LeroyPantwether
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eesh, thats too bad. Hows the scooter look?
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eesh, thats too bad. Hows the scooter look?
Mirror is scratched but its no biggie, can't even get that fixed anyways..well I don't know how to. No body shop would work on a 125cc scooter lol
Yech, glad it sounds like you just got a few scratches. For the mirror, can you just order a new one and replace it? Sounds like both you and the scoot got off lightly, luckily
£90 extra insurance for having a Street Triple and £60 on top just so I can take it to the office once a month, daylight robbery. £150 is about what I was spending per year on the second bike though, so not too bad.
£90 extra insurance for having a Street Triple and £60 on top just so I can take it to the office once a month, daylight robbery. £150 is about what I was spending per year on the second bike though, so not too bad.
RapidCancel
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^ Do you know any places I could watch it online? I'm really hoping I can go one year.
Haven't been to the track in 2 years, but started making the trip again last weekend. Sooooo rusty. It took a while to get back into the hang of things, but I feel like it'll be a few more track days to be back to where I was. This was probably the best pic of me heading into a corner.
Haven't been to the track in 2 years, but started making the trip again last weekend. Sooooo rusty. It took a while to get back into the hang of things, but I feel like it'll be a few more track days to be back to where I was. This was probably the best pic of me heading into a corner.
It can be found on the ITV4 section of the ITV player website, they do a 1-hour highlights program daily. It's probably only available in the UK without taking certain.. steps to get around this. I've looked to see who has the TV rights in the US and I'm not sure that anyone does at all...! Quite an interesting year really as all the non-sidecar events have so far been won by non-Japanese manufacturers (BMW won the Superbike/Superstock, and Triumph in the Supersport). If you're not from the UK/Ireland it's worth a watch for sure, even if you don't like the bikes you'll get a kick out of all the regional accents!
Some amateur footage of yesterdays race
Sad news that Karl Harris was killed during yesterdays Superstock race. It really is one of the last forms of racing where death is almost a constant, as you can't really make it much safer without just getting rid of it altogether.
maxheadwound
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^ Do you know any places I could watch it online? I'm really hoping I can go one year.
Haven't been to the track in 2 years, but started making the trip again last weekend. Sooooo rusty. It took a while to get back into the hang of things, but I feel like it'll be a few more track days to be back to where I was. This was probably the best pic of me heading into a corner.
Damn that is a nice photo... this will make me get my ass in gear and get a two piece suit to go and try a track day
maxheadwound
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That is not a bad price at all. So did you get the bike yesterday?
maxheadwound
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Its going to be a nice day to pickup a bike. Hope all goes to plan as sometime they can take their time.
Was very sad to hear this, have met Karl a few times in the BSB paddock and he was such a nice person. I love the TT and understand that everyone knows the risks but losses like this make it very difficult to watch, I'll never visit the island sadly because of this
It's a real holdover from the old days of motor racing, and the fact that we still average what, 3 rider deaths a year between the TT and the Manx GP means I don't think it will be too long before they shut it down for good. When that finally happens I suspect I'll have mixed feelings about the whole thing
Good thing you don't have OCD like me because that would be driving me mad, and I'd probably make it worse trying to fix it!
My friends Bonnie is being a right pig, we finally got the stripped bolt off the brake disc, and replaced the disc/pads, only to find that his rear caliper is gunked up so much that the wheel won't turn with the new, unworn pads in! It's beyond a simple spray of brake cleaner, so I'm going to have to strip it down and change the piston seals I think.
Good thing you don't have OCD like me because that would be driving me mad, and I'd probably make it worse trying to fix it!
My friends Bonnie is being a right pig, we finally got the stripped bolt off the brake disc, and replaced the disc/pads, only to find that his rear caliper is gunked up so much that the wheel won't turn with the new, unworn pads in! It's beyond a simple spray of brake cleaner, so I'm going to have to strip it down and change the piston seals I think.
