Lol Dave I suppose it had to rain, these days I try not do rain if I can help it
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In 2001 I picked up a new Honda VTR 1000 F (Firestorm), mid winter and bucketing down rain. They asked "How about coming back tomorrow?" I told them "I'm going to ride this bike 365 days a year, to and from work, pleasure whatever, so today is a good day to get it wet."
Come on Dave, go get it, NOW.
Come on Dave, go get it, NOW.
No!
When I get it I want it to look like a Tiger, not like a drowned RAT!
When I get it I want it to look like a Tiger, not like a drowned RAT!
I believe the line is "Little did he know, he was a Rain God" Hitchhikers Guide... never read it but that line stuck with me when i heard it, and it seems to fit.
Mr Google told me ...
Rob McKenna
Described by the scientific community in the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish as a "Quasi Supernormal Incremental Precipitation Inducer," Rob McKenna is an ordinary lorry driver who can never get away from rain and he has a log-book showing that it has rained on him every day, anywhere that he has ever been, to prove it. Arthur suggests that he could show the diary to someone, which Rob does, making the media deem him a 'Rain God' (something which he actually is) for the clouds want "to be near him, to love him, to cherish him and to water him". This windfall gives him a lucrative career, taking money from resorts and similar places in exchange for not going there. Rob McKenna is, in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, a "miserable bastard and he knew it because he'd had a lot of people point it out to him...he disliked...everyone." In the book, he is shown only twice, first when he splashes Arthur Dent, who is hitchhiking in a normal environment, on the side of a desolate road in England, for the first time on record. Second when Arthur meets him in a cafe, in "Thundercloud Corner," Rob McKenna's personal spot, which most people wouldn't venture near. But McKenna is mentioned continuously throughout the book, especially when he is hailed by the media as a "Rain God," though not in those terms. In the radio show, however, he picks Arthur up instead of ignoring him, and meets him again later, after he acquired his fame. He then has a much more positive attitude towards Life, the Universe, and Everything, and is thrilled to meet Arthur again. He explains, as the narrator does in the book, that "Quasi Supernormal Incremental Precipitation Inducer" means, in layman's terms, a Rain God, but the media couldn't call him simply that, because it would suggest that the ordinary people knew something they didn't.
He appears in fit the nineteenth of the radio series, fit the twentieth of the radio series and fit the twenty-first of the radio series and is played by Bill Paterson, who also played one of the Arcturan Megafreighter crew in fit the seventh of the radio series.
Rob McKenna is assumed to be English because that is where he is always driving round, trying to escape the elements, and where, thanks to the summer resorts who've heard of him, he will be confined until his death in the Quintissential Phase; but in the Quandary Phase, he has a Scottish-sounding voice.
I despise him. He's a bumbling amateur!
LOL I am sorry it is raining today. I hope you can get it tomorrow.
I was on the Yamaha, about to trade it in, so I had to ride in the rain anyway. So I went to the dealer to get it and I just got home.
Congratulations on a fine bike. It looks good. 
COOL So where we riding this weekend
It felt good too, considering that I was in late Friday afternoon heavy traffic on wet roads. They'll fit the Leo Vince exhaust when it has its 1,000 km service.
You will like that exhaust.Where to ride? It depends on the weather. There is a very bumpy road near Hartebeespoort (a section of road called Hennops) & I take all my bikes there when I first get them to find out how they behave over the bumps. The Tiger 1050 was good there as was the older Tiger 955 so it'll beinteresting to see how the 800 behaves. The road is not very fast but it is a stern test of a bike's suspension and handling.
You are probably going to want to improve the suspension.
I'm not sure. I don't think avion's done anything to his and by the way he rides it there's nothing wrong. I've ridden his bike and it felt great and now I've ridden mine and I'll find out more as I ride it.
Ride and enjoy!! YUP
YUPWell done that man!
Look forward to a report and further reports after you get to know it better.
A simply outstanding bike!
I've now had a couple of rides on it.
It is light and agile compared with the Tiger 1050 due to not just the lighter weight but also because of a lower c of g which is very apparent when riding the bike. Two major statements:
I'm average height and the 800 fits me better than the larger Tigers. I'm really starting to feel at home on it & I'll try some commuting on it during the week.
This morning I had a coffee stop
& then came home. After the bike cooled I gave her a good clean- after that outstanding performance this morning she deserved it!
I've now had a couple of rides on it.
It is light and agile compared with the Tiger 1050 due to not just the lighter weight but also because of a lower c of g which is very apparent when riding the bike. Two major statements:
- It doesn't feel like a Tiger. It feels exactly what it is; a middleweight roadster born out of the Street Triple.
- It is, quite simply, the best handling most composed, stable and most comfortable bike I've ever ridden on very bumpy roads, and by quite some margin too!
I'm average height and the 800 fits me better than the larger Tigers. I'm really starting to feel at home on it & I'll try some commuting on it during the week.
This morning I had a coffee stop
& then came home. After the bike cooled I gave her a good clean- after that outstanding performance this morning she deserved it!
Glad you're enjoying it Dave, pity I couldn't get out to join you. The 800 doesn't mind the wet either.
Good fun.
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Good fun.
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Great news Dave ! You have chosen a great motorcycle. Things are going to get even better ! I've owned my 800 ABS for 18 months now and the more I ride it the more I enjoy it. They are the best all rounder made.
Enjoy
Enjoy
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