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I think the main thing to take from this discussion is that we all desire something different Wink
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Originally posted by IanG IanG wrote:

I think the main thing to take from this discussion is that we all desire something different Wink




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Whoops no bongo in shot just a balding middleaged manLOL

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Originally posted by badapple badapple wrote:

Whoops no bongo in shot just a balding middleaged manLOL

I’ve got pants older than you

So have I Colin not the usual inheritance LOL
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Brilliant Diablo, just had a good laugh at your ditty. Adam Iam a full baldy mate and no bike anymore arrrrrrrr👍
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Thanks for bringing up the Um Bongo Rick 

It’s up there with the Kia ora advert for me 
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Um bongo
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Originally posted by badapple badapple wrote:

Um bongo




You have to do "jazz hands" whenever you say it from now on.....

Hug


Interested that you are swapping Um Bongo (Hug) for a box trailer.

In the US they call them "toy haulers" and basically have a kitchen, shower and bed plus workshop space and tie down points.

Will you be making your own interior etc?

Did the bike fit into Um Bongo (Hug) easily? Never considered one, but really need another van myself. Got a VW T32 that I'm doing up for resale as I need something a bit newer than what it is.
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Jazz hands all the way!


Fitted fine just bloody steep getting in as I have to use a wide ramp I can walk along with it too short to step up with the usual bike ramps. No problem getting it all in big gazebo and I sleep in it on the topper that's supposed to go on the seats. Only reason it's going Rick is the Mrs wants a day van because the kids rarely camp with us now they are teenagers and she hates itLOL too old noisy and it's an auto so we are buying a pop top of some sort. 

The trailer will be fully kitted out and I'll be able to leave most of my bits in it and just wheel in the bike and go. At the moment it's my daily so I'm forever putting the seats in and out which us a pain in the arse. That will be another thread altogether apologies for the high jack Embarrassed
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Nice one Rick LOL
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Originally posted by badapple badapple wrote:




im squinting and you kinda look like rossi with a bit less on top.
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Originally posted by ajaycad ajaycad wrote:



yes but i also suggested a blade. i own 4 sport bikes currently only one is an RSV4.

at least on the people carrier pizza delivery bike you will be comfy on thoes Deliveroo's 


 
I feel like I'm repeating myself here.........
As per my original post, sports bikes are a no no due to my advancing years, riding position, been there done that etc, so the RSV replacement has to be a roadster/naked, therefore a Fireblade is not an option. I certainly wouldn't be replacing my RSV with a Japanese UJM equivalent, I'd rather stick hot pokers in my eyes...and keep the RSV thank you very much !
I also don't need anything like the power of an RSV4... I don't do trackways, and the roads down here in Cornwall are murderous in the summer.......and boy it's been mental this summer. I have to fight my way through heavy clogged traffic for 100 miles to find decent empty(ish) A roads around Exeter/North Devon to really enjoy a ride.....it's about value for money for me, so around 100/120bhp is the sweet spot. I could buy a V4 but what's the point in that...it would be wasted. I took my wife's 600 hornet on one of my favourite roads down to St Mawes, I could wring its neck and theres my point.
You keep banging on about pizza delivery bikes, you're entitled to your opinion of course, and I respect that, but doesn't really contribute much to this thread now does it.
Now if I were to start a thread that asks "what's the best bike you've owned and why"....the floor would be yours sir Wink
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100 miles of clogged roads, it doesn't matter what bike you have 100 miles of clogged road cant be worth it - sounds like you need to book a white group down the brands Snatch, get away from all those clogged roads. 
i suppose i do need to apologise for being very opinionated - i wouldn't have one on this subject but i know better and ridden a 765 - this is how i know its a piece of sh*t commuter. 

nuff means enough right?
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Sure does........I love a good debate.....hence why I've just bought a 1200 Monster LOLLOLLOLLOL
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Decision madeThumbs Up
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Originally posted by JimmyV4 JimmyV4 wrote:

Originally posted by badapple badapple wrote:




im squinting and you kinda look like rossi with a bit less on top.


