Earache Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 36 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Jesus , that's half of USA and bloody Canada, I don't think my old bones would manage that Well fuck - now that you put it that way, it does sound like a long haul. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 1 hour ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said: I would be taking my indian for sure...but your still a young man ..unlike me..lol. Be gentle with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Found Mawsleys Road 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Oh yea… 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Anyone can ride it on roads , go and find some lanes you big Gayer 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 28 minutes ago, Six30 said: Found Mawsleys Road Isn’t that what you have tattooed on your butt, except only one N and it says full access to Corinthian sports club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 39 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Anyone can ride it on roads , go and find some lanes you big Gayer Don’t want to get it dirty 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 1 hour ago, boboneleg said: Anyone can ride it on roads , go and find some lanes you big Gayer The van is just out of shot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 6 hours ago, Six30 said: Don’t want to get it dirty Pete would be proud of ya.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Just got back from a Fly-In & car show in Joseph.... some pretty cool winged hardware.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 & now for the Wheeled hardware.... An L-29 Cord...that's actually FWD Early 30's Packard Phaeton....so clean you could eat off of it... Man, I'd love to own this Truck!... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 7 hours ago, YamaHead said: Man, I'd love to own this Truck!... Hell yeah brother, hee haw! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Well yesterday started fantastically with an early run home from work down the A30 across Bodmin Moor. Stunning beautiful scenery, fresh morning with my Hornet carving it up in light traffic. No heroics just bimbling along in the 70/80 mph range with an occasional spurt quicker to get past traffic. My idea of heaven on two wheels. The sound that bike makes doing that sort of thing is addictive even on the standard pipe. Anyway stopped in Bodmin to get the dog his favourite biscuits then home as happy as you can be after a night shift. Put the bike away in its tent thing, had a drink and chat with my Mrs then went to bed. Next thing I know my youngest was shaking me awake to tell me the bike has fallen over. Fuck, out of bed and dressed to get out side to see the Hornet has gone over on its side inside the tent thing and to top it off was lying against my car. By this time I was totally pissed off and even though I managed to get inside the tent with the bike I couldn’t get an angle to try and lift it. I didn’t want to try and fail and let the bike drop against my car again and cause more damage. Luckily for me my best mate is a freakishly strong bull of a man who I used to play rugby with. So I rung him, he lives in the street next to mine and he came over. Between us we lifted the bike back up, with him outside the tent and me inside. Now the damage. I had been very lucky really as the Hornet only had a minor scuff on the rear plastics below the seat. The SW Motech pannier frames saved the day at the back. The front was unmarked aside from my new bar end mirror. FFS My car has a small car park ding sized dent in the passenger door. No big deal but just enough to piss me off. Anyway ordered another set of the same mirrors from Amazon so it should be all fixed by tonight. The bike tent thing is a bit twisted but still fully functional. As far as I could tell I think I had not put side stand down fully and the bike has just rolled off it. So fucking annoying but shit happens. I think what freaked me out is that I could not get the Hornet back up on my own. Luckily my mate helped. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 1 hour ago, Saul said: Well yesterday started fantastically with an early run home from work down the A30 across Bodmin Moor. Stunning beautiful scenery, fresh morning with my Hornet carving it up in light traffic. No heroics just bimbling along in the 70/80 mph range with an occasional spurt quicker to get past traffic. My idea of heaven on two wheels. The sound that bike makes doing that sort of thing is addictive even on the standard pipe. Anyway stopped in Bodmin to get the dog his favourite biscuits then home as happy as you can be after a night shift. Put the bike away in its tent thing, had a drink and chat with my Mrs then went to bed. Next thing I know my youngest was shaking me awake to tell me the bike has fallen over. Fuck, out of bed and dressed to get out side to see the Hornet has gone over on its side inside the tent thing and to top it off was lying against my car. By this time I was totally pissed off and even though I managed to get inside the tent with the bike I couldn’t get an angle to try and lift it. I didn’t want to try and fail and let the bike drop against my car again and cause more damage. Luckily for me my best mate is a freakishly strong bull of a man who I used to play rugby with. So I rung him, he lives in the street next to mine and he came over. Between us we lifted the bike back up, with him outside the tent and me inside. Now the damage. I had been very lucky really as the Hornet only had a minor scuff on the rear plastics below the seat. The SW Motech pannier frames saved the day at the back. The front was unmarked aside from my new bar end mirror. FFS My car has a small car park ding sized dent in the passenger door. No big deal but just enough to piss me off. Anyway ordered another set of the same mirrors from Amazon so it should be all fixed by tonight. The bike tent thing is a