Another Scottish intro!

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FlyingKiwi · #16 Post by **FlyingKiwi** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:43 am

Welcome Dusty and all the other noobs to the forum.
I've been neglecting my duties while on holiday here in NZ

Wished I'd brought the Falco with me though, all this sun and dry roads is getting me down

Dusty · #17 Post by **Dusty** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:20 am

Worry not, mangocrazy. My bike is an imort.....from England! I bought it in Southport, with 4.8k miles. I was browsing this site last night and I saw the thread about your new bike. What a find!

D-Rider, thanks for the seat retainer info. That's exactly what I want!

I haven't ridden the bike since I got her home, but hopefully when I finish my DIY jobs this afternoon (to rack up some credit points from my wife), the rain will have stopped.

EdinburghFalco, I'll watch for you on the A720 on my way to work, although I'll probably spare the Falco from commuting duties.

EdinburghFalco · #18 Post by **EdinburghFalco** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:52 am

Dusty thankfully I work from home and so spare the Beast the lunacy that is the Edinburgh bypass at rush hour! If you ever fancy a run out give me a poke and I'll see if the wife will let me out to play.

HowardQ · #19 Post by **HowardQ** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:45 pm

Welcome to the site Dusty

Nice choice of bike, hope you enjoy it!

#20 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:18 pm

Dusty wrote:Worry not, mangocrazy. My bike is an imort.....from England! I bought it in Southport, with 4.8k miles. I was browsing this site last night and I saw the thread about your new bike. What a find!

Cheers Dusty - funnily enough, I think your bike was one of the ones on my shortlist, but I never got round to viewing it. Funny old world, isn't it?

Anyway - enjoy. They're a cracking bike and you have, definitively, got the best looking colour scheme of all the Falcos made. Ignore all protestations to the contrary...

Dusty · #21 Post by **Dusty** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:30 pm

Thanks again to all, for the warm welcome. I got out today for a quick 50 mile acclimatisation. Wow; the joys of V twins! What a cracking bike. The roads were wet and greasy so it was a fairly subdued ride but I'm still grinning despite cold hands.I've become soft thanks to my Triumph's heated grips. The mods have started already; I got a VTR stand and switch on ebay tonight. Can't wait for a dry, preferably warm day.

D-Rider · #22 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:44 pm

Dusty wrote: The roads were wet and greasy so it was a fairly subdued ride but I'm still grinning despite cold hands.I've become soft thanks to my Triumph's heated grips.

You can fit them to a Falco, you know ..... I have

Anthrax 336 · #23 Post by **Anthrax 336** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:54 pm

Hey Dusty, another scot with the fastest colour, what can I say, just great taste!!! Hope to see you at the Welly at the weekends!!

Aladinsaneuk · #24 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:32 pm

so.

it is official

the sweaty's are colour blind... BLACK IS FASTER

enjoy the bike - i occasionally look for another bike - but have yet to find anything as good as the falco

Falcoholic · #25 Post by **Falcoholic** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:20 am

Welcome Dusty.

Nice to see the Scottish numbers swelling a little more.

Scottish Falco meet? Now there's a good idea.

And we're not all colour blind. Black is fastest.

EdinburghFalco · #26 Post by **EdinburghFalco** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:19 pm

It would be great to get the Falco crowd together for the Glasgow Easter Egg run next year, imagine the noise! Oh yeah and those unlucky enough to live South of Hadrian's wall could join us for a run out on the Saturday ?????

HowardQ · #27 Post by **HowardQ** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:36 pm

No sorry, you'd never get it through the "Risk Assessment" process.
All that possible ear damage to those poor kids!
Nice idea though

neil · #28 Post by **neil** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:07 pm

anthrax336 met you at the start of the year at inverary i was on my other bike a yellow and black cbr with my wee girl since then ive met 3 other falcos that stay within 5miles of me one of them was exupmonkey

the red one are the fastest

Chabby · #29 Post by **Chabby** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:20 pm

A Scottish Springfest could be a plan.

I did the Kyle of Lochalsh/Glencoe/Rannoch Moor last year in glorious sunshine (honest) . Outstanding - one of those rides you don't forget.

And, just to dispel any lingering doubts - black is fastest.

Dusty · #30 Post by **Dusty** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:55 am

With all of this interest in a Scottish outing, we might even manage to outnumber Thelongwaydownroundandabout Club that seem to be omnipresent whenever I go north for a day's ride. That's what I like about the Falco (and my RS); it's not only unusual by not being a GS but it's also a rare beast in its own right!