Akras fitted to my Ducati SFV4S. The neighbours are going to love me! The dog is still shaking and I set a car alarm off across the street !!
Hi DCS900. Thanks for saying. The Indian Chief Dark Horse is a good looking bike and a dream to ride. This is the 2022 model and also the 100 year Anniversary model of the Chief motorcycle. The official launch in the UK will be March/April next year. The engine is a 116 or 1890cc. Agree on the pipes they are marmite, but sound great and are part of the 100 year Anniversary look. Always other designs around. Power and handling is very smooth.
ooooh. bad luck. but don't be downhearted, nov 11 isn't so far away. maybe it's a fair amount of time to practice up, at your leisure, and stun 'em with your bike control next time around?
Being honest about my low speed riding skills, I am not sure I’d want to do that test. I think I might put more than just my foot down, I think the bike and my arse would follow. Best of luck for the next go. Dunno why you can’t put your foot down - seems like they’re teaching you a trick and not practical riding skills as in everyday scenarios you have to be prepared to put ur foot down. Best to practice that manoeuvre than an unrealistic figure of eight manoeuvre (which I have never ever done).
#Beautiful, Is that a full system? I really fancy a street fighter, I may just have to test ride one, the only thing that puts me off is the lack of fuel range.
Hi no just the slip ons. However the only difference between the slip ons and the full system is the down pipes which you don’t see anyhow so “slip ons “ still take about 5 hours to fit! And they are 2- 3 grand cheaper! Yes fuel range isn’t great but I’m ready to stop after 100 miles these days anyhow! Go test ride one mate. The best bike I’ve ever ridden for speed and comfort
I need to stun them with my nerves control I think ; my instructor said he saw my whole posture stiffen when I was doing the paperwork check before the test. When I relax, I find the low speed riding flows naturally and don't have an issue (for my novice level of riding of course). As soon as my shoulders stiffen I end up fighting with the bike and it's difficult. I am going to get back on the 125 and practice but it holds so much less appeal now I know how riding a 650 feels .
I buffed up my '06 Explorer. Well, not today...yesterday. I LOVE this truck. I bought it used seven years ago. It's not mint, but it is in great shape. At sixteen years old it's not so shabby that I'm ashamed to be seen it it, but it's not so nice that I'm afraid to take it into the woods scouting fishing holes. I'm the third owner. It has 4WD and every bell and whistle that you could get in 2006. It has never given me a lick of trouble! I know...I shouldn't say things like that - tempting fate. The only bad thing about it is that it gets about 15 mpg, on a good day, downhill, with the wind behind it (a little 281 V8). You have to take out a second mortgage when you fill the tank. I don't do that much driving anyway. Up till a couple years ago when I retired I had a company car and now it's just a trip to Home Depot or Lowe's a couple times a week or pulling the boat trailer to a fishing hole.
I rented one (or two) of the SUV version(a) when visiting the US of A with clients. They are huge. The bonnet (hood) came up to my shoulders (ok, I am a bit short). Thankfully someone else paid for the fuel but even then it was irrelevant as driving the land equivalent of a super tanker on the highway was a bit fun… Getting in or out wasn’t a graceful movement - rather embarrassing as I could have done with a stool to stand on (a step and not a lump of faecal matter). Scrabbling ungainly into the cabin wasn’t my finest moment.
Being not of great vertical stature myself I agree - remember it well. Mind you, Mr V has a truck now and that requires an equally graceless technique from me.
My mother-in-law was also vertically challenged. She was 86 when she passed last year. When she was living with us Mrs. Fork Lock would usually take her to her appointments in her Hyundai Santa Fe. Occasionally, the transport duty fell to me and the Explorer. I had to keep this little collapsible stool (not flattened fecal matter) handy. Also, there's the gizmo seen in the door latch that is made to be used as an assist handle. There's a fixed handle on the passenger side A pillar too, which she never used. When I asked her why she didn't use the handle to hoist herself in she said she thought it was a phone! I guess it does resemble an old fashioned phone - somewhat...
Getting my mother-in-law out of the Explorer was much easier than getting her in. I would just unfasten her seat belt, reach over, fling open the passenger door and hook a hard left into my driveway. Kidding... She was a great old gal. I would constantly spoof her. She was a retired nurse, a strict Roman Catholic, so it was funny to hear her response when I would play her. I had a few days growth of beard going, just hadn't shaved. Mom: "Are you raising a beard?" Me: "Yes," The town council asked me to play Santa Claus in the Christmas Parade, so I'm letting it grow in." Mom: "Really?" That's wonderful!" Me: "No mom, playing with you again." Mom: "Fucker."
I appreciate inbuilt embarkation aides. Frankly though a carabiner and sturdy rope would have done me well.
I feel a lot like Edith Ann in her big rocking chair (from Saturday Night Live for you young ones out there) when I drive Mr. Sandi's pickup truck.
My Mum's 88 and quite bad on her pins so takes a bit of climbing in and out of the 4x4. Other than that she's doing OK, still likes a fag and a lager. On the non-Triumph front, took the Z out for a blast and popped into J&S for some new gloves while I was at it, first time it's turned a wheel in nearly 2 months. Much as I the Triuumph it's nice to get some serious grunt under your right wrist and watch things shrink in the mirrors!