mid-life crisis

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 19 Nov 2007, 21:17

Hi people. just a few words to introduce myself & my crm. I live near Durham & have just swapped the super(expensive)sports bike in favour of a '91' mk2 for the princely sum of £875. Ferkin bargain i'd say. The look, smell and sound of it takes me back to a time when my chest & scrotum were like the king of madagascar (heir less). Bike's in great nick apart from.......(you know wot i'm going to say)......soft suspension, however having worked as a fluid power engineer, & after reading comments in your forum i'm sure i can sort this issue. Looking forward to ride outs & meeting like minded people.

ooh just like to say COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOl site guys.

Post by **Gwyn** » 19 Nov 2007, 21:50

Welcome Greg

"The look, smell and sound of it takes me back to a time when my chest & scrotum were like the king of madagascar (heir less)".

Keep this quiet, but the a 91 mk2 is the best model to have

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 19 Nov 2007, 22:53

cheers 4 that Gwyn. i'd heard the mk3 was a big improvement over the mk2 (source:honda brochure) is there any real world difference between all models.

slider · Post by **slider** » 20 Nov 2007, 00:16

hello greg,welcome to the forum and good choice of bike

p.s neither my chest or my scrotum have ever been to madagascar,could you suggest a good courier??

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 20 Nov 2007, 00:29

Hi Slider. i really wanted a mk3 but nearest for sale to me was 250 miles away, then out of the blue mk2 for sale 5 miles from my home. 'I think she was meant to mine'.

slider · Post by **slider** » 20 Nov 2007, 00:48

'if she was meant to be yours' then thats how it should be!

enjoy her mate,i love mine to bits 8) ,mind that could also be 'i ride mine to bits'

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 20 Nov 2007, 00:54

how do i know where i can legally ride in my area m8? trf or ord serv maps? do u guys have maps available?

slider · Post by **slider** » 20 Nov 2007, 01:18

bit of a mine field subject this!.you could go to way finder and get lanes in your area and mark them down on an o.s map
http://www.way-finder.co.uk/
thats the way i started laning,but i have found that the information can be a little out of date some times.create an account on wayfinder and down load the track explorer program.this will then allow you to download lanes by area through out the u.k,you have to click on the lanes individually and it brings up an information about the lane,they use a traffic light system to indicate vehicular rights of way,green o.k, yellow is questionable and reds a no no.however some lanes have rights for bikes but not for cars and it'll still show red?,i always check user comments for more info on this.a basic knowledge of map references and plotting are required to use it but it isn't difficult to learn with a bit of patience
if your crap with maps etc then the trf is a good choice and you'll get guided around your area and its a good way of meeting like minded soles aslong as it isnt like my local group who are very clicky.best to give there meetings a go and see what you think

Post by **Gwyn** » 20 Nov 2007, 08:31

[b]Greg :[/b]
> cheers 4 that Gwyn. i'd heard the mk3 was a big improvement over the mk2 (source:honda
> brochure) is there any real world difference between all models.

To be honsest greg, there's not a lot of diffirence between models performance wise

Post by **abigsupermoto** » 20 Nov 2007, 09:09

Welcome aboard Greg..............good old MK2.....its all you need

Harry Nicholson · Post by **Harry Nicholson** » 20 Nov 2007, 11:43

Hi , the local TRF is a good place to start . The Teesside & North Yorkshire section meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month . In fact the AGM is tonight at 8pm with free pies & peas on offer as well . The local group is very friendly & will willingly show you the trails once you join the TRF .

The location is shown on the Hutton Rudby to Stockesley road is shown here
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newsearch.sr ... d&ar=y&z=3

The web address is
http://www.teessidetrf.co.uk/
Hupe this helps

Harry

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 21 Nov 2007, 00:05

cheers 4 the comments guys. Just done a 400 mile round trip 2 purchase a 98ar for my brother. paid £1350, thats got 2 be cheap right?. he thinks santa's come early (his wife has the same complaint). We'll put my 91mk2 & his 98ar head 2 head this weekend 2 see who's boss. may the force be with me.

Post by **Gwyn** » 21 Nov 2007, 07:47

[b]Greg :[/b]
> cheers 4 the comments guys. Just done a 400 mile round trip 2 purchase a 98ar
> for my brother. paid £1350, thats got 2 be cheap right?. he thinks santa's
> come early (his wife has the same complaint). We'll put my 91mk2 & his
> 98ar head 2 head this weekend 2 see who's boss. may the force be with me.

>

MK2 will pi** it Greg

Davey Munroe · Post by **Davey Munroe** » 21 Nov 2007, 10:32

I don't know about that Gwyn, I painted my clutch cover gold, and wrote "active radical" in felt pen on my rad shroud, and now my bike goes really fast. Well worth paying an extra grand for

Welcome to the site Greg

slider · Post by **slider** » 21 Nov 2007, 14:24

[b]Davey Munroe :[/b]
> I don't know about that Gwyn, I painted my clutch cover gold, and wrote "active
> radical" in felt pen on my rad shroud, and now my bike goes really fast.
> Well worth paying an extra grand for

>
> Welcome to the site Greg

pmsl

,nice one davey