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Wonder Machine UTC details Size of a Chaffinch PX 125 "The Bruise" (SOLD) Joined: UTC Posts: 5548 Location: London
Wonder Machine Size of a Chaffinch PX 125 "The Bruise" (SOLD) Joined: UTC Posts: 5548 Location: London	UTC quote DougL wrote: Wonderbra? Triumph Yep but early days. See what happens first. Bill, there are plenty of Vespa nutters out in town now. They come out of hibernation when the sun arrives. And then they are Valentino Rossi for the day.

TheJ UTC details Molto Verboso Honda Foresight 250 Joined: UTC Posts: 1263 Location: Glasgow
TheJ Molto Verboso Honda Foresight 250 Joined: UTC Posts: 1263 Location: Glasgow	UTC quote DougL wrote: Triumph It shames me to admit I was never getting it. Rather than listing all the bike manufacturers that met the criteria, I was struggling to name one bra manufacturer. A Trumpet, Kate? Which?

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Re: Hands Up

Bill Dog wrote:

So on the way back from Central London I almost got side wiped by some pathetic retard on a GT125.

He looked about 18, was wearing a t-shirt and jeans and was weaving all over the road and generally being very annoying so I did a very mature thing and let him go to the front of the traffic where I hoped he would hopefully kill himself fairly soon.

He annoyed me because he scared me by weaving about 2 ft from the Hornets legshield but I also had Genie on the back and anything that puts her at risk really pisses me off.

Now part of me wanted to ride up along side, reach over, grab hold of the ignition key, pull it out either and ride off with it or toss it into the road while saying something smart like "when you grow up you can have it back" etc etc.

But I did nothing of the sort I just let him ride off and I'm still kicking myself for it.

I'm a gobshite but I hate confrontation and I didn't want to let that little prick spoil my day.

Little Tosser.

Bill XX

You have those idiot f***ers over there as well, I see.

There has been a raft of E-Bike sales over here, as they don't need licences to drive??? them.
They are menaces to all and sundry. The only positive is that they have to wear helmets, if only to keep what little brains they may have, intact, when they crash, as many of them do.
It is getting very scary as you not only have to dodge mad cagers, cyclists who think they have a divine right to the road, but now, these E-Bike teeny-bopper, mental dwarves to worry about.
Actually, some of them are adults?? who have lost their driver's licences for DUI.
AND, I think they may still be DUI on these E-Bikes.

genie UTC details Gobshite Shiva Kymco Downtown 300i the 'Dolphin Noise' Joined: UTC Posts: 14960 Location: London UK
genie Gobshite Shiva Kymco Downtown 300i the 'Dolphin Noise' Joined: UTC Posts: 14960 Location: London UK	UTC quote good audience we is won the pub quiz cheers bitsa

OP Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Towel Triumph Speed Triple I'm guessing. We like that one. Bill XX

Huskyteer UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti Honda NC700D Integra Joined: UTC Posts: 5027 Location: London, UK
Huskyteer Veni, Vidi, Posti Honda NC700D Integra Joined: UTC Posts: 5027 Location: London, UK	UTC quote Who is this Glenn who lives in my 'hood?? (Hi, I've been away on an IAM Skills Day at Mallory Park. I was the only scooter. I was rubbish. Useful lessons learned though.)

DougL UTC details El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto
DougL El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto	UTC quote Huskyteer wrote: Who is this Glenn who lives in my 'hood?? Help - Been given a Vespa, can't start it......

Huskyteer UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti Honda NC700D Integra Joined: UTC Posts: 5027 Location: London, UK
Huskyteer Veni, Vidi, Posti Honda NC700D Integra Joined: UTC Posts: 5027 Location: London, UK	UTC quote ta! Sorry about your scary driver experience; I've also done the shouting then realising I'm slower/stuck thing, and it's not nice. Nobody's ever been so aggressive as to grab my bike though!

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GlennJB Member 125 ET4 Joined: UTC Posts: 39 Location: London	UTC quote [quote="Huskyteer"]Who is this Glenn who lives in my 'hood?? (Hi, I've been away on an IAM Skills Day at Mallory Park. I was the only scooter. I was rubbish. Useful lessons learned though.)[/quote] Hi Alice!!

Huskyteer UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti Honda NC700D Integra Joined: UTC Posts: 5027 Location: London, UK
Huskyteer Veni, Vidi, Posti Honda NC700D Integra Joined: UTC Posts: 5027 Location: London, UK	UTC quote Hi you! Hope we can meet up on one of the DSSC's glorious events soon

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GlennJB Member 125 ET4 Joined: UTC Posts: 39 Location: London	UTC quote Hope So!

