Did my CBT today - Direct Access soon...

FWR are doing 020 rears for £105.

Fronts are £83.

You can get a pair for £180.

Anyway, your mileage divided by years still doesn't equate to £200 for a
rear.

 

Indeed, I hope it works out. Personally, if I couldn't afford both,
I'd keep the car.

 

Yep. They're not supposed to see you, you're supposed to see them. After a
while you develop a sort of Spidey-sense, and start feeling superior. Avoid
equating "superior" with "invulnerable".

 

Jim Bean is better IMO
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Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
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**** off, ****.

 

Blaghck!

Even Wild Turkey's better than that!

 

The Older Gentleman secured a place in history by writing:

Bourbon rocks a fat one, even Jack. Although an alcoholic old colleague
in Houston of mine introduced me to Crown Royal, a Canadian whiskey, and
that rocks something frankly obese in a whale-like way.

 

True, true......
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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 2.0 TS
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Is there any way that I can delete this bit from Usenet? If SWMBO finds
this out, I may be in trouble.

 

Blimey, you took your time.

 

I go to the local bods - I can buy tyres cheap from M&P and the like then
pay £5-£10 per wheel or, of course, do it myself (which I fucking won't).

VFM stakes it's only about £15 or so more to go to KC Motorcycles in Hove
and get him to supply and fit to loose wheels. I'd rather my money goes
to him for several reasons.

One of which being when it all goes tits up he helps out. A recent
example: I went in to see if he could source a pattern brake lever for
the XS he had a rummage in his box and produced a bagged item I could
have. Aside the two *free* bikes I've scored off him and the day I left
the lights on and he came to my house with the jump pack etc. etc.

Alright he'd just had £170 for a pair of BT45s (fitted) and a pair of EBC
brake pads for the Turbo but I'll always be happier giving my money to
the small local dealer/workshop. Basically your local bloke probably
rocks.

 

Last time I bought a tyre was in Milton Keynes - was prepping the bike
for a week in France and realised the rear wasn't going to last out the
trip. So I just phoned National Tyres and paid whatever they wanted 'cos
they could do it immediately.

 

Modern sports/tourer machines maybe, my Guzzi is pretty cheap (all things
considered) and does the business.

It'd certainly outperform and hold its value against most £2500 cars.

 

I'm sorry to say I had another 15 on that....

 

Err, --Nick. doesn't have a space, but that's not my sigsep, that's my
NAME and I type it with my big fat fingers at the end of every post I
make. My sigsep will appear just below it, which is a dash dash space
as normal.

--Nick.

 

Ahhh, that would be the confusion. To us pissed people it looks like it
misght be a .sigsep. Whatever, you go for it mate. Biking rocks, like

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Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

<mode = predictable>

I've printed it off for safe keeping ;-)

 

Well, that's something of a novelty.
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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
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Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Tax, yes.

Insurance? Unlikely unless you're riding a 125. Even then, if you're
under 30, live in a slightly dodgy area and have a sporty 125 it may
be more. If you want a sports bike you'll be paying wedge to insure
it.

Mot, costs about the same. Servicing, more expensive. Bikes have
much more frequent service intervals than cars, for example my GSXR is
4000 miles, my car is 12000. When I was commuting by bike a couple of
years back the bike needed 4 services a year. At 250 quid a time.
Plus a new rear tyre every 4000 miles, at 200 quid and a new front at
6000. Contrast that with the car whose tyres last 20000 miles.

Fuel costs, sports bikes do ****-all to a gallon. Like 20-25 when
going for it, maybe 35 if you're careful.

Trust me, I did a 20000 mile a year commute for 5 years by bike. I've
now done it for 2 years by car. The car is vastly cheaper.

 

Catman is right on this one - lose the pseudo sig. because we ( that's
ukrm) are obliged to delete it each time we reply lest Pip should
'walk all over your ass boy'