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  • 01-06-2011 4:51pm
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    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Not really totally off topic but I'll just make you all jealous by telling you I'm off to the TT tomorrow for the weekend, wohoo!! :D


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    Zascar wrote: »
    Not really totally off topic but I'll just make you all jealous by telling you I'm off to the TT tomorrow for the weekend, wohoo!! :D


    damn you, me and cantdecide were trying to think of a cool name for the off topic!!

    and DOUBLE damn you, i soooo wana go TT :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    Ya! Multiple damn you.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    and i had my heart set on Biker Babes - made ya look, its just off topic

    oh well Sniff sniff


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,397 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Zascar wrote: »
    Not really totally off topic but I'll just make you all jealous by telling you I'm off to the TT tomorrow for the weekend, wohoo!! :D

    what's it like trying to find accommodation for the tt?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    maameeo wrote: »
    and i had my heart set on Biker Babes - made ya look, its just off topic

    oh well Sniff sniff

    Well I say screw Zascar. He only comes here to collect the rent and boast about his awesome life.

    I say you start your off topic thread with lots of capital letters and starts in the title and let the two threads duke it out! I'll start bullying lobbying PC to erase this one...


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    cantdecide wrote: »
    Well I say screw Zascar. He only comes here to collect the rent and boast about his awesome life.

    I say you start your off topic thread with lots of capital letters and starts in the title and let the two threads duke it out! I'll start bullying lobbying PC to erase this one...


    yea and ours will have blackjack and hookers...

    nah im too tired, lets just keep this one going :)


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    LOL @ can't decided!! :D

    How about we change the name of the thread whenever appropriate? We do this in the Electronic Music forum, it gets a new thread title every time someone says something really funny or retarded.

    Or feel free to start your own and let this die if you want! :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Blackjack and hookers woohoo. Hope its not a black hooker called jack


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    seanybiker wrote: »
    Blackjack and hookers woohoo. Hope its not a black hooker called jack


    quite possible, we havnt really got the funds for the hookers tbqh :/


    :pac:


    hows everyone today? I'm wondering should i attempt to bike to swimming tonight, its like a 5-10min drive but id be on my own :/

    too soon to go out alone?


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    I remember when I started I was sh1tting myself but very soon you will be grand. I'd just say take it at your own pace. Find a housing estate with no cars and do laps of it for a while. Take one aspect and practice that over and over. What I did was I found someone who had experience to come out with me and help me along and give me advice as I go - helped a lot. Good luck!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    Zascar wrote: »
    I remember when I started I was sh1tting myself but very soon you will be grand. I'd just say take it at your own pace. Find a housing estate with no cars and do laps of it for a while. Take one aspect and practice that over and over. What I did was I found someone who had experience to come out with me and help me along and give me advice as I go - helped a lot. Good luck!


    yea i did that on sunday, went to two big carparks and just went round and round, stopping, starting etc. then out on the road but had my friend behind me.

    problem is he lives on southside and im on northside, hard to meet for a spin coz id need him to come to me :/

    Did you watch the TT show last night? went through the whole course, unbelievable, the size of it!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    Zascar wrote: »
    Not really totally off topic but I'll just make you all jealous by telling you I'm off to the TT tomorrow for the weekend, wohoo!! :D
    I'm not going over 'til Tuesday :(
    Have five days work and a college project to get out of the way first :mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    maameeo wrote: »
    quite possible, we havnt really got the funds for the hookers tbqh :/


    :pac:


    hows everyone today? I'm wondering should i attempt to bike to swimming tonight, its like a 5-10min drive but id be on my own :/

    too soon to go out alone?
    Go for it. The sooner you start making these small trips the sooner you'll start getting confident.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    AgileMyth wrote: »
    Go for it. The sooner you start making these small trips the sooner you'll start getting confident.


    lol, i just asked my friend and he said not to go on my own yet, oopsie! :)

    ah he's right, ive only been on the road once, i could easily make a silly mistake and have no one with me :S

    At least youre going the TT!!!

    definitely next year, for now ill just have to watch on tv *sniff*


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    maameeo wrote: »
    lol, i just asked my friend and he said not to go on my own yet, oopsie! :)

    ah he's right, ive only been on the road once, i could easily make a silly mistake and have no one with me :S
    When I got my first bike there was nothing that'd stop me getting out on it. I'm actually impressed by your sensibleness!

    You need to find someone on your side of town to get out with so, or get a lesson or two on your own bike to improve confidence.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,868 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Ah go for it, that's how I learnt, no harm done bar the odd couple of stalls @ lights and a couple of "oh sh1t" accidental wheelies taking off!
    Mad to go to the TT next year after missing out this year, how cheap can it be done for. Have two mates who are up for it and we'd hopefully ferry over with tents and our bikes.
    Just started a new job in Swords, living Mt. Merrion, went through town the first few days which is a good laugh but the M50 is still quicker, big increase in mileage for me. Have 190km to the current tank and the light isn't on yet, normally comes on around 180 and have never gone beyond 200km without filling up. If I get home tonight that's another 40km.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    Thank this post if you think Zascar should be banned for bragging. :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    AgileMyth wrote: »
    When I got my first bike there was nothing that'd stop me getting out on it. I'm actually impressed by your sensibleness!

