Human kindness at its best...FOOKING Ducati's
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Went out yesterday down to Dungeness...got there and my fooking chain snapped overtaking a car
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So i was waiting for recovery..for like 2 1/2 hrs
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But what got me was out of 8 bikers that passed all 8 stopped to see if they could help out
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Even several car drivers stopped to see if i needed anything
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Yea, should have warned you about Ducati side stands
They the biggest pile of sh*te ever
I swear it's just a ploy by the factory to sell more panels
Bikers are damn friendly tho
I'd alway stop and help
They the biggest pile of sh*te ever
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I swear it's just a ploy by the factory to sell more panels
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Bikers are damn friendly tho
I'd alway stop and help
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Yes lets laugh at others misfortunes!!!
But for Cola.......it wouldnt matter if they knew me...they would still help as i am everyones friend
But for Cola.......it wouldnt matter if they knew me...they would still help as i am everyones friend
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By the way......... how did the chain snap ??? was it faulty ??? did you check the tension before you went, as it must have been bloody tight and you should have noticed that the rear supension wasn't doing very much as the chain was probably like a bow string
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they would still help as i am everyones friend
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The chain was fine (i thought)..i'd just lubed it.......the recovery bloke said it was just old and they can snap especially with the torque a 916 has.
Yep them stands are crap!!!
You try lifting 205kilos from the side!!!!
Yep them stands are crap!!!
You try lifting 205kilos from the side!!!!
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Originally Posted by Ima-Racing500
The chain was fine (i thought)..i'd just lubed it.......the recovery bloke said it was just old and they can snap especially with the torque a 916 has.
Yep them stands are crap!!!
You try lifting 205kilos from the side!!!!
Yep them stands are crap!!!
You try lifting 205kilos from the side!!!!
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Always impressies me when we go out on the bike, the way its kind of like, entering a new family... ![Confused](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
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I dont have a bike Ian, but i regularly ride out as a passenger with good friends who have Bikes. Most regularly a heavily modded and de geared 99 Blade.
Every summer i say.. "Think il get us a bike this year".. and the dry sunny days never come, so i never bother.
Every summer i say.. "Think il get us a bike this year".. and the dry sunny days never come, so i never bother.
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Phil,
my cossie broke down last night
Loads of people stopped to ask if I needed help, a fellow cossie owner even turned round for a chat and help pass the time while I was waiting.
No one in a scooby or evo stopped though
my cossie broke down last night
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No one in a scooby or evo stopped though
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No one in a scooby or evo stopped though
Don't get to see that too often though lol.
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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
I dont have a bike Ian, but i regularly ride out as a passenger with good friends who have Bikes. Most regularly a heavily modded and de geared 99 Blade.
Every summer i say.. "Think il get us a bike this year".. and the dry sunny days never come, so i never bother.![Sad](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
Every summer i say.. "Think il get us a bike this year".. and the dry sunny days never come, so i never bother.
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Originally Posted by Ian2wdsaffcos
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: I couldnt pick it up
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tuff luck fella but it could have been a lot worse
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Originally Posted by Ima-Racing500
pulled over to the grass verge...put it on the stand and it fell off it
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Originally Posted by Little Joe
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pulled over to the grass verge...put it on the stand and it fell off it
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luckily didn,t cost anything to fix either bike the legs and arms stoped the damage
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I know Dungeness very well! Its not really the sort of place you wanna break down! (Just you, a barren landscape and a nuclear power station!)
Was fun trying to break into the runway at Lydd airport though!
Was fun trying to break into the runway at Lydd airport though!
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