pics from today

[Quiff Wichard]

what a load of trouble..
my 1GB SD was corrupt... sowouldnt load.. so had to transfer 10 at a time to internal memory on my cam and then transfer to a 16mb card and upload..

but you are all worth it..!


so- went on a 300+ mile rideout- all around wales.. stoke to wrexham, llangollen, portmadog (wow there are some good roads) betsy coed and then somewhere else and somewhere else then home..

just loads of pics.. I make no excuses if you think they are boring.., tough ..



so .. here's me- see the lengths I go to to get you all a decent pic.


I die for my art.

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oops- and I was sober!!!

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do ya some bikes in a min..

[Quiff Wichard]

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[Richie]

Nice photos, but how can you claim them to be yours as your in em,

BTW, looks like the pies and late night have cought you up...;) :smt110

[weazelz]

is that trumpet really pink?!?

[Quiff Wichard]

rich .. I told u I had to be in the pics.. so some are with my camand some with one of the lads..
that jacket makes me look big!!.. but- yea I lost loads of weight over a couple of months- and put it back on with interest in a week !!..

but I am still sexy !. I assure ya









yea that Trumpet is pink! it is the one out of the film with Rowan Atkinson ... Jonny English and was ridden by natalie ummgggguulliaaghahahah

[Quiff Wichard]

A COMMON 750 GIXXER - eh Fizz?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog3001.jpg



THEN THIS WAS LOVEERRLYY .. nice ass ..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog3003.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog002.jpg

[kwak zzr]

nice pic's quiff!! i see you looking as happy as ever!!

[kwak zzr]

whats with the crane? karate kid?

[Quiff Wichard]

see Richie numbers-- I look lovverlly in this one!>>>>> (I DO - Kim said... )

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/Rideout10.jpg



and then THIS one is after my 2 burgers. > its a trick of the camera- I am in fact 28 waist- 'tis true

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/Rideout10-4.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog3002.jpg

[Quiff Wichard]

nice pic's quiff!! i see you looking as happy as ever!!

really??

u bein sarcastic young Darren>>



I arent too happy here..>dunno what was up.. was lookin at a scratch on someone elses bike..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/Rideout10-14.jpg




OOO look at that lovely blue SV .. >
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/Rideout10-8.jpg

and the crane from karate Kid was especialy for Falc and tara and Verna and Viney -- see I DO think of you- even if doin it makes me look fat..

but it was just a mad day- bit of sunshine madness mefinks.. >>>

>>> http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/Rideout10-24.jpg

[Quiff Wichard]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog2006.jpg

Craigs R6 - on a W plate.. tis nice.

[Quiff Wichard]

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[Alpinestarhero]

Great Pics!

Matt

[Quiff Wichard]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog3007.jpg



this was dinky tiny weeny itty bitty thing.. must feel like you have nothin underneath you at all ..gixxer thou spankin .. I am too fat for one.! it was said.!

IT REALLY REALLY REALLY WAS SMALL

[Quiff Wichard]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog4007.jpg

ABOVE- YUMMY YUM OR WHAT?

oh this is the cafe that sells organic burgers- MMMMM pricey but taste wow.!



nice SV - .... hee hee

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog3009.jpg





NOTE: - I got my sticker on my can properly- well the new one.(second one) .. just heated can up and hairdrier onthe glue on sticker.. and it STAYED on this time!!..

plus- R & G stickers are an interim til I think of somefinbetter..
and I am pending a seat cowl.. now kims not pillion any more.. so thats why the grab rail and pegs are off..

just need now.. high level can or harris hangar.. undertray and R's end.. raiser dog bones, carbon mirrors- carbon levers..

oh and I ran her on the highest setting on the rearshock today .. whoo hard ride..! down 2 notches at the last tea stop.

[Quiff Wichard]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog4009.jpg

werent many of us out today ... few had to go shopping with wives and g/f's

[Helga]

I hope you realise folk s - Dave nicked most of MY pics for this thread! Cheeky sod!

