| Motorcycle owners here? 16:53 - Mar 16 with 4821 views | earlsgreenblue |
Don’t see much on here about bikes, it’s generally cars, but I wonder how many bikers we have on here? What have you got? Where do you go, How long have you been into 2 wheels?
I’ll start it off, BMW GS 310, up in the mountains here in Madeira & had my first bike ( Mobylete) 52 years ago cost my dad £10, had an assortment since, lots of off road, Mx,trials, grass track, now road only & much slower!
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| Motorcycle owners here? on 12:15 - Mar 20 with 413 views | TIB |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 11:38 - Mar 20 by bluelagos |
Would love to do London to Cape Town on 2 wheels, but can't see a route that is safe through Northern Africa. Either you go round West Africa (and face the borders - and I'd want to avoid Congo) - Center and have to cross the Saraha - or East and have to cross Sudan / Eithiopia / Northern Kenya - all which come with different levels of instability.
Once you get to Nairobi - piece of p*ss down to Cape Town but it's how to get there safely from Europe. |
Looking at a map, certainly is no stand out route in that northern region I’d feel totally safe going through. There’s quite a few places on earth that look incredible but come with hefty travel warnings...Tajikistan being one.
Going other way on map, I met a guy in Lapland a couple of years ago who had cycled Nice to Tromso, turned around and was cycling back. Same trip a guy went past me trying to set a record for cycling from most southern point of Europe to Nordkapp. [Post edited 20 Mar 2021 12:17]
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| Motorcycle owners here? on 12:16 - Mar 20 with 406 views | TIB |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 12:14 - Mar 20 by EdwardStone |
Wecome
I can thoroughly recommend them....I would be in India with them now if not for Covid
Let me know if you are thinking of going....a few of us do a group booking and so get a better price |
I imagine it won’t be for a year or so now. All hands on deck at Away Days but will be sending the link to my old man, something to pencil in maybe 2022/23. | |
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| Motorcycle owners here? on 12:17 - Mar 20 with 405 views | britbiker |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 10:17 - Mar 20 by bluelagos |
The whole Euan and Charlie thing has gone a bit mental, adventure bikes everywhere. Much like Range Rovers, 99% have clearly never seen a dirt track.
Done a bit of adventure touring (90% tarmac, max 10% dirt) in Namibia and Peru and the last thing you'd want is big heavy Africa Twin or a GS when you offorad. 300cc is plenty, nice and light and way better if/when you are off road. Am sure the larger bikes are capable off road - but they are way beyond the capability of 99.9% of us and drop one and you are fcked if on your own.
If you are touring in UK/Europe, Sports tourer all day imho. |
Agreed. Anything truly offroad needs minimum fuss with repairs as well.
I'm told my street scrambler is ok off road but I have no real need to use it that way. I ride a lot of country roads and most are covered in gravel and crap from tractors (bloody tractor boys). The old road bike would slide all over the place. Makes the buttocks clench somewhat. Also last year I had an old geezer in a landrover pull out half way across the lane before he even looked. Luckily I don't speed but had to swerve round him and ride up the ditch. I stalled the bike whilst the idiot shot off in shame.
At least my scrambler feels safer on the back roads and I can shoot off across the field in an emergency. |  | | |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 15:59 - Mar 20 with 379 views | bluelagos |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 12:14 - Mar 20 by EdwardStone |
Wecome
I can thoroughly recommend them....I would be in India with them now if not for Covid
Let me know if you are thinking of going....a few of us do a group booking and so get a better price |
Next time you have dates etc. PM me. Would be well up for a trip like that :-) |  |
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| Motorcycle owners here? on 17:11 - Mar 20 with 367 views | EdwardStone |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 15:59 - Mar 20 by bluelagos |
Next time you have dates etc. PM me. Would be well up for a trip like that :-) |
Will do
Usually Feb/March, so hopefully next year |  | | |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 18:11 - Mar 20 with 360 views | cooperd5 |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 00:29 - Mar 19 by britbiker |
Absolutely love bikes.
Started with a Honda xl 125 back in 1980. Lived in a village called Silver End which is between Witham and Braintree. In our teens there must of been more than twenty of us that would get together at weekends to play massive games of football and cricket.
To get around we started on bicycles. Rayleigh Chippers first then choppers then as we got a bit older racing bikes. The natural progression was rock music and motor cycles. Yamaha 50cc fizzys were a popular starter bike, then yamaha 250s with the coffin tanks, followed by the water cooled RD 250s with the tear drop tank. There were a few Kawasaki Ninjas also.
Most of us were Town fans and quite a few Leeds as well. But we would all get together on matchdays via a local coach firm to watch Ipswich.
We formed a gang called the Yogons, which was the name given to the feable/inferior yoghurts in the Prize Guys yoghurt TV adverts in the 1980s. The initiation to the gang was to do a handstand whilst the others poured cheap yoghurts over your head and face. No idea why but it was a strange village. I was initiated whilst attending the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donnington. From thereon I was allowed to have YOGON emblassoned on my crash helmet next to my Motorhead snaggletooth motif. My parents must of been so proud.
Once I passed my test I could ride bikes above 250 cc so I went for a Triumph 800 tiger mixed chopper which was nice but unreliable.
Been a bike fanatic ever since. Always Triumphs. Last bike was a 900 thunderbird, which ended up on stage for two theatre shows.
Current bike is a Triumph 900 street scrambler. Losely based on the famous Steve Mcqueen Great Escape film bike.
Use it to commute into work plus local rides. Just had heated grips added as I'm getting older and need the extra comforts now available. [Post edited 19 Mar 2021 0:46]
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Ah, RD yamahas... Used to race an RD400, super bikes, fast and yet still reliable, once sorted. Won 3 club Championships on that in early 90s.
Britbiker, I reckon I sold you your heated grips last summer, if you bought them s/h from a bloke in Stutton |  | | |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 19:43 - Mar 20 with 346 views | britbiker |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 18:11 - Mar 20 by cooperd5 |
Ah, RD yamahas... Used to race an RD400, super bikes, fast and yet still reliable, once sorted. Won 3 club Championships on that in early 90s.
Britbiker, I reckon I sold you your heated grips last summer, if you bought them s/h from a bloke in Stutton |
I got the grips from/fitted by a London franchise. The Triumph dealer rang me off chance whilst I was in the back of an ambulance with an expected heart attack. (turned out my heart is in great conditon but my lungs are dodgy and had infected my heart). I answered the phone thinking it was my employers. I urchased the bike itself whilst | | | |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 19:50 - Mar 20 with 346 views | britbiker |
| Motorcycle owners here? on 18:11 - Mar 20 by cooperd5 |
Ah, RD yamahas... Used to race an RD400, super bikes, fast and yet still reliable, once sorted. Won 3 club Championships on that in early 90s.
Britbiker, I reckon I sold you your heated grips last summer, if you bought them s/h from a bloke in Stutton |
I got the grips from/fitted by a London franchise. The Triumph dealer rang me off chance whilst I was in the back of an ambulance with an suspectedheart attack. (turned out my heart is in great condition but my lungs are dodgy and had infected my heart). I answered the phone thinking it was my employer. I told the salesman that I was in the ambulance as he could hear the siren
He said he would call back another time but I concluded the bike purchase as I thought the wife would stop me buying it if I had a dicky ticker.
Although I loved the look of the british bikes they couldnt match the Japs at that time for reliability and speed. Those RD's were good. The new breed of brit bikes are so much better now. [Post edited 20 Mar 2021 19:53]
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