| By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787693] |
Tue, 18 July 2006 22:53 |
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Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never before
ridden a bike in heat like that today.
I ended up getting on the M1 at about 4:30 and even with my jacket undone[0]
and doing a ton it was still like there was a giant hairdryer in front of
me[1].
I was glad to be once again back up North, although the heat wave has hit
Northumberland as well, to the extent that there was only 3" of snow today!
Anyway, the real point of this post was to thank Adie and Frag for
entertaining me last night. Everybody *has* to go to Frag's house and see
his new telly ... actually, don't bother - you can probably see it from
where you are.
Special thanks to Adie for putting me up last night. I was surprised to
wake up at 5:30 to find her pussy in front of me[2], but she polished my
helmet this morning[3], so I can't complain.
Where were the rest of you Milton Keynes cunts? AFAIR none of you owe me
any money, so I'll have to assume it was personal.
[0] I did consider riding in shorts and a t-shirt, but decided I couldn't
because I was travelling so far. On the journey I did try to work out why
my brain thinks it is more risky to do a ton up the motorway in shorts than
it is to do a ton on local roads in shorts, but I didn't come up with an
answer.
[1] "As opposed to a giant hairdryer under you". Yes, ha ha, very funny
Champ/Cane/Bear/Darsy/Eddie/Whoever
[2] (C) Lloyd & Croft 1973
[3] (C) Viz Magazine 1986
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787700 ] |
Tue, 18 July 2006 23:12 |
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:53:27 +0100, "AndrewR"
<andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never before
>ridden a bike in heat like that today.
As they say in Gloucestershire - "wahm, in'em".
It was pretty fucking unbelievably hot on the way back from Belgium
yesterday. Some small respite once we got about 30 miles from the
coast, and the same on the Dover side, and then it heated up again.
It was only when it got to gone 10pm that they are started to feel
cool, and it was delicious.
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Champ
ZX10R
GPz750turbo
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787706 ] |
Tue, 18 July 2006 23:25 |
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Champ wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:53:27 +0100, "AndrewR"
> <andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
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>> Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never
>> before ridden a bike in heat like that today.
>
> As they say in Gloucestershire - "wahm, in'em".
>
> It was pretty fucking unbelievably hot on the way back from Belgium
> yesterday. Some small respite once we got about 30 miles from the
> coast, and the same on the Dover side, and then it heated up again.
> It was only when it got to gone 10pm that they are started to feel
> cool, and it was delicious.
I went out for a ride round this evening while my thermometer was still
showing about 30' and above 80 or 90 it was pleasantly cool , especially on
tree lined country roads.
Every time I slowed for lights or junctions though I started to cook very
rapidly.
I'm sure there is a lesson in there somewhere
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Alex
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787711 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 00:27 |
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Champ wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:53:27 +0100, "AndrewR"
> <andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never before
>>ridden a bike in heat like that today.
>
>
> As they say in Gloucestershire - "wahm, in'em".
>
> It was pretty fucking unbelievably hot on the way back from Belgium
> yesterday. Some small respite once we got about 30 miles from the
> coast, and the same on the Dover side, and then it heated up again.
> It was only when it got to gone 10pm that they are started to feel
> cool, and it was delicious.
It was a tad bloody hot in the South of France the week before last.
Must have been 45 deg C. So hot you had to keep your visor down. Once we
got to the hotel which was at 600 meters all was fine.
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787712 ] |
Tue, 18 July 2006 23:32 |
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AndrewR wrote:
> Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never
> before ridden a bike in heat like that today.
I rode across Cyprus once in August. I couldn't wait to chop the hire
bike in for an air-conditioned car.
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787713 ] |
Tue, 18 July 2006 23:43 |
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In article <4i5000F22rmgU1 [at] individual.net>, AndrewR says...
> Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never before
> ridden a bike in heat like that today.
ditto. Jeans and a T shirt round the ring road made it feel like 20
degrees.
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787720 ] |
Tue, 18 July 2006 23:57 |
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787725 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 00:12 |
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ginge wrote
>In article <4i5000F22rmgU1 [at] individual.net>, AndrewR says...
>
>> Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never before
>> ridden a bike in heat like that today.
>
>ditto. Jeans and a T shirt round the ring road made it feel like 20
>degrees.
Oddly enough I went out for a 10 minute ride today in just me jeans and
no T shirt. Not cos I was particularly hot as I am quit happy with this
heat but because it was the appropriate thing to do at the time
considering all I was doing was moving the donor bike into the back
garden.
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steve auvache
i rate dates
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787775 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 10:35 |
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787777 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 10:33 |
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"steve auvache" <dont_spam [at] thecow.me.uk> wrote in message
news:pMcIZKAqzVvEFwnT [at] thecow.me.uk...