[Quiff Wichard]

and yep- that Trumpet really is PINK..
gets loads of looks and folk chatting..

sometimes I pretend to be gay and say its mine-- alarmingly the voice comes all too easy ..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/Rideout10-10.jpg

in fact it is Sharon's.. or PINK LADY as she is known.. serious - watch jonny english- its that bike.. ..... I saw a MAn on on eup the cat n fiddle a year ago.. honest.. still go tthe pic mefinks- wait on..

anyway this ones is Pinkies.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog007.jpg


aha- here it is- with a guy riding it- honest!..
so there are more than one -

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/catnfiddleapril06022.jpg

[Quiff Wichard]

I hope you realise folk s - Dave nicked most of MY pics for this thread! Cheeky sod!

err yeaaa- the ones with ME in.!! ...

[Helga]

OOO look at that lovely blue SV .. >
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/Rideout10-8.jpg



And that's an even nicer R6 me thinks!!! ;)

[Stingo]

Lovin' the pics Quiff...I'm sure I've seen a pink one of those round my way...will pay more attention next time...and you're always so damn enthusiastic...I love that!! :cheers: It makes it all fun.:smt026

[Quiff Wichard]

yea helga... a nice R6 with a wobble on it!

[Quiff Wichard]

Lovin' the pics Quiff...I'm sure I've seen a pink one of those round my way...will pay more attention next time...and you're always so damn enthusiastic...I love that!! :cheers: It makes it all fun.:smt026

sting- spend five mins with me mate-





I am a pain in the ****..:cyclopsani:

[Quiff Wichard]

point proven here Stingo-- ........ she begged me to do it!!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog3006.jpg

next time I shall wear my black jacket - makes me look slimmer.

[Quiff Wichard]

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[Helga]

point proven here Stingo-- ........ she begged me to do it!!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog3006.jpg

next time I shall wear my black jacket - makes me look slimmer.

Eughhh!!! i didnt even realise you were doin that until after the photo had been taken!!! :mad:

[Quiff Wichard]

sounded sooo sweeeeeeeett...!!

tres nice.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog5005.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog5006.jpg

Not one of ours-

was just in Portmadog - rider going to the bank.

[Richie]

Eughhh!!! i didnt even realise you were doin that until after the photo had been taken!!! :mad:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog3006.jpg

Helga , I didn't take you for a superhero... wearing your smalls ontop :smt026


Thankx Quiff for the photos, glad the weather stayed good for you and yes you look a lot thiner..... when the camera is far far away...

also lovibf that R6 photo with the lake in the background.

[Quiff Wichard]

this was a cute spot -

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog5008.jpg


Helgas wobbly R6

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog6007.jpg

[Helga]

ha ha bloody ha! yes - i've heard that joke before. I get fed up of wearing all black ok! All my warm gear is black - so i like to add a little colour! lOl:D

[Helga]

ha ha bloody ha! yes - i've heard that joke before. I get fed up of wearing all black ok! All my warm gear is black - so i like to add a little colour! lOl:D
and i had 5 layers on today!!!! Freezin!

[Quiff Wichard]

gettin all artistic

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[Quiff Wichard]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog6002.jpg


SHARPY on his cbr600F ... niiiicee




HAD LOADS MORE BUT AS I SAY MY SD CARD PLAYED UP AND ABOUT 20 WOUDNT LOAD..-


WHAT YOU SAY ??. GOOD?

[Quiff Wichard]

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BELOW: this was why I was lying on the ground at the beginning of this thread-

setting the timer so I could get in this ace piccy ..



if you look closely you can see- i didnt quite make it..

10 seconds to cross a road.. and didnt make it..


must be the weight .!
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[Law]

Nice pics!

I knew you couldn't keep your bike destickered. ;)

Still the R&G sticker is loverly.

[Quiff Wichard]

you think so Gary?

I am not too sure.

[Law]

you think so Gary?

I am not too sure.

Well, tbh the R&G logo is a great design but I wouldn't have it on my bike. ;)

Looking at your bike, I'm not thinking "OMG, why has he put that hideous sticker on his bike".

[Quiff Wichard]

JUST DIDNT LIKE THE SV650 LOGO-

thinking what to put on instead..looks to0 bare when its blank

2 mins and a hairdrier and it's off.. ..

[rictus01]

I would defend the "Nuclear red" triple, but how can I :smt102

"one for the Ladies" I think they call it.

Some nice pics there :cool:

Cheers Mark.

[Quiff Wichard]

cheers Mark ..

when I see your name on my thread- i always think.. oooopps.. whats he gonna say ..

[rictus01]

four and a half months of pain and "brain chemistry altering" drugs, it's sometimes a surprise to me ;)

Cheers Mark.

