Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2007

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I appear to have purchased a new (to me) bike, a Ducati 500SL Pantah.
While this in itself is ok there are a couple of things that either
make it a good buy or an "oh ffs why?" moment.
Firstly we'll have the ebay auction I won

I fuckin ate em.

As mentioned elsewhere, I've been circling a Milwaukee Tractor with
intent to buy. Being occasionally careful with money, I figured it maybe
a good idea to get an idea how much it'd cost me to insure before I take
the plunge.

If you got a standard 3 points/60 quid fine NIP, but you didn't know
about it because you moved house between getting flashed & the NIP
being sent out, & you'd also sold the vehicle that was flashed, what
would happen?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290149552271
(FSIE kit)

Now that she's mine.
Full report when I've eaten, by which time (hopefully) my arse will have
stopped aching.

Then that likes Vulcans likes the Telegraph
Win flight alongside Vulcan Bomber.
God know if this will work:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml ...

Please help oh great FOAK..... I'm wanting to get a GPS for the bike -
doesn't really matter whether it goes on my R1 or himself's Mille
really as we're both crap at directions & have intercom anyway.
I guess I'm looking for something decent that we can fit to either of

After watching Hawkwind last night I've downloaded Space Ritual.  
I feel I should be ashamed to admit I'm finding it rather enjoyable.

That'll be the Triumph gone...
Let's see how long I can resist that part of the garage vacuum.

Not bad for a totter facing a six month ban.
A very good brief and a (voluntary) speed awareness course did sway the
bench, although I'm sure a bit of wood under one leg will fix that.
Time to start looking round bike shops clutching my insurance cheque.

I have been car driving for 25 years, and am now wishing to buy a
small motorbike. Purely for economy of commuting, and the need to take
my daughter to College every day as a pillion passenger (journey about
15 miles).

... that is going to cost me a packet.
Our ADSL modem is next to the bed but from my side (with my disastrous
eyesight), it may as well be switched off.  So I use my mobile phone as a
clock, but since I can't switch it on or off or use it make calls during