moto guzzi

That's kinda my point. Too many slow things to hit.

True enough. Although they've already lost in court with regard to
mountain bikes. The mtb community is very very careful not to
antagonise people, the maxim of "leave no trace" always applies when
riding. The same, sadly, does not seem to apply to mx riders.
Several of the bridleways near me have been utterly trashed by mx
bikes, foot deep ruts for several miles where there used to be a good
solid surface, even for horses. Personally I'd hate to see mx bikes
banned from RUPP's etc but riding in places utterly unsuitable for
them doesn't help the case at all.

 

so, are you going to send me pictures, or what?

 

Utterly gorgeous. Now, what can I sell...

 

I'll put the tank back on (having fettled the carbs a bit) and try and
find the digital camera tomorrow, I currently can't remember quite where
I put it.

Don't expect it to look good.

 

The don't need to be that big, either.

The TS250 unwound its mirrors while ticking over.

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..65103../..15505.../..3157./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
'^' RBR-Visited:19 Pts: 355 Miles:1521

 

The flyscreen looks similar.

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..65103../..15505.../..3157./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
'^' RBR-Visited:19 Pts: 355 Miles:1521

 

I'm not sure if you misunderstand the situation, or are just using
generic terms such as "mx bikes" & bridleways. Apologies if it's the
latter, but in case it isn't...

Riding motorbikes on bridleways is illegal, so if you want to kick some
people off their bikes, please go to those bridleways near you & get
kicking - I'll be cheering you on. Riding MX bikes on _any_ public right
of way is also illegal. The only rights of way you can ride motorbikes
on are Byways & RUPPs, and only then if those bikes are fully road
legal.

It's the people illegally riding MX bikes on RUPPs etc that have caused
a lot of the problems leading up to the recent batch of proposed
legislation. The problem's exacerbated by the lack of understanding by
the public, who see a noisy MX bike tearing along a bridleway & think
that's what greenlaning is. This is fueled by the BBC who insist on
referring to trail riders as "scramblers".

Quite why those in power think all the illegal riding will stop just
because they ban trail riding is anyone's guess. All it will do is cause
a huge increase, as those of use who were legal remove our number plates
& join in. The police can't enforce the existing laws, so it's likely to
be a pretty low risk activity.

Interestingly the Welsh Assembly seem to be somewhat more clued up, &
are talking to the forestry commission about creating a trail network
for off-road bikes. There's an article about it here:
http://tinyurl.com/35ys8. The last couple of paragraphs are particularly
interesting ;o)

 

The sprog has a clinical need for the Griso.

http://www.motoguzzi-us.com/bikes/griso/index.html

TBH I'd rather have something like sweller's T3.

 

Look at the pictures: the fairing looks slightly Le Mans-esque.

 

it's only small.

Having found how little they weigh, I'm now toying with the idea of an
XR650R.

 

I know that. The only exception is farm access if it's their land.
And I know which vehicles are allowed on bridleways, footpath,
permissory bridleways, byways etc as well. I had to learn pretty
quick when I started mountain biking seriously.

Yes, sorry, by mx bike I mean an off road bike that is road legal.
Although I think there should be some sort of provision for riding
non-road legal bikes as well on byways and RUPPs.

Aye, similar situation to mountain bikers have.

Must admit, most of the people I see riding illegally are locals
who'll use bridleways, footpaths etc on both mx bikes and quads
because they see it as ok because they live there.

Wales is getting pretty clued up in general with regard to off-roading
of all types. Loads of information about access issue in Wales here:

http://www.mtb-wales.com/modules.ph...&POSTNUKESID=e2f1113f085b06008b05fde7bba9bf02

More specifically motorbikes:

http://www.mtb-wales.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=269

 

The round window said it was 24/05/2004,so darsy grabbed his blunt
crayon and scrawled:\n

The other thing is, you're quite likely to crash off roading. So you're
better off with something for ?1500 that you can crash and crash and
crash, and just replace indicators, bar ends, brake levers etc, and
have a "nice" SM, for on road.

 

The round window said it was 24/05/2004,so Ben grabbed his blunt
crayon and scrawled:\n

But if the bill goes ahead, there won't be a place for off roading. Not
legally anyway.

Don't worry though, the mountain bikes are next in the Ramblers agenda,
as you go too fast, and chew up the paths....