Tango

31 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Nice one Bob, I've never ridden a Triumph triple , perhaps I should go and have a test ride just for the hell of it.

Cheers Bob. This one is different from my previous Triumph triples, but it sounds very similar. I've loved the sound of the triples, ever since I saw a guy at college on a 750 Trident, back in 1975!

11 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Excellent Bob! Can you get access to the Castle?

And Dunlop are shit......remember them on the CB?

Don't forget to change your bike and avatar in your profile!

 

Cheers Pete. Yes, you can get up to the castle, but it's a bit of a climb!

Yes, I'm not a fan of those Dunlops! 

I've been past the Château Quéribus a few times, but never took the road up to it, so I thought that it would be a nice little run on the new bike.

I headed around the Narbonne northern ring road as usual and took my normal route up and across past the Abbaye Fontfroide. It was slightly cloudy when I set off, but it was blowing a hoolie! On the road past Fontfroide I was getting knocked about by the wind and I did seriously consider calling it a day and head back home, but I decided to persevere and carried on.

I turned off that road at Thézan-des-Corbières and headed west. The wind was now behind me, so it wasn't so much of a problem then. 

I was trying to get tuned into the new bike, which rides and handles quite different to the Scrambler. I noticed also that the Michelin Anakee's on it don't tramline like the Dunlops did on the Scrambler. The ride is also more plush on this bike, but it holds its line pretty well through the twisties. 

My route took me through Durban-Corbières,  Villeneuve-les-Corbières and Tuchan,  so I passed by the Château d'Aguilar before turning off and heading up the gorge near Padern and then on to Cucugnan, where the turning up to the Château Quéribus is. 

The road twists up the side of the hills there before you reach the road that takes you up to the castle carpark. The road up to the carpark is pretty narrow and there's a couple of nice, tight hairpins up there. 

The carpark was not too busy, so I stopped for a couple of pictures and then went down the same access road. I stopped at the junction of the main road for a coffee from my flask that I'd taken with me. The wind was howling across there and I ended up wearing more coffee than I drank. I was fearful of the bike getting blown over too, so I decided to just head back by the same route and save further exploration for some less windy days!

I was pleased how the bike felt and performed. I was starting to get tuned into it by the return journey.

9 hours ago, Pedro said:

Greyhound, with Tom Hanks in charge of a war ship during WW2, it’s good.

 

Tetris, about the fight for the rights for Tetris, it blew me away what an adventure it was.

Greyhound is a good film. 

I've not seen Tetris, but my ex brother-in-law was involved in coding the game for Mirrorsoft, when it was first released. I need to watch the film to see if his version of events matches the film. 

2 minutes ago, Six30 said:

yup

Nice!

Just now, Six30 said:

your probably right ..none of that shit here... mrs said to me what you doing tomorrow..i said im up early to go pick a bike up, what bike she said ..

i said, one ive just bought.... end of conversation.... thats the style @xtreme

The black XT then?

I reckon it's Pete's wife. It's all part of his plan.

Pete: Look love, I asked on the forum who's the person stood behind me and encouraged me to press on with the forum, and they all said it's you!

Pete's missus: oh, that's lovely. Why don't you go and buy yourself a new motorbike?

Pete: oh, well, if you insist, love.

This is all part of his game plan! He's so transparent you could read a newspaper through him!

12 minutes ago, YamaHead said:

Haven't seen much of him since his Mom passed away....

I didn't know that his mum had passed. Hopefully he's not been too badly affected by that.

Went to a spring fair at a local vineyard earlier, but we didn't hang around too long because it was too hot in the sun. 29C here this afternoon. BBQ tonight, but we'll probably not sit outside for too long, as the mozzies are also about!

5 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Our two weeks of summer will fix that 

Hosepipe ban next week then!

Buckster?

Just now, Catteeclan said:

 

Are they just trying to get the car testing stations to do them?

Here in France the testing stations are independent from garages, they purely do the tests and nothing else. And, yes, they are trying to get the current stations for cars to do bikes too. Some testing stations have said that they simply won't do bikes, because they don't have the staff available to train. It's a mess!

Coupled with this, the government haven't set a price for the tests, so those stations that will do bikes can charge pretty much what they want!

19 minutes ago, Six30 said:

couple of bits, rear light and silencers changed , which i would of wanted to do , gpr exhausts on it are not far off £700 to buy

Yeah, decent changes, nothing too over the top.

So, the Controle Technique (CT) for motorcycles comes into force in France from 14 April 2024. In true fashion it has been poorly implemented. Many test centres have not trained their testers on the bike roadworthiness tests. Bike specific test equipment has not been identified, let alone installed in the test centres! Many of those testers that have been trained are complaining that they're worried about dropping bikes or not being able to get heavier bikes onto the testing platforms unaided. 

Although the French government are trying to justify the tests on safety grounds, one section is what they call the Nuisance tests, which include measuring the noise and exhaust emissions on the bikes. And it seems that the noise limits proposed are pretty tight! 

Obviously, bike groups are up in arms about this and are calling for a boycott of the tests. However, some insurance companies are saying that they will insist on seeing a pass certificate from the CT before insuring a bike. This has also incensed the bike groups, as this is not required for getting car insurance!

Anyway, lots of protests have been called for today (13 April) by the bike groups and I think that it's pretty inevitable that there will be things getting torched and possibly punch-ups with the police!  I'll be watching the news with interest!

2 hours ago, Six30 said:

this will do i think....

 

Nice! Looks pretty clean and not blinged up too much!

1 hour ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I only have their greatest hits Album cant even remember buying it, most of the music i listen to is downloaded. The head unit in my car will play music off a USB so no need to own albums anymore not that i owned many anyway.

 

OK, cool. Some of the earlier era ELO stuff. A good collection of tunes there! I kinda went off them after Out of the Blue. 

1 hour ago, Six30 said:

nice bob , love the colour scheme on it

Cheers, Six.

14 minutes ago, XTreme said:

We're expecting a Ride Report @Tango!

In due course, Pete!

2 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Love ELO, i was first introduced to them by a guy i used to have a lift to work with when i was around 17, he had one of those massive canal barge Citroens and used to have ELO playing all the time, but it wasn't until years later i found out i really liked them after i was playing some random music in the background and one of their albums came on and i recognised it from then. One of the most played albums in my car when i'm out now.

Which album is it, Fred?

The first 7" single that I bought with my own money from my Saturday job. I still have it too!

Just now, XTreme said:

Your face is more hideous than my groin?

Comparisons could be drawn! However, I'm not a ginge!