Where did the summer go?????

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Just a quick note to say hello every one.

I currently live near Bromley but should be moving to Essex in the new year so thought it about time I started enjoying some of the Essex countryside, and although the summer may have come and gone in the blink of an eye I'm looking forward to some winter rides on the R6!

Would be good to hear from anyone, to probably point out where I'm going wrong with this forum thing as I'm a complete novice!

[Ride-or-die]

so far so good mate, welcome to essex bikers, glad to hear you like to ride in winter too, hardcore biker!!

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Cheers Ride-or-die,

Went out for a 3 hour blast on Friday down to the South coast but only had my leathers only, and f*** me it was cold. Out with the winter clobber!!!

[NinjaMad]

Nice one mate welcome to essex bikers, tell me about it winter riding it cold but i dont mind if its cold... His right HARDCORE RIDER lol

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Cheers banditmad,

Looks like I had better invest in some warmer gloves, I'm not that hardcore to ride without being able to feel the brake lever!!! LOL

Are there many Hardcore Riders out there??

[Ride-or-die]

most of my bike lot ride all year round, include RaceMeNsee on here

[Lateshift]

Welcome to EB :)

Not too sure about hardcore but i have to ride from Southend to Blackheah everyday regardless of the weather :D

Although i suppose being this close to Lewisham is hardcore enough :D

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

most of my bike lot ride all year round, include RaceMeNsee on here

That's good...None of the "cover it up and put the trickle charger on" then!!!

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Welcome to EB :)

Not too sure about hardcore but i have to ride from Southend to Blackheah everyday regardless of the weather :D

Although i suppose being this close to Lewisham is hardcore enough :D

That's as close to Lewisham as you want to get (no offence meant to anybody living in Lewisham!!), still I have never heard of a any one having the wheels stolen off their bike while riding it!!! LOL

[Ride-or-die]

That's good...None of the "cover it up and put the trickle charger on" then!!!

that is true, however it lives with the trickle charger on, otherwise the battery dies within a few weeks

[Lateshift]

that is true, however it lives with the trickle charger on, otherwise the battery dies within a few weeks

(thats because its probably using the standard rated battery ;) most upgrade to the 14amp one and you never have any problems again ;) )

and moving swiftly back on track :D

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

that is true, however it lives with the trickle charger on, otherwise the battery dies within a few weeks

Sounds like you might have a problem there! What do you ride? Either your battery is knackered, a gererator problem or you have a power hungry alarm!!

[fall off]

welcome to the site , hope fully see you on the track with us some time next yr , when we get a summer :grin2!!!!!

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

welcome to the site , hope fully see you on the track with us some time next yr , when we get a summer :grin2!!!!!

Did the Ron Haslam race school a couple of weeks ago so can't wait! I reckon if it looks like there is not going to be a summer then Spain here I come!!! Any one up for that?

[sniffer dagenham]

DONT DO IT!!!!!! I moved from Penge to sunny Dagenham a few years ago and still trying to get back to the CORRECT side of the Thames.


By the way WELCOME TO EB and good old Essex

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Sounds like you might have a problem there! What do you ride? Either your battery is knackered, a gererator problem or you have a power hungry alarm!!

In answer to my own question (DOH!) I'm guessing an RSV 1000 mille, I was going to get 1 of those once!

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

DONT DO IT!!!!!! I moved from Penge to sunny Dagenham a few years ago and still trying to get back to the CORRECT side of the Thames.


By the way WELCOME TO EB and good old Essex

Well you know what they say, "anything for a quiet life" my Mrs is from over there and she's desperate to get back! LOL Look on the bright side...at least it's free these days to go over the Dartford crossing on 2 wheels!!

[SDM]

Welcome to EB......................:clap:clap:clap:clap

...............and still trying to get back to the CORRECT side of the Thames.

You mean the Mucky side of the Water..............:laugh1

This is the Sunny Side.................

