What is a tea tray?

[Dave L]

no doubt obvious to anyone in the know:
What is a tea tray? why:dunce: do people remove it?

also whle I am showing my ignorance,
what is chopping the rear end?


Dave L

[Shandy]

Here is a tea tray holding my pint,

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/ducatimonsterdog/Monster%20Pics/Picture-1.jpg

If id had a tail chop the pint would have been on the floor and i would have been damn mad :nash:

The tail chop is the process in which the tea tray is removed, not my cup of tea but others love it.

Cheers,

Shandy

[Nonnie]

The tea tray is useful for keeping fags, beer and cups of tea/coffee on whilst stopped with your biking chums. It also keeps the nasty spray off the back of your jacket. It is, to use a technical term, the bit of plastic above ya number plate guvnor.

People remove it because they are under the mistaken belief that it enhances the look of their bike. This is technically termed the Tail Chop i,e, to chop an integral part of your bike off including the frame.

Thus, I have started what is technically known as The Biggest Argument On A Forum......

[scrumpster]

If I removed my tea tray I would have no where to put my spex when I put my helmet on, plus it's all part of the arty farty work on mine :)

[scrumpster]

Shandy, is that a wig on the floor behind your frame up there?? :ymca:

[Shandy]

Shandy, is that a wig on the floor behind your frame up there?? :ymca:

Damn i thought id got rid of that damn photo :dunce:

Yes its a wig, my 70's wig to be exact.....................


.....................and i look damn good in it too :cool:

[scrumpster]

Have you got a dress and high heels to go with it? :chuckle:

[Nonnie]

Shandy, is that a wig on the floor behind your frame up there?? :ymca:

There's no flies on you Scrummy! I gave him the benefit of the doubt and thought it was a dog.

Shandy, post a picture of you wearing it. God, I hope it really is a wig.

[Scotty]

ahh yes in my yoofull ignorance i choped my tail and it may look better or not, but what realy realy bothered me was the plastering of crud your back gets. If you use you bike in inclemant weather the chop is a no no and as such i have some proper ugly lumps of metal sticking out of the back

i think this is a bigger crime than metalic blue engine cases

[SazzaG]

Chop chop chop!

Hooray, we haven't had this argument for ages. Let's start it up again!

Saz
Chop No.2 of the South Coast Tail Chops

[scrumpster]

There's no flies on you Scrummy! I gave him the benefit of the doubt and thought it was a dog.

Shandy, post a picture of you wearing it. God, I hope it really is a wig.

Nonnie me old mucker, you need your eyes testing lovey!!!!!

[Shandy]

Have you got a dress and high heels to go with it? :chuckle:

Nah it wouldn't suit me hairy legs :eek: i did have a pimptastic purple velvet and fake leopard skin flared suit with a shirt i could have hang glided off the colars with to go with the wig though, like i said i looked damn good :cool:

[scrumpster]

We need photographic proof and I think Nonnie would second that being the 70's queen and all!!!!

[Shandy]

We need photographic proof and I think Nonnie would second that being the 70's queen and all!!!!

mmmm hopefully i wont be able to find any :chuckle:

[scrumpster]

Shame!!!!! I think you should wear the wig when you next go on a rideout!! TV time!!

[Shandy]

Shame!!!!! I think you should wear the wig when you next go on a rideout!! TV time!!

Might bring it along to the weekender, Giler's got no hair and i think hes after re-living his youth :chuckle: :chuckle:

PS back to the tea tray thing...keep it....you can do great things with the old ones like,

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/ducatimonsterdog/Monster%20Pics/TeaTray2.jpg

[JayT]

Heres my Tea Tray in action

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/jonny_t17uk/DSC00039.jpg

[Nonnie]

You can also go for the uber posh variety like moi

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/attachment.php?attachmentid=10499&d=1173820902

[Pedro]

Nah it wouldn't suit me hairy legs :eek: i did have a pimptastic purple velvet and fake leopard skin flared suit with a shirt i could have hang glided off the colars with to go with the wig though, like i said i looked damn good :cool:

That's what you wear to work isn't it?

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

[banditloon]

Tea trays... They are the future...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/banditloon/MySpace/teatray.jpg :chuckle:

Nice coaster Shandy :D

[SazzaG]

But look at the beautiful choppedness! How can you prefer the look of a flapping bit of useless EU regulation plastic?

http://www.rogandsaz.co.uk/DSC04899.jpg

[Dave L]

thanks for the enlightenment and picture.
Hadn't realised it was a heated debate issue (as the 'which is faster red or yellow' clearly seems to be).
thanks again.

Dave L

[Shandy]

'which is faster red or yellow'

YELLOW!!!!!!

