When/Where/Pics was the last time you rode your bike ?

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For a second there, I thought, that pannier is low and then realised its your end can! :shock:
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Taipan wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 4:37 pm For a second there, I thought, that pannier is low and then realised its your end can! :shock:
It's a truly hideous looking silencer :shock:
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It's why you photograph it from the otherside.....
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Bustaspoke wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 5:47 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 4:37 pm For a second there, I thought, that pannier is low and then realised its your end can! :shock:
It's a truly hideous looking silencer :shock:
I only put it back on for the ITV (MOT). Yoshi can going back on when I've chopped it down a bit :)
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Yorick wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 7:24 pm
Bustaspoke wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 5:47 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 4:37 pm For a second there, I thought, that pannier is low and then realised its your end can! :shock:
It's a truly hideous looking silencer :shock:
I only put it back on for the ITV (MOT). Yoshi can going back on when I've chopped it down a bit :)
I have a deep scratch on the exhaust heatguard on my Himalayan. So rather than buy another, I bought an aluminium Akropovic sticker to cover it. When I took it for its ITV, the examiner wanted to see the approval certificate for the endcan.

Even though I showed him the purchase from Aliexpress, he still gave the endcan a good inspection.
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Rode from my place to Abel’s place in Yorkshire today and hit hit by 5 separate thunderstorms including a hail storm ….. dontcha just love spring weather. Bike was spotless when I left

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Yup. Cleaned mine at the weekend and it was all lovely and shiny. First ride into work and it pissed down! By the time I got to work it looked as bad as it did before I cleaned it!
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Bigyin wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 10:08 pm Rode from my place to Abel’s place in Yorkshire today and hit hit by 5 separate thunderstorms including a hail storm ….. dontcha just love spring weather. Bike was spotless when I left

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Weather is feeling more early April rather than mid May, it's been a shocker for weather this year thus far. Rain everyday this week :angry-cussingblack:
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Supermofo wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 8:49 am Rain everyday this week :angry-cussingblack:
Must resist ;)
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Supermofo wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 8:49 am Rain everyday this week :angry-cussingblack:
Must resist ;)
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Yorick wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 9:31 am
Supermofo wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 8:49 am Rain everyday this week :angry-cussingblack:
Must resist ;)
You can fuck off n'all :obscene-birdiedoublered: I'm like Victor Meldrew with the weather at the moment.
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Supermofo wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 9:35 am
Yorick wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 9:31 am
Supermofo wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 8:49 am Rain everyday this week :angry-cussingblack:
Must resist ;)
You can fuck off n'all :obscene-birdiedoublered: I'm like Victor Meldrew with the weather at the moment.
:obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Supermofo wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 8:49 am Weather is feeling more early April rather than mid May, it's been a shocker for weather this year thus far. Rain everyday this week :angry-cussingblack:
It's lovely here for the foreseeable,if that helps. :thumbup:
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Seriously racking up the miles this year......
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3 whole miles to the MOT station!

And back! :D



I did less than 2000 miles on the Rockster last year... Thats shameful, will have to more this year!
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Off to Czechia tomorrow. This afternoon it rained here for the first time this year. Pissed it down for two hours.
Looks like I'll be either riding behind, or just in front of, the rain tomorrow, all the way up to the Spain/France border. At least I hope I'll avoid it....
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Taipan wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 4:37 pm For a second there, I thought, that pannier is low and then realised its your end can! :shock:
The only thing bigger than that exhaust is the chicken strips
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No rain today-sunshine most of the way, although cloudy for the last 100kms

697 kms covered. Riding to meet up with mates in Vichy tomorrow, via Millau.
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I've been watching the NW200 on the telly all afternoon,just been out for a spin on the SV650.
Nice evening out there :thumbup:

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Today was spent mostly battering round North Wales in the company of Abel, KHH, MAC, @Beancounter and a couple of other lads. Just under 300 miles on everything from fast open sweeping roads to nadgery twists onto single lane goat tracks covered in sheep shit ….. superb fun and pleased with my riding throughout the day in some very fast company

Bit of a misty start

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Soon brightened up though after a quick breakfast

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Opportune place to pull in for a chat, we may have slightly obscured his view down the road ;)

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Good day had by all and took home a lot of Welsh wildlife on the front of the bike which I thought was a fair swap for the rubber left behind

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There’s lovely ;)
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I remember Easter tours with some of those guys, say hello to the ones that remember me.

I have been out for the first time this year, mostly taking it easy round the lesser travelled roads of Co Durham. I've lived up this way for 15 years and found places I've never been before just by saying "I wonder what's down that road?"

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