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Good road test
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:14 am
by demonbiker
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
make it up from there, might zig zag cross country
Replaced
Engine from the 64k breaker, new waterpump,cambelt,cap,rotorarm
Clocks
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
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:19 am
by eko
Good luck Mate!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:36 pm
by Demlotcrew
good luck!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:50 pm
by Matt
year good luck
roughly how far is that
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:53 pm
by demonbiker
Will be a round trip of about 1000 miles !!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:47 pm
by minime1275
Have fun! Im sure you will
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:30 pm
by billgatese30
where abouts in newcastle are you headed, anyhwhere nice
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:39 pm
by m1key
awrite mate your not that far away from me.
I stay in Stirling area.
I drove my baby back from london !
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:41 pm
by demonbiker
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
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:42 pm
by billgatese30
oh well, not too many good roads round here unfortunaltly, nice pubs though
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:43 pm
by demonbiker
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!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:47 pm
by demonbiker
billgatese30 wrote:oh well, not too many good roads round here unfortunaltly, nice pubs though
All you need is a map and be inventive.oads of good roads- but usually do most miles on my bike! much more fun!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:50 pm
by billgatese30
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.
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:57 pm
by demonbiker
What do points make????????
BUS PASS!! 
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:57 pm
by m1key
they use the a66 / a69 for training
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:00 pm
by billgatese30
if you fancy a beer break then stop in for a pint mate, no problem
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:23 am
by demonbiker
we could have a mini meet!!!!! LOL
prob be passing about lunch time, mmmmmmmmm beer!!!!!!!!!!
could be tempted? numbers in my profile ,matey!
