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Old 08-04-09, 10:50 AM   #121
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No, my first bike was a BSA

My first road bike was a H*nda, and it was slow and $hite!
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Old 08-04-09, 10:53 AM   #122
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blank?

well it was blank on my end. Probably something to do with shiiiit windows vista at your end.

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I'm not telling you how I met him or his missus chloe, but I will tell you he's in his third year at nottingham doing law. Nice fella, I whooped him on fifa on the xbox if I remember correctly?
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[on topic] What gear did you get upto yesterday?
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Old 08-04-09, 10:59 AM   #123
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No, my first bike was a BSA

My first road bike was a H*nda, and it was slow and $hite!
I was considering editing my post to road-legal, knew you'd be finicky! Lol admit it though, you were eyeing up that Honda in Borth ....I forget what it was now
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I was considering editing my post to road-legal, knew you'd be finicky! Lol admit it though, you were eyeing up that Honda in Borth ....I forget what it was now
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Old 08-04-09, 11:01 AM   #125
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well it was blank on my end. Probably something to do with shiiiit windows vista at your end.

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I'm not telling you how I met him or his missus chloe, but I will tell you he's in his third year at nottingham doing law. Nice fella, I whooped him on fifa on the xbox if I remember correctly?
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[on topic] What gear did you get upto yesterday?
no its cos your computer is meeeeeeeeeeeean

i dunno!!!! i was doing 2-3thou revs at one point so i tihnk i was in a high gear lol, probs 5th? i dont know how to know which one im in i usually know when im in 2/3 and first (obviously) i only done 70 for a few seconds so i didnt really have time to go upto 6th. i personally think 6th is still unused
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The only bike we saw in borth was a bandit 1200, and I was eyeing up his engine because I want one of those in my GSXR750 frame
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Old 08-04-09, 11:03 AM   #127
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The only bike we saw in borth was a bandit 1200, and I was eyeing up his engine because I want one of those in my GSXR750 frame
out of interest, what bike do you actually have? ive seen pictures but it seems to be obscured by duct tape so im not exactly sure...
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no its cos your computer is meeeeeeeeeeeean

i dunno!!!! i was doing 2-3thou revs at one point so i tihnk i was in a high gear lol, probs 5th? i dont know how to know which one im in i usually know when im in 2/3 and first (obviously) i only done 70 for a few seconds so i didnt really have time to go upto 6th. i personally think 6th is still unused
2-3 thou is barely above tickover. you must have been in 6th... maybe
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The only bike we saw in borth was a bandit 1200, and I was eyeing up his engine because I want one of those in my GSXR750 frame
Ah see now you're in denial! We did, that black thing!

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out of interest, what bike do you actually have? ive seen pictures but it seems to be obscured by duct tape so im not exactly sure...
Be careful it tends to get offended when people refer to it as a bike, it prefers the term "rat" Main constituents being grease, duck tape, drainpipe and most importantly DIRT
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