Further south than what? I think everyone had the idea to get out before the oven-like conditions hit. I was rewiring my motorcycle trailer at 8am because my new concrete patch for the carport (wife thinks its a carport, its really gonna be a multi-bike port ) is red hot during the day.
I started out early too thinking I’d get some well earned miles in before it got uncomfortable but after a couple of hours here in the Suffolkhara desert I gave up. Took about as long again to peel the sweaty leathers off. Should have worn that slippery one piece under them which I got from RST for the purpose. (and you lot can stfu about the purposes of slippery one piece undersuits)
I bought a Richa one from SBS, 90 quid. It's a bit too big and it seems to make me hotter than I was without it but I guess that's just in my head.
Yeah. Not sure they cool at all, they just wick away the moisture (that's polite Suffolk speak for sweat) but for general riding I find it a lot better than T shirts etc.
I spent my day at the Heritage Sprint, mid way between Sandwich and Deal, a now seemingly annual event. Plenty of static displays and 1/8th. mile action. Came to my attention I have owned my current Blade for 2 years now and only covered 2,000 miles, poor show.
Further south than normal Further south of Lincolnshire, normally I stick to Horncastle and above for my usual weekend brain cobweb clearance.
I don't know The North at all, but the fact that a lot of the fast riders come from up there, I think it's there's something in it. Gotta visit
I think I'm exempt. My grandparents were from Newcastle, great grandparents were Scots. So I get a free ticket
Set off at 5.30 this morning for a cool ride Not many out at that time Loads of pigeons on the roads , got dangerous at speed lots of flies too,.didn't get much further than the bridge, found a screw in the rear tyre so steady home then removed it , luckily it had gone in on an angle and not into the carcass. Went back out again because it was still early but on the way home I noticed the horn looked lose down by the forks , the bracket had snapped so I made one Sorted
Bloomin heck you’d done a day before my head had stopped spinning from the night before. Back sorted then
Just done a lap of the IOM. Fairly steady over the mountain as it’s been 3 years since I was last here and struggle to remember which way it goes. Also had a new tyre fitted this morning so gently does it. Hopefully get a fair few more laps in over the rest of the week. Forecast is decent ish so hoping that’ll be the case.
Won't be riding anywhere for a while, fell off my sons skateboard in the garden shed and completely dislocated my right arm. Four plus hours in a & e, took two nurses and one doctor (lots of gas and air) to replace so I'm off the road for a while.
Nothing too adventurous just rolling across an open double doorway holding onto the lintel, board spun out from under me dropping all my weight through my right arm and I landed with that arm behind my neck and down my back. Skateboard will meet circular saw as soon as I can wield it.
