The Bikeshite Thread

[Cavcraft]

Hmm, metal bodied Scomadi TT range out now, but no sign (yet) of the 200. Really fancy a silver one and tempted to chop my TL200 against one. 

 

[hairnet]

  On 18/06/2018 at 16:47, Jazoli said:

I'm poor too, I just don't drink or smoke and don't make frivolous purchases (unless you count motorcycles), I drive a £600 Bora and have holes in my boots, bikes are my weakness, and the salesman was very persuasive, plus the monthlies are less than my mates sky TV package! 

poor yes (but i save up see below)

drink smerk nope frivoulous maybe usa twice this year and thai in nov - the old git drives a 800 quid panda i bought her and while i dont have holes in my boots i only have 3 pairs of footwear to my name

 

and have been wearing the same clean clothes for about 15 years

 

bikes travel cake - thats me

[hairnet]

  On 18/06/2018 at 20:23, Cavcraft said:

Hmm, metal bodied Scomadi TT range out now, but no sign (yet) of the 200. Really fancy a silver one and tempted to chop my TL200 against one. 

 

i really really dont squeak and i dont like going to the hairdressers

 

is chester handbag city

[hairnet]

oh i dont pay and havent paid more than 100 quid fc for a bike since about 2003

 

iz cos old (have had some rockets but not atm)

[New POD]

  On 24/03/2018 at 11:34, Hooli said:

Almost 140 miles around the Peak District as a test went well yesterday too, it's more comfy & grippy than the old cover. I'm told 14 is comfy for pillions to as my new squeeze was on the back & enjoyed the Cat n Fiddle.

is it open again. last time I went past it was shut up.

[Ghosty]

Nah, I think the pub is dead to the world.

[Jerzy Woking]

Bike insurance is one of the few problems I have in life. Although old, living in a nice rural area, some of the quotes I get at renewal time are so wildly different I can spend hours shopping around.

 

Can't find a company that will insure more than 4 bikes on one policy, so I have to have seperate policies to keep them on the road (a 4 bike policy with Carol Nash, a 2 bike policy with Bennetts, 2 single bike policies with Bennetts and a single bike policy with MCE), as this is the cheapest way to do it. I recently sold my twenty year old CBR600, so took that off my Carole Nash policy, and replaced it with my Aprilia RS 250 (worth over 6 times as much as the CBR) so can accept the £51 hike in cover costs. But not the £40 administration fee!

 

Been riding and driving (and insured) for the last 44 years, and never had to make a claim on my own car policy, but had to make two claims on the other parties insurance after being knocked off my bike twice (once in 1986, second time in 2003). Don't drink or smoke now - bikes are my only addiction and expense.

[DodgeRover]

  On 19/06/2018 at 05:35, Jerzy Woking said:

Bike insurance is one of the few problems I have in life. Although old, living in a nice rural area, some of the quotes I get at renewal time are so wildly different I can spend hours shopping around.

 

Can't find a company that will insure more than 4 bikes on one policy, so I have to have seperate policies to keep them on the road (a 4 bike policy with Carol Nash, a 2 bike policy with Bennetts, 2 single bike policies with Bennetts and a single bike policy with MCE), as this is the cheapest way to do it. I recently sold my twenty year old CBR600, so took that off my Carole Nash policy, and replaced it with my Aprilia RS 250 (worth over 6 times as much as the CBR) so can accept the £51 hike in cover costs. But not the £40 administration fee!

 

Been riding and driving (and insured) for the last 44 years, and never had to make a claim on my own car policy, but had to make two claims on the other parties insurance after being knocked off my bike twice (once in 1986, second time in 2003). Don't drink or smoke now - bikes are my only addiction and expense.

How old is the majority of your fleet? Footman James were happy to have many many bikes on my VMCC policy, will include a couple of moderns if the majority are old.

[Guest Hooli]

  On 18/06/2018 at 20:52, New POD said:

is it open again. last time I went past it was shut up.

 

Pub is still dead it seems, I was referring to the road.

[Jerzy Woking]

  On 19/06/2018 at 07:22, DodgeRover said:

How old is the majority of your fleet? Footman James were happy to have many many bikes on my VMCC policy, will include a couple of moderns if the majority are old.

 

 

I was really surprised that FJ were so expensive when I asked for a quote in March,  and it is far cheaper to insure my bikes on four seperate policies than on one FJ policy. Maybe it is simply a case of them not wanting my business.

 

The crazy world of motor insurance.

[Guest Hooli]

Depends how mixed your fleet is too, similar bikes get cheaper on multibike but it can be hard for them to find a company that wants to cover different styles of bike all together.

[Jerzy Woking]

  On 19/06/2018 at 16:13, Hooli said:

Depends how mixed your fleet is too, similar bikes get cheaper on multibike but it can be hard for them to find a company that wants to cover different styles of bike all together.

 

 

Good point - my fleet runs from some twist 'n go scooters (ranging from 110 cc to 400 cc), sports bikes from 125 cc through to 1190 cc, a 1200 cc naked tourer and a 67 year old "classic".

 

I am not one to be pigeon holed.

[Amishtat]

I'll be the first to admit I know fuck all about bikes, but I know what I like when I see it. Just nipped to the Coop and this was outside

[srad34]

The Guzzi's do attract a strange bunch thats for certain   

[hairnet]

dugga dugga pasta pasta

[brandersnatch]

 

I had one of those. In fact I had two. And a T3 and a G5

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[John F]

I had a V50 Monza a long while ago. The electrics melted, surprisingly...

[red5]

Ah, it's been MagetiMarellied™

 

'Magneti Marelli - preventing Internal combustion since 1919'

[Guest Hooli]

Ahh the well known competitor to Lucas & Boyer Breakdown

[brandersnatch]

Mine were all late enough to have Bosch electrics so they were always * reliable.

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[Jerzy Woking]

My Guzzi V1200 Sport has been very reliable, and the only electric woe in the 6 years I have had it was when the starter motor solenoid* wouldn't engage the starter thanks to a ball of dried grease inside which stopped it from working.

 

 

*Of German manafacture no less

[5speedracer]

2000 zzr600 or 2000 Thundercat?

 

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[Guest Hooli]

I went to the local TOMCC annual concourse last nght, some very nice bikes there. Also a bloody horrid reliant trike that makes Bub's look well engineered! Also clocked up another pretty number on the way home.

 

[Faker]

  On 21/06/2018 at 09:16, 5speedracer said:

2000 zzr600 or 2000 Thundercat?

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Both good bikes and very affordable at present. ZZR is a distance bike. Not earth shattering performance but comfy, and a tad dated now. Thundercat uses slightly more modern technology, and was the forerunner to the R6. YZF thundercat is quite a capable machine, and definitely more chuckable than the zed. I'd have the cat

[John F]

"Thundercat"?

 

Where do they get these names?

 

Most cats I've ever met fuck off under the bed whenever it thunders.

[Guest Hooli]

Always makes me think of this

 

[Eddie Honda]

  On 21/06/2018 at 11:59, John F said:

"Thundercat"?

http://autoshite.com/topic/13782-the-bikeshite-thread/?p=1525292

[John F]

Haha!

[Guest Hooli]

I agree avoid the rush hour if you can. It's no fun at all even when you're not on a strange bike.

[Jazoli]

Stick to the A roads and have some fun, just watch out for speed cameras on a new bike as you might be going faster than you realise!

 

And don't worry you'll be absolutely fine after the first 10 minutes, just remember to keep your elbows bent and your arms loose, don't ride around with straight arms