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Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:20 pm
by AMCQ46
welcome to the team, have fun with the bike.
we all have the same problem here, the mods are generally worth more than the base bike!!!!!!!!! but I never try and add it up so I never have to face the cold facts

Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:39 pm
by lumpyv
hello mate, good luck with the bike .
Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:39 pm
by lumpyv
hello mate, good luck with the bike .
Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:50 pm
by VTRDark
Welcome to the forum
(:-})
Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:54 pm
by BigVeeGrin
Virt wrote: I feel like an idiot..
many would disagree, manifest by substituting "feel" with "am"
welcome Shaggy from Guildford.

Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:08 pm
by Virt
BigVeeGrin wrote:Virt wrote: I feel like an idiot..
many would disagree, manifest by substituting "feel" with "am"
welcome Shaggy from Guildford.

I disagree..
I chose a black bike
And surely it would be reflacing "feel like" rather than just "feel" ?
Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:17 pm
by AMCQ46
Carl will leave a trail of fag ends for you to follow, keep an eye out for them
Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:28 pm
by shaggy-doo
AMCQ46 wrote:welcome to the team, have fun with the bike.
we all have the same problem here, the mods are generally worth more than the base bike!!!!!!!!! but I never try and add it up so I never have to face the cold facts

tell me about it mate i don't think i have ever made money on a bike if i have it hasn't been much but to me its the time and enjoyment of the rebuild
im not going to go silly with this one its just going to be a repaint shocks rear sets and maybe usd front end to start

thats what im telling the wife

Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:55 pm
by AMCQ46
shaggy-doo wrote:AMCQ46 wrote:welcome to the team, have fun with the bike.
we all have the same problem here, the mods are generally worth more than the base bike!!!!!!!!! but I never try and add it up so I never have to face the cold facts

tell me about it mate i don't think i have ever made money on a bike if i have it hasn't been much but to me its the time and enjoyment of the rebuild
im not going to go silly with this one its just going to be a repaint shocks rear sets and maybe usd front end to start

thats what im telling the wife

so thats a grand spent already............how much did you pay for teh bike again

Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:59 pm
by Virt
Just read the first post, graphite black eh? Good choice..
The forum needs a new chalkboard and mine's getting full

Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:36 pm
by shaggy-doo
AMCQ46 wrote:shaggy-doo wrote:AMCQ46 wrote:welcome to the team, have fun with the bike.
so thats a grand spent already............how much did you pay for teh bike again

£900 for the bike
£150 exhausts
£25 seat cowl
£27 new second hand tank old one had a big dent when something fell of a shelf in the old owners shed
£100 belly pan
so i have probably sent moor than the bike is worth all ready
Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:02 pm
by AMCQ46
its ok, you have found somewhere you will be encouraged to triple that spending
Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:09 pm
by Virt
AMCQ46 wrote:its ok, you have found somewhere you will be encouraged to triple that spending
If that's the case I'm leaving this place on the 22nd of October
Unfortunately Al has a point

Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:21 pm
by AMCQ46
Virt wrote:[If that's the case I'm leaving this place on the 22nd of October

:
dont go making promises you wont keep ..................

Re: hi
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:22 pm
by Virt
AMCQ46 wrote:Virt wrote:[If that's the case I'm leaving this place on the 22nd of October

:
dont go making promises you wont keep ..................

Good point. Well I, hopefully, won't be coming here on the 23rd. Booked that day off work and I'm gonna save like £40000 for fuel. Then I might be able to do 150 miles if I'm lucky
