Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / January 2007

The Ship
11 Talbot Court,
London,
EC3V 0BP

I am unable to attend on Thurs. Fri. so if anyone wants to collect my
ticket (one....1) for each day they are more than welcome.
I live near to King's Lynn in Norfolk.
First to email will get address.

Long time no talk but that doesn't matter right now.
Please check your email(s)

I must be too honest but how do 2 million vehicles (1 in 15 they say)
get to run on roads with out Road Tax.
I did mine on-line and I'm not sure if I am a bad person...
Trying living in this country with out a TV liciense, it's near

Coming in to work this morning I passed a Double deck bus parked all
four wheels in someone's front garden. Nice bit of parallel parking
though. I doubt you could have got out of the front door. Police in
attendance large tow truck just hooking up.

    Due to a particularly stupid piece of fuckwittery[1], I've been
without a password[2] to my Brunel account since Wednesday night.  So,
no e-mail, no Usenet until Monday at the earliest.  :-(
[1] Forcing me to change from UNIX mail to some Mickeysoft system[2]; turns

I can recommend the B2146 from Petersfield as a great twisty route.
Today it was a little too greasy and muddy to enjoy properly on an R1
but a SM would have been a hoot. It's got twisty after twisty and lots
of uppy and downy too.

Should I organise one or not?

Reminder to self, don't assume that a plug repaired puncture is good
for motorway speeds. It's not.
No harm done fortunately but that's two calls to the AA in 3 days now.
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My CBR has got a full Yoshimura system - road legal, and reasonably
quiet.
I'm wondering if it's not been jetted up to match though, as it seems
a bit flat above 11k in the higher gears, especially compared to the

Bought a B12 last summer and no probs buzzing around. I decided to give it
the once over now that it;s out of action. changed the oil and it's stinking
of petrol. What's the story. Is it the float needle or is there some other
way this could be happening.

Got this through my email today:
""
Hello all
RiDE have petitioned the Prime Minister with a view to making the sale

She's a bit nice and had a great voice.

Why is it that on a bike that is sold out of the factory with only a
side stand does it say check the oil level with the bike level. Why
don't they just arrange the oil level indicator so that it shows the
correct level when on the side stand?

Get burnt flesh and fat off a bath tub?