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I think just about everything is out of the window this year Ian!

38 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Nice think with carburated thumpers or twins is that when they are set up and valves put to spec and carbs synchronized you can really tell the difference and it seems everything in the world is right!

That's how it felt in my Hondas and BMWs, don't know about KLRs 

If you've got a KLR I can't imagine any scenario whereby everything in the world is right Pedro! 

1 minute ago, Skippy said:

Or the XT660R, that’ll do the job too.

If they're in good nick they tend to hold their value pretty well......so you're probably looking at about 3K up @Skippy

Did this mid February!

14 minutes ago, Catteeclan said:

I should add that some have spent so much money on them it's prob why they don't ride them

 

They must have very tolerant wives then!

1 minute ago, Catteeclan said:

Most of them have z9, z1000s and the like stashed away. Only one regularly ride his. They've all got more modern bikes which they ride all the time.

Makes no sense to me!

It's like having a bird on the side and not fucking it!

I left that FB group after only a day there.......thick twats are now going on about fucking Politics! I can't take any more of that shit! Or ludicrous conspiracy theories!

That's why I made sure I included this in the Forum Guidelines: 

It would be helpful if you could refrain from posting topics of a contentious nature such as those related to Politics or Religion.

Superb Alan!

Fantastic quality vid.......what camera is it?

8 minutes ago, Specs said:

Attending a Tanker Safety Course at Warsash some time ago I stayed in a hotel in Cattesfield. This shared a carpark with a pub which was run by an old friend of mine. Long story short, I was woken up in the morning by the manager knocking on the door to ask whether I'd been disturbed during the night. I asked why, and he said that someone had walked into some terrified bloke's room, bollock naked, pissed in his bog, and walked out again. Going into my en suite I found my bath full of puke and a vague memory began to coalesce. I never stayed there again!

Yeh.......but at least you had teeth Alan! 

3 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

 Its Shineray a much better quality shit than what Zongshen produces

So it's a slightly less smelly turd then Fred? 

Only one bike I'd consider.....

3 minutes ago, Pedro said:

I’m half drunk and about to call my brother, who went to school with AJP’s owner’s son if there are deals to be made.

are you sure?

https://www.chinesemotorcyclepartsonline.co.uk/manufacturers/AJP

Zongshen engines I think! Fuck that!

23 minutes ago, Pedro said:

The AJP, It’s portuguese designed and assembled. 
 

Their swingarms look great, but I looked at one side by side with an Husqvarna on a dealership, and it broke my heart.

Isn’t the engine italian?

Chinese!

12 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I was working in Essex in 2011ish and got woken by the hotel fire alarm in the early hours. Got out of bed still pissed to see what was going on and found myself in the corridor outside my room with a locked door and bollock naked while the hotel was being evacuated the drunken twat i shared a room with didn't wake up for the fire alarm or my frantic shouting and banging on the door for what seamed like forever.

A couple of weeks later same room on my own this time got up for a piss  in the early hours and again found myself in the corridor outside my room with a locked door and bollock naked again. this time i had to take the lift to the reception to get another key i'd like to think the girl at reception was laughing at my predicament not my winky 

No big deal going round without your underpants Fred!

@Renegade has gone round without his teeth for 40 fucking years! 

7 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

There are some interesting bikes turning up that cater to my taste this is another i quite like
https://www.ajpmotorcycles.co.uk/models/trail/pr7-adventure-600/
 

Chinese motors? 

Love them.......and the YR5.

And looking back the GS750/GS1000 and Z1/Z900 have aged well too.

Once it went into the 80's all the ludicrous angular styling came in.......that stuff looks really weird now.

2 hours ago, Clive said:

My Suzuki GT550m (new) came fitted with Bridgestone,s...........where soon replaced with TT100,s.........never rode on Yokohamas

Yeh.......first job in those days was ditch the stock tyres.

Remember the weird feeling when you first put TT100's on........the bike kept on wanting to drop to the side!

15 minutes ago, Clive said:

And 1970,s Bridgestone (nylon) tyres!

Remember those Yokohama's? 

@Muddy.......given the choice of any classic.....I'd choose one of these: a red GT380J from 1973.

Why? Well it's certainly not because it's the best bike I had in that era......that was my GS750.

It's because it was my first NEW bike.......April 18th 1973......the week before my 19th birthday. When I got that it felt like I'd finally become a real biker so to speak. Don't forget, that was considered a big bike back then.

If I had one now......how would it improve my life? I certainly wouldn't have young birds eyeing me up as I went down the street cos they don't do that anymore. And if they did I'd probably get put on the Sex Offenders Register.

And thinking back was it so great in 1973 really?  A month after buying the bike......My alltime hero Jarno Saarinen got killed at Monza, and a month after that I met my first wife. Then it was downhill all the fucking way! Mistakes like that last a lifetime.

4 minutes ago, Skippy said:

That'll do the job nicely Pete. The 650 VStrom is nice but not what I'm after, a bit heavy off road plus I wouldn't get one for the money I'm looking to spend.

Thing is there's very few modern bikes that fit that niche now......only the XT660R.

And generally most early XT's here have had a pretty hard life.

2 minutes ago, Buckster said:

I actually know that guy bizarrely.

His name's bizarrely? That's......bizarre! 

Just now, Skippy said:

Yeah, not sure really. I'll pop up to the sanitarium for a catch up that's for sure but I've decided to sell the Himalayan and have a couple of possible buyers so first thing will be to get the bike sold so I can replace it with something else. The Himalayan is great but I'm just missing the extra oomph of a 650 sized engine. Quite fancy a DR650 but it'll depend on what's available and at what price.

 

The other thing I'll be doing is getting my TL1000S over here from the UK as soon as possible.

DR650 is a good bike.......but they were never imported after about 96. So very rare.

The one I had in 2010 was a German import to the UK.......then it was imported into Spain.

650 Strom is what you want Ray!

Just now, Pedro said:

Penicillin is usually the answer for pins and needles on your bell end.

Bruce needs a lot more medication than just Penicillin Pedro!

1 minute ago, BusBoy said:

your hands were numb and your bell end had pins and needles

4 minutes ago, Pedro said:

12 seconds on a 70s bike is going to feel a lot more aggressive than 12 seconds on a 2000's bike.

Especially when the tank slapper kicks in!

And then of course there's braking in the wet!