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hi all - noob here
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 1:49 pm
by herbacious
Hi everyone
just bought my falco on saturday - then did 200 miles on it riding it home via the lakes and the dales :D
its pretty standard apart from some road legal cans, only done 9 thousand miles since 2001
going to be taking it round europe in a few weeks so its going to get a whole lot more miles!
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 1:54 pm
by Samray
Hi Herby, welcome aboard.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 2:24 pm
by FlyingKiwi
Hi and welcome. Where are you off to. I'm heading to the Alps mid June
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 3:16 pm
by herbacious
2 weeks portsmouth to santander ferry and then to the alps via the pyrynees
can't wait!
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 4:41 pm
by fastasfcuk
welcome herby.is this your first v twin.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:01 pm
by hornetrider
herbacious wrote:2 weeks portsmouth to santander ferry and then to the alps via the pyrynees
can't wait!
I did the same in August - the Pyrenees are AMAZING! Good luck for the trip!
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:04 pm
by Olig7475
Lets see some pics then herby, standard ones are VERY rare round these parts.
Oh by the way, a very warm welcome.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:28 pm
by HisNibbs
Welcome and that sounds a mighty fine way to kick off your relationship.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 7:24 pm
by D-Rider
Hi and welcome
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:39 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
whats a standard one precious??
and welcome - whats your credit rating like??
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:06 pm
by herbacious
this is mine
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT
none of my own pics as yet..
owned an SV650 a few years ago, been riding a 95 Triumph Trident Sprint for the last couple of years - keeping it for day to day use actually.. its my car I suppose :)
I think 3 cylinders is my max
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:14 pm
by D-Rider
Looks nice - and those fire-red ones look even better in reality - the pictures never quite do them justice.
Judging from the ebay listing, the former owner seems to be enjoying life under the "care in the community" initiative:
The former owner wrote:The reason i am selling is that i now bought a Harley, and the Aprillia is not getting used.
.... barking ..... completely barking ......
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:18 pm
by herbacious
lol yeah well who better to buy a bike off though than someone who has bought a harley instead :)
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:22 pm
by D-Rider
Yep ..... now gone to a far more deserving home
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:36 pm
by herbacious
hornetrider wrote:
I did the same in August - the Pyrenees are AMAZING! Good luck for the trip!
any tips on places to visit etc?
im not sure whether we should adopt a strategy of blasting along for a few hundred miles every few days between campsites and then ditching luggage and scratching around for a few days.. or go for the more constant tour and avoid any motorways etc as much as possible camping somewhere else every night..
might stay at the occasional hotel to wash my pants
