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    Quote Originally Posted by lewie View Post
    My mate just bought this - not my bag but looks and sounds awesome
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    Low Rider. Love them apart from the enormous instrument binnacle on the tank

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    Low Rider. Love them apart from the enormous instrument binnacle on the tank
    Your quite right
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    I popped into the local HD dealer today.

    It was quite eerie in there. The entirety of the staff have been furloughed, with the exception of the dealer principal.

    No workshop, no sales staff no apparel executives or whatever the t-shirt sales bints are called. Just one man. And just one customer.

    This is possibly what it's like for the rich and famous when they clear the shop so they can browse undisturbed.

    If only I'd taken some cava and canopes
    Any deals to be had?
    Good time to buy a Harley.

    Owned this one about 10 years ago.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Metalic Mud View Post
    Any deals to be had?
    None apparent, but I will ask.

    There are deals in done at some dealerships (£2k off a new Electra Glide standard for example)


    Quote Originally Posted by Metalic Mud View Post
    Owned this one about 10 years ago.
    Lovely. CVO?

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    Im not a massive fan of Harley having ridden quite a few. I guess they suit American roads and the cruising lifestyle. That particular bike looks like the Queen bitch from Aliens!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    I popped into the local HD dealer today.

    It was quite eerie in there. The entirety of the staff have been furloughed, with the exception of the dealer principal.

    No workshop, no sales staff no apparel executives or whatever the t-shirt sales bints are called. Just one man. And just one customer.

    This is possibly what it's like for the rich and famous when they clear the shop so they can browse undisturbed.

    If only I'd taken some cava and canopes
    Most of the potential customers are self-shielding, I suspect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    None apparent, but I will ask.

    There are deals in done at some dealerships (£2k off a new Electra Glide standard for example)




    Lovely. CVO?
    Yep. CVO.

    Didn’t have it long. Like most bikes I have owned.
    Had to scratch the itch.

    Have a BMW R1250R Sport now.

    Last edited by Metalic Mud; 2nd December 2020 at 19:56.

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    Love that the redline on that is only 5.5k! Both my cars are higher.

    I’ve ridden a Fat Boy in the states through the Appalachian Mountains but never over here, how are they on our roads?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt8500 View Post
    Love that the redline on that is only 5.5k! Both my cars are higher.

    I’ve ridden a Fat Boy in the states through the Appalachian Mountains but never over here, how are they on our roads?!
    There ok.
    But I guess you avoid some small hilly country lanes, especially if you have luggage and a passenger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MakeColdplayHistory View Post
    Any interest in the Adventure Bike Rider Festival? https://www.adventurebikerider.com/a...ider-festival/
    Anyone been before and have any views?

    My bike isn't an adventure bike but it does have 'some' off-road capability so I fancy pottling round some of the easier trails, looking at stuff to buy etc.

    We're thinking of staying somewhere local for that weekend - I'm planning to get a day ticket for the Saturday while Mrs MCH goes off and does her wild swimming thing.

    Ive not done the ABR festival, but I have attended the Horizons unlimited weekends. The have rides, but not the ability to try different bikes which is a big draw for the ABR show , CCM did do some guided off road on their 450 two years ago. The Horizon team ( Sam Manicom pictured in your link above) put on about 60 odd speakers, who talk on all things from around the world travel , with our without bikes, biker first aid, biker maintenance. Plus nutter who have ridden R1’s ro the South pole or RTW.

    I was going to the ABR festival this year but of course , Covid saw to that.

    Steve
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    FYI Henry Cole Rides a HD Low Rider S in The Motorbike Show Episode 2
    https://www.itv.com/hub/the-motorbike-show/1a9745a0038

    https://www.itv.com/hub/the-motorbike-show/1a9745a0038

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    Quote Originally Posted by I a n View Post
    Henry liked it.

    But then Henry likes every motorcycle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    Henry liked it.
    Is it just me that gets creeped out by his voice?
    .....it's just me...isn't it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa View Post
    Is it just me that gets creeped out by his voice?
    .....it's just me...isn't it?
    I used to really struggle with him.

    But over time, and having read his biography, I've come to accept it, and not quite enjoy it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    I used to really struggle with him.

    But over time, and having read his biography, I've come to accept it, and not quite enjoy it
    That's funny, I recently said exactly the same to a friend who I was encouraging to watch the Motorcycle Show. I used to absolutely hate him and thought he spoiled the show completely, but after reading his bio.....which is great by the way, you learn a lot about and him and somehow cut him some slack. Even find myself enjoying Junk and Disorderly now too :o)

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    The thing that narks me off most about Henry Cole is his Olympic standard athletic ability to run very quickly in the opposite direction whenever there is a spanner involved.

