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Supreme Being
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Hello all - sorry I haven't been around lately. Too busy with work stuff, and a new addiction to Second Life, which seems to take up a lot of my spare time. Any other addicts out there?
On topic for a change - Saturday here was a beautiful day, so in the afternoon I got my exit visa from the better half and took myself off for a tootle round the lanes. There's a lovely run from here over the Preseli Hills to Cardigan, and I started off that way, intending to come back a different route in a circle. But when I got to Cardigan, the road was just carrying me on, and the sun was out, and the roads were dry, and the Ducati was on song - so I went up the coast to Aberystwyth, turned in Morrison's car park, and came home again. 137 miles, and most of it flat out.
I have had the Duc since November, but almost all the mileage has been winter commuting - not the greatest way to get to know a new steed. On Saturday, we had a real bonding session, and I feel I know the bike far better than before. What a sweet handling bike! It's the only bike I have ever had where I feel confident to ride to the edge of the tyres. As a bonus, I filled up when I got home and, unless I have made a bad miscalculation, it was doing almost 60mpg (normal commute is about 42-ish). And that was a fast A-road run, most of the time between 70 and 90.
Oh, summer is on its way, I'm sure of it.
Now to go back and read the hundreds of posts I have missed.
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2003 ST1300 Pan Euro
1995 Yam XT600E
http://goingfastgettingnowhere.blogspot.com/
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Supreme Being
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Again Wellcome back BD. Your input has been missed.
Don't slide unless you mean too.Be sure, ride safe and enjoy 
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Supreme Being
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Welcome back BD. Stay with us now eh!!  Sounds like you had a good ride!! Lol at the escape Visa!!!
The car in front, is now behind!
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Supreme Being
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| I have trouble just fitting in my first life...! Nice to hear from you again, anyway, sounds like the perfect season-opener of a ride! Whatever did happen with Mrs Dog's possible conversion to two wheels, by the way?
>> ex silens nox noctis <<
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Supreme Being
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Hehe - I keep dangling hints in front of her - like "that's a nice bike for you, do you want it?", which is about as blooming obvious as you can get, but nothing so far. I suspect I'm on a loser here :-(
Thanks for the welcomes, guys. I've felt guilty about not being here, because you're all such a nice crew, but I'm afraid the last few months have been work pressure like I've never had it before.
Funny, since my run up the road last weekend, I have managed to cut about 5 minutes off my commuting time. It's to do with confidence, and particularly overtaking. Perhaps I will write this up when I've had a good think about it, under "Back to Biking".
Now, it's still sunny, and the Duc is filthy, so I'm off outside with a bucket and hosepipe :-)
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2003 ST1300 Pan Euro
1995 Yam XT600E
http://goingfastgettingnowhere.blogspot.com/
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Supreme Being
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| Hallo BD, it's been far too long! Glad you had a good ride.
Yamaha FZS 600 Fazer ... in gold! Ride safe, and look out for the Rainbow of Death! There're only 3 kinds of people in the world, those who can count, and those that can't. Roses are red, Violets are Blue, I'm a schizophrenic ..... and so am I! Take pity on the man who invented the drawing board, when he screwed up, he had nothing to fall back on. Stuff everything, I've always got my bike.
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Supreme Being
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Mazz (09/06/2008)
Hallo BD, it's been far too long!
Mine might be ...
Mazz (09/06/2008)
Glad you had a good ride.
That's what she said ...
Oh sorry, folks, couldn't resist. Bad puppy!
Hi Mazz!
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2003 ST1300 Pan Euro
1995 Yam XT600E
http://goingfastgettingnowhere.blogspot.com/
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Supreme Being
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| (Read 'Has anyone heard of Ems?' thread first) See what I mean?!
Yamaha FZS 600 Fazer ... in gold! Ride safe, and look out for the Rainbow of Death! There're only 3 kinds of people in the world, those who can count, and those that can't. Roses are red, Violets are Blue, I'm a schizophrenic ..... and so am I! Take pity on the man who invented the drawing board, when he screwed up, he had nothing to fall back on. Stuff everything, I've always got my bike.
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| the road from hwest to cardigan is a good ride. i used to commute from cardigan to hwest every day for a while on a gs500 when i was in college. i still go that way regularly on my cbr600fx. another good route is cardigan fishguard stdavids solva new gale h west and then back over the mountains to cardigan.
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Supreme Being
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You have just described my regular 'fun run'. The one I do when I just have to blow the cobwebs away. I usually do it the other way: H/west, over the mountains to Cardigan, then back via Fishguard, St Davids, and Newgale. The best sections are H/w to Egwyswrw and Fishguard to St Davids - brilliant fast sweeping A-roads. If I see a CB6 I'll wave!
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2003 ST1300 Pan Euro
1995 Yam XT600E
http://goingfastgettingnowhere.blogspot.com/
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