Another UK Stormin Hawker
12-22-2012, 10:47 AM
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Another UK Stormin Hawker
OK folks I have been a lurker for far too long now and I am getting worried my account may get cancelled https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...23/#post346441
Anyway there has been numerous times when I have felt like replying to threads/posts and I feel it's time I started to contribute something.
As you can gather from the title I am based in the UK so unfortunately I wont be able to go on any ride outs with you guys. Saying that though, it is a dream of mine to do a road trip along route66 one day.
I feel like I have already got to know you guys from your posts and some of you a bit more through correspondence on the UK forum. I'm sure those that don't know me soon will. I have also got to know your search facility very well lol
Please forgive any mistakes I may make with regards to posting as this is my first post and need to get my around links, quotes etc. I'm sure I will get the hang of it soon.
OK so here goes.
Some pics of my VTR Firestorm/hawk
These are the latest
Sorry they are not the best pics. I will take some more professional ones one day.
Here's some older ones
Bodywork:
- Braided Hoses
- Brembo Pads
- Adjustable and folding Levers
- Dark Tinted Screen
- Powerbronze Fairing Lowers
- Harris rear Carbon fibre hugger and chain guard
- Harris Rearsets
- Front Fender Extender
- Akra Carbon Exhaust Hangers
- Akra Carbon Exhaust Straps
Electrical:
- R1 Regulator/Rectifier
- CBR600RR Stick Coils
- Meta 351 Alarm
Engine:
- Arata SP1 Style Titanium Exhaust
- X2 Tall velocity stacks
- Manual CCT's
- BMC Street Filter
- Factory Pro Ti Jet Kit
Misc:
- Custom Titanium Generator Caps
- HRC Throttle Tube
Here's a video
(hope this embeds on the page)
Mmm I may need some direction on how to embed youtube vids on the page.
OK you get the idea. I look forward to your replies and I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas
(:-})
PS how do I get my animated gif avatar to work
Anyway there has been numerous times when I have felt like replying to threads/posts and I feel it's time I started to contribute something.
As you can gather from the title I am based in the UK so unfortunately I wont be able to go on any ride outs with you guys. Saying that though, it is a dream of mine to do a road trip along route66 one day.
I feel like I have already got to know you guys from your posts and some of you a bit more through correspondence on the UK forum. I'm sure those that don't know me soon will. I have also got to know your search facility very well lol
Please forgive any mistakes I may make with regards to posting as this is my first post and need to get my around links, quotes etc. I'm sure I will get the hang of it soon.
OK so here goes.
Some pics of my VTR Firestorm/hawk
These are the latest
Sorry they are not the best pics. I will take some more professional ones one day.
Here's some older ones
Bodywork:
- Braided Hoses
- Brembo Pads
- Adjustable and folding Levers
- Dark Tinted Screen
- Powerbronze Fairing Lowers
- Harris rear Carbon fibre hugger and chain guard
- Harris Rearsets
- Front Fender Extender
- Akra Carbon Exhaust Hangers
- Akra Carbon Exhaust Straps
Electrical:
- R1 Regulator/Rectifier
- CBR600RR Stick Coils
- Meta 351 Alarm
Engine:
- Arata SP1 Style Titanium Exhaust
- X2 Tall velocity stacks
- Manual CCT's
- BMC Street Filter
- Factory Pro Ti Jet Kit
Misc:
- Custom Titanium Generator Caps
- HRC Throttle Tube
Here's a video
(hope this embeds on the page)
Mmm I may need some direction on how to embed youtube vids on the page.
OK you get the idea. I look forward to your replies and I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas
(:-})
PS how do I get my animated gif avatar to work
12-22-2012, 01:44 PM
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Hey Carl, good to see you here at last!!!
Welcome on board.
Cheers mate
BTW, you can upload pictures directly from your PC, you don't need hosting site on this forum.
Welcome on board.
Cheers mate
BTW, you can upload pictures directly from your PC, you don't need hosting site on this forum.
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12-22-2012, 02:10 PM
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Thanks guys, Yes I thought it's was time I started spreading my wings.