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> Oddly enough I went out for a 10 minute ride today in just me jeans
> and
> no T shirt. Not cos I was particularly hot as I am quit happy with
> this
> heat but because it was the appropriate thing to do at the time
> considering all I was doing was moving the donor bike into the back
> garden.
It takes 10 minutes for you to ride to your back garden?
How big's your "estate"?
Alternatively: exactly how slow were you riding?
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787783 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 10:44 |
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Krusty wrote:
> AndrewR wrote:
>
>
>>Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never
>>before ridden a bike in heat like that today.
>
>
> I rode across Cyprus once in August. I couldn't wait to chop the hire
> bike in for an air-conditioned car.
Rode across the Spanish interior in August once, that was a tad warm.
Stood under a lawn sprinkler till the leathers were saturated. They
were bone dry three hours later.
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787785 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 10:48 |
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ginge wrote:
>
> ditto. Jeans and a T shirt round the ring road made it feel like 20
> degrees.
>
Jeans? Jeans? When it's 30 degrees outside. Are you mad? Shorts man,
Shorts. And Sandals
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Nick Brooks
SV650
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787795 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:18 |
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"AndrewR" <andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Where were the rest of you Milton Keynes cunts?
South? South? Milton Keynes is in the fucking midlands.
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787798 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:27 |
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darsy wrote:
> "AndrewR" <andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
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> >Where were the rest of you Milton Keynes cunts?
>
> South? South? Milton Keynes is in the fucking midlands.
I was South of Watford Gap services ... that's the official demarkation
line, isn't it?
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787799 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:30 |
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AndrewR wrote:
> darsy wrote:
> > "AndrewR" <andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > >Where were the rest of you Milton Keynes cunts?
> >
> > South? South? Milton Keynes is in the fucking midlands.
>
> I was South of Watford Gap services ... that's the official demarkation
> line, isn't it?
No. The river Trent is.
Dave
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787803 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:40 |
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"AndrewR" <andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>darsy wrote:
>> "AndrewR" <andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >Where were the rest of you Milton Keynes cunts?
>>
>> South? South? Milton Keynes is in the fucking midlands.
>
>I was South of Watford Gap services ... that's the official demarkation
>line, isn't it?
North of Watford Gap is The North.
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787808 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:46 |
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Christofire wrote:
>
> I had an interesting experience coming home today. Filtered up to the
> line at a set of lights, with a small patch of what looked like water
> on the road a bit back. Couldn't smell anything diesel-y, so thought
> nothing of it, and concentrated on the nice collection of cones that
> had been helpfully left in the middle of the crossroads.
>
> Set off with minimal gusto, only to find myself going nowhere and the
> back of the bike moving right. The bike set off normally when I tried a
> second time. I'm going to put it down to it being a kawasaki and me
> obviously not being enough of a twat, so it got bored and did it's own
> burnout.
It was probably coolant from someone's engine that was far
too hot sitting at the lights and started to vent out of a breather
somewhere.
Coolant is very, very slippery stuff, much like diesel, and that's
why it is banned from race bikes so it is kept away from tracks.
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Antony
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787813 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 12:25 |
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"darsy" <darsy [at] sticky.co.uk> wrote in message
news:jfvrb2dnhb4q7tu932ldu3ft8oiva403d3 [at] 4ax.com
> "AndrewR" <andrew [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> >darsy wrote:
> >> South? South? Milton Keynes is in the fucking midlands.
> >
> >I was South of Watford Gap services ... that's the official demarkation
> >line, isn't it?
>
> North of Watford Gap is The North.
Listen mate, if you live in Northumberland the world maps out like this:
Scotland
The North (Northumberland and Newcastle)
The Midlands (Yorkshire)
The South (Derbyshire downwards)
The Equator
London
Furrin places
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787816 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 12:39 |
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Big Dave spoke:
> > I was South of Watford Gap services ... that's the official demarkation
> > line, isn't it?
>
> No. The river Trent is.
That is so 10th century!
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Rob_P
UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk
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FJ1200, CCM130
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787817 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 12:44 |
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Rope wrote:
> Big Dave spoke:
> > > I was South of Watford Gap services ... that's the official demarkation
> > > line, isn't it?
> >
> > No. The river Trent is.
>
> That is so 10th century!
And?
Your point being?
Dave
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787819 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 12:49 |
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On 19 Jul 2006 02:46:24 -0700, antonye said ...
> Christofire wrote:
> >
> > I had an interesting experience coming home today. Filtered up to the
> > line at a set of lights, with a small patch of what looked like water
> > on the road a bit back. Couldn't smell anything diesel-y, so thought
> > nothing of it, and concentrated on the nice collection of cones that
> > had been helpfully left in the middle of the crossroads.
> >
> > Set off with minimal gusto, only to find myself going nowhere and the
> > back of the bike moving right. The bike set off normally when I tried a
> > second time. I'm going to put it down to it being a kawasaki and me
> > obviously not being enough of a twat, so it got bored and did it's own
> > burnout.
