Burping!!!!!!!!!

A quick call out to any guys who have pics of Fruit'n'Barley's bike, both pre and post- op, I am gonna do a piece on the bike hopefully covering the full story from purchase to tragedy to oil filter burping? and back to glory again, yay......... So giz a shout if you possess any piccies

Ta

Bungle

New Bike for Zippy

Winter is drawing in and poor Zippy does suffer from the cold, bless him. Well, he certainly likes a nice woolly jumper to keep him nice and snug, and he would love a retro naked bike, plus we all know what his preferred bike colour is, so, I have searched and searched for something to help the lad out and I think I have found the perfect machine.

Welcome to your perfect bike Zippy

Bungle

Brits in WSB 2010

Admit it, next year is gonna be awesome, there where a good number of Brits competing in this years championship but next year we have the return of Mr. Toseland and the possibility of BSB champ Leon Camier riding for Aprilia. James Toseland's team mate for next year will be WSS champ Cal Crutchlow and with Haslam on a full factory Suzuki its gonna be a cracking year. Bring it on, Who's up for Donnington?

Bungle

VFR1200F

The new Honda VFR1200F is released soon. When I first caught a little sneak preview I was intrigued but also worried, especially since this bike was pencilled in to become the new Blackbird and VFR800 replacement, the last thing Honda needed was to ruin the reputation of two fantastic bikes. Honda's early press releases stated that the bike was going to be a "Super Tourer", all well and good but thoughts of a big Deauville did creep into my mind, that, I'm afraid to say would have been a massive blunder on Honda's part.

When the concept pictures appeared in the press, everyone was taken aback the bike looked fantastic, although it was clear it was never going to stay that way come the final production model.

So, when the final production model appeared in the press, I have to say I was a little underwhelmed. But, after a reading a couple of test ride articles and staring at the piccies, I can now proudly say that the bike is Effing gorgeous, and I want one, now, or I will hold my breath for a really long time.................

Bungle

Whitby and Pickering

A Sunday morning blast to Whitby was planned, and along for the trip were myself, Zippy, Papa Phallus, Fruit'n'Barley and Pathfinder. Fuelled up we set off toward Guisboro, just outside Marton we were at a set of lights waitng to move off when up in front there was a thick cloud of smoke coming from the front of the queue, we knew there were a few other bikers there and we thought one of them had done a burnout when pulling away from the lights, as we got closer we noticed a puddle of engine oil on the road, ouch, a huge Kawasaki cruiser thingy was pulling away from the lights when it's engine shat itself dumping oil over the hot exhaust (that explains the smoke then). Once through Guisboro we headed over the moors road to Whitby, this is a great road, not super technical but very busy and timing your overtakes keeps things fun and interesting without being dangerous, we all arrived at the Whistlestop cafe with big grins on our faces.

Checking out the other bikes at the cafe, we noticed a pair of SP2's, rare enough to see 1 never mind 2 together, oddly enough along for the ride with these two behemoths was an Aprilia RS125, oh well, must make for an interesting ride.

After a bit of a break we decided, advised by Pathfinder, to take the road to Pickering. Another cracking moors road, undulating and flowing with stunning views. While we were taking our time and picking our overtakes carefully I took a look in my mirror and noticed one of the SP2's coming up behind me, no careful overtakes for this guy, followed shortly after by the second one, they sounded fantastic i want one, another quick glance in the mirror and there was the RS125 right behind me, "no way" i said to myself, he overtook me and the other guys in our party. There was no way i was having that, so , I waited for a gap in the traffic pulled out and shot past the little Aprilia only to pull in again when traffic got heavy again, once again the little stinkwheel overtook us all, this was getting embarrassing.

Once more traffic cleared and we soon dispatched the RS and headed on back to Birk Brow via Hutton le Hole, where we stopped for an ice cream, the roads back to the A171 Whitby road were bumpy, almost empty (apart from sheep) but loads of fun and a little scary.

All in all it was a great run out with Pathfinder showing us a few cracking roads that were new to us and will be visited again in the near future.