If you have any problems organising a test ride let me know (not that you should), I know the DP at Bahnstormers
maxheadwound
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If you have any problems organising a test ride let me know (not that you should), I know the DP at Bahnstormers
Cool man... been buying allot of bikes from them so should not have trouble getting a test ride. Almost got some airflow gloves but managed to hold myself back lol
I'm currently rocking the pro summer gloves I bought last year, nice gloves.
opticalmace
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I'm pretty sure no one has the rights to it here in the US, which is a shame. I guess I'll have to find some other way to watch or just keep up with news. Hell, even TT3D never got a US release.
Two piece? All about the one piece
I have some gopro footage, but since I didn't tighten it down well enough, the camera shakes a lot. Guess I'll upload some footage next time. My rearset bolts also backed out and I lost my rear brake lever on the track. Almost lost the shift lever too, but luckily one bolt was left and it was only halfway out. Gotta make sure I loctite next time.
maxheadwound
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I'm pretty sure no one has the rights to it here in the US, which is a shame. I guess I'll have to find some other way to watch or just keep up with news. Hell, even TT3D never got a US release.
Two piece? All about the one piece
My rearset bolts also backed out and I lost my rear brake lever on the track. Almost lost the shift lever too, but luckily one bolt was left and it was only halfway out. Gotta make sure I loctite next time.
yes yes I know the one piece is the way forward but I would like to use the jacket with some kevlar jeans for short rides. But I will have to go and try the stuff on.
RapidCancel
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Came out of work today to a huge puddle of oil under my bike. I was all over the place thinking about where the heck it was coming from because I checked the oil and it was fine. Then my coworkers come out and remind me that this morning we were talking about how it'd be funny to play a joke by putting oil under someone's vehicle. Almost had a damn heart attack because of their joke.
D'OH!
D'OH!
Jesus man I was reading that thinking your bolt had come back to bite you in the ass! Hope you give as good as you get..!
RapidCancel
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These are also posted in the photography thread, but I figure I'd post here too. They were taken by my fiance during the track day.
maxheadwound
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Damn I would take that as a good joke and i might use it on my mate. Glad your bike is fine.
maxheadwound
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These are also posted in the photography thread, but I figure I'd post here too. They were taken by my fiance during the track day.
I will have to go and have a look at the suits when I get back from a bit of leave. You are getting me amped up to go for a track day
RapidCancel
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I think everyone should try a track day at least once, it's well worth it just to see if you'll end up enjoying it or not and it helps you to be more in tune with your bike. If you enjoy going canyon riding or hitting up the twisties, I'm betting that ya'll will enjoy it. I'm interested in knowing what tracks are around ya'll.
Besides, you're there to go at the pace you feel comfortable in. Everyone is just there to learn and improve at their own speed. So go out and do it! Now!
RapidCancel
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Goodwood and Thruxton seem fun for high speed, but I'd really want to ride at Brands Hatch and Silverstone! Plus, the pavement doesn't look all jacked up and bumpy like the ones I usually ride.
opticalmace
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Soo happy, Honda is hosting an extra demo day in a week and a half.. missed the last one, really need to ride the CB500X as I'm thinking about buying one.
Also, great photos RapidCancel.
Also, great photos RapidCancel.
Welcome to the thread!
Pics of the new bike:
apologies to anyone who thought I was actually Jackie Chan
richardhawk
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Where in Southern California? I'm near Downtown LA. Welcome by the way.
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So I'm having a pretty bad week. Yesterday I was doing a U-turn in the cement part of my driveway when some pebbles must have got under my tires and dropped me and the bike to the ground. Luckily I only scraped the bar end, a mirror and part of my kickstand.
