The Dark Wob

Hooli wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:24 am

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:22 am

Hooli wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:26 pm I didn't take any pics because potato-cam. But I rode the new Mrs Hooli's Hornet 600 back to hers tonight as she's not insured on it yet. Apart from being tiny & cramped for normal sized legs it felt a damn good bike. Rides well, smooth & stuff, should be getting her out on it tomorrow after she rings the insurance as trying pay online fails every time. Should fit her fine too as she's about 5'2".

How old is it? I found the early ones a bit bland with a power delivery that was a bit too linear and smooth.

02. She's not ridden very much for a few years for various reasons, so a bit bland is ideal. I didn't get it past about 6k so never saw the power delivery topend, but I was impressed with how it'd pull cleanly from low revs. Something that always makes a bike easier to ride when you don't down shift enough as nervous.

I've not seen her ride yet, but will hopefully later today.

Update, didn't see her ride. Insurance companies where being difficult & refusing to take her card payment online. She came out pillion instead so we still got a day out.

I bet the first time she goes out with you on the bike it's to a track day where the majority of turns are to the left........

I think there is only one track that goes anti-clockwise in the UK, so hopefully not.

Some bugger buy this quickly - ive literally nowhere to put it

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 087502040/

Has the hornet had a fireblade engine stuffed into it yet?

DodgeRover wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:54 pm Some bugger buy this quickly - ive literally nowhere to put it

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 087502040/

Somehow I don't think I'd fit on it.

I dunno whether I mentioned this in my Confessions Of A Motorcycle Instructor posts but once I had to collect an RS50 for a lad who was taking his CBT that weekend on his 16th birthday. It's just as well that the lad was pretty good on two wheels as the RS50 was fully derestricted and romped up to an easy 65mph even with my 6'2", 15 stone frame aboard. Althogh very flickable it did feel a bit flimsy and the noise it made did become tiring after 15 minutes or so.

DodgeRover wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:55 pm Has the hornet had a fireblade engine stuffed into it yet?

Unlikely to happen tbh.

MOT booked for the vfr tomorrow, ashamed to admit I’ve done a whole 150 between tests due to cycling to the last contract and frog house stuff.

Considered selling it then realised anything I own is worthless and only worth cash when it’s time to buy a new one.


Less annoying tag line.

I was going to post pics of my new bike but the forum won't allow me to, so bollocks to it.

Bangernomics wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:04 am MOT booked for the vfr tomorrow, ashamed to admit I’ve done a whole 150 between tests due to cycling to the last contract and frog house stuff.

Considered selling it then realised anything I own is worthless and only worth cash when it’s time to buy a new one.


Less annoying tag line.

750 or 8 hunner?

There's a cheap 750 near me on Facebook I've been eyeing up.