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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 11:33 pm |
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"what were you doing on your knees with a cow?"
That's no way to talk about Mrs. Lucky Dave! 
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 12:03 am |
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joanna-m-c wrote: 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!
Sounds like the makings of an up coming show. "Honest love, There wasn't anything going between me and that cow. And anyway, she doesn't mean anything to me at all."
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| ... must get back to thread or we will have to rename it 'your first ton up on two knees'?
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 11:17 am |
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850norton wrote: joanna-m-c wrote: 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!
Sounds like the makings of an up coming show. "Honest love, There wasn't anything going between me and that cow. And anyway, she doesn't mean anything to me at all."
I've heard say that wearing wellington boots helps in this respect with regard to sheep but I've no idea what one would wear with regard to a cow. How the cow came to be inside is another matter that poses questions. I'm not sure I want to find out either.
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 05:21 pm |
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| It was 3 months after getting my bike license. It was a summer night in 1998, around 11:00pm. I was heading downhill on an empty 4 lane highway so I twisted the throttle on my 1998 HD 883 SPortster. I just managed to nudge 160 kmph on the speedo. IF I actually hit the ton is anybody's guess. I knew right then and there I needed a more powerful, proper motorcycle.
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 10:42 pm |
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First was on the A4 near Reading on a mates bike, can't even remember what bike it was.
Most memorable was hitting 140 on my ZX6R on an empty Mountain mile, Isle of Man. I then decided to stick a piccie of my kids under my screen to stop me doing stuff like that again...
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 10:52 pm |
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integer wrote: Most memorable
now that'd be when my 14 went off the sodding clock & was still pulling slightly up the A1M  oddly enough since i took the screen off it stops with about 2mph left on the clock & feels almost normal since ive done it a few times.
i think it'd still go off the clock if i got flat on the tank but i honestly cant be arsed too, if i wanted to ride laying down i'd have got a spurtsbike.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11th, 2008 09:31 pm |
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First was on a Royal Enfield 700cc Conny back in the early 60's not sure of the year as it was so long ago, but I do remember it was coming down Black Rock towards Abergavenny, on the then new Heads of the valley road, no big deal in those days on that road as you could get a 350 Trumpy to over a ton on that section of road, but it was still the Ton Up club 
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Posted: Sat Oct 11th, 2008 09:56 pm |
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integer wrote:
Most memorable was hitting 140 on my ZX6R on an empty Mountain mile, Isle of Man. I then decided to stick a piccie of my kids under my screen to stop me doing stuff like that again...
Now that sounds FUN, would love to take a powerfull bike (say around the 170bhp mark) Around the Isle of Man, And see what REAL speed is.
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Posted: Sun Oct 12th, 2008 07:40 am |
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MOST MEMORABLE:
ZZR1100D3 with ZXR 750 carb tops are good for 207mph. I figured that would make a good photo from the riders perspective so tried it. Got to 186mph on the clock before accepting that taking a hand off to unzip and reach into my pocket for the camera phone was NEVER going to happen!
I know it was stupid, and I know it should have occured to me before hand. But I was excited and thought it was possible. 186mph feels extremely rapid even in a very soundproofed helmet.
Those GP boys must have stones like pomegranites!
I've had cars hit the 155mph limiter and it is not even a buzz. Bikes are where its at.
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Posted: Sun Oct 12th, 2008 10:18 am |
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LozExpat wrote: MOST MEMORABLE:
ZZR1100D3 with ZXR 750 carb tops are good for 207mph. I figured that would make a good photo from the riders perspective so tried it. Got to 186mph on the clock before accepting that taking a hand off to unzip and reach into my pocket for the camera phone was NEVER going to happen!
I know it was stupid, and I know it should have occured to me before hand. But I was excited and thought it was possible. 186mph feels extremely rapid even in a very soundproofed helmet.
Those GP boys must have stones like pomegranites!
I've had cars hit the 155mph limiter and it is not even a buzz. Bikes are where its at.
Posting finger still trembling with excitement?
