Anyone on here popping along next weekend? :m
I aim to be there doing a bit of 'shopping' on Saturday afternoon if anyone fancies a coffee? :thumbsup
http://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/product/show/id/18
Bought tickets weeks ago cuz first thing saturday is a bun fight :icon_biggrin: but a great day.
Quote from: Chris Canning on February 12, 2017, 01:43:17 PM
Bought tickets weeks ago cuz first thing saturday is a bun fight :icon_biggrin: but a great day.
Ahh, may see you then, was undecided on Sat or Sun, but looks like Sat then, never been to this one before so your giving it the thumbs up Chris?
Bought a ticket, so even if I wimp out and go in the Car I'll be there
In an ideal world you need to be over a certain age and been an off-roader its a grand social event for us where I meet guys who 40 years ago were certifiable and still are.
My VFR riding mate is a bit of a celeb at this do and I have learned to have nothing to do with him till coffee and cake time because he can't walk 5 yards without bumping into someone who wants to talk for half an hour and coming from me :icon_redface:
There is some road racing stuff but it does help if you know your Honda Red Rocket from you 465 Yamaha :icon_lol:
No point hiding the fact I know f... all about off-road stuff, funnily enough it was the pseudo off-road style bikes that I was often drawn to as a kid, Gilera , Suzi TS100, Yam DT175, but Richmond park was about as off-road as they got, and 40 years later not much has changed, apart from the fact I could pick the early bikes up :icon_lol:
More of an excuse to give the Tigger a run, weather permitting
Quote from: Chris Canning on February 12, 2017, 07:20:33 PM
There is some road racing stuff but it does help if you know your Honda Red Rocket from you 465 Yamaha :icon_lol:
Used to love my old YZ250 but you couldn't beat the thrill of riding (hanging onto) the Maico 440! :icon_mrgreen: :wheel
Wish I still had them now! :icon_sad:
Weather is looking, ok, so Tigger gets a blast to Telford, see you tomorrow
Even I got out today real Lithium weather :icon_lol:
Saw an XR in Banbury today and thought of you Chris. Have you modded the headlight, like most stuff these days just one lamp on dip
Quote from: Chris Canning on February 17, 2017, 07:13:53 PM
Even I got out today real Lithium weather :icon_lol:
I keep mine indoors now as an emergency jump-starter :icon_biggrin:
Quote from: Timbox2 on February 17, 2017, 08:58:01 PM
I keep mine indoors now as an emergency jump-starter :icon_biggrin:
Recommend you don't use it for jump starting or jump start one with a traditional battery. The cell internal resistances are different and it's really easy to screw up your expensive LIFPO :grnb
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on February 17, 2017, 10:53:37 PM
Recommend you don't use it for jump starting or jump start one with a traditional battery. The cell internal resistances are different and it's really easy to screw up your expensive LIFPO :grnb
That was more of a joke really, its currently (see what I did there), acting as a book end :icon_biggrin:
:icon_eek: useful info though, I reckon a lot of us didn't know that :thumbsup
Quote from: Timbox2 on February 17, 2017, 11:21:06 PM
That was more of a joke really, its currently
:cp gotme :*&*
Well, Chris was certainly right, thought there was weird stuff at Stafford. Interesting though, Ive taken loads of pics but will have to go through them before I select the best.
Colder than I thought on the way up via Motorway, went back the pretty route via Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Leominster etc, much nicer if a bit longer, bike running like an English Watch, not Swiss you understand, its a Triumph afterall :icon_lol:
One funny hic-cup, I'll post about in Girly section.
Quote from: John Stenhouse on February 17, 2017, 07:28:04 PM
Saw an XR in Banbury today and thought of you Chris. Have you modded the headlight, like most stuff these days just one lamp on dip
It's a bit of a drama to convert too two with the canbus system so it's a no :icon_biggrin:
A grand social day alround :icon_lol:
Only a few pics from the show, I didn't take many as I was too busy drooling over the ironwork! :icon_razz:
https://1drv.ms/a/s!ArlX01XTCm6AgvIVnL_sd1i0ycc3Zg
I stayed there until around 13:00 (most of the time spent having a catchup with my old mate Andy on the Acorns stand) and I saw Timbox's Lucifer 955i parked by the security gate along with a black 955i (anyone on here? :^_^) as I left for home. (Sorry I didn't get to say hi to you guys!)
Great venue for those who enjoy (or used to enjoy) getting dirty from time to time & like a bit of nostalgia. But also a reminder of all the bikes I should have held on to over the years! :icon_sad: But never mind eh, it was yet another chance to get out on the Xcx! :wheel :icon_biggrin:
Must have just missed you, think I went about 1.30/2 , and I saw your 800 on the way in. Im having issues with photobucket at present so cant get my pics hosted
I only took two photos rather ironic that I won't have anything but metric in the garage :icon_redface:
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h185/wing2541/2017-02-18%2013.53.56_zpswa37lwfj.jpg) (http://s64.photobucket.com/user/wing2541/media/2017-02-18%2013.53.56_zpswa37lwfj.jpg.html)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h185/wing2541/2017-02-18%2013.53.52_zpsk4nnrgvo.jpg) (http://s64.photobucket.com/user/wing2541/media/2017-02-18%2013.53.52_zpsk4nnrgvo.jpg.html)
Just found this no wonder I always hated them :icon_biggrin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7z7unzhC5o
And why I go to see old friends from the days when I could run 10 miles in just over 70 minutes :icon_eek: and get in the top 100 at the Weston Beach race got to be 35 years ago :icon_sad:
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h185/wing2541/2015-03-02%2010.50.59_zpsolxjlbbe.jpg) (http://s64.photobucket.com/user/wing2541/media/2015-03-02%2010.50.59_zpsolxjlbbe.jpg.html)
Trade mark Canning Tash showing through, excellent mate
Thought Id try and be a bit creative after Ivor's One Drive special, just dont ask me what most of them are :icon_lol:
http://s55.photobucket.com/user/cockneytaff/2017%20Telford%20Dirt%20Bike%20show/story