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Ok, so heading down to Bridgend Thunder Road to test a GSXR750. Another Orger will be testing a Honda NAKED. And a virgin will also be there to pick up their first 125 scooter. So in the spirit of "cancelling whatever boring crap you're doing and get riding", I'm suggesting Saturday might be a good day for a meet up/Rideout.
The Bike Camera will be out to film the Gixxer and the NAKED. You can immortalise your demon (i.e. bike) and skills on film (so to speak) or we can just head out for a nice little ride whilst the weather is good.
As for routes, the "The Secret Road" may again feature if time allows. Otherwise, there's a load of places to head in that neck of the woods. I'll be heading down to TR for 9ish. If anyone's interested or if more organisation is needed then PM etc etc
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Grant66
10-08-12, 11:34 AM
Interested, will pm later. Anyone else from Bristol playing out tomorrow?
bikeramy
11-08-12, 06:12 PM
One word 'zombies' ... That is all :)
Grant66
11-08-12, 07:04 PM
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx352/LuvH8/Scared%20Of%20That/smiley_2005_zombie_opt1616161616162-1.gif
Be prepared.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o263/badge315/Guns%20-%20Shooting/zombies.gif
Oh Lord ... right, Org Poll!!!
squirrel_hunter
11-08-12, 09:03 PM
Just spotted this. Couldn't have made it today as I was cutting the wrong wire on the brakes to my mates BMW, but am free for a while tomorrow if anyone else is around?
Haha, the "wrong wire"? I hope it didn't turn into a "Zombie Beemer" or anything (i.e. See Zombie Apocalypse poll in IB). Actually, I reckon you should make a decent route involving some of roads we did last time and see if we can plan a date where we can get a few people involved.
Saw several SV's out today, maybe they're not on here but if they are then there's more than enough for a decent rideout. As for tomoz, it might rain. But if not and others are interested, I'll be tempted. Was quite good today also.
squirrel_hunter
11-08-12, 09:21 PM
Yeah I'm not sure about the weather, I've heard funny things there. If I don't I will be in the garage fitting a steering damper.
Grant66
12-08-12, 10:29 AM
What about next Saturday? Plan ahead etc.
squirrel_hunter
12-08-12, 11:24 AM
Next Saturday sounds possible...
Grant66
14-08-12, 07:25 PM
The forecast is looking OK for Saturday.
Who wants to play out?
As a start I've done 3 different routes, all starting at the services near Chepstow (easy to get to from Cardiff or Bristol), 10:30?
Route 1:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/Gajjii/Route1.png
Route 2:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/Gajjii/Route2.png
Route 3:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/Gajjii/Route3.jpg
I'm favouring route 2. Open to suggestions for better routes (secret road).
Cymraeg_Atodeg
16-08-12, 11:30 PM
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=A466+to:Park+Rd%2FA40+to:A40+to:A470+to:A472 +to:51.678496,-2.875946+to:A48+to:M48&hl=en&ll=51.744038,-2.941589&spn=0.439606,1.333466&sll=51.611195,-2.614403&sspn=0.110225,0.333366&geocode=Fd5lEwMddgzY_w%3BFbZ-FgMdU7XW_w%3BFVzHFgMdn_LR_w%3BFYyeGAMdZPjL_w%3BFeg oFAMdHGfN_w%3BFUzJFAMdwOHR_w%3BFSCNFAMd1h3U_yk5Qxv I8cJxSDElB5f0ZOmX-Q%3BFdKUEwMdSr7U_w%3BFQZhEwMd1gvY_w&mra=mi&mrsp=8&sz=12&via=6&t=m&z=10
Slightly more expansive and "fun" route
squirrel_hunter
17-08-12, 01:08 PM
Is this happening? If so I'm in. Just need confirmation of start point and time (the later the better please)...
Grant66
17-08-12, 02:14 PM
I'm liking Cymraeg's route. Should we do that?
Was thinking about 10:30 at the Texaco garage near the M48 (chepstow) exit. Up the A466, right at roundabout. 100 yrs-ish on right.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/Gajjii/Where.png
I'll PM others who have expressed an interest.
Cymraeg_Atodeg
17-08-12, 02:25 PM
Oh, I'm not gonna be there, I live in Gt Yarmouth, but, as I lived in that area for about 17 years thought I might suggest a better route.
If you do go, have fun, ride safe and don't fill up in that Texaco, one of the most expensive pretrol stations in the area!
TheOnlyNemesis
17-08-12, 02:48 PM
ME ME ME ME, i'm in.
