RRTL to do lands end to John o groats for charity?

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Fair enough, maybe I'm an argumentative arse and enter events that attract argumentative arses.
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I'm sure you can buy a C90 for £300.

Can't be that hard to slip in a GSXR1000 engine?
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Yorick wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:33 pm I'm sure you can buy a C90 for £300.

Can't be that hard to slip in a GSXR1000 engine?
If you can find a C90 for £300, snap it up, they're silly money these days, I think for £300 it'll be a Chinese 125
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:34 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:33 pm I'm sure you can buy a C90 for £300.

Can't be that hard to slip in a GSXR1000 engine?
If you can find a C90 for £300, snap it up, they're silly money these days, I think for £300 it'll be a Chinese 125
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I'm not sure I'd want to do the length of the country on it though

Something smooth and a fairing is what you want really
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Maybe this San Miguel is tainting my humour?
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weeksy wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:50 pm I'm not sure I'd want to do the length of the country on it though

Something smooth and a fairing is what you want really
A Dullsville would be perfect. £450 and a haggle.
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I'd love to volunteer as a rider, just not sure my arm/shoulder will be up for it by then. But you never know. If travel is freer, I could actually come back to the uk for more than a fleeting visit!!

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Do we get extra points for spotting the title should be RTTL ?
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Skub wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:58 pm
weeksy wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:50 pm I'm not sure I'd want to do the length of the country on it though

Something smooth and a fairing is what you want really
A Dullsville would be perfect. £450 and a haggle.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224505941279 ... Swl0hg0P9K

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Skub wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:58 pm
weeksy wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:50 pm I'm not sure I'd want to do the length of the country on it though

Something smooth and a fairing is what you want really
A Dullsville would be perfect. £450 and a haggle.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224505941279 ... Swl0hg0P9K

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Agree, that would potentially be a great sort of bike for it and is exactly the sort of thing it usually is- something with issues that needs a bit of fettling , is very cosmetically challenged and/ or has been to the moon and back already etc. -
People have done it on all sorts of bikes over the years- as Weeksy says, the bikes have often been old shitters put up by other forum members on exactly the basis he says, and it works as the people who enter it do it primarily for either the charity aspect or the personal challenge/ craic of the event rather than to " win" by finishing it in the least time, etc.
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I.just sold my FIAT 500 for 250..... Would have been ideal.
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Loads of terrible shitters that would do for about 300€ in the freeads over here. FJs and XJs and the like mainly.

No, I'm not volunteering. :p
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Rockburner wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:44 pm I.just sold my FIAT 500 for 250..... Would have been ideal.
Is that all you got for it?!! :wtf:
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Done that sort of mileage in a day loads of times so if we're talking a team then I could be in.
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Having organised the very first LDDD (which went on to become the LDC) back in 2013, and took part as well - along with @porter_jamie - it's an experience well worth having.

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millemille wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:19 pm Having organised the very first LDDD (which went on to become the LDC) back in 2013, and took part as well - along with @porter_jamie - it's an experience well worth having.

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weeksy wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:55 pm https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 186197034/

Needs some work done
How did you find that without a Friendface account, eh?
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:03 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:55 pm https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 186197034/

Needs some work done
How did you find that without a Friendface account, eh?
Someone on t'other place linked it.