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What have you done on your bike today?
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You've lost me. Is that like a gold star?
But I thought we were the real thing
Did tha pee in't river lad?Had a positive experience with an insurance company today! It’s not very often you can say that.
I then went out on the bike, took some dodgy roads to the ‘Cowshed’ in Tideswell for a veggie sausage sarnie, then we bimbled further, stopped for a couple of photties ‘cos I know how much you like them.
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Onward and upward for a hot chocolate at the’Old Forge’ in Monyash
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Did tha pee in't river lad?
He’s working his way round the UK marking it as his territory
It wasn’t appropriate with the company I was with.Did tha pee in't river lad?
Today i went for a Sainsbury shopping trip on the Enfield, i got to the end of the road when it cut out on me!! I thought i might of flooded it so left it for a few minutes and still nothing, then like an idiot i had turned the fuel tap off the last time i was out on it!! 
Fuel on and off i go, the weather is doom and gloom today it's overcast and grey unlike yesterday.
Fuel on and off i go, the weather is doom and gloom today it's overcast and grey unlike yesterday.
Today i went for a Sainsbury shopping trip on the Enfield, i got to the end of the road when it cut out on me!! I thought i might of flooded it so left it for a few minutes and still nothing, then like an idiot i had turned the fuel tap off the last time i was out on it!!
Today I rode to Crescent Verwood where 1 joined a gang of motorcyclists on a ride to West Bay via Sixpenny Handley, compton Abbas, Blandford Forum, Sturminster Newton, King Stag, Cerne Abbas (for coffee) Dorchester, Martins Town, and Abbotsbury
A good selection of bikes and dry relatively traffic free roads. By the time I got home I’d covered 157 miles
A good selection of bikes and dry relatively traffic free roads. By the time I got home I’d covered 157 miles
Not been to Crescent in years, i would go there to have a look at the bikes and get a tea then something to eat at the food van on the corner. My 650 Bandit had it's first service there in 2005, i got the bill and from then on i serviced it myself, great service but not cheap!!
They where Crescent Suzuki then and you could go upstairs and overlook the workshop, they where still in Motogp. I met Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen down there and got them to sign my sons lid, it was good to have a chat with them, Capirossi had broken his wrist at Donington Motogp over the weekend up there!! I went to shake his hand that was in plaster and he laughed so i shaked his finger!!
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Sounds like a list of villages from Midsummer Murders.
The CCM’s looking good Hugo - you’ve been cleaning it haven’t you
How are you getting on with the CCM @Hugo Magnus ?
JAT
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I was there many years ago and bumped into John Reynolds when he was riding for them.Not been to Crescent in years, i would go there to have a look at the bikes and get a tea then something to eat at the food van on the corner. My 650 Bandit had it's first service there in 2005, i got the bill and from then on i serviced it myself, great service but not cheap!!
JAT
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A lot of Midsummer Murders is filmed in my area. Turville, Thame, Watlington etc.Sounds like a list of villages from Midsummer Murders.
The CCM’s looking good Hugo - you’ve been cleaning it haven’t you
This is a picture of The Panzer in Turville, on the top of the hill you can see the Windmill which featured in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. That’s about 4 miles from me.
Motogp was so much better back in the day with Suzuki and Kawasaki in Motogp, i never thought i would say it but Motogp imo is boreing!! I don't think i will do another Misano in the future and ticket prices are silly money. WSBK is so much better and i have gone off BSB, is it an age thing i don't know but that is how i feel about it in the last 2 years.
JAT
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I’m the same, I used to go to a lot of BSB meetings plus the WSB and GP. I don’t even watch it on telly anymore let alone go.Motogp was so much better back in the day with Suzuki and Kawasaki in Motogp, i never thought i would say it but Motogp imo is boreing!! I don't think i will do another Misano in the future and ticket prices are silly money. WSBK is so much better and i have gone off BSB, is it an age thing i don't know but that is how i feel about it in the last 2 years.
Road Racing is where it’s at. I’ll get you to the TT one day, sample some Manx Ale and pop to Andreas to annoy @Markduc
I love it, It's so chuckable and very torquie I didn't feel at any disadvantage amongst the bigger bikes. The gearing is set just right and the gearbox is smooth. I did notice the lack of a screen in the low temperatures but that will come into its own when it warms up.
I shan't be getting rid of the mile munching Multi for inter-continental ballistic trips
but for local runs the Maverick Spitfire is all I need.
Allways wanted to do the TT, when i get the money one year i'll do it!! I love the Irish road racing and they usually show it on ITV4!! I was going to go to the NW200 in 2016 that the then inlaws had booked up for us but that was the year the drunk driver nearly killed me in the head on so couldn't make it.
JAT
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I’d love to go to the Irish meets. I always fancied the Ulster GP, sadly that’s not being run again this year.Allways wanted to do the TT, when i get the money one year i'll do it!! I love the Irish road racing and they usually show it on ITV4!! I was going to go to the NW200 in 2016 that the then inlaws had booked up for us but that was the year the drunk driver nearly killed me in the head on.
I fear for the Irish Road Racing to be honest.
The TT is getting expensive sadly but the Island gets in your blood, it’s a magical place.
It’s beautiful, friendly, clean and unspoilt, I’d move there tomorrow if I could.
I want to do the Aberdare road race again, a small track but well worth a visit, it's on the 12th and 13th of July this year!! I was hoping to go last year but the weather was shit so i will try to do it this year if the weather plays ball??
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It’s the inability to get affordable insurance which has killed it in the past 2 years. MCI have tried but the premium runs to 7 figures and the only insurer who’ll underwrite it stipulates a €350,000 excess per claim. The clubs don’t have the money/income to be able to pay for it. The club which organises the NW200 just about scrapes together enough money from sponsors and the local council to be able to do a one off policy for that event but that’s about it
Today i went shopping( Rock N roll!! ) on the Enfield, it fired up and then coughs and spluters then nothing!! I fell for it agian as i forgot to turn the fuel tap on ffs!! I got it going then it went into it's carb freezing mode, carry on and it clears, i still need to get some of that anti carb freezing stuff but looking at the forecast we do have a mild spell coming with bloody rain from tomorrow through to Friday!!
) on the Enfield, it fired up and then coughs and spluters then nothing!! I fell for it agian as i forgot to turn the fuel tap on ffs!! I got it going then it went into it's carb freezing mode, carry on and it clears, i still need to get some of that anti carb freezing stuff but looking at the forecast we do have a mild spell coming with bloody rain from tomorrow through to Friday!!
Today i went shopping( Rock N roll!!
I've heard that if you piss on the carb before starting it, it'll stop the freezing.
It was either that or something about jellyfish...
You could knit a scarf for the inlet manifoldToday i went shopping( Rock N roll!!
Today i went shopping agian to the big Tesco( it's cheaper) for some bits, after that i rode home via Weston shore!! Oddly my left gaylord hand got freezing but my right one was ok, i put it down to using the throttle with more movement than the left one. 
It brings back memories of what biking used to be like. You spent more time tinkering with them than riding them.Today i went shopping( Rock N roll!!