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    I quite enjoy the motorcycle show, but he is an acquired taste. My wife can’t stand him though and leaves the room when I’m watching!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groundrush View Post
    The thing that narks me off most about Henry Cole is his Olympic standard athletic ability to run very quickly in the opposite direction whenever there is a spanner involved.
    A bit like Mike Brewer on Wheeler Dealers.

    Mind you, if I were looking to buy one of those restored bikes, knowing it had been done by the experts and not Cole would be a good thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    A bit like Mike Brewer on Wheeler Dealers.

    Mind you, if I were looking to buy one of those restored bikes, knowing it had been done by the experts and not Cole would be a good thing.
    Exactly.........Mike Brewer is another one! Although I met him at a Paul Weller gig in Dublin about 10 years ago and in person he was actually very nice and very normal.

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    Like Henry's presenting style. Obvious though the chicken I had for lunch last Sunday has more mechanical skills so rather would prefer the bikes to be worked on by Allen and Sam!!
    Last edited by kildareman; 4th December 2020 at 13:27.

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    I quite like his enthusiasm. When he talks about restoring bikes though, he actually does nothing but deliver parts to experts.

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    Slight change in thread direction....(if you're up for it) ... do you have a favourite motorcylcing book?
    *Kindle fired up here...and ready to downoad*

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa View Post
    Slight change in thread direction....(if you're up for it) ... do you have a favourite motorcylcing book?
    *Kindle fired up here...and ready to downoad*
    STEALING SPEED: The biggest spy scandal in motorsport history
    Mat Oxley
    Kindle Edition

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa View Post
    Slight change in thread direction....(if you're up for it) ... do you have a favourite motorcylcing book?
    *Kindle fired up here...and ready to downoad*
    Henry Cole............................

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bikers-Life...ag=googhydr-21

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groundrush View Post
    The thing that narks me off most about Henry Cole is his Olympic standard athletic ability to run very quickly in the opposite direction whenever there is a spanner involved.
    I prefer his Worlds Greatest Rides programmes to The Motorbike Show
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    Quote Originally Posted by kildareman View Post
    STEALING SPEED: The biggest spy scandal in motorsport history
    Mat Oxley
    Kindle Edition
    Great read. Read if a few years back. Cold War intrigue...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa View Post
    Great read. Read if a few years back. Cold War intrigue...
    And obscenely expensive on Amazon at the moment...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    And obscenely expensive on Amazon at the moment...
    ....but the Henry (creepy voice) Cole one is on Kindle for 0.99p
    Got to be worth a punt....


    This is a great read...

    Last edited by Tifa; 4th December 2020 at 18:05.

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    Used to love Dan Walsh in bike magazine!

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    Yeah...Dan Walsh is outragously funny.


    Here's a few good reads by Boris Mihailovic, Aussie bike journalist, some really, really good yarns....loads of them drug related...laugh out loud funny, brings back loads of memories......




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    I’m liking the direction this threads taking. It’s too damn cold to ride far here at the moment so might as well read. This is my copy of Zen, still re-read it every few years!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    And obscenely expensive on Amazon at the moment...
    £6.31 even for me a, devout cheapskate, is good value.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt8500 View Post
    I’m liking the direction this threads taking. It’s too damn cold to ride far here at the moment so might as well read. This is my copy of Zen, still re-read it every few years!


    How funny, Matt - I was only thinking about that this morning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt8500 View Post
    I’m liking the direction this threads taking. It’s too damn cold to ride far here at the moment so might as well read. This is my copy of Zen, still re-read it every few years!


    Excellent book, but other than a few references, it's got very little to do with motorcycling.

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    I started to read it about (I’m going to say thirty but you can probably add another ten) years ago.

    I didn’t get very far because it wasn’t really about bikes; perhaps I should try again now that I’m slightly more mature.

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    Got to be in there somewhere!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave+63 View Post
    Got to be in there somewhere!
    Yup....I still have a thing for Mitzi.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa View Post
    Excellent book, but other than a few references, it's got very little to do with motorcycling.
    I remember trying to read it when I was about 15 and being somewhat disappointed it didn't help me with the woes I had with my BSA Bantam field bike...

    Maybe it's time to give it another go!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SimonH View Post
    I remember trying to read it when I was about 15 and being somewhat disappointed it didn't help me with the woes I had with my BSA Bantam field bike...

    Maybe it's time to give it another go!
    I fear it still won't help you with the Bantam.

    Field bikes...brilliant.
    It was how we all got hooked in those days.
    Dad had a mate who sold cars, he took dozens of bikes in p/x.
    Nobody wanted them, they were just left in the back of his shed.
    Loads of them. Pay a few quid, choose a bike...ride it to destruction...abandon.
    Wash, rinse, repeat....brilliant.
    Even had an Square 4, heavy bastard thing...ran it dry of oil.
    Worth a fortune these days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave+63 View Post
    I started to read it about (I’m going to say thirty but you can probably add another ten) years ago.

