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My favourite bit is how you used the mini moto nose cone as a fly screen, and it looks really good to.

Big Little Dave wrote:My favourite bit is how you used the mini moto nose cone as a fly screen, and it looks really good to.

Cheers fella:)

My current road bikes...

The good, the bad and the panzer...

The good: KTM 990 Adventure, why “the good”...it does everything very well, very well, grin making, wheel spinning, twisty master, load carrying, grin making fun, and I love it !

The bad: Yamaha FZ1N, why "the bad"...why is a thousand cc four pot, naked, wheelie Monster of a high revving rice burning wheel spinning rocket ...bad...well it just is, and I love it !

The Panzer: Big Mans Wanger GS, why “the panzer”...it is basically old design (with some very ground breaking new design features), heavy, built like a tank in a country which is one of history’s biggest users of tanks, is dull...but... but it is so sensible and comfortable, don’t love it, but I do admire it.

Nice collection Dave! One day I hope to own 3 bikes. A tourer, my fighter and a track bike!

Dave wrote:My current road bikes...

The good, the bad and the panzer...

The good: KTM 990 Adventure, why “the good”...it does everything very well, very well, grin making, wheel spinning, twisty master, load carrying, grin making fun, and I love it !

The bad: Yamaha FZ1N, why "the bad"...why is a thousand cc four pot, naked, wheelie Monster of a high revving rice burning wheel spinning rocket ...bad...well it just is, and I love it !

The Panzer: Big Mans Wanger GS, why “the panzer”...it is basically old design (with some very ground breaking new design features), heavy, built like a tank in a country which is one of history’s biggest users of tanks, is dull...but... but it is so sensible and comfortable, don’t love it, but I do admire it.

Not that Im planning my next bike already but how does the KTM do two up with luggage compared to the GS?

aisgsimon wrote:

Dave wrote:My current road bikes...

The good, the bad and the panzer...

The good: KTM 990 Adventure, why “the good”...it does everything very well, very well, grin making, wheel spinning, twisty master, load carrying, grin making fun, and I love it !

The bad: Yamaha FZ1N, why "the bad"...why is a thousand cc four pot, naked, wheelie Monster of a high revving rice burning wheel spinning rocket ...bad...well it just is, and I love it !

The Panzer: Big Mans Wanger GS, why “the panzer”...it is basically old design (with some very ground breaking new design features), heavy, built like a tank in a country which is one of history’s biggest users of tanks, is dull...but... but it is so sensible and comfortable, don’t love it, but I do admire it.

Not that Im planning my next bike already but how does the KTM do two up with luggage compared to the GS?

I have the Gobi luggage.
Last year I had the panniers and top box packed, plus a kit bag with mats/sleeping bags strapped to the top box, along with my teenage son as pillion.

There is a slight decrease of acceleration , but still quicker off the mark than the GS with no luggage/pillion.

The KTM coped plugging thru 30cm plus of mud when exiting the Belladrum festival, but it was tricky.

As the rider, I prefer the control and response of the KTM, and I find it comfortable enough for all day riding.

My lad as a pillion, also prefers the KTM.

I would recommend the KTM for two up, for touring, for city 'filtering', for ripping up the twisties, and for shopping…I just take the panniers into the supermarket, fill them up, easy…if you do not take the panniers into the shop, there is a chance you can buy too much and not be able to pack it into the luggage.
The KTM..a proper multitool (and can make you ride like a tool as well…a tool with a huge grin on your face )

I would recommend the GS for sensible reasons…is softer, the seats are wider, it has a longer range, often owned by very sensible people (apart from numpties that get nicked for speeding…note:the GS is the only vehicle I have been nicked on for speeding ).

Now:

Dave wrote:Now:

Gazza wrote:

Dave wrote:Now:

I don't know what you are laughing at

I spent hours on Photoshop erasing the panzer

Did I miss a bit

Panzer? What Panzer?

I was laughing at your chicken strips.

Gazza wrote:
I was laughing at your chicken strips.

Why
What is wrong then them...they should be just like new

Just out of the bike shop after getting the front fork seals changed so is a bit dirty in this pic, had to put on the silly wing mirrors for a check in Spain, the originals are now back on!

A better pic

A baby bIade. Nice.

Welcome to the forum.

Now go and introduce yourself in the powder room.

toondoll wrote:A better pic

One of the nicest proportioned and styled bikes ever made. Wish I wasn't 6'1" tall!

Powder Room? I'm still finding my feet here

Aaahh I see now, doh!

Aye, well I guess, I'd better bother me Erse and post something here!

been registered on the forum for ages (though originally registered around the time when the group was first set up 10 years or so ago?)

Have been off the bikes a few years, but back on recently with a bandit 600...





Previously been on an NC30 and CBR6F-S(Rossi)

So em... Hi! :)

Hullo Dale, welcome in!

Hey pal welcome and I guess welcome back! Do you happen to cross mugiemoss in the mornings? I pass a bike like this every morning!

Feckdeamon wrote:Hullo Dale, welcome in!

Ah! I wondered if it was you! Couple of familiar faces from the scooby forums...

Nah, won't be me I'm afraid, I'm an offshore type, so I don't tend to be out in the morning if I can help it...



Oh, and cheers for the welcome!!!

Oh no thehomeless one is here

Homeless? nah, I'm not homeless, not now. I like this place!!!!

besides, I've been sheared... I don't even look like a hobo these days...

well... not so much...

Alright Folks, Im new to biking and recently passed a DAS course.

My current and first ride:



Danny