Great Day Out

Post by **Screwy** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:27 pm

Went up to Hawick in the Scottish borders yesterday , Great weather , great roads and not much traffic about , though that could be because I stuck to B roads and minor A roads until I hit the A68

Ended up doing nearly 500 miles all told and I felt every one of them when I crawled out of bed this morning

My 851 might be 18 years old but it ran like a Swiss watch . Oh and note the chicken strips on the rear tyre

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Post by **Class--** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:51 pm

nice m8 im well jealous

mind u i absolutely hate the a68 but ive only driven it in an underpowered car

Class

Post by **Nellyboy** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:41 pm

Sounds like you had a great time Screwy. Bike looks good mate. I miss mine in the good weather.

Nelly

Post by **Jase** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:56 am

I'm very jealous as I've not had a chance yet to get out for a blast for months

This damn gardening is going to end my motorcycling social life

Post by **Dangerous Bob** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:07 am

500 miles in that saddle?

no wonder you're feeling it...

Post by **Screwy** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:23 pm

Dangerous Bob wrote: 500 miles in that saddle?

no wonder you're feeling it...

Hehe does look uncomfortable doesn't it but it's actually not to bad . The main problem I had was down to a change in riding style , I was gripping the tank hard with my knees under breaking instead of taking the weight transfer on my wrists , as I have a tendency to lock the elbows which makes counter steering a tad exciting at times

worked a treat it's just naked fear that limits lean angles now and not one arm fighting to overcome the inertia of the other one.
the downside is my hamstrings and groin ached like hell the next day

Class-- wrote: nice m8 im well jealous
mind u i absolutely hate the a68 but ive only driven it in an underpowered car

Class

A7 for the win mate Hawick->Carlisle

Post by **Claw** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:34 pm

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>note the chicken strips</div>

Post by **Jase** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:54 pm

Chicken strips is a biker term that refers to the unworn strip on either edge of the tyre. The larger the strip means that the rider is afraid or unable to lean the bike into corners to make any marks on the very edge.

Screwy is trying to point out that he has very little in the way of chicken strips on either side of his tyre and therefore riding by the seat of his pants and wearing the tyre almost to the edge!

However he probably took an electric sander to the tyre just before he went out as we all know old men can't ride bikes properly

Post by **Dangerous Bob** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:03 pm

Most new tyres have little 'hairy' bits across the surface.
cant remember what we used to call them.... wimp pubes or summat.

Post by **Claw** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:38 pm

Ahhh... I see... ty...

So, before you get on the back of anyones bike... check for chicken strips, the bigger the better...

Post by **Screwy** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:40 pm

Claw wrote: Ahhh... I see... ty...

So, before you get on the back of anyones bike... check for chicken strips, the bigger the better...

Nah you check the rear tyre for bobbling (Little balls of rubber ) those are the people you don't get on the back of