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harriebird
04-10-2005, 07:45 PM
Evening all

I have just bought a new bike after 6 years away from 2 wheels !! it's a CB500 (I believe in taking things slowly to begin with!) but might turn it into a CBR400 by next spring. Non-biking hubby has only just got used to the fact that it's not the Ford Ka he thought I was buying to get to work.... hey ho.

does anyone go out to Great Bentley at all? I live out that way and was wondering what it was like, are they a friendly bunch or will they just laugh because I'm slow

the bug is biting and I want to go and play, I don't have any biking buddies yet. Ahhhhh. :cry:

cheers

Harrie xx
Juvenilerider
04-10-2005, 08:33 PM
Welcome you just aquired like 900 buddies :D
gixer400
04-10-2005, 08:43 PM
welcome. enjoy yourself
r6paul
05-10-2005, 12:09 AM
welcome
kasandrich
05-10-2005, 06:56 AM
Well done Harriebird 8)
FarQuit
05-10-2005, 07:00 AM
Hi ho, fairly brand new myself. Not found anyone that bites yet.
kasandrich
05-10-2005, 07:03 AM
Hi ho, fairly brand new myself. Not found anyone that bites yet.

......yet! :lol:
becky
05-10-2005, 08:31 AM
hello welcome....gt bently is ok in mid summer but i doubt there will be many bikes there now.............theres a meet tonight in billericay at the pub, there having a bbq.......u should come along
*Kat*
05-10-2005, 10:06 AM
welcome! x
Ride-or-die
05-10-2005, 10:52 AM
much better choice than a ka, welcome aboard
FarQuit
05-10-2005, 11:49 AM
......yet! :lol:
http://climbatizeut.users.btopenworld.com/f-smilies/more-smilies/upoint.gif Stick that one on ya 'watch' list!
EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU
05-10-2005, 12:13 PM
come to thebbq to night hello
dragonfly
06-10-2005, 01:12 PM
welcome to the site xxx :D
The Guvnor
06-10-2005, 02:07 PM
Welcome matey..............
Gazdaman
06-10-2005, 02:34 PM
Hello, the guys are a very very friendly bunch. I went on a rideout once knowing no-one. Now there's a whole bunch of em I'd trust with my life.

Gaz
PTG
06-10-2005, 04:29 PM
Hi. Did my DAS on a CB500 - fond memories! Ever thought of a ZXR400 over the CBR? those Kwakers are little bullets...
PTG
06-10-2005, 04:29 PM
Hi. Did my DAS on a CB500 - fond memories! Ever thought of a ZXR400 over the CBR? those Kwakers are little bullets...
harriebird
06-10-2005, 05:40 PM
haven't really thought much beyond a CBR to be honest. It was what I had on my walls (and in my dreams) when I was 17.....sigh!

other thoughts are TZR250 (if they're not all shagged by now!),RGV250, RS250 - you get the picture, small and swift!

I'd better give him indoors a chance to get used to the missus on 2 slow wheels before I shock him with an insurance/oil/chain bill for anything more exotic.

He doesn't ride (yet) but is a total car nutter so he is going to get a CBT for Christmas. That should be fun in January! :lol:
fall off
06-10-2005, 08:08 PM
welcome .... enjoy
Biker Dude
07-10-2005, 05:46 PM
welcome to the site.. :lol:
jackbandit
08-10-2005, 12:58 PM
Bonjour :lol:
Robocobb
08-10-2005, 04:05 PM
Welcome & Hello. Dont forget if it yellow snow ts probably not a good idea to eat it :D
DJMCJERICO
09-10-2005, 04:28 AM
You mean yellow snow don't taste of lemon :oops:

Welcome to the forum
tony
11-10-2005, 05:14 AM
Great to see you in the ranks...................
RaceMeNSee
12-10-2005, 11:53 AM
ahoi hoi!
Hells
12-10-2005, 12:24 PM
helloooooooooooooooo, bbq tonight, come and say hello.. have u been to any meets yet??? :D
ProdigyPete
17-10-2005, 11:51 AM
Hooray another CB500 Biker!

Welcome Harrie Bird. They are a totally cool bunch on here. So what year is the beast and how are you finding it? Lovely Bike to ride, does all what its asked to do, plus the cost is pretty resonable!

Gt Bentley is easily the best Bike Meet I've been to was great...apart from the Nail Sticking out of my tyre when I got there.

Treating my baby to a new Speedo Cable....my exsisting one squeaks and it sounds like someone has taped a Mouse to the front!
harriebird
17-10-2005, 07:44 PM
the beast is a Vreg, 99 I think.

I took it out for a proper flight down the A12 on Saturday (having only been a commuter bird between Alresford and Colchester (6 miles) for the last 3 weeks) and was very very pleasantly surprised.

I'd heard good things happen at 6,500 rpm - ohhh hooohhhh yes!

but tell me, Prodigy Pete, does your back brake go squishy in the wet? and does your exhaust go 'pop pop pop' when the revs drop?

mine sure does, I see another trip to Dad's Bike Maintenance Ltd. Maybe if he tests it he'll swap me his ZX10 !!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Lateshift
17-10-2005, 08:04 PM
If your exhausts popping then you need your fueling sorting on the carb, its basically unburnt fuel going bang in the exhaust manifold and upper part of the exhaust, just needs a bit of tune thats all :)
ProdigyPete
19-10-2005, 01:29 PM
No my exhast doesn't go pop but it sounds a little bit ticky at low revs. No the back brake seems cool. But I try and avoid riding in the wet if at all possible. Tad on the slippy side.

My Front brakes a noise when I brake with the front, but I just changed the pads and I think the pads are a little harder tho so it might be that!?!?

Good bike, yeah get it to 6,500rpm and it certainly can shift!!! we'll have to go for a burn up!
Effort
21-10-2005, 04:30 PM
welcome... :wink:
FACESLIDER
21-10-2005, 06:06 PM
Hello and welcome :D :D