Where did you ride today?

[Eric GSX1400K3]

4degC at 5am this morning. Was going to bike it in, decided against it, nice warm train ride into town

[Tony Nitrous]

Busy week next week so I thought I'd sneak a few K's in this morning while I could.

Crows Nest, Blackbutt for a Chunky Beef pie, Yarraman for fuel, Nanango, Maidenwell, Cooyar, Kulpie, Oakey, Kingsthorpe, Goombungee, Home.

Dash only said 21 C but the sun was out most of the time and it just felt so much nicer than earlier in the week.

274K's / 170 miles. 







Warm enough to eat my pie in the park without a jacket on.

Petrol was 148.5c / 78p a ltr.
Nice when two rival servo's have a price war... LOL!
(Until one closes and the other has a monopoly)

[Teufel]

Well I didn't actually ride very far, but i wound up at Lakeside again.
For anyone who hasn't.
You really ought to!

[GSXKING]

Hooking in Peter 👍👍 The carousel ? 

[Teufel]

Hooking in Peter 👍👍 The carousel ? 
Thanks Chris, Eastern Loop I think.

[Mr Gee]

Sunday, up early and out on the xsr9. Didn't have a particular destination in mind just, followed the front wheel. 

First stop /dinky's Dinah at Ford, near Shrewsbury. Cup of tea and a chat with the only, other person there. 

Then up, to Lake Bala. Was told, by a local farmer that all, bikers are fu&*^ing useless wankers and me in particular, because I was parked in the parking bay that he wanted to use. 

Returned via Montford Bridge. Talking to a chap who was ninety and only, stopped riding last year, due to ill health. 

With a final stop at Poolhall. Place was packed out. 

[Hooli]

You've gotta love those friendly Welsh farmers 

[Tony Nitrous]

You've gotta love those friendly Welsh farmers 

The "Welsh Farmer" bit describes a lot of my family.

The "Friendly" part... not so much.... 

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Gee,didn't think a 1400 took up that much room.  Useless twat farmer...

[Tony Nitrous]

A couple of hours playing on the gravel roads up and down the range, and a run out to Grantham for a coffee and breakfast.

It was a cold morning, and I was not far from home when some misty drizzle started so headed back to my log burner.

[Tony Nitrous]

The roads I was on today are piss easy in the dry. I've done a few of them on the B-King or the GSX14 in the dry.

They are pretty compact and hard with a light layer of stones and dust. Any vehicle moves about a bit but it's not a huge drama....

.... and then it rains....



..... and it's like riding on ice.

[Tony Nitrous]

6am, dark, misty fog, cold. Back to the log burner.

10am, what a lovely day! Off to breakfast.



First day of the middle of Winter, definitely not my favorite time of year! 
Still managed another 202K's / 125 miles with dry roads and not a spot of rain. 
Forecast said 12 to 19 C today but it felt a little warmer.

[Tony Nitrous]

If I was a smart or wealthy man, I'd be trying to work out how the combine the best bits of a GSX1400 and a Busa.

The 14's looks and style, comfort, riding position etc, and the Gen-2 (or 3's) engine, brakes, ECU etc.

Sadly I'm neither that smart or that wealthy.

Maybe with the Busa's water cooled lump, rad and hoses it'd be as ugly as a B-King and lose a lot of what makes a GSX14 a cool looking bike.

A bit like the joke...
" Monroe once proposed to Einstein, "We could have a baby together—it would be beautiful like me and smart like you." To which Einstein supposedly shot back, "Or worse... smart like you and beautiful like me."

 

[Pommeroy]

Got up this morning, intending to ride the 14 to work. Saw it was 1C, and decided not to chance the steep, downhill, off camber hill with a bend in it and always in shade, 200m from our drive. Hopped into the Corolla instead.
Age definitely mellows us!

[MickyJB]

Went for a quick blat, this fuel additive sure gave it some poke !!