Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
You'll be riding the Wall of Death in purgatory.
NAKED!
NAKED!
What have you done to your bike today....
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BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
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Let's do it...The chick's will love it
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
You will be on your own.
The speed at which you can find such images is disturbing
MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
Your road ain't that different to the road out of my village @BAD LUCK DUCK I was out for a spin on my Britt Bonnie and the road has developed large patches of gravel all the way from the village up to the rest and be thankful which is quite a few miles. They certainly make you 'pucker' a wee bit when your rear end hits them in the twisty bits!
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
I'm afraid the roads we rode in the 60s, 70s & 80s were in better nick than today's mix of motox and cinder track!
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MICK60
Legendary Knight
Have faith young man. Riding a bike is supposed to be exciting.Doesn't that rather presuppose that you will get the opportunity?
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
Exciting, yes; exhilarating, yes..... terminating, no.
Old Nick
Legendary Knight
Another wonderful blast up to town today in the fresh spring weather
And this month is the Thruxton’s 5th birthday and the third winter under my ownership and I have to say I am impressed with the fit and finish on this Triumph, apart from some corrosion marks on the engine covers which are mainly my fault for living by the sea and not treating against the salt air when I first got her, the paint, chrome, frame, etc are all in very good condition for a bike made in Thailand, kept under a rain cover outside for 3 years and is 5 years old with 27,443 miles on the clock
Well done Triumph
And this month is the Thruxton’s 5th birthday and the third winter under my ownership and I have to say I am impressed with the fit and finish on this Triumph, apart from some corrosion marks on the engine covers which are mainly my fault for living by the sea and not treating against the salt air when I first got her, the paint, chrome, frame, etc are all in very good condition for a bike made in Thailand, kept under a rain cover outside for 3 years and is 5 years old with 27,443 miles on the clock
Well done Triumph
Tallpaul
Legendary Knight
Nice ride. I hope you are going to chain it up...................Another wonderful blast up to town today in the fresh spring weather
And this month is the Thruxton’s 5th birthday and the third winter under my ownership and I have to say I am impressed with the fit and finish on this Triumph, apart from some corrosion marks on the engine covers which are mainly my fault for living by the sea and not treating against the salt air when I first got her, the paint, chrome, frame, etc are all in very good condition for a bike made in Thailand, kept under a rain cover outside for 3 years and is 5 years old with 27,443 miles on the clock
Well done Triumph
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Don the Don
Legendary Knight
Old Nick
Legendary Knight
Yep disc lock
BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
Sounds like you've got experience in the chains department...
I used to love all that kind of thing
chas
Legendary Knight
And then Bruce Willis showed up and put an end to playtimeI used to love all that kind of thing
Bad Billy
Piemantino Rossi
Put my KTM SD through last week, all the tester said was f@ck me that's loud!
but no advisory as we had a good long chat & I must have bored the crap out of him & he forgot! 
Big Sandy
Legendary Knight
Oh, mines loud... But it's quieter than the testers. In his words, "cannae fail ye fer thot. "Put my KTM SD through last week, all the tester said was f@ck me that's loud!
Edited, cos I can't spell kwiyeter.
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MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
My Britt Bonnie is feckin' loud when she's on the gas but nice and sweet and quiet when she's just idling. My MOT examiner didn't even hear her running until he'd issued her a new ticket then I started her up and blipped the throttle while he had his back to me and he spun round at the roar then shook his head and walked off to his office.
Like @Old Nick and his Thruxton I have to say that I am very impressed with build quality of the early 00's Bonnies. Twenty one years old and I have had them out in the winter salt and rain and not even cleaned them afterwards sometimes and there are very, very few signs of rust or corrosion anywhere. I am particularly happy that the forks don't have a single pit or bubble on them which was always a problem with my Jap bikes even though they were less than half the age of my Bonnie's when I owned them.
Like @Old Nick and his Thruxton I have to say that I am very impressed with build quality of the early 00's Bonnies. Twenty one years old and I have had them out in the winter salt and rain and not even cleaned them afterwards sometimes and there are very, very few signs of rust or corrosion anywhere. I am particularly happy that the forks don't have a single pit or bubble on them which was always a problem with my Jap bikes even though they were less than half the age of my Bonnie's when I owned them.
"Used to"?Sounds like you've got experience in the chains department...
I used to love all that kind of thing
MICK60
Legendary Knight
I certainly ain't going to worry about those bolts, at all. It's not like i am constantly standing the bike on it's nose at 100mph.