
Normal or not?
Cheers for the advice all. I used to ride a ZX6 a few years ago and that used to overheat like mad if you left it standing still. I guess those funny looking side radiators must be good then?
I'm glad I bought a VTR but I did like my BMW. It was an 1150GS and it ended it's life wedged under a Peugeot 106 with me underneath. That's when I figured it was time to stop rolling the dice 100 miles a day in all weathers.
So I told my other half that I'd only ride the Firestorm in "nice weather". Blatantly not the case though.
Went for a ride through the Peaks (I'm in Sheffield) last weekend and it tipped it down. But I still came back smiling
Then spent an age blasting off cow shite with a hosepipe.
Ahhh, summer is here.
I'm glad I bought a VTR but I did like my BMW. It was an 1150GS and it ended it's life wedged under a Peugeot 106 with me underneath. That's when I figured it was time to stop rolling the dice 100 miles a day in all weathers.
So I told my other half that I'd only ride the Firestorm in "nice weather". Blatantly not the case though.


Then spent an age blasting off cow shite with a hosepipe.

Ahhh, summer is here.
Monkey!
I may be mad but at least I'm not dead. Yet. And long may that be so.
I may be mad but at least I'm not dead. Yet. And long may that be so.
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Hehe, did anyone ever find out if tripitaka (sp?) was a he or a she? Still a much discussed debate over here.logan7 wrote:Hello monkey how is tripitaka, pigsy and sandy doing
And LMHO at you lot even having temperature gauges on your bikes. Oh, well I guess you need to know if it goes above Flamin' Freezing, so you can actually take it out for a ride...




If you ate yourself would you become twice as big or simply disappear?
Tripitaka was played by Masako Natsume who is female but the characters
Other Names: Boy Priest,
Holy fool,
Master (pron. Mosta).
and
Features: Knows about Buddhism,
Looks like a girl,
Speaks like a girl,
Wears lipstick,
For all intents and purposes is a girl
but was a boy
Other Names: Boy Priest,
Holy fool,
Master (pron. Mosta).
and
Features: Knows about Buddhism,
Looks like a girl,
Speaks like a girl,
Wears lipstick,
For all intents and purposes is a girl
but was a boy

The force is strong in this one
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Why thank you Logan, for that amazing insight into what could've possibly been the worst television show ever made... that I couldn't help watching anyway...
From what I recall, I often tried to summon up a magic pink cloud to whisk me away from whatever terrible circumstances my little self got into way back in the olden days... Reckon I had it down pat, just never saw any results. Very sad.
Almost as sad, was that I stayed for the Kenny Everitt Video Show straight after and only recently purchased a dvd of same...

From what I recall, I often tried to summon up a magic pink cloud to whisk me away from whatever terrible circumstances my little self got into way back in the olden days... Reckon I had it down pat, just never saw any results. Very sad.
Almost as sad, was that I stayed for the Kenny Everitt Video Show straight after and only recently purchased a dvd of same...



If you ate yourself would you become twice as big or simply disappear?
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Re: Normal or not?
On the weekend I did about 20 kms on gravel ( unsealed ) roads, ( not really recommended, but ended up sort of fun) Being in the lower gears( 3rd-4th) brought the temp up to 1/2 after about 10 mins, but never went higher.Monkey! wrote:Hi folks,
Anyway, my question is this- my temp gauge doesn't seem to want to go up beyond about 1/4 way although to be fair I've not left it standing to overheat. Is that normal??![]()
It usually sits around 1/4.


Craig from the land of the long white cloud. Teal VTR 2001.