Bungle

Euro Tour Part 6

The following day (Saturday) was a little awkward, we were to travel back to Europoort in Rotterdam but without KG. When we met in the morning KG told us that his day was planned out, he was to spend the day with our hosts until his flight was sorted out, this took the pressure off the rest of us, it would have been bad to just pack up and go and leave KG to his own devices. With the bikes fully luggage up again we headed off into town for a bit of breakfast, there is a great little restaurant in Adenau which does a traditional German breakfast for a few Euros.
Suitably fuelled up we headed off through the fantastic Eifel Mountains to pick up the autobahn near Bonn. We settled into a steady rhythm and devoured the miles, before long it was time for a coffee and fuel in a service station near Munchengladbach. As we were relaxing a group of bikers riding enormous Boss Hoss choppers pulled in, these things are immense, V8 engines, twin fuel tanks, car rear tyres, twice the size of a normal chopper.
We set off again and this time managed to pick up the road we missed at the start of our adventure, this brought us to the old Germany/ Holland border which still had some of its old booths, a few pictures were taken and we headed off into Holland. A final lunch stop was made before we attacked the long stretch of motorway to the ferry terminal, this passed fairly uneventful and it wasn’t long before we were securing our bikes in the vehicle deck of the ferry, there were far more bikes on board this time with a few heading off to the Isle of Man TT.
A few pints made the return crossing a breeze, and a quick call to KG revealed that he had been to a footy game and was, that afternoon , going to be given a fast lap of the Nurburgring in our hosts Porsche race car. (lucky git).
The next morning we rode our bikes off the ferry and onto British roads once again, we split up (unintentionally) and headed off home.
All in all I’m sure all involved would agree that our first trip abroad was a fantastic success, the KG incident just went to prove that proper insurance is a must because you never can tell what is going to happen when abroad. Without the correct cover it would have cost a fortune to get KG and his bike home.
Thanks guys I really enjoyed myself, here’s to next years trip
Bungle

Euro Tour Part 5

The day after our Nurburgring lap we made a decision to “pop” across to Luxembourg, just to put another country under our belts. But first we were determined to pick up some souvenirs of our ‘ring experience. We had noticed that there was a dedicated fan shop in the town of Adenau, the town where we had done all our eating and drinking, so we dropped in to have a peek. We all picked up souvenirs of various descriptions (polo shirts, key lanyards etc.) that is except for KG, he wasn’t too convinced they had what he wanted, so we agreed that on the way back from Luxembourg we would call in to the main shop at the Nordschlieffe entrance that we had visited the day before.
I had studied the map meticulously and was convinced I had the trip covered, nope, one little turn to bring us on to the “r257” proved elusive to us, a good 45 minutes was spent to-ing and fro-ing trying to find the little bastard. “Enough” said KG “ Sod it, we’ll hit the Autobahn and just do it in a oner”. The Autobahn was despatched with ease (our plan to hit a ton in each country was going well), we dropped of into a town called Kenn (appropriate?) and found a little bakery to have lunch (once again thanks to Grifter who used his linguistic skills to order our food, you old fox). Back on to the Autobahn and past Trier which is the last major town before the border, the scenery was already starting to change, not so much Gothic influence around here buildings had a definite French feel to them.
We finally crossed the border and pulled into a huge service station to fill up (Luxembourg had the cheapest fuel of the whole trip), after a bit of a break we decided that it was getting late and still had a date with the souvenir shop to fulfil, we agreed to turn around and head back on the back roads through Bitburg. The roads were much better, smooth fast and flowing, although H-Boss was getting pissed off at been left behind all the time, he said that we were riding too fast but we weren’t its just that we (me, KG and Zippy) were getting the breaks when it came to overtakes. As the roads got more rural we had less problems and things settled into a nice rhythm again, the rural roads were fantastic, best roads of the trip for me.
It was a lovely sunny day and this showed us just how fortunate we were the day before because when we arrived back at the ‘ring the place was absolutely jam packed, all the car parks and surrounding roads were full of cars and bikes, our lap would have been far more scary if we had chosen to do it on this day.
KG picked his souvenirs and walked back to his bike, it was a hot sweaty day and we had spent 3 and a half long days in the saddle, we were all a little achy, this goes someway to explaining what happened next. As KG threw his leg over his bike, there was a loud snap noise and a scream, KG and his bike toppled over onto the floor. KG felt his leg go as he stretched over the bike, and his now knackered leg could do nothing to stop his bike from hitting the deck with him on board. It looked bad, he couldn’t move his leg at all, luckily for us all an English guy in a Mini saw what went on and gave KG a lift back to the digs, Zippy got his bike back to the digs.
KG phoned the owner of our digs who kindly volunteered to take him to the local A+E. We all got ready and went into town for a meal where we agreed to meet KG later. We found a real nice Pizza restaurant in town called Pinocchio’s (really cheap and fantastic huge pizza’s) . KG turned up shortly after us, the docs told him that he had a 1 inch tear in the muscle at the back of his thigh, it was a bad one and he was told not to ride his bike for a couple of weeks at least (KG has since been told that more like a year would be required to fully recover). He had phoned the insurance company and they had agreed to fly him home and ship his bike back, it was a blow, none of us thought our trip would turn out like this but at least he was ok and well covered by insurance.
Bungle

