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by: PipL - Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:31 UTC

Thought I'd better check the Energica's first MOT date.

Today.

I thought it was some time in February, so it was just as well I took
the Guzzi to work today.

CHUMP #1 (CHarge Up Muppet)

Pip

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by: sweller - Wed, 7 Feb 2024 06:50 UTC

PipL wrote:

> Thought I'd better check the Energica's first MOT date.

The husqvarna has just turned 20k miles, and still has more than a year
to go to its first MOT.

I'm not convinced buying new and then running the fucker into the
ground in the first few years is the most economic way of motorcycling.
However, at least it gets used.

That said, I've put very few miles on the Guzzi in the last couple of
years.

--
Simon

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by: YTC#1 - Wed, 7 Feb 2024 11:33 UTC

On 07/02/2024 06:50, sweller wrote:
> PipL wrote:
>
>> Thought I'd better check the Energica's first MOT date.
>
> The husqvarna has just turned 20k miles, and still has more than a year
> to go to its first MOT.
>
> I'm not convinced buying new and then running the fucker into the
> ground in the first few years is the most economic way of motorcycling.
> However, at least it gets used.

It is how I treated the XJR.
And I still have it 25 years later.

IIRC the 1st MOT was around 26k miles

Still weird the way my usage dropped off after the 1st couple of years,
1st year was over 12k miles.

Despite it's 3 months in the US it is still about 8k shy of the 100k.

--
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by: YTC#1 - Wed, 7 Feb 2024 16:09 UTC

On 07/02/2024 11:33, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 07/02/2024 06:50, sweller wrote:
>> PipL wrote:
>>
>>> Thought I'd better check the Energica's first MOT date.
>>
>> The husqvarna has just turned 20k miles, and still has more than a year
>> to go to its first MOT.
>>
>> I'm not convinced buying new and then running the fucker into the
>> ground in the first few years is the most economic way of motorcycling.
>> However, at least it gets used.
>
> It is how I treated the XJR.
> And I still have it 25 years later.
>
> IIRC the 1st MOT was around 26k miles
>
> Still weird the way my usage dropped off after the 1st couple of years,
> 1st year was over 12k miles.
>
> Despite it's 3 months in the US it is still about 8k shy of the 100k.
>
(bad form etc)
While I have had the XJR I took the XJ900 from 11k to 110k
And (my stolen) Peg from 11.5k to 90k
1st Peg (Jean's but now mine) 1.8k to 90k

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by: Champ - Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:00 UTC

On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 11:33:24 +0000, YTC#1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> wrote:

>On 07/02/2024 06:50, sweller wrote:

>> The husqvarna has just turned 20k miles, and still has more than a year
>> to go to its first MOT.

>Still weird the way my usage dropped off after the 1st couple of years,
>1st year was over 12k miles.

Different times and all that, and I didn't even have a car licence
until I was 22, but when I got my first brand new bike, my much loved
Kawasaki GPZ750 turbo, I did over 20k miles in the first year!
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

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by: YTC#1 - Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:57 UTC

On 08/02/2024 15:00, Champ wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 11:33:24 +0000, YTC#1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 07/02/2024 06:50, sweller wrote:
>
>>> The husqvarna has just turned 20k miles, and still has more than a year
>>> to go to its first MOT.
>
>> Still weird the way my usage dropped off after the 1st couple of years,
>> 1st year was over 12k miles.
>
> Different times and all that, and I didn't even have a car licence
> until I was 22, but when I got my first brand new bike, my much loved
> Kawasaki GPZ750 turbo, I did over 20k miles in the first year!

Did any of the replacements live up to it?

--
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by: Spike - Thu, 8 Feb 2024 22:16 UTC

Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 11:33:24 +0000, YTC#1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 07/02/2024 06:50, sweller wrote:

>>> The husqvarna has just turned 20k miles, and still has more than a year
>>> to go to its first MOT.

>> Still weird the way my usage dropped off after the 1st couple of years,
>> 1st year was over 12k miles.

