Third Weekend in May!

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Just now, busabeast said:

Nice pics slowly 

Cheers. 

Even took one for Buckster.

Thats as close as I could get to the wheely bins without attracting Mr Parkingnobwarden

[XTreme]

3 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

 

Evening. 

Rough week for me, heyho, its mostly over now.

Thought best not turn up on whinymotorcycleriders.net without a pic.

Pete and anyone else unable to adapt to modern life or consider things may have altered since the 60’s best look away

Got the 9T out for Mr Slowly realised it wasn’t insured, I won’t say how far we got before I remembered that

 

Got the Livewire out instead. No this is not our yard. 

 

Rode out to Mendip Auction Rooms together and cut Mr Slowly loose because these bikes are chalk n cheese and don’t really fit together, different types of fun.

I deliberately went along Weston seafront to take pics for you minger losers so suck it up!

 

and from the other side with the sun on it 

 

Somewhere on the Mendips on my way back from Shepton Mallet. 

Time to find another patsy!

 

Nice pics! 

[Sir Fallsalot]

1 minute ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Cheers. 

Even took one for Buckster.

Thats as close as I could get to the wheely bins without attracting Mr Parkingnobwarden

I could have met you today I was around the mendips myself, nice to see you out and about

[Clive]

16 minutes ago, XTreme said:

But what about Rhyl?

My standards are low, but after visiting Rhyl once I feel they are not that low.

 

[boboneleg]

Nice one @Slowlycatchymonkey  , all pisstaking aside that's a great photo (even the tide is nearly in )

 

BOTM photo ..............

 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

1 minute ago, boboneleg said:

Nice one @Slowlycatchymonkey  , all pisstaking aside that's a great photo (even the tide is nearly in )

 

BOTM photo ..............

 

So it is, I hadn’t noticed. Is there MOTM (Miracle of the month)?

Mind you people might get confused over whether the miracle is the tide being (nearly) in or the BSA bike pic turning up

[Sir Fallsalot]

11 minutes ago, Clive said:

My standards are low, but after visiting Rhyl once I feel they are not that low.

 

When I was working in Rhyl last year a scouser couple with  their kids was walking towards us with their suitcases arguing, when they got to us the bloke turned and said it’s going to be a long fucking trip home we just laughed 

[boboneleg]

7 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

So it is, I hadn’t noticed. Is there MOTM (Miracle of the month)?

Mind you people might get confused over whether the miracle is the tide being (nearly) in or the BSA bike pic turning up

Anyway, what's it like to ride ?  I need to see if I can get a test ride from Fowlups

[Clive]

Just now, Sir Fallsalot said:

When I was working in Rhyl last year a scouser couple with  their kids was walking towards us with their suitcases arguing, when they got to us the bloke turned and said it’s going to be a long fucking trip home we just laughed 

On the Haven caravan site nearly all the accents were either Scousers or Mancs.....

[XTreme]

3 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Anyway, what's it like to ride ?  I need to see if I can get a test ride from Fowlups

You want to be Nick Berry as well? 

Everybody here is losing their fucking mind!

[Clive]

5 minutes ago, XTreme said:

You want to be Nick Berry as well? 

Everybody here is losing their fucking mind!

He's better than the Nick Berry from Eastenders, but not by much.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

51 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Anyway, what's it like to ride ?  I need to see if I can get a test ride from Fowlups

Lovely. 

Smooth, easy to handle. Not as planted as I’m used to at the speeds it can do but the suspension is to my mind the perfect combo of being able to soak up and still go round a corner.. a bit.

Still running it in so not really giving it any real beans but (on a closed private road) it went to 80 what felt like quickly without trying, theres a lot more there for sure. It’s a lot of bike for the money. I hesitate to say this because I do like the T120 but I enjoyed this more. For what I think of as a low bhp bike it’s surprisingly present.

It feels good to ride, nicely put together, obviously not on a par with the 9T or a Ducati scrambler build or power wise but not the rattly tin tractor feel of a RE and closer to a Triumph. It is to my mind undeniably pretty.

Cosmetically the stickers really are a let down and something I can see me having to remedy in the future. I also really dislike the placement of the exhaust. If you look at the pic closely you’ll see black marks from my boots where it runs unsleeved too close the peg. You’ll see the same marks in youtube reviews so its not just me. I’ve adjusted my foot position but even so pah! 

It’s not a bike for thrills and spills but if you’re not after the Sunny Sunday ride experience and want more it can give you a lot more, it just wouldn’t be my first choice for that sort of thing, then again thats why I chose it.

What surprises me most is how light it feels, it feels lighter than every bike we have (bar the Livewire), it is easy to manoeuvre off the bike, important if you’re not built like a brick shit house.

It’s trustworthy placement wise. I’m normally cautious filtering through traffic on a brand new bike until I get used to it, this one is an almost instant connect, I found it very easy to filter with. 

