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Offline PDT

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Motorbike owners...
« on: February 12, 2012, 04:05:26 pm »
Is it normal to get your bike out of the shed, start up and stand next to it snapping the throttle open and closed, up and down the revs constantly for 10-15 mins? Guy next door does this EVERY Sunday at 3-4pm.

Then puts it away until next week. Only seen him actually ride it twice in 6 years.
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2012, 04:07:00 pm »
Quote from: PDT on February 12, 2012, 04:05:26 pm
Is it normal to get your bike out of the shed, start up and stand next to it snapping the throttle open and closed, up and down the revs constantly for 10-15 mins? Guy next door does this EVERY Sunday at 3-4pm.

Then puts it away until next week. Only seen him actually ride it twice in 6 years.
......... :congrats:  :grin:......''yes'' it is,used to do the same with my Bandit when it was off the road in the winter. :grin:
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2012, 04:09:09 pm »
Pretty normal for a 2 stroke bike  :wink:
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2012, 04:17:31 pm »
It sounds nice, so no complaints from me.  :smiley:
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2012, 04:29:16 pm »
I do both of mine about once a week, keeps the battery fresh through the winter.

They've been up on the paddock stands since October, waiting for the weather to improve a bit

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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2012, 05:01:16 pm »
I used to fire my 4 stroke up where it stood  :laugh:



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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2012, 05:03:48 pm »
You like coke then?
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2012, 05:41:13 pm »
Quote from: PDT on February 12, 2012, 05:03:48 pm
You like coke then?

How did you guess that??  :confused:  :grin:
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2012, 06:04:48 pm »
Quote from: PDT on February 12, 2012, 04:17:31 pm
It sounds nice, so no complaints from me.  :smiley:
.............so did my Bandit with it's Micron race can  :innocent:.
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« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2012, 06:23:12 pm »
Yep thats normal behaviour for Bikers.
Especially when you have a nice big V-Twin like my VTR1000sp2 I used to own.
With a nice set of Akropovic Cans and Titanium headers :drool:
My neighbours used to love me when I was on earlies!
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2012, 10:15:45 pm »
Tell him to get an Optimate trickle charger and that should keep him quiet.
Alternatively buy a Honda,I used to put mine away in October and never go near it till April.
You meet the nicest people on a Honda or so they used to say!!!!!
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2012, 11:00:24 pm »
Quote from: too hot on February 15, 2012, 10:15:45 pm
Tell him to get an Optimate trickle charger and that should keep him quiet.
Alternatively buy a Honda,I used to put mine away in October and never go near it till April.
You meet the nicest people on a Honda or so they used to say!!!!!

I agree. I had a 600 Hornet for a few years and that would stand over winter and never started till spring but would always start. The Speed Triple I have now though eats the battery with it having an alarm so its on an optimate in the house.
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Re: Motorbike owners...
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2012, 06:49:54 pm »
 :signLOL: Normal to play with the bike when indoors


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