Today I went out and swept the drive to prevent that from happening again. However the end of my driveway is dirt for like 15 feet and it has a slight turn out of a gate. So I went to go to work and I realized I wasn't turning enough and thought I was gonna end up in the fence so I made the rookie mistake of braking instead of just looking farther through the turn and ended up dropping my bike into the dirt. Nothings broke on me or the bike but I scratched up my fairing pretty damn good and skinned my left knee, which was already skinned from yesterday.
Today I went out and swept the drive to prevent that from happening again. However the end of my driveway is dirt for like 15 feet and it has a slight turn out of a gate. So I went to go to work and I realized I wasn't turning enough and thought I was gonna end up in the fence so I made the rookie mistake of braking instead of just looking farther through the turn and ended up dropping my bike into the dirt. Nothings broke on me or the bike but I scratched up my fairing pretty damn good and skinned my left knee, which was already skinned from yesterday.
Great morning ride today, a 225km (140mile), beautiful weather and temps 14-20C (57-68F). We did a round trip that saw us go through two separate state forests with lots of different terrain, from mud, deep sand, rock, clay and a bit of road in the mix. We both had an awesome time, especially as one of the forests was brand new to us and there are some amazing trails for us to go back and explore. Also saw a bunch of wildlife, a kangaroo, couple of rock wallabys (think mini kangaroos), a bilby (think super small kangaroo) and a huge snake we nearly both ran over (it was about 3.5M long[11.5foot]), just a green carpet python not one of our local deadly snakes like a Tiger or Brown snake, of course this was one of the only times I didn't take the GoPro out :/. All in all a great fun ride. Oh, here's a few pics:
^ I hate you man, such nice roads... The wife has been talking about moving to Oz or NZ in a few years, biking roads are one of the main reasons I could get behind it!
Bad luck man, at least they were both low speed drops (same as every drop I've ever had, which have also all been in driveways/car parks). Can you get a replacement fairing bit fairly cheap (eBay or the like)?
Bad luck man, at least they were both low speed drops (same as every drop I've ever had, which have also all been in driveways/car parks). Can you get a replacement fairing bit fairly cheap (eBay or the like)?
maxheadwound
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hey man that is a nice looking bike... are you happy with the ride?
maxheadwound
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Great morning ride today, a 225km (140mile), beautiful weather and temps 14-20C (57-68F). We did a round trip that saw us go through two separate state forests with lots of different terrain, from mud, deep sand, rock, clay and a bit of road in the mix. We both had an awesome time, especially as one of the forests was brand new to us and there are some amazing trails for us to go back and explore. Also saw a bunch of wildlife, a kangaroo, couple of rock wallabys (think mini kangaroos), a bilby (think super small kangaroo) and a huge snake we nearly both ran over (it was about 3.5M long[11.5foot]), just a green carpet python not one of our local deadly snakes like a Tiger or Brown snake, of course this was one of the only times I didn't take the GoPro out :/. All in all a great fun ride. Oh, here's a few pics:
Wow it looks like back home... loads of gravel and fun times.
Yeah it's great fun. I do miss the Bonneville but this will definitely keep me entertained for a few years. Think it will take me that long to get used to the sheer excess power, as I'm used to just ragging my bikes off the lights, not sure I could get away with that on this without ABS...
The Street is almost worth the price of admission just for the LED gear change indicator (6 LEDs that progressively light up as you approach whatever RPM you've set, then flash). Now I need to get some stuff for it (centre paddock stand and a nice K&N air filter, namely). Forgot to mention, if you're sat at the lights for too long, the underseat exhaust also doubles as an arse warmer. Not sure that'll be the best in a heatwave.
maxheadwound
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Well that is great news... Glad you like the bike. I test rode a buell for a day and the exhaust comes up just under your right leg. First time that I have ever driven a bike where I had to lift my ass off the seat for it to cool down. Weird that they dont put more heat shielding to prevent this. But hey still a nice sounding bike
maxheadwound
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This is the one I test rode for a day when I was still in Switzerland
You just feel like a mean mofo on it lol
You just feel like a mean mofo on it lol