[Quiff Wichard]

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[Quiff Wichard]

This was funny


in a pet shop in Portmadog..

just pop yer hamster in the front.!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog5007.jpg

[Richie]

When I saw this photo I thought ... "Arrr Quiffs got a dirty stop on his bike then I scrolled down and the dirt mark stayed on my screen.:( " ;)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog5009.jpg

[Quiff Wichard]

ha ha

my bike aint vey dirter- EVER .. and it gets ridden..!

mind you it aint kwak standard.

[kwak zzr]

it always looks good to me mate!

[Luckypants]

Where's me pic of the Aberglaslyn Quiff? :confused:


Nice piccies though.....

[Quiff Wichard]

didnt know what it was or where it was.. ...

aber what??. we were in wales- even the signs for the toilet look like that word!


there was a cracking road though..

after Llangollen - over the bridge through town turn right and run all along the side of a lake on your left- about 10 miles.long- with a small petrol station on the right at the end (with a grumpy man in it) probably the A5- they are all the A5

then we turned right for portmadog.

you know it?? great description huh!?

it was one of the best roads I have ever ridden... with exception of some of the north meets south 06 .) but I rode this at my own speed and thoroughly enjoyed it.

tried to look on the map to name the road.. but I am crap



had some ace ninjas and gixxers and two black R1's but my camera played up.. shame

[kwak zzr]

did you go up the horseshoe while in Llangollen?

[Baph]

there was a cracking road though..

after Llangollen - over the bridge through town turn right and run all along the side of a lake on your left- about 10 miles.long- with a small petrol station on the right at the end (with a grumpy man in it) probably the A5- they are all the A5

then we turned right for portmadog.

you know it?? great description huh!?
So you took the A5 from Llangollen to Betws, then down the A470 to Ffestiniog, turning right on to the A487 into Porthmadog then? The town with the bridge/petrol station/grumpy man was Betws-y-coed, and yes, that was just before you turned off the A5.

I probably saw you lot at some point. I've spent all weekend teaching weekend warriors how to ride in that sort of area. Why? Well, because I could & because it's damn good fun to own someone riding a new (ish) ZX636 etc :D (I did also stop to help someone on a 2007 ZX636 though - his rearsets had worked loose & left him in 3rd gear)

If you saw a blue K6 with rider either wearing Blue/Black Dainese jacket or high-vis, with tank bag & possibly a rugsack bungeed to the pillion, that would be me :D

I'll keep a look out for the blue SV with blue light covers... swear I've seen that bike on the A5 before...

[Quiff Wichard]

last few..


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/100_1719.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/100_1720.jpg

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http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/100_1723.jpg



and finally a nakey SV- at the welsh organic stopp off place near Llangollen
was it you- ?. it was from D&K and there were too many bikers for me to shout up who's is it- and I am shy ,
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/100_1726.jpg

oh yea we were in wales- so one more..

you had to run fast--


you don't want to get an ugly one do you?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/100_1722.jpg

[Quiff Wichard]

So you took the A5 from Llangollen to Betws, then down the A470 to Ffestiniog, turning right on to the A487 into Porthmadog then? The town with the bridge/petrol station/grumpy man was Betws-y-coed, and yes, that was just before you turned off the A5.

I probably saw you lot at some point. I've spent all weekend teaching weekend warriors how to ride in that sort of area. Why? Well, because I could & because it's damn good fun to own someone riding a new (ish) ZX636 etc :D (I did also stop to help someone on a 2007 ZX636 though - his rearsets had worked loose & left him in 3rd gear)

If you saw a blue K6 with rider either wearing Blue/Black Dainese jacket or high-vis, with tank bag & possibly a rugsack bungeed to the pillion, that would be me :D

I'll keep a look out for the blue SV with blue light covers... swear I've seen that bike on the A5 before...

u cudda done- we get up there quite often

[Quiff Wichard]

did you go up the horseshoe while in Llangollen?

nah not this time Kwak- we do go there though for some chips in the ponderosa.

[Baph]

T'wasn't me for the naked. Mine's a K6 S.

You'll have to give me a shout next time you're this way Quiff, I'll show you some roads that are far better than the A470/A487 ;)

[Quiff Wichard]

not sure where that ace road was.. it was way before betsycoed- it was before Portmadog and after llangollen.. with a lke all down the left side- road runs parrallel to lake and the garage is all on its tod just b4 q t junction..


was an ace road.