> Different times and all that, and I didn't even have a car licence
> until I was 22, but when I got my first brand new bike, my much loved
> Kawasaki GPZ750 turbo, I did over 20k miles in the first year!

I did 10k miles in the first year I owned a Tiger Cub…

…no turbo and not many cc…

--
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by: WUN - Fri, 9 Feb 2024 21:08 UTC

On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 10:16:29 PM UTC, Spike wrote:
> Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> > Kawasaki GPZ750 turbo, I did over 20k miles in the first year!
> I did 10k miles in the first year I owned a Tiger Cub…
>
> …no turbo and not many cc…

Things some blokes will do for a legover...

--
WUN

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by: Champ - Sat, 10 Feb 2024 08:14 UTC

On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 13:08:48 -0800 (PST), WUN <nigel.eaton@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 10:16:29?PM UTC, Spike wrote:
>> Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>> > Kawasaki GPZ750 turbo, I did over 20k miles in the first year!
>> I did 10k miles in the first year I owned a Tiger Cub
>>
>> no turbo and not many cc

>Things some blokes will do for a legover...

This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647

And I'm not laughing at him. I'm thinking back to my younger self,
and some of the things I did, and just nodding
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

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by: chrisnd @ukrm - Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:50 UTC

On 10/02/2024 08:14, Champ wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 13:08:48 -0800 (PST), WUN <nigel.eaton@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 10:16:29?PM UTC, Spike wrote:
>>> Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> Kawasaki GPZ750 turbo, I did over 20k miles in the first year!
>>> I did 10k miles in the first year I owned a Tiger Cub…
>>>
>>> …no turbo and not many cc…
>
>> Things some blokes will do for a legover...
>
> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647

Yes, one had to admire the adventurism - or maybe just desperation?

> And I'm not laughing at him. I'm thinking back to my younger self,
> and some of the things I did, and just nodding

<nudge, nudge>

Chris
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by: Turby - Sat, 10 Feb 2024 21:47 UTC

On 2/10/2024 8:50 AM, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 10/02/2024 08:14, Champ wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 13:08:48 -0800 (PST), WUN <nigel.eaton@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 10:16:29?PM UTC, Spike wrote:
>>>> Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> Kawasaki GPZ750 turbo, I did over 20k miles in the first year!
>>>> I did 10k miles in the first year I owned a Tiger Cub…
>>>>
>>>> …no turbo and not many cc…
>>
>>> Things some blokes will do for a legover...
>>
>> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647
>
> Yes, one had to admire the adventurism - or maybe just desperation?
>And wonder if she made it worth the effort.

--
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by: chrisnd @ukrm - Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:27 UTC

On 10/02/2024 21:47, Turby wrote:
>On 2/10/2024 8:50 AM, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> On 10/02/2024 08:14, Champ wrote:
>>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 13:08:48 -0800 (PST), WUN <nigel.eaton@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 10:16:29?PM UTC, Spike wrote:
>>>>> Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> Kawasaki GPZ750 turbo, I did over 20k miles in the first year!
>>>>> I did 10k miles in the first year I owned a Tiger Cub…
>>>>>
>>>>> …no turbo and not many cc…
>>>
>>>> Things some blokes will do for a legover...
>>>
>>> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647
>>
>> Yes, one had to admire the adventurism - or maybe just desperation?
>>And wonder if she made it worth the effort.

You mean did she enjoy the box of Cadbury's Milk Tray?

Chris

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by: Sqirrel99 - Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:54 UTC

Ben Blaney wrote:
> On Feb 10, 2024 at 3:14:23 AM EST, "Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647
>
> Am genuinely surprised it can hold enough fuel for a>4 hour trip. Did he have
> jerry cans?

There was some speculation at the time that the story was bullshit and
that he was a drug mule dropped off from a boat somewhere much closer.

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by: chrisnd @ukrm - Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:28 UTC

On 13/02/2024 08:54, Sqirrel99 wrote:
> Ben Blaney wrote:
>> On Feb 10, 2024 at 3:14:23 AM EST, "Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647
>>
>> Am genuinely surprised it can hold enough fuel for a>4 hour trip. Did
>> he have
>> jerry cans?
>
> There was some speculation at the time that the story was bullshit and
> that he was a drug mule dropped off from a boat somewhere much closer.

