left home at 5 am to drop the mrs to alphington for work. solid unbroken snow on all roads including the motorway.(several inches) still snowing heavily at 6:20 when i got home. lots of stuck cars and lorries out there now. haldon is shut as well. looks like fun when it gets light
Below is a copy of an email I received today.We did it last year, it was a good day out. Cant do it this year cos I'm competing. Dear Trail Bike Rider,Please see below a note from Ian Musgrove requesting for Marshalls for the Brass Monkey Enduro ion the 13th March. This can be a good laugh if you go as a smal...
Having recently serviced the swimbo's car i would like to turn off the service lights on the dash board, could anybody please lend me the tool to reset these ? Thanks DOug
Just had a read of the latest issue and got to say Steve H does a great job promoting our group in this mag, all good positive stuff If you haven't seen this mag, grab a FREE copy from your local dealer - or maybe Steve at one of our meetings - it's a good read for anyone into bikes. Also, I think Nic should inv...
Twas driving round my local lanes today collecting firewood from the hedgerows, when I noticed some tyres on the verge just dumped there. Not unusual for farmers to dump tyres on verges round here for some strange reason, anyway my eye caught sight of some trail bike tyres, lo and behold a Pirelli MT21...
Found this on a lane just behind my house (ish), bloody mototbikes, noise, dirt, blah blah, blah. Plate came from Numberplates4u.NetD**2HBOI have it here if you want it.
After 20 years of owning Honda XR's it was time to say good bye! Happy times on the XR600 many laughs and many tears !! Wait a minute lots of bloody tears ... 1) The bastard kicked back (bruised foot!) 2) cracked knee on tally hurt...then trying kick it back to life! 3) Kicked back again O sh*t I've broke my f...
Well, not only does the TRF membership provide vital funds in keeping our hobby alive and active, it provides you with detailed location of all known legal green lanes, interesting and fun ride reports (although you dont have to be a paid up member to read these), concessions for the many off-ro...
xr400 stolen from heathfield early hours saturday morning 19th feb .T296 FOD . Please keep eyes and ears open ,distinguished feature is rear pegs welded on ,and black rear mud guard. thanks
Whist looking at peds for the lad I came across this stunning machine Yep thats a 50 ! Anyway I then found that it's really a Fantic Caballero like this And here is one for sale !!!!!!!!! dunno about the lad I may have it myself ! Anyway that got me looking and I am now hooked - what a stunning line up and I want o...
I am in the process of thinning my fish in my pond, i have 2 LARGE grass carp which need re homing, does anybody have room for them in a larger pond/lake ?
I must have subscribed to the H-C Travel Newsletter at some stage and it is interesting to see what is on offer and do a bit of day dreaming - see below TTRHi, and greetings from H-C Travel!Well, Spring is nearly here, and it almost feels like it too!But ... it is also approaching that time of year...
Thanks to those that organised the Sam Manicom night. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found his talk really interesting and I enjoyed his presentation style, which is very different from most other travellers I have listened too. He portrayed a "easy" slower paced journey full o...
Just got back from a FBOS "first bike on scene" course at the West county Ambulance Headquarters. I was amazed to hear the instructor state that MX style full face helmets caused many more injuries to face due to the rigid chin guard (which flexes on a standard full face) and neck injuries c...
Couldnt believe my luck the other evening when I stumbled on plastics/graphics for Troys CRF70 on ebay - made an offer and got them, delivered for around 35 squid. Got Troy trained early in bike mechanics so he did the whole strip-down and replacement (so funny intially teaching a youngster some basi...
At first I thought this was a joke. How many Kangaroos? how many Chelsea tractors?Interesting also that even in such a huge country somebody somewhere wants to ban access on some tracks..........................................We've done it again!Mammoth Victory! Bullbars saved! You've...
Any body need a lift from Tiverton / Cullompton / Exeter to the Sam Manicom talk this Friday? -- Edited by kevinred on Friday 25th of February 2011 08:51:05 AM
Some of the first trail riders - on Harleys!!!! Found it on the Dorset TRF posted by MartinD http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29723&pp=15 We managed a bit of off roading on harleys on a trip in America - the road just ran out, but the SatNav seemed to think it was OK, so we tried i...
The trf shop is now up and running - http://www.trf.org.uk/shop/ Debbie has done a fantastic job getting her head around the fine details of planning and working with the complex software that runs the shop, and thats before getting and arranging the stock. I might be a little biased but i think our gi...
In my excitement yesterday morning, I left my rucksack at Big Jim's B&B in Croyde If anyone is coming from that direction toward Exeter that could pick it up for me then I would be very grateful I could meet at Granada Services if that helped. Fingers crossed!
I'd really appreciate if someone knows whether a 65 year old with a full car licence holder can ride a Suzuki Burgman 400 without taking a test - maybe has to apply for a provisonal bike licence?
