EXUPDEL Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Hi everyone, Hopefully not premature speculation. Latest issue of the esteemed PS mag landed on the mat yesterday and a couple of article sre LDD 2020 including email address for expressions of interest. I am not on FB so wont see anything on there, Website not been updated since this years event and no response form the email address. I would really like to do next years event and worried I will miss out on being considered for a place (I know numbers are limited) Can someone let me know what's happening and how to get involved. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 heya - stick around here and you'll find out the grisly details soon enough. By the way, welcome, have a cuppa and a jaffacake whilst getting to know the place. Try not to feed the trolls eh? go into new section in general, fight over hobnobs, pour scorn over everyone in the brexit thread and astound us all with lather skillz in the bikes and projects. Oh, and definitely do LDD. It might fuck you up but it's worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Thanks for getting back to me Hawk, Will do 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 58 minutes ago, hawkati said: heya - stick around here and you'll find out the grisly details soon enough. By the way, welcome, have a cuppa and a jaffacake whilst getting to know the place. Try not to feed the trolls eh? go into new section in general, fight over hobnobs, pour scorn over everyone in the brexit thread and astound us all with lather skillz in the bikes and projects. Oh, and definitely do LDD. It might fuck you up but it's worth it. Pm @johnnymack63through here. He's the man with the plan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 @EXUPDEL @johnnymack63 usually releases the plan on the shortest day, so Dec 22nd this year. You then have six months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDMitch Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Message @johnnymack63 or myself with an email address, name and phone number and we'll add you to the comms list. Good to have you on board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blow_away Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Good luck @EXUPDEL, see you at Pitstop 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Cheers guys, Have messaged TKDMitch & Johnnymack. Have thrown my hat into the ring @Thunderbolt December 22nd , Obvious now. cheers. Have been reading the various LDD posts since I originally posted. makes me want to do it all the more. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Replys from Mitch and Johnny, Names on the list Cheers for the help chaps 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr V. Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 You got a bike lined up @EXUPDEL or is the clue in your ID? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Monika is from when I had a Thunderace years ago, Too lazy to think of another. Yeah bikes sorted. Got it with view to using for LDD 2020 if I got on but also as a winter bike for which it is giving exemplary service. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blow_away Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 I'd say that was pretty much ideal for LDU, nice one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Cheers Blow Away, It's more in the spirit of LDU rather than the strict budget. I got the bike from a guy that had bought it as an in-complete RC30 conversion. It had original RC30 mirrors that the bloke wanted for his genuine bike, however the seller wouldn't split them so he had to buy the whole lot just to get the mirrors. It came to me with load of spare parts for the princely sum of £500. I have since sold a load of those parts for £600 with more to sell. I had it completely stripped down apart from the engine from the frame. Everything has been cleaned and greased and re-fitted and torqued up to the manual spec. Its my 4th VFR so I have quite a collection of bits that I have acquired over the years so anything that was missing was replaced from my spares, hence half decent looking fairings. Forks rebuilt re-valved with Firestorm lowers and brakes, Rear shock serviced by Hagon. Brakes callipers stripped and cleaned. Master and slave cylinders fitted with new seals. Loom fitted. Seat acquired and re-upholstered. Carbs stripped and cleaned. Valve shims checked. Fresh fluids. After all that it started and no blue smoke. MOT'd with no issues on the 24th of September and I have done over 2000 miles on it since then. I don't have the space for a specific LDU bike, But a cheap as chips almost in budget winter bike that's been rebuilt from a bike that hadn't been MOT'd since January 2007 and is actually being used I hope will be accepted as in keeping with the ethos of LDU. Either ways I love riding it. There is something very liberating about riding a bike that you don't have to be precious over. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 @EXUPDEL, inflatable crocodile pillion for you then 😄 Also, old Honda, carry a spare reg/rec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Inflatable crocodile? if it either vibrates or improves the comfort of my bike I'll be sitting on it :-) Whats the significance of the Croc? Reg/rec re-wired to feed directly into the battery improves the reliability. Though now I have said that I will carry a spare for when it inevitably fails on LDU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, EXUPDEL said: Inflatable crocodile? if it either vibrates or improves the comfort of my bike I'll be sitting on it :-) Whats the significance of the Croc? Over budget bikes get to carry a "humourous" inflatable pillion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 @jayceeSounds Fair Enuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, jaycee said: Over budget bikes get to carry a "humourous" inflatable pillion Unless your last minute alternative is so fucking daft that it's regarded as punishment enough... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex. Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 14 hours ago, jaycee said: Over budget bikes get to carry a "humourous" inflatable pillion 15 hours ago, EXUPDEL said: I got the bike from a guy that had bought it as an in-complete RC30 conversion. It had original RC30 mirrors that the bloke wanted for his genuine bike, however the seller wouldn't split them so he had to buy the whole lot just to get the mirrors. It came to me with load of spare parts for the princely sum of £500. I have since sold a load of those parts for £600 with more to sell. Unless I am missing something, that actually brings it in at £400 UNDER budget!! Welcome on board, LDU will either make you, or more likely break you... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, Alex. said: Unless I am missing something, that actually brings it in at £400 UNDER budget!! Welcome on board, LDU will either make you, or more likely break you... Good point. I never did the man maths. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 @Alex. Cheers Alex. Pretty sure its gonna break me but it will be worth it. Its kind of difficult to cost up cos I had a spare set of fairings and other parts on the shelf and I have had to buy things like a seat and silencer and service parts like fluids filters and fresh seals in order to get it running. Bearing in mind its now my daily rider / winter bike I worked on the principle that if it was needed to make it run / make it safe / make it reliable then that was ok to spend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blow_away Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 I think that's entirely within the spirit of LDU, no crocodile for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, blow_away said: I think that's entirely within the spirit of LDU, no crocodile for you Thanks @blow_away That makes me happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssray Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 On 12/10/2019 at 5:20 PM, EXUPDEL said: Inflatable crocodile? if it either vibrates or improves the comfort of my bike I'll be sitting on it 🙂 Whats the significance of the Croc? Reg/rec re-wired to feed directly into the battery improves the reliability. Though now I have said that I will carry a spare for when it inevitably fails on LDU. just replaced the working one on my cbr600fx with a yamaha one, if you want it as a spare pm me your address Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 @ssrayThanks for the offer, I have a couple of spare in my box of vfr bits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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