In this sort of situation I tend to accept all options until one is
proven. Therefore, maybe he was a dropped off drug mule and an
optimistic girlfriend visitor?

If only we knew someone on the island who could find and ask her?

Chris
--
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
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by: Sqirrel99 - Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:07 UTC

chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 13/02/2024 08:54, Sqirrel99 wrote:
>> Ben Blaney wrote:
>>> On Feb 10, 2024 at 3:14:23 AM EST, "Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647
>>> Am genuinely surprised it can hold enough fuel for a>4 hour trip. Did
>>> he have
>>> jerry cans?
>> There was some speculation at the time that the story was bullshit and
>> that he was a drug mule dropped off from a boat somewhere much closer.
>
> In this sort of situation I tend to accept all options until one is
> proven. Therefore, maybe he was a dropped off drug mule and an
> optimistic girlfriend visitor?
>
> If only we knew someone on the island who could find and ask her?

This hypothetical person may not wish to -
https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/woman-pleads-guilty-to-assault/

It's one thing being brave enough to race a motorcycle around the IOM,
quite another to voluntarily get involved with violent idiots.

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by: chrisnd @ukrm - Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:49 UTC

On 13/02/2024 16:07, Sqirrel99 wrote:
>chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> On 13/02/2024 08:54, Sqirrel99 wrote:
>>> Ben Blaney wrote:
>>>> On Feb 10, 2024 at 3:14:23 AM EST, "Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
>>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647
>>>> Am genuinely surprised it can hold enough fuel for a>4 hour trip. Did
>>>> he have
>>>> jerry cans?
>>> There was some speculation at the time that the story was bullshit and
>>> that he was a drug mule dropped off from a boat somewhere much closer.
>>
>> In this sort of situation I tend to accept all options until one is
>> proven. Therefore, maybe he was a dropped off drug mule and an
>> optimistic girlfriend visitor?
>>
>> If only we knew someone on the island who could find and ask her?
>
>This hypothetical person may not wish to -
>https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/woman-pleads-guilty-to-assault/
>
>It's one thing being brave enough to race a motorcycle around the IOM,
>quite another to voluntarily get involved with violent idiots.

Wow, er yes, i agree, hypothetically og course.

Chris

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by: Mike Fleming - Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:30 UTC

On 13/02/2024 15:28, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 13/02/2024 08:54, Sqirrel99 wrote:
>> Ben Blaney wrote:
>>> On Feb 10, 2024 at 3:14:23 AM EST, "Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647
>>>
>>> Am genuinely surprised it can hold enough fuel for a>4 hour trip. Did
>>> he have
>>> jerry cans?
>>
>> There was some speculation at the time that the story was bullshit and
>> that he was a drug mule dropped off from a boat somewhere much closer.
>
> In this sort of situation I tend to accept all options until one is
> proven. Therefore, maybe he was a dropped off drug mule and an
> optimistic girlfriend visitor?

Combining business with pleasure?

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by: chrisnd @ukrm - Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:47 UTC

On 14/02/2024 00:30, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 13/02/2024 15:28, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> On 13/02/2024 08:54, Sqirrel99 wrote:
>>> Ben Blaney wrote:
>>>> On Feb 10, 2024 at 3:14:23 AM EST, "Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> This remains my gold standard example of what a man will do for a shag
>>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55310647
>>>>
>>>> Am genuinely surprised it can hold enough fuel for a>4 hour trip.
>>>> Did he have
>>>> jerry cans?
>>>
>>> There was some speculation at the time that the story was bullshit
>>> and that he was a drug mule dropped off from a boat somewhere much
>>> closer.
>>
>> In this sort of situation I tend to accept all options until one is
>> proven. Therefore, maybe he was a dropped off drug mule and an
>> optimistic girlfriend visitor?
>
> Combining business with pleasure?
>
Exactly!

Chris
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