    You need to find someone on your side of town to get out with so, or get a lesson or two on your own bike to improve confidence.

    id say if i was a guy id be on it every minute!
    but im a girl and a mommy so i gots to be sensible :D
    Simona1986 wrote: »
    Ah go for it, that's how I learnt, no harm done bar the odd couple of stalls @ lights and a couple of "oh sh1t" accidental wheelies taking off!
    Mad to go to the TT next year after missing out this year, how cheap can it be done for. Have two mates who are up for it and we'd hopefully ferry over with tents and our bikes.
    Just started a new job in Swords, living Mt. Merrion, went through town the first few days which is a good laugh but the M50 is still quicker, big increase in mileage for me. Have 190km to the current tank and the light isn't on yet, normally comes on around 180 and have never gone beyond 200km without filling up. If I get home tonight that's another 40km.

    havnt done an accidental wheelie yet! lol

    must look into the price of going to TT next year, guys who are going this year could give us an idea maybe?
    KamiKazi wrote: »
    Thank this post if you think Zascar should be banned for bragging. :D

    had to be done, hes probly just gona ban himself while hes away the weekend! :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    oh any suggestions for the name of this thread??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    maameeo wrote: »
    must look into the price of going to TT next year, guys who are going this year could give us an idea maybe?
    We're flying over and staying with mates over there. Going tuesday-thursday so its being done on the cheap.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    AgileMyth wrote: »
    We're flying over and staying with mates over there. Going tuesday-thursday so its being done on the cheap.

    introduce us to these mates of yours? :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,397 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    maameeo wrote: »
    hows everyone today? I'm wondering should i attempt to bike to swimming tonight, its like a 5-10min drive but id be on my own :/

    too soon to go out alone?

    Did you go?

    The only thing to watch out for is the throttle. I mean, when you let out the clutch when starting out, I've seen loads of people fall back slightly because the clutch grabs. And they try and pull themselves back into position, but they end up winding on the throttle and flooring it!
    As long as you can control that you're grand. And that only happens the very first time they ride a bike.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    Is there a throttle stop on the Fazer restriction?


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    Hi guys!

    yea i went but my friend drove around a bit with me and left me at swimming.

    When i came out of swimming my bike was gone!

    i nearly died, seriously!

    the fella in the crc hid it on me, could have killed him! he said it was to teach me a lesson for not locking the bike! no one told me i could lock the bike!!! yea you're probly all laughing at me now :(

    anyways, i drove home on my own, cut out once, was fine, as you said Paparazzo, its the trottle control i need, im afraid of it starting off and then i go too slow and cut out :S grr, ill get it!

    ya know what else i keep doing? forgetting to turn off my bloody indicators!!! argh!

    anyways, thats my stressful story, hows everyone here?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    maameeo wrote: »
    ..When i came out of swimming my bike was gone!...the fella in the crc hid it on me, could have killed him! he said it was to teach me a lesson for not locking the bike

    I would have brained him. Cheeky beggar.
    maameeo wrote: »
    ...ya know what else i keep doing? forgetting to turn off my bloody indicators!!! argh!

    Ya. That's perfectly normal. My trainer used to kill me for that. My mate used to do it all the time too. It goes without saying that it's v.dangerous of course.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭Wossack


    keep thinking Ive left my indicators on..

    green blinky indicator light - on a naked green bike, so I kept getting glimpses of the front fender under the clocks, and I compulsively press the cancel indicators button. Reckon that buttons gonna need to be replaced at the same rate as me rear tyres :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    Wossack wrote: »
    keep thinking Ive left my indicators on..

    green blinky indicator light - on a naked green bike, so I kept getting glimpses of the front fender under the clocks, and I compulsively press the cancel indicators button. Reckon that buttons gonna need to be replaced at the same rate as me rear tyres :P

    LOL! Same here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    maameeo wrote: »
    introduce us to these mates of yours? :pac:
    Maybe next year if you're good.;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭maameeo


    cantdecide wrote: »
    I would have brained him. Cheeky beggar.

    Ya. That's perfectly normal. My trainer used to kill me for that. My mate used to do it all the time too. It goes without saying that it's v.dangerous of course.

    aw he's a brat, but i wont leave my bike like that again! :)

    i know its dangerous, i nearly kick myself everytime i realise ive had it on :(
    im such a dipso
    AgileMyth wrote: »
    Maybe next year if you're good.;)

    im aaaalways good!! :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    AgileMyth wrote: »
    I'm not going over 'til Tuesday :(
    Have five days work and a college project to get out of the way first :mad:
    Project done and dusted. Just one more day of work and I'm off to the IOM.:D

    Really looking forward to it now after a long and tedious (and sober:eek:)bank holiday weekend!


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