Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / March 2006

I remember doing something similar last year, but closer to the date.
Anyway, the long-range forecast for Derby for BoSM dates this year are
as follows.
Saturday 8th April

I can't send emails. When I try I'm getting this message back from
"System Administrator"
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Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

Just bought one and love it. best bike I have ridden so far. The ESA is the
dogs.
Anyone of you lot got one or getting one.
Peter

For those fond of italian bikes, the 2006 edition of Trofeo Rosso will
take place on July 22th & 23th at Le Vigeant, near Poitiers (France).
http://www.trofeorosso.net/
Access is free for the spectators

In this months Autocar (which I was perusing) it mentions the A413 is
(rumoured) to be dropping from NSL to a 50.
I guess I'm surprised it's taken this long.
Going to make the FOT's a bit more exciting/boring depending on your

(May peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon him)
You may be an atheist or an agnostic; or you may belong to anyone of
the religious denominations that exist in the world today. You may be a
Communist or a believer in democracy and freedom. No matter what you

Just watched this.  Seems that the naysayers were wrong, with the full
coverage of race 2 being uninterupted.
Quite amused by the new pitlane reporter saying "ohh get you" to a Rizla
Suzuki brolly girl with blue hair.

The 2006 Italian Special Edition of Motorrad magazine has an article on
our MV tour last year. Pity it's in German, but the photos look nice. A
bit of Google translating reveals some comments about the volume of my
bike, especially when I drop it a few gears in tunnels ;-)

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New vehicle listings
http://www.classiccarmall.net/category5-342.htm See every thing with
this link

Are you having problems with F9 connectivity this
afternoon?
Mail server seems down, and www.force9.co.uk is dead as
well - yet F9 hosted domains seem OK.

A mate of mine has spotted a clean and tidy ZXR750K on a K plate - the
single seat WSB homologation model - which might possibly be up for
sale. It's got 30K miles, all standard body work with one scraped
indicator and a couple of scratches, Ohlins shock and a few little

..broke into my van last night in Long Eaton and lifted a few good
things, plus a load of tat which mostly got left in a nearby alley.
Stolen items include my Oxford motorcycle tailpack - complete with
sleeping bags, stove and overnight stuff, the wife's paint smeared

I've lost it, see.
I've tried ringing it (F'narrr)
I've looked in my car, behind the sofa (f'narrr)
Outside by my bike...

Go and slip into something loose-fitting, then watch the two videos at:
http://www.ihot.us/URAL_Side_Car_Motorcycles.cfm
<Will Smith Mode>
Ah have *got* to get me one of these!

Can anyone advise on buying second hand Honda CBR600s?
I'm looking at buying a second hand cbr 600f which has 20,000 miles on
the clock for a 2002 bike.  That seems fine to me but I was wondering
whether anyone had had particularly bad experiences with these sports