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Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 12:38 am |
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An X7 with an optomistic speedo on Swanscombe cutting A2 Northfleet, down hill of course......... 3 days later it spat a piston out, purely coincidental I reckon!!
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Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 02:17 am |
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First one,at seventeen on my KH250b3, had fitted expansion chambers, K&Ns ,Rickman 3/4 fairing,and a bigger front sprocket.I wanted to see what it would do.
~Scared me,but I loved it.
Last one,couple of weeks ago on my H2,although I am still running it in at the mo I decided to open it up on Christchurch bypass,it nearly tore out of my hands,and when I reached a ton I could hardly hold on anymore.
~Scared me,but I loved it.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 04:01 am |
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shakari wrote: About 1970/71 when I was 14 or 15 years old on the Sidcup bypass on the way to Brands Hatch on if I remember correctly, a RE Constellation.
Last time I did it was about an hour ago on the road between White River and Hazyview........... next time I do it will be in about 2 or 3 hours time when I go to White River for a haircut. 
Judging from what I saw the last time I was in the UK with the traffic and the rash of spped cameras etc I wouldn't have thought you'd get many chances to do it over there nowadays.
You just have to be careful where.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 04:03 am |
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Pict wrote: It was in the late eighties (88?) on Kawasaki Z500 about 4 minutes after buying it outside Barnton Hotel in Edinburgh, 4-1 alpha pipe, sawn off rear mudguard, completely shagged s/arm bushes (or bearings, can't remember), pitch dark, light drizzle, heading out the dualler towards the bridge.
Previous bike had been a C15/B40 hybrid so I was a bit wide eyed and frazzled by the time I got home.
First knee down, 1994, Monster 600, roundabout on the south side of Soutra.
Now if I could only remember what I came through here to do...
The Barnton Hotel!!!
I had a summer job washing dishes there when I was 17. The place is practically falling down now (no connection - I wasn't that bad at it) as it was bought by a developer who didn't get permission to tear it down.
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hunter
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Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 07:19 pm |
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Its evident from the posts in this thread that those who grew up with Jap bikes seem to have found riding upto the ton fairly easy, while those of us who are a little older and cut our teeth on brit bikes found it a lot harder. Given that the average magnetic speedo on brit bikes was wildly optermistic, its likely that a good few chaps who said they had topped the ton, had in fact been well short.
My first indicated ton was on the Norwich straight at Snetterton, riding a highly tuned 650SS. Chin on the tank, tucked in behind the fairing, wind whipping the white art silk scarf from around my chin.
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Hooli
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Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 07:35 pm |
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hunter wrote: Its evident from the posts in this thread that those who grew up with Jap bikes seem to have found riding upto the ton fairly easy, while those of us who are a little older and cut our teeth on brit bikes found it a lot harder.
having done it on both i'd have to totally agree with that. the earlier comparision in the thread stands pretty much. ton up on a brit is like ton & a half on a jap (which i might have hit on the way home to piss off an audi)
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 04:33 pm |
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1977 Thirsk bypass on a Wideline Triton (Bonnie engine). Awesome! much better than 180+ on my Kawa ZX12R in 2002.
Most memorable of all was a night in 1980 (June/July time) when I was chased southbound on the A1 from Ferrybridge by a Police Rover SD1 and he couldnt catch me (on a CB900FA). They Caught me as I got home and it was the same week Sheenie had been done £100 for doing a ton... I got £160 and it peed me off for speeds in excess of 100mph (135 to be honest).
Closely second most memorable was during the Manx GP week this year when my old 1950 ES2 went off the clock from the Creg down towards Brandish (90 max on speedo).
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 05:19 pm |
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First ton sometime in 1986 when I'd just turned 17 and done my test, took a mates RD400 for a blast. long straight between Fulourn and Balsham in south east Cambridgeshire.
Last Ton was this morning (like nearly every morning & Evening)going to work on Jezebel the (s)Trumpet
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Posted: Fri Sep 19th, 2008 05:38 pm |
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Took the ER-5 up to 120 on the clock Earlier, at the same place as I went on the 750.
