Gerontious

Easiest answer is avoid the need for one completely.. by keeping off the Motorway. Unless you are in a country where their use is either free.. or you pay an on the spot toll at a barrier. like in France or on the Italian Autostrada. if you insist on using the motorway and a vignette is required then its certain that these will be on sale at former border crossing points or the last motorway services BEFORE the border... or at worst, the first services AFTER the border. Pull in and check. time on your hands? look at this site: https://www.tolls.eu/ The Hungarian fine may not follow you home.. it all depends how seriously they take it and what relationships they have with the UK Police. Still.. its a big fine for not having an £8 vignette. and remarkable that its more than double the fine for the same misdemeanour in Switzerlamnd. (a little over £150) But then its fairly odd that the Hungarians consider a Motorbike as equal to a car!!

No.. its just an old machine that still works well. nothing special at all.

My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. Did it come in a mahogany chest with a wrought iron lock? No, it came in a cardboard box with "Hitachi - made in japan" a photo of said antique. Doesnt look dated to me.. but then im no expert on microwave fashion. It used to be all white.. but over the years the enamel has turned as you can see an ivory/cream colour.

My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it.

At one time.. I would look at my bike and laugh out loud. Amused that someone of my age.. (late 30s at the time) even owned such a bike. Amused that.. given my biking history that I owned a bike like "That". and amused.. always amused that I owned a bike that looked like that and yet it rode so well. A bike that was a genuine rarity that at one time would attract a crowd of people some of whom would point and laugh.. and then look on in slack jawed amazement when I would stroll over and ride away. That was then.. now, 21 years later its just another GS. albeit an old one. and its never seen the inside of a garage.

Add a centre stand to the bike.

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Cheap carton juice can easily be used if you're feeling adventurous. Pineapple juice in particular makes a lovely wine. Add "body" with a pound or so of raisins, reconstituted. Or even a carton of white grape juice. I've never actually used a proper wine kit... As I find even a bargain basement £4 Rhone palatable. Rather make something that's generally unavailable and "different". It only starts to get more complicated if you want a wine made from a fruit that's naturally high in pectin... As it will never clear without pretreatment with an enzyme. And some people get uppity about a wine that has a natural haze. Apples, plums and so on. If you have a juicer and time on your hands... Go look at the cheapest fruit you can find. If you use carton juice... It has to be the tetrapak juice.. No preservatives.

I started riding a 250 in 1980 and passed the test (if you can call it a test) in 1982. Since then I have had 2 accidents.. The first just a few months after I started, gravel on a roundabout that I didn't see and the bike slid from under me. I was unharmed.. Going fairly slowly. This was at night. Second accident was jus a few years ago... An old fella started to pull out of a car park, I saw him and slowed right down.. At the last second he shot forward and I hit him at less than 10mph. Again I was unharmed. The lesson for me was two fold. There's never any need to rush... Bikes are fast and slowing down for things is only a hassle if you make it so. Also... Wearing decent clothing helps a lot. Winter riding is mostly fine. I set limits on conditions I will venture out in. Snow is a definite no-no. As is a hard frost soon after rain.. Or a generally wet day. The roads that are gritted tend to be fine.. But not the untreated roads I have to negotiate first. Particularly the hill I live upon. My insurance insists that the bike is kept on my property. So... Leaving it at the bottom of the hill overnight is out of the question. (Leaving it because it's impossible to ride it up the hill I mean) In the winter... Those cold but crisp, dry days are great. Decent clothing helps as does items like heated grips... Or if you can justify it, heated clothing. My bike has handguards, which reduce the windchill effect on my hands. I use heated grips and quality winter gloves. The clothing I wear is also of a quality and with that I tend to wear thermals. Being warm and comfortable is key. Riding after dark is fine.. A lot depends on the bike you are riding. It's lights. And the local conditions. I generally add extra lights to my bikes fairly quickly after buying them.. But having said that, lights on modern bikes are leaps and bounds ahead of bikes from not so long ago. Some people choose to take further training after they pass their test.. Advanced rider courses. That might be something for you to explore further down the line.

Harrogate. And I'm sure it was heated over a proper réchaud, in a genuine caquelon. Was the Gruyère flown in, special? La fondue crée la bonne humeur. Or maybe not.

I miss those shoes. so comfy.

My apologies, my brain obviously embellished things a smidge. Your son certainly has form. Where do you think he gets it from? The milkman

Looks trick, though.....wonder if it would fit RnineT? It's for all late model BMWs. Made by wunderlich, probably easiest and cheapest to order from motorworks or nippy norman.

Just looked at Yamaha clothing for women and as far as I can tell they do not produce a single winter-ready motorcycle jacket for women. So, Im not sure i understand why you are insisting on that brand when they don't even sell what you need.

