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Re: Ah well, so much for Blighty then.
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:19:21 -0000, Spete <i_am_some_body@hotmail.com>
wrote: > Can I have your Firestorm? > I thought everybody hated Firestorms? -- Paul. Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff! CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird VTR1000 Firestorm RGV 250 BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 |
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Re: Ah well, so much for Blighty then.
In article <opr3mh9lzazz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael
wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:19:21 -0000, Spete <i_am_some_body@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > Can I have your Firestorm? > > > > I thought everybody hated Firestorms? I quite like them. You selling it then? -- Ginge - ZRX1200R, SZR660 |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:29:43 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
> In article <opr3mh9lzazz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:19:21 -0000, Spete <i_am_some_body@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Can I have your Firestorm? >> > >> >> I thought everybody hated Firestorms? > > I quite like them. > > You selling it then? > > Don't think so. It's cost me about 15 grand. I'd get about 15 hundred for it. If I go to live in Spain, I'll take it with me. Quite a few good tracks in Spain. However, I am selling the RGV. -- Paul. Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff! CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird VTR1000 Firestorm RGV 250 BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 |
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In article <opr3mjeucszz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael
wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:29:43 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: > Don't think so. It's cost me about 15 grand. I'd get about 15 hundred for > it. If I go to live in Spain, I'll take it with me. Quite a few good tracks > in Spain. > > However, I am selling the RGV. No good for me, I'd want something road legal. -- Ginge - ZRX1200R, SZR660 |
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Paul Carmichael <ukrm@wibbleypants.com> wrote:
>However, I am selling the RGV. I might want that - I'll let you know next week. -- d. |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:51:31 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
> In article <opr3mjeucszz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:29:43 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: > >> Don't think so. It's cost me about 15 grand. I'd get about 15 hundred >> for it. If I go to live in Spain, I'll take it with me. Quite a few good >> tracks in Spain. >> >> However, I am selling the RGV. > > No good for me, I'd want something road legal. > Well, the VTR isn't exactly road legal, so that would have been no good. You've already got a road bike, why another? -- Paul. Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff! CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird VTR1000 Firestorm RGV 250 BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 |
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In article <opr3mjsxn6zz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael
wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:51:31 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: > > > In article <opr3mjeucszz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:29:43 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: > > > >> Don't think so. It's cost me about 15 grand. I'd get about 15 hundred > >> for it. If I go to live in Spain, I'll take it with me. Quite a few good > >> tracks in Spain. > >> > >> However, I am selling the RGV. > > > > No good for me, I'd want something road legal. > > > > Well, the VTR isn't exactly road legal, so that would have been no good. > You've already got a road bike, why another? Well, because most of the riding I do would be on the road, and even if doing track days I'd generally ride there. -- Ginge - ZRX1200R, SZR660 |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:55:04 +0000, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
> Paul Carmichael <ukrm@wibbleypants.com> wrote: > >> However, I am selling the RGV. > > I might want that - I'll let you know next week. > Next week I'll be on dial-up, so not checking here much. I'm sure you'll find a way of getting through. Lots of folks around here have my working email addy and mobile number. -- Paul. Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff! CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird VTR1000 Firestorm RGV 250 BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:00:00 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
> and even if doing track days I'd generally ride there. > Hmm, I've seen that end in tears many a time. -- Paul. Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff! CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird VTR1000 Firestorm RGV 250 BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 |
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Paul Carmichael <ukrm@wibbleypants.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:55:04 +0000, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote: > >> Paul Carmichael <ukrm@wibbleypants.com> wrote: >> >>> However, I am selling the RGV. >> >> I might want that - I'll let you know next week. >> >Next week I'll be on dial-up, so not checking here much. basically if the worst happens next Monday, and I get a ban, I'll be flogging my road bikes and buying some track bikes - I want something like the ZX7R that Champ's flogging, but I've always quite fancied an RGV too. I'll let you know at some point - presumably you're leaving the thing in Aylesbury for the time being? -- d. |
