first viewing and trial of a CAT

First topic message reminder :

going to see potentially my first big bike tomorrow.

gonna go check out a nice 1999 cat in black and silver at ESB motorcycles in Bolton, its £2000 and looks the nuts and very clean.

will give it a right good going over tomorrow afternoon. Im hoping to P/X my current bike in for a few hundred poonds.

check it out - Cat Link

i will obviously be letting you know if i get it, im hoping for £1600 with P/x and some haggling but will see.

Ballio

Congrats, was worth waiting for.

Very nice i like those colours. I am really impressed with my dunlops, D207e.

Weh hey! :whoop:

Fantastic feeling getting your first big bike - enjoy.
And love the colour! The most distinctive IMHO.

Hope you get it up to your spec asap and we see you on a rideout sometime.

Safe riding,
Chris

Congrats on the new bike, well worth the wait no doubt!!

Enjoy!

Safe riding and I might see you around on some of the rides.

Well done,

Best colour by far.

Nice rear Hugger too.

See you around on a Northern run sometime.

been on my first fun ride outing.

WOW its immense, went out from altrincham for a blast down to jodrell bank and around that area and a quick coke at the whipping stocks inn too.

the bike was really well behaved,........................i was not.

did take it handy though, made some lovely bends and made a few school boy errors too.

all in all a great first ride and nicely finished off by nearly dropping my bike in the pub car park

cheers for the posts.

a north west meet would go down well i reckons.

Ballio

congrats Balio, as for a north west run/meet you'r only 1.1/2 - 2 hours from leyburn from where the S&T weekend is centered. Terry

Congrats!! If you want a NW rideout, why dont you try Chris's S&T?

Yet I seem to go well beyond the speed limit without wringing anything must just be talent

LOL @ Fi!! Thats a brave admission in writing LOL, Lets hope theres no boys in blue watching...


Yep Suzie, having a restricted bike means I have to wring its neck to keep up with everyone, but I do my best to keep up.....................Better not do that when I first jump on him de-restricted!! (Which just happens to be in 15 days time....)

Think I may need a few tootles around on my own to build my confidence again

ellie wrote:


having a restricted bike means I have to wring its neck to keep up with everyone, but I do my best to keep up.....................Better not do that when I first jump on him de-restricted!! :

Not of course that you should have to because, as others would no doubt quickly point out if i didn't, that on this forum (well, ANY group rideout come to that) people should ride to the slowest so no one should be having to wring anything to keep up. I'm afraid i can't be bothered to try and either impress or keep up with anyone - i have the confidence that if people don't like the speed i ride at - well, they can feck off and leave me I hope i ride to my ability not to keep up - i like to know i can stop when i brake

sorry, the impress bit came out wrong but you know what i mean i know i ride well - i've been told i ride very well by 2 police bike instructors/examiners and that'll do me

Have a go on mine while it's restricted Suzie LOL, then you'll see what I mean!! It's OK until I go up hill then I lose all power!!

Plus I can asure you my 'limit' while restricted struggles to get to the speed limit LOL

LOL that's why I ride with my head on the handlebars and my arse in the air!

Wild-Kat-Wolf wrote:Perhaps it's the wind resistance? heheheeh

Wind resistance? Whats that

Thats summat us short arses dont suffer from eh Suzie

Tehee I bet its them big knickers acting like a parachute that larger ladies on here wear that slow you down Or is it true that the red ones really are faster, Mind you have you seen my Y fronts

Perhaps it's the wind resistance? heheheeh

bet its them big knickers acting like a parachute that larger ladies on here wear

:lol3: @ Nick!!!!!

I've been riding in groups for donkeys years, never heard or had experionce of riding to the slowest rider, it just does'nt happen. Tes.

will get some pics up soon as. just need to get new tank protector and will wash the beast up and snap some pics.

enjoying it though, already done about 300 miles since last monday!

Ballio

The 'marker' system that is used on this gangs rideouts is absolutley bloody fantastic and means pace isn't even an issue so everyone rides to their own ability. I've even intoduced it with the others I ride out with. It goes wrong rarely but when it does the numpty points are there to remind us...