Help for Heroes/Wootton Bassett event (and bike mini review chuckedin for good measure)

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Gyp, Mar 14, 2010.

  1. Gyp

    Gyp Guest

    I was visiting my father in Bassett today for lunch so we popped up to
    the High Street for a look see.

    Bearing in mind how many were there, the assembled riders seemed to be
    pretty ****-free, with only one or two thinking that banging it off the
    rev limiter past the war memorial was a clever thing to do.

    We [1] got caught up in the procession on the way back [2] and it was
    clapped and cheered by the crowd. After all, all we'd done was eat a
    Cornish Pasty and some rice pudding...

    As an aside, now I've got a few miles under my belt on the Busa and got
    beyond the "if I twist this, it goes warp speed and I get giggly" stage,
    I've relaxed a lot more and tried for smooth rather than giggly. It's
    utterly lovely; very easy to ride, very flexible and the suspension
    works nicely from 20mph up. And it's remarkably comfortable. Only oddity
    is that at "points" speeds [3] it gets a little tingly through the bars
    and my hands feel numb after an hour or so.


    [1] myself and Horse, on the Busa
    [2] it's the road back home
    [3] as opposed to the "straight to ban" or "straight to jail" speeds
     
    Gyp, Mar 14, 2010
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  2. Mick Whittingham, Mar 14, 2010
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  3. Gyp

    Salad Dodger Guest

    BBC, Telegraph and Guardian have pretty much the same sets of photos.
     
    Salad Dodger, Mar 14, 2010
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  4. Gyp

    Gyp Guest

    Gyp, Mar 14, 2010
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    Nige Guest

    Summat to do for folk with no lives i suppose, why o why do we feel the
    need?

    Another annoying thing, why the term 'bikers' fucking press. What's
    wrong with motorcyclists?
     
    Nige, Mar 14, 2010
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  6. Gyp

    ogden Guest

    <clicks Mick's link>

    Is there something you want to tell us, "Andy" ?
     
    ogden, Mar 15, 2010
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  7. Gyp

    'Hog Guest

    You should put that in your Sig really
     
    'Hog, Mar 15, 2010
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  8. Gyp

    Salad Dodger Guest

    Fourth picture, close up.
     
    Salad Dodger, Mar 15, 2010
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