Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-06 23:53:41
Martin 1300cc Superstar
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Right here we go ...
Think back to a momment in your life that involved bikes ...
Something kinda personal that means something to you ...
(obviously i wouldnt expect anything you would want to share with others)
It doesnt have to be extreme or beating Mr Jones next doors 0-25mph kinda stuff
Just meaningful things that in reality we can all kinda relate to because weve all experienced simply riding bikes ...
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-06 23:59:51
Martin 1300cc Superstar
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I'll start with a really insignificant one ...
but i can still remember it ... 30 years on !!!
Me and my mate were out on our mopeds somewhere in East Kent
(yeah u guessed it an FS1-E & AP50)
towards us came a Suzuki GT750 going some over a rise in the road ...
Front wheel off the deck ... KIN ELLLLLLLLL ! i thought !!!! to say the least!
next junction ... to my mate "Did you see that !!!" ... "kin ell" or words to that effect!
I can seriously still remember this as if it was yesterday tho !
(the Kettle was blue by the way lol)
Im getting old arnt i ??? roflmfao!
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Martin :o)
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-07 00:07:51
Martin 1300cc Superstar
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Oh and another which kinda made me post this ...
again from the summer of '77 ... yep same mate same two peds ....
a stretch of country road between my house and his ...
bimbling along (thats flat out basically!)
And singing at the top of both of our voices "Do Anything You Wanna Do"
(only significant thing 'Eddie & the Hot Rods' achieved Single wise!!!)
Now that was indeed a moment !!! that had two wheels involved!
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Martin :o)
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-07 15:12:52
adz 1300cc Superstar
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The summer of 1988 i was riding my RD 350 YPVS with my girlfriend (now my wife) from our house near Glasgow to Nairn up by Inverness, on the way past a wooded area i noticed one of the fence posts was taller than the others, suddenly an eagle of some description opened its wings and flew from the fence post across the road just a few yards in front of us, Big fright and big joy at the same time.
The trip there and back wad better than the holiday itself !!
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Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-07 15:12:52
adz 1300cc Superstar
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The summer of 1988 i was riding my RD 350 YPVS with my girlfriend (now my wife) from our house near Glasgow to Nairn up by Inverness, on the way past a wooded area i noticed one of the fence posts was taller than the others, suddenly an eagle of some description opened its wings and flew from the fence post across the road just a few yards in front of us, Big fright and big joy at the same time.
The trip there and back was better than the holiday itself !!
Another time was just a few years back, my first trip to Applecross, the last leg of the journey takes you 2,500ft over a mountain, nothing quite like inhaling cloud to let you know your alive !!
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Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-07 17:06:26
ohsomadeddie 1300cc Superstar
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snapping the throttle cable on my ducati monster and riding it to the garage holding the bars in one hand and pulling a pair of pliers as a throttle.
another time was riding 2s up on me 350 power valve back down from bike show in brum playin keep up with me dad on his kwak z 1100
the rd ran out of puff at ton10ish and me dad lust left me b*d
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(BUT NOT IN THAT ORDER)
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-07 17:28:52
the_ox 1300cc Superstar
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Getting my GSX750 in 1981 and discovering a lot of England on it.Loads of roads, loads of people met.
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, beer in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-07 21:03:10
rsvar7 1300cc Superstar
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1983 think it was doing my test in the snow....i remember doin an emergency stop ....flew for ages the instructor looked round laughed n ticked the box he said we shouldnt be out here laughed again and passed test i thought cool i can ride in snow.................others wer early 90 s few of us on bonnies ridin thru wales comin out on hill overlookin dolgoloo resvoir ...just sat chilled all day in the sun enjoying it
another was 1982 fittin my first micron and filters to my gleamin fs1 oooooooooo was i gonna have big balls
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grab em by the danglies..and lets go for it...ding dong
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-07 21:13:45
yellowmanhu 750cc Boy Racer
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Passing my m/bike test on 8th Feb 1972-I was 17-work it out-The testing guy couldnt(for young peeps here-you couldnt ride a m/bike until you were 17-sooo when/how did I learn? He he he)
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Life is like a box of chocolates
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-08 07:45:59
flyin2wheeler 1100cc Pro Racer
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Passing my test in 2001 was the greatest ever.
