South West Bikers | Motorcycle Forum

Helloooooo!!!!

I'm a little down the coast in Burnham and similarly would love to have a riding buddy that's not mental out on the roads

Drop me a PM anytime, I need a reason to get my bike out and head somewhere

Kata wrote:

Eire_biker wrote:

Kata wrote:Welcome Eire_Biker. I work in Clevedon. lovely place, but yet to find a biker meet there.

Mellow - have they closed down now then?

Im pretty sure i saw you last week on the roundabout at Pets at Home heading towards the motorway. It's the bike in the photo that looks familiar... Not stalking you... lol...

Lol. Nope not me. Sold my CB. Should update the pic i guess.

Don't often ride to work. I go from Taunton to Clevedon so its a bit boring or highly illegal motorway riding. Crikey you do Clevedon to Yeovil. I though i had a long commute. How long does it take?

Do you ride or drive to work? I'll look out for you and do my own bit of stalking...

Haha... oh really...!

I ride if the weather is reasonable. Otherwise i drive. Its a decent trek but a fun ride..

Illegal riding on the motorway? I don't know what you mean..

I work shift so it can be fun.. quiet roads, especially during the summer months...

Where do you ride if your not commuting and just going for a spin?

I have to ask.............

2 gixxers within 7 months of riding - is there something you wish to confess my son?

billinom8s wrote:I have to ask.............

2 gixxers within 7 months of riding - is there something you wish to confess my son?

Confess? In what regard?
I basically bought a new l6 model really cheap in october as it was in its way out. Then saw the new R model come out last month and thought... yes please ... lol... p/x and bought this one.
Nothing more to it than that.

Ooh the R!

Didn't feel that comfy on the gixxer personally, but the 'blade fits like a glove

Smiler wrote:Ooh the R!

Didn't feel that comfy on the gixxer personally, but the 'blade fits like a glove

A guy i work with will rides nothing but a blade.. he's had quite a few. I guess like most things, you get a feel for something when you start out and often from there you adapt to what becomes a "norm".
I rode a Yamaha R1M a few months back after winning a competition to ride it at silverstone with Niall Mckenzie instructing. Theres a small write up on it in Fast Bikes magazine this month... lol. I felt a little uneasy on it at first but by the end of the morning, it had grown on me. But not enough to tempt me to consider buying one.

I had a GSXR600 around Oulton recently, it was good fun but not enough to tempt me to change lol! Let's call it a fling haha

Smiler wrote:I had a GSXR600 around Oulton recently, it was good fun but not enough to tempt me to change lol! Let's call it a fling haha

Haha... exactly... though the temptation could prove to be dangerous one day... lol

I reckon I should give the Street Triple RS a go, fully loaded naked...what's not to love?

i had an RD350LC when i was 19 but some ker nicked it, needed transport so bought a GSX400 import, sold it after a couple of months and went back to an RD350.
For some reason i've never been tempted back by a gixxer since. Have had hondas, yamahas, kawasakis and now a ktm.

I see a lot of them go past me on track though.

Once upon a time I had an ER5....much as I loved it at the time I don't think I fancy one now lol

I happen to know you had a gsxr in your garage for a while Mr Nom8s

billinom8s wrote:i had an RD350LC when i was 19 but some ker nicked it, needed transport so bought a GSX400 import, sold it after a couple of months and went back to an RD350.
For some reason i've never been tempted back by a gixxer since. Have had hondas, yamahas, kawasakis and now a ktm.

I see a lot of them go past me on track though.

Haha... well im confident enough to say i won't be one of those going past you... lol... but under my helmet ill be smiling ear to ear...

Eire_biker wrote:

billinom8s wrote:I have to ask.............

2 gixxers within 7 months of riding - is there something you wish to confess my son?

Confess? In what regard?
I basically bought a new l6 model really cheap in october as it was in its way out. Then saw the new R model come out last month and thought... yes please ... lol... p/x and bought this one.
Nothing more to it than that.

See Si I keep telling you not all Gixxers end up in hedge as you believe. Some of us know they are great so we just buy 2 of them