The Bikeshite Thread

[hairnet]

Buy the damn thing!

the reason i havent already pulled the trigger

[UltraWomble]

Canada will still be there in a couple of years time

That bike wont

[hairnet]

might not do canada again can always buy another bike

[UltraWomble]

My ETZ250 may be up for sale in the new year,simply because I will be replacing it with a little TS150 off my dad

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[plasticvandan]

Probably be about £650

[UltraWomble]

Ah, thats me ooot.... Mind that button... Oh shiiiiiii

[DodgeRover]

What a lovely pile of bricks - done with explosives though not pit props and a big fire

[strangeangel]

Update on the run for a ton winter hack Aprilia... I had my first FTP (on the drive, thankfully) when the electric start gave up the ghost. I'd already binned the kickstart and associated ironmongery, as it was fucked when I got the scooter, so alternative transportation (a Honda, natch) was pressed into service.

 

One second-hand bendix gear later (£10) and it's back!

[Guest Hooli]

the reason i havent already pulled the trigger

 

Windows XP? how quaint

[hairnet]

i spend no deniro on feeelthy computas

[michael1703]

Wanted: biking mojo.

 

How do you get yours?

 

I think this is the first year I haven't ridden a bike in twenty odd years

 

Zx10r in bits

Zx9r in bits in boxes

Fireblade in bits

Zx6r in bits

Dt175 complete but not run or ridden in twenty years

[strangeangel]

Wanted: biking mojo.

 

How do you get yours?

 

I think this is the first year I haven't ridden a bike in twenty odd years

 

Zx10r in bits

Zx9r in bits in boxes

Fireblade in bits

Zx6r in bits

Dt175 complete but not run or ridden in twenty years

 

Sounds like a lot of projects... when they reach critical mass that's when I get disheartened too.

 

Maybe thin the fleet out by flogging a couple as winter projects? Then use the proceeds to finance a return to the road for one of the others while the weather is too crappy to ride anyway. 

[michael1703]

I set myself deadlines to try and spur me into finishing them, I then get disheartened and say "ah, fuck it"

 

I'm thinking of getting the blade on the road for Jan 14th to meet up with a mate in that there london... unlikely to happen

 

The zx10r is booked for a dyno run to get remapped and see if new engine is super powerful on Jan 17th... unlikely to happen

[DodgeRover]

Go out greenlaning on the DT?

[twosmoke300]

Or sell it to me

[Timewaster]

In September I finally got my VFR back on the road taxed and tested for the first time in 7 years.

 

Miles covered since?

 

9

 

Anyone care to guess how far away the mot station is?

[conkerman]

I would be interested in the 9R

 

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[They_all_do_that_sir]

Wanted: biking mojo.

 

How do you get yours?

 

I think this is the first year I haven't ridden a bike in twenty odd years

 

Zx10r in bits

Zx9r in bits in boxes

Fireblade in bits

Zx6r in bits

Dt175 complete but not run or ridden in twenty years

Been there.

 

You have to pick ONE bike, get it sorted enough to get it on the road and you'll be grand.

 

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[Jerzy Woking]

I HAVE to ride most days to get to work (20,000 miles per year) but for several years that was the only mileage did, didn't do any "social or leisure" riding at all. Then I got cajoled by a few mates in riding over to France for a long weekend, and not looked back.

 

I still do my commute but since that weekend do a further 10k plus social riding, mostly in Europe. I found riding just one bike made me bored of riding, and am lucky enough to be able to afford to own more than one, which I do. I have a large number of bikes, all MOT'd and insured, 4 of which I rotate for the commute (well, 3 at the moment as the Xevo scooter is broken) and only 2 project bikes (a CZ250 and a Monet Goyon, so hardly the most difficult of things to sort out).  Having different bikes I can choose to ride, from a 110cc scooter to a 1200cc Guzzi, means my mojo can be maintained. I really don't care what I ride - if it has two wheels and an engine, I'll ride it.

[Eddie Honda]

I just commute on mine at present. Being a tightwad, saving the Dublin M50 toll each way keeps my mojo up even when the weather is incredibly shite.

 

Suggestion: sack off anything with a Z or R in it and get a thumper. Singles are top.

 

IOM98 - Hagon Honda 720 by E Honda, on Flickr

[hairnet]

Oh ffs

 

 

Oh ffs

 

[Eddie Honda]

Hohoho Hairnet! Get yer tasselled jacket on and those tasseled bar ends.

 

Nohoho on the second pic though.

[hairnet]

Honda PIC not as bad only taking panel off to see if bag is big enuff

[Eddie Honda]

What bag?

[conkerman]

Chap mounted saddlebags?

 

 

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[hairnet]

What bag?

Handbag

[UltraWomble]

Handbag

A HANDBAG???

[hairnet]

Will be bringing stuff back so need to know how big it was

 

edit - front panels will fit in bag

 

rear panels too long so will have to post them - limit is 22 inches theyre 29

 

dont wanna make them say no when i get to airport

 

2 panels 25 canadian and 50 to post - 45 quid

 

one rear panel here is 61 quid - robbin cnuts

[PiperCub]

Wanted: biking mojo.

 

How do you get yours?

 

I think this is the first year I haven't ridden a bike in twenty odd years

 

Zx10r in bits

Zx9r in bits in boxes

Fireblade in bits

Zx6r in bits

Dt175 complete but not run or ridden in twenty years

 

As SA said - best thing to do is decide which one (or two) you want and flog the rest as projects which will free up money to get at least one sorted.

[DodgeRover]

Mecatecno 80 trials bike bought for the kids, pick up later in the week. Looking forwards to a world wide spares hunt....