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After 3 weeks of non-stop work, I managed to get out on the bike today. I had business to do on the Costa Calida, so I thought let's go by bike. The weather was great.....blue skies and temps of 25-28 degrees! Total round trip of 300 miles from Huescar to Cartagena to La Manga to Mazarron to Totana to Lorca to Velez Rubio to Orce to Huescar! The trip begins in the province of Granada, then into the province of Murcia, south into the province of Almeria, then back up into Granada. So here's a couple of shots to cheer up you poor sods stuck back there in Britain! A stop for coffee in Barranda (Murcia). Another stop for coffee in Los Belones…

Got overtaken by a DT today, probably some teenager, I couldn't do out because a van was in the way. A DT would beat my 4T XT 125 anyway. It was pretty embarrassing to be honest. One thing I noticed as he was in front of me is that the wheels on his bike looked really thin, ridiculously thin.

On my home from work I got pulled by the the police. This was the third time since getting my bike in March. I was not breaking any laws. The copper said I was doing over 50 on a 40 road, when in fact I was doing 38. The copper then tried telling me how fast my bike was (lmao) I then corrected him saying that my machine is only capable of 10hp and it is a very slow bike. It is even below the legal power requirement. I carried on protesting my innocence. He then began the old 'so your calling me a liar' routine. I said well you must have me doing over 50 mph on your camera. He then went over my bike with a fine tooth comb trying to do me for a defect, while his colleague …

Anyone following the thread "to squires or not to squires" will have read that i had potentially brought another RD. I got home on saturday afternoon and just looked on fleabay for a couple of minutes and saw a RD for sale with a few minutes left to go on the auction. I had a punt and won it. I tried to make contact with the seller but texts were not answered and when I called he was always busy, promised to call me back, but didnt. I was starting to get a bad feeling! The bike was an impulse buy, I coudnt check the history as the number plate was covered and there was not a lot of information in the description. I got a call from the seller at about half six las…

I have just got this PM and although I don't think this is place for the chap maybe someone out there can be of more help than me? 15/09/06 Hi Andyrose, Are you the founder of this club and has it any connection with the YAMAHA Classic Club?. My reason for this question is that I wrote to the Yamaha classic bike club with the view to joining but they never relplied as such that is to say one of the persons i wrote to actually phoned me back some three months later and was going to let me know what was going on but so far he has nerver been in contact since. I have two old Yamaha trail bikes which I am trying to restore as a hobby, you see I am an old cod…

This is from the elightbars.org+topic forums.....caught my attention mainly because I have been cramming to know all I can about my Yamaha... Okay..this bike is supposed to be a Kawasaki CHP bike...but. The body style and engine to me says..81 to 83 model Yamaha Maxim. Any help on this...or is it one of those same bike different company name deals.

Can't wait for this ITV4 22nd June 18:00 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYIS7fL3Wc

My baby while i was doing the winter service (just testing uploading photos)

I bought a Garmin Nuvi 750 GPS and am looking for a good mount for my bike. Any suggestions?

After all my work and expensive garage time it hasn't worked so now looking at this for a simple almost bolt on option but can't work out how to wire up, my bike only has a power and earth to speedo light not a separate backlight wire. I have an xv125

hi out there. iv got a 1985 gpz750r .fires first go .have new petcock fitted carb repair kit fitted.now bike had been rapped up for 7years.now it only runs on 3 and im geting petrol in my oil from the cylinder thats not fireing. this cylinder is connected to the petcock valve .do i look for a set of carbs .help

Hi to all just letting you know that N.E. lincs MAG are having an event at 22nd August kingsway kiosk kingsway, cleethorpes DN35 OBY Indoor and outdoor food and refreshments all to raise money for the lincs and notts air ambulance there will be bike and scooter show, trade stands, live music, fun sea and sand. The event will start at 10am and most importantly everyone is welcome so come and join the fun. Any further info please go to www.north-east-lincs.mag-uk.org or if you wish to get in touch with the club chairman please ring 07706 408566

A SENIOR MOMENT - An elderly lady actually wrote this letter to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in The Times. Dear Sir am writing to thank you for bouncing my cheque with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations three 'nanoseconds' must have elapsed between his presenting the cheque and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honour it. I refer of course to the automatic monthly deposit of my Pension arrangement which admittedly has been in place for only thirty eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity and also for debiting my account £30 by way …

hey i was wondering if anyone knew where i could get a whole new graphic kit made for my 1998 DT 125 thanks xx

On Your Bike / Mower

Just a quick post to share a blog I came across a blog this morning, I really enjoyed it it’s about a biker called Charles who did a biking road trip through Europe have a look on his blog it is cool Click here to see the blog

.....with the new forum template. Looks great!

Came across this website so though I would share it. http://www.bytefactory.com/mcycle/index.shtml

Hi everyone! Just thought i'd share the great news that my wife has given birth to our 3rd son!! So that's gonna be another future biker. My eldest son already has his request in for a motorbike for his upcoming 5th birthday (that's my boy!!). They're gonna cost me a fortune over the next few years on bikes - and I don't care cos it'll be worth every penny. I'm also trying encouraging my wife to do her bike test. Think biking is definately in the blood.....

Just got back from a short holiday on the south coast...... Apart from the usual games of dodge the old lady in the Honda Civic, found that the ride from Burton Bradstock to Weymouth is an absolute must for anyone riding in the area of Weymouth. Try it....you might like it!!!!! By the way the Swan Inn at Abbotsbury is biker friendly to the point where the owner actually wanted to talk about my machine ( sorry but rare round these parts, usually bikers are seen as the easy rider rebels that will start fights at the drop of a hat ). Any one else found a nice run with nice stop offs??