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- July 9, 2008 at 9:34 pm #13318slimParticipant
Hi all just thought i’d introduce myself [] ive been a biker since 1980 & I can be found either blatting about the country on various bikes or up to my neck in grease & bits of tube while building something in a moldy shed in the midlands
I’m currently running a stock fireblade simply cos i had to get that one out of my system while the old bones will still just about take it but i’m more in to streetfighters & anything odd so the blade is up for grabs
looking forward to finding my way round the site & chatting to some of you soon
cheers slim []
July 9, 2008 at 9:39 pm #55918maxParticipantHi and welcome mate[]
July 9, 2008 at 10:02 pm #55919TT07ParticipantGreetings slim[], welcome to The Bike Forum. Why not enlighten us with what you ride with some photos, or enlighten us further still with a review of your biking history[].
The following link explains how to get photos on here.
July 9, 2008 at 10:12 pm #55920katanaParticipantwelcome slim. Good to have another fighter fan on here
July 9, 2008 at 11:53 pm #55921RadarModeratorWelcome Slim, what year is the blade and have you enjoyed getting out of your system??
This link will help you to get a flavour of the site:
Interesting threads across the site
What is your biking history? I started riding just after you in 1982 and I had to take the dreaded two-part test. Seems so simple compaared to the phaff everybody has to go through now
July 10, 2008 at 12:16 am #55922slimParticipantThanks for the welcome
Heres a short biking history ….. my first legal bike on the road was a H100 in march of 1980 quickly followed by a Z250 a few months later, the longest ive been off the road since then is 14 months but ive had a couple of short layoffs while ive been building
i built my first chop in around 82 (cb750) & my first trike around 15 years ago neither were particularly good but ive learnt a bit since then []a gpz9 fighter i built 8 years ago is still kicking around & attracting loads of attention, ive got a particular soft spot for aircooled & oil cooled suzuki’s & think ive worked my way through the whole model range from 400cc up over the years, some rats some fighters & some stock restorations with a couple more trikes thrown in for good measure
28 years & probably 40+ bikes, one day i’ll find one i’m truly happy with ……. maybe []
July 10, 2008 at 12:27 am #55923RadarModeratorSounds like a really interesting collection of bikes over the years there bud, could you post some pictures of them?
July 10, 2008 at 12:35 am #55924slimParticipantHi radar
the blade is a very low milaage 97 r plate honestly the best ive seen with history etc etc, ive enjoyed blatting it around but i’m doing loads of miles lately & as ive got a knackered neck/shoulder having the weight on my arms causes loads of pain quite quickly [] ive thought of fightering it but its really too good to cut up tbhi passed my test in 83 which involved 2 days “training” (drinking coffee & chatting) followed by a ride round the block a few weeks later []
I did a bit of instructing in the mid to late 90’s so know what you mean about all the faffing around, a lot of it is pointless & useless but some may help people avoid the mistakes i made
July 10, 2008 at 12:39 am #55925slimParticipantquote:
Originally posted by RadarSounds like a really interesting collection of bikes over the years there bud, could you post some pictures of them?
now there’s a problem i’m ok with spanners but no good at all with computers [] ive read the link posted above but it seems to be in swahili []
July 10, 2008 at 12:44 am #55926RadarModeratorEmail them to me via the site and I will post them for you if you want. I am not exactly red-hot PC either, but my kids showed me a few tricks lol!
July 10, 2008 at 9:53 am #55927imperialdataKeymasterHi Slim and welcome to TBF. Hope you enjoy reading our stuff.
July 12, 2008 at 4:33 pm #55928GixParticipantHi Slim
July 15, 2008 at 7:10 pm #55929DiggerParticipantHello and welcome slim,stay tuned and have a gander.
July 16, 2008 at 12:39 pm #55930bikemadParticipantow doo Slim, good to see you here!
July 20, 2008 at 9:18 pm #55931GSF K1ParticipantHiya Slim.
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