Are we getting staid? - Page 4 - SV650.org

13-02-06, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Saint Matt

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Originally Posted by Dr Rich

*of course anyone who does so illegally is indeed a **** and I am just using this example for entertainment purposes

**** am I eh.

Sid Squid · 13-02-06, 08:16 AM

I had quite an exciting weekend.

13-02-06, 08:19 AM

Really Squidworth? What ya get up to?

I pretty much finished our kitchen! two handles to put on doors now and that's it! all done.

Skip · 13-02-06, 08:31 AM

Well yesterday I went and visited my Grandparents - so there! :P

Almost broke into a sweat this morning, couldnt decide between orange juice or a cup of tea for breakfast...

13-02-06, 08:33 AM

Blimey skip! I would have ahad to have a lie down after that decision! Glad you got through it ok.

Skip · 13-02-06, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Shinsei Jutsu

Blimey skip! I would have ahad to have a lie down after that decision! Glad you got through it ok.

Cheers mate - it was touch and go at one point I can tell you...

13-02-06, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Today I had to endure the nonsensical wanderings of a rather misguided Honda owner. One whom it might be mentioned,was torn between the excitement that his Fireblade brings him and the painting of a bedroom ceiling. I wonder how an individual can survive with such testing decision making.

But then again perhaps it was not so tough and many I know will be thinking that the better option of the two was indeed to get busy with the roller!

Strange I was very close to buying a Blade a few years ago.

However as it turmned out I'm rather glad I didn't bother!

Mr predictable strikes again

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rictus01 · 13-02-06, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Sudoxe

My other points stand, a member of the site has 3points because one there rear brake pad had crumbled, at the side a small piece had broken off. However it could still lock the wheel and would pass the MOT. 3 Pts, failure to maintain. They will know where to look if you do get stoped.

I seriously doubt they would take the throttle slides out to see if they have a whole in them, brake pads are fairly obvious things really.

Trust me they will, 2 hours at the side of the road, take your bike to bits, AND don't even have to put it back together again, AND can stop you from doing so, making you get recovered (or of course you get done for driving away on an unroadworthy vehicle

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Generally it's the Police with DVLA bods in attendance, if they stop you, you're there until they find something, anything.

Cheers Mark.

13-02-06, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Getting wound up due to being out stripped by an RS125 due to restriction? Come on please! Trying to over take at 65mph when you know the bike in it's restricted state is not up to it?

The law was different when I was younger,I could only have a 250 up to passing my test, I did not though spend my time running around on a Z1900. The basics are exactly the same.

It is a bit different around here, probably similar as in Spain. There are also two license categories, Al ("ligeira", light motorbike) and Ap ("pesada", heavy motorbike). First goes up to 400 cc or something around 30kw power (can't be arsed to look for the exact figure now), the other covers everything from mopeds to Rocket IIIs...
So we also have the restricted option but no one cares to do it, we pretty much stick to the cc rule. As for who can get which license, you can take Al at 18 (do your test on a light bike, normally some pretty knackered GN250) and after 2 years it'll automatically be an Ap, or wait till you're 21 and then get the Ap straightaway (taking your test on a GS / CB500), even if you're never ridden a pushbike before.
Taking your license normally means 20 hours practical lessons (which get down to basically 8 - 10 hours saddle time) doing 8s and u-turns and crawling with traffic behind the driving school car

and passing an exam that basically consists of doing 8s without putting your foot down and not dropping the bike for 10 - 15 minutes...

Add to that the fact that Portugal is at the top of the charts for 750 - 1000 cm3 new bike sales and you get pretty nasty casualty figures...

there are lots of dumb kids with money that still think the only bike worth having is a Hayabusa, and life below 200 km/h is slow

13-02-06, 02:03 PM

A day out here would be fun

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...86068870249151

13-02-06, 08:16 AM	#32
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	I had quite an exciting weekend. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

13-02-06, 08:31 AM	#34
Skip Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3,151	Well yesterday I went and visited my Grandparents - so there! :P Almost broke into a sweat this morning, couldnt decide between orange juice or a cup of tea for breakfast... __________________ '81 Honda H100A '18 Honda MSX125 (Grom)

13-02-06, 08:19 AM	#33
Shinsei Jutsu Guest Posts: n/a	Really Squidworth? What ya get up to? I pretty much finished our kitchen! two handles to put on doors now and that's it! all done.

13-02-06, 08:33 AM	#35
Shinsei Jutsu Guest Posts: n/a	Blimey skip! I would have ahad to have a lie down after that decision! Glad you got through it ok.

13-02-06, 02:03 PM	#40
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	A day out here would be fun http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...86068870249151