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Breakdown or being a hooligan
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Just caught up with a roadblock I reckon.
Yup.
It never fails to amaze me how two people can crash into each other on a straight bit of road.
Still, one advantage of a bike is you can get to the front.
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Arrived home yesterday to my 2 and a half year old son (And wife, he wasn't in the street alone
) waiting up the street and he wanted to race to the drive, made my heart swell then parked his little bike up on mine. 
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My Wife snapped a photo of my Daughter waiting for me to get home, from a days riding last year - just her standing in the opening of the garage looking out onto the driveway; gets me in the feels every time. I hope to never have an occasion when she's waiting like that, and I don't return.
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Little lunchtime hoon, to test the 15t front sprocket, and make sure I bolted everything back on
Sadly the garage didn't do anything with the tyre, too busy by the looks of it, so it is still dropping about 5psi over night - will keep topping it off, and will have to find somewhere else to take it I guess.
The new gearing is lovely - it was never going to be i4 smooth around walking/jogging pace, and I've had Ducatis before, so I half knew what to expect; but losing a tooth has made it feel that little more smoother around town. Had quite an aggressive wheelie cut though, so I'll have to get used to that
Sadly the garage didn't do anything with the tyre, too busy by the looks of it, so it is still dropping about 5psi over night - will keep topping it off, and will have to find somewhere else to take it I guess.
The new gearing is lovely - it was never going to be i4 smooth around walking/jogging pace, and I've had Ducatis before, so I half knew what to expect; but losing a tooth has made it feel that little more smoother around town. Had quite an aggressive wheelie cut though, so I'll have to get used to that
Took a ride up to Finchingfield with a mate (seriously good riding roads from Ipswich, and the most photographed village in England).
Not that many bikers around this time for some reason (probably fathers day) but it's usually packed with bikes.
It's a bit posh, so we fitted right in with the culinary delights of cheesy chips and a can of coke
I really can't think of a better day out than hooning around country lanes with a mate in the sunshine, having something to eat and putting the world to rights, then having a leisurely ride home.
Nice.
Not that many bikers around this time for some reason (probably fathers day) but it's usually packed with bikes.
It's a bit posh, so we fitted right in with the culinary delights of cheesy chips and a can of coke
I really can't think of a better day out than hooning around country lanes with a mate in the sunshine, having something to eat and putting the world to rights, then having a leisurely ride home.
Nice.
Soldato
Had a nice hoo through some local B roads, only out for a couple of hours, but decided to go sans navigation and just ride roads that looked interesting - a couple were the gravel/grass in the middle type, but a great way to take in some new lanes.
Bike is feeling perfect with the 15 tooth front in now, and I must have hit the chain tension sweet spot, and the shifter was slick and faultless hurrah! Next job, is to get the pogos set up properly for my dodgy roads - waiting to hear back with booking times.
Bike is feeling perfect with the 15 tooth front in now, and I must have hit the chain tension sweet spot, and the shifter was slick and faultless hurrah! Next job, is to get the pogos set up properly for my dodgy roads - waiting to hear back with booking times.
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Bikerpics we're out on Saturday, 50% of the money going to the Dorset Air ambulance, as a biker sadly died on that road in June. They're on to an earner though - £12.50 a snap!
New bike day. Nothing special, just the 2011 Tiger 800 I mentioned a couple of weeks ago to get back on two wheels. Not keen on the headlight protector and top box but very useful to carry all the paperwork home and both obviously come off.
EDIT: Now taken the top box off. Much better.
EDIT: Now taken the top box off. Much better.
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Rubbish, new bike day is always special
Kyla says it's lovely too. Now we just need to rope in @bloodiedathame and go for a ride, see if you guys can keep up with my monster