Post a picture from your latest ride

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 6:37 pm

downer wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:01 pm Out on IAM observation duties this morning. Fortunately, the fuel crisis has abated in this part of England. No queues at the fuel station here...

Same down here today.

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downer · Post by **downer** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:32 pm

Nipped over to the Peaks this morning and saw all kinds of weather:

richtel · Post by **richtel** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:53 pm

^^ That valley looks amazing- like a 'Lord of the Rings' scene!

Viognier · Post by **Viognier** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:50 am

^ That valley looks like Richard rode it at high speed, like the professionals do, with one knee barely clearing the tarmac!

downer · Post by **downer** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:23 am

Viognier wrote:^ That valley looks like Richard road it at high speed, like the professionals do, with one knee barely clearing the tarmac!

Not my style, Lance.

It’s a steep road, narrow and plenty of tourist traffic - so a gentle bimble is the order of the day.

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:47 pm

I like that.

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downer · Post by **downer** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:37 pm

Spent a couple of hours on this Monster this afternoon, whilst my Multi was having some stuff added to it...

Lovely bike, very "immediate" in terms of power delivery, handling etc and obviously smaller and lighter than the bikes I normally ride. However, not a bike I'd buy as the ride is quite unforgiving and over longer distances I'm pretty sure my knees would be complaining.

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:59 pm

Have Monkey Will Travel.

Poole Harbour from Sandbanks this afternoon.

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richtel · Post by **richtel** » Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:35 pm

PL1957 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 5:09 pm IMG_20200726_153241135_HDR.jpg
Don't see many of these nowadays................Hop gardens!

The East Kent village I grew up in was surrounded by Apple orchards and Hop gardens, there are virtually none of either nowadays. Increasingly the south facing slopes of the North Downs are being turned over to vineyards! Chalky soil plus climate change in action I suppose.
I love the smell when riding around at this time of year and the hops are being picked, My primary school was directly opposite a hop drying kiln with tractors and trailers piled high with hops going backwards and forwards all day. Such an evocative smell.

Not sure how I missed this. Lovely old GS thou! About '79/'80? One of the original superbikes. Any foibles keeping the old girl running with unleaded and E10?

richtel · Post by **richtel** » Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:36 pm

scooter wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:59 pm Have Monkey Will Travel.

Poole Harbour from Sandbanks this afternoon.

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Putting some miles on the monkey this year Scooter- great to see! Lovely day for a rideout- unfortunately I let other nonsense get in the way- feeling a little jealous!

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:46 pm

richtel wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:36 pmPutting some miles on the monkey this year Scooter- great to see! Lovely day for a rideout- unfortunately I let other nonsense get in the way- feeling a little jealous!

Thanks Rich

Monkey bought Mid April 2019 and has just done 7679 miles with 3000 of those travelled this year.

It was a lovely afternoon and I was just about to go out on The Focus when I said to myself... Get The Monkey Out.

Glad I did.

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PL1957 · Post by **PL1957** » Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:46 pm

richtel wrote: Not sure how I missed this. Lovely old GS thou! About '79/'80? One of the original superbikes. Any foibles keeping the old girl running with unleaded and E10?

It was first registered in May 1980, I bought one (not this one) exactly the same colour brand new in June 1980. I picked this one up in boxes about 10 years ago and spent a couple of years restoring it. Lovely old thing that unlike some classics you could use every day if you were so inclined
Japanese bikes have been designed to run on unleaded since the early 70's. As for E10 I just put "Super" E5 in all my bikes now and don't leave it in there for extended periods.

A nice alternative to these other two.

richtel · Post by **richtel** » Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:53 pm

^^ Wonderful!! From the Norton to the XR1000. I'm pretty sure that transitioning between pedal operations from a classic Brit to a modern bike would very quickly deposit me in a hedge- much respect! That's a garage to be proud of!

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 3:21 pm

Here I go again.

Objects in a rear view mirror may be closer than they appear.

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Richard D · Post by **Richard D** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:04 pm

^^^^ Stunning property.

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