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ok lets come clean

Post by fabiostar »

ok ok i know but it had to be done. the MT has been replaced with a bike the length of county Antrim :eek2 .

for many reasons like confort, bringing the daughter out on the back and just plain because i want to and want a bike to just chuff about on, it doesnt handle,stop or go but im bloody loving every min of if, if i wana go out and set my hair on fire i have dori or the LC for those duties.

first ever cruiser. it does what it says on the tin.. 2003 800 volusia suzuki

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as much stupid sh!t as i can find has been removed and unlike my other addictions its got fluids and fliters and thats its lot.. :thumbup:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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Hey, no need to make excuses for buying something different :D
We all have other bikes for different reasons.
I bought a New BMW R1250R in January,
I'm really enjoying, I wish I'd have bought one years ago.
OK I'll admit, it's got a load of electronics that I probably wouldn't have bothered with, but now I can go anywhere I want in reasonable comfort, with ease, and don't have to worry about a fuel station for at least 200 miles, oh and with 136bhp, and 106 lb.ft of torque to boot
As you can well imagine, being a flat twin with 106 lbft of torque it will rip your arms out right from the start if you want it to, or it will just bumble along smoothly at low speed, pulls in any gear, it's got 6, but you only really need 3 of them in this country :lol:
3rd gear will do 20mph or close to 100mph, the low down torque is really something.
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cheekykev wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 12:28 pm Hey, no need to make excuses for buying something different :D
We all have other bikes for different reasons.
I bought a New BMW R1250R in January,
I'm really enjoying, I wish I'd have bought one years ago.
OK I'll admit, it's got a load of electronics that I probably wouldn't have bothered with, but now I can go anywhere I want in reasonable comfort, with ease, and don't have to worry about a fuel station for at least 200 miles, oh and with 136bhp, and 106 lb.ft of torque to boot
As you can well imagine, being a flat twin with 106 lbft of torque it will rip your arms out right from the start if you want it to, or it will just bumble along smoothly at low speed, pulls in any gear, it's got 6, but you only really need 3 of them in this country :lol:
3rd gear will do 20mph or close to 100mph, the low down torque is really something.
near as fast as this thing :lol: :lol: 54 ish bhp lol but its a sofa that does 180miles to the tank and lets face it i wont be spending money on to make it faster or handle better :lol: :lol:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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cheekykev wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 12:28 pm Hey, no need to make excuses for buying something different :D
We all have other bikes for different reasons.
I bought a New BMW R1250R in January,
I'm really enjoying, I wish I'd have bought one years ago.
OK I'll admit, it's got a load of electronics that I probably wouldn't have bothered with, but now I can go anywhere I want in reasonable comfort, with ease, and don't have to worry about a fuel station for at least 200 miles, oh and with 136bhp, and 106 lb.ft of torque to boot
As you can well imagine, being a flat twin with 106 lbft of torque it will rip your arms out right from the start if you want it to, or it will just bumble along smoothly at low speed, pulls in any gear, it's got 6, but you only really need 3 of them in this country :lol:
3rd gear will do 20mph or close to 100mph, the low down torque is really something.
AND ABS :lol:
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as long as you ride the cruiser weating fullface helmet, full leathers & knee sliders... then thats just about OK.



BUT if you have gone and bought a full cowboy outfit, then you are dead to me :lol:
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Nice tassels cowboy !!!!!!!

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AND ABS :lol:
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Oh yes definitely ABS :lol: :thumbup:
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OK OK OK...

I did housework today for the first time it 8 weeks...Vacume & dust, kitchen, bathroom & fresh bedding...

All nice & shiney now except I didn't vacume upstairs & couldn't be asred...

Coudn't be swinging the duster with broken ribs could I hence the 8 week delay...

I feel cleaner in myself for having done it... Or was thet the cleaning chemical fumes.... :crazy:
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MacV2 wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 4:42 pm OK OK OK...

I did housework today for the first time it 8 weeks...Vacume & dust, kitchen, bathroom & fresh bedding...

All nice & shiney now except I didn't vacume upstairs & couldn't be asred...

Coudn't be swinging the duster with broken ribs could I hence the 8 week delay...

I feel cleaner in myself for having done it... Or was thet the cleaning chemical fumes.... :crazy:
:lol: :lol: :clap: :clap: That has to be one of your best ones Mac, in answer to the topic title I'm guessing :thumbup:
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Rob mate, it's still two wheels whichever way you look at it. So long as you keep a tube of Auto Sol in the man cave you'll be fine :wink: :D

As long as you're happy with the new machine that's all that matters, and it sounds like you are made up :)

It looks in really good condition to me. The photo's look great :thumbup:

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AMCQ46 wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 3:24 pm as long as you ride the cruiser weating fullface helmet, full leathers & knee sliders... then thats just about OK.



BUT if you have gone and bought a full cowboy outfit, then you are dead to me :lol:
but but i already had the cowboy outfit for those ,special nights :lol: :lol:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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fabiostar wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 9:37 pmbut but i already had the cowboy outfit for those ,special nights :lol: :lol:
and now its clean what is the real purpose of this bike :)
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Maybe its old age !
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BUT if you have gone and bought a full cowboy outfit, then you are dead to me :lol:[/quote]

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I'll let you get away with wearing chaps but I won't speak to you if you go the full handlebar moustache :D
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