Where did you ride today?

[Notty]

a 160 mile (260kms) round trip to Leominster for a coffee, scenic country routes again. bike dirtier than last weekend .

[Hooli]

Haha I know a biker lass in Leominster, she went to Wales for lunch. Keeps the numbers right each side of the border 

[Tony Nitrous]

I've had the B-King 17 years this week.
Still can't get my head around that I bought it home 17 years ago!!
Couldn't leave it sat in the shed on its birthday, so...







It's still a heap of fun. I couldn't have one as an only bike, but it's a toy than never fails to make me smile and a bike I've never found a replacement for. 

[Tony Nitrous]

Day 5 of my long-long weekend. Took the Gen-2 out.

It's still a bit of a mystery, the 08-12 early Gen-2's do have the best power to weight, bigger better motor than the Gen-1 and a fraction lighter than the later Gen-2 / 3 (no ABS), but this one gos surprisingly well.

I've owned several Busa's and ridden a lot more, but this one go's better than it should. Everything is stock except a pair of cans and a dyno mapped PC111, no sign of any other mods or being flashed, but it pulls noticeably harder than my Gen-1, Gen-3 or B-King. It's been loved, but ridden spiritedly, and only has 35k on the clock but still feels suspiciously fast. I've even checked the gearing!
Not complaining.

[grog]

Good lookin Busa that one.Jacarandas out here also.  My 14 with Yoshi can has more grunt than with stock can or either of two others i have.Must be something in their design.

[Tony Nitrous]

Good lookin Busa that one.Jacarandas out here also.  My 14 with Yoshi can has more grunt than with stock can or either of two others i have.Must be something in their design.

Thanks. It's still similar in some ways to a 14, bigger motor than the early Busa's, but no ABS or modern tech like the later ones.
I do have plans for it but I'm in no hurry. I was thinking about buying some Gen-2 / B-King cams for my Gen-3, but...... if I buy this Gen-2 some Yoshi cams I can swap its factory cams into the Gen-3 (Gen-3 got softer cams, shorter airbox stacks, triple cats etc to get Euro-5) ............ so I get two bikes with better cams for the price of one.

Jacaranas do look good. Goombungee shuts the town down Saturday for their "Jacaranda Festival", roads closed, food, music etc.

[Kiwifruit]

Nice pics Tony. Our Jacarandas have only just lost their leaves. Last thing in the garden to do so. They do look spectacular when in bloom.

[grog]

Col, when do they flower your area?

[Phill P]

Just down to ceasefire cafe Yapton with a friend on a 1985 yamaha xt600 super tenere and then up to whiteways arundelfor a hot chocolate.
Two observations, ear plugs, soooo much nicer to ride with, pairs delete, wow much nicer bike to ride, much smoother .

[seth]

a wee 3 hour journey run up over the cairngorm mountains for chips Perth to Braemar up and down the A93 (one of the best short runs in middle Scotland)
It was even dry and sunny most now the day (the futher north the better the weather got) and it was 10-15°c too.
 

[Will14]

Nice day out on the 14 with six other bikes around North Wales, a mix of A & B roads (almost green laning at one point) from a steady pace to some fairly spirited riding, a great day and the good old 14 performed faultlessly. Oh and the weather was great, dry all day around 12-15 degrees for most of it but dropped cold after 3pm, some dirty roads here and there so bessie is ready for a bath again

[Hooli]

a wee 3 hour journey run up over the cairngorm mountains for chips Perth to Braemar up and down the A93 (one of the best short runs in middle Scotland)
It was even dry and sunny most now the day (the futher north the better the weather got) and it was 10-15°c too.
 

a wee 3 hour journey run up over the cairngorm mountains for chips Perth to Braemar up and down the A93 (one of the best short runs in middle Scotland)
It was even dry and sunny most now the day (the futher north the better the weather got) and it was 10-15°c too.
 

Is that the roller coaster run up or down the Spittle of Glenshee? if so I love that road both on bikes or in cars.

[seth]

a wee 3 hour journey run up over the cairngorm mountains for chips Perth to Braemar up and down the A93 (one of the best short runs in middle Scotland)
It was even dry and sunny most now the day (the futher north the better the weather got) and it was 10-15°c too.
 

a wee 3 hour journey run up over the cairngorm mountains for chips Perth to Braemar up and down the A93 (one of the best short runs in middle Scotland)
It was even dry and sunny most now the day (the futher north the better the weather got) and it was 10-15°c too.
 

Is that the roller coaster run up or down the Spittle of Glenshee? if so I love that road both on bikes or in cars.

Yes that's the exact road is so much fun 😁

[Mick_J]

Went out on my Ducati yesterday for a ride into Wales for a coffee and back. not many other bikes out as it was a cold dull day but I enjoyed it.  Hoping to get news this week on my 14.

[MickyJB]

Ride most weekends, Sunday was a 400k round trip for a pub meal .. ride was good pub meal wasn't. Chips cold & burger fell apart 🥴