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The tax ran out yesterday and I thought, sod it, I will sorn the bike. It has been a shite season anyway and I have work to do on the bike (more mods ).

Goodnight bronze baby. Sleep tight and dont let the bed bugs bite

Had you down as an "All Year" chap Paddy!

Mine will be ridden throughout (but maybe not quite as frequently during the worst weeks) ... no choice at present - car nicked over 5 weeks ago, found by the police within the hour ...... still at the garage being repaired.

The good side of this ....
1) No company car tax to pay for this period
2) I have to ride my bike every day - no excuses to wimp out

Guess mine will be the only Falco on the roads round Cheshire then, no Paddy and no TwinNut

Thats the good thing about having a choice. Its pissing down...I am taking the car

D-Rider wrote:

Had you down as an "All Year" chap Paddy!

Those days are over for me. Especially when I rode a GSXR750 through the winter. The salt got into everywhere. Wrecked the paint, furred the ally and corroded the electrical terminals.

Also my knees told me to behave aswell

Firestarter wrote:Guess mine will be the only Falco on the roads round Cheshire then, no Paddy and no TwinNut

I'll be out dodging the Snow and Ice of North Wales.
Not too far from Chesire

Im thinking of doing the same thing. I have a 4-day tour of the South East on her starting Saturday and then Im probably gonna call it a season too... put her up on the workbench and start the long list of winter mods... most of which I started collecting parts for over a year ago.

Yep, once my service and MoT are done on the Falco this month I'll be on the Fazer for winter.

Whilst I confess to avoiding the worst of the winter weather and any days when there's a ton of salt down I will be out at least once a fortnight just to keep my hand in....

....and justify the purchase of Hot Hands

Actually - after last winter thanks to regular washing (and liberal use of Scottoil protective spray stuff) there were no ill effects other than the dreaded "Ooh That Looks Dodgy I'll Keep It Fairly Upright Here" tyre squaring.

Fausto wrote:Whilst I confess to avoiding the worst of the winter weather and any days when there's a ton of salt down I will be out at least once a fortnight just to keep my hand in....

....and justify the purchase of Hot Hands

Actually - after last winter thanks to regular washing (and liberal use of Scottoil protective spray stuff) there were no ill effects other than the dreaded "Ooh That Looks Dodgy I'll Keep It Fairly Upright Here" tyre squaring.

... What he said!

Yep - I think that dealing with the dodgy surfaces is a good thing in helping to keep you aware of your bike's limitations, the roads limitations and generally keeping you on your toes .... even if (in my case) it does induce wimp-mode tippy-toeing at (probably) greater levels than may be strictly necessary

Surely the" winter" won't be much different to the "summer", it's just a name ! Pick your days and put another layer on , no prob !

TIMOVEE wrote:Surely the" winter" won't be much different to the "summer", it's just a name ! Pick your days and put another layer on , no prob !

Think you're right .... except that Summer is the Low-Salt version of the two varieties

TIMOVEE wrote:Surely the" winter" won't be much different to the "summer", it's just a name ! Pick your days and put another layer on , no prob !

sound point.. except for the ice in mid-winter

He's in Norfolk .... we don't do ice.

Correct , we've got our own little micro climate !