Two Bikes and a Kettle.

[F Body]

Had a nice ride out to the Ace Cafe with Art B & PhilO
We then joined the MCN ride out group with a Police escort onto the North Circular

Art B :




PhilO :




A lot of Bikes :



The weather was very warm and the traffic in central London was very slow so my Honda decided to do a very good impression of a boiling kettle and dump it's coolant onto the road
We all stopped ( sorry lads ) and let the old girl cool down whilst Art went to buy some water.
It only took 1/2 a small bottle to top up the coolant but after rejoining the traffic she just didn't like being stationary in wall to wall traffic.
So we didn't make it to the final parade, but I can recommend the Ace Cafe's Bacon Butty's and Hot Chocolate ( Thanks Art ).

So the Boy's agreed when we were sat on the roadside that from this point on, the Honda shall be known as " The Kettle "

Came back home no problem once she got a bit of air though the radiator.

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[philoldsmobile]

t'was a good day out, nice just to go ride for the hell of it!

the ol' duchess preformed faultlessly, despite her 20 years in existence!

[Titsy]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

despite her 20 years in existence!

Nothing wrong with going full throttle on a 20 year old...

[philoldsmobile]

Quoting: Titsy

Nothing wrong with going full throttle on a 20 year old...

damn skippy!!

especialy if shes a bit loose, vocal, and fast!

[Titsy]

[philoldsmobile]

even better when yer doing it in tight black leather! fnar fnar

[Titsy]

[philoldsmobile]

[F Body]

Quoting: F Body

Came back home no problem

The Kettle is now clean & Shiney again

Dam that Autosol gets under your nails

[Fieldy]

Roadkill also recomends the Ace Cafe for the food service, Whilst Edge would recomend the "Ace Cafe" for other services.....

Me, I think it's A cool place, that looks like A great day out guys!

[Sammy Lou]

[philoldsmobile]

service in the ace was awesome today, we got there early for a bacon sarnie and a hot choc, and it took less than 5 mins from order to eating!

incredibly, that was the first time i've ever been to the ace (traditionaly a biker venue) on a bike!! ditto for both art and Martyn!

[Motorama]

always have the Chilli, Chips and Cheese when i go to the Ace

[philoldsmobile]

ahh, the ring of fire..

great thing about the ace is the variety. most people these days are not one trick pony's, and have a variety of interests, yesterday, aside from the bikes, there were some old fords there, another passion of mine!

[FUBAR]

Quoting: Motorama

Chilli, Chips and Cheese

Mmmmmm  the 3 C's is fookin fantastic where ever its eaten



Damnit I want some now!

[F Body]

Quoting: F Body

the Honda shall be known as " The Kettle "

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[philoldsmobile]

indeed it shall!

air cooling FTW!

[art b]

was a great ride in to town, [anything on u tube...?]

riding down the A40 at 70mph having police outriders along side, waving us on to go FASTER...!!  
ive never sen that bit of road empty on to the elevated section..

surprising how the kettle boiled up really, only really made for the open road...............how would they cope in CA in a hot summer...?
can ya find a relevant forum too ask questions...

hard to belive but idid 174 miles yesterday,

sat nav fits a treat too stayed put and worked ok at motorway speeds

missed the turning for luton on the way back up as they had took the signs down and remodled the slip road,
saw 3 digits on the speedo on the way home ,107

[F Body]

Quoting: art b

surprising how the kettle boiled up really

Been checking the workshop manual and it's a self bleeding system with a metal impeller on the pump, which also has a tell tale drip hole if the pump goes AWOL.
Sometime this week I'm gona try shorting the thermostat out and seeing if that kicks the fans in, it does I'm gona wire a fan over ride switch in

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Fieldy

Roadkill also recomends the Ace Cafe for the food service

[art b]

Quoting: F Body

Sometime this week I'm gona try shorting the thermostat out and seeing if that kicks the fans in, it does I'm gona wire a fan over ride

its just like our yank cars then .....

the food at the ace cafe is really good compared to most places......

[F Body]

Quoting: art b

the food at the ace cafe is really good compared to most places......

Wait till you try the Bacon & Onion Omlette

[art b]

a few more pics.........

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[F Body]

Quoting: art b

a few more pics.........

Till Saturday I never realised how many bikes the Met has
Must have been over 100 in total

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[art b]

only way to get across london in a hurry  at all id imagine,
shite hole full of buses and foreign bodies