The Bikeshite Thread

[Dave_Q]

11 hours ago, Fat_Pirate said:

Please help me, I've been happily married for many years but just recently I've become attracted to Goldwings.  My wife is aware of, and tolerates, my Honda fetish but she'd chuck me out if she found about this.

Behold it's great majesty!  It's a 1985 Aspencade, which means you get this dash too:

Custom artwork too, which by chance celebrates my ancestry (if that picture is of King's Lynn sugar beet factory, which I think it is).

This started out as looking at ST1300 Pan Europeans (this was sat alongside an absolutely shite example I'd visited this place to look at), but my inner Raymond-boy craves the absurdity of this.  It's nearly £4K though.

I kinda like the concept, its like an Astra GTE digital dash had a baby with GTA Vice City.

If I had unlimited money and garage space I could almost see having it as a thing to look at or maybe sit on but fuck trying to ride it, you are a sick puppy.

[Fat_Pirate]

1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Oh dear , you are in need of urgent therapy and glasses, luckily for you it's in Swindon and that should be enough of a reason not to go ahead with it !!! 

Seriously though, it's a lot of bike , worth a haggle , "best price mate" , go for it 👍

I think there could be some haggle space, it's of course extremely niche, there's only another month or so of the season left, and the salesman told me they're closing 2 of their 3 buildings (which are all presently rammed with shite). 

EDIT:  it's 330 fucking kilos, dry!

[Saabnut]

I had a Goldwing for about a year. The previous owner sold it because he dropped it at a junction and had to wait on his son arriving to help pick it up. Supremely comfortable and a great long distance cruiser,

 

I hated it.

[andy18s]

My last new bike was a 2000 Sv650s before they went all pointy.

I px'd it within a year as I was literally wringing it's neck out keeping up with mates over the Denbigh moors/evo triangle

[andy18s]

On 7/19/2022 at 6:43 PM, tom13 said:

Last week on the way to Elan I was following a group of around 10 bikers. There were all doing the speed limit (at that moment in time), passed a cop at the side of the road, he put his blues and twos on and races around to the back of the group of bikers. Sat there for a few minutes, as he had tuned his lights off at this point, then pulled over one of the chaps at the back. I assume this was because he had got a small plate fitted as I couldn't see anything else obvious (I know it could have been tax or insurance related possibly) but just don't give them too much of an excuse.

I remember Police chief Brunstrom used to send out the helicopter just to try catch bikers on the moors,it would fly as low as possible to try spook the riders into slowing down

[mitsisigma01]

10 hours ago, Fat_Pirate said:

salesman told me they're closing 2 of their 3 buildings (which are all presently rammed with shite). 

Oh FFS, I'm gonna have to look at their website now....

[mitsisigma01]

12 hours ago, Fat_Pirate said:

My wife is aware of, and tolerates, my Honda fetish but she'd chuck me out if she found about this.

Just don't come back with this set up/monstrosity, she'll have you shot on sight !!

https://www.budgetbikesuk.co.uk/used-honda-gl1500-goldwing-swindon-wiltshire-3374263

[martc]

Cops, eh? Did I tell you about the one that followed me for miles? I had a CBF600N at the time and picked up a motorbike cop on the B1248 near Cherry Burton, a lovely road that can encourage 'spirited' riding.  Anyhow he followed me for miles and miles, I exaggerated my observations and stuck rigidly to the rules. Approaching Kirkburn he shot off past me,  at this point (we're now on the A614) there's a 50 mph limit, along which is a minor road joining it that is  hidden by trees/hedges.

Needless to say chummy boy was waiting exactly were I thought he would be, in the hidden exit as I trundled past at 45 mph. I picked him up again and he followed me all the way to Driffield when he got bored and went off to hassle the kids elsewhere.

Oh, and during this fiasco, going in the opposite direction was an obviously overloaded brickies transit, with a marked lean to the nearside. And a tractor with no registration plates.  But no, following me was his priority.

[Cavcraft]

Today, I went see my broken Vespa at the garage, and took my broken Lambretta with me. Then bought another broken scooter whilst I was there...

On the plus side, the Lambretta is slightly less broken than it was.  Also, the other day I heard what sounded like something falling off. It wasn't one of the usual suspects (horn cover/side panel/bits of trim/trim retaining clip bolts/rear lens  screws/actual back lens/etc) but this time the handle that holds the side panel in place.

[Youngteam]

Today my 08 MT03 was stolen from the work car park

I love that bike.

 

[andyberg]

8 minutes ago, Youngteam said:

Today my 08 MT03 was stolen from the work car park

I love that bike.

 

Fu*king bastards. I hope karma (coz the police won't) catches up with them.

I'll keep my fingers crossed you are lucky and get it back somehow.

[Youngteam]

11 hours ago, andyberg said:

Fu*king bastards. I hope karma (coz the police won't) catches up with them.

I'll keep my fingers crossed you are lucky and get it back somehow.

Thanks, but I don't hold out much hope. I found out that it had gone within about 20mins of it happening so had a good look around the local area in case it got dumped once they realised it had an immobiliser, but not a sign of it. 

