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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #40 on: May 06, 2009, 18:04:53 »
Blue Wee this morning at around 8:45 going over Battersea Bridge ...
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #41 on: May 07, 2009, 14:29:19 »
You people are going to have to start chasing these bikes and tell them what they are missing here  :grin:
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #42 on: May 08, 2009, 12:35:02 »
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You people are going to have to start chasing these bikes and tell them what they are missing here  :grin:

Only ever spot any when in works vehicle and at 40 feet long +30ton and limed to 56mph just can't catch them lol  lol
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #43 on: May 08, 2009, 18:49:46 »
Blue 06 Wee who the sherrif (me!) let by in Heathway, Dagenham towards A1306 at about 0800 :neen:  :neen: You didn't look happy :shrug:
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #44 on: May 10, 2009, 16:24:39 »
Red DL650 today [10th] on the A47 Wisbech by-pass about 3.00PM
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #45 on: May 10, 2009, 19:03:07 »
Saw a few Wee's & Stroms at the Ridenet bike show in Felixstow today, various years & colours.  :neen:
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #46 on: May 11, 2009, 17:00:41 »
saw a grey strom comming from westerham/sundridge going Kent bound sunday  following a fazer I think both with orange hi viz tops on about midday ish

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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #47 on: May 11, 2009, 19:05:38 »
Silver DL1000 this afternoon (around 5:30 ish) on an 08 plate (I think) at the junction of Blackfriars Road and Southwark Road ... with a dirty great scuff mark on the Left hand fairing....
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #48 on: May 11, 2009, 21:29:23 »
black 1000 parked outside J & S Northwich Sunday ..saw the rider leaving about 2.15 / 2.30
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #49 on: May 12, 2009, 20:19:17 »
Blue '07 Wee on the A120 from Braintree at about 5am today, ...come on we must a hit at some time. :shrug:
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #50 on: May 12, 2009, 21:17:59 »
Blue Vstrom, M11 northbound at the Stanstead junction about 16.15 this afternoon [12th]
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #51 on: May 16, 2009, 11:15:30 »
Black and silver vstrom with scorpion cans,Wednesday Brentwood riding past the Nuffield bupa hospital,very nice!!
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #52 on: May 16, 2009, 17:43:25 »
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Black and silver vstrom with scorpion cans,Wednesday Brentwood riding past the Nuffield bupa hospital,very nice!!

Did it have Touratech headlight guard? Where the cans de badged? May have been me!!!

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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #53 on: May 16, 2009, 22:44:25 »
It was about 4.50,looked impressive and was doing an overtake of slow moving traffic
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #54 on: May 18, 2009, 18:15:32 »
Blue 1000 on lodge ave Barking this afternoon. My one was parked on the path next to the white van!

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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #55 on: May 19, 2009, 09:58:58 »
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Blue 1000 on lodge ave Barking this afternoon. My one was parked on the path next to the white van!


OOOOOO  that could have been me, sorry didn't see you!  :thumb:
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #56 on: May 19, 2009, 21:51:23 »
OK..... got 3 today....

1st Black Vee 08 plate 16.28hrs in LEMAN STREET E1 heading towards Tower Bridge, nervous looking rider but I was standing next to the 'company' car (I wasn't checking you out just looking at the strom!)

2nd  Blue wee couldn't see the plate at 20.10hrs in Mile End Road just coming off the pavement at the Tesco Express

3rd one was on the M11from the A406 towards the M25 in lane 1 at about 20.40hrs and I was again in the 'company' car holding up all the traffic as I was in lane 3 going 70mph (haha!!!) don't know if it was a wee or vee but definatley a Strom cos of its fantastic head light!!  (sorry for slowing you down but we were looking for someone)
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #57 on: May 20, 2009, 00:15:18 »
Folks, I created you a whole new section for Strom Spotting and you are all adding to an old thread  :wtf:

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I assumed you would add a thread per spot...No?
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #58 on: May 20, 2009, 19:26:56 »
Quote from: "Andy V-Strom"
Folks, I created you a whole new section for Strom Spotting and you are all adding to an old thread  :wtf:

 lol

I assumed you would add a thread per spot...No?


far too sensible........................

got another today.....  grey one at 09.45hrs coming onto the A13 from the Witches Hat at Dagenham, couldn't tell if it was a wee or vee :grin:
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Re: Strom Spotting
« Reply #59 on: May 22, 2009, 21:25:15 »
A blue 57 plate Vee in River Road Barking at 08.30 this morning going twds A13, 'looked at me funny in me company van!' :shrug:
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