The Bikeshite Thread

[twosmoke300]

Pre season prep begins ! New tyres and get the wheels painted back to original colours first . 
Will be selling the part worn tyres of anyone needs any . Bt016pros . Not many miles ( will check later ) but a few trackdays so you can look like a hero with the bobbled edges .

120 60 17 and 160 60 17 

£50 ?

[twosmoke300]

1300 miles on those tyres . 

[twosmoke300]

Tyres sold 

[martc]

Gent leaning against wall to mate snigger, snigger - 'look at that seat' - snigger snigger

The Beverly Hillbillies'. 1960s

 

[martc]

Gary Jones on his re-badged Carabella (?) Ammex (?) 1976

Eton, the 1960's. A toff on a Greeves, come the revolution...

[mitsisigma01]

On 3/3/2021 at 4:21 PM, Cavcraft said:

 

Today it was time to get the AP50 (or A50P, as I think the non-UK European ones were called) 

 

On 3/3/2021 at 4:21 PM, Cavcraft said:

My first bike at 16 was a 1975 A50 mk2, No pedals, just pegs, smaller tank, speedo moulded into headlight, top speed just over 60, eventually swapped it out to a A100 engine, no faster😕

[red5]

4 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

 

My first bike at 16 was a 1975 A50 mk2, No pedals, just pegs, smaller tank, speedo moulded into headlight, top speed just over 60, eventually swapped it out to a A100 engine, no faster😕

identical to mine.

 

Ah, those were the days...song in there somewhere.

[Barry Cade]

Well, I didn't die. Did about 80 miles on the new 14 year old tyres, and they are exactly the same as the other 4 sets of Tourances I've had on bikes. If they are OK in the wet, then they're staying on. Was pushing them quite hard at the end of the run and noting untoward at all.

[pilninggas]

Under the welsh rules you can go about 5 miles from home, so got out for a bit and did a northern orbit of my house. Nice to be out on the Niken. The Pirellis are miles better than the rubbish it came with.

[brandersnatch]

I loved the Niken I rode a while ago. The odd thing is that it doesn’t feel odd. Good choice. Looks great in that colour too. 

[Bpirie1000]

Nothing better than afirst of the year sympathetic blast on yer bike... teach the old brain matter how to ride the bike again.... 

[pilninggas]

2 hours ago, brandersnatch said:

I loved the Niken I rode a while ago. The odd thing is that it doesn’t feel odd. Good choice. Looks great in that colour too. 

i took my NC to work this morning - nearly ran off of the road on the first bend, as it steers very lazily compared to the niken.

[Fat_Pirate]

Took one of my bikes for a MOT on Friday and it was a bit of a shocker how un-bikefit I've become.  All my kit felt really heavy too, probably as I've spent months just bumming around the house wearing a t-shirt and jeans.  And it rained.  Then hailed.  But it was GOOD.

[Jerzy Woking]

After 10 consecutive days redecorating my house, I decided enough was enough for now. The sun was shining so I went out on the Enfield, hopeful that I would get the smell of paint out of my nostrils.

Had a great run zig zagging across the country to the coast, using a quite a few unpaved roads for good measure. Even stopped for lunch.

Car needs its ITV (MOT) tomorrow, and some essential gardening needed, so decorating on the back burner for another couple of days at least.

[brandersnatch]

7 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said:

After 10 consecutive days redecorating my house, I decided enough was enough for now. The sun was shining so I went out on the Enfield, hopeful that I would get the smell of paint out of my nostrils.

Had a great run zig zagging across the country to the coast, using a quite a few unpaved roads for good measure. Even stopped for lunch.

Car needs its ITV (MOT) tomorrow, and some essential gardening needed, so decorating on the back burner for another couple of days at least.

That looks horrible mate. I can tell you’re missing the charms of the A12. 

[Jerzy Woking]

1 hour ago, brandersnatch said:

That looks horrible mate. I can tell you’re missing the charms of the A12. 

How right you are, but not so much as I do the A120, M11, A406 and A13!

[martc]

Belated  Buon Compleanno to Moto Guzzi, 100 years old yesterday.

The factory at Mandello del Lario is the worlds oldest motorbike factory still in use and Moto Guzzi are the second (I think) oldest continuous manufacturer, behind Hardly Dangerous.

 

 

 

 

 

[Jerzy Woking]

I think that Royal Enfield are the oldest company still manufacturing bikes.

I have a Guzzi and an Enfield (although both modern models),  and still surprised how many slag them off without ever riding one (or possibly even owning a bike at all). They don't get to where they are by producing rubbish.

[martc]

48 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

I think that Royal Enfield are the oldest company still manufacturing bikes.

I have a Guzzi and an Enfield (although both modern models),  and still surprised how many slag them off without ever riding one (or possibly even owning a bike at all). They don't get to where they are by producing rubbish.

Pedant mode on - technically speaking the Royal Enfield company  in existence today was founded in 1955 as a subsidiary of the now long gone UK company. It does have links back to 1901 but I'm not sure if it falls into my 'continuous' proviso. - pedant mode off.

But I agree about bar room critics who are the sort of people who think a Hardly Dangerous is the peak of motorcycle technology/cool, who repeat what their anonymous mate said/what they read in Bike magazine in 1974. The bollocks about Italian electrics for example, or Royal Oilfields are incontinent are just some of the old hoary chestnuts they churn out.

