brandersnatch Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 .. Just in case someone here might be interested, I've recently been recommissioning my Norton Commando 850 Interstate (1973) with the view to selling her. I restored and semi-customised her in 2011. The style I sought was of an update to the original Norton 750cc fastback model. . The seat and fastback tail are interchangeable with the standard seat, and of course the BMW Touring panniers fit with either. . There are dozens of changes, which if you're interested are surmised in my for sale advert on Car & Classics here > Pete.Those panniers suit it surprisingly well. Nice neat job. Hope it sells well. Bfg, Jerzy Woking and martc 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 I'm currently in central Portugal (sort of) and today rode the N103. followed by the N206 and N304. The stretch of the N304 south out of Mondim de Basto is one of the greatest roads I've ridden in my life. Even on my 25 bhp Himalayan I could keep up with a bunch of French registered Ducati's on the N103 this morning-only on the longer uphill straights did they get away. mrdelmonti, LostnotFound and Fat_Pirate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Fuck you shiny tat Fuck you foam grips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 want to put a box on the bike can get new shad 25 litre and frame new for not a lot will an xl helmet fit in a 25 litre box? only ever had 40+ litre boxes ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Depends on the shape dunnit! I had a Keith Gold size 5 which would happily take a pair of full-faced helmets and was 65l. So I reckon 32l should see you home and dry. Alternatively get a smaller head. Reviews say it won't: https://www.amazon.com/SHAD-D0B26100-SH26-Top-Case/dp/B008N6R6JQ#customerReviews Come to think of it, my BMW top case is 35l and barely takes a large full lid unless you put in in a certain way. Mind you, it's a stupid shape. HEID! PAPER! NOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 5000 kms done on the Himalayan over the last three weeks through Spain, France, Spain Portugal and Spain (again). Been riding with bikes that are 600cc and 100 BHP more, but it has held its own through the twists and turns (we dont do motorways). 4 days off of the bike now at a mates place near Mojacar-bike is booked in for a service on Monday (1000 kms over the recommended interval). shoddybanger, Cavcraft and Fat_Pirate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 First official 'team' photograph (the leak on the floor might* be veg oil) Sir Chocolate Teapot, pilninggas, shoddybanger and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Ohh black thing, I’m a sucker for a white wall Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 ^^^^ Now that's a stable, complete with 100000000000000 FUCKINELL POINTS for that bonkers old hardtail chopper. Bravo Billy! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Look like I’m doing a trackday on Tuesday . Donnington GP ? First one for about 15 yrs and never done one on a thundercat or at Donnington . Ahh well bangernomics, Cavcraft and Jerzy Woking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Cavcraft Black one for me as well, I love the classic look. Cavcraft and bangernomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, twosmoke300 said: Look like I’m doing a trackday on Tuesday . Donnington GP ? First one for about 15 yrs and never done one on a thundercat or at Donnington . Ahh well Take some bottle that, admire anyone who can use motorbikes properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I’m only in the wobbly nobbers group . Got moved up to inters when I was on my sv650 . But a few years ago now . Missing an enduro race this weekend to have a go at hillclimbing . Enduro next weekend , watching Weston beach race on the 20th and trail riding in Devon the weekend after that . October is bikey Jerzy Woking and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 9 hours ago, twosmoke300 said: Look like I’m doing a trackday on Tuesday . Donnington GP ? First one for about 15 yrs and never done one on a thundercat or at Donnington . Ahh well Hope the weather is decent as a wet greasy Donnigton isn't a lot of fun, I've done a few track days on the bike this year and have been really lucky with the weather, only had one damp first session at Anglesey, I've been trying to justify another couple of days but it's a lot of money if its pissing down and I can't really afford the bike hire again as my SX is too much hard work on track and I don't want to bin it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Forecast is good at the moment ? Jazoli and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Well I survived my first Hillclimb . Didnt look a total idiot . Improved my times too .Started as a 31.98 . Ended up just in the 27’s which I was bloody happy with . The bike I was on was doing 24.12 in the hands of its owner mind ! To be fair he’s ex national champ and current record holder where we were. Quick bit of van prep today and load up for Donnington ? Luckily my enduro bike is all prepped and ready to go for this weekends race mrdelmonti and Jerzy Woking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Having my bike serviced-shop has the new Indian FTR 1200 in the showroom. Looks great. But WTF is the rear plate hanger all about? Cavcraft and Fat_Pirate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Loving the token mudguard too - that'd be mega useful* here in the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Dont think the promo video here would be allowed in the UK. Full of wheelie, stoppies, drifting sideways through sheds, and other general hooliganism. strangeangel and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said: Dont think the promo video here would be allowed in the UK. Full of wheelie, stoppies, drifting sideways through sheds, and other general hooliganism. It does look rather like he's having fun, doesn't it ? bangernomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Yesterday in Portugal a little 2 stroke madness happened. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 5 hours ago, strangeangel said: It does look rather like he's having fun, doesn't it ? That's outrageous. People like these should be doing National Service!!! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 5 hours ago, bangernomics said: Yesterday in Portugal a little 2 stroke madness happened. Was in Northern and Central Portugal last week. Must have seen about 20 Zundapp 2 strokes parked up at vineyards in Duoro. They look and sound great, and one is now on my list of bike to own. Also the wine from Duoro is all that bit sweeter thanks to two stroke exhaust fumes. bangernomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Well I survived my trackday ! Great fun lapping two panigales on track ? they had tyre warmers the lot too .? Cannot get over how good my 300 quid thundercat is . Didn’t feel the need to adjust a single thing . Brakes and suspension felt spot on esp in the damp . Bridgestone BT016 tyres seem pretty bloody good too. Donington is a great track too imo. Better than Mallory , Pembrey an Llandow I had some before. As you may have guessed - I’m buzzing ! Enduro this weekend ? bangernomics, Cavcraft, blackboilersuit and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said: Well I survived my trackday ! Great fun lapping two panigales on track ? they had tyre warmers the lot too .? Cannot get over how good my 300 quid thundercat is . Didn’t feel the need to adjust a single thing . Brakes and suspension felt spot on esp in the damp . Bridgestone BT016 tyres seem pretty bloody good too. Donington is a great track too imo. Better than Mallory , Pembrey an Llandow I had some before. As you may have guessed - I’m buzzing ! Enduro this weekend ? I bought a Thundercat from here on behalf of a mate at work. Flew to Glasgow to pick it up, and by the time I rode it the 400 miles home, bonded with it. I was disappointed when my mate gave me the money for it, as by then I hoped he would pull out of the deal. Recently had BT016's fitted to my KTM. Excellent grip wet and dry, and last very well (mine have done 3000 miles and look like they will go another 3000). Recommended. I didn't like Donnington, but they may have been down to the Trackday "organisers" and their instructors who just wanted to race their mates all day and to ignore their own track rules, especially the ones regarding overtaking into bends. Twats. Good luck with the endure. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 On 10/7/2019 at 10:18 AM, Jerzy Woking said: Having my bike serviced-shop has the new Indian FTR 1200 in the showroom. Looks great. But WTF is the rear plate hanger all about? Plate hanger is grim, as was the one on my MT09, it was the first thing I removed, its still hanging on the garage wall even though the bike is long gone! Before After Jerzy Woking and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 On 9/3/2019 at 10:35 PM, stereotype said: I was told I HAD to drag the rear brake on corners instead of using throttle control and had to indicate off the roundabout. I tried to reach both but slipped off the rear brake and ended up in a hedge because I couldn't let go of the throttle quick enough. The day after I had a different instructor who actually listened and let me figure out throttle sensitivity and then go out on it that way because the previous instructor just didn't get that I couldn't physically reach both even on a 50cc scooter. Thankfully the second instructor who took me out for my cbt ride actually let me practice a different way of riding as a solution. Now I have to figure out how to make the bike I have fit me, it's about 2 inches too tall in seat height, the switches are about half an inch off the end of my thumb, and the levers don't adjust round enough and can't tighten for less travel enough so I physically can't get my finger tips around them at their position and travel distance Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk I'm not sure if I responded to this or not, rebuilt/upgraded the PC and still in the process of transferring over all my logins etc. I've never heard of having to drag a rear brake on a corner, particularly if leaning over - sounds like a bloody silly idea to me? Are the instructors really that useless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Useless pic (probably come out badly too, knowing my computer) but can anyone identify this Kawasaki, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I presume the rear plate thing is due to some type approval blah which says the rear lights and plate must be rearward of the wheel.Obviously they know 99% of them get binned immediately, I know Yamaha sell the tail tidy as an aftermarket part for the MT series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsmacar Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: Useless pic (probably come out badly too, knowing my computer) but can anyone identify this Kawasaki, please? I think that may be a GPZ500 Cavcraft, twosmoke300 and Eddie Honda 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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