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Topic: Do the math |
Marti
Replies: 24
Views: 16633
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:13 pm Subject: Do the math |
HUMPH!
I gedit. Those of you that still own a decent K-series just like to remind those of us with an oilhead that the new Beemers have a lifespan measured with a stop watch rather than a calender. ... |
Topic: If you like movies |
Marti
Replies: 5
Views: 5422
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:44 pm Subject: Re: If you like movies |
S'only time I make sense. wha' you mean.."not even then"
May be we could start a sticky thread "library. Books and movies not necessarily about bikes but where they made a usef ... |
Topic: 1st ride on the BRP...with teaser pics!!! UPDATE! |
Marti
Replies: 24
Views: 18353
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:35 pm Subject: 1st ride on the BRP...with teaser pics!!! UPDATE! |
| [quote="Saltcreek"]Let me get this straight. Your first ride you dropped it twice and set it on fire once and you sound like a $5000 hooker just left? I'll be on craigslist searching for dua ... |
Topic: You guys have it pretty good, just so you know. |
Marti
Replies: 21
Views: 15642
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:44 pm Subject: You guys have it pretty good, just so you know. |
Brilliant thread.
Prejudice has it's uses as a social filter. I'm NOT surprised that my mid fifties female , glamorous mate can drive as well as she does; anymore than she is surprised that I can ... |
Topic: Going to miss everyone |
Marti
Replies: 18
Views: 17638
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:12 pm Subject: Re: OK...So I did miss everyone |
[quote="chopper_harris"][quote="Marti"]Sold the K11RS last year and, after toying with a rather disappointing Pan for 3months, bought an R1150RT[/quote]
Interesting feedback Mar ... |
Topic: Going to miss everyone |
Marti
Replies: 18
Views: 17638
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:35 pm Subject: OK...So I did miss everyone |
Sold the K11RS last year and, after toying with a rather disappointing Pan for 3months, bought an R1150RT. A year on here's my tu'penny worth.
If a fantastic, low mileage K11RS turned up I'd proba ... |
Topic: Biker Wish |
Marti
Replies: 7
Views: 12422
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:50 pm Subject: EEEK! |
EEEK!
I detect a kindred spirit here. Are ALL women wonderful - imposable - wonderfully imposable
Or do they just take the car/bike /house/pension plan/compassion from a man and make sure an ... |
Topic: Biker Wish |
Marti
Replies: 7
Views: 12422
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:57 pm Subject: Biker Wish |
That man's been MARRIED!  |
Topic: Deer Meet |
Marti
Replies: 47
Views: 72878
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:27 pm Subject: Wish him well from this side |
Thank for letting us know Harriet,
Welcome back Phil,
I knew there was a reason I'm happier in a city; most of the scenary stays still and doesn't smell funny. Best wishes from this side |
Topic: thanks again Ted and Drake |
Marti
Replies: 19
Views: 28897
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:18 pm Subject: Re: thanks again Ted and Drake |
[quote="Das Boot"] Any thoughts or time frame?[/quote]
Yea, gimme a couple of years to back what she took
Actually, scrub that. She did teach me just how to apprecaiate life; ... |
Topic: I rode 832 miles today - and the first 500 were BRUTAL |
Marti
Replies: 14
Views: 20879
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:58 pm Subject: I rode 832 miles today - and the first 500 were BRUTAL |
[quote="Off the grid"]If you can ride in the first snow, or the right kind of snow it can actually be quite beautiful. It's almost like a wind tunnel that parts as you ride through it.
quo ... |
Topic: K1100LT vs R1100RT |
Marti
Replies: 10
Views: 26124
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:51 pm Subject: In my day... |
| Maybe it helps to remember what the competition was when each was new. The K-Series was the starship Enterprise. Build quality, ABS, single swing arm, injection, intergrated luggage and fairing. The ... |
Topic: K1100LT vs R1100RT |
Marti
Replies: 10
Views: 26124
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:28 pm Subject: K verus R, yea right! |
| Perhaps I can add my tu'penny worth. I've added my history to my signature. Oh, missed the 1100 Pan European. Probably just as well; over weight over rated tug without a rudder that it was. I haven ... |
Topic: What's the worst thing you've ever seen on YouTube? |
Marti
Replies: 16
Views: 21843
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:01 pm Subject: Bloody well be careful! |
JEEZ-US!
Will you guys be careful. There are young people out there innocently surfing for porn and violence and YOU show them uncensored HOFF! Young people are scarred by stuff like that. The ... |
Topic: The Dealer & The 'C' Spanner. |
Marti
Replies: 17
Views: 24113
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:21 pm Subject: The Dealer & The 'C' Spanner. |
[quote="Tootles"]So whats the UK dealer price for a full service now, any ideas??[/quote]
Cannons, the only franchised dealer I used before getting wise, will accept life blood, bank balanc ... |
Topic: The Dealer & The 'C' Spanner. |
Marti
Replies: 17
Views: 24113
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:05 pm Subject: The Dealer & The 'C' Spanner. |
| Some how I suspect we are all prone to the idea that the blue'n'white dealerships are a cut above....but it appears not. I though £400 - 500 for a service and tyre was right (in the mid 1990's) unt ... |
Topic: 3 things I love about my K. |
Marti
Replies: 54
Views: 49060
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Forum: Campfire Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:42 am Subject: Brilliant thread.. |
Top three have alreay been covered. It's only the order that varies.
1) Hard luggage. Fun on the bike without looking like a stray dog on a weekend away.
2) Reliability. Like finding an old ... |
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