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    Not all the fun

    Quote Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY
    say FF you guys missed the fun. A plastic rubbish sack flew down from a motorway bridge.blew up my screen and wrapped around my helmet. scarey for about 10 hours -or a microsecond


    We didn't miss all the fun, I liked the way you missed the 18tonne rubbish truck, on the wrong side of the road, on a blind cnr, I think I was doing 140, going into that cnr, so what were you doing when you first saw the truck, not a bad bit of rider skill there !

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    Mate Im really serious here. I was doing about the same speed-the whale was flying -I really haddn't seen the truck when I slowed down It was pretty spooky-- I was down to 80-100 when I actually saw the truck.
    That's why i was laughing at the gas station.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY
    Iwhen trav elling at 100km/h
    in rush hour traffic.
    This bit sounds as contradictory as "military intelligence"

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    it was rush hour. but the traffic haddnt hit stop point yet
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    Yes I had a lovely trip over the greenhithe bridge last night, in the rain and wind. mmm stupid visor. Gotta love wandering all over the road around roadworks.

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    woohoo ya got your bike back dude. All fixed and happy chappy
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    Yep, now if I can just get rid of work and the damn weather ill be able to ride the thing!

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    good news dude--so ull be in for a ride on saturday then??
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    Quote Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY
    good news dude--so ull be in for a ride on saturday then??
    Ill try to. Ill see if I can get out of the driveway without the missus noticing the L plate missing *cough*.

    Hmm the bike only goes about 150km between gas stops. Will that be a prob?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devil
    Ill try to. Ill see if I can get out of the driveway without the missus noticing the L plate missing *cough*.

    Hmm the bike only goes about 150km between gas stops. Will that be a prob?
    Whaat?!? 150km?
    Luxury; pure luxury, Mr Devil. The FahrtingSturm is lucky to get 120km before the RedLightOfDoom glares at me, 145km if I run it till it conks out completely. Not that I've ever tried that, of course.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by firestormer
    Whaat?!? 150km?
    Luxury; pure luxury, Mr Devil. The FahrtingSturm is lucky to get 120km before the RedLightOfDoom glares at me, 145km if I run it till it conks out completely. Not that I've ever tried that, of course.
    Haha excellent! well its actualyl 130km round town n stuff. Im guess 150ish on the open road. Depending on how many million rpm im doing

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    shit and i complain when the whale doesnt get 300km from a tank
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    Quote Originally Posted by firestormer
    150km? Luxury!
    An' ye tell tha' to th' young fellers these days - tha won't believe ye!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Devil
    Yes I had a lovely trip over the greenhithe bridge last night, in the rain and wind. mmm stupid visor. Gotta love wandering all over the road around roadworks.
    Greenhithe bridge, eh? Brave bustard you are. I went the whole bridge-averse hog and took SH28 home. Which wasn't really an improvement, I dunn think. I set a new personal record for slowest ever Coatesville-to-Riverhead time.

    Also I have decided, following said ride, that I need more headlight.

    And BLUUURRRRRGHHHHPHHHBBBBBTTTTTBTBTBTBTBT to all those cage drivers who couldn't be arsed turning down their high beams coming toward me. It's just *so* much fun pointing a bike into the blackness mid-corner at 100kph at hopefully the correct angle to the left of the blinding blob that has become the only distinguishable object in your field of vision. While catching fat gusts of wind at random intervals. On a damp road. On a bike that weighs the same as you do.
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    it just gives ya summat to aim for dude.
    It used to give me sooo much satisfaction when I had my old XJ750p on nights like that. -theyd pull the whole Hi beam bit so Id hit em with 2x 120w spotties and a 100w hi beam -ya gotta love police relays and heavy duty alternators
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