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Post by ocatoro on Sept 9, 2012 18:39:32 GMT
Hi all, name's Dan, i live near lampeter in ceredigion. just bought my first bike, a 1986 honda h100 sg. yet to pick her up, will be doing so in the next week, it's all the way down in hampshire which is a bugger, but i'll get her home somehow! will post some photos when i pick her up  |
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Post by dungbug on Sept 9, 2012 19:39:29 GMT
Hi Dan, welcome to RR. How are you picking the bike up, van/trailer/riding back? Sounds like an epic roadtrip.  |
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Post by ocatoro on Sept 9, 2012 20:28:33 GMT
well there was a vague plan to van it back in my mate's vito... but it's gone and died on us.
so we'll either by hiring a van if we can find one cheap enough. or riding down on same mate's vfr750 and riding it back, with me on my cbt going the "long way round". one way to test the patience of your mates!
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Post by dungbug on Sept 9, 2012 21:21:18 GMT
Haha, sounds like fun eitherway. You done the CBT yet?
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Post by ocatoro on Sept 9, 2012 22:38:30 GMT
nope! it's booked for the 17th at 10am. can't wait!
mate donated a jacket and some gloves today that were just piled up among "spare stuff" in his garage, so that's a start. just need some boots and a helmet now to get me going.
boots are confusing the hell out of me though, do they need to be so OTT ?? or are them little paddock boots adequate? not like i'm going to be breaking any speed records
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Post by dungbug on Sept 10, 2012 5:44:51 GMT
I asked myself the same question when I did my CBT 'do I need proper bike boots?' I asked a mate who had been iding for some time & he said 'when you need them & don't have them you'll regret not having them'. The thing is having a off at 30 can do a fair bit of damage, I read somewhere that usually ankles & feet take the most impact in a crash as well. I'll always gear up before going out on the bike, even if it's just to the local shop  |
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Post by ocatoro on Sept 10, 2012 15:34:51 GMT
oh i mean proper bike boots, but some seem to cover just the ankle, and some go all the way up to the knee, and some in between. most seem geared to m-x or sports bikes.... what do most people with older retro bikes wear?
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Post by dungbug on Sept 10, 2012 15:43:40 GMT
what do most people with older retro bikes wear? Seen quite a few wearing Army surplus boots, usually mid-calf height, waterproof, hard wearing & usually cheap.  |
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Post by ocatoro on Sept 10, 2012 16:42:29 GMT
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Post by dungbug on Sept 10, 2012 21:13:01 GMT
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Post by TerraRoot on Sept 17, 2012 1:10:24 GMT
Those boots look ok, not much armour, but then again i were MX boots all the time, everything else will look . |
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