OP Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Figs The next official meet will be on May 23rd in Central London somewhere Italian about 12.00. It's a chance to the Koks to meet the Greek Rally crowd before we fly out. Bill XX

DougL UTC details El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto
DougL El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto	UTC quote Re: Figs Bill Dog wrote: The next official meet will be on May 23rd in Central London somewhere Italian about 12.00. Love to, love to lovey! (Just not Bella Italia - or Wetherspoons ) Lets do Carluccios at Oxford Circus, at least their service doesn't stink, despite their tips being used to top up to the minimum wage....

OP Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Sorted Agreed Carluccios at Oxford Circus on Sunday the 23rd of May at 12.00 ish onwards. Cheers Doug. Anyone want to buy a really good green GT200 ?

Wonder Machine UTC details Size of a Chaffinch PX 125 "The Bruise" (SOLD) Joined: UTC Posts: 5548 Location: London
Wonder Machine Size of a Chaffinch PX 125 "The Bruise" (SOLD) Joined: UTC Posts: 5548 Location: London	UTC quote Re: Towel Bill Dog wrote: Triumph Speed Triple I'm guessing. We like that one. Bill XX It's very nice bike but perhaps too much POWAH for some new like me - maybe a Bonneville. That is the closest I can get to the dream. Yes to Carluccios. Maybe best to plonk it on the group board if it is not there already?

OP Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Group Facial OK May 23rd at Carluccio's Restaurant 8 Market Place Oxford Circus London W1W 8AG From 12.00 onwards. Everyone is welcome. Bill XXX

DougL UTC details El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto
DougL El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto	UTC quote FFS Bill put the damn thing on Gumtree and be done with it! You probably will find fault with the other when you go see...

OP Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Delete Yes I know. But finding fault is my job and therefore I'll always be looking for it. Must switch off.

jimc UTC details Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 46114 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA
jimc Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 46114 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	UTC quote Re: Sorted Bill Dog wrote: Agreed Carluccios at Oxford Circus on Sunday the 23rd of May at 12.00 ish onwards. See you there if some other exotic ride doesn't lure me away. Quote: Anyone want to buy a really good green GT200 ? I'm very tempted. ⚠️ Last edited by jimc on UTC; edited 1 time

DougL UTC details El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto
DougL El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto	UTC quote You must have deleted that before I posted, and that's the original Lederhosen pic innit?

DougL UTC details El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto
DougL El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto	UTC quote Re: Sorted jimc wrote: I'm very tempted. I rode it yesterday and it's a stunning as new machine.... Really. Now also just had all of its coolant gubbins repaced, oh and the belt and tyres etc etc. We'd love to see you on it Jim! ⚠️ Last edited by DougL on UTC; edited 1 time

OP Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Gone Yes and they came from the finest Austrian Leather. Not my best picture though. Bill XX

jimc UTC details Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 46114 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA
jimc Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 46114 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	UTC quote All reather depends how many skekels the used-car-salesman wants for it.

TheJ UTC details Molto Verboso Honda Foresight 250 Joined: UTC Posts: 1263 Location: Glasgow
TheJ Molto Verboso Honda Foresight 250 Joined: UTC Posts: 1263 Location: Glasgow	UTC quote I'd love to buy that scooter, but there would need to be a serious banking error in my favour for me to be due an upgrade any time in the near future. And obviously for real life to have the same rules as Monopoly. Whoever ends up snapping it up will have one seriously pampered scoot on their hands.

DougL UTC details El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto
DougL El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto	UTC quote jimc wrote: All reather depends how many skekels the used-car-salesman wants for it. If I didn't already ha'e two, I'd eat his hand off. I tried to persuade him to sell before I bought my GTS. Grr. Honestly you won't find a better one. I know the price but I'll let him tell you. The exhaust hasn't even got any rust on it! Gah.

OP Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Geezer Jim it's £1500. And it's a bloody gem. Tax and Mot'd until July. 7500 miles with service history and lots of new heatey bits. - Temp sender, thermostat, holder and coolant. I'd love to keep it in the family Jim. The only thing I want to keep is the screen. Bill XX

jimc UTC details Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 46114 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA
jimc Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 46114 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	UTC quote If I got it, I think this one would have to be kenneled. Time to get a skip and empty out the garage/house/loft. All long overdue.

DougL UTC details El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto
DougL El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto	UTC quote jimc wrote: If I got it, I think this one would have to be kenneled. Time to get a skip and empty out the garage/house/loft. All long overdue. Go on Jim! Remember what a blast that last one was to ride when you had one of yours in for a service??

