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I met a sexy Welsh girl at a party , she said “why don’t you come back to mine “ so I did … I spent the next 20 years digging coal .

At the start of last season I traded a basically new Moto Guzzi for a 30 year old Ducati. Long story. Anywhos, the Ducati had been sitting in a garage unused for 20 years and needed TLC. I jumped right in, hit a few roadbocks, and got it on the road just in time for the last "event" of the season. Truth be told, it has FCR flat slide carbs which are notorious for cold start issues, they have no choke. And this one had that issue in spades. If it sat for a week or so I'd dump raw gas into the airbox to get it to fire. Not all that convenient considering you have to remove the seat to lift the tank to get to the airbox... THIS year I was going to address that. I took it out of storage in the early spring, got it into the garage, and just never felt like screwing with it. I did get it to fire up without resorting to dumping raw fuel down it's gullet, but it was such a long involved process I didn't bother riding it. Cue much bitching about FCR carbs, arguing with FCR fanboys, and gathering info on what to do. Tore into the carbs once again, discovered one problem but so what I was already replacing that part anyway, and put it all back together. Fired it up. Looked like a success but ran out of time to test ride. Which brings me to my day today. Yeah I know it took me a while to get here. Trust me, that rambling only covers a small part of what went on along the way to get to today. So anyway, yeah, today. Today I took it on a 15 mile test ride and woo freaking hoo, it worked like a bike should. Well a 30 year old bike should anyway. This is my 4th Super Sport, I kinda like them. but I hadn't ridden one in years. A couple observations. After having only ridden a Street Fighter V2 these past two seasons the bike seemed very, um, how can I say it? Not refined. Holy crap nothing about this bike is subtle. The throttle response is immediate. Downshifts were fun. The exhaust doesn't sound as nice as I remember my earlier SS's sounding. I may have to start looking for a fake Termi system for it. (You can tell they're fake by the welds - they're too nice to be Termis...). The riding position isn't as bad as I remember - I must be thinking of my 996. I'm not going to tour on it any time soon but it wasn't ridiculous. The bike did everything it's supposed to do, about as well as a 30 year old bike will do it. A completely different ride than the Street Fighter. Dry clutch with the infamous rattle. Truly full floating brakes that clunk and rattle over bumps. Flat slides that chirp under the "right" conditions. A much more in your face sort of riding experience. No gear indicator, no traction control, no ABS, no gas gauge or cruise control... oh, wait... So yeah, I'm well chuffed as I think you fuzzy little foreigners say. Now of course the rain is coming but it will see more use soon. I put 75 miles on it last year. I'm shooting for 100 this year! It'll hit 8000 miles by 2025 at this rate! PS - that's a 1993 Ducati 900ss Super Light. A one year only model for the USA, only available in yellow. I've wanted one since I first saw one in the dealer back in '93.

It rides like a piece of history too! Put another 50+ miles on it this morning. Brought back memories. It made me start laughing at one point. Flatside carbs "chirp" under some conditions and they were at full chat in one corner. Between the rattles and clunks and then the chirping it just struck me as funny. No, really, it's SUPPOSED to sound like that. Not subtle, not refined, no excuses given. Loud and proud. Gotta love it.

100% rain today....50 to 40 mm ..think we're gonna bypass the Cabot trail and turn back south heading towards Halifax...few pics from yesterday...was mostly a highway run not much time for pics.

Shared a big almond with my neighbour, each got one. I’m not going to retire on this almond production… super tasty, though, but could do with a few more

It's been going on for a couple of years now and has lead to the demise of proper old school dealers who won't play their corporate game .

Seems like you won't have problems getting a few take away pizzas either, top choice for a topbox!

Sounds like @Buckster needs to check one out, as it appears to be superior to a Harley.

Me niether , 4 entries pitiful … what can we learn from this … that @Buckster has messed up a what used to be a good thread at the end of every month , shame on you @XTreme to allow this twat to be in charge

I put on loads of weight so I rang weight watchers and said “ help this is an emergency can you send somebody round … yes we can they said we got loads of them

the joys of old bikes with carbs.... okay if you like or are capable of fixing em .

So you just couln't be bothered to post a photo and then moan that only four peeps did ..............

that needs a twat added.. im not banned .. keep up you twat

Anything is superior to Bucksters bike

That as well

I didn't know he was a Baffoon!

Yes Pete....pleasure to ride and for 850 lbs motorcycle it is has nimble has a 500lbs one...not because I own it...it's the most comfortable bike I've ever owned bar none...I'm dumb founded on doing anything to improve it...it's just perfect the way it is...anyone who has a chance to test ride one ..you'll see for yourself.

New sleeve day

We ran 650 km today....there's a tail end of a hurricane passing by tomorrow if the forecast don't change...it might be a short day tomorrow..

That was some kind of subliminal instruction wasn’t it. I just accidentally clicked on your name………..

They are just fucking with you because you are ginger.

Done that and its all clear, i cant remember the last time i started the bike, the MOT ran up in September last year so just been sat in the corner of the garage, going to pull the plugs on the front cylinder to check them first as that's the one that's not running, Tested with the very technical process of placing a wet finger on the header pipes to see which one doesn't hiss LOL

You say that but you don't hang on to anything long enough to get any probs. Hang on, we should learn from this.

Undo the drain screws first with the fuel on. Hopefully shift the water n crap in the bottom.

im not participating in it ever again ... or until buckster gets chucked the fuck off being in charge of it

This'll fuck a lot of people off. Bloody stupid idea.

The MOT ran out on the CRF1000 last week so while maneuvering it into a place i can get it out easier from for the MOT this Friday i thought i'd start the old Africa Twin, put key in and turns it on, everything lights up press starter and click another fucked battery as the trickle charger says it's ok, no problem though i get the Noco Boost out and away we go churning and churning and churning, took ages for it to start firing and then run but only running on one cylinder FFS so it's carbs off again, a job i hate doing on most bikes this one in particular, that's my weekend sorted, not going to attempt it until the CRF is MOT'd as i have to move too much about to get it where i can work on it

It beats me why Yamaha and Suzuki haven't got a foothold in this sector? Kawasaki do the KLX but for some reason they don't bring it into Spain.

Those fucking dickheads at Towca Honda rang me up today to tell me that now they don't have any CRF300L's available! However......if I want, I can pay a deposit and go on a waiting list for the next batch that's expected in Jan or Feb 2024. Fuck 'em......when I do change the CB it'll be for something that actually exists in the showroom, not for something that only exists in a parts bin in Thailand!

im not banned .... keep up .

Well you're part of the problem there , you've never taken it in the spirit that it should be taken so you got yourself a ban.....................

I'm not voting , I'm sulking because @Sir Fallsalot didn't put his photo in ...................

@Sir Fallsalot had some good shots so I'm surprised they're not in there.

Very poor turnout this month it has to be said!

You forgot about my entry.

You might have a point, they sell sll the new arrivals to proper spaniards, and leave the “caballero” waiting for a whatsapp reply. That’s just wrong!

I got a vote? Did somebody click their mouse in the wrong place?

Ideal for Pete.

Goddam I clicked on this because I thought it was an update on the argan tree seeds but it was a damn nut trick. Thought I’d finished falling for those in 2003

Essentially, they want to get paid for bikes they haven't built yet!

It's going to be epic next month, I have exciting plans.

They are taking the piss, why would anyone put down a deposit for something that may or may not arrive at some point in 2024, fuck that as you say buy what you can see in front of you at the dealers

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Bizzare fact ; I've had a cup of tea with him and been in his recording studio

Thinking of cutting in were you? Things are worse than I thought!