[slob]

removal can cause a problem....http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/attachment.php?attachmentid=10071&d=1156693223

[johnnystorm]

thanks for the enlightenment and picture.
Hadn't realised it was a heated debate issue (as the 'which is faster red or yellow' clearly seems to be).
thanks again.

Dave L

Red? yellow? Eh?

BLACK! DUH!:dunce:


;)

[JMo]

Do a proper job, get a proper kit... £39.99 etc etc.

Yawn.

xxx

[Gilps]

Might bring it along to the weekender, Giler's got no hair and i think hes after re-living his youth :chuckle: :chuckle:

PS back to the tea tray thing...keep it....you can do great things with the old ones like,

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/ducatimonsterdog/Monster%20Pics/TeaTray2.jpg

Now that's clever - something to stub your fags out on.

[squiffything]

thanks for the enlightenment and picture.
Hadn't realised it was a heated debate issue (as the 'which is faster red or yellow' clearly seems to be).
thanks again.

Dave L

NO NO NO NO NO black is the fastest, black indicates no colour and lets face it if you've got colour it must slow you down as for yellow it's like having custard dragging you back

[giler]

Now that's clever - something to stub your fags out on.

He keeps his pound coins in there!

[giler]

[QUOTE=Shandy;196725]Might bring it along to the weekender, Giler's got no hair and i think hes after re-living his youth :chuckle: :chuckle:QUOTE]

Grass doesn't grow on a busy street you know!

[banditloon]

A certain Valentino Rossi knows that RED bikes go faster :thumbsup: :D :chuckle:

[benson]

Tea tray - personally I like it on my monster because of having higher level pipes it just suits my bike - IMO...

Now - with the Buell I couldn't wait to really shorten the already very short thing and make it miniscule but the effect of riding through anything remotely wet is of course to leave a trail of interesting splashes up one's back, and not necessarily in a good way!

Putting tea on the tea tray, or not - as shown by Slob, is an integral part of still having the aforementioned tea tray thingy - but those of us who haven't been cut (ouch:on: ) would always let those who have share a space upon which to place one's cuppa, fags, spex or anything else for that matter.

[squiffything]

stealth planes fastest things Matt black nuff said

[banditloon]

stealth planes fastest things Matt black nuff said

Only because I haven't fitted the wings on my Monster yet :chuckle: :chuckle:

Ok I must admit my mates Mini-Twin SV650 race bike was always faster with the black bodywork on, instead of the blue race fairing :thumbsup: ;)

[scrumpster]

Now that's clever - something to stub your fags out on.

I thought it was a speaker!! :dunce: And multicoloured is the future!! And get a cow to lick your head if you are losing your hair :idea:

[JMo]

I thought it was a speaker!!

Noooooooo... surely it's a barbeque grille? - used in conjunction with hi-level Supertrapp exhausts of course - Mmmmmmm! flame grilled...

xxx

[Paivi]

Noooooooo... surely it's a barbeque grille? - used in conjunction with hi-level Supertrapp exhausts of course - Mmmmmmm! flame grilled...

xxx
Oh, good, I thought I was the only hungry one. I thought it was a toaster. http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h276/DianneOnly/blush.gif Not being a tea drinker, I use my tray for holding my glasses when I struggle with the helmet. Top tip: it's sooo much easier to take the helmet off if you open the strap first.http://ide.li/modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif

[gary tompkins]

Might bring it along to the weekender, Giler's got no hair and i think hes after re-living his youth :chuckle: :chuckle:

PS back to the tea tray thing...keep it....you can do great things with the old ones like,

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/ducatimonsterdog/Monster%20Pics/TeaTray2.jpg

Hmmm... nice bit of billet

We have something like that in the drain outside the kitchen, and it stops the leaves blocking it a treat :thumbsup:

On the subject of tails - I prefer mine chopped but add a little something on to compensate for loss of tea tray...

http://ukmonster.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1229&cat=531

[Shandy]

Hmmm... nice bit of billet

We have something like that in the drain outside the kitchen, and it stops the leaves blocking it a treat :thumbsup:

On the subject of tails - I prefer mine chopped but add a little something on to compensate for loss of tea tray...

http://ukmonster.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1229&cat=531

Well at least i now know leaves getting on the tray will be a thing of the past :chuckle: :chuckle:

I think you may have the ultimate tail chop ther GT :yoparty:

[squiffything]

On the subject of tails - I prefer mine chopped but add a little something on to compensate for loss of tea tray...

http://ukmonster.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1229&cat=531

There's always somebody who just has to go that little bit extra isn't there...

:) You know it a jealousy thing GT Gimme gimme gimme.

[jonno464]

Hi all

I have bought a 2001 monster 600 that someone has chopped the tea tray off, and I would like to replace it so if anyone out there has chopped theirs of and still have the part of the frame around please let me know if you would like to sell it.

Many thanks
Jonathan