[Baph]

not sure where that ace road was.. it was way before betsycoed- it was before Portmadog and after llangollen.. with a lke all down the left side- road runs parrallel to lake and the garage is all on its tod just b4 q t junction..


was an ace road.
In that case, I take it you went down the A494 from just after Corwen (after Llangollen), to Bala, then right over the A4212, passing Llyn Celyn (a big lake approx 1/3 the way from Bala to Porthmadog, on the left as you pass that way). Then I assume you went up the A470 back to Betws-y-coed & down the A5.

[fizzwheel]

A COMMON 750 GIXXER - eh Fizz?

Bah... actually that one is the more common McLeans toothpaste livery, where mine is the more exclusicve Aquafresh colours so ner :mrgreen: :smt019 ;) :D

[Helga]

In that case, I take it you went down the A494 from just after Corwen (after Llangollen), to Bala, then right over the A4212, passing Llyn Celyn (a big lake approx 1/3 the way from Bala to Porthmadog, on the left as you pass that way). Then I assume you went up the A470 back to Betws-y-coed & down the A5.
Yup - i'm pretty sure that's the route we took...(nice road - but i got left way behind! Tank slapper still haunting me!)

[weazelz]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/100_1721.jpg



cheat! cheat! that's not an SP!

[fizzwheel]

cheat! cheat! that's not an SP!

No its not, but if you look quick it does catch you out doesnt it :oops:

[Quiff Wichard]

Yup - i'm pretty sure that's the route we took...(nice road - but i got left way behind! Tank slapper still haunting me!)

yeppo Baph that was the way....

that road by the lake was 10miles of aceness- is that Bala then?

[Quiff Wichard]

No its not, but if you look quick it does catch you out doesnt it :oops:


its jasons- it certainly shifts!!..




so whats the difference..

jasons...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/100_1721.jpg

and this one IS an SP aint it ?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/portmadog5006.jpg

[fizzwheel]

Your Mate Jasons is a Firestorm, the 2nd Pic is an SP1...

Its basically the same motor, but in the Firestorm its de-tuned, whereas the SP1 is not.. also the SP1 chassis and everything else is different.

The SP1 is the bike that Honda made to beat Ducati in WSB... Think of it as a Japanse Ducati 998...

[Baph]

yeppo Baph that was the way....

that road by the lake was 10miles of aceness- is that Bala then?

Just north-west of Bala, but you'll of gone through Bala. The A4212. The section you like so much, is this one:
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/2902/mapgz2.jpg

[Quiff Wichard]

THATS IT MATE

and that middle long bend wowwww.. onn and onnnn and onn leant over..

feels a lot twistier than that makes it look though


fizz.. ta for the info.. ...

[kwak zzr]

oh yes i know that road! what a beaut! mind you north from bala to betsy is loverly too. we camped the far end of bala lake last year loverly site £16 per night peak if anyone wants a good campsite.

[Quiff Wichard]

Just north-west of Bala, but you'll of gone through Bala. The A4212. The section you like so much, is this one:
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/2902/mapgz2.jpg

And then on the left at the end of the road on the left- is the little garage on right side... what a grumpy sod!.. and he has the best view ever from his workplace..!

i said to him

lovely road that is to ride down

" hummpphh - "

I said to him

winndy though today - mind you I bet it is always that windy isnt it here.

"NO "

i said to him

what a great view you must have the best view ever

"stopped looking after 20 years "



or maybe- it was cos we were English folk in Wales.!




SPENDING ABOUT £80 AT HIS GARAGE.. oh he took our money but not our conversation..he made Helga buy 3 packets of condoms to make it up to over a tenner to use her card.

[Baph]

Ah, that'd be Trawsfynydd then? You turned right at the T junction to go up the A470 from there? The view would be of Llyn Trawsfynydd?

There's a lot of bikers out that way, and he just probably takes the view that you're another :toss: screaming around the hills trying to kill yourself.

The fact that you were in a group probably didn't help. I get that reaction a fair amount, since my Yorkshire accent still comes through pretty strongly, but once they know I actually live in Wales, they back off a little.

[kwak zzr]

my personal fave road is back to bala and straight over the junction along the tanant valley towards llangynog.