I know jealousy when I sense it.Quote:
Originally Posted by alphaGT
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I know jealousy when I sense it.Quote:
Originally Posted by alphaGT
Don't take any notice of them - I think it looks great, really accentuates your figure :)
NO question which one I would pick, The monkey bike has that retro-cool charm thing going on, plus it's a Honda :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninanina
Ok I just noticed they're both Hondas, but the MX125 just looks like so many others being made today, and the monkey bike has character. You know you've got the right bike when upon arriving at your destination you do that 'last look' as you walk away :)
Pit bike types with short wheelbase and tiddly wheels are the ideal recipe if you want to get tossed under a truck.
I’m with you, if you’re going to ride with the traffic, you need something big enough to claim your lane. A girl I know bought a Honda Rebel 250 twin. I rode it, and it is tiny! I could barely get on it! But I realize it was made for smaller people. But it also felt weak, I’d hate to have to deal with real traffic on that thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Russell
Monkey all day long..........got to fit the yoshimura can though.
:cool:
And a Moriwaki big bore kitQuote:
Originally Posted by thingfish
Smaller people riding large bikes is perfectly possible, it just takes a bit of leg strength and a good bit of confidence. A biking mate of mine around 1980 had some pretty big bikes, two Honda CBX1000s and a GSX1100. And he was only 5'4". At lights the bike was tilted over quite a bit, right foot on the floor. When the lights changed he just put it into gear, and the bike picked itself up. As far as I know he never dropped it.Quote:
Originally Posted by alphaGT
Ithink small women riding full sized sports bikes look pretty cool, although you don't see it often. So much cooler than a huge bloke riding a bike that's too small for him, with the bike looking ready to be swallowed up his arse. :(
That’s the truth! Seeing some huge guy on a moped is comedy! I recall way back when I was still married, my ex would sit on my bike, the black and silver Harley, and declare there was no way she could ride it. She couldn’t pick it up! And I informed her that I couldn’t pick it up either. That sucker weighs 850lbs dry. So what’s the difference? And then we went to a motorcycle rally in Richmond, and there were tiny women riding huge Harleys! The Softails and 883’s, some with lowered shocks, and even the Road King, has a very short seat height (mine is 26” I think) compared to most bikes, and little women who didn’t weigh 110 pounds and 5’4”, were wheeling those big bikes around like nothing! Most impressive to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Russell
I let Anita have a shot on my previous Fireblade (she's 5'4"), and she rode it from the garage to the end of the drive, and that's as far as she got before she dropped it :doh: So that that was her first and last go.
She's since had a Honda CBF600 (which she only dropped twice, both times on a grassy field), a Kawasaki ER6-F (which she never dropped) and her current one is a Hyosung GV650 Aquila, which is a cruiser type bike with a Suzuki SV650 engine, and is a keeper as the forward controls give her knackered feet (Morton's Neuroma) an easier time) :)
She's not dropped a bike for some years now, but she ain't getting a shot on my Blade, not while I've a breath in my body :nono:
Thinking of getting one of these.
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Nice. Looks a bit like someone's been doing origami, but with steel instead of paper. Never ridden one, but KTM always get good reviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Batty
Should be a fast as hell go-anywhere bike. Don't know what quality of finish is like, but with 17C winters, you're not going to be seeing many salted roads :) I think KTM are Austrian or something, so I imagine they do get to see some cold weather.
I see Boris has now won the Tory leadership race. Once he becomes Prime Minister, we'll have our own Trump 'mini me'. If it wasn't so tragic, it would be hillarious! What will the rest of the World be thinking of us? It's a major embarrassment!!
Give him a chance, he's going to make Britain great again, dude! :lol:
And of course, he won't be a hypocrite based on what he said when Gordon Brown took over back in 2007, will he... I expect the first thing he'll do is call a general election, just like he expected back then...
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net...55&oe=5DB8D129
(I wondered if this was "fake news" but no, it is definitely extracted from his telegraph column at the time - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/...tish-ally.html)
Come on Boris, put your money where your mouth is! :rolleyes:
The system is so fcuked up and the embarrassment stake already so high that I don't think anything can get any worse ...............(or can it?).
He might just be the lunatic that parliament needs for a shake up.
At least we have a classical philosopher as PM instead of another bloody lawyer.
What is this Peloton Video Cycling nonsense we see advertised on the box? Surely a TV screen is not needed to use an indoor cycling machine? It looks ridiculous.
I think the idea is to motivate you to train harder. I'm thinking of offering a similar 'real time' service where I motivate people to drink beer and watch TV.
