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Title: Snow
Post by: RGP750 on December 08, 2014, 02:40:25 PM
Looks like it's time to put the bikes away with all
on the snow on the forum ;D ;D
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on December 08, 2014, 02:41:46 PM
Better on the screen than under my wheels...

 :)
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: hairygit on December 08, 2014, 03:10:06 PM
I dunno, a ride in virgin snow on a Honda 90 is great fun, very unlikely to happen down here in Devon though!
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: tom400f on December 08, 2014, 03:18:58 PM
Whenever there is extreme weather, at least as far is the south is concerned, it's always Kent that seems to get it.
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: ka-ja on December 08, 2014, 03:24:28 PM
Hi All,
         Got my first bike (Ariel Arrow) in January 1963, pretty sharp learning curve!----Ken
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: RGP750 on December 08, 2014, 04:17:06 PM
Yeh been there seen it and done it, We get it 'cos Kent is stuck out in the Sea
Remember trying to ride home from work in the late 70S on a 550 k3  in about 4"and stopping at
a Vicarage to ask if i could leave my bike there and pick it up later, someone took pity
on me walking with my bike stuff and gave me a lift,probably wouldn't happen now a days,
safe riding in snow or not ;)
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: Nurse Julie on December 08, 2014, 04:54:16 PM
Yes, stuck out in the sea in Kent, especially if you live where I do at Dungeness !!. I get a more accurate weather forecast if I watch the French forecasts than the local UK one  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: Trigger on December 08, 2014, 04:57:41 PM
All you part time bikers. Been out today, just watch out for the manhole covers ;D
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: Trigger on December 08, 2014, 05:07:43 PM
Better on the screen than under my wheels...

 :)

Steve, every time i look at the screen i feel cold.
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on December 08, 2014, 05:18:54 PM
All you part time bikers.

I don't own a car Trig, so am out in all weathers. It was bloody cold out this morning!
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: Trigger on December 08, 2014, 05:23:00 PM
Your not the only one that doesn't own a car Steve. And a truck reversed in to my van last week. Great fun picking up forks on a bike ;D
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP) on December 08, 2014, 06:52:47 PM
Trig
Manhole covers were all ways dodgy in the wet snow or ice in the days of jokahama tyres
Cheers
Bitsa
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: matthewmosse on December 08, 2014, 10:06:23 PM
With 15 years only having a bike licence and being 20 miles from work, well off a bus route, I've seen a few winters on two or 3 wheels, looks like this will be my first with 4 - for a fair bit of the time. Sadly cash and other things mean the sidecar wouldn't be on the road this side of Christmas/ new year, 3 bikes already taxed and a car. Also a new hobby in the warmer shed which has electricity. Getting soft in my old age.
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: Lobo on December 08, 2014, 11:49:56 PM
The trees will be quaking in their roots abouts your house Matthew... go easy on 'em!.......
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: RGP750 on December 09, 2014, 06:47:38 AM
Nice bit of turning Mathew,
we have a wadkin wood lathe at work that has a 5 foot face plate on the end spindle if you fancy doing a
giant bowl, that would be an eye turner for you  ;)
Rich
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: matthewmosse on December 09, 2014, 08:02:35 AM
Cheers guys, just beginning, that Wadkin sounds good. I have an Oliver pattern mkers lathe, removeable gap bed, bought to re line drum brakes on my 500/4 without having to dismount the tyre or un lace the spokes, I only realisedit did wood when it arrived. Being a 1914 machine and 3phase, it did need some work to get running and still needs more to do bike drum brakes but it  seemed rude not to have a go at doing something with a massive cherry tree that dropped in the wind a few years back. If I get a free standing tool rest that my lath should have it has an outboad face plate to turn a radius of abot 4 foot! somehow I doubt I'll ever find a bit of wood big enough to need to abandon the inboard faceplate though, that will take 14 inch radius. Ebay yas a lot to answer for, the lathe was £90 delivered.
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: RGP750 on December 09, 2014, 08:35:31 AM
£90 bargain, the wadkin is very similar, I have been a patternmaker for 44 years and still love my job, sad i know.
Should retire and work on the bikes but i think me and "er in doors "would probably have a big fall out if i
was at home full time ;D ;D
Rich
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: ka-ja on December 10, 2014, 07:16:38 PM
Hi,
     All this falling snow is making my computer cooling fan howl!
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP) on December 10, 2014, 08:37:33 PM
Love it
It can snow to the cows come home providing its xmas eve
Cheers
Bitsa
Title: Re: Snow
Post by: tom400f on December 12, 2014, 11:14:01 AM
Just wondering... is this snow for life or just for Christmas?  ::)
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