>
> It was probably coolant from someone's engine that was far
> too hot sitting at the lights and started to vent out of a breather
> somewhere.
>
> Coolant is very, very slippery stuff, much like diesel, and that's
> why it is banned from race bikes so it is kept away from tracks.
Indeedy, and on hot days it's a good idea to treat *any* liquid on the
ground as hostile, since water would evaporate in seconds, and anything
else is liable to be slippery.
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787917 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:13 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:44:07 +0200, Tosspot <FrankDotLeake [at] esa.int>
wrote:
>Krusty wrote:
>> AndrewR wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never
>>>before ridden a bike in heat like that today.
>>
>>
>> I rode across Cyprus once in August. I couldn't wait to chop the hire
>> bike in for an air-conditioned car.
>
>Rode across the Spanish interior in August once, that was a tad warm.
>Stood under a lawn sprinkler till the leathers were saturated. They
>were bone dry three hours later.
I rode an FJ1100 round most of Australia (excluding WA) in their
summer. I wore a denim jacket and combats, and my standard technique
in the outback at fuel stops was to completely drench the jacket and
jeans with cold water. One setting off, the evaporation provided a
fantastic cooling effect. Unfortunately, it only really lasted 15
mins, and my clothes were bone dry within 30.
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Champ
ZX10R
GPz750turbo
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787922 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:15 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:13:27 +0100, Champ said ...
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:44:07 +0200, Tosspot <FrankDotLeake [at] esa.int>
> wrote:
>
> >Krusty wrote:
> >> AndrewR wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Not being one for foreign wanderings I can honestly say I have never
> >>>before ridden a bike in heat like that today.
> >>
> >>
> >> I rode across Cyprus once in August. I couldn't wait to chop the hire
> >> bike in for an air-conditioned car.
> >
> >Rode across the Spanish interior in August once, that was a tad warm.
> >Stood under a lawn sprinkler till the leathers were saturated. They
> >were bone dry three hours later.
>
> I rode an FJ1100 round most of Australia (excluding WA) in their
> summer. I wore a denim jacket and combats, and my standard technique
> in the outback at fuel stops was to completely drench the jacket and
> jeans with cold water. One setting off, the evaporation provided a
> fantastic cooling effect. Unfortunately, it only really lasted 15
> mins, and my clothes were bone dry within 30.
I still remember you drying your shreddies by tying them to the wing
mirror of the gixer and riding about 10 mins back to base, in France.
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Bear
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787955 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:55 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:15:56 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
>> I rode an FJ1100 round most of Australia (excluding WA) in their
>> summer. I wore a denim jacket and combats, and my standard technique
>> in the outback at fuel stops was to completely drench the jacket and
>> jeans with cold water. One setting off, the evaporation provided a
>> fantastic cooling effect. Unfortunately, it only really lasted 15
>> mins, and my clothes were bone dry within 30.
>
>I still remember you drying your shreddies by tying them to the wing
>mirror of the gixer and riding about 10 mins back to base, in France.
heh. I had Mat on the back - my shreddies were on one wing mirror, and
his on the other.
We showed the French a thing or two about being chic and stylish that
afternoon, I can tell you.
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ZX10R
GPz750turbo
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787961 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:59 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:55:10 +0100, Champ <news [at] champ.org.uk> wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:15:56 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear [at] gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>> I rode an FJ1100 round most of Australia (excluding WA) in their
>>> summer. I wore a denim jacket and combats, and my standard technique
>>> in the outback at fuel stops was to completely drench the jacket and
>>> jeans with cold water. One setting off, the evaporation provided a
>>> fantastic cooling effect. Unfortunately, it only really lasted 15
>>> mins, and my clothes were bone dry within 30.
>>
>>I still remember you drying your shreddies by tying them to the wing
>>mirror of the gixer and riding about 10 mins back to base, in France.
>
>heh. I had Mat on the back - my shreddies were on one wing mirror, and
>his on the other.
Shreddies? As in the things you put milk on at breakfast?
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787965 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:08 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:59:47 +0100, BGN <nickmooney [at] spamcop.net>
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:55:10 +0100, Champ <news [at] champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>heh. I had Mat on the back - my shreddies were on one wing mirror, and
>>his on the other.
>
>Shreddies? As in the things you put milk on at breakfast?
YTC.
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| Re: By heck it's grim down Souf [message #787979 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:33 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:08:32 +0200, Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:59:47 +0100, BGN <nickmooney [at] spamcop.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:55:10 +0100, Champ <news [at] champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>>heh. I had Mat on the back - my shreddies were on one wing mirror, and
>>>his on the other.
>>
>>Shreddies? As in the things you put milk on at breakfast?
>
>YTC.
Dictionary.com doesn't appear to know about it.
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