Euro Tour Part 4

After the mornings tomfoolery we realised it was still too early to head off to the Nurburgring, so we had ourselves a little blast around the local roads and passed through some lovely little villages in the mountains around Nurburg and Dumpelfeld, the tarmac surface varied from smooth and flowing to bumpy and rutted but none of this mattered because the scenery was just breath taking.
All roads lead to Rome as they say and it wasn’t long before we once again found road signs pointing to the Nurburgring, so we figured while we were already here and since there was no signs of any rain or drizzle in this part of the mountains, then we should head to the Nordschlieffe and prepare ourselves for our lap.
It was really our intention to buy tickets for the following day due to the unpredictability of that days weather, but when we arrived at the circuit it seemed that everyone else had the same idea, the place was not busy at all and the track was dry, so, bugger it, we thought, we will do it today.
Tickets purchased, we headed for the café (ahem..) to wait for the Porsche owners club to finish on the track. Talk was of how we were going to approach our lap, cautious and touristy or just go for it. The sensible approach was to take it easy as we didn’t want any daft accidents ruining what was so far a superb trip. Reputation is one of the big factors that makes the ‘ring what it is and consequently a few nerves were starting to show but excitement was felt in equal measure.
Finally our time had arrived, the Porsches buggered off and the track was cleared of debris (erk..) and a steady queue started to form around the entrance gate. We hung back for a few minutes to let the fast riders and drivers on first. As we started to gear up we noticed an old couple in the queue in a Smart car, “We’ve got to at least beat that” said KG.
With the queue now cleared we trundled up to the start gate, waited for the marshall to signal and set off up the coned acceleration lane. “Take it steady” I was saying to myself but red mist was already starting to creep in, I gunned the bike and shot off toward the first corner, “This is awesome” I was shouting in my helmet, I overtook a GSXR750 but that didn’t last long, he soon took me back, oh well. Car upon car I overtook, the track was just corner after corner and hill after hill, it was fantastic, I got into a bit of a race with a Citroen ZX race car, I was leaving him for dead on the straights but he was closing on the corners, on one corner a Porsche came flying past and I shit myself but there was no way I was going to try and keep up. Around the next bend I caught up with the Smart car tootling along. 17 miles didn’t take long and I rounded the last bend onto the main finish straight, I gunned the bike, looked down at my speedo, 145mph, but when I looked back up I saw the cones for the deceleration lane fast approaching, I pulled off the track and parked up, took off my helmet and took a deep breath, then I noticed Zippy pulling in, a huge grin on his face, we compared stories, he too had hit 145mph and passed the Smart car. KG now pulled into the car park and said he had passed the Smart car. We waited another few minutes and then we were shocked to see the Smart car pulling off track. “Bloody hell where are Grifter and H-Boss” I said, and at that they both pulled into the car park “behind” the Smart car (tut tut the shame of it).
The track is fantastic but I think it would be truly scary on a busy day. We got back to our digs, cleaned up, and headed into town for a well earned steak at the fantastic Blau Ecke (blue corner), we chatted with a few other Brit bikers and swapped ‘ring tales.
A great end to a superb day.
Sorry about the lack of piccies for this section but cameras and such are banned on the circuit

Bungle

Euro Tour Part 3

The following morning brought an overcast outlook and an occasional spot of drizzle, we decided to pop along to the Nurburgring to check out availability of Nordschlieffe tickets, we had decided before we went that we would have a crack at doing a lap of the famous circuit. We followed signs for the circuit but these brought us to the GP part of the track, so we popped into the cafe (a bit of a theme that) and chatted to the waitress who directed us to the Nordschlieffe entrance, we called into the ticket office and they told us that tourist tickets were not available until after 5pm, so, what to do until then.

On our way to our digs the day before, we noticed a kids adventure park with restaurant, so we decided to give that a try, the food was spot on and while stuffing our faces we watched people coming and going to a kids tobbogan run, we popped across to have a look, it looked cool but was obviously for kids. "It would be cool" i said "if we went down that in our bike gear, helmets and all" everyone agreed.