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In article <opr3mj4ggozz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael
wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:00:00 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: > > > and even if doing track days I'd generally ride there. > > > > Hmm, I've seen that end in tears many a time. Well, if I did a trackday tomorrow it'd be on my road bike. -- Ginge - ZRX1200R, SZR660 |
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Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
>In article <opr3mj4ggozz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael >wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:00:00 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: >> >> > and even if doing track days I'd generally ride there. >> > >> Hmm, I've seen that end in tears many a time. > >Well, if I did a trackday tomorrow it'd be on my road bike. I think that what Paul was implying was that even if you're doing a track day on your road bike, it's best not to ride it to and from the track. -- d. |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:05:08 +0000, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
> > I'll let you know at some point - presumably you're leaving the thing > in Aylesbury for the time being? > Yup. I'm leaving tomorrow, but the wife will be here for a couple more weeks. She knows how to open the garage door. -- Paul. Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff! CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird VTR1000 Firestorm RGV 250 BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 |
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In article <1un930h4la2t5cdaae9hps2qg6fc5o7hk9@4ax.com>, darsy wrote:
> I think that what Paul was implying was that even if you're doing a > track day on your road bike, it's best not to ride it to and from the > track. I know, but I don't see it as a huge addition to the risk of going round a track. It's not like doing 1500+ miles in a day or anything. And if you crash on a track you sort out recovery, again no huge problem. -- Ginge - ZRX1200R, SZR660 |
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Paul Carmichael wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:29:43 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: > >> In article <opr3mh9lzazz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael >> wrote: >>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:19:21 -0000, Spete >>> <i_am_some_body@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Can I have your Firestorm? >>>> >>> >>> I thought everybody hated Firestorms? >> >> I quite like them. >> >> You selling it then? >> >> > > Don't think so. It's cost me about 15 grand. *thud* -- S.M. |
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darsy wrote:
> Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: > >> In article <opr3mj4ggozz9huw@news.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael >> wrote: >>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:00:00 -0000, Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote: >>> >>>> and even if doing track days I'd generally ride there. >>>> >>> Hmm, I've seen that end in tears many a time. >> >> Well, if I did a trackday tomorrow it'd be on my road bike. > > I think that what Paul was implying was that even if you're doing a > track day on your road bike, it's best not to ride it to and from the > track. *wince* so true -- S.M. |
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"darsy" <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote in message news:1un930h4la2t5cdaae9hps2qg6fc5o7hk9@4ax.com... > > > >Well, if I did a trackday tomorrow it'd be on my road bike. > > I think that what Paul was implying was that even if you're doing a > track day on your road bike, it's best not to ride it to and from the > track. Well yes, but not all of us can afford the track bike, trailer, car(!) etc...  When I binned the SV at Rockingham and snapped off the front brake lever I must say I did have a bit of a "hmm" moment. Handily some bloke gave me the one from his wife's (the shame) SV as she wasn't riding it home... |
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Ginge <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a9ef12a49b6d26e9896ef@news.individual.ne t... > In article <1un930h4la2t5cdaae9hps2qg6fc5o7hk9@4ax.com>, darsy wrote: > > > I think that what Paul was implying was that even if you're doing a > > track day on your road bike, it's best not to ride it to and from the > > track. > > I know, but I don't see it as a huge addition to the risk of going round > a track. It's not like doing 1500+ miles in a day or anything. > > And if you crash on a track you sort out recovery, again no huge > problem. > I'd wondered about that until my mate splattered his Blackbird at Kyalami; he called one of the vultures[1] and that was that, some bucks later he was recovered to home. Cost a few bob-shillings more to patch up the bike mind. [1] Freelance roadside recovery dudes that hang around in very odd looking recovery vehicles in South Africa, the term 'vulture' is not an affectionate one. -- ZK - When I die accelerate my body to light speed, I always wanted a burial at c |
