Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Cruise control is great! I don’t do many motorway miles but even for just sitting at 30 through villages it’s ideal.

RSV4

The offroad section......!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhwBI3Sl7Io&t=1402s

Ha. You want off road on a GSXR? Teapot knocks it out of the park. Who says you need an adventure bike.

https://youtu.be/w7fHbZcK5ks

Even that 100 yard section the Revzilla guy took the gixxer over looked scary as hell. I frequently threatened my instructor that we’d take a ‘wrong’ turn and I’d take his 600 Bandits offroad. He nearly accepted the dare.

It proper unpleasant but doable. When I had the SV in Spain, to get up to the place I was staying at for a few months, was about 3km dirt road before you hit the house. After about two weeks, it was the best part of the ride!

For sure. Having done umpteen little routes on the 125 with ‘road’ tyres, it was only wet mud and grass that posed any issue. On a larger bike I suppose with skilled throttle control anything is possible.

Haven’t touched any tracks for months since that dirt nap, mostly due to needing the bike to be in one piece until my full license.

Fair fair. I reckon you're pretty much destined to ride off road, which might be a better idea these days since there's no where you can really push a road bike without a massive wrist slap. Alternative is the track, but that's expensive.

Any update on the test?

No updates. It was cancelled by accident by the driving school, was supposed to be last Wednesday, but now rescheduled 28th Sept.

Heart wasn’t in it during the lesson on Tuesday and found myself fingers and thumbs at times. Having been a month without riding the bandit, and having no real impetus, wasn’t my best ride.

Not holding my breath for the 28th to be honest. Half expect another lockdown, another cancellation/delay, or simply avoidable fail.

I tried to ride a GSXR across the pampellone beach near St Tropez once. It was a complete disaster. Sand or really loose stuff and road Tyres is a complete clusterfuck. Lighter bikes are way better too.

Used to have that as wallpaper. Might chuck some TKC80's and engine bars on the tiger and give dirt a spin.

@pdlouche It'll eventually happen. I'm in same boat with car license.

Did a glorious 80 miles yesterday morning around Ashstead Forest, lost count of the amount of peletons I past around the Kent lanes....

....+1 for the Quadlock and Calimoto app @Soul - lovely little route down.

In other news....my pal dropped my helmet a few weeks back and I've been umming as to whether it needs replacing. It's an Arai, what are people using on here?

Wouldn’t trust a compromised helmet on the road. Might not mind too much low-speed on dirt.

I have an HJC flip-front and for the weight penalty I love it. So convenient to get on and off and to do stuff like stop, refuel, eat, drink, talk, whatever.

Nearly a year of ham fisted slamming shut and only the smallest signs of wear to the hinge.

Shoei Neotec and Shoei EX Zero. Used to have Arai or Roof but somehow realised after years of those that I prefer Shoei. The Neotec would have to be the choice if I could only have 1 but I prefer the light weight of the EX Zero, it's the only helmet I've ever had that I would describe as enjoyable to wear.

Rear rack for the DR350 from Ukraine. Cost silly money in postage and super long delays ...let’s see what parcelfarce do next.

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In postal-news the RSV rebuild continues

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I'm going to sell my green laner but have to do a bit of work on it first

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Already bent a tyre lever

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Hard trials tyre?

Trials tyres can have quite robust beads because they run at such low pressures

Just to add to the fun it's been parked up for maybe 8 years, the Slime in the inner tube had leaked then solidified, it has a very heavy duty innertube, a Rimlock ........and I'm very out of practice.

It's off now, I've got to evaluate whether to sell it pretty much as is or MOT it first hoping to get a good return.

The prices are really high for 2strokes at the minute but it's a rough green laner and never will be concours.

Stung by parcelfarce fees. Soon as I saw the update on tracking I called and got the ref. Sod waiting days for the slip in the post

Exmoor vs Dorset for a three day two up trip to cruise some, enjoy the local culture and a few autumn beaches?

Interested to see what the RRP is going to be on this, very very nice;

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/aprilia-rs660/

So I’m trying to hang on to my new scooter 1xD lock on rear or front .
Should I go another D lock or a disc .
If disc can anyone recommend one for 125 Vespa pin size ?
Thanks