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disclaimer …. There are no Hondas and no firestorms involved in this trip. At 6am tomorrow I will jump on my KTM and head to Stanstead airport to catch a flight to Sardinia to meet up with a few ex TRW workmates. As usual, I will get on the flight in my bike gear, much to the amusement of the other h ...

if Marty has stopped doing the refurbs, look on eBay for a starter off a fire blade or a blackbird.... same part but not rusty because they are fitted behind the cylinders on those bikes

we might all ride in different ways depending on our body shape, but I am only riding in the way you describe if I am going above 100mph in a straight line, so need to tuck in away from the air blast. When I am going fast on a nice winding road, I am sitting forward in the seat so my weight is over ...

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MOT done for another year…..I quickly checked it over the day before and lucky I did as the front brake light switch had decided to stop working! Fortunately I had a spare one, so fitted that and everything worked as expected. But it was p1ssing down so bike got all muddy from the single track farm m ...

MacV2 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 7:44 am Storm spares...

Mac & Franks Acme Spares Depot...

yes but there is 50% tariff on anything exported from the Isle of Grain

not long away now, hope you have a good time in the new motorhome

bumping this post again to see if anyone else is up for a ride out

6yrs and I still can’t believe you are not here. RIP mate


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Happy birthday Martin

as per the what'saPP.... yes count me in

Today I Went to the Kickback Custom show in Malvern as it’s only 30miles from my house….some cool bikes and cars there. I didn’t take many photos, but these few were outstanding. This Norton rotary engined special was jaw dropping, it was designed to mimic the old Comet aircraft, and I would have it ...

I see Scott Redding was wearing a DRC suit at assen, having previously been wearing a non leather Vitus suit.


Didn’t realise they had such big name customers… makes it worse if they are now failing the everyday people