XTreme Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 21 minutes ago, Grasshopper's Ride said: Hi I know you are new here so I will be nice...... @XTreme keep them in line boss man All dealt with Michelle.......and without the need to drum up false charges as is the case with some places! Tell 'em @Tym 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Clive said: Wonder why the miss matched wheels Tyred of fixing tube tyres? The rear gets most the flats...just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 17 minutes ago, XTreme said: All dealt with Michelle.......and without the need to drum up false charges as is the case with some places! Tell 'em @Tym I was drunk when i posted only assholes ride GS's in the Dakar i swear. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, Tym said: I was drunk when i posted only assholes ride GS's in the Dakar i swear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I love the Dakar, more so, an HPN BMW is my dream bike to have parked in the garage to ride once in a while 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Two examples, check out the Sport and the Rallyesport https://www.hpn.de/pdf/hpn5.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 A couple of the blokes I go riding with down here have a friend doing it this year. He’s a privateer and it certainly takes some commitment to raise the funds, an unwavering determination to push on when the going gets tough and, of course, a shit load of ability. Keep your eye out for No84 Neil Hawker. He did it last year but had an accident that prevented him from continuing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, Pedro said: Two examples, check out the Sport and the Rallyesport https://www.hpn.de/pdf/hpn5.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 25 minutes ago, Grasshopper's Ride said: I know, picture one of those sweet Rally R80GS next to my 1200 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Grasshopper's Ride said: Hi I know you are new here so I will be nice...... @XTreme keep them in line boss man thanks for being nice , im of a very nervy disposition . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, Six30 said: im of a very nervy disposition . It has been noted to your file. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Clive said: Wonder why the miss matched wheels I don't think moto Guzzi produced a rally bike so they modified a road bike and it being shaft drive probably had to stick with the rear wheel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 What i like about the Dakar now is the video footage is so damn good, this is the best 15 minutes of motorcycling I've seen and I've just looked out the window and its fucking snowing like hell so no motorcycling tomorrow for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 28 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I don't think moto Guzzi produced a rally bike so they modified a road bike and it being shaft drive probably had to stick with the rear wheel You should have at least been nominated for MOTY back in 2020, you know cool stuff..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Grasshopper's Ride said: You should have at least been nominated for MOTY back in 2020, you know cool stuff..... Thank you i might be wrong though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I was walking around the BMF show years ago and there was a bloke standing all on his own by a BMW rally bike, no one seemed interested in him. I went and spoke to him and had a sit on his bike. I left shortly after he talked about going over his handlebars and breaking his pubic bone. I walked with my legs crossed for about 20 minutes afterwards, felt a bit queasy. That was John Deacon who died a few years later. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 A mate who I use to know has an ex John Deacon KTM660 Rallye bike. It's the real McCoy and I've ridden it, it's a bloody animal to ride. God knows how they hang onto those things for 14 days in the desert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 17 minutes ago, boboneleg said: A mate who I use to know has an ex John Deacon KTM660 Rallye bike. It's the real McCoy and I've ridden it, it's a bloody animal to ride. God knows how they hang onto those things for 14 days in the desert I was thinking about the time i rode the British from around Pontypool to Blaenavon its about 5.5 mile long quite technical and i was pushing myself along it. About half way i started thinking when is it this going to fucking end LOL and these guys are doing that for 500 miles at a time. Done 500 miles straight on uk roads with a mix of unclassified roads to motorways once and that almost killed me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 After i rode Tammy's dirtbike for an hour or so i couldnt walk for a week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 18 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I was thinking about the time i rode the British from around Pontypool to Blaenavon its about 5.5 mile long quite technical and i was pushing myself along it. About half way i started thinking when is it this going to fucking end LOL and these guys are doing that for 500 miles at a time. Done 500 miles straight on uk roads with a mix of unclassified roads to motorways once and that almost killed me. I think I remember that , you went to the Lake District and back in one day ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 13 minutes ago, boboneleg said: I think I remember that , you went to the Lake District and back in one day ? That's right Bob. i know some on here will say that's nothing, in the US where you have thousands of miles of open roads i would agree but here in the UK its different riding that distance as you know Bob. It was 580 ish miles if i remember right 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, boboneleg said: A mate who I use to know has an ex John Deacon KTM660 Rallye bike. It's the real McCoy and I've ridden it, it's a bloody animal to ride. God knows how they hang onto those things for 14 days in the desert I searched John Deacon on Youtube and up came a 1998 Cambrian Rally highlight video with a brilliant commentary. I'd forgotten he used to do those as well. I know I was there and he mentions 3 people I was there with, Strange Dave, John Perk (Perky) and Jackie Mawhood, but I must have been too slow to get near a camera. Worth watching just to see Pat Tighe muscling his Africa Twin through the boggy bits and the Transalp with a customised fairing, customised by leaving a large piece in the welsh scenerey by the look of it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Just rewatched it seen myself at 7:09 on the Suzuki with the blue seat, paddling slowly and avoiding the water in case my pants get accidentally washed (97) 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 @yen_powell is a movie action hero? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 54 minutes ago, yen_powell said: I searched John Deacon on Youtube and up came a 1998 Cambrian Rally highlight video with a brilliant commentary. I'd forgotten he used to do those as well. I know I was there and he mentions 3 people I was there with, Strange Dave, John Perk (Perky) and Jackie Mawhood, but I must have been too slow to get near a camera. Worth watching just to see Pat Tighe muscling his Africa Twin through the boggy bits and the Transalp with a customised fairing, customised by leaving a large piece in the welsh scenerey by the look of it. Thanks for that Yen i enjoyed that, ridden a lot of it myself but at a more sedate pace and recognise a few of the names in there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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