Mostly harmless!

jdcarrielies · Post by **jdcarrielies** » Nov 22nd, '07, 17:39

hello all! my names john, im 22, im a dockmaster for brixham harbour and i'm new! I've just recently decided to bite the bullet and go for my full bike licence after taking my poor little 125 marauder far further than it was ever meant to go, having said that it has served me well and in the right hands a lovely machine which now lives on to serve fresh blood to the bikers realm.
days afer announcing my quest for the licence i was offered a sorry looking XJ900 and, like many of you i hope, instantly developed an unhealthy sense of mercy for this (soon not to be) bright purple wreck. i bought it, stripped it and i'm now in the process of a complete nut and bolt rebuild.
I do intend to make some changes, i apologize in advance to any fundamentalist fans of the XJ but, since its a project likely to consume most of my pocket money for quite some time, i feel it best to make a machine which it exactly what i'm looking for. i hope that if you follow my progress you will see that i'm simply trying to make an awesome machine.
i'm really new to this so any advice would certainly be most appreciated, i hope to meet some interesting, like-minded people, cheers!

Mike Daytona600 · Post by **Mike Daytona600** » Nov 22nd, '07, 19:06

Welcome to SWB

age · Post by **age** » Nov 22nd, '07, 20:55

Hello and welcome mate

steve-d · Post by **steve-d** » Nov 22nd, '07, 22:38

Nice someone else from Brixham, where abouts at the harbour, probably see me nipping past the fishering factory thingy most mornings on my way to college.

jdcarrielies · Post by **jdcarrielies** » Nov 23rd, '07, 06:12

yeah probably, i work all over the estate so everywhere between zeneca and the end of the breakwater!

Maver-Nick · Post by **Maver-Nick** » Nov 23rd, '07, 08:11

Welcome to SWB...

Funky · Post by **Funky** » Nov 23rd, '07, 10:07

Welcome to SWB, there are so many people from Torbay about now, though I never see anyone

layne · Post by **layne** » Nov 23rd, '07, 17:49

Evening John, welcome to the site.

jdcarrielies · Post by **jdcarrielies** » Nov 23rd, '07, 18:08

sorry, my typing is awful!

jdcarrielies · Post by **jdcarrielies** » Nov 23rd, '07, 18:15

i must of clicked the wrong button or something, because this message was supposed to be first, at least now it hasnt got so many spelling mistakes! hello! so just out of interest, how many people here did their test in torbay? i ask because i'm doing mine in the new year and i was wondering whether theres aynyone thats particularly good/bad to go with?

steve-d · Post by **steve-d** » Nov 23rd, '07, 22:32

Who else is from the bay?
I never even see another bike when I go out, occasional old woman/man on a ped in high vis jackets lots of chavs on peds.

Funky · Post by **Funky** » Nov 24th, '07, 00:00

Julian is in the bay, a couple other new guys too, one guy on an sv who drives a taxi and another on a cr600fm, forgot his name now (sorry) also shadeyaidy

bambam · Post by **bambam** » Nov 24th, '07, 16:53

welcome to the site.
u should be able to find some advice on here for your project.
not from me mind i'm about as mechanically minded as a dead fish.
and good at breaking trains

Blimey · Post by **Blimey** » Nov 24th, '07, 17:12

Hello and welcome

jdcarrielies · Post by **jdcarrielies** » Nov 24th, '07, 18:59

Cheers chaps, breaking trains? i'm sure theres a story to be told there?!