(Sparked by this thread, I was curious as to what the Er could do)
It's a bloody odd bike though, the seating position is bolt upright, and you can't slide towards the back of the seat to get your head down on the tank and body as low as you can, as it has a stepped seat.
All good fun though.
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Posted: Sat Sep 20th, 2008 04:10 am |
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tried to crack the double ton on my ZZR ( modified ) only managed it on the dyno. at 186 (indicated) on the tarmac I was less confident in its and my ability to come through the experience without trauma. Looks easy on the vids, don't it? 
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Posted: Fri Sep 26th, 2008 08:21 am |
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ScotDuke wrote: Pict wrote: about 4 minutes after buying it outside Barnton Hotel in Edinburgh,
The Barnton Hotel!!!
I had a summer job washing dishes there when I was 17. The place is practically falling down now (no connection - I wasn't that bad at it) as it was bought by a developer who didn't get permission to tear it down.
Small world!!! 
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 04:32 pm |
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1980 on a CB550... I was a despatch rider with a terrible sense of direction and I had to get to Wantage pretty quick... had to make up lost time for getting lost in London so pegged it along the M4. I was doing 105 and then made the mistake of looking down and seeing how close the tarmac was!!! Still do it now when I get a chance... Maggot is a bit of a party pooper tho and doesnt like that game!!
Never put my knee on the tarmac tho... apart from when I came off, but I dont think that counts!
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 04:54 pm |
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Pict wrote: ScotDuke wrote: Pict wrote: about 4 minutes after buying it outside Barnton Hotel in Edinburgh,
The Barnton Hotel!!!
I had a summer job washing dishes there when I was 17. The place is practically falling down now (no connection - I wasn't that bad at it) as it was bought by a developer who didn't get permission to tear it down.
Small world!!!
It certainly is. I grew up about two miles from there and my parents still live in the same house.
It took me ages to remember my first ton It must be old age.
It was 1990 and I was on my Guzzi V50 Monza. I was going somewhere for work and finding a stright bit of road, decided to find out how quick the Guzzi went. It had plenty of puff up to the ton but at 110-115 on the clock, the bike decided there was nothing left. Reviews of the bike say it was good for 107mph which sounds about right.
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 06:25 pm |
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joanna-m-c wrote: Never put my knee on the tarmac tho... apart from when I came off, but I dont think that counts!
That's the only knee down biking activity I've experienced, my knee went down and stayed there (or bits of it anyway!!) - the further my knees are from contact with the ground the better, thank you!
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 07:34 pm |
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starfirebird wrote: joanna-m-c wrote: Never put my knee on the tarmac tho... apart from when I came off, but I dont think that counts!
That's the only knee down biking activity I've experienced, my knee went down and stayed there (or bits of it anyway!!) - the further my knees are from contact with the ground the better, thank you!
I once thought that I nearly put my knee on the road.... but when I mentioned it to the bloke on the bike behind he said that apparently I was miles away... It really felt close and I dont think that I would like to push it much further.... I dont mind being chicken!!!!
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 07:55 pm |
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Still to come and don't care if it don't either.
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Luckydave
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 09:19 pm |
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| Mate of mine was obsessed with getting his knee down and hanging off his bike,he cornered slower than if he hadn't bothered.Personaly it is not something I want to do believe it is something for the racetrack Mike Hailwood didn't bother getting his knee down and he weren't a bad racer was he?
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joanna-m-c
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 09:23 pm |
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| so... I am not the only one that prefers carpet burns on my knees to tarmac burns!
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 09:29 pm |
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| I've not had carpet burns for few years,not since the boys were babies,got laminated floors now but wife reckons we're too old for that sort of thing now.Once had grass burns on both knees and got cow poo on me knees same time then both knees became infected(don't ask how but a lot of alcohol was involved)
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joanna-m-c
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 09:32 pm |
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Luckydave wrote: I've not had carpet burns for few years,not since the boys were babies,got laminated floors now but wife reckons we're too old for that sort of thing now.Once had grass burns on both knees and got cow poo on me knees same time then both knees became infected(don't ask how but a lot of alcohol was involved)
2 things concern me slightly.... firstly, this thread is definitely on the loose, and secondly.... what were you doing on your knees with a cow? All sounds very Jerry Springer to me!
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