was to small. I was telling him about when I was 16 many, many, many years ago I used to ride from sevenoaks in Kent to Birmingham a round trip of about 300 miles I think, on an aging Puch maxi, it took hours and hours but I still loved it. My god that moped was a heap, cant believe I had one. for those of you not old enough to remember them here is a pic in all it's glory.
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PostPosted: 08:56 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Amelias plaything wrote:
pepperami wrote:
Great to see the little bikes out there doing the long trips Smile


I was talking to a guy the other day about this subject, he has a Aprillia RS 50 and was saying he cant go on long rides because his bike was to small. I was telling him about when I was 16 many, many, many years ago I used to ride from sevenoaks in Kent to Birmingham a round trip of about 300 miles I think, on an aging Puch maxi, it took hours and hours but I still loved it. My god that moped was a heap, cant believe I had one. for those of you not old enough to remember them here is a pic in all it's glory.


if you went on those trips on that, i take my hat off to you Thumbs Up ....
many many moons ago, i had a Honda MT50, and i used to travel all around sussex and hampshire on mine Smile ... good times
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PostPosted: 09:13 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
there wasn't much choice of affordable 50s in them days really you just had to make the best of what you got, it used to take me about 5 or so hours to get there stay the night and then back in the morning, loads of fun
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PostPosted: 09:23 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
thinking about long trips on 50cc bikes/mopeds, i remembered that i lived in london at the time, but most of the family were in Ipswich.

i used to think nothing of jumping on my moped (suzuki ap50/Honda mt50/whatever) and riding to Ipswich and back in a day Smile
the M25 was`nt even built Shocked , thats how long ago that was!
North circular road-then- A12 so it did`nt matter that i was on L-plates. Smile
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PostPosted: 09:58 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I did a 330mile round trip for the BCF snowdonia meet in 2007 on my RS50 - still one of my most memorable rides to date.
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PostPosted: 10:18 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you can avoid the motorways small bikes are fine for all day trips.
Good shot of the stone circle at Keswick - looks quite late in the day so amazingly no-one else was wandering about in the picture!
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PostPosted: 11:28 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Good shot of the stone circle at Keswick - looks quite late in the day so amazingly no-one else was wandering about in the picture!



Was about 8pm
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PostPosted: 11:31 - 14 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
BTW if not notice the 2nd picture down is a car reck bits all over the road, next to the reck i found that bottle LOL so i think i know what caused the crash . by the looks of the wreck it was a sports car type. prob speeding.
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