I'm in! Where do I sign up?! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
What with BJ now being PM, and Trump's mini-me, as well as all the other nonsense going on in the world I do sometimes wonder if my "life" is actually a computer game like The Sims and the "player" keeps thinking of the next ridiculous thing to drop into their world to create some entertainment for them. That or I'm actually completely mad after all? :scratch:
I was going to recruit you as one of the instructors :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Bought a 4 inch USB fan from Homebase the other day. Works a treat. I've got cooling air wafting over me and it's not noisy.
http://i63.tinypic.com/wce32t.png
I've got one very much like that, it's surprisingly good.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Is this guy right about Boris? I suspect he may be.
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...bad-government
You've only got to look at the picture of him at the top of the article to know he's unlikely to be right about anything. 'There is a climate emergency' Yeah, whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
The UK is screwed. :(
They said that after Dunkirk.
I've always thought that Dunkirk was the least French sounding place name possible, I'm sure Dunkirk should be in Scotland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Cannock sounds like it should be in Scotland.
On the way to Dumfries there is a little place called Ae. Now that does sound Scottish. Sounds like what you might say after drinking a pint of heavy in one.
My wife is terrible with geography. She asked her boss once where he was going on holiday and when he said "Torquay" he couldn't understand why she was so excited until she responded with "wow, amazing, I've always wanted to go to Japan!"
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I'm pretty certain I should have put more thought into my 1000th post.
No worries! Anyway congratulations on your first khilad of posts. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stairpost
I'm approaching 14k and I doubt I've put much thought into any of them! :lol: Congrats though, 'tis a milestone!Quote:
Originally Posted by stairpost
Thank you, but even after googling it I have no idea what a Khilad is :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Thank you, I was half expecting a reply of "well, you never put any thought into the other 999" at some point :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Oops - it should be spelt Khiliad. Ancient Greek for 'one thousand'.Quote:
Originally Posted by stairpost
Fantastic, I've learnt something new :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
We like to think AoS follows the Reithian principles of Information, Education and Entertainment. ;)
Just a shame about the Boris initials :lol:
Just taken a look at the Hyosung and it looks very interesting... what's it like to ride Steve?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Has anyone ridden the MP3? the 500 version looks quite nice..
http://i.imgur.com/yafOkAv.jpg
Well he seems a bit mental, and I like mental, but he'd need to be much better looking for me to be interested, and possess some ladyparts. I'm old fashioned that way :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninanina
:rfl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I'm not interested either
However I agree 'mental' is good ..I'm totally certified that way.... believe me :lol:
Hey, nobody's questioning it :D
Indeed Martin.... :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
It's quite good, stylish looking, but I don't rate the quality of finish that highly. Probably be fine if you kept on top of polishing, she leaves that chore to me. And by the time I've finished doing the 'Blade, I'm bored and only give hers a cursory wipe (ooh-er). And the end can is hideous, if it were my bike that would be the first thing in the bin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninanina
It is quick, really flies from the lights, due to that SV motor. Top speed is about 120, but anything over eighty you will struggle to hang on - Above that speed your body is acting like a parachute. The most comfortable of all the bikes she's owned, and though it's big (long) and pretty heavy, the weight is low down and very manageable. Anyone over about 4'6" would find it a doddle.
Worth a trial ride if you get a chance. And you could have had a shot on this one, but although Mrs. P is down your way (Portsmouth) from Monday till Wednesday, she's going in the Civic :(
Very popular with Parisian nut jobs. Last time we drove through Paris, there were swarms of these passing us on all sides. They look rather strange when cornering, the way both front wheels stay on the road while leaning. But the set up obviously works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninanina
I know what you mean Steve about the quality of finish... I'm really not 'into' a lot of polishing of bikes. I'm a Honda fan mainly for the reliability and thier finish which, I think, is second to none...
However the SV motor does appeal to me... I've just had a look and the Hyosung is very rare...so almost impossible to buy...
Maybe I should get yet another Hornet 600 and get the seat cut down as I did in the past... the Hornet is a blast, it's so good I owned it twice...:lol:
When I owned the Hornet it was impossible to keep to 70 though..... 120 is so easy...
It's quite good, stylish looking, but I don't rate the quality of finish that highly. Probably be fine if you kept on top of polishing, she leaves that chore to me. And by the time I've finished doing the 'Blade, I'm bored and only give hers a cursory wipe (ooh-er). And the end can is hideous, if it were my bike that would be the first thing in the bin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninanina
It is quick, really flies from the lights, due to that SV motor. Top speed is about 120, but anything over eighty you will struggle to hang on - Above that speed your body is acting like a parachute. The most comfortable of all the bikes she's owned, and though it's big (long) and pretty heavy, the weight is low down and very manageable. Anyone over about 4'6" would find it a doddle.
Worth a trial ride if you get a chance. And you could have had a shot on this one, but although Mrs. P is down your way (Portsmouth) from Monday till Wednesday, she's going in the Civic :(