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Islander wrote: | I got my own back on him tenfold a few months later. |
How? Just whisper, and I won't tell anyone else, promise ____________________ 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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There's only one friend of mine, who I let ride my bikes and he let's me ride his bikes. I've known him for years, we've been riding and fixing bikes together ever since we were 18. There is a mutual trust. We're both, I dare to say, well seasoned riders as well.
Other people? Well, I don't trust them. I would feel responsible if anything went wrong. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor |
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Posted: 21:18 - 20 Oct 2020 Post subject: |
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Definitely not! I mean I let Paddy use my bike for his IOW trip and I loaned it to Kris for a week when his broke down but let's face it - they're not the sort you'd want as mates
Besides, it was a Bandit 600 so it wasn't even that much of a favour ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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Posted: 14:25 - 22 Oct 2020 Post subject: |
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I'm not really comfortable riding someone elses bike, they are easily crashed/dropped and I just don't want the hassle.
Ive ridden my late uncles Hayabusa after he insisted, my brothers ZX9R many moons ago and thats about it.
I got my Vulcan new, my brother was interested in buying one so I let him test ride mine rather than messing around at a dealer, otherwise we pretty much dont ride each others bikes.
Cars on the other hand...im not really too fussed |
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Swapping bikes is part of the fun for me. I wouldn't have ridden half of the weird and wonderful things I have done over the last few years if my mates and I stuck to our own bikes. I trust certain people and they trust me, but this trust only comes from riding with them for decades...
I like to think that if I binned someone else's bike, I would do the decent thing and offer my wife as compo ____________________ 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... |
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If i were to get my shit together and get a stable of bikes, i reckon the pleasure for me would be being able to say to your mates Yeah, you wanna go.
I lent the Snarley to that loony ruffian i had staying for a couple of weeks. I was pretty sure he'd bring it back ...
And anyhow, if he'd ridden off into the sunset, I have a friend or two that might successfully make inroads into finding him and suggesting nicely that he bring it back, so it wouldn't have been a sensible thing to do ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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I was offered a test ride on a monster at a dealership i stopped at a couple of years ago.
I declined after sitting on it for a minute or so because I knew I wasn't going to enjoy it. |
I sat on an early model of those and the riding position was downright weird. The seat and footrests wanted me to sit upright, but the bars were stretching me across the tank. Are they all like that? ____________________ 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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1198 wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: |
I sat on an early model of those and the riding position was downright weird. The seat and footrests wanted me to sit upright, but the bars were stretching me across the tank. Are they all like that? |
I think they’re an acquired taste... |
What, pain? ____________________ 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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Swapped bikes once; it was a bike that had three times the power of the Bonneville I was riding at the time and I had only passed my test 6 months previously. I didn't dare go beyond halfway through the revs and even then it was pretty brutal! He clearly trusted me though as correctly assumed I wouldn't go nuts. He's probably the only person I know who I'd trust riding my bike too. ____________________ TG. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 168 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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