[Jerzy Woking]

2 hours ago, martc said:

Pedant mode on - technically speaking the Royal Enfield company  in existence today was founded in 1955 as a subsidiary of the now long gone UK company. It does have links back to 1901 but I'm not sure if it falls into my 'continuous' proviso. - pedant mode off.

But I agree about bar room critics who are the sort of people who think a Hardly Dangerous is the peak of motorcycle technology/cool, who repeat what their anonymous mate said/what they read in Bike magazine in 1974. The bollocks about Italian electrics for example, or Royal Oilfields are incontinent are just some of the old hoary chestnuts they churn out.

The pedant mode is most welcome, and I have looked again and you are right. So I've told myself ner-ner-ne-ner-ner for that.

I have toured extensively all over Europe on my Guzzi (right down to Greece) and it's been reliable. Only issue I have had was burning the clutch out when stuck in sand, but instead of getting it done, I nursed it for another 6000 miles. So bye bye flywheel.

10,000 kms on the Enfield now, and apart from knackering the (rubbish) battery by leaving the USB I fitted on, its needed nothing.

It's really annoying that there are a lot of haters for Enfield, mostly from those that have never ever ridden one, such as many of the vloggers on YouTube.

At least the bikes I slag off I have at least owned.

[martc]

'El uso del casco no fue obligatorio en España hasta 1989. Que ir sin él era peligroso no se discute'.

The use of the helmet was not compulsory in Spain until 1989. That going without it was dangerous was not discussed .

 

[Jerzy Woking]

1 hour ago, martc said:

'El uso del casco no fue obligatorio en España hasta 1989. Que ir sin él era peligroso no se discute'.

The use of the helmet was not compulsory in Spain until 1989. That going without it was dangerous was not discussed .

Great photo. 

Soon it will be compulsory to wear gloves when riding.

[twosmoke300]

Good !

[Barry Cade]

Spotted this today.. had to stop for a pic. Didnt ask the price though!..

 

[martc]

I think this is one of these unsuccessful post war Indian singles designed to compete head on with the Brits (failed).

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

Have any of you seen the fortnine youtube report on 1st oil change quality findings. Royal endield come out very well indeed.

[Jerzy Woking]

1 hour ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

Have any of you seen the fortnine youtube report on 1st oil change quality findings. Royal endield come out very well indeed.

Lots of haters commenting on it. I would imagine from people that have never ridden one, or ever owned a bike.

He does some great scientifically based tests, and the one on batteries saved me from wasting a load of money.

[LostnotFound]

On 3/16/2021 at 9:55 PM, twosmoke300 said:

Good !

This isn't aimed at you at all, just a little rant on general!

I personally always wear gloves, from learnt experience on the push bike hands are a shit part of the body to lose skin off.

However... I'm against compulsion. Letting some touch screen enabled beemer's insurance company off the fact he was busy curating his Duran Duran playlist just as someone's gloves weren't ec 1234567 approved doesn't sit well with me.

They give you a good lecture on your CBT about gear, it's not like there are people riding about who don't know about it so leave em be is my view.

Much more skin would be saved actually doing people on driving while using phones, but it's much easier to blame bike riders for their gear.

Straps on tin foil hat

It's not just one step but only a couple of jumps from compulsory gloves to complusery safety cage with four wheels to stop it falling over.

Banning bikes tomorrow would cut road deaths and cheer up nimbys who moan about bikes speeding everywhere and making a racket.

Phew thank God it's Friday, I need a beer after getting worked up over a problem that I've just invented in my head.

[Jerzy Woking]

The problem here is that so many bike crashes, even at low speeds, result in nasty hand injuries. From my observations, most bike riders wear gloves, whereas riders of scooters and mopeds don't. 

I have always worn gloves following a crash, aged 14, when four of us fell off the C90 we were all on. It was on a disused railway line, and I was picking out tiny bits of gravel from my palms for weeks.

 

[Flashband]

32 minutes ago, LostnotFound said:

This isn't aimed at you at all, just a little rant on general!

I personally always wear gloves, from learnt experience on the push bike hands are a shit part of the body to lose skin off.

However... I'm against compulsion. Letting some touch screen enabled beemer's insurance company off the fact he was busy curating his Duran Duran playlist just as someone's gloves weren't ec 1234567 approved doesn't sit well with me.

They give you a good lecture on your CBT about gear, it's not like there are people riding about who don't know about it so leave em be is my view.

Much more skin would be saved actually doing people on driving while using phones, but it's much easier to blame bike riders for their gear.

Straps on tin foil hat

It's not just one step but only a couple of jumps from compulsory gloves to complusery safety cage with four wheels to stop it falling over.

Banning bikes tomorrow would cut road deaths and cheer up nimbys who moan about bikes speeding everywhere and making a racket.

Phew thank God it's Friday, I need a beer after getting worked up over a problem that I've just invented in my head.

My personal opinion is crash helmets should not be compulsory.  Yes the benefits are self evident and given a choice to wear one or not I would wear one most of the time, but why should the state arbitrarily dictate bikers wear one.

One of the usual responses is NHS resources, my reply to that would be contact sports or dangerous sports (rock climbing, hand gliding etc) haven't had state intervention