[sniffer dagenham]

Welcome to EB......................:clap:clap:clap:clap



You mean the Mucky side of the Water..............:laugh1

This is the Sunny Side.................


Kent is the GARDEN of England. What do they class Essex as?????

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Kent is the GARDEN of England. What do they class Essex as?????

Now, now, I'm not getting into that arguement...we will be here all day!!! LOL

Both places are nice as far as I'm concerned! :clap:clap:clap

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Welcome to EB......................:clap:clap:clap:clap



You mean the Mucky side of the Water..............:laugh1

This is the Sunny Side.................

Thanks for the welcome SDM. Will have to go to the next Newbie meet to put some faces to names! :grin2

[sniffer dagenham]

Are we having a big one at the end of this month???????? If so then pop over and say hello to us all.

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Are we having a big one at the end of this month???????? If so then pop over and say hello to us all.

Sounds good to me, :rockonI keep my eyes peeled for the details.

[becky]

hello welcome to EB :grin2

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

hello welcome to EB :grin2

Hi becky, thanks you for the welcome.

I'm taking to stab in the dark and guessing thats you in the photo!!! A fellow R6 rider!!

[SteadyEddie]

Velcome to zee site

If Kent is the garden of England,, has the gardener been on strike ?:grin2

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Velcome to zee site

If Kent is the garden of England,, has the gardener been on strike ?:grin2


Cheers Eddie,

Interesting German accent!!! LOL

I reckon the gardener has been on strike like the Posties, down the pub (not a bad place to be!) or maybe burning rubber???!!! :clap:clap:clap

[The Guvnor]

Welocme to the site matey.........the place we call home:grin2

[rembrandt]

welcome to EB:clap

[RaceMeNSee]

welcome to the site fella! and well done for the all year round hardcore bikernessness! been doing that for the last 7 years! lol hope you enjoy your stay here..and loook forwards to rideing with you in the future! .......you seem to have replyed to like EVERYONES posts rather fast.... alot of spare time on your hands? lol

[becky]

Hi becky, thanks you for the welcome.

I'm taking to stab in the dark and guessing thats you in the photo!!! A fellow R6 rider!!

yes thats ME :grin2 A couple laps later i fell off :grin1


I LOVE my R6 :love1

[Lateshift]

Kent is the GARDEN of England. What do they class Essex as?????


Probably the knickers for the classier acts out there, to the rest of us probably the gusset! :D

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Welocme to the site matey.........the place we call home:grin2

Cheers Guv,

I take it your the boss then?

[Lateshift]

Cheers Guv,

I take it your the boss then?

:grin1 :grin1

:D

Well he owns a pub if thats what you mean :)

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

welcome to EB:clap

Thanks for the big welcome Dave. Always thought Essex was a friendly place, seems I was right!! :laughboun

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

yes thats ME :grin2 A couple laps later i fell off :grin1


I LOVE my R6 :love1

Where was that picture taken, hope you didn't do too much damage to your bike? I did the Ron Haslam race school the other week which was excellent, the bloke that was me and the instructor ended up taking an excursion through the gravel trap after high siding at the Old Hair Pin (Donington Park) but luckily enough its the race schools bikes!!!

Ouch!!! :headbash

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

:grin1 :grin1

:D

Well he owns a pub if thats what you mean :)

That's a start!!!! :clap

[becky]

Where was that picture taken, hope you didn't do too much damage to your bike? I did the Ron Haslam race school the other week which was excellent, the bloke that was me and the instructor ended up taking an excursion through the gravel trap after high siding at the Old Hair Pin (Donington Park) but luckily enough its the race schools bikes!!!

Ouch!!! :headbash

it happened at lydden hill. No apart from a couple of cracks in the fairing the bike was perfect. i high sided then it caught grip, the bike stood up pretty sharpish and i didnt have time to stop as i was heading towards the tyre wall. initially i thought i hit the tyre wall, but i managed to fall off before then, must have slipped on the grass.

