Helicopter pilots and motorcycles
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From: Oman
V Nice mate!
This Jap stuff is all very swish but there's no excitement doing the "ton"on them. Whereas 100mph on my Triton involved hanging on for grim death as it rattled, vibrated and roared its way along in a cloud of oil mist, with me wondering which bit would fall off next!
Happy New Year
This Jap stuff is all very swish but there's no excitement doing the "ton"on them. Whereas 100mph on my Triton involved hanging on for grim death as it rattled, vibrated and roared its way along in a cloud of oil mist, with me wondering which bit would fall off next!
Happy New Year
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: surrey
Helis & Bikes
I find riding a good outlet and helps to maintain a sharp mind with the focus on hazards on the road, may sound odd but works for me. Track days an excellent blast expecially with 1:1 instruction, then back to day job.
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Near the bottom
Whoateallthe pies
As I said to an aging but still very enthusiastic rider of a lovely original Norton Commando 850 recently, "Aren't you woried about all that oil pi$$ing out of the engine?".
"No laddie!", he replied. "It's when the oil stops pi$$ing out that you want to start worrying!!".
Incidentally, if there are any PPruNers out there who fancy meeting at a track day next summer, please PM me!
TTB
As I said to an aging but still very enthusiastic rider of a lovely original Norton Commando 850 recently, "Aren't you woried about all that oil pi$$ing out of the engine?".
"No laddie!", he replied. "It's when the oil stops pi$$ing out that you want to start worrying!!".
Incidentally, if there are any PPruNers out there who fancy meeting at a track day next summer, please PM me!
TTB
Joined: Dec 2002
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From: UK
Disco Tim,
That looks a great piece of kit, could you PM me with details of the spec?
See my earlier post, have a T140V 750cc engine waiting to be rebuilt & shoehorned into something like this!
With fraternal greetings,
Ambi
That looks a great piece of kit, could you PM me with details of the spec?
See my earlier post, have a T140V 750cc engine waiting to be rebuilt & shoehorned into something like this!
With fraternal greetings,
Ambi
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: San Diego, California
2008 V-Rod, limited anniversary edition
My poor baby is just sitting, waiting to ship to a pilot friend in Durban, R.S.A. But seems "Mama" not only holds the wallet but his huevos also!
So it needs to find a new home now.
Now this is my big baby! '07 Road King Classic
And on my wish list!
So it needs to find a new home now.Now this is my big baby! '07 Road King Classic
And on my wish list!
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From: West Coast
Engineers ride nicer bikes than pilots
In Canada engineers are buying Hyabusa's,ZX 14's, Ducati 999's where as the pilots around here drive 175 to 600 cc bikes and drive like women. Just down the taxiway a engineer is driving a Hyabusa bored out to 1600 CC with a super charger installed. Pilots tend to crash more often than engineers as they spend too much time looking at the motorcycle control panel than looking out through the windscreen.
enough said...
enough said...
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Canada
AW139... When it comes to bikes power is over rated, unless of course it helps you compensate
Here is a vid from a track day we did at Laguna Seca a few weeks ago, I was on my little 750 having way too much fun.
Here is a vid from a track day we did at Laguna Seca a few weeks ago, I was on my little 750 having way too much fun.
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: North Carolina
Meh...I had been riding with sidebags and top bag with two weeks of stuff and camping gear and wife on back for 10 days and had the opportunity to leave all that stuff for a few hours of solo corner strafing 'lite' near Moab...
It felt like I was riding my gixxer...
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Here she is as more normally "rigged"...
...just as comfortable for a quick nap as the floor of a UH-1...
..especially when the misses is in some tourist shoppe just taking a "second" to look around... If she had snapped this photo 5 seconds quicker, my head would have been on the box and 'sound' would have picked up me snoring...
It felt like I was riding my gixxer...
.Here she is as more normally "rigged"...
...just as comfortable for a quick nap as the floor of a UH-1...
..especially when the misses is in some tourist shoppe just taking a "second" to look around... If she had snapped this photo 5 seconds quicker, my head would have been on the box and 'sound' would have picked up me snoring...
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From: England & Scotland
Know what you mean. I had my tent strapped to rear seat for IoM TT last year. Fell asleep waiting to board the ferry. Mates in their power ranger suits & crotch rockets were jealous.
Ride safe
John
Ride safe
John
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From: Gold Coast, Australia
While we're waiting for the K1600GT to arrive in Australia, I'm riding a K1200GT as an 'interim'. And finding the handling a little different to the R1200RT that I'm so used to, especially the extra 50 horses galloping away 
Yesterday's ride, marshaling for an Instructed Ride through the Reefton Spur to Marysville. Great fun, even with rain, low cloud and an overt + covert Police presence
and this is the sort of stuff the coppers get up to: the Policewoman had a laser to check traffic coming up the hill toward her, while the big tough blokes were standing the other side of the road by their cars waiting to chase anyone she pinged.
Yesterday's ride, marshaling for an Instructed Ride through the Reefton Spur to Marysville. Great fun, even with rain, low cloud and an overt + covert Police presence
and this is the sort of stuff the coppers get up to: the Policewoman had a laser to check traffic coming up the hill toward her, while the big tough blokes were standing the other side of the road by their cars waiting to chase anyone she pinged.
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From: out there somewhere
pilots and bikes
Great post, loved the varied response!!
I work in Oman and ride a jap 600 sport but then again I am an engineer, what do I know ,a few of our pilots , at least the french models are all riding Harleys and wearing all the HD gear, What is that about???
I work in Oman and ride a jap 600 sport but then again I am an engineer, what do I know ,a few of our pilots , at least the french models are all riding Harleys and wearing all the HD gear, What is that about???
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From: 1 Dunghill Mansions, Putney