So we paid our money, donned our gear and set off with warnings about it being really fast when wet still ringing in our ears. "It'll be right" said KG, and it was, it was a proper laugh out loud experience, and a few people gathered on one of the bridges to watch these daft Brits go down the run in bike gear. By time we got to run number 3, we were getting confident, i was in front and on one long 180 degree bend the little cart flipped from under me and i continued for a bit on my arse, "oh shit" KG was right behind me and just managed to come to a stop before crashing in to me, he realised Grifter was behind him and done a perfect SAS roll off his cart onto the grass bank (Klingon would be so proud) Grifter rounded the bend and slammed straight into me, it was carnage, until we realised that Zippy was next down, we couldn't warn him in time but we were all off track so he slammed into all our carts and went sliding down the track. The people watching loved it (sicko's).

Another 2 or 3 runs followed, this time with H-Boss joining in the fun, but alas we had to leave, we had an appointment with a certain race track

Bungle

sorry sorry sorry

Really sorry guys,

due to computer access problems the poor blog has been left to rot,

but happy days, i have a new lappy so the blog will go turbo from now on.

Euro Tour Part 2

arrival.......

There was a definate sense of excitement the following morning, none of us had rode abroad before (we had all driven overseas, but riding is a different animal). We rode off the ferry, down the port access roads and finally our Euro trip had started. The Dutch roads were nice and smooth, well marked and signed. Scenery was real nice at times and a little unspectacular at others, but still it was all new to us. The plan was to stop every hour for a break, especially since we could'nt check into our digs until the afternoon, so we had plenty of scope for stops. Our first stop was a coffee shop in some motorway services about 30k outside of Rotterdam














A nice relaxing place. In the pic above i think HBos is expecting a bloody good rogering (he was after all C4C)
We stopped a couple of times in various services and filling stations and took a wrong turn which added about 40 mile to the journey but we were still making good progress.
When we finally crossed the German border there was a definate change in scenery, it became very industrialised for the first 25 miles or so and then just bog standard motorways until our turn off (Ausfarht: not a town Zippy) it was then that the scenery and the roads became absolutely stunning.














Our digs, no that is too understated, our holiday home was fantastic and not what i was expecting at all, hats off to K.G for that one, the cottage was in beautiful surroundings, was clean and fantastically stocked with everythimg we could want or need.















We all thought that if this day was anything to go by, the next would be absolutely cracking,
bring it on..............

Euro Tour Part 1

departure........

And so the day finally arrived, months of planning and saving had gone by and here we all were,
K.G, Grifter, HBos, Zippy and me sat in Squires for our pre trip dinner (it was shite, to be honest, but there you go). We scoffed up, done a last few checks and headed off down a very windy M62 toward our rendezvous with the ferry at Hull. We pulled up at the check-in hut and K.G's poor bike must have been a little tired because it took the opportunity to have a quick lay down while K.G was handing over the passports (this tired bike mullarky would turn out to be a bit of a theme for poor K.G). Onto the ship and our first taste of strapping down bikes, we seemed to wait ages while Grifter wrestled with the perfect combination to fasten his pride and joy down, (basically you couldn't see his bike for bloody rope by time he was satisfied) we got our room keys, had a quick change and a shower then it was down to the bar, we got the first drinks in, "I'm gonna go easy tonight lads" said I "I don't want to ride in a foreign country with a thick head tomorrow." Famous last words, after 5 rounds of pints of Grolsch i was a little bit worse for wear, oh well we were effectively on holiday.
K.G and HBos then decided to have a crack at the casino, well well i never knew K.G was the cosmopolitan type, he was completely at ease on the roulette and the pontoon tables and made sure HBos walked away with a few chips in his sky rocket.
Anyway, off to bed and the morning would bring HOLLAND Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Bungle

Soooooooooooooo Excited

Hey Jungs, Jus in der Woche zu gehen, bevor wir auf den Weg auf unsere epische Reise, um die geringe grundstucke, ich freue mich sehr auf unsere Nürburgring auf Hochtouren, nicht zu vergessen, letzte aus kauft die Biere. Also, wir sehen uns alle auf dem Boot.

Bungle

INTRODUCTIONS 10

PATHFINDER

Bike - Honda VFR800 ('00)

Mods - Seat Cowl, SatNav embedded into brain.

Previous Bike - Honda Hornet

Age - 48

Years Riding - 4

Fascinating Facts - Yet another member of the knee down gang with an encyclopaedic knowledge of all the cool roads in our area, cool to ride with.

INTRODUCTIONS 9

Fruit 'n' Barley

Bike - Kawasaki ZX6R

Mods - Double bubble, Undertray,Hugger, half a ton of tarmac and gravel.