Fingers crossed that the insurance company aren't too much of a pain.

[Fabergé Greggs]

11 hours ago, Youngteam said:

Today my 08 MT03 was stolen from the work car park

I love that bike.

 

What are they doing here? Is one of them  pushing it along with their foot? 

[Jazoli]

Yup that's how they move them, I'd run them off the road if I ever saw the scum doing it here if I could get away with it. 

[Dave_Q]

That's awful news. Sadly you have to have a tracker if you ever want to get it back.

I use these cheap relay trackers, or Monimoto are normally quite well regarded.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125054806640

[Youngteam]

1 minute ago, Dave_Q said:

That's awful news. Sadly you have to have a tracker if you ever want to get it back.

I use these cheap relay trackers, or Monimoto are normally quite well regarded.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125054806640

Yeah, annoyingly I have a cheap tracker sat in the box waiting for me to get chance to fit it. Kicking myself for that one!

[Dave_Q]

I had one stolen off my drive a year or so ago. Totally my fault, left it out with no locks on and some scratters pushed it away.

They never got it started as it had a chipped key but I couldn't find it so reported it to the insurance.

It eventually turned up like 200m away from my house, I could have repaired it but insurance gave it a cat B write off due to the amount of damage to the frame from them trying to start it. 

Might be worth trying Biker Biker or a group like that on FB, often the theives are on instagram etc trying to sell the bikes on and they do sometimes get recovered.

[twosmoke300]

Any distinguishing bits on the MT03?

[Jerzy Woking]

On 7/25/2022 at 10:28 AM, andy18s said:

I remember Police chief Brunstrom used to send out the helicopter just to try catch bikers on the moors,it would fly as low as possible to try spook the riders into slowing down

I did my Advanced bike course in 2001 at Conway where Brunstrom  was Chief Constable. Legally doing 150mph on the roads around Bala was great, and two fingers up at him.

[Saabnut]

The man from the ministry - he say yes!

New tyres, heated grip, full service and a fresh MOT

Now back in the shed until mid September when the new owner will take it for a test ride to Stavanger, Norway.

[Youngteam]

6 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Any distinguishing bits on the MT03?

Photo attached. Now has Givi fly screen, Givi side frames for luggage and a quick release tank bag adaptor.

[twosmoke300]

Ok. Will add it to my saved searches on various places just in case it pops up 

[RayMK]

As I mentioned in the New News 24 Thread a day or two ago, I attended the VMCC (Vintage Motor Cycle Club) Founders Day rally at Stanford Hall on Sunday 24th July.  Compared with previous years the attendance seemed slightly down but it was still a fabulous day to see hundreds of bikes from all periods plus some interesting stalls selling parts and accessories for just about every make.  The numerous official club stands are always good to visit, as was the large public parking area for bikers. I toured around everything at least three times on my ancient mobility scooter, taking photos of the bikes that especially caught my interest.  A few are attached below.  

[andy18s]

9 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said:

I did my Advanced bike course in 2001 at Conway where Brunstrom  was Chief Constable. Legally doing 150mph on the roads around Bala was great, and two fingers up at him.

I was out 1 Wednesday eve with a group of lads on the triangle. 

I was chasing an early Fireblade on my Srad 750,doing silly speeds on that long straight towards Trawsfynydd and we both got pissed on by a guy on a zzr11,with his mrs on the back....

[Jerzy Woking]

12 hours ago, Dave_Q said:

I had one stolen off my drive a year or so ago. Totally my fault, left it out with no locks on and some scratters pushed it away.

They never got it started as it had a chipped key but I couldn't find it so reported it to the insurance.

It eventually turned up like 200m away from my house, I could have repaired it but insurance gave it a cat B write off due to the amount of damage to the frame from them trying to start it. 

Might be worth trying Biker Biker or a group like that on FB, often the theives are on instagram etc trying to sell the bikes on and they do sometimes get recovered.

Very sad to hear these scumbags are still stealing bikes. Heard a former colleague had his BMW R1200RS stolen from the car park at Westfield Stratford, and another former colleague his MT-09 from Canning Town two days later.

Cunts, absolute cunts.

[tom13]

On 7/24/2022 at 9:13 PM, twosmoke300 said:

Did a couple days mini camping trip on the tiddlers this weekend . 
Learnt lots that’s for certain .

 

What was the Grom like?

[twosmoke300]

Missis stole it off me but she loves it . 125mpg and so much smoother and nicer sounding than the VV engine . 

[tom13]

1 hour ago, twosmoke300 said:

Missis stole it off me but she loves it . 125mpg and so much smoother and nicer sounding than the VV engine . 

What mileage did you do on it?

[twosmoke300]

Only 2/300 miles over the weekend

 

[Liggle]

Just picked my first (road legal) bike up. 2017 Honda CBR125R, it's a lot sharper and more responsive than the Z125 I did my CBT on. Goes alright up to about 50, even with 15 odd stone of me on it. Itching to get back out on it!