Haha I know your eyes aren't great mate but you really must be squinting LOL
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Originally posted by ajaycad ajaycad wrote:

Sure does........I love a good debate.....hence why I've just bought a 1200 Monster LOLLOLLOLLOL
Wicked...let us know how you get on with it Clap
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Originally posted by ajaycad ajaycad wrote:

Sure does........I love a good debate.....hence why I've just bought a 1200 Monster LOLLOLLOLLOL



Great choice for what you want -and wish you many happy rides Clap

Be nice to see a pic or two Big smile


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Originally posted by ajaycad ajaycad wrote:

Sure does........I love a good debate.....hence why I've just bought a 1200 Monster LOLLOLLOLLOL

100 miles of traffic just to get a costa,
never owned one but the 2023 model is 210kg with 130rwhp so it doesn't sound great on paper but what do i know.

i have bought a string on new ducatis and they can be a pain biggest thing after warrenty is to find a decent indi i got quoted £990 for a belt change with the 1500 mile service.

Adam - i may be half blind at times but,

this is you last week at brands wernt it?

also side note was you at silverstone monday/tuesday? it was a warzone - medi chopper got called in the works.
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Wow b.a is actually Rossi haha 😂😂 
Ajaycad that sounds a perfect bike for what you want I'll keep an 
eye out for it when I'm out and about 👍
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Servicing won’t cost me any labour as I’ll be doing my own belt changes, valve checks etc…… it’s a 2014 model with 7500 miles, first mod will be to replace that butt ugly swingarm number plate bracket with either the number plate bracket from an 821 or an Evotech tail tidy
It’s a milestone for me, always wanted a Ducati and after passing my test in 1985, this is my first one….. 
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My first legal bike was a air cooled Ducati 750ss had it 5years never changed belts never missed a beat  loved that noisy underpowered thing 😊
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Wow b.a is actually Rossi haha 😂😂 
Ajaycad that sounds a perfect bike for what you want I'll keep an 
eye out for it when I'm out and about 👍

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Originally posted by ajaycad ajaycad wrote:

Servicing won’t cost me any labour as I’ll be doing my own belt changes, valve checks etc…… it’s a 2014 model with 7500 miles, first mod will be to replace that butt ugly swingarm number plate bracket with either the number plate bracket from an 821 or an Evotech tail tidy
It’s a milestone for me, always wanted a Ducati and after passing my test in 1985, this is my first one….. 

Congratulations on ticking off a dream bike. 
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Originally posted by JimmyV4 JimmyV4 wrote:

Originally posted by ajaycad ajaycad wrote:

Sure does........I love a good debate.....hence why I've just bought a 1200 Monster LOLLOLLOLLOL

100 miles of traffic just to get a costa,
never owned one but the 2023 model is 210kg with 130rwhp so it doesn't sound great on paper but what do i know.

i have bought a string on new ducatis and they can be a pain biggest thing after warrenty is to find a decent indi i got quoted £990 for a belt change with the 1500 mile service.

Adam - i may be half blind at times but,

this is you last week at brands wernt it?

also side note was you at silverstone monday/tuesday? it was a warzone - medi chopper got called in the works.


Haha different angle yeah. No never done Silverstone mate what happened?
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Originally posted by badapple badapple wrote:

Originally posted by JimmyV4 JimmyV4 wrote:

Originally posted by ajaycad ajaycad wrote:

Sure does........I love a good debate.....hence why I've just bought a 1200 Monster LOLLOLLOLLOL

100 miles of traffic just to get a costa,
never owned one but the 2023 model is 210kg with 130rwhp so it doesn't sound great on paper but what do i know.

i have bought a string on new ducatis and they can be a pain biggest thing after warrenty is to find a decent indi i got quoted £990 for a belt change with the 1500 mile service.

Adam - i may be half blind at times but,

this is you last week at brands wernt it?

also side note was you at silverstone monday/tuesday? it was a warzone - medi chopper got called in the works.


Haha different angle yeah. No never done Silverstone mate what happened?

it was total chaos, 2 pizza bikes came off first lap first corner first session, one guy had to get resuscitated on the track - they didn't really tell us much else but that was the last day of the season and im highly doubting il go back to the stone next year, it was handled really shoddily - on the 2nd day the white group missed an outing and the red group got looked after as they always do. they came over the speakers and actually said verbatim "can we all stop coming off our bikes please" apparently the worst it has been for crashes in recent memory.
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Oh no sounds pretty awful, Silverstone run there own days too expensive for me and sounds like I'm not missing out.
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your missing out big time its a realy good experience the premier GP circuit of the UK and the last one we have, just a bunch of part time car drivers pretending - but you are right about the cost its gotten bloody expensive car trackdays there end up into the 1000s if you need tyres etc.
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