Pulling a bike mechanic and other things that happened on my rideout today

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Graciepants

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...

SV650K1, lots of gaffer, satin black rattle can paint, GSXR front end, ZX6 shock, engine mods...

Also;
GSXR750G (1986), scabby stripped down thing not yet in my possesion properly.
RD400D/E mixture (1976), lots of smoke.
Couple of trials bikes
Cagiva planet 125 for MYC

Originally Posted by Venom

2-3 thou is barely above tickover. you must have been in 6th... maybe

lol it ticks over at 1thou.and it still moves at 2/3, i really do ride it like sh!t dont i? lol

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

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

sounds fabulous, the only reason i clean mine is because i dont want the plastic to dissolve lol
who came up with "rat"?

[yorkie_chris]

It's a really old term, rat bikes have been around for ages. Mine is more survival bike than rat though, and even then only an amatuerish attempt at one. Then again, no deliberate attempt has been made to make it look scabby, it's all through use/need/laziness

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by Graciepants

lol it ticks over at 1thou.and it still moves at 2/3, i really do ride it like sh!t dont i? lol

sounds fabulous, the only reason i clean mine is because i dont want the plastic to dissolve lol
who came up with "rat"?

"Rat bike" is a complete ratter which never gets cleaned but never seems to break down either

I was only asking what gear you got upto to keep it on topic. I'm fearing a mods' stick coming through the letter box and poking me for chatting in idle banter

Easiest way I used to tell if I was in 6th was 20mph above the revs. So 80mph in 6th gear on the sv was 6 thousand revs 100mph is 8k revs on a closed road and so on. Of course, all that has changed with the thou since it's only at 5k revs when cruising at 80 on the motorway

Rev counter: Tells you how hard you're trying, Speedo: tells you how well you're doing

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by Venom

Hmmm.. *Starts stalking Grace on FB!*

After posting that pic, I'll bet a squires cheesebury you get about 6 friend requests and I get none lol

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

After posting that pic, I'll bet a squires cheesebury you get about 6 friend requests and I get none lol

but that means i have to know im in 6th to co-ordinate with the rev counter. lol

nah venoms already got my fb lol, and only 3 orgers have it

Naughty naughty using bit torrent!
I didnt think many orgers had facebook...

Originally Posted by Magnum

Naughty naughty using bit torrent!
I didnt think many orgers had facebook...

There's a www.SV650.org fb group.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by Graciepants

but that means i have to know im in 6th to co-ordinate with the rev counter. lol

nah venoms already got my fb lol, and only 3 orgers have it

fair play.. but why a rabbit?! lol

if you know when you're in 1st and 2nd, and 6th, you're half way through remembering you're gears To be honest, at the end of the day, when all's said and done, I ride in the gear which best suits the conditions... Sometimes I might take a corner in 3rd, sometimes 2nd, depends on my mood & the corner. As long as you're speed is right and the engine isn't laboured down the revs at like 1-2k revs then it's not like you can be in a desperately wrong gear

so what ya had her upto so far then?

[jamesterror]

Originally Posted by Magnum

Naughty naughty using bit torrent!
I didnt think many orgers had facebook...

I noticed that, tut tut torrents. A fair few people have fb it in their sigs.

I'm feeling the SV has me won over, over the CBRF in fairness. I have looked at other bikes but SV with its "powerr" on the restrictor gives me the thumbs up.