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demonbiker
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:14 am

Giving the Sport a good roadtest this weekend.......driving to London from Scotland,backroads mostly with as little motorway as poss! A68 to Newcastle- luverleee road :wink: make it up from there, might zig zag cross country

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Engine from the 64k breaker, new waterpump,cambelt,cap,rotorarm
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Rear shox with spax adj & -40mm springs (didnt get time to do fronts!)
Exhaust
PAS rack
Radiator & antifreeze
Oil & filter change

Hell....its a new car!

Hopefully wont need to call the AA :roll:
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:19 am

Good luck Mate!
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:36 pm

good luck!
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:50 pm

year good luck
roughly how far is that
demonbiker
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:53 pm

Will be a round trip of about 1000 miles !! :eek:
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:47 pm

Have fun! Im sure you will
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:30 pm

where abouts in newcastle are you headed, anyhwhere nice
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:39 pm

awrite mate your not that far away from me.

I stay in Stirling area.

I drove my baby back from london !
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:41 pm

billgatese30 wrote:where abouts in newcastle are you headed, anyhwhere nice
Just doing the A68 from Edinburgh to Newcatle then find some more good roads to London :cool: :wink:
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:42 pm

oh well, not too many good roads round here unfortunaltly, nice pubs though :wink:
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:43 pm

m1key wrote:awrite mate your not that far away from me.

I stay in Stirling area.

I drove my baby back from london !
I bought my car in Suffolk, after looking at about 30 sheds found this one, drove it home with no probs except a little oil leak but it had done 130k!

Nice new full historied engine with 64k in now- sweet! :wink:
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:47 pm

billgatese30 wrote:oh well, not too many good roads round here unfortunaltly, nice pubs though :wink:

All you need is a map and be inventive.oads of good roads- but usually do most miles on my bike! much more fun!!
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:50 pm

yeah, but i've seen more police cars in the newcastle/sunderland area in the last two weeks than i have in the last two months so keep your eyes peeled mate, don't want those special drivers awards on your lisence. :cool:
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:57 pm

What do points make????????





BUS PASS!! :cry: :cry:
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:57 pm

they use the a66 / a69 for training
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:00 pm

if you fancy a beer break then stop in for a pint mate, no problem
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:23 am

we could have a mini meet!!!!! LOL :lol: :cool: prob be passing about lunch time, mmmmmmmmm beer!!!!!!!!!!

could be tempted? numbers in my profile ,matey!

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