bit twisted but still fully functional. As far as I could tell I think I had not put side stand down fully and the bike has just rolled off it. So fucking annoying but shit happens. I think what freaked me out is that I could not get the Hornet back up on my own. Luckily my mate helped. Fucking bikes, pain in the arse they are. That will annoy you all week now, you will need to buy a reassuringly expensive bike accessory now to get past it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 That’s a proper serial killer truck, if you had that you would need to roam the remote highways running down hitchhikers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 3 minutes ago, Buckster said: That’s a proper serial killer truck, if you had that you would need to roam the remote highways running down hitchhikers. I'm OK with that....but hitchhikers would NOT be my target....it'd be the fruit-looped homeless scumbags that I'd have in my sights. Fortunately, we don't see too many of those over in this corner of the state....so, that's me dodging another bullet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 2 hours ago, Saul said: Well yesterday started fantastically with an early run home from work down the A30 across Bodmin Moor. Stunning beautiful scenery, fresh morning with my Hornet carving it up in light traffic. No heroics just bimbling along in the 70/80 mph range with an occasional spurt quicker to get past traffic. My idea of heaven on two wheels. The sound that bike makes doing that sort of thing is addictive even on the standard pipe. Anyway stopped in Bodmin to get the dog his favourite biscuits then home as happy as you can be after a night shift. Put the bike away in its tent thing, had a drink and chat with my Mrs then went to bed. Next thing I know my youngest was shaking me awake to tell me the bike has fallen over. Fuck, out of bed and dressed to get out side to see the Hornet has gone over on its side inside the tent thing and to top it off was lying against my car. By this time I was totally pissed off and even though I managed to get inside the tent with the bike I couldn’t get an angle to try and lift it. I didn’t want to try and fail and let the bike drop against my car again and cause more damage. Luckily for me my best mate is a freakishly strong bull of a man who I used to play rugby with. So I rung him, he lives in the street next to mine and he came over. Between us we lifted the bike back up, with him outside the tent and me inside. Now the damage. I had been very lucky really as the Hornet only had a minor scuff on the rear plastics below the seat. The SW Motech pannier frames saved the day at the back. The front was unmarked aside from my new bar end mirror. FFS My car has a small car park ding sized dent in the passenger door. No big deal but just enough to piss me off. Anyway ordered another set of the same mirrors from Amazon so it should be all fixed by tonight. The bike tent thing is a bit twisted but still fully functional. As far as I could tell I think I had not put side stand down fully and the bike has just rolled off it. So fucking annoying but shit happens. I think what freaked me out is that I could not get the Hornet back up on my own. Luckily my mate helped. It's a pretty obvious thing to state now but you should always leave a bike in gear if it's on the side stand . Don't ask me how I know that . 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 20 minutes ago, boboneleg said: It's a pretty obvious thing to state now but you should always leave a bike in gear if it's on the side stand . Don't ask me how I know that . I know that mate but fuzzy head after working all night lead to the error. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 2 hours ago, boboneleg said: It's a pretty obvious thing to state now but you should always leave a bike in gear if it's on the side stand . Don't ask me how I know that . I never leave my bike in gear ( & only have a side stand) I wonder if I should be learning from other people mistakes...? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 14th July National holiday and party day here today. village BBQ and music in the square last night followed by HUGE firework display in Auxerre at 23h00. I was out on me bike all afternoon yesterday and another couple of hours today. first time in what seems like ages that we've had decent weather for riding. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 6 minutes ago, MooN said: I never leave my bike in gear ( & only have a side stand) I wonder if I should be learning from other people mistakes...? I think sporty road bikes are worse as they don’t lean so much into the stand as big trail bikes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 2 hours ago, boboneleg said: It's a pretty obvious thing to state now but you should always leave a bike in gear if it's on the side stand . Don't ask me how I know that . I tried to start my old TDM outside my brother in laws in gear. Only just managed to keep it upright. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 24 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: I tried to start my old TDM outside my brother in laws in gear. Only just managed to keep it upright. well thats why I don't leave mine in gear, cos I just know I'll ride the bloody thing straing into the wall if I do . This bike won't start if it's in gear so I guess that particular stupidity is less likely than with previous bikes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 1 hour ago, MooN said: I never leave my bike in gear ( & only have a side stand) I wonder if I should be learning from other people mistakes...? The Harley side stand locks with the bikes weight on it, lesser bikes clearly don’t have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 11 minutes ago, Buckster said: The Harley side stand locks with the bikes weight on it, lesser bikes clearly don’t have that. lesser bikes clearly don't weigh that much... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now