Bike abuse

[Sir Fallsalot]

Had a good ride today the route certainly wore the newness off the Beta, There were two groups of 8 but two of our group failed to show due to a busted wheel on their trailer which had them stranded on the M4. Some of the lanes were tough for our group but i'm sure the other group got around no problem. It was 122 miles from door to door for me and i was out 10 hours no wonder i feel pooped. 
Just a few photos and videos taken of a couple of the lanes we didn't stop much and when we did photos were the last thing on our minds 
This was our band of merry men you can see flat Holm and Steep Holm in the distance just off Cardiff bay, The weather stayed good all day

Some kind of hold up ahead 

This was it one of many obstacles to negotiate throughout the day

A lot of the lanes were like this which were easy going

and the rest were like this which is quite a steep and rocky

Alan this is your old CCM

Further up the hill

The Beta at the bottom waiting patiently for it's turn

There was lots of waiting, being the tail ender meant i couldn't see what was going on and just had to wait there was a big rock in the way on this one  there seemed to be big rocks in the way all day though.

The guy in front of me here called it a day after this lane he had had his fill and headed home 

Shortly after something spooked the Beta and it tried to escape up a tree

Not to self let the bike go don't try and hold onto it

Last of the videos this is called pumphouse lane its got a bit rougher since the last time i done it, I dropped the Beta on this one, I got up the hard bit went to put my foot down and i couldn't reach the floor and over it went, sure was easy to pick up though.

More of Alans old bike being punished 

And this was the best effort of the day he was on a CRF250 rally 

It was a tough day with a good bunch of lads all willing to help each other along

Last photo for you Pete just before i washed it. i do wash them i just don't do a very good job 

 

[XTreme]

@Sir Fallsalot.......nice bit of running in there! 

If I was still back there I'd be nowhere near you fucking headers!

Talking of headers......I see Laurie's in the middle of it again. Was he wearing his giant fucking Durex?

You all need psychiatric treatment!

[boboneleg]

Great stuff Fred.  I'm a bit worried at how you managed to bin it on the easiest lane of the day though..........

 

 

I'm also very impressed that the number plate assembly survived that

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

 

Brilliant stuff. I love reading these with the generous amount of photos and well cut vids, they always make me smile.  
Thankyou. 

 

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21 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

I'm a bit worried at how you managed to bin it on the easiest lane of the day though

Cos he's a fucking twat that's why! 

[XTreme]

@Six30.......sling a trail bike in your van and spend a day with that lot!

@Sir Fallsalot will look after you!

[Six30]

16 minutes ago, XTreme said:

@Six30.......sling a trail bike in your van and spend a day with that lot!

@Sir Fallsalot will look after you!

im not quite that insane 

[XTreme]

7 minutes ago, Six30 said:

im not quite that insane 

You'd be looked after better than me!

Cos as the only Jack amongst a group of Bluebirds I'd be fucked.......the bastards would leave me out there bleeding and broken with the bike on top of me!

 

[Specs]

Nice to see the bike being used for what it was designed for. Wouldn't catch me doing that shit. Struggling to bloody stand up today.

[Sir Fallsalot]

9 hours ago, XTreme said:

@Sir Fallsalot.......nice bit of running in there! 

If I was still back there I'd be nowhere near you fucking headers!

Talking of headers......I see Laurie's in the middle of it again. Was he wearing his giant fucking Durex?

You all need psychiatric treatment!

Just as we pulled in for fuel it pissed down, Laurie found that scrounging in the rubbish put it on thinking he was sorted for the day by the time we finished food it had all dried up he kept it on for a few hours just in case 

[XTreme]

4 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Laurie found that scrounging in the rubbish

It's in their DNA Fred! 

[Sir Fallsalot]

8 hours ago, boboneleg said:

Great stuff Fred.  I'm a bit worried at how you managed to bin it on the easiest lane of the day though..........

 

 

I'm also very impressed that the number plate assembly survived that

There was a small rock step just before on a steep up hill the bike is on the flat after, i thought i would be clever and pop a wheelie up it but i overdone it a bit, when the rear wheel hit it bucked me off but i didn't let go and i couldn't reach the clutch which ended up almost flipping it. Your right though get up all the hard stuff and do that on something relatively easy 
I am really impressed the mudguard survived there isn't a mark or stress line anywhere yet the flexible number plate has a permanent crease now