Been Very Naughty, It Was The Free Coffee Honest

[fixitsan]

Well, I didn't get as far as a dealers, but I did bid £730 on this, and  it sold for £731.....

It wouldn't have been good for my back anyway...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133810166466

[agrantg]

Well, I didn't get as far as a dealers, but I did bid £730 on this, and  it sold for £731.....

It wouldn't have been good for my back anyway...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133810166466

I had the 750 and I sold it for that self same reason. It was great fun, but it took a couple of minutes to straighten up when I got off.

[dablik]

I had the 750 and I sold it for that self same reason. It was great fun, but it took a couple of minutes to straighten up when I got off.

 

Was that the Black one Ali, you rode down sarf on the ride out...

[curlylegend]

Yeah, he left me for dust when I was on my mk1, but my rear tyre lasts a lot longer than his.

 

How about the Guzzi V85TT Chris ?  bit loike a TDM with shaft drive.  Not sure what Euro compliant level it is though and it seems more cities are introducing limits on non compliant vehicles.

 That's easy, just skip the cities.....  

Unless you actually like riding in city traffic ?

[Studley Ramrod]

That would be my choice all day Curly, I not a fan of city traffic.  I only mentioned it as Chris commutes to work so he might need to consider Euro compliance.

[Matlock]

  I only mentioned it as Chris commutes to work so he might need to consider Euro compliance.

Hopefully not for much longer Studders - I work from home full time these days, there may be the odd trip into the office when Covid has been beaten by Boris, but retirement is only 18 months away (not that I'm counting down to the big day or anything  ) 

[agrantg]

 

Was that the Black one Ali, you rode down sarf on the ride out...

Yes. This is it at the 2012 East Anglia G2G.

[dablik]

Yep thas the one, cracking ride out  :good:

 

Edit..... and cold cold nights 

This post was last modified: 19-07-2021, 11:32 AM by dablik.

[leehenty]

Matlock, you won't get all this free time they promised you. It's taken up with other stuff.

[Matlock]

Matlock, you won't get all this free time they promised you. It's taken up with other stuff.

That's the idea - fill my day with stuff I want to do, not stuff my boss wants me to do :-)

[ChrisG]

That's the idea - fill my day with stuff I want to do, not stuff my boss wants me to do :-)

 

Have you told Lesley this yet? 

[Matlock]

 

Have you told Lesley this yet? 

Obviously I'll still have to what that boss tells me to do  :rotflmmfao:

[leehenty]

You will get a massive honey do list on day 1

Of course there is the new bike retirement present to yourself to consider. Take your time choosing.

This post was last modified: 20-07-2021, 05:37 PM by leehenty.

[agrantg]

Yep thas the one, cracking ride out  :good:

 

Edit..... and cold cold nights 

Yep. ChrisR has point black refused to camp ever since.

[dablik]

Yep. ChrisR has point black refused to camp ever since.

 

Yea he's turned wuss since then 

[Studley Ramrod]

Didn't he camp at the Wales G2G in Leominster ?

[dablik]

No he stayed close in a B/B or Hotel with Cats and Frank i think, he wont remember he was royally pissed 

[Studley Ramrod]

[leehenty]

No he stayed close in a B/B or Hotel with Cats and Frank i think, he wont remember he was royally pissed 

🤣

[hallrob1]

Went to Peterborough BMW to scrub in the new tyres and drink their free coffee and look at bikes.

Whilst there, I somehow got talked into a test ride of a S1000XR as I was impressed with the fancy curved radiator.



The salesman said TDM's were well out of date, Sir needed something more modern to be "on trend" and at the pinnacle of motorcycle development.



 

 

I had a similar experience when I accompanied my neighbour to a BMW dealer for his test ride on a S1000XR - I've never tried a boxer engine before so was persuaded to try one of the roadster versions, the R1250R, to see what all the fuss is about. Luckily I was saved when they discovered my licence had expired although subsequent  googling whilst enjoying a couple of their free coffees identified that there had been an extension granted last year similar to one given to MOTs. I did show them the Govt webpage explaining that but the BMW computer still said no and it was probably for the best. 

 

Damn fine coffee though.

 

It was a 2019 model that he rode and it suffered badly from vibration through the bars which is supposedly common with them - he did say it was frighteningly fast though. He was close to buying it but they did a terrible sales job - said the vibes would be an easy for him to fix with new bar weights and not only wouldn't they do anything on the price they withdrew thier standard offer of free delivery even though we are within range. This is on a second hand bike up for £11.6k!