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Hythe Quay in Maldon, Essex. Thames Barge-a-plenty!

Always liked riding there and having lunch in one of the two pubs on the quay.

Whysub wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:45 pm Always liked riding there and having lunch in one of the two pubs on the quay.

The wife and I used to go there most Sundays to walk the dogs then have a drink and sometimes Lunch in The Queens Head. It changed ownership a couple of years back and never found the food so good and the prices went up so we rarely eat there now. We did start using The Rose & Crown when Weatherspoons took it over. but then the Weatherspoon prices attracted "the toothless and tattooed" so we switched to Burnham-on-Crouch.

I was reading the 'Laying up your bike for winter' thread earlier then looked out of the office window and thought I'd do something more constructive with my lunch hour than the usual not taking a lunch hour!
I fired the Ducati up and took it for a 30 mile spin over the Wiltshire downs and then took the Triumph Tiger for a quick 10 miler to blow the cobwebs off it.
Every time I ride that Ducati I just coan't stop smiling, the engine is just completely epic

DIdn't tke a pic but I did go past this spot, not looking quite as green as in the pic today though!

Today and heading no where in particular,
just a get out on a bike kinda ride.

Couple of hours, 70 miles and a trip into 4 counties .

Scuffmark wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:07 pm Today and heading no where in particular,
just a get out on a bike kinda ride.

Couple of hours, 70 miles and a trip into 4 counties .

Was it not horrifically foggy and freezing where you are then ?

Scuffmark wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:07 pm Today and heading no where in particular,
just a get out on a bike kinda ride.

Couple of hours, 70 miles and a trip into 4 counties .

That looks a whole lot of fun!

weeksy wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:02 pm

Scuffmark wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:07 pm Today and heading no where in particular,
just a get out on a bike kinda ride.

Couple of hours, 70 miles and a trip into 4 counties .

Was it not horrifically foggy and freezing where you are then ?

It was sunny first thing but by the time I got out it had clouded over , cold though ... I think were due fog tomorrow hence today's ride.

Popped out for a birthday weekend bimble and headed west because temperatures looked higher and Kent has the lurgy. Very pleasant conditions for this time of year, 14c and dry in places. Stopped at Midhurst for a coffee and chatted to a Moto Guzzi collector. 1971 Moto Guzzi Ambassador.


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Happy Birthday!

Just back in after a trip out this afternoon to get some ACF50 and try out the new heated grips. Lovely job and was only going out for about an hour but came home after 2. Less traffic on the roads, plenty grip once you dodge the farm mud, winter liners in the Dainese and heated grips worked a treat (once i eased off the bar end weight which was jamming the throttle tube..oops)

I need a winter bike I can abandon and not cherish.

weeksy wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:25 pm I need a winter bike I can abandon and not cherish.

I only took out the Fazer as i wanted to test the grips and also make sure everything was running smoothly before i get back to instructing at the end of the week. Its a work bike so it gets looked after just as well as the other one as i need it to keep running well.

I would have happily taken out the Ducati as its already been ACF'ed but i ran out before i could do the Yamaha

Still salt free here and the roads were quite good. I'm hoping to get a jaunt tomorrow,as when the salt goes down that's me done riding.

The SH300 was used all year around and it always helps if you don't care about the finish. ACF or not,a bike will always show signs of salt induced corrosion,so having a shitter was always my mode of operation for commuting.

Salted here in Sussex so unless it gets washed off by lots of rain that'll be me done for a while as its a little known fact* that most of the Kawasaki R&D budget is spent in finding alloys that look amazingly shiny but show them a hint of salt and the turn into a pile of furry corrosion and a homogenous seized collection of bolts and fittings in the blink of an eye.

*this maybe a bit of a fib as actually most of it got spent on making the 7R plastics only fit correctly together once, in the factory.

Poolman, maids, sunshine, bikes.... where did it all go wrong Harry...?

Nidge wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 10:53 am Poolman, maids, sunshine, bikes.... where did it all go wrong Harry...?

I have to clean my own pool

Bigyin wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:23 pm Just back in after a trip out this afternoon to get some ACF50 and try out the new heated grips. Lovely job and was only going out for about an hour but came home after 2. Less traffic on the roads, plenty grip once you dodge the farm mud, winter liners in the Dainese and heated grips worked a treat (once i eased off the bar end weight which was jamming the throttle tube..oops)

Every time I see yours I end up on ebay/gumtree looking at old Fazers. I had one as my first 'big' bike after my TZR250, so not my first non learner bike but a 600 was a bigger deal back then. Anyway I loved that bike and would love another as a winter/knockabout bike.

Supermofo wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:37 pm

Every time I see yours I end up on ebay/gumtree looking at old Fazers. I had one as my first 'big' bike after my TZR250, so not my first non learner bike but a 600 was a bigger deal back then. Anyway I loved that bike and would love another as a winter/knockabout bike.

When i was looking for mine last year there were quite a few around locally for under 1600 quid without stupid mileage and in half decent condition. Seen a couple on a quick look locally for about 1100-1200 quid and under 30K miles.

Out of the instructors i work with the 3 full timers all have auld Fazers like mine and 1 of the other part timers has one almost identical to mine, so 5 out of 7

They are quick enough for what we want, comfortable enough even for me at 6 foot 1 to spend 2-3 hours at a time riding it, brakes are blue spot R1 calipers so superb and the engines are fairly bomb proof

Their major fail is the headlights on the ones like mine are appalling but that can be rectified with a couple of changes and the subsequent models were a lot better

G'wan g'wan you know you want to

Bigyin wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:39 pm

Their major fail is the headlights are appalling but that can be rectified with a couple of changes

I had one back in 2000. I felt the rear shock was a bit soggy so replaced with a Hagon unit, front forks got an oil upgrade and did the headlight mod.

Fantastic wee bike, comfy and reliable, great stoppers and if you don't let the finishes and fastners deteriorate it's a cracker.