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Started by trevini , Feb 04 2017 12:19 pm

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#1 trevini

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 12:19 pm

For a number of reasons, not least because i buggered up my left hand (mainly two broken fingers) I only managed 40 miles in the last 16 months on the nine and a whisker over 400 on the Guzzi in the last two years (it's been layed up since March 2016). BUT, I'm back on the road again having spent some time yesterday getting MOT and tax for the pair of them. Just a pair of new tyres for the Guzzi and I'll have the full compliment again. I've got some PR4s on order which should be here Monday.

 

It's fair to say I'm a bit rusty on the riding front, but getting back on the TDM felt like a comfortable pair of old slippers. The Guzzi needed a little more getting used to. Anyway, the plan is to ride considerably more than in the last couple of years and get to some meets with you lot. 

 

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 12:25 pm

Ya gotta love that Big John-Back in the Saddle feeling :good: 


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 12:39 pm

Yoo hoo. Good to have ewe back Twev. Is them there yer guitaring fingers?? :-/
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Posted 04 February 2017 - 01:29 pm

Sure is Dappers. I can still play, but it was very painful after only a few minutes at first. Now I can manage about an hour before it starts to hurt a bit. Following day after a gig I can barely move them.

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 01:50 pm


After my shattered left wrist I was so afraid that I wouldn't be able to gety fingers around the guitar neck again. I've been playing since my teens and it's as important to me as riding. Luckily i got enough flexibility back to play, though it was painful at first, so I understand that one.

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 03:53 pm

Nice to here you're getting back into riding Trev

 

Be good to have another East Anglian G2G  :good:


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 04:05 pm

What about a Norfolk G2G?
Love the place. Worth going for the fish n chips alone

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 04:09 pm

Just got back after a jaunt round the local twisties on damp/drying roads. Covered 60 miles all in, so not a marathon session, but have "progressed" to reducing my comfort braking by about 80% compared to when I climbed back on board yesterday. Almost got to the edge of the tyres too, so it's all coming back.

 

We'll have to see about another EA G2G, but if anyone is over this way, they're always welcome to drop in and who knows, I may even have the smoker fired up.


What about a Norfolk G2G?
Love the place. Worth going for the fish n chips alone

 

We used to run one every year Tin Tin, but haven't had one for two or three years. 


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 06:03 pm

Blimey Trev thought you had emigrated :D  good to hear your back in the saddle matey, see you down your neck of the woods sometime then eh  :good:


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 06:08 pm

Good to see you back Trev. 

 

Another Anglia or Norfolk run sounds good.


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 06:24 pm

Welcome back Trev? Damage wasn't bike related was it?


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 07:03 pm

Not at all Matt. I fell over painting a skirting board (yes, really). Smashed two fingers end on into a chimney breast as I tried to break my fall. Not quite eligible for a Darwin Award, but close lol

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 09:14 pm

Great to see you back on here and to hear you're back on the bike Trev. :)

 

I'm up for an East Anglian rideout, once the weather improves. :good:


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 09:51 pm

Good on you for being back on the road. Have fun and ride safe.


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 09:56 pm

Welcome back Trev. Hopefully meet up this year - Haggs Bank G2G in July?


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Posted 04 February 2017 - 10:28 pm

Better Latter then never!  good to see yer back.  u stihl  managed more miles than me over the last 2 years though!


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Posted 05 February 2017 - 10:43 am

Don't motorcycles seem really quick when you haven't ridden for a while? Glad to hear that you are back on two wheels.


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Posted 05 February 2017 - 01:15 pm

I agree mostly, but both my bikes are slower than one of my cars apart from a slight advantage up to 60.  It somehow feels a lot more frantic in something that's physically larger and tries to spin up at around a ton in the dry :-)


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Posted 05 February 2017 - 01:25 pm

Glad yar on the mend twev and the guitar flingers back working.

Oi had a Darwin last year. Had a day of awkward customers who I thought might kill me. Survived, got home made a cuppa and broke me toe on the sofa before oi had even sat Doon. :-) Then caught the same toe on the same bit of sofa a few weeks later.
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Posted 05 February 2017 - 02:49 pm

That's a bugger isn't it? It doesn't matter how careful you are, you constantly bump the injured bit!


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