    I didn’t get very far because it wasn’t really about bikes; perhaps I should try again now that I’m slightly more mature.
    I find this quite a relief.

    I did the same and have worried since that I am an oddity.

    Phew.

    I'm wondering now if I could write a book on maintenance of bevel drives on air cooled BMW twins, title it "how to bed that one you like from Girls Aloud" and watch the £££ roll in!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa View Post
    Great read. Read if a few years back. Cold War intrigue...
    A cracking read, just shows the influence of TWO people on the racing fortunes of a major brand.

    Hard copies going for £80 on the bay!

    Steve

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    Cool Modifications

    Trying to get motivated to start modifying my XDiavel.

    For those interested Ducati have released a few new variants The Dark, a new S and the Black Star. Prices range from £16995 for the dark (my preferred model) up to £21295 for the top of the range Black Star. Power is up from 152 Bhp to 160bhp.

    It’s difficult to see how the Black Star can cost over £4K more than the dark as the differences just don’t justify the price hike, but it is what it is.

    My bike is a Dec 18 plate and has done 8.5k miles, so my initial thoughts were to get a new bike whilst mine still has a fair value left in it. But I really like my current bike, and as most of you know I can’t help tinkering. So to buy a new bike of this price and then start messing around whilst still under warranty isn’t a good idea (although it hasn’t stopped me in the past).

    So instead, I’ve decided to mod my bike to my own tastes and spend the money that it would have cost me to change on bits n bobs.

    A Norwegian chap on the Ducati forum is selling his XDiavel, and to do so he’s stripped all his carbon fibre parts off to sell... I’ve bought the lot and it arrived yesterday. He got his parts from FF carbon in Germany. I wanted even more carbon so I’ve ordered the parts he didn’t have from FF so that it all matches. 6 to 12 weeks delivery which is a pain.

    I’ve also ordered some nice Roland Sands parts from Ducati Manchester (Black Friday) savings made them a bit of a bargain. And I’ve got other parts from Ducabike and Conquest racing.

    I’m going to remove and reinstall my quick shifter, as I think I can do a better job of it than I did the first time and I’ll be stripping the bike right down to fit all the carbon.

    Wheels and top and bottom yokes are going to be powder coated satin black.

    I’m sure there will be other stuff along the way. But that’s about it for now...

    Here’s a few pics of the Dark compared to my Bike.






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    Quote Originally Posted by higham5 View Post
    A cracking read, just shows the influence of TWO people on the racing fortunes of a major brand.

    Hard copies going for £80 on the bay!

    Steve
    £85 for a hardback on Amazon.....wtf???
    About 50p a page.
    I actually GAVE my copy away....argghhhhhhh.....!!!
    Was about a tenner when I bought it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa View Post
    £85 for a hardback on Amazon.....wtf???
    About 50p a page.
    I actually GAVE my copy away....argghhhhhhh.....!!!
    Was about a tenner when I bought it.
    I suspect it's all too do with the automatic/magic pricing systems that gets employed based on page views and stock levels etc

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    This is what happens when you jump on a bike without any training (it would have helped if someone had revealed the wonders of countersteering, of course)...


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    Quote Originally Posted by learningtofly View Post
    This is what happens when you jump on a bike without any training (it would have helped if someone had revealed the wonders of countersteering, of course)...

    Oh the shame!
    'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.

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    I had about 2.5 hours on the Thruxton today in stop-start London traffic (Hampstead/Belsize Park/Camden etc) and finally - after some 800 miles on the bike since I bought it - I can finally say that its fitting me like a glove. The clip-ons have taken a fair old while to get used to but I don't think the bend left my elbows once today, and I was as comfortable when I got home as I was when I set off. Even the seat seemed perfect... no aching at all.

    It's amazing what a difference being totally relaxed makes. I was never this comfortable on the R9T, even after 18 months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gyp View Post
    I suspect it's all too do with the automatic/magic pricing systems that gets employed based on page views and stock levels etc
    Yeah, I suspect you're correct.
    Problem is, it also bumps up the price of the Kindle version...just checked and it's £6.31.
    Which is a bit wierd....it was £8.95 earlier this morning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by downer View Post
    If it’s doing random stuff, it’s possibly down to the temperature/condensation/damp.

    I have found that a few hours in the airing cupboard did wonders for my Nav VI, and it now seems to be cured.

    This is the third unit I have had (previous 2 replaced under warranty) and they all failed in the same way - which coincided with changes in the weather.

    Probably worth a try anyway...
    Seems I spoke too soon about my NAV VI. The third one stared misbehaving this week and the dealer has replaced it again. 4th time lucky?

    Honestly, I doubt this one will be any better as the fault must be fairly fundamental. Unless I'm doing something wrong by using it in all weathers and (generally speaking) leaving it attached the bike overnight.

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    Found this really interesting - in fact, until now I've never really understood the whole issue of valve clearances.


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