Any Motörbike riders here?

BenSirAmos

octatonic said:

I'm off the bike until March now.

I need to pick it up from the dealer in a few days but then I am putting it under cover for a couple of months.

Let me know when you want to ride again and I'll take you out for an easy, confidence-building ride out.

octatonic

BenSirAmos said:

octatonic said:

I'm off the bike until March now.

I need to pick it up from the dealer in a few days but then I am putting it under cover for a couple of months.

Let me know when you want to ride again and I'll take you out for an easy, confidence-building ride out.

For sure mate.

I'm doing my tests in a couple of weeks and then doing DA in early March.

cruxiform

IanSavage said:

Bloody hell, the weather down the South-West's still a bit ropy, isn't it? just fetched the NTV back from Bristol, talk about a baptism of fire - horizontal rain, 40mph cross-winds, the works! Still, if that's the toughest ride I do all winter I can live with it...

Good lord. Bet it still felt good though. I love that new bike feeling.

cruxiform

octatonic said:

I'm off the bike until March now.

I need to pick it up from the dealer in a few days but then I am putting it under cover for a couple of months.

I'll be around for a ride too in March, will try to get on a few LB rideouts this year. As already offered by Ben, if you want a ride out somewhere to build your confidence I'm more than happy to join you.

Spider

One of the best ways to build confidence is to ride off road, there are loads of places that do off road courses and they supply the bikes. Helps you to react to slides (front or back) correctly and might just save that crash on diesel or wet / gravel patch.

It's also bloody good fun but hard work, if you're not sweating you're not trying.

Then this would be easy !

:-\"

octatonic

Did my theory test today.

Got 48/50 for the multi choice bit and 61/75 for the hazard test.

DAS in March once the weather gets better.

Fusionista

Progress

http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv274/AndyP335/Cafe conversion/VZsubframefitted170114.png

http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv274/AndyP335/Cafe conversion/Seatframebrazed170114.jpg

boogieman

Looks good. Looking forward to seeing the finished project.
In other news I had to take my bike in for some work today as it failed the MOT on leaking fork seals. They're a decent bunch and lent me a bike while mine was in. Talk about chalk and cheese. Mine is a cbf1000 and has the Fireblade engine, detuned for less bhp but more torque. You barely need to touch the throttle to move off and it will pull happily from 20mph in top gear. The dealer lent me the 600 version of the same bike. I needed to rev the bollocks off it to pull away and there was nothing happening below 3000rpm. The clutch was either on or off too, no feel to it at all. Better front brake though, I think I'll have to have a tinker with mine to see if I can improve it somehow.

boogieman

octatonic;140377" said:

Did my theory test today.Got 48/50 for the multi choice bit and 61/75 for the hazard test.



DAS in March once the weather gets better.

Good man

midiglitch

octatonic said:

Did my theory test today.

Got 48/50 for the multi choice bit and 61/75 for the hazard test.

DAS in March once the weather gets better.

Nice one, congrats oct.

Doing mine tomorrow.  Das booked for February half term - brrrrrr!

octatonic

midiglitch said:

octatonic said:

Did my theory test today.

Got 48/50 for the multi choice bit and 61/75 for the hazard test.

DAS in March once the weather gets better.

Nice one, congrats oct.

Doing mine tomorrow.  Das booked for February half term - brrrrrr!

It is pretty easy I think.

Good luck tomorrow.

DAS in February- I hope it isn't snowing.

Jaden

Start em young @

also, 2 strokes are one of the great pleasures of life  

midiglitch

Job done. 50/50 and 65/75. Looking forward to the real thing!

octatonic

Congrats mate.

cruxiform

octatonic said:

Did my theory test today.

Got 48/50 for the multi choice bit and 61/75 for the hazard test.

DAS in March once the weather gets better.

Congrats James! Fingers crossed for you mate.

cruxiform

Video I knocked up this morning to demonstrate different positions for a gopro camera.

BenSirAmos

octatonic said:

Did my theory test today.

Got 48/50 for the multi choice bit and 61/75 for the hazard test.

DAS in March once the weather gets better.

Good stuff. Well done. I'll look forward to a ride out with you

Tone71

I just watched TT3D Closer to The Edge



What a film, Ive enjoyed the Guy Martin stuff on tv but he is excellent in this, quirky and definitely edgy

All the guys on there are fearless though, well worth a watch.

octatonic

BenSirAmos said:

octatonic said:

Did my theory test today.

Got 48/50 for the multi choice bit and 61/75 for the hazard test.

DAS in March once the weather gets better.

Good stuff. Well done. I'll look forward to a ride out with you

Cheers, and I'm looking forward to it too.

I'm looking at doing some advanced rider training once I get through DAS.

Probably this: http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk

midiglitch

octatonic said:

BenSirAmos said:

octatonic said:

Did my theory test today.

Got 48/50 for the multi choice bit and 61/75 for the hazard test.

DAS in March once the weather gets better.

Good stuff. Well done. I'll look forward to a ride out with you

Cheers, and I'm looking forward to it too.

I'm looking at doing some advanced rider training once I get through DAS.

Probably this: http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk

Have you thought about what bike you might get after the DAS?