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Darin Show Star !
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 444 Location: Isle of Wight
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:22 am Post subject: Bimota's last run for 2012??? |
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There hasn't been too many weekends this year which have coincided with not working and decent weather, but Saturday ticked both boxes... although it was cold enough to freeze the nuts off a brass monkey!
Never mind, I wasn't going to miss the opportunity for what could be the last thrash of the year - I just had to plan my route to visit various friends for a cuppa and to thaw out
Fast open A roads, decent B roads and dual carriageways were fantastic, but towns and traffic were one step away from tedious - but 70+ miles and a few cuppas later I was back home, and praying I'd get the feeling back in my hands and feet!
Here's a couple of pix from my last stop....
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Top-shaggy Show Star !
Joined: 05 Mar 2011 Posts: 1757 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:03 am Post subject: |
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Fantastic bike Darin.
If you get fed up of it then I will look after it for you ...
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Terminaterre
Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 105 Location: Wavre / Belgium
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:36 am Post subject: |
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_________________ NS400R, YSR50, YSR125, Banshee, TDR250, KTM 500MX, Bimota V-Due, TDR80, Harris Rotax 250... |
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Darin Show Star !
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 444 Location: Isle of Wight
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StrokerBoy Show Star !
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1293 Location: Oop North, UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:33 am Post subject: Re: Bimota's last run for 2012??? |
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Darin wrote: |
Fast open A roads, decent B roads and dual carriageways were fantastic, but towns and traffic were one step away from tedious |
Having been lucky enough to blag a go on this very bike a couple of months ago, my opinion is even more polarised than that.
Above 40mph, it's easily the best thing I've ever ridden - perfect riding position, brilliant handling and a fantastic engine. Sounds ace too.
But pulling away from a standstill or chugging along in traffic, you'd happily swap it for an old lady's mobility scooter. It's almost unrideable, or maybe that's just me. It's like my 3MA in that I'd always be planning my ride to avoid any kind of traffic or the need to stop anywhere.
Typically for me, it's flaws just make me want it even more though. |
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yanw
Joined: 25 Jun 2011 Posts: 176 Location: Gloucester
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:52 am Post subject: |
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I can put up with those problems if you need someone to foster it for a while. I won't molest, honest |
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arlurt Show Star !
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 680 Location: North Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Having seen it in the flesh, the photos can't do it justice.
It's going to take you until spring to get it as beautifully sparkling as it was before the grotty roads took their toll. _________________ Light is right. |
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eyrey1
Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Posts: 82 Location: WAKEFIELD
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:30 am Post subject: |
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where you ay squires on it with strokerboy on sept1st or with someone on a gilera CX thingy
if it was you i talk,d to you both for a bit ,i was on a tzr 3xv red and white |
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StrokerBoy Show Star !
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1293 Location: Oop North, UK
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:39 am Post subject: |
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eyrey1 wrote: |
where you ay squires on it with strokerboy on sept1st or with someone on a gilera CX thingy
if it was you i talk,d to you both for a bit ,i was on a tzr 3xv red and white |
Yeah, that was Darin's V-Due and me on Buck Rogers' Shopping Trolley.
Nice to put another username to a face / bike. |
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