Ron Haslam race school eh! A couple of guys on here did that school. Also back in May a few of us did the california superbike school, that was pretty cool, apart from being wet and cold :grin2

I cant wait until the weather gets nice again.

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

it happened at lydden hill. No apart from a couple of cracks in the fairing the bike was perfect. i high sided then it caught grip, the bike stood up pretty sharpish and i didnt have time to stop as i was heading towards the tyre wall. initially i thought i hit the tyre wall, but i managed to fall off before then, must have slipped on the grass.

Ron Haslam race school eh! A couple of guys on here did that school. Also back in May a few of us did the california superbike school, that was pretty cool, apart from being wet and cold :grin2

I cant wait until the weather gets nice again.

Shame about the accident but it could have been worse!!!

I have been around Lydden on an old R1, turned up to see a blade on fire being scooped up by a JCB! Not the best start to your first track day!! LOL

California Superbike School, fantastic, would you recommend it??

[Lateshift]

California Bike school is the way forward, there were people on that who were complaining about how little they learnt at the Ron Haslam one, there were people on another forum recently doing the same aswell.

I think for most the highlight of the day seemed to be meeting Ron Haslam :D

But the general feeling was that if you were a female then plenty of attention go shown towards you, if you were a bloke it was a case of try and keep up with me, but ultimately people said they have been on better organised track days.

The one thing CSS isnt, is unorganised, you get your monies worth thats for sure and the coaching starts from the basics, not just about "how can i get my knee down" :)

[Jetski]

Welcome to EB :)

As Becky says CSS is awesome - I don't think anyone on here that did it this year will say anything different. Highly recommend it :D :D

p.s. essex is great!

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Welcome to EB :)

As Becky says CSS is awesome - I don't think anyone on here that did it this year will say anything different. Highly recommend it :D :D

p.s. essex is great!

Looks like I'll be booking up for CSS next year then!!! :clap:clap:clap:clap

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

California Bike school is the way forward, there were people on that who were complaining about how little they learnt at the Ron Haslam one, there were people on another forum recently doing the same aswell.

I think for most the highlight of the day seemed to be meeting Ron Haslam :D

But the general feeling was that if you were a female then plenty of attention go shown towards you, if you were a bloke it was a case of try and keep up with me, but ultimately people said they have been on better organised track days.

The one thing CSS isnt, is unorganised, you get your monies worth thats for sure and the coaching starts from the basics, not just about "how can i get my knee down" :)

Sounds like CSS is a bit more comprehensive!! I can't knock the Ron Haslam school, but i suppoase it does depend on what instructor you get? I'll be booking early to avoid disappointment with the CSS!:rockon

Anyone else going next year??

[auroredj]

You mean the Mucky side of the Water..............:laugh1

Hiya & Welcome to EB, hope you enjoy your stay :laugh2.................Don't pay any attention to SDM he's only jealous he wasn't dragged up our side of the water, what he really means is the better side :laugh1

[NinjaMad]

how much is one of these CSS days???

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Hiya & Welcome to EB, hope you enjoy your stay :laugh2.................Don't pay any attention to SDM he's only jealous he wasn't dragged up our side of the water, what he really means is the better side :laugh1

Many thanks for the warm welcome auroredj. This inter-county jealousy thing seems to go way back before I was born! LOL

What I say is peace man!!! :rockon Love everyone on 2 wheels (well maybe not the plod!!! Sorry to any police people out there, but you bring it on yourselves!!! LOL)

[Lateshift]

Everything you need to know :)

http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk/schedule.php

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

how much is one of these CSS days???

Looks like any where between £300-£400 (+ £199 for bike hire if you need or want it)

Here take a look: http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk/

[Lateshift]

The difference is that if you take your own bike, you get used to riding your own bike.

Also you have to start at level 1 regardless of how good 'you think' you are :)

5 track sessions of 20 minutes with 5 classroom sessions to teach the drills that you practice on track, its a very logical way of learning and you will be astonished at how little you actually know about riding, in comparison to how much you thought you knew ;)

One of the best days i have had :)

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

The difference is that if you take your own bike, you get used to riding your own bike.

