Dad (pastyman) you did a nice job

[sycomoto]

well its been 2 weeks since dad passed on and as i'm the new owner of his old RT now called Jaffa i thought today would be a nice day to take the old girl for a blast not before i'd bought her a brand new hawker battery and had a nightmare fitting it cos its smaller than the original and none of the wires were long enough anywho got that bit sorted, went to the post office to sort out the tax and off i went but in the back of my mind i'm thinking i'd forgotten something anyway about 5 miles into the ride my mind finally kicks into gear and bugger i forgot to put the bolt back on the shock mount so off with the seat and hey presto theres the shock bolt hanging in by the last few threads so bolt back on and everything is hunky doory (came a bit close to joining you there pops)
so whats my views on the rt, well its not my fireblade thats fer sure, but it does ride really nicely, not hard at all and it goes faster than you think. i was wizzing along at what felt like 60mph when i looked down to see 85 on the speedo the brakes work well, not awesome like the blade but good enough. i think i'm going to enjoy riding the old girl, its different
mind you the guy on the r1 parked next to me in the pics gave me a strange look but that might have been down to my very worn out knee sliders on my leathers

 

[sycomoto]

oh good

i can now post pics, seems my subs ran out

 

[Canuck]

What are you doing wearing little rossi's knee sliders anyway!?

 

[sycomoto]

haha

What are you doing wearing little rossi's knee sliders anyway!?

as i was taught as a kid, lead by example

 

[England-Kev]

well its been 2 weeks since dad passed on

I have just seen this, I am so sorry to hear this news. And so glad I had a chance to meet him down at Sids place..

 

[Ash]

I would imagine your dad was up there calling you all sorts of things
lucky one there [you twat]

 

[Lord Snooty]

Is that the caff at Quatt Si?

 

[MikeO]

i was wizzing along at what felt like 60mph when i looked down to see 85 on the speedo

Yes, but you were doing 60...

Mike

 

[Devon]

The bike is looking great and I am sure in years to come you will be even happier you have kept her than you are now.
I enjoyed a rideout and Ice Cream at Appledore with Bubbles and your Dad at the last airhead weekend, plus a coffee back my place on the way home: he really liked the RT

 

[sycomoto]

yep

Is that the caff at Quatt Si?

sure is, they do a nice milky coffee

 

[sycomoto]

i can see why

The bike is looking great and I am sure in years to come you will be even happier you have kept her than you are now.
I enjoyed a rideout and Ice Cream at Appledore with Bubbles and your Dad at the last airhead weekend, plus a coffee back my place on the way home: he really liked the RT

its a nice easy bike to ride, today was really greasy and on the blade i'd have been very careful but on the rt you can just sit back and enjoy.