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Posted: Sun Oct 12th, 2008 09:41 pm |
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LozExpat wrote: MOST MEMORABLE:
ZZR1100D3 with ZXR 750 carb tops are good for 207mph. I figured that would make a good photo from the riders perspective so tried it. Got to 186mph on the clock before accepting that taking a hand off to unzip and reach into my pocket for the camera phone was NEVER going to happen!
I know it was stupid, and I know it should have occured to me before hand. But I was excited and thought it was possible. 186mph feels extremely rapid even in a very soundproofed helmet.
Those GP boys must have stones like pomegranites!
I've had cars hit the 155mph limiter and it is not even a buzz. Bikes are where its at.
I've had cars hit the 155mph limiter on the autobahn too - not unexciting but not a patch on the 140mph I clocked on an FZR many years ago - not even close in fact.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 03:21 pm |
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LozExpat wrote: MOST MEMORABLE:
ZZR1100D3 with ZXR 750 carb tops are good for 207mph. I figured that would make a good photo from the riders perspective so tried it. Got to 186mph on the clock before accepting that taking a hand off to unzip and reach into my pocket for the camera phone was NEVER going to happen!
I know it was stupid, and I know it should have occured to me before hand. But I was excited and thought it was possible. 186mph feels extremely rapid even in a very soundproofed helmet.
Those GP boys must have stones like pomegranites!
I've had cars hit the 155mph limiter and it is not even a buzz. Bikes are where its at.
Christ Most memorable.....that was three times as memorable as just memorable....two postings and its quite memorable
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 05:14 pm |
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Pooh wrote:
Christ Most memorable.....that was three times as memorable as just memorable....two postings and its quite memorable
What you talkin' about, Willis?!!?!
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 09:15 pm |
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LozExpat wrote: Pooh wrote:
Christ Most memorable.....that was three times as memorable as just memorable....two postings and its quite memorable
What you talkin' about, Willis?!!?!
Cheeky git with a "Delete Post-it" button
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Posted: Thu Oct 16th, 2008 09:15 am |
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Well I hit my first confirmed (on a bike with a speedo) tonne on Tuesday. I had a Bonnie for a couple of days to write about it. I got on an empty stretch of a private road near me and gave it a good twist. I even ducked down onto the tank for a little extra boost.
I thought it would be a good bike for a first tonne because felt like I was going fast, unlike modern bikes which get their too easily. It made me realise that my helmet is far too noisy though, and after that I stuck to the A and B roads and wore ear plugs.
Last edited on Wed Oct 22nd, 2008 12:56 pm by samuelp
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Posted: Thu Oct 16th, 2008 05:06 pm |
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| Samuel Peeps hits the Ton astride his Bonnie.... I can see the headlines now...
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Posted: Thu Oct 16th, 2008 10:09 pm |
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samuelp wrote: Well I hit my first confirmed (on a bike with a speedo) tonne on Tuesday. I had a Bonnie for a couple of days to write about it. I got on an empty stretch of motorway and gave it a good twist. I even ducked down onto the tank for a little extra boost.
I thought it would be a good bike for a first tonne because felt like I was going fast, unlike modern bikes which get their too easily. It made me realise that my helmet is far too noisy though, and after that I stuck to the A and B roads and wore ear plugs.
You should wear ear plugs at speeds over 60mph if you're going for anything more than a few minutes. no matter what helmet you've got.
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Posted: Thu Oct 16th, 2008 10:17 pm |
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| My first ton was on my mates moto guzzi le mans on the coast road leading from Newcastle to (surprise surprise) the coast ,got to 105 that was in 1980 when I was 17
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Posted: Fri Oct 17th, 2008 08:54 am |
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ScotDuke wrote: samuelp wrote: Well I hit my first confirmed (on a bike with a speedo) tonne on Tuesday. I had a Bonnie for a couple of days to write about it. I got on an empty stretch of motorway and gave it a good twist. I even ducked down onto the tank for a little extra boost.
I thought it would be a good bike for a first tonne because felt like I was going fast, unlike modern bikes which get their too easily. It made me realise that my helmet is far too noisy though, and after that I stuck to the A and B roads and wore ear plugs.
You should wear ear plugs at speeds over 60mph if you're going for anything more than a few minutes. no matter what helmet you've got.
So are all helmets just as bad?
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