Thanks Ruv, I might have to have a go at that
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BTW, you can upload pictures directly from your PC, you don't need hosting site on this forum.
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12-22-2012, 05:10 PM
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Cheers buddy
I have never understood why guys call them Chickens. A Hawk don't look nothing like a Chicken. It's a bit like comparing a fighter jet to a Jumbo that's been grounded.
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I have never understood why guys call them Chickens. A Hawk don't look nothing like a Chicken. It's a bit like comparing a fighter jet to a Jumbo that's been grounded.
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12-23-2012, 04:05 AM
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Gooday mate......lol
I love motorcycling but, Now this might sound strange, but I don't watch the Motorcycle GP or Superbikes. For some reason I can't get into it like I do Formula one. I haven't religiously watched motorcycle racing on the TV since the day's of Barry Sheene, where I would watch it as a kid at my grandparents house. For the more up to date characters/sportsmen I enjoyed Carl Fogarty when in he was racing and I'm a fan of The Doctor
TBH though massive respect to alll those guys that race motorcycles professionally for a living. I have ***** and may be slightly insane at times, but those guys are just nuts combined with skill and talent. I have had broken bones before (femur twice) and it is just mind blowing how these guys will still race with a broken fingers and what not.
It's basically a form of expression, relief from something that has taken time or is taking a long time or impressive, surprising, shocking.
Example
In the old Black & White comedy films over here (in the old days) a male would look at a good looking females pair bouncing away in a tight top while walking down the street. This would then catch the attention of a male
and he would stop, stare and say "cor blimey" lol
Or like you have read something that has taken some time to get through or has dragged on a bit. So it could be used as "blimey that took ages" over the years the cor seems to have got dropped from the language, but there is times when some people may still use it, and it is used to over emphasise the blimey, so it could be used like "cor blimey that took forever"
There endeth the old English lesson for today.
Thanks for all the welcomes guys.
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I love motorcycling but, Now this might sound strange, but I don't watch the Motorcycle GP or Superbikes. For some reason I can't get into it like I do Formula one. I haven't religiously watched motorcycle racing on the TV since the day's of Barry Sheene, where I would watch it as a kid at my grandparents house. For the more up to date characters/sportsmen I enjoyed Carl Fogarty when in he was racing and I'm a fan of The Doctor
TBH though massive respect to alll those guys that race motorcycles professionally for a living. I have ***** and may be slightly insane at times, but those guys are just nuts combined with skill and talent. I have had broken bones before (femur twice) and it is just mind blowing how these guys will still race with a broken fingers and what not.
blimey. (not sure what that means)
Example
In the old Black & White comedy films over here (in the old days) a male would look at a good looking females pair bouncing away in a tight top while walking down the street. This would then catch the attention of a male
and he would stop, stare and say "cor blimey" lolOr like you have read something that has taken some time to get through or has dragged on a bit. So it could be used as "blimey that took ages" over the years the cor seems to have got dropped from the language, but there is times when some people may still use it, and it is used to over emphasise the blimey, so it could be used like "cor blimey that took forever"
There endeth the old English lesson for today.
Thanks for all the welcomes guys.
(:-})
12-23-2012, 09:22 AM
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Cheers buddy,
It's funny you mention the eyeball I have had it in Photoshop today and reduced the file size a bit, got spot on 100px X 100px, and re-animated all 250 frames on layers, then re-compressed for web. I still can't get it to work
so I'm not sure if the forum supports animated gif's. I have tried both uploading direct and an external image host.
I have a feeling it could be down to file size even though in the Edit Avatar control it says the following:
I have 100 X 100px but the file size of my avatar is 631 KB 
A bit more research and playing around is in order I think.
I could compress it more to get the file size down, but then it loose it's stare
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It's funny you mention the eyeball I have had it in Photoshop today and reduced the file size a bit, got spot on 100px X 100px, and re-animated all 250 frames on layers, then re-compressed for web. I still can't get it to work
so I'm not sure if the forum supports animated gif's. I have tried both uploading direct and an external image host.I have a feeling it could be down to file size even though in the Edit Avatar control it says the following:
Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 100 by 100 pixels or 19.5 KB (whichever is smaller).
