Reply With QuoteI shouldn't laugh, but as it appears you're OK...Originally Posted by Plake
Currently sitting in a bus stop. Dropped the Fireblade off for a valet and some detailing and they kindly lent me a loan bike.
It’s one of those three wheeled scooter things. Proper heap of sh*t.
Made it 2 miles down the road and the rear tyre fell off.
I shouldn't laugh, but as it appears you're OK...
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Drive the wheels off it!
Oh I see you already have.....
I hope your not waiting too long to get sorted
Thankfully was only going about 30mph. Fishtailed all over the place though. I was about to get on the A23 at motorway speeds ...yikes at the thought of that...I shouldn't laugh, but as it appears you're OK...
They’ve very kindly collected it and left me with what appears to be a stolen large engined Honda scooter now. Every single locking thing on it is broken. At least it has tyres in the right place I suppose and it gives me a certain air of danger. Just need to get some white trainers and a hoodie and I’ll be able to cruise the streets of Whitehawk like a proper LAD.
Here’s the first POS
Cheers Duncan, it’s how I like to roll.Drive the wheels off it!
Oh I see you already have.....
I hope your not waiting too long to get sorted
Holy sh*t! must have been hairy...
I hope the detailing will be "compliment of the house"
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
What company is that?!
It’s no exaggeration to say that I might have died if I’d been on the A23 mixing it with lorries at 70mph.
Anyway, “try not to break this one” was the handover chat for the second scooter.
I’m starting to wonder if trusting my bike to them was a bit foolish lol.
They are called The Motorcycle Garage in Haywards Heath but the valeter has his own little business called PB Valeting. It’s run out of TMG repair shop and I guess that’s why they agreed to lend me a bike to get home on.
I’m hoping the Fireblade will look unbelievably amazing at the end of this. But at this stage I’ll settle for Not Broken.
I hope it was irony at its best, because I am not sure it would have gone down well with me. Mind, by that time the adrenalin must had receded
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
To be fair, it’s either a puncture or you hit something (which you’ve not mentioned so I’m assuming you didn’t). Either way it’s not the dealers fault, it could happen to any of us at any time.
It’s still scary if it’s not something you’ve experienced before though.
I would share your nerves! Thanks for naming them, not local to me anyway...
Yeah, agree. I didn’t hit anything and couldn’t see anything in the tyre. I’m assuming that the rim has taken a knock in the past and this led to a crappy seal with the tyre.
That’s unlikely unless the tyre pressure was very low when you set off. Normally I’d have expected that you’d have noticed if the pressure was that low, but I don’t know what these trikes feel like and it would be easy to put any strange handling traits down to the weird front end.
These are my thoughts too. Felt weird as hell when I took off but I put it down to the non-orthodox bike geometry.
I’m pretty sure they must have sent me off with a flat tyre whatever the cause.
Something a bit different for me today. I took my GS in for some warranty work, which turned out to be a bit more complex than first thought. Net result is they need some more parts so they gave me a loaner overnight. Same engine, same controls, totally different riding experience.
Rode it home. The tyres stayed on and everything.
More importantly, you stayed on top!
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
True. I like the bike but my back is not so keen.
Lovely to just be able to bimble about with nowhere, in particular, to go on the bike again!
Isn't it? Had a nice ride with Mark today - two lovely Triumphs out on the road together!Lovely to just be able to bimble about with nowhere, in particular, to go on the bike again!
Edit: I meant the bikes.
Are we going to arrange a TZ ride out?
My RS is going in for a new set of rubber this weekend in readiness for the new season coming and Wales opening from 12 April. Cant wait !!
Stuart
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I was wondering who would step forward.
Nice one Cavham, what are you planning for us?
1st puncture in 10 years, but it's actually 2 punctures. Holes a good cm apart. Sticky string kit and compressor under the seat so back running in 15 minutes. Was embedded to the "hilt" so to speak.
Lovely sorted BMW R9t racer on SC today
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Awesome!!
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I'm away out on my bike now :)
Edit to add:
Had some issues regarding insurance,,, phoned around a few places but none of them seem to know about the changes.
Gonna try them again this afternoon,, hopefully they will be updated by then.
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This is clearly not true as Evil Knievel toys were not sold all over the UK. So as always the DSA is prejudiced against poorer folk. Im speechless
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Sounds like the actual test back in the 70's apart from the CBT and Evel Knievel bit, no such thing as the CBT back then and we couldn't afford them posh toys round our way!
I remember it well; ride around in a clockwise direction, ride around in an anti clockwise direction, wobble along at a walking pace beside the examiner, then try not to fall off or run him over when he jumps out in front of you!
Then jump on the latest super bike from your preferred manufacturer but put it in your dads name so you can ride it on your cheap 350cc rider policy.
Or stick a sidecar on anything and ride it as a learner!
http://reddevilmotors.blogspot.com/2...r-sidecar.html
Daftest bike I've seen one of these on with L plates was a Kawasaki Z1300
Be interesting to see one on a Superduke or H2
Ahhh the good ol rider policy.. best thing ever.👍👍
The sidewinder, I remember them well. I passed my test a couple of years before the 125cc law came in so they were largely irrelevant to us but it was a brilliant idea nonetheless, particularly for those who’d just bought 250lcs.
I passed my test just before the 125 law came in. It did mean that 250LCs could be had quite cheap. I picked a few months old one up for £510, 800 mile on the clock, still had the running in sticker on the speedo.
Mind you, a couple of years later when the 350YPVS came out, I remember the dealers having to heavily discount original 350LCs to shift them.
If I knew then...
I think I have set myself up for this. Let’s see if we get through all the lockdown milestones and then happy to own this for something in September.
In!
Potentially!
For the Southern chapter.
Tee Hee!
You’re a gent... I am in
New bike day!
Chocolate Motorcycle
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I’m totally confused here Gyp; did you pass your test before you could walk?
I'm guessing Gyp is around 60. A friend of mine had a RD500 LC and I'm sure he went straight from a 350. Not an ideal first big bike but I'm sure he learned on the 350.
That’s my guess too which is why his 40th comment threw me. I think it must be a typo unless he’s in denial!
Your mate probably had the 250lc as the learner limit was 250 around that time. It was reduced to 125cc because the LC and X7 were officially capable of 100mph.
You could be right. I just remember being in awe of the 500. It was phenomenal and I bet he wishes he still had it!
It was, but the Suzuki 500 gamma that came out the following year was much better. It was second though so probably forgotten by most.
I read an interesting article that indicated that the rear two cylinders were in a lower state of tune than the front pair which restricted overall power output. It made the engine more reliable and also allowed tuners to get much more power out of the motor with relatively little effort.
The 500 LC and the 500 Gamma were great machines but were best suited for the track. IRL, with or without traffic, the 350LC (and the YPVS version), were all the bike you needed to make a mockery of larger (and oh so much heavier!) 4 stroke bikes.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Harley...................day, enjoy
I was chatting with a guy yesterday who’s recently bought a KTM390 Duke and was thinking that I void have an awful lot of fun on one of those.
They’re cheap too with new ones at around four grand and slightly older ones between two and three.
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