Is 10:30am confirmed, can i get a knock on my door to wake me up Grant XD
P.S Can i call back marker, exhuast tends to be screamy and a lil petrolly in peoples faces, normally don't mind but not amongst friends.
pps. A friend of mine has said that a much better route would involved the B4235
squirrel_hunter
17-08-12, 05:06 PM
Yep I should be able to make that...
Grant66
17-08-12, 05:07 PM
OK route updated to include B4235
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=201464957052290864182.0004c778e64ceb89ae43f
Please let me know if it doesn't work.
I'll give you a knock at 10? or earlier.
Not had a response from the welsh element yet :rolleyes:
Edit: 10:30 seems to be a consensus :)
Cymraeg_Atodeg
17-08-12, 06:00 PM
I'd advice caution on taking the B4235, is a very nice road, but, loads of farms around there and blind corners with mad locals.
Also, very narrow in places. So, if you are gonna do the road do it sensibly as it in dangerous without being a nutter on it as well.
Hey, Stu, you don't have any friends!
TheOnlyNemesis
17-08-12, 08:15 PM
I do too :-(
Like i said earlier, will sit out at 10 and when i see you turn out will hop in behind ya.
The Welsh Element is in! Sorry chaps, Its been one of those weeks. Glad its the weekend :) The weather says all should be fine by 10/11ish so looking good. So 10:30 by the Texaco. Got it. Any problems, I'm on 07728834669.
Oh and seeing as I'm up and can't sleep, has anyone (who is coming along tomorrow) got the tool to remove the OEM oil filter? Cheers fellas.
squirrel_hunter
18-08-12, 12:44 AM
You don't need 'the' tool exactly. There are a number of tools that you can use and a number of ways to do it. You can even do it by hand depending on how tight its become. Car types I have found are too big, a strap or chain type usually works best. Failing that the screw driver method can be of use. Remind me tomorrow and I'll explain better.
Cheers mate. Much appreciated.
squirrel_hunter
18-08-12, 05:39 PM
I'm hot and tired. Success.
Some very nice new roads (and one road I don't fancy doing again any time soon). VB could you pop some details of the Gun Range road up please? Nice to see a new face, shame about the other faces though. Looking forward to the video...
Same time next week?
Cymraeg_Atodeg
18-08-12, 05:42 PM
I'm hot and tired. Success.
Some very nice new roads (and one road I don't fancy doing again any time soon). VB could you pop some details of the Gun Range road up please? Nice to see a new face, shame about the other faces though. Looking forward to the video...
Same time next week?
Which road didn't you like?
squirrel_hunter
18-08-12, 05:59 PM
Which road didn't you like?
I think it was the B4233. Didn't help it was wet and I had a square front tyre, but there was so much gravel and mud on there it was like riding off road at some points. You ought to have seen TON's face when he looked at his bike covered in mud at Aber...
Grant66
18-08-12, 07:04 PM
Tired too. bike now in bits. I seem to have located the problem, but for the life of me I can't understand how it worked earlier (I'll start a thread in "tweaking").
Nice to meet some new people & looking forward to doing it again. Not next Saturday though, Carfest apparently, the weekend after I've got kids to look after :( After that is good though :p
Agree about the B4233, not going down there again. Shame you didn't manage to bag that squirrel :)
Cymraeg_Atodeg
18-08-12, 07:09 PM
Why the hell did you go on the B4233!? Man men, the lot of you!
Yeah, Stu likes his bike clean. I am more for riding than cleaning, ha ha
Grant66
18-08-12, 07:48 PM
Why the hell did you go on the B4233!?
It looked wiggly on the map. :)
TheOnlyNemesis
18-08-12, 08:45 PM
Can't wait for the vid, not seen me riding
Cymraeg_Atodeg
18-08-12, 09:01 PM
It looked wiggly on the map. :)
Funnily enough the A4233 is wiggly too, but, don't go down this bit either http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=A4233&daddr=Monk+St%2FA4233&hl=en&sll=51.7098,-3.411255&sspn=0.054993,0.166683&geocode=FVqUEwMdcPbL_w%3BFSQPFQMd2GbL_w&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=13&t=m&z=13
Can't wait for the vid, not seen me riding
I have, you're not missing anything
Great ride chaps! Genuinely meant because its great to get out & its always tricky to get the right circumstances and the right company to have an enjoyable ride. Stu, nice to meet you & very nice bike. Sorry to hear about the bike Grant and interested to see what was causing the problem. VB get on here and start planning some routes with more of those cracking mountain roads. That mountain top vista was quite a picture.
Definitely up for more of that chaps. If ever I have a free Saturday or Sunday I'm there so just let me know. Will try and get some vids up but no promises (as editing is bloody boring!!!!!). Have a great Sunday y'all.
