Raptor Chapter

Hi All! Sorry that I've not posted recently but I have been riding my Red Beastie-sickle. Just got back from my final blast of 2014 - a quick 100 mile jaunt round the Yorkshire Dales on mainly wet and mucky roads. http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/Orbriel/End2014copy.jpg This is before I got st...

My Perfect Cousin is definitely a great track. Never was impressed even a little bit by Sham 69 and when I saw Jimmy Pursey live in the mid-80s he just looked like Leslie Crowther. Which wouldn't have been too bad if he'd appeared with Peter Glaze. The Skids were ok and Into The Valley was very ok i...

Sorry I didn't add to the turnout but was on my hols. Will try harder next year!

Welcome Red.

Red.

I have a mate - even older than I am - who rides his bike everywhere he goes and has never had a car licence. Definitely a proper biker. Except he doesn't ride as far as me, or as fast. He definitely looks the part and I deliberately don't. Bikers are very annoying people in many cases. Have you not...

Hope you're ok Dizz. It's a real bummer when you come off. Maybe it's a bit better when you come off and you can see what's to blame. The last 'off' that I had, I couldn't see why it had happened and only had myself to blame. It does leave you full of doubt :( And it hurts! Hope you and the bike are...

Where abouts in CA are you? I live in Southern California, in a small town called Victorville. If you've seen the Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, you've seen my street. When he's in the first race still in the U.S. against the kid with the sport car (Porsche, I believe?), they go through a littl...

Well I didn't just quite do this today, but I got my bike Mot'd and taxed on Monday. Not had chance to take it out for a good ride yet, but did have a quick scoot around after work yesterday. Engine is running a bit kak but still feels absolutely glorious. Looking forward to notching up a few more m...

When were you up there Dizz? I was up there on Sunday 22nd at around 11.00 am-ish. It rained all the way to Middleton and they had just re-surfaced the road, so wasn't my best ever ride there.

Like the Orange. Saw a Buell painted that colour at the Lincs do a few years ago and thought it looked tasty. Wondered what the Rap would like like in the same paint. Now I know.

The green is bold.

Work and hot weather certainly make you thirsty! I'll have several pints of chilled lager please. Reckon I'll be spending a lot more time in the bar over the next couple of weeks. Thousands of cyclists are due to descend on my 'playground' as the Tour De France kicks off. Everywhere you go round her...

Many happy re runs Weirdo.

One of these days you'll be as old as me at this rate!

Aaaarggghhh!!! Tried watching it, but after about only a minute, they used the term 'Sport bike'. I hate that expression. Then they followed with a statement about bikes being for the 'street' or for the track. I don't ride on the 'street', I ride on the road!!! Sorry, but I really hate this creepin...

I started mine up for the first time this year. Fired up like a good'un, first touch of the button. :thumbsup: Well not quite. The first few touches of the button resulted in nothing at all. Hmmm, have I forgotten to do something? Oh yeah, you need to pull in the clutch lever or nothing happens. :doh:

Bloomin' eck, I keep on seeing them everywhere!! :shock: I saw one in my home town of Barnoldswick on Sunday. Think it was a 650. It was red and was following three other bikes which looked Triumph Adventure / Yamaha Tenere-ish. I was negotiating a roundabout so didn't have the luxury of being able ...