UKRM Run 2010
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From: platypus on 2 May 2010 18:28 On 2 May, 21:51, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:43:34 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel > > <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older > >Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed > > >>Enjoyable few days' riding, all the same. The K managed a best of 55mpg > >>(gentle pootling around on Saturday) and a worst of 40mpg (two-up into > >>the howling sodden sodding headwind outside Calais). > > I hate you. The run down on Friday (at an average 85mph) returned just > shy of 30mpg. The Alfa does that if I sit at 120mph all day. More circumspect use sees low 40s and 500+ miles from a tankful.
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 2 May 2010 18:33 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus <monotreme(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed >On 2 May, 21:51, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:43:34 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel >> >> <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >> >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older >> >Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed >> >> >>Enjoyable few days' riding, all the same. The K managed a best of 55mpg >> >>(gentle pootling around on Saturday) and a worst of 40mpg (two-up into >> >>the howling sodden sodding headwind outside Calais). >> >> I hate you. The run down on Friday (at an average 85mph) returned just >> shy of 30mpg. > >The Alfa does that if I sit at 120mph all day. More circumspect use >sees low 40s and 500+ miles from a tankful. I believe you have something to tell us regarding slightly less than circumspect use of said conveyance? Well? WELL? -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: The Older Gentleman on 3 May 2010 02:12 Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus > <monotreme(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed > >On 2 May, 21:51, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:43:34 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel > >> > >> <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >> >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older > >> >Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed > >> > >> >>Enjoyable few days' riding, all the same. The K managed a best of 55mpg > >> >>(gentle pootling around on Saturday) and a worst of 40mpg (two-up into > >> >>the howling sodden sodding headwind outside Calais). > >> > >> I hate you. The run down on Friday (at an average 85mph) returned just > >> shy of 30mpg. > > > >The Alfa does that if I sit at 120mph all day. More circumspect use > >sees low 40s and 500+ miles from a tankful. > > I believe you have something to tell us regarding slightly less than > circumspect use of said conveyance? > > Well? WELL? He didn't get nicked *as well*? Please say it's not so :-) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Tim on 3 May 2010 05:08 In message <f9irt5tujmmtedec4u515i7f4fot2i270q(a)4ax.com>, Salad Dodger <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> writes >On Sun, 2 May 2010 19:46:32 +0100, Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> >wrote: > >>In message <vn10b7-2ir.ln1(a)news.rosbif.org>, Cab <me(a)privacy.net> writes >>>Oh, I'm back. Well, I've been back home for the last 90 mins or so, >>>but reality >>>caught up with me, so I couldn't do the traditional first back home post >>>straight away. >>> >>Very nice weekend as Cab noted. Home and drying off kit which didn't >>leak, thanks HG. The M20 from Dover to Maidstone was fun if you like >>horizontal rain. > >Linda said it was raining, but I didn't notice :) Just for you Nick, here's Manston's report for Sunday at 4.50pm. EGMH 021650Z 01025G36KT 6000 RA BKN012 06/05 Q1010 -- Tim
From: platypus on 3 May 2010 05:14
On 2 May, 23:33, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus > <monotr...(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed > > > > >On 2 May, 21:51, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:43:34 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel > > >> <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >> >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older > >> >Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed > > >> >>Enjoyable few days' riding, all the same. The K managed a best of 55mpg > >> >>(gentle pootling around on Saturday) and a worst of 40mpg (two-up into > >> >>the howling sodden sodding headwind outside Calais). > > >> I hate you. The run down on Friday (at an average 85mph) returned just > >> shy of 30mpg. > > >The Alfa does that if I sit at 120mph all day. More circumspect use > >sees low 40s and 500+ miles from a tankful. > > I believe you have something to tell us regarding slightly less than > circumspect use of said conveyance? > > Well? WELL? Keep your hair on. I was only doing 157. |