Oh, one more thing. Would love to go on a ride with sane people who don't believe in Zombies. If anyone's out there .... ;)
Grant66
19-08-12, 10:48 PM
Sorry to hear about the bike Grant and interested to see what was causing the problem.Seems to have been that earth cable. See "tweaking" section :smt115.
cracking mountain roadsWas that the secret road? I forgot to switch me tracker on so still don't know where it was. :confused:
editing is bloody boring!!!!!What do you use for editing? Premiere? I'm still editing a holiday video from 4 years ago :)
don't believe in ZombiesYou may just be a victim of the first wave. So sad. Although you no doubt get a great video of them as the munch on your legs. :D
valleyboy
20-08-12, 09:55 PM
I'm hot and tired. Success.
Some very nice new roads (and one road I don't fancy doing again any time soon). VB could you pop some details of the Gun Range road up please? Nice to see a new face, shame about the other faces though. Looking forward to the video...
Same time next week?
The road in question is off the B4520. From Brecon you go towards Upper / Lower Chappel, just after Upper Chappel you have a turn off.. this is the B4519 and is the road through the Epynt firing range... if the red flags are up, DO NOT GO OFF THE MAIN ROAD if the signs have a warning notice next to them... bad things will happen! ;)
On this roads, most of the buildings you pass have been converted in to bunk houses for the MOD... may look like a pub / house on the outside but you will se a sign on a few of them saying it's MOD property...
Spotted the fake German Village on google earth too... sadly all the roads next to it are out of bounds, but you can get nearish enough to see it, just not allowed in it...
Awesome lets do that again!
You may just be a victim of the first wave. So sad. Although you no doubt get a great video of them as the munch on your legs.
Lol, its more likely I'll die of boredom trying to edit down these vids!
Reviewed all the footage yesterday & managed to edit to 20mins of highlights. You wouldn't believe how bad the weather/roads/traffic looks on Camera. Funny how the mind plays tricks. I think listening to music definitely keeps the boredom away.
Anyway, got to the last vid - as I editing them all in one go - and the software crashed! I was livid grrrrrrr. It had gone midnight and no matter what I tried I couldn't unfreeze it. So back to the raw footage and will have to leave it for a couple of days :( Will post here as soon as fininshed.
TheOnlyNemesis
21-08-12, 03:45 PM
It just occured to me, Squirrel_Hunter ran over the Squirrel on purpos,e he was hunting.
squirrel_hunter
21-08-12, 06:00 PM
It was the car in front that hit it. The squirrel came spinning out from underneath.
I swerved once, I swerved twice, I swerved a third time.
Yet I still managed to miss the little bugger...
TheOnlyNemesis
21-08-12, 10:24 PM
Bad luck of the footage, 20 mins of highlights sounds cool though.
squirrel_hunter
22-08-12, 08:16 PM
Well I've just stuck a new front tyre on it so hopefully that will allow me to turn in and give me a bit of confidence in the front end again. So I took it out for a quick test and to get some petrol.
Unfortunately by the time I was ready to leave the petrol station I had run out of electricity. New reg rec is needed.
Should be fixed in time for another lap at the weekend though...
TheOnlyNemesis
22-08-12, 08:24 PM
I cant make this weekend, mum is visiting, you want a free reg rec steve?
squirrel_hunter
22-08-12, 08:41 PM
I thought Grant needed one?
TheOnlyNemesis
22-08-12, 09:19 PM
His earth wire fixed his so didn't need it so if you want to come steal it sometime, it's all your's
squirrel_hunter
22-08-12, 10:03 PM
Keep a hold of it for the moment. I have one on my coffee table. I also have one on the engine bench. I think at least one of these should work, but can't remember which bikes they came from. The one on the bench might be the suspect one, or that might be the one on the bike, or that may be a new broken one. I can't remember which one is the suspect one that kept blowing the main fuse, but I would have thought I would have chucked it. Unless I suspected something else and kept it on the side but forgot to throw it. But I do remember throwing the relay at a similar time. However that one on the side could be from SH1 but I thought I already have used that one and that one broke or was never right. But the one on the bench is on some packaging, and if I was sent it I would have used it. It doesn't make sense that I have unwrapped but not used it, unless I used it and put the old suspect one down on top of it to keep it safe. Why I would do that with a suspected broken one I don't know. Its a rich tapestry that I weave.
However, your Mum is visiting you say...
TheOnlyNemesis
23-08-12, 06:54 AM
That is a brilliant post and i actually managed to follow it, and yeah. She wanted to come last sat and i said nope, going out so am letting her visit this weekend.
squirrel_hunter
23-08-12, 12:36 PM
Well at the moment I'm free any day to go out on the bike.
