Went for a ride ...;)

Mate came round, just chewing the fat and chatting and he suggested we
'do a crossie' (Long story) and have a ride out to Cadwell, then the
coast and back home. Said it'd be hard as I don't have a roadbike
anymore, so he lent me one oh his .. He has two R1's, one's a trackday
bike, and a couple of CBR 600RR's, again one a trackbike, so I went on
the CBR.

OK, not the fastest bike around or the nimblest, but the first bike
over 500cc I've been on for a while.

What a blast!! Beautiful day, not too much traffic other than in
Gainsbrough for road works, and loads of other bikes out. Great roads,
did it all in about 4 hours. Not hooning too much as I'm well rusty,
but still managed to scare mtself shitless at least once.

Great ride, just thought I'd mention it ...

Jeez but I'm missing having a decent roadbike more and more ..

 

I'm hearing a few bikes going down the A27 at the moment, lucky bar
stewards.

My wheels are still in bits, rebuilding the engine[1].. waiting on main
bearings / seals. Can't wait to go for a blast[2].

I'm hoping to pop along to OSM this year on it... if it gets that far.

[1] Piston, long stroke crank, mains, seals, lightened flywheel.
[2] For twist and go values of blast[3].
[3] I can't do clutches.

 

You can borrow mine whenever you like. It just sits on the patio while
I'm out burning up the olive groves on the pushbike.

 

Heheheh ... )