Also you have to start at level 1 regardless of how good 'you think' you are :)

5 track sessions of 20 minutes with 5 classroom sessions to teach the drills that you practice on track, its a very logical way of learning and you will be astonished at how little you actually know about riding, in comparison to how much you thought you knew ;)

One of the best days i have had :)

I thought that when I walked out of the RHRS, "**** I know f*** all" LOL One thing I do know about is......:drinkup LOL

[Ride-or-die]

Sounds like you might have a problem there! What do you ride? Either your battery is knackered, a gererator problem or you have a power hungry alarm!!


its an aprilia RSV1000 mille, and the battery has been upgraded on it too as late has mentioned, and according to my trickle charger the battery is in good condition, so either like u say my alarm drains it, or it never charges while riding.

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

its an aprilia RSV1000 mille, and the battery has been upgraded on it too as late has mentioned, and according to my trickle charger the battery is in good condition, so either like u say my alarm drains it, or it never charges while riding.

A couple of easy test carried out with a multi-meter will tell you whats what.

(1) First a charge test measured (volts) accross the battery terminals while putting the generator under load (turn the lights on)

(2) Second a drain test measured (amps) inline on the negative side of the battery.

I used to be a car electrician so don't know the exact specs off the top of my head for your bike and alarm, but I'm sure they are either in the accompaning manual or on the web.

Alternatively just keep using your trickle charger, won't do any harm.

[Lateshift]

Both the meta and datatool alarm systems drain the Mille batteries ;)

Neither of my RSV's failed to start unless they were left over the winter for weeks without starting, as i didnt have them plugged into a charger, if they were used every couple of days they fired up without a problem :)

However switch to volts on the dash, with the engine at 3000 rpm you should be seeing upwards of 13.89volts really.

Minimum starting voltage on these big twins is around 11.9 volts, any less and the bike will probably fail to start, if the battery has around 12.8 volts in it as standard its healthy enough :)

The specific problem on the Mille is that when you turn the key, everything fires up, the fuel pump, the ECU blah blah.

A common trick is to turn the key, leave it for 5 seconds and then try and start it, if it doesnt start within 5 seconds leave it for a minute or so, it will only flood otherwise (more so when its cold).

Under no circumstances should you try and hit the button whilst using the throttle, the intertia from the bike firing can knacker the sprag clutch to the tune of around £500 ;)

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

Both the meta and datatool alarm systems drain the Mille batteries ;)

Neither of my RSV's failed to start unless they were left over the winter for weeks without starting, as i didnt have them plugged into a charger, if they were used every couple of days they fired up without a problem :)

However switch to volts on the dash, with the engine at 3000 rpm you should be seeing upwards of 13.89volts really.

Minimum starting voltage on these big twins is around 11.9 volts, any less and the bike will probably fail to start, if the battery has around 12.8 volts in it as standard its healthy enough :)

The specific problem on the Mille is that when you turn the key, everything fires up, the fuel pump, the ECU blah blah.

A common trick is to turn the key, leave it for 5 seconds and then try and start it, if it doesnt start within 5 seconds leave it for a minute or so, it will only flood otherwise (more so when its cold).

Under no circumstances should you try and hit the button whilst using the throttle, the intertia from the bike firing can knacker the sprag clutch to the tune of around £500 ;)

Sounds to me like you know what you are talking about, and I'm NO expert when it comes to RSV milles! So just a big engine with lots of addition electronics adding extra drain. It all adds up to your battery needing to be in a good tip top, healthy state. Still slightly annoying having to always use a trickle. The price you pay for style!! :rockon

[NinjaMad]

That looks awesome when i get my new bike im going for sure

[Honorary_Essex_Boy]

That looks awesome when i get my new bike im going for sure

Thats 2 of us then!!! :clap:clap:clap Any one else interested?...what about one of the weekend down in Spain??