manxie49

Happy Birthday

Have a good one

Consensus does seem that the 30 will become permanent. We got stuck behind a line of traffic, all doing about 20-25mph, all the way over in 1st, occasionally 2nd gear. I'll definitely be avoiding that road in the future if that's the new speed restriction. I aint no speed fiend anymore but 30 is just taking the piss.

It wasn't too bad when we were up there. Wet and misty so I supposed that kept a few of them away. The road is pretty rough in places, the cafe / bar at the other end made the journey worthwhile though. One dick head up there in a camper van, I think he obviously thought we could somehow miraculously levitate over the top of his vehicle .... He left us with nowhere to go and then sat in the driver seat cursing, demonstrating his inability to reverse back down to a passing spot that he should have stopped at in the first place.

Just had a few days in the Lakes with a couple of mates and my wife. Did three of the passes on one day, (see the map, blagged this of someone before I went in GPX format). mixed bag of weather, and the first time I've done Hardknott and Wrynose two up. Roads around the Lake District, in some areas, have totally gone to crap. Massive pot holes and loose surfaces. Kirkstone Pass is 30mph for its entirety, no one seems to know if this is permanent or not, and there's apparently talk among locals, that the council are wanting to close Hardknott and wrynose pass to all vehicles, not sure how true this is. That said, we all had a good few days away, bit of a pre TT trip which isn't that far away now.

Enjoy the day

This may be of interest to the Beamer riders within the group. What really annoys me about this, is that, apparently, and according to ADV Pulse website, BMW have known about, and been investigating this issue since 2020. https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/bmw-issues-recall-on-r1250gs-gsa-for-gearbox-input-shaft-failure/. I may be totally off tack here, but it almost feels like BMW are using it's customers as live crash test dummies! I was discussing this with a couple of mates last night, apparently, the bikes mainly affected, are those used off road, especially where they have gone over jumps, where landing will cause the rear wheel to lock, which may cause damage to the input shaft?

All the best

I use the Biker Tidy on the wall in my garage. Good bit of kit, keeps things organised, off the floor, and aired out. https://www.get-tidy.com/the-big-one

Here's another one to throw into the mix .... Although really, I can't see the fun in this

Happy Birthday, have a good un ....

I like it, no ambiguity that I could see and very little left to personal interpretation.

Is this the same technology that was reportedly killing motorcyclists in the States, because the forward facing radar, or whatever it is, didn't recognise their presence till it was too late?

I think they come here from Scotland on their holidays ....

Nominating myself for this today! .... Fob for my keyless ignition, "which TBF I'm not a big fan of", but it is what it is, needed a new battery. So I bought a twin pack, Duracell batteries, replaced the battery and it didn't work! A few minutes, and some swearing later, I got the other battery and replaced it again .... FFS still not working. I assumed it was either a faulty batch of batteries or my fob had gone tits up. I went into town with the wife and called in at the BMW dealer with my fob, regaled him with my story of woe, and got him to have a look at the fob. Fifteen seconds later he had the problem fixed. I hadn't realised that there was a small sticker on the back of the Duracell batteries that needed to be removed for the battery to function! .... Left the shop feeling like a right dick head along with my wife who took pleasure in rubbing salt into the wounds.

Summer is when the rain gets warmer

You’re right there, you can have four seasons in one day depending on which part of the rock you travel to

Well, wasn't expecting all this crap on the mountain road today!

1981 just started my Army training as a junior leader ….. only feels like yesterday

Probably fuel additives, octane boosters? Not sure really, all I know is that I only use it in my bikes if I absolutely have to ….. the stuff is pure shite

They're a fookin menace! Not just on the roads but the pavements as well ....

IMHO Use super unleaded, steer clear of E10, carbed bikes don't like it. This vid may be of interest, but there's plenty of information on this subject on Google

On the boat last year heading over to the Lakes, group sat behind us, one guy was bragging about how he'd bought some kit of e-bay that effectively derestricted his e-bike, he reckoned he could easily get 35mph. It's only a matter of time before someone is killed. Probably illegal to do what he's done, but as Bender said, there's rarely any checks done on them so how would they know. I've never heard of anyone being prosecuted for this type of thing??

Agreed, Last TT week I came up behind a huge queue of bikes and cars going through Glen Helen. Like all the other bikes I picked my way as best as possible through the slow moving traffic. It wasn't until I got to Cronk-Y-Voddy straight that I could see what the hold up was. Big group of cyclists, riding in a pack, all over the road. The queue of traffic went back over a mile. Like you, I aint got nothing against them personally, I know it's just a minority that get everyone tarnished with the same brush.