First ride of 2014? Had yours yet?

Decided to brave it and take the bike instead of the car this morning for the first time this year.

Enjoyed it once id stopped being so wooden (its been about a month or 6 weeks). Then had to stop myself from accidentally speeding everywhere, because its just too easy.

Enjoyed blasting past a 3.0 litre audi while he thought he could beat me (or atleast it looked that way haha) then filtered past miles of traffic.

Rather enjoyed it, kept a smile on my face .

Any of you other non commuters been for one yet?

Yeah took mine for a recall and a service about 2 weeks ago and enjoyed getting out for a day. Might very well be my first and only ride this year though as I've sold the bike now!

[Niall_farley]

Been out several times this year now 5/6 trips to work and a couple of runs out

Apart from the commute, i've been for a couple of rides. One with my local IAM group and one last weekend round box hill area, cos I felt like it.

On the IAM my end can came loose just as we set of from the first meeting point. About 9am on a saturday and it sounded like I was raising hell. It was awesome...

I'm out most weekends on either the SV or the VF. Always good fun Had a couple of good rideouts this year already.

[STRAMASHER]

Aye last Friday for 40mins. Pishing down and nearly froze my hands off. Road gloves all in the loft so MotoX gloves cos I thought I would just go visit the parents and back. 5mins.


Nope could not resist. Detour out onto the moors. Feckin sore as feck!...and dreaming of my old heated grips.


Anyway good thing is winter has not arrived yet. The non-stop rain is washing all the "salt" away. Happy days.

[Red ones]

Wusses. Daily commute. Sick of getting wet already.

[Littlepeahead]

Yep, rode 1600 miles last week!


I should point out that was on an ER6 round Thailand, a mixture of motorway, sweeping fast bendy roads, mentally tight steep twisties and some bits over mountains where they haven't even built the roads yet.

Then last night I had to pillion half a mile in a flimsy frock, heels and a long purple cashmere coat in the pouring rain to collect my car after a repair.

[joshwalker094]

My new sv got delivered Saturday 11th, took it for a 10 minute blast on motorway to realise speedo wasn't working.
Dealer took it straight back off me, and still waiting for the call to say its ready and arrange delivery.

[Niall_farley]

Originally Posted by joshwalker094

My new sv got delivered Saturday 11th, took it for a 10 minute blast on motorway to realise speedo wasn't working.
Dealer took it straight back off me, and still waiting for the call to say its ready and arrange delivery.

That's a right sh1tter that mate