Would you make it?

[Saul]

Pretty sure both mine would but it would be squeaky the first time.  

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, Saul said:

Pretty sure both mine would but it would be squeaky the first time.  

At 70mph the GS could make it there and back.

[busabeast]

The busa would make that no problem, running at 80 in mode C I'll get near on 220 miles to the light then another 30 miles on the light, in mode A it would be touch and go though 

[Pedro]

5 minutes ago, Marcel said:

Would 80 make a big difference  ?

I think yes, at constant speed every 10mph has an impact if you're talking about the full tank range.

The most I've ever done on my bike was 460 miles on the same tank, but that was on slow country roads. It could never achieve that on the motorway at constant 80mph.

[Clive]

My scoot travelling at 70mph would not make I think, it would be very close though.....it only has a 2.75 gallon tank.

 

 

179 mile ride would be amost 1 years riding for me.  

[busabeast]

Just now, Clive said:

My scoot travelling at 70mph would not make I think, it would be very close though.....it only has a 2.75 gallon tank.

 

 

179 mile ride would be amost 1 years riding for me.  

Don't you mean 10 years

[Clive]

4 minutes ago, busabeast said:

Don't you mean 10 years

Noooo....I did 250 miles between 2024 and the 2025 MOT  

My milage till the next MOT may be higher, I did 120 miles to Cadwell Park a couple of weeks ago, I may break the 300 mile barrier over the next year.... ,, but don't hold your breath..

 

But it's doubtful as iam putting it up for sale (again) next spring.

 

 

[Clive]

9 minutes ago, Marcel said:

I have traveled states side on many occasions...and can tell you its actually dangerous riding at the posted speed limit...at 70 mph loris or transport trucks are blasting by you...

Lorries don't go that fast here (UK)

The 7.5 T lorry I drove was limited to 52 mph...  

[Saul]

17 minutes ago, Clive said:

Lorries don't go that fast here (UK)

The 7.5 T lorry I drove was limited to 52 mph...  

I think all HGV can do 60 mph now.  

[Clive]

2 minutes ago, Saul said:

I think all HGV can do 60 mph now.  

Maybe so, but even doing 52mph I could still overtake Tesco vehicles,  they seemed to be the slowest on the motorways

[Saul]

5 minutes ago, Clive said:

Maybe so, but even doing 52mph I could still overtake Tesco vehicles,  they seemed to be the slowest on the motorways

Probably company policy to save fuel or something like that.   

[Clive]

Just now, Saul said:

Probably company policy to save fuel or something like that.   

Yes I have heard that is the reason, from a guy who moved from where I worked to drive for Tesco...

[busabeast]

2 hours ago, Saul said:

I think all HGV can do 60 mph now.  

They are all still limited to 56mph for some ungodly reason....

 

Back off Brussels 

[Pedro]

44 minutes ago, busabeast said:

They are all still limited to 56mph for some ungodly reason....

 

Back off Brussels 

Pretty sure Europe has no say on speed limits in England, dude.

[Buckster]

Easy, the Harley excellence would have no problems.

[busabeast]

1 hour ago, Pedro said:

Pretty sure Europe has no say on speed limits in England, dude.

Im pretty sure they did, its a 90kph limit which is the European limit, in the UK we should be able to do 60mph as that is the limit as per the uk statute but those knobbers on the continent have made the UK have 56mph to keep in line with them, mainly because our government is a bunch of pussies and didn't tell them to get fucked we'll be doing 60

[Pedro]

Just now, busabeast said:

Im pretty sure they did, its a 90kph limit which is the European limit, in the UK we should be able to do 60mph as that is the limit as per the uk statute but those knobbers on the continent have made the UK have 56mph to keep in line with them, mainly because our government is a bunch of pussies and didn't tell them to get fucked we'll be doing 60

90 isn't the limit everywhere in Europe, Germany is 80 for example, Italy goes to 100 in medium sized trucks. The feeling to slow speeds down is everywhere.

Now is the time to set all the European wrongs in England, though, instead of blaming Europe.

[busabeast]

8 minutes ago, Marcel said:

It must really take for ever to get to places at 55mph...that would definitely suck driving a loorie..

It does mate, its stupid, theres no need for there to be a 56mph limit, but then you get idiotic car drivers who drive along at 54/55 mph so you cant easily get past them and then they increase speed by half a mph when you try to over take them and are all in a panic because theres a big truck next to them and they dont like it but they cant get it in to their thick heads that if they just stuck to 60mph which lets face it if you cant comfortably drive along at 60mph you shouldn't be on the road as they are the danger and not the truck.

[busabeast]

12 minutes ago, Pedro said:

90 isn't the limit everywhere in Europe, Germany is 80 for example, Italy goes to 100 in medium sized trucks. The feeling to slow speeds down is everywhere.

Now is the time to set all the European wrongs in England, though, instead of blaming Europe.

But it was an eu law that the uk adopted for some stupid reason 

[KAYZ1]

14 minutes ago, Marcel said:

Good friend of mine is a lorrie driver....ive heard countless story's...he has a short fuse..lol. He just couldn't take the traffic ..summer time with all those campers and tourists...lol. 

So now the pass couple of years he's got on snow removal ..working for the gooberment...department of transport...he now terozise garbage can...lol. 

Drives a snowplow truck like this...

 

What does he do in the summer then?

[Buckster]

1 hour ago, busabeast said:

Im pretty sure they did, its a 90kph limit which is the European limit, in the UK we should be able to do 60mph as that is the limit as per the uk statute but those knobbers on the continent have made the UK have 56mph to keep in line with them, mainly because our government is a bunch of pussies and didn't tell them to get fucked we'll be doing 60

That would just mean you get into the ditch faster.

[busabeast]

41 minutes ago, Buckster said:

That would just mean you get into the ditch faster.

[Catteeclan]

10 hours ago, Pedro said:

90 isn't the limit everywhere in Europe, Germany is 80 for example, Italy goes to 100 in medium sized trucks. The feeling to slow speeds down is everywhere.

Now is the time to set all the European wrongs in England, though, instead of blaming Europe.

Na, the gov need to blame everyone else.

[Clive]

13 hours ago, busabeast said:

Im pretty sure they did, its a 90kph limit which is the European limit, in the UK we should be able to do 60mph as that is the limit as per the uk statute but those knobbers on the continent have made the UK have 56mph to keep in line with them, mainly because our government is a bunch of pussies and didn't tell them to get fucked we'll be doing 60

And the Driver CPC course for UK drivers should be ditched too, it cost me £350 for the full course, very little of the course covered my daily driving.

[busabeast]

43 minutes ago, Clive said:

And the Driver CPC course for UK drivers should be ditched too, it cost me £350 for the full course, very little of the course covered my daily driving.

Yeah the cpc is just a pointless box ticking exercise, it doesn't help us a drivers in any way shape or form