bonio

I used to have a Cardo Freecom 2 in my Shoe Gt Air, and fitted fine. But sorry, can't help with your specific question.

Still working from home, so missing my old commute, which had some cracking roads in it. But was lucky enough to get in some good rides-for-pleasure, some bike nights, plus a tour of the Highlands. First year riding the MV, too. All in all a good year.

Bit confused about a) the red phone boxes and b) whether this is the place to ask dumb questions. a) Do the phone boxes have to have phones in them? Or will you accept a red phone box with, say, a defibrillator or a village library inside? b) Is this the right place to ask question a)?

Please get a 600

Helping the OP? Since when was that a thing?

No particular problems with them as I know of (and I had mine five years)

If you go for a VanVan, do yourself a favour and sit on one before parting with your cash, get your foot up on the pegs and make sure you're comfortable. People love their VanVans and most have been cherished and well looked after. Don't settle for one that looks as if it's seen a lot of life; wait for a clean one to come up. It's worth travelling to get hold of one in good nick. As Sir Goat says, take someone along with you if you can.

First one I've read and got as far as the second paragraph

I was on the point of trading our car in for a newer one at the garage round the corner from us. I'd driven it, and it was very comfortable. So had the missus. I'd got a quote on pxing our old car, and the amount they wanted to credit me was enormous, so I was all for calling in and signing the papers. Then mrs bonio said we should take it out together, with her as a passenger. Sure enough, within 5 minutes she was feeling travel sick, so I turned round, gave the car back and thanked God for the lucky escape.

Not many on here would advise you to buy a cheap 125 from a Chinese manufacturer. I had a Chinese scoot once it was made of cheese and soft metal, and was built to last about a year and then die. That said, I've heard people say that Mutt score above average on quality and perhaps WK do, too. The best thing you could do, if budget allows, is get yourself something like a second-hand Honda Shadow 125. I'd suggest a VanVan 125 too, as it has a cool retro vibe, but it's low seat and low power means it's probably not a good choice for a 6' tall bloke. But the Honda will give you a big quality hike over the bikes in your list, and you'll be grateful for it whenever you get your spanners out and find the bolt comes out unstripped, and the nut turns without the heads rounding off.

I renewed my licence this year and it was back almost as soon as I sent the application off.

Not sure it applies to vicars at Christmas

77 again please. I will try to get a few more than this year...

Just bought it.

Well done on the pass.

I had this with a spin dryer I bought from ebay. Didn't realise it was coming from Germany until the email came from UPS with the tracking information. Then came the expected delivery date, except of course it didn't turn up that day (was in all day), and then I followed the tracking information as it went on a celebratory tour of the UK and then over to Germany again. Took about three weeks. So I contacted the seller and they sent another, which came a week later. Then a month later, the first one turned up on our doorstep. It was during covid so we didn't a get a chance to refuse it, and when we told the ebay seller, he told us just to keep it. It's still in the garage, waiting for its brother to die.

Sorry for you @Trooper74. It's rough when a dealer lets you down like that.

... and the price is half the cash price

Might be too small...

I haven't ridden in London for a few years, but back then it was borough by borough. I've read somewhere that now it's more complicated, but as I read it on the internet (perhaps here or perhaps on reddit - too senile to remember), that's just about as good no information at all.

I'd been driving in the States about a month and thought I had this other-side-of-the-road stuff all sussed when I ended up on the wrong side of the median. Frank Phillips Blvd, Bartlesville, OK. Fortunately evening time, so only one other car around.

What?? A few weeks ago, the wife and I went took the bus from Liverpool St to the Kings Road for £1.50 each.

Cairo is the only place where I've been in a car that caught fire. I was in the passenger seat. Someone in the back said, "look at the bonnet" and sure enough the paint was bubbling up and peeling off. Traffic or no traffic (there was traffic - lots of it), we were out in under a second. Someone dived into a shop, got an extinguisher, opened the bonnet to a great plume of orange flame and grey smoke and put it out. The guy whose car it was went back the next day and drove it home. Also bonkers.