Sunday, 18 September 2011

A pleasant Sunday ride-out


Must be exciting riding on the road with that fairing

Complete with fresh oil stains

Immaculate Zed

Unusual Honda - seems to be an American model
The forecast rain didn't materialise today, so I decided to go for a little ride-out on the bike; no particular destination in mind,  I set off out of town towards Surrey. I battled the traffic and the windblast on the M4 for a short while then turned off and spent a pleasant couple of hours pootling around those leafy country lanes lined with old cottages that make you feel like you've gone back in time. Stopping for petrol I recognised the little village of Effingham as being not far from Box Hill, so that became the day's destination. Box Hill is a local beauty spot and attraction for walkers. It also boasts a big car park with a cafe selling burgers and mugs of tea, so is a popular meeting place for bikers. When I pulled in there were about 60 bikes, mostly modern sportsbikes, although there were a couple of customs, and a few old Brits. I got accosted by a couple of old geezers who were there on bonnies, so we formed an ad-hoc Triumph club and spent a pleasant half-hour chatting about bikes and life in general and that girl over there with the tight jeans.. Very pleasant. When I left I rode back via the A3 through Kingston; getting home I realised the little jaunt had lasted 4 hours and 120 miles. An excellent Sunday, although now I've got to iron a shirt for work tomorrow... I miss LF at times like this.
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9 comments:

  1. Affer18 September 2011 at 18:46

    Shirts:

    Buy linen ones: they looked better crumpled than when ironed. And don't forget the iron that came with the bed - viz. under the mattress!

    Bikes:

    Damn! That dustbin-faired Bonnie looks good! It looks like it has Norton silencers; good noise?

    And the Zed looks like it just came out of the showroom (not mine though!). Super to ride but, dear God, the brakes were so bad in the wet!

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  2. Camilla Jessop19 September 2011 at 10:19

    A nice post, Mr Diente. That fairing looks like a DMD fairing - or at least a copy. I once raced an AJS with something similar and it was quite tricky to turn. Still, much better looking than the awful Avon Streamliner which many police bikes had fitted in the 60's. That looked like a one-eyed eel!

    You don't need to discuss girl's bottoms. It's vulgar.

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  3. El Diente19 September 2011 at 17:44

    Affer - the Zed was indeed super-immaculate; the dustbin bonnie was also a smashing piece of kit. Oh, and thanks for the tips re shirts - I have been tempted to take them to my local dry-cleaners but shall employ your methods from now on.

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  4. El Diente19 September 2011 at 17:51

    Ms Jessop, I can only marvel that you would have spent time as a young gal astride a throbbing AJS - any photos? As for the young lady's tight jeans, we were just concerned that she might faint due to constricted blood vessels...

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  5. Unknown19 September 2011 at 19:56

    Mr El D:

    You had a camera, where are the tight jean photos ? That throbbing AJS conjurs images in my mind . . .

    nice that you managed to get out for a leisurely ride

    buy non creasing shirts or get another LF

    bob
    Riding the Wet Coast

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  6. Trobairitz20 September 2011 at 22:02

    What a great day. It must have been a site to pull in and have 60 bikes already there.

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  7. Highwaylass22 September 2011 at 07:36

    great pics - exactly what Sundays are for.

    when you are in funds, go with the dry-cleaner option. Tedium should be delegated whenever possible.

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  8. Nikos in Athens23 September 2011 at 17:33

    I can see oil stains underneath every motorcycle pictured above!

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  9. Unknown23 September 2011 at 22:04

    Nikos, via EL D:

    Dribbles come with age . . .

    bob
    Riding the Wet Coast

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