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Ahhhh so nice to be out on this ride - Skippy, huge thanks for another Jennycliff run, some really lovely roads down to the café, AND you booked the sunshine too

Top marks to the two 125's we had along who did BRILLIANTLY - Louise, you are so ready for a big girls bike lovely, best of luck for your test x

Hillbilly, don't be scared to ask any questions about big bike purchase..there are loads of people on here with a huge resource of experience - make the most of them!

....and Superfly....no one said anything about CAMERAS??????? oh heck....

Hey billi, yeh might take a look at the tiverton ride next week.
It might take me an age to get there minnus the M5 though. I'll see how I'm set.

Cheers smiler, I've been filtering down my list of bikes for a while. In the end I'll probably just buy the first thing in good nick for the right price. But I'll post piccies as soon as I have a new bike to play with. Then we can chat about mods

hillbilly wrote:Hey billi, yeh might take a look at the tiverton ride next week.
It might take me an age to get there minnus the M5 though. I'll see how I'm set.

Cheers smiler, I've been filtering down my list of bikes for a while. In the end I'll probably just buy the first thing in good nick for the right price. But I'll post piccies as soon as I have a new bike to play with. Then we can chat about mods

A KTM 990 SMT is the perfect bike after a 125. 2010 black and white ones are best. I see there's one in the for sale section. Looks absolutely fantastic and absurdly cheap. Buy it quick would be my advise. Just sayin..

Many thanks to skip for a great ride out. Great weather, great brekkie , great company. Thanks to everyone for all your support with the less powerful bikes . As soon as I have some footage online I will post a link . Once again thanks skip .whens the next one ?

On another note, it was the first time I have been tail end Charlie so any feedback would be great. I think the intercoms made things easier, being able to let the lead know we were all through lights etc. I also thought the armbands worked well .

Gimlet wrote:

hillbilly wrote:Hey billi, yeh might take a look at the tiverton ride next week.
It might take me an age to get there minnus the M5 though. I'll see how I'm set.

Cheers smiler, I've been filtering down my list of bikes for a while. In the end I'll probably just buy the first thing in good nick for the right price. But I'll post piccies as soon as I have a new bike to play with. Then we can chat about mods

A KTM 990 SMT is the perfect bike after a 125. 2010 black and white ones are best. I see there's one in the for sale section. Looks absolutely fantastic and absurdly cheap. Buy it quick would be my advise. Just sayin..

Blatant plug, blatant plug

Hillbilly: My best and soundest advice would be to graduate to a horribly & monsterously powerful beast like that V-twin KTM in stages - fer instance, by buying a certain other V-twin wot is a nice and easy-going (but quick enough) comfy armchair by comparison - then I can buy that KTM and look after it for you for a few years until you're ready .
Result !

You couldn't swing your leg over that ktm Robbo, even if it is bionic.

billinom8s wrote:You couldn't swing your leg over that ktm Robbo, even if it is bionic.

You're right, they're high old bikes. I'd have to stand on your wallet to reach

Swinging a leg over a tall Austrian V twin is internationally recognised as the most effective form of physiotherapy for people recovering from a hip replacement. Many clinical experts doubt that it is possible for patients who do not own a KTM 990 SMT to recover fully from this procedure and they advise those entering the later stages of convalescence to buy one as soon as possible, with an NHS grant or a whip round form friends if necessary. Black and white 2010 models they say are best.

I have a few photos from Sunday but no way of knowing how to post them LOL so if i can e mail them to someone else who can let me know

Gimlet wrote:Swinging a leg over a tall Austrian V twin is internationally recognised as the most effective form of physiotherapy for people recovering from a hip replacement. Many clinical experts doubt that it is possible for patients who do not own a KTM 990 SMT to recover fully from this procedure and they advise those entering the later stages of convalescence to buy one as soon as possible, with an NHS grant or a whip round form friends if necessary. Black and white 2010 models they say are best.

you do realise that by advertising your smt to this degree on swb, that if you sell it we are fully entitled to a 10% advertising revenue from the sale.

Just thought you should know, it also goes up a further 1% for each and every thread you try and hijack

billinom8s wrote:cheers skippy, nice to come out on a bimble and not have to lead.

everything seemed to run well and the newbies were well taken care of, full marks everyone

nice route down and for my first trip to jennycliffe you even got the sun out to play.

thanks to all involved, sorry had to leave early.


whens the next one???

Possibly Oct 2nd............will confirm in a couple of days

muppets pics

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Is the link for my film