Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Sure we could make that happen. Even if you have to whizz off on way back and leave me pootling. I'm going to try doing a service soon, so there's every chance I'll be out of action!

First time on the motorcycle in just over a month, spent half a mile on the way to the MOT riding in the cycle lane. Oops.

I've done the same when using one mode exclusively for a bit, either try to use indicators/mirrors on my bicycle or reach for a bidon on my triumph.

I often look for the mirrors on my commuter bike. I suppose I could put some on there, really, but I'm not 70 yet.

If you ever found a bidon, how would you get it to your mouth? I developed the skill of feeding myself in a full-face MTB helmet on my holiday to the Alps recently. Every time I got on a chairlift I'd drop some raisins through the goggles-hole and catch them on my tongue like a chameleon.

Ha, I do this too!
Often sqeeze the clutch too thinking its the brake on my polo bike. has been very dangerous in the past.

I miss riding a scooter one handed throughout italy so i could drink water.
there's a guy by me that rides a ratty old 900 diversion while smoking ciggies (open face helmet).

An old work colleague always rode smoking with a flip front lid, traffic was amways balls, he'd ride slow smoking until he finished it, then filter to the front

I've seen a pizza delivery chap play with his phone while riding. Dodgy business, that.

I've just seen a pizza bike giving another one a tow, loads of that blue string tied around the handlebars of the rear bike then looped around the box brackets of the front one.
Not exactly safe, but full marks for initiative.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/33767813

Just bargained a little scooter thing (100cc/4s), not quite the KLR650 I was looking for but it was pretty much free! I just had to spend an evening free'ing it from the underground parking garage its been locked in for the past 3.5 years. Ground through a £££ Abus lock (so will defo be buying that lock as a replacement as took a solid 15 minutes of a 6" angle grinder on it) then took out the rotten and vandalised ignition and seat lock, put a new battery in it, pumped up the tyres and it ran just about alright.

Pushed it over to garage stuck in a tank of fresh fuel and after a few minutes was running very well. Well, as well as an 8 year old italian thing thats been left in a carpark for 3.5 years can run.
Needs rear shock (pitted stanchion + no damping action), ignition barrel, all fluids replaced, rake out the filters and cleaned up. Only has 4k on it and generally immaculate. Came with a free helmet that fits me (bought in 2010) and some new (in 2010, still in packaging) Oakley leather gloves, decent top box (also new in 2010) and rack (givi?) score!

Plan is to use it get some adventure touring done on a wholly inappropriate bike (scooters aren't really bikes, but fun maybe?) around west coast of Scotland next month after done my dissertation (the carrot I need to finish this mutha). Then sell it and use the profit to buy an actual bike, that i'll then never use...

Lucky you, free is my favourite price to pay. Inappropriate touring rocks, this was my home for three months...

@Sparky speaking of bidons, I attached a bottle cage with a very long straw to the leg shields of this scooter!

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I LOVE this photo.

New bike:

Covered a little over 60 miles since picking it up yesterday. Incredible.

Instant and sustained torque and super light. Very easy to ride quickly and slowly.

MT 07?

How much did that set you back?

With heated grips, comfort seat & alarm (All not fitted yet) £6,200

Brand spanking new...

Dibs on it when you upgrade.

Ha. Based on the 120 miles I've done so far, there's no way I'm getting rid of this.

mate at work just bought an MT-07 - had it two days and some contractors at work reversed into it, knocking it over and onto a very nice Ducati Sport, which also took a nasty tumble...

Perfect! Much nicer than my plastic thing, but £free is a price that's hard to turn down.
Ordered a windscreen and found a cover is the top box. Mot and tax next.

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Mot and tax Figure out how many bricks need to go in the top box to enable perma wheely next.

Ftfy.

GFGSS biker gang?

Hi All,

Thanks for previous advice,

I am now up and running and enjoying myself. I am still a little nervous mainly due to my inexperience which makes it difficult when a problem comes up to know whether it’s down to my technique/behaviour or the bike – usually its me.

My current problem: back tyre pressure low, I just tried to inflate it for the second time using the auto air pump at the local petrol station. Cant get it to work, there’s not much to do so I don’t understand what’s going wrong. It works on the front tire but on the back nothing seems to happen, the car driver in the queue behind me couldn’t see anything wrong with what I was doing.

Any ideas? I guess I can try a pump at another station, might there be a problem with the valve?

Some of them have a "flat tyre" option. This is for when the pressure in the tyre is too low to register on the system.

Failing that, use a track pump. I use one on track days and it's about 5 pumps per psi on car tyres so you could be there for a few minutes but it works.

Aye! you got something suitably underpowered and unsuitable?