So... What oiled your gears today? ARCHIVE

[chickenstrip]

[Diggs]

Taking a day off to fettle my old munters, and both passing the MOT with no advisories. Happy days...
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Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

[BrownTrousers]

Bike insurance renewal came in at £133 compared to £350 last year. \o/
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Ducati Multistrada 950 | Triumph Tiger 800 XR | Honda CBR500R | Yamaha YBR 125 Custom

[grr666]

[techathy]

Off work at 11:45, nothing to do in the afternoon and bike parked up at work a full tank of fuel
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Bikes: '17 Zero FX ZF6.5, '16 BMW R1200 RS, '12 Triumph Daytona 675

[Hawkeye1250FA]

Getting 30 miles into my commute ....

Then realizing I had left the top box key IN the top box. 😳

It was still there! - phew! Guess where the spare was?....
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1993 RF400R - 2002 Bandit 1200 - 2012 1250 FA

[Nobby the Bastard]

Is her maj's birthday tomorrow....
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[pepperami]

Just finished four twelve hour night shifts and have got tomorrow off
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[thx1138]

[Rogerborg]

Enfield on a sunny day
Makes my soul, makes my soul
Trip Trip Trip Away
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[thx1138]

[chickenstrip]

All this beautiful, hot sunshine.

Otoh, see 4th post:

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=297335&start=6325
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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
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[grr666]

I've not done so much as a mile on my bike in this nice weather either. Truth is, I can't be arsed to get it out of the
shed and use it. Gave a pal a 20 mile pillion ride on it last Saturday morning when it was threatening rain (which
came in at about midday) because I hadn't taken him out on a bike for well over 20 years, and he'd never been on a
big bike before either which certainly got his full attention. As always lack of a new destination has a lot to do with why
I can't be arsed. I just don't know where to go on the thing, I'm not from round here and I can't just bog off and get lost
and find where I am again as I have to keep the time the dog is home alone reasonable. I keep saying it and not doing
it, but I really must get my satnav set up on the spacker.
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Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[chickenstrip]

[Fizzer Thou]

Just booked the Chunnel for the end of June to the 20th July

Mrs. Fizzer is dancing around like she had just won the lottery
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Just talk bikes.What else is there?

Always have a 'Plan B'

[pepperami]

[panrider_uk]

Got my new water softener fitted.

2 plumbers here for 4 hours and charged £200.

Bargain price.
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Current bike: Honda ST1100

[Hawkeye1250FA]

Picked up the latest prototype - should be the last one if the testing all goes to plan.
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1993 RF400R - 2002 Bandit 1200 - 2012 1250 FA

[Fisty]

Finding more wild orchids.

https://i.imgur.com/LUyOLjM.jpg
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Quietly and consistently taking the piss.
TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[M.C]

[DRZ4Hunned]

The leccy windows in my car have been fecked since January... Been absolutely roasting the last week, my mate had a spare door so I nicked the motor out of it and they now work a treat
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DRZ400-SM
FZS600

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Finally moved in, with a little help from my friends and family.

Double bonus got a rebate for bike insurance because garage!

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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[hellkat]

Picked up a couple of guys the other night, who were both sci-fi authors (one a first-time-published, and the other a multiple-time-published, both really interesting) ... they were on their way to Comicon at the Excel this weekend, and so I spent the whole time from SW1 to E16 listening to them talk "shop".

It was very interesting, and alongside another conversation with my similarly-motivated sister in law last weekend, it motivated me to apply myself to writing again.

One of them does a thousand words a day, and I thought "How much is that, actually?"

Turns out, its not all that much ... when you think how much drivel it is easy to write on here in one post...

So, especially not for an author fleshing out a decent plot and characterisations (which is where I was stuck).

And it has worked out well, as I have reviewed the writing process for the Serial Killer Convention book and decided to rework it into something else, so I now have a nice little cluster of serial killers to build from, that I had abandoned for about the last 2 years.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Free food and motorbikes. I've very simple really.
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[ScaredyCat]