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