Keep a hold of it for the moment. I have one on my coffee table. I also have one on the engine bench. I think at least one of these should work, but can't remember which bikes they came from. The one on the bench might be the suspect one, or that might be the one on the bike, or that may be a new broken one. I can't remember which one is the suspect one that kept blowing the main fuse, but I would have thought I would have chucked it. Unless I suspected something else and kept it on the side but forgot to throw it. But I do remember throwing the relay at a similar time. However that one on the side could be from SH1 but I thought I already have used that one and that one broke or was never right. But the one on the bench is on some packaging, and if I was sent it I would have used it. It doesn't make sense that I have unwrapped but not used it, unless I used it and put the old suspect one down on top of it to keep it safe. Why I would do that with a suspected broken one I don't know. Its a rich tapestry that I weave.
However, your Mum is visiting you say...
Lmao, you definitely need a secretary ... or an ASMIO robot. Maybe Stu can sort that out for you ... ahem ;)
TheOnlyNemesis
23-08-12, 11:15 PM
What about this sunday, current weather forecast states sunny all day?
squirrel_hunter
23-08-12, 11:58 PM
Sure.
Chaps I'm up for Sunday if the weather holds. Looking good at the moment and hopefully we'll have some dry roads. Good opportunity to get your cam out Stu.
TheOnlyNemesis
25-08-12, 07:03 PM
Not got a mount for the helmet yet.
squirrel_hunter
25-08-12, 10:13 PM
I won't be there tomorrow need to do bike related movements in the garage...
TheOnlyNemesis
25-08-12, 10:18 PM
I've been forbidden to go as i went last week, it is her turn apparently
Cymraeg_Atodeg
25-08-12, 10:21 PM
*whip-crack*
Shocking gentlemen! And the weather was great. So what did I do? Sweet FA!
Actually that's not true. Its felt like bloody ages but this is what I've finally put together in 'Homage' of the Zombie Killers ;)
Ghalhli_krA
I'm working on the other one from a couple of weeks ago. I've got a theme .. I'll see how it turns out. Might get it done by tomorrow. Enjoy!
TheOnlyNemesis
02-09-12, 10:08 PM
i started editing mine and got confused, sony vegas is nuts.
Never used Sony Vegas before. Let me know what its like when you get to grips with it. The worst thing about using Windows Movie Maker is it simply cant handle all of what you want it to do. It has all the tools (cutting, add music, add text, transition, etc etc) but when you put everything together it just crashes. So I took extra care to back up everything this time.
Its not the best vid and I wanted to make a few changes, maybe get the clips in sync to the music but after 5hrs I felt I was pushing my luck with this program and just decided to get it out. I might actually spend some money to get a decent editor if I ever decide to take this video thing more seriously )or maybe just turn my Mac on every once in a while).
bikeramy
05-09-12, 09:21 AM
I think you did a real good job, love it! And the zombie theme is epic :D
squirrel_hunter
08-09-12, 11:19 AM
Anyone playing out tomorrow?
Would love to but in Berlin. On another note, what's the best thing to get rust marks off the for sanctions where it sat in the lower clamps? Put 20w oil in & it seemed to make a difference, but still not sure if its too much. Outgoing fork oil was black, gunky and reaked. Is that right?
TheOnlyNemesis
08-09-12, 12:35 PM
am heading to wales today buy to see Tony rather than ride.
squirrel_hunter
08-09-12, 02:37 PM
Would love to but in Berlin.
Excuses, excuses.
On another note, what's the best thing to get rust marks off the for sanctions where it sat in the lower clamps? Put 20w oil in & it seemed to make a difference, but still not sure if its too much. Outgoing fork oil was black, gunky and reaked. Is that right?
Autosol, WD40, elbow grease. Autosol is a metal polish so is good for the tough bits, but most can be taken off with WD40 anyway. But if using Autosol make sure its all cleaned off with the WD40 as it is abrasive.
Top tip for refitting: wipe the inside of the yoke clamps with WD40. Not only does this clean out the surface rust that is on there but helps the stanchion slip back in easier.
20w will make a difference. I think its 10w standard with 15w being the traditional recommendation. Not sure how 20w will change the ride quality, it should be a lot stiffer but not sure if thats to much, out side of my knowledge. You running standard springs?
am heading to wales today buy to see Tony rather than ride.
And tomorrow?
_Stretchie_
09-09-12, 12:24 AM
Would love to but in Berlin.
As per your other thread, is he consenting?
valleyboy
09-09-12, 09:36 AM
You will notice squirrels forks on the ER6 are nice and shiny :p
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