Your Day Today!

[Clive]

Took my daughters car to garage today, noise on gearbox......£1150 to sort it out!

[XTreme]

2 hours ago, Skippy said:

Depressed today.

Nobody died, bank account hasn’t been hacked, the bike hasn’t broken down………..just booked a flight to the UK for the start of October. That’s all it took.

How long for?

[Sir Fallsalot]

4 hours ago, busabeast said:

Yeah that's fair mate, just another reason why I don't want to live past a certain age, I'm crippled enough as it is

My mate dead Phil always said he'd make sure he didn't draw a pension and he didn't died on the bike riding like a twat 

[Pedro]

3 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

My mate dead Phil always said he'd make sure he didn't draw a pension and he didn't died on the bike riding like a twat 

Bad way to get a nickname 

[Sir Fallsalot]

13 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Bad way to get a nickname 

He always thought he was the fastest on the road to Llandovery and i gave up riding with him because he always wanted to race but was shit on roads he didn't know as he couldn't read the road so used to get really pissed off when i'd leave him behind. He was quick on the Llandovery road because he used to ride it every day of the week so he knew it well but i could see he was the type that was happy to kill himself trying to beat you. I thought it was very selfish of him and left a girlfriend he was with for over 15 years with no home as she wasn't in the will and it went to his son who kept putting the rent up until she left  even though it should of been her house. Then there was the woman he ploughed into the side of who was in a coma for two weeks and almost died luckily she recovered, and as usual the biker community blamed her for pulling out on him they totally ignored the fact he was doing over 100MPH on a 60MPH road around a left hand bend with a blind junction

 

[XTreme]

21 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

He always thought he was the fastest on the road to Llandovery and i gave up riding with him because he always wanted to race but was shit on roads he didn't know as he couldn't read the road so used to get really pissed off when i'd leave him behind. He was quick on the Llandovery road because he used to ride it every day of the week so he knew it well but i could see he was the type that was happy to kill himself trying to beat you. I thought it was very selfish of him and left a girlfriend he was with for over 15 years with no home as she wasn't in the will and it went to his son who kept putting the rent up until she left  even though it should of been her house. Then there was the woman he ploughed into the side of who was in a coma for two weeks and almost died luckily she recovered, and as usual the biker community blamed her for pulling out on him they totally ignored the fact he was doing over 100MPH on a 60MPH road around a left hand bend with a blind junction

 

When we were young we all pushed the envelope a bit, but we all left some margin for error. Even if it wasn't a very wide margin. There was always a point we wouldn't go beyond.

But there were some (and usually they had very little skill) who were just totally insane. They'd do anything, anywhere with no second thought as to their, or anybody else's safety.

Whether they were just stupid, or they had a death wish, or both.......I'm not sure. But not many of them (if any) lived to a ripe old age.

[Sir Fallsalot]

8 minutes ago, XTreme said:

When we were young we all pushed the envelope a bit, but we all left some margin for error. Even if it wasn't a very wide margin. There was always a point we wouldn't go beyond.

But there were some (and usually they had very little skill) who were just totally insane. They'd do anything, anywhere with no second thought as to their, or anybody else's safety.

Whether they were just stupid, or they had a death wish, or both.......I'm not sure. But not many of them (if any) lived to a ripe old age.

Yes i was the same but there were limits i wouldn't go beyond this is the photo of the car he hit i think it was a Subaru forester, hit it so hard he turned it on its side.

 

[Skippy]

2 hours ago, XTreme said:

How long for?

Too long mate………a week. Mind you, I’m staying with a couple of mates so it’ll be carnage most nights.

[Six30]

1 hour ago, Skippy said:

Too long mate………a week. Mind you, I’m staying with a couple of mates so it’ll be carnage most nights.

carnage , for sure...  monopoly and fizzy drinks

 

 

[XTreme]

4 minutes ago, Six30 said:

carnage , for sure...  monopoly and fizzy drinks

 

 

[Six30]

2 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Micky Flannagan dvd on loop.... bound to be a Kray twin picture  hanging on a wall somewhere in the gaff....

 living on pie and mash and jellied eels for a week

[Skippy]

21 minutes ago, Six30 said:

carnage , for sure...  monopoly and fizzy drinks

 

 

……….fizzy drinks I wonder if the Corona van still drives around?

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Finally back home. Lots done. Kitchen finished (until kitchen fitters arrive in December ) so thats one off the list  

The first one to say missed a bit dies.

Although now I look at the pic I realise I forgot to put the fire alarm back up, there’s always feckin something

[Skippy]

11 minutes ago, Six30 said:

Micky Flannagan dvd on loop.... bound to be a Kray twin picture  hanging on a wall somewhere in the gaff....

 living on pie and mash and jellied eels for a week

………..probably be going out, out

[Clive]

11 minutes ago, Six30 said:

 

 living on pie and mash and jellied eels for a week

[boboneleg]

3 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

He always thought he was the fastest on the road to Llandovery and i gave up riding with him because he always wanted to race but was shit on roads he didn't know as he couldn't read the road so used to get really pissed off when i'd leave him behind. He was quick on the Llandovery road because he used to ride it every day of the week so he knew it well but i could see he was the type that was happy to kill himself trying to beat you. I thought it was very selfish of him and left a girlfriend he was with for over 15 years with no home as she wasn't in the will and it went to his son who kept putting the rent up until she left  even though it should of been her house. Then there was the woman he ploughed into the side of who was in a coma for two weeks and almost died luckily she recovered, and as usual the biker community blamed her for pulling out on him they totally ignored the fact he was doing over 100MPH on a 60MPH road around a left hand bend with a blind junction

 

I dislike that road from Llandovery to Sennybridge, you get some right wankers riding along there .

[boboneleg]

4 minutes ago, Skippy said:

I wonder if the Corona van still drives around?

It's changed nowadays ..................

 

[Six30]

4 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Finally back home. Lots done. Kitchen finished (until kitchen fitters arrive in December ) so thats one of the list  

The first one to say missed a bit dies.

Although now I look at the pic I realise I forgot to put the fire alarm back up, there’s always feckin something

nice , look alright once you've painted it

[boboneleg]

5 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Finally back home. Lots done. Kitchen finished (until kitchen fitters arrive in December ) so thats one of the list  

The first one to say missed a bit dies.

Although now I look at the pic I realise I forgot to put the fire alarm back up, there’s always feckin something

Where's the two-tone Lilac ..........

 

[XTreme]

13 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Finally back home. Lots done. Kitchen finished (until kitchen fitters arrive in December ) so thats one of the list  

The first one to say missed a bit dies.

Although now I look at the pic I realise I forgot to put the fire alarm back up, there’s always feckin something

Very nice!

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

5 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Where's the two-tone Lilac ..........

 

Lilac?.. LILAC.. DONT TALK TO ME ABOUT THE FECKIN LILAC

That room is still undergoing angry painting by eldest son, the very purple paint has been painted over with white but it’s still very much bright lilac so progress has halted whilst tantrums are had

[DesmoDog]

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.

 

[XTreme]

8 minutes ago, DesmoDog said:

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.

 

Looks superb!

[Catteeclan]

8 hours ago, DesmoDog said:

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.

 

Good work, enjoy.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

11 hours ago, DesmoDog said:

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.

 

Reply like it. Looks like a piece of history.