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Post by givusaclue on Oct 31, 2021 13:24:37 GMT 1
Watched a Henry Cole programme a few weeks back. He did a run down through Germany. The Castle route looked a good one Have you had enough energy to play with this bike at all Rhubarb?
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Post by Rhubarb on Oct 31, 2021 13:58:38 GMT 1
Watched a Henry Cole programme a few weeks back. He did a run down through Germany. The Castle route looked a good one Have you had enough energy to play with this bike at all Rhubarb? Unfortunately not, funnily enough I did go and give it the once over yesterday to make sure it was still nice and dry in the garage.. It's been parked in there for a year today! All of yours parked up for winter now?
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Post by chippie on Oct 31, 2021 15:11:13 GMT 1
Although I love bikes and bike related material on the tv, that Henry Cole is an a*se....and his mate Sam aint much better....that other guy that does the restoration shows Drew prickard pritchard...what a skank he is...saw him this morning buying up old stuff like lamps, paying a £100 to one geezer, intending to sell it on for triple that...!!!! What a capitalist!! or I'm just a boring git...
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Post by remmington on Oct 31, 2021 15:31:02 GMT 1
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Post by chippie on Oct 31, 2021 16:08:50 GMT 1
lol.... ah well he deserved it..
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Post by Joepublic on Oct 31, 2021 18:06:30 GMT 1
A couple of years later he got banned from the pub for being pissed and gobbing off about rugby causing a big fight. I qite like the childishness of Cole and co
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Post by spud on Oct 31, 2021 18:18:14 GMT 1
Although I love bikes and bike related material on the tv, that Henry Cole is an a*se....and his mate Sam aint much better....that other guy that does the restoration shows Drew prickard pritchard...what a skank he is...saw him this morning buying up old stuff like lamps, paying a £100 to one geezer, intending to sell it on for triple that...!!!! What a capitalist!! or I'm just a boring git... im with you on that im all for making money but you gotta be fair about it ive been offered these but fook me i cant get a price from the bloke hes bought em but wont put a price on them think hes just trying to ring every penny from them Attachment Deleted
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Post by givusaclue on Oct 31, 2021 20:47:18 GMT 1
Have you had enough energy to play with this bike at all Rhubarb? Unfortunately not, funnily enough I did go and give it the once over yesterday to make sure it was still nice and dry in the garage.. It's been parked in there for a year today! All of yours parked up for winter now? will keep 2 taxed as they're insured all year round, a 1988 vfr750fk painted in the US interceptor colours of that time that i went to spain on a couple of weeks ago for a rally & my 2015 triumph explorer 1200 may get the odd nice day, fingers crossed
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Post by Joepublic on Oct 31, 2021 21:35:00 GMT 1
Although I love bikes and bike related material on the tv, that Henry Cole is an a*se....and his mate Sam aint much better....that other guy that does the restoration shows Drew prickard pritchard...what a skank he is...saw him this morning buying up old stuff like lamps, paying a £100 to one geezer, intending to sell it on for triple that...!!!! What a capitalist!! or I'm just a boring git... im with you on that im all for making money but you gotta be fair about it ive been offered these but fook me i cant get a price from the bloke hes bought em but wont put a price on them think hes just trying to ring every penny from them View AttachmentThe sellers get what they want for them, the buyers just want to name drop Drew Pritchard. Most of us like to chase older items, chatting to the original owners and maybe learning new things from them? There's a house for sale near me, a new build, 5 beds etc £450K, they bought it unseen and moved from Spain and don't like it. With moving costs, stamp duty etc how much did it cost, do you think they've learned their lesson or is money no object?
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Post by Joepublic on Nov 3, 2021 11:33:37 GMT 1
Although I love bikes and bike related material on the tv, that Henry Cole is an a*se....and his mate Sam aint much better....that other guy that does the restoration shows Drew prickard pritchard...what a skank he is...saw him this morning buying up old stuff like lamps, paying a £100 to one geezer, intending to sell it on for triple that...!!!! What a capitalist!! or I'm just a boring git... You won’t like this pic of fb this morning They were pillaging the same site
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Post by Rhubarb on May 21, 2022 21:24:56 GMT 1
Dragged the old girl out of the inlaws lockup today..Not touched her since end of Nov 2020.
Fitted my charged battery, some new E5, as I'd drained her fully, float bowls and tank.
Two short burst on the starter and away she goes, and runs/rides like I was out on it last week.
So taken out for a run and to my new storage..Going to take the centre stand off and beef up the welds, aside from that book in for a MOT.
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Post by Noberator on May 21, 2022 22:57:16 GMT 1
Dragged the old girl out of the inlaws lockup today..Not touched her since end of Nov 2020. Fitted my charged battery, some new E5, as I'd drained her fully, float bowls and tank. Two short burst on the starter and away she goes, and runs/rides like I was out on it last week. So taken out for a run and to my new storage..Going to take the centre stand off and beef up the welds, aside from that book in for a MOT. Motorbikin.
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Post by Rhubarb on May 25, 2022 10:57:26 GMT 1
So after a fiddle with a brake light switch I took it for mot yesterday, riding through storms/hail/flash flooding. Passed with no advisories.
Going to tax it in a weeks time, in the meantime take a look at the charging system, fit a pair of new rocker gaskets (check valve clearances) and one float bowl gasket.
Over next winter I may strip the rear end out to get the swingarm powdercoated.
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Post by givusaclue on May 26, 2022 23:13:10 GMT 1
Moto bins & bmw motorworks are both very good to deal with, moto bins are about 10 miles from me
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Post by remmington on May 27, 2022 6:42:37 GMT 1
Moto bins & bmw motorworks are both very good to deal with, moto bins are about 10 miles from me Spalding?
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