I think you have it the wrong way round.. people usually move to small market towns like Stafford to escape the 'interest' of London. a complete change of pace, quiet life.. with property prices Londoners can only dream of. Stafford isn't bad at all as ancient market towns go.. easy links to both Birmingham to the south and Manchester to the north. Definitely a nice place o base yourself as a Biker.. with the North staffs moors and Derbyshire to the east and Shropshire and Wales to the west and cannock chase on the doorstep.

Dislike of motorbikes? There is no dislike of Motorbikes.. Go there and see if you detect any dislike.. you will not. but there is a dislike of speeding. and in the mountains.. its all too frequent aftermath. The reason road fatalities are over represented in Switzerland compared to the EU average... is people travel there and kill themselves because they are not prepared or do not have the skills to deal with the high roads and passes. The Swiss and Austrians generally assume people have the skills and are prepared for what awaits them. They are not mollycoddled. Riding or driving with an appropriate level of caution is generally assumed. And so visiting riders come unstuck. make a mistake with a 1000 foot drop at the side of the road and you're going to die. This doesn't just happen in Switzerland.. it happens across the entire Alps. Its only more pronounced in Switzerland because of its fairly unique geography. Speed through a speed trap and they will have you. don't speed and you might as well be invisible.

Didnt you just get back from North America? in Switzerland.. the worst that can happen is a kind of group disapproval. which is typical in all the countries that have a high percentage of Ethnic germans. disapproval... which can easily mean a complete stranger giving you a right telling off. dependent on what you actually did. Try doing the same in America.. and depending where you are. crossing the road.. as above, could land you a $1000 fine. Common sense has long since died in the US. Evidence whether it ever existed is yet to be found, despite search parties frantically looking. Perhaps you could help them look? You might think its a lack of common sense that means people will not cross the road in some of these european countries unless/until allowed. but there is a side effect of this attitude. RTAs that involve pedestrians are half what they are here. one other minor, but notable difference.. if you cross the road in Switzerland and there is no designated crossing point. don't be surprised if an approaching car stops. and doesn't move until you are across.. effectively treating the place you are crossing as a 'zebra crossing' by our terms. And if they don't.. and a copper spots them, then he will be after them and give them a telling off for their lack of manners. Or passers-by will be shouting expletives at them... or more likely tut and say "bloody french/italian" (translated) like I say.. different culture. very different.

No... different culture. My apologies for not factoring in cultural relativism. Didnt you just get back from North America? in Switzerland.. the worst that can happen is a kind of group disapproval. which is typical in all the countries that have a high percentage of Ethnic germans. disapproval... which can easily mean a complete stranger giving you a right telling off. dependent on what you actually did. Try doing the same in America.. and depending where you are. crossing the road.. as above, could land you a $1000 fine.

Sounds like common sense died at some point No... different culture.

Rukka do trousers that are 36 waist and long leg.. and by long leg they really do mean long.. long enough that they dont ride up.. even over short boots. But.. this comes at a cost. however, you do get complete peace of mind. Goretex. removable thermal liner and D30 armour and exceptionally well made.. It costs.. but will last you years.... you generally get a 5+1 year warranty. and a lifetime warranty from goretex against leaks once the Rukka warranty expires. pricey.. but excellent. Im 6'5 in bare feet.. 6'7 in boots.. 36" waist. and they fit me perfectly. Niormally £360 Infinity motorcycles has them in stock in your size for £250 inc delivery you will want... but double check first. euro size 56 Long. https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/rukka-katuh-gore-tex-trousers-black

Speeding in Switzerland is treated as a serious criminal offence. And the Swiss population are more than happy with that. They could very easily change it, 50,000 signatures and they can have a national referendum. but, they're not interested in that. Its treated so seriously in fact.. that if you get clocked by a "Gatso" equivalent.. they will track you down (with help from UK Police) and if the fine isnt paid.. they issue a European arrest warrant. and you really don't want one of those with your name on it. If you go to Switzerland.. don't take the piss out of their laws. it might end very badly. as he said in the video he was within a whisker of going to prison for a year. (minimum)

"I thought it was unrestricted" I laughed out loud at that. Did these guys not consider, even for a moment that doing almost double the speed limit... I make it 90mph in a 50mph is going to open them to a whole world of pain if caught and that speed traps are normal on the popular passes. Because too many foreigners end up killing themselves on those self same passes, too fast on a bend and fly into the void. The way the Swiss deal with speeding has never been a secret... They're brutal. So this pair of charlies go to Switzerland, thumb their nose at the local laws... And get a prize. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they receive more demands once they get back from roadside static cameras that have caught them out. There's a reason we see more than a few Swiss bikes in the Eifel every year.

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That doesn't really work with bike gear.. the 'proofer' you can buy doesn't actually.. it just makes water bead and run off. (ideal for tents or walking gear) the problem with bike gear is the speed you are hitting the rain.. and the pressure which will force water into and through the outer fabric layer. However.. as the OPs bike gear has a waterproof membrane.. the outer shell getting wet shouldn't really be an issue. however it is. either down to bad design or a manufacturing fault that made it past Quality Control. I would take it back.

Yello Of course I'm lying.