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I just got a reminder on my phone that I need to arrange an MOT for my bike. That led me to see how many miles I had covered since the last MOT.

Having not been on the bike since March I shouldn't have been surprised that the bike has only covered just over 600 miles since the end of September last year. I normally do well over 2k miles commuting alone. I started digging around some of my old runs I used to do with Dave and found a few where we did over 400 miles just in a single day!










Good times!

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).

know the feeling Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) only had one run to kyle of lochalsh, need to get out soon, got a message from Gary CBR1000 and he's looking for a good run sometime this month when he gets back from Nigeria if anyone fancies it

blueflame wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:32 pm know the feeling Big Kneed Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) only had one run to kyle of lochalsh, need to get out soon, got a message from Gary CBR1000 and he's looking for a good run sometime this month when he gets back from Nigeria if anyone fancies it

I noticed his post.

I downed tools at 4 o'clock this afternoon and managed a leasurly run on the bike to ease myself back in. As the last time I was on the bike was March the thermal liners were still in my gear so it was a bit toasty out there but it was good to be out again. Apart from walking the dogs I have bearly left the house since this Covid nighmare began so it was strange being outside for so long.

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).

Reduced annual millage was the reason I sold the bike. Working from home sounds great, but it also removes a reason to get on the bike.

I have done 5k miles in the Caterham in five years of ownership. Not big numbers, but probably more that I did on the bike.

Usage is right down for me also.. lucky If I have pulled 500 miles on the tard since last MOT.

Although I take it into work some days its only a 3 mile run.. I recently bought some Kreiga luggage to help persuad me to drop everything at a weekends notice and get the tent out and on a beach somewhere!

haiax0 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:56 pm Usage is right down for me also.. lucky If I have pulled 500 miles on the tard since last MOT.

Although I take it into work some days its only a 3 mile run.. I recently bought some Kreiga luggage to help persuad me to drop everything at a weekends notice and get the tent out and on a beach somewhere!

That was the sort of milage I did on my Monster when I had it. The sting in the tail with that was having to replace the timing belts every two years regardless of the milage.

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).

Bike is over 16k miles now, so its bedded in a bit and has had the dreaded Desmo service completed aleady.. The tard is only due to get the routine maintenance for the next 15k and that nothing that Myself or a local garage cant do thankfully.

Love the bike to bits, defo miss some organised runs / new directions to go.

Anyone brave enough to take two wheel out there today?

I only stuck my head out the door and it was a big nope from me.

Don't you need 2 wheels to achieve that?

one very wet weekend in April 2011

A soggy bird thwre

Look at that sexy Aprilia, with even sexier wheels :)

Zathos wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:27 pm Look at that sexy Aprilia, with even sexier wheels :)

Pish.

Akrapovic wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:53 pm

Zathos wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:27 pm Look at that sexy Aprilia, with even sexier wheels :)

Pish.

Yup it was pishing down, but dem wheels still looked good.

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