Examiner told me I had passed.I already had a bike bought(vt250f),went direct after test,got insurance and tax and spent from 11am that morning until 10pm out on the vt,lol.
Also,getting my first big bike(cbx750) and still have it.Seen a lot off N Ireland on this bike.
Worst memory,having an R driver pull out in front off me,at 70mph,on a mobile, on a dual carriage way.To avoid collision,had to pass them on the hard shoulder(thats how the bike lined up after a bit off hard braking) and subsequently,I swiped their door mirror off with my fist on the way past them......Moron!
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-08 10:07:47
kuchenhilfen 1000cc Pro Racer
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Summer '88. riding my superdream down the coast road in the evening past all the holiday camps watching all the lasses going for their night out. ditch the bike at my pals house, go and get drunk, walk home past the camps when all the lasses are trotting back to their caravans. Get up in the morning and go and fetch my bike. Spend the day arsing around ( I was a student on summer break) then start all over again in the evening. Spent pretty much every night doing that for the whole summer.
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27 yards of dental floss and she still won't give me a smile...
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-08 17:15:38
yellowmanhu 750cc Boy Racer
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1997-peak of my biking life. When I went to Lagunas in Maidstone,Kent to collect my new(and hidiously expensive) Ducati 748sps after 2 years saving and a pension. Peoples faces said it all(lucky lucky ***FILTERED WORD*** )-even non-biking peeps looked and knew it was a bit special-And when it was started up--Oh those race bore Carbon Termis!!!! And the first stop to fill it up and a rather nice young lady asked if i could take her for a ride(pity she didnt see it wos a single seater) I named it thereafter-The Minge-Magnet it always was
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Life is like a box of chocolates
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-08 23:16:06
Ducatibird 1300cc Superstar
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Being nodded at that very first time while riding my l learner DR125 (1983)
the day you know ur a real biker
Also taking my gs550 to pieces, polishing her every night to bring out the cases and putting her back together, riding that bike for the first time and thinking ' ***FILTERED WORD*** e this is fast' crying at having to sell her as i was skint (still got the pic though)
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Wasn't me honest I never did it
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-09 16:26:52
Wildchild 1000cc Pro Racer
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Spring of '97, coming back from a 1,600 mi. trip (two up at that time). Mountains of West Virginia, (USA). Huge storm came up. You could see the lightening over the top of the mountains on one side of the highway and yet the sound from the thunder seemed to echo from the other side of the mountain highway. That REO Speedwagon song, "Riding the storm out" kept running through my mind. The rain eventually became blinding and we ended up spending over an hour at a rest stop, drying out under the hair dryers. To this day I think of that trip every time I hear that song.
This was a good idea, Martin. Enjoy reading all of everyone's experiences. Thanks for posting it!
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Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-09 20:52:40
kuchenhilfen 1000cc Pro Racer
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Ok. Mid 80s. I was still in school and had a Honda CB125 twin, dead quick for the time. I had a garage right where the main bus stop was for all the shoolkids to get home. One day I came roaring up the road thinking I was King ***FILTERED WORD*** e and pulled up outside my garage while there was a huge crowd at the bus stop. I went to put my right foot down but the kickstart lever had somehow got stuck up the leg of me jeans. I tried to get my foot down but the bike was still running causing the kickstart to engage and the bike went 'RATATATATA' causing about 100 schoolkids to turn around just as I lost my balance and landed on my arse with my leg under the bike. I felt a proper ***FILTERED WORD*** .
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27 yards of dental floss and she still won't give me a smile...
Personal Bike Moments ... - Posted on 2008-01-09 22:45:50
the_ox 1300cc Superstar
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Okies 1981 CB400dx Xmas day and a m8 rings me up and says take me to see my brother please.
We are in London his brother is locked away in a prison on the coast of Norfolk.
We went with a a large bag of goodies to take to "mac" rode thru rain hail sleet snow and then it started all over again. Stopped off to have ablutions and found no bog roll, had to use our balaclavas. Got to the prison and then I found out m8 had no visiting order or anything and its not allowed xmas day anyway.So handed bag to warders and went back to experience the same.
We later found out my m8, his bro got one can of coke out of the case, one slice of cake and thats it.
Hey we made the effort, never forget that day froze my nuts off to ensure a m8 got a smile on his face.
PS, he was nicked for theft. 18 yrs olds do silly things. (not bike theft)
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