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Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:14 pm
by JS 2001
Wishing you all good afternoon from a wet and windy Essex.
Just joined,my name is Jamie and Im a 43yr old father of 3 kids and cant wait till they all go back to school lol.
Dont know what else to say....Oh yeah,like all bikes especially R1,s lol.
Heres my old girl :D
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Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:31 pm
by jompy
Welcome in Jamie
thats a nice 5jj you have there , how long you had it ? & what other bikes you had ?
hope you enjoy the forum , join in with the banter & have your sense of humor on stand by you'll need it :lol:

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:39 pm
by JS 2001
Thanks lol,had it 6 years....just got it back from its 24000 mile service :D
Bikes I have had zxr400 h2,zxr 750 h2,cbr 600 f3,zx 6r f3 and 2 srad 750s.
Dont mind a bit of banter either tbh :lol:

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:48 pm
by jompy
so you bought the 5jj & kept it :clap:
i love my 4xv it's all i need . . . . . well that & my CRM250 on the road ;)

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:02 pm
by JS 2001
Yeah,dunno why,I prefer the carbed versions tbh :D
Mine is more than enough for my ability :lol:
CRM 250,sticky tyres ,great fun round town and twisties :clap:

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:08 pm
by jompy
yeah i'm the same bud , love my carbed 4xv & it's more than enough for me !
i did stick Avon Gripsters on the CRM for a while but also hooned around on it with knobblies & had great fun but green laning's where its at for me & the CRM , i'll have it back on the road , its a bloody fun bike :)

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:14 pm
by JS 2001
Less idiots green laning than wannabee marquez ,s in there matching one pieces lol ,wouldnt mind a bash of that myself lol

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:16 pm
by jompy
worth a try mate , maybe do a one dayer where they hire you the bike & kit just to try it out but tbh i think you'll love it

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:23 pm
by JS 2001
Yeah Jompy,I know I would :lol:

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 3:02 pm
by Moise
Welcome, I've only been here a month but am enjoying the forum.

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:48 pm
by hash29
Hi Jamie and welcome, 3 kids driving you mad lol. Thank god for the r1 and an escape lol

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:36 pm
by 2002r1jon
Welcome in Jamie ;) 3 kids?,i have 3 myself,and all of them on here to look after...oh yeh and 20,000 more over on TRF i have to look after too :lol:

Green lanin is great mate,give it a try,great for winter riding :D

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 12:38 am
by Siamblue
Hi and welcome,got 4 here,well did have,to have flown and i got 2 large dogs in as replacements,lol..
afew of us are in Essex,so keep an eye out..

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 5:48 am
by JS 2001
Big thanks for the warm welcome fellas :D

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:44 am
by oldfart
JS 2001 wrote:Yeah,dunno why,I prefer the carbed versions tbh :D
Mine is more than enough for my ability :lol:
CRM 250,sticky tyres ,great fun round town and twisties :clap:
I prefer them because when I open the bike and remove the tank I know what the bits are... also keeps costs down for me as I self service.... Fnar fnar.... Welcome nice bike...

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:28 am
by Steve R1
2002r1jon wrote:Welcome in Jamie ;) 3 kids?,i have 3 myself,and all of them on here to look after...oh yeh and 20,000 more over on TRF i have to look after too :lol:

Green lanin is great mate,give it a try,great for winter riding :D
Welcome in Jamie, this is a good furum and Jon makes a great dad ... He makes our spelin rite wen we get it rong .

Seriously this really is an awesome forum, you will need your sense of humour, as hash says we love everything Yamaha so enjoy and welcome :P

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:18 am
by Bub
Welcome to the forum Jamie

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:06 am
by PJC
Welcome in Jamie, nice set of bikes you have had there :clap:

Enjoy the forum and our collection of misbehaving reprobates ;) its a good place for stress relief

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:23 pm
by JS 2001
Cheers guys,think Im going to like it here :dance:

Re: Afternoon all

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:10 pm
by LOCKE
Welcome in bud. Enjoy.

Colin