It fits exactly into the gap I wanted it to, I feel absolutely no urge to wring it, which on more powerful bike I feel goaded into (it’s not me govn’r it’s the bike, honest) and on less powerful bikes I find myself pushing them as hard as I can and thinking more.. give me a bit MORE

This is the bike that I can see me enjoying now and for a long time. If it was my only bike I would hold onto my licence but still enjoy riding.

Bikes always bring a song to mind when riding them and this one out in the sunshine is the Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling.

[Buckster]

4 hours ago, Earache said:

Fuck off with your nice weather. My day will  come ... someday

Sure to happen with all this global warming.

What do you say @zzzak?

[boboneleg]

2 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Lovely. 

Smooth, easy to handle. Not as planted as I’m used to at the speeds it can do but the suspension is to my mind the perfect combo of being able to soak up and still go round a corner.. a bit.

Still running it in so not really giving it any real beans but (on a closed private road) it went to 80 what felt like quickly without trying, theres a lot more there for sure. It’s a lot of bike for the money. I hesitate to say this because I do like the T120 but I enjoyed this more. For what I think of as a low bhp bike it’s surprisingly present.

It feels good to ride, nicely put together, obviously not on a par with the 9T or a Ducati scrambler build or power wise but not the rattly tin tractor feel of a RE and closer to a Triumph. It is to my mind undeniably pretty.

Cosmetically the stickers really are a let down and something I can see me having to remedy in the future. I also really dislike the placement of the exhaust. If you look at the pic closely you’ll see black marks from my boots where it runs unsleeved too close the peg. You’ll see the same marks in youtube reviews so its not just me. I’ve adjusted my foot position but even so pah! 

It’s not a bike for thrills and spills but if you’re not after the Sunny Sunday ride experience and want more it can give you a lot more, it just wouldn’t be my first choice for that sort of thing, then again thats why I chose it.

What surprises me most is how light it feels, it feels lighter than every bike we have (bar the Livewire), it is easy to manoeuvre off the bike, important if you’re not built like a brick shit house.

It’s trustworthy placement wise. I’m normally cautious filtering through traffic on a brand new bike until I get used to it, this one is an almost instant connect, I found it very easy to filter with. 

It fits exactly into the gap I wanted it to, I feel absolutely no urge to wring it, which on more powerful bike I feel goaded into (it’s not me govn’r it’s the bike, honest) and on less powerful bikes I find myself pushing them as hard as I can and thinking more.. give me a bit MORE

This is the bike that I can see me enjoying now and for a long time. If it was my only bike I would hold onto my licence but still enjoy riding.

Bikes always bring a song to mind when riding them and this one out in the sunshine is the Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling.

That's a good review and exactly what I would have expected .  Peeps will take the piss (me included) but it looks great and as long as your not expecting Ducati/KTM handling I reckon it will do well .

If they can get the logistics and supply chain right (a la Harley) they will sell loads

[Buckster]

2 hours ago, Marcel said:

Moose alert!!

 

Is that a statue of the moose that raped you?

[zzzak]

47 minutes ago, Buckster said:

Sure to happen with all this global warming.

What do you say @zzzak?

Cold as charity here, we just had the lowest temp in 12 years, global warming is bullshit.

[zzzak]

46 minutes ago, Buckster said:

Is that a statue of the moose that raped you?

That looks like a female, might have been the other way around.

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Cosmetically the stickers really are a let down and something I can see me having to remedy in the future. I also really dislike the placement of the exhaust. If you look at the pic closely you’ll see black marks from my boots where it runs unsleeved too close the peg. You’ll see the same marks in youtube reviews so its not just me. I’ve adjusted my foot position but even so pah! 

What was wrong with the front fender, that's what you were talking about a while ago wasn't it? It looks perfectly nice in the pictures.

 

[Buckster]

8 minutes ago, Pedro said:

What was wrong with the front fender, that's what you were talking about a while ago wasn't it? It looks perfectly nice in the pictures.

 

It’s plastic.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

8 hours ago, Pedro said:

What was wrong with the front fender, that's what you were talking about a while ago wasn't it? It looks perfectly nice in the pictures.

 

I think it was Buckster who wasn’t too impressed with the plastic front mudguard, I don’t mind the front mudguard being plastic. They are plastic on a Bonnie too, no rust where the rain sits around the rivet recesses then. It’s the white ‘pin striping’ on the tank being stickers I don’t like.

Looks good at the moment but stickers don’t tend to equal longevity. I see a proper redo in its future

[Buckster]

Real bikes have steel front mudguards.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Real bikes for real men that ride real Harley’s real hard perchance?

[XTreme]

1 minute ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Real bikes for real men that ride real Harley’s real hard perchance?

And pulling real trailers full of real Bibles to real gay events.

[Saul]

14 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

 

 

and from the other side with the sun on it 

 

Somewhere on the Mendips on my way back from Shepton Mallet. 

 

 

Looking really good.   

[Buckster]

12 hours ago, zzzak said:

That looks like a female, might have been the other way around.

Be careful, you can go to jail for misgendering in Canada.