A bit more research and playing around is in order I think.I could compress it more to get the file size down, but then it loose it's stare
(:-})
12-23-2012, 01:45 PM
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Carl, sorry but around here we require that you have some interest in pro road motorcycle racing.
I mean you can be a soccer hooligan in your off season, bloke but bloody hell, autocar racing? Keep that in your boot or under your bonnet.
Jolly good. Carry on.
I mean you can be a soccer hooligan in your off season, bloke but bloody hell, autocar racing? Keep that in your boot or under your bonnet.
Jolly good. Carry on.
12-23-2012, 03:20 PM
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Motorcycles all over the streets of London
how about Speedway? Are you a fan?
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12-23-2012, 09:21 PM
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12-24-2012, 07:08 AM
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Flaming Galahs, your both correct I do belive the proper spelling is G'day, but if you watch enough Australian soaps it will sound like Gaday mate, got any good tucker, it's time we got the barbie going. Lol
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12-24-2012, 07:41 AM
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Not to quarrel with cybercarl about how "blimey" is used, it appears to be a corruption of "God blind me" which is a very hardcore. When it comes to expressions, the British don't fool around.
12-24-2012, 08:04 AM
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12-24-2012, 09:43 AM
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it appears to be a corruption of "God blind me"
It a funny old thing language, even the differences between US English and UK English, then there are local accents and slang, we all still manage to communicate one way or another. Though I would have difficulty with Japanese lol. Even that when it's translated you can sort of make head and tails of it.
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12-24-2012, 10:08 AM
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I have not heard that one. "for god sake" or for christ's sake" which can be used in frustration like "for gods sake get on with it", it an alternative to "fxxks sake if one prefers not to swear. If there are kids around, rather than "o *****" use "o sugar" lol
It a funny old thing language, even the differences between US English and UK English, then there are local accents and slang, we all still manage to communicate one way or another. Though I would have difficulty with Japanese lol. Even that when it's translated you can sort of make head and tails of it.
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It a funny old thing language, even the differences between US English and UK English, then there are local accents and slang, we all still manage to communicate one way or another. Though I would have difficulty with Japanese lol. Even that when it's translated you can sort of make head and tails of it.
(:-})
BTW, it seems it is a faster way to read then side to side.
01-01-2013, 03:07 PM
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Superhawk v chicken, Ben Franklin wanted the Turkey n we got a Bald Eagle
a 'Birds' a Bird, eh
Real men play Rugby with pads n such like we do here
Try being a "courier" in San Francisco in 1972. It was a mini-London but always stoned and where you didn't bend over in black leather chaps...I wore jeans until I moved down to San Diego and palm trees in the mountains
Crimy, another Limey (u know where dat comes from?)
Ever hear a heavy Chicago accent at about 29 below zero?
that's about -33C to you North Sea islanders
Illinois is the Land of Flat, not Lincoln
a 'Birds' a Bird, eh
I used to spend all day out there as a despatch rider. Like any big city London has it's pro's and con's. The biggest problem for me is that there are no open roads near me so always do a tank of gas just getting to and back from open roads. Otherwise it's just heavy traffic, and cagers with no clue of what they are doing or what's going on around them.
I wouldn't call myself a fan any more than a Superbike fan, but there are times when I would watch either and enjoy it. As for riding bikes I have not been on an off roader for years. I do tend to lean more towards the sports/sports tourer.
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I wouldn't call myself a fan any more than a Superbike fan, but there are times when I would watch either and enjoy it. As for riding bikes I have not been on an off roader for years. I do tend to lean more towards the sports/sports tourer.
(:-})
Try being a "courier" in San Francisco in 1972. It was a mini-London but always stoned and where you didn't bend over in black leather chaps...I wore jeans until I moved down to San Diego and palm trees in the mountains
Crimy, another Limey (u know where dat comes from?)
that's about -33C to you North Sea islanders
Illinois is the Land of Flat, not Lincoln
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