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Vintage

I'm off to view a low mileage GT250 at the weekend in Southampton and if I like it I'll make a serious effort to sell the Hornet but I'm going to wait until I've done the once over.
The killer is with the Hornet is that there is nothing wrong with it.
All I want is little more poke and yes Doug is to blame for allowing me to ride his 250 enough times to want just a little bit more.
This sounds like horseshit but I'd like to sell it to someone I like because I want it to have a good home.
The 250 I'm looking at has Sava tyres and only has about 2K on the clock so I'm thinking the mileage is true.

Bill XX

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Bill's scoot is one of the best I've seen. I was able to adjust the rear shocks from their lowest position and they weren't even seized. Stunning condition. Jealous. It's in better condition than my GTS which is five months old. Any cobwebs from under-use in the early years have certainly been blown away.

A little pic from our visit to Glenn's yesterday (please note the new slimline me - I almost look slimmer than Genie Wha? emoticon

). Hope you can join us when we meet up at Carluccio's to talk more shit.

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Keeps

Well I still have the original manual and warranty booklet, the code key/card plus it's datataged.lt's got loads of receipts and service history up to 886 kms which was it's 3rd service but it's had it's oil changed twice sinse then and it's had a new battery plus a belt and roller change recently.

And being mine it's had the living daylights polished out of it but you knew that already.

Bill X

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OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Notice Don't we all have nice hips and bottoms in that picture ? Just wanted to share. You know that's going to happen, I'm going to look at that 250 and decide it's not as clean as the Hornet. It was a small crack in the headlight cowling which I'll have to have repainted but the owner and I have already discussed what that will cost. Shush now Billy.

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Waxy

Well if anyone buys the Hornet then they should take account of the fact that it is 2mm bigger all round than standard due to extensive waxing! It is very clean, cossetted and in good, good shape.

Bill, as a girl, what colour is this 250? You know that matters.

On the quality front, flipped up the visor on my Arai this morning the visor came off in my hand! Prior to that it had been making a strange whistling noise which I thought was the venting.

Riding around Forest Hill with one hand as I tried to find an exit from the South Circular was not funny. It made for a teary ride.

If you get what you pay for then I am pretty cheesed off as this is an expensive helmet which should not bloody break in the first twelve months of ownership.

DougL UTC details El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto
DougL El Macho Vespa GTS 310 Joined: UTC Posts: 9304 Location: Porto	UTC quote It's the colour you hate Kate! But I actually quite like it on the GTS.... Cortina? If you read the webbikeworld reviews on Arai helmets they always whinge about the visor mechanisms. Shame, as the rest of the helmet is quality. A decent dealer should have spares. My Schuberth collapsed at the visor and I had to resort to superglue. But it worked.

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It's not mad and crazy Wonder - it's Silver but it's more the mileage and condition that's attractive to me.

We all know Silver polishes up quite well and Vintage Red would have been my first choice but you know what they say about beggers.

2 things that I'm sure of if I decide to buy it, or should I say if I can buy it and that's what it's name will be and those Sava's are coming off within minutes.

Bill XX

Wonder, if you use an open face crash helmet you wouldn't have that problem.

Dammit.

Wonder Machine UTC details Size of a Chaffinch PX 125 "The Bruise" (SOLD) Joined: UTC Posts: 5548 Location: London
Wonder Machine Size of a Chaffinch PX 125 "The Bruise" (SOLD) Joined: UTC Posts: 5548 Location: London	UTC quote Oh I like the Cortina on a GTS, just not on an ET. There's a nice Cortina GTS on my street which has beautiful paint - never seen the owner but it does dodge about so it gets ridden. The Arai thing really irritates me - might just buy some goggles because as you point out its a significant fault. Broken on both sides, not just the one.

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genie Gobshite Shiva Kymco Downtown 300i the 'Dolphin Noise' Joined: UTC Posts: 14960 Location: London UK	UTC quote DougL wrote: Bill's scoot is one of the best I've seen. I was able to adjust the rear shocks from their lowest position and they weren't even seized. mine, on the other hand.... DougL wrote: A little pic from our visit to Glenn's yesterday (please note the new slimline me - I almost look slimmer than Genie ). no you bloody don't

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GlennJB Member 125 ET4 Joined: UTC Posts: 39 Location: London	UTC quote Arse Your rears all looked great.........must have taken hours of buffing!!

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OP Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R 1100 RT, BMW GS 1200, Kymco Downtown 300. Joined: UTC Posts: 22630 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Buff Hours and hours of buffing just in case you wondered. Oh the scooter ?

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GlennJB Member 125 ET4 Joined: UTC Posts: 39 Location: London	UTC quote Buffing..... .....must have been furious buffing Bill? I cleaned St.Piran when you left - no polish, just a bit of soapy hot water. You should see it now, gleaming! My switch is due tomorrow......must revise Dougs fitting instructions!! GJB

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