things (biking) you've got to do before you die.....??

[Steve Lake]

well, the 'die' bit is a long way off for all of us yet I trust........but two things i'm determined to do.....

1) Ride a modern 'kneeler' round a ciruit for a few laps (anyone know where i can borrow one?), i raced one in the 60,'s front exit chair and a hillman imp engine, did 2 seasons, couldn't afford to keep replacing the poxy imp engines which seemed to fall to bits with monotonous regularity.

2) Try a speedway bike, see if i can get to drift on the shale, they do do weekend courses here in Kings Lynn, but cost about 300 quid....bit out of my price range....Always fancied that i could do it, be great to be proved wrong!..

pip pip

[guest7]

Yep, I'd agree with those. Incidentally Classic Racer have a test in the current issue with Steve Webster driving a front exit chair Imp outfit.

I've always wanted to have a crack at speedway, but as you say £300 is a lot of wonga.

I'd really like to do a big ride one day, say 10,000 miles or more across Europe and beyond to wherever is still passable by westerners, but I reckon I missed my chance with that, my youngest won't be 20 until I'm 60.

Riding the Ikuzawa around the IOM is another fantasy ride tugging at me.

GC

[Steve Lake]

Well #1, Do the IOM this year! (100th anniversary and all that) me and No1Son are going, him on morini 3 1/2 sport, me on good 'ole no1 srx, and the guy i sold no3 srx to, is coming as well, i took the srx round on mad sunday a couple of years ago............you've GOT to do it!!!

[J Hop]

1 learn to wheelie properly
2 get my knee down
3 go to IOM b4 its too late
4 go to watch any irish road race
5 mend my snapped srx camchain!
6 learn to rear wheel steer (off road)
7 own a race tuned c90
8 ride a 500cc 2smoke scrambler

[Richard Marshall]

IoM - Yikes, I'm going this year.  1st time ever.........

[bullet350]

ride the mont blanc tunnel on a gold star. 14 miles of tunnel, should be nicely deaf by the half way mark. not sure about the possibility of creating an avalanche or two?

also be nice to turn up at a harley meet on a vincent, and congratulate them on making the worlds second best v-twin ;-)

bullet350

[Ian]

Always fancied a go on the wall of death !

Might of left it a bit late ,not to many around these days .

Health and safety would have a field day ....

[Steve Lake]

must be at least one wall of death around, the Beeb feature one on ther program links.........call them..........do it now :-)

[John B]

well, the 'die' bit is a long way off for all of us yet I trust

Don't count on it. I'd hate to makie a list of the friends of my age Ive had to say goodbye to over the last ten years. (I'm 48)
In fact my optimistic mood for 07 was spoiled by hearing that one of my great friends and colleagues the same age had suffered a huge coronary and his prospects were bleak. A few days later and we are all hoping for the best.

Do IT now. Whatever IT is. This is not a dress rehearsal.

Sorry to be a bit morbid. Biking wise I think I'd like to have a go on a Yamaha TZ 350 OW or whatever they were called..