Previous Bike - non

Age - 24

Years Riding - 1

Fascinating Facts - F'n'B is the first member of our group to get his knee down :)

SuperSports - VS - SportsTourers 

Since this was the first time the Kawasaki had joined us and i took a camera and got some lovely pics thought it would be the perfect time for my first post.

we set of to Hartside Cafe after fueling up. shortly before we reach Hartside Cafe we stopped roadside where i snapped these lovely photos.

                                          We carried along until 

we reached Hartside Cafe where we stopped for a quick brew and a cheese scone, compliments of T2000. We left to oogle some bikes only to find a group of middle aged snobs in flashy ferraris, porches and TVR's. 

We left to follow the blissful roads to Olston and admired some lovely views then it was back on return leg of the journey...

...when disaster almost struck just outside of Darlo as my reserve gauge flicked on so I had to follow T2000 to the nearest petrol station, not realising that Zippy and (as yet un-nicknamed) Adam Kawasaki

 were nowhere to be seen. Having refuelled and waited for what seemed like an hour we doubled back on ourselves for about a mile only to find them pushing the ninja along the roadside. Poor lamb had had an equally low fuel reserve but hadn't realised and had concked out. Ooops. Kawasaki Adam leaped onto the back of the VFR and "zoomed" or whatever it is the VFR does to get some petrol unluckily for him in a £6 jerry can tha

t cost more than the fuel! Not wanting to be left out of pocket due to the credit crunch we cunningly strapped the jerry can to the blackcurrant and I switched bikes with Bungle to bring the cargo home. That stroke of genius turned out not to be quite as genius as we'd hoped when the jerry can decided to make a bid for freedom along the a66 at oooh roughly 100mph and was witnessed later than day still causing mayhem on the road. 

All in all a good ride out was had by us...but we still need a nickname for Kawasaki Adam.

GET WELL SOON

A good friend to all on this blog, Steve J, was knocked off his bike this week.
Fortunately he is ok but did suffer a badly broken foot and a couple of cracked vertebrae.

We all wish you a full and speedy recovery.

bungle and k.g

Ouch my piles bike tests

Long awaited VFR test 2

After being inspired by K.G's fair and honest review of the red VFR, i thought it was time to give the blue one a bit of a test ride, after all the VFR and the Blackcurrant share a garage so should be easy enough then.

I wheeled the bike out, prodded the starter, mmmmm sounds nice, snicked it into first and the bike fairly bloody flew, wow, into second and no let up, this is a very fast bike and no mistake a couple of B roads are despatched with ease so i stop in a layby to catch my breath, another biker is there, "hey nice Blackbird mate" Shit!!!! i'd jumped on the wrong bike, oh well try again.

This time i have the VFR in front me, i push it out of the garage, push it onto the road, push it a bit further, then a bit further. In case you are wondering what i'm doing, Zippy says the VFR likes to be pushed, he pushes his quite a lot. I start up the engine, mmmmm sounds like a washing machine on spin cycle. Jump on the bike and knock it into first, the bike moves off, into second then third, oh wait someone is flashing me and wants to overtake, tut those bloody disabled shopping carts are a nuisance. I get into a bit of a duel, this time with a road roller, its tight but the roller wins. all in all i've been out 25 mins and i've got to the bottom of Zippy's road, time to head back.

i enjoyed my ride on the VFR very relaxing, it felt like wating for a beard to grow or a custodial sentence. I hope to repeat the experience some time in the future, if i can get a week off work.


bungle

Ouch My Piles Bike Tests

The Long Awaited VFR Test Ride

After 12 months badgering i was persuaded to swop bikes with "The Grifter" and yes you have guessed it i had to ride a VFR. Nervously i put the old Bandit on the side stand and walked

over to the VFR. I looked around to make sure that there was nobody about who would recognise me and quickly jumped on the VFR and covered my face with my dark visor.

I had only just set off when i found myself making a pit stop in a lay by to make some hasty modifications. So out came the WD-40 ( Standard part of the VFRs tool kit along with gaffer tape and super glue) to lubricate the VFRs rev limiter switch which was stuck on 4000 revs and looked as if it had never been used for at least 11 months. Also checked the temperature gauge reading and re calibrated it to read 10 degrees higher in a bid to get "The Grifter" out a bit more.

Before i set off again i had a quick look around the bike to make sure there was no chewing gum or gaffer tape that had worked its way loose and then off i went again. To be fair the colour of the bike is quite nice but enough of the positives and on with the fair and unbiased rode test. The road to Scarborough was quite busy and would you believe it I got stuck behind a couple of scooters unsure whether i had enough power to pass them i moved in for the kill as i saw a straight with no traffic. As the VFRs V-Tech kicked in i slowly passed the scooters who were slowing down for petrol. A bend approached quit slowly and it felt a bit funny leaning around corners as the bike jumped off the flat spot on the tyre and used grip that had never been used before. At last the road test was over and as i pulled over in a lay by i was glad i had been out on the Bandit previously to get the flies on the helmet so i didn't look a twat when i pulled in the lay by with other bikers.

I jumped off the VFR in the lay by and was very quick to point of to a fellow biker(ZZR) that me and The Grifter had swapped bikes. After 10 mins of taking the piss out of theVFR the guy on the ZZR showed us a little Michelin man on the far extreme of the tyre and was proud of the fact that he had worn the top of his head off. We all walked over to the VFR looking for a Michelin man but he tyre was a different make but we did see a giraffe in tact with a top hat on.

All in all we had a good day out and it improved when i got back on the Bandit. So i thought i would compile a list of the VFRs good points.

Introductions 8

Papa Phalus

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Bike - Honda CBR 600F


Mods - Hugger, Yellow Bow and ribbons, Heated grips, Hair Straighteners


Previous Bike - Non


Age - 23


Years Riding - 1


Fascinating Facts - Papa Phalus has a specially designed helmet to prevent helmet hair, after all you
can't spend 2 hours getting your hair just so only for a bloody helmet go and ruin it, tut tut.

bungle

Touring

Hey guys.

As promised, a link to a website giving advice on what to carry when touring abroad,
lots of stuff on there but worth a look

http://ixxra.co.uk/v-web/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3348&st=0&sk=t&sd=a



Bungle

Introduction 7

Captain Klingon

Bike--Yamaha XJ600 This is the one that bungle got fed up with in his the garage so he sold it to his Pikey mates and told Klingon it had been stolen.

Previous Bike-- BMX Turbo

Age-- Nearly as old as Zippy

Years of riding-- 1 year

Weight-- Captain Klingon has informed us that he has lost 3 stone so must be about 25 stone

You make up your own mind

Before After

Looks the same to me

Fascinating Facts--Captain Klingon was a sniper in the SAS (True) He had to retire because it kept interfering with his army waiters job.As you can see from the pictures he likes scooters but he thinks there a bit slow. Goes out on the Blackcurrant with Bungle and puts his arms around him like a girl. Bungle says he is glad of Klingons fat belly or he would be poking him from behind.(man love)

Only kidding

Good luck with the testssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Hboss said if you want a new bike he can finance it with some incredible mates rates or bungle could sell you a XJ600 bit by bit.Remember the Blackbirds in your garage now so you could sneak it out and Bungle would never know.

Oh nearly forgot bungle said him and zippy will take it in turns to take you on the back of there bikes through the summer.

Zippy's 25th bash

A big 'ouch! my piles' shake of the hand this goes to Zipster and Mrs. Zipster.
It was 25 years ago this week that they tied the proverbial, so we organised a little bash.



and the poor lad got a teeny bit drunk



Loadsa respect for that dude

Congratulations Zippy

Keep banging that rivet



Bungle

First Ride of 2009

Some fairly mild days of late, so a decision was bravely reached to have a sunday run out.
The usual 5 reprobates were in attendance, myself, Zippy, K.G, Grifter and H-Boss.
A meeting at Squires was the order of the day, followed by a really enjoyable blast up to Helmsley, once there a cafe was raided and we all enjoyed a coffee and a nibble while we discussed our impending trip to Germany in may.
Next it was on to Thirsk, before splitting up and buggering off home (me and Zipster swapped bikes for the run home, as you do)
All in all a cracking start to the year, a nice steady 180 miles (an hour) to blow the cobwebs out, although i'm not sure how many miles K.G clocked up, he lives in far off foreign lands you see, well, Sheffield.


Bungle

Bikes And Birds

Hey Guys,

Been doing some research lately, it would seem that bikes attract birds, and i don't mean the feathered type.

So, i got to thinking i wonder what girls would be attracted to OUR bikes.

Here are the results of my findings


Honda blackbird




Suzuki Bandit




Honda VFR 800



So, there we go, happy days.

Bikes do attract birds.

Time to get out there and start pulling, or in the case of Zippy, pushing








bungle