Pie man

I was out on New Years Day - A nice ride around the Lancashire Countryside,  Keis Heated Gillet and Heated Gloves - it was a warm and toasty ride. 

Good Evening 

There used to be a cracking chippy that we used to stop at on the way up north, Palombo's Chippy of Balloch. I think it has changed hands now though. 

Welcome 

A blessing in disguise 

Yes, it would put me off. Cat C is now referred to as cat S, structural damage. Be weary, what was the damage and how was it repaired and by whom. 

My old new bike was a Cat N, nothing structural but cosmetically too costly to repair (or so the lying B@stards at 4th Dimension told me) Its now back on the road. But that's another story.  

All the very best to the good folk on here A little late I know. 

Cant say its the best start of the year, wife's uncle died today. Tomorrow I will be resigning from my current position to venture into somewhere new.  

My Wife bought me the Keis heated gloves (she knew I had been looking for weeks) I opted for gloves instead of heated grips. 

On New years day, I went out for a ride, over towards Knowl Hill in Lancashire, a mixture of wind and rain, the gloves worked a treat. I also had the Keis heated Gillet, warm and toasty. I would say, if you need them, buy them. 

Edit: we searched for sales and discounts, none to be had  so took the plunge and bought them. 

I'll be like we're off to the RFU party this evening for a couple of scoops   

9 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

 Bearing this in mind, just about to buy a travel guitar.

I have taken a Ukulele with me, but we were in the Van  

13 hours ago, curlylegend said:

Never fails ?  Christ you're lucky. It's failed me quite a few times.  Maybe it's me, patch over the eye, scar on the cheek hook for a hand and a waistcoat with a very popular American motorcycle club's name on the back.  Years ago, in Scotland, I did have to sleep in a graveyard, both hotels allegedly full and B&B's not answering the door.  More recently, in France, I've managed to turn up in a town hosting some damned sporting or cultural event. Then it was either Formule 1 or the bloody Hilton !

Yep,  it must be you 

18 hours ago, curlylegend said:

So the consensus seems to be ride light and have a plan B, and a plan C too.

And yes, it is nowadays much easier to dodge bad weather. or at least mitigate it. Sat Navs and smart arse phones seem to be the minimum requirements. Is everybody comfortable plotting out a Plan B or Plan C on a smartphone at short notice ?  

And it seems a few of you will book a first night's accommodation and wing it from there on. What if you're in a bad signal area and can't raise Booking.com ?  Anyone ever been caught out like that ?

 

Long before Smart phones and the ability to use Booking dot com on the fly, we would start looking for accommodation around 4pm, just rock up and ask, never fails.   

Nice bike. I hope it brings you plenty of enjoyment. I've never owned a Trumpet 800, so I cant add anything constructive, apart from, two riding pals have them and like them 

Took the bike out for an hour today, just to try the Keis Heated Gloves. Short trip out to Lymm Dam, back over Warburton Toll Bridge, crossing over the Manchester ship canal, through Glazebury and home. 

Could believe how toasty and warm these things are. 

Will leave cleaning the bike until next year 

Hello 

Good Evening 

Just book the outgoing and return crossings, either chunnel or ferry. I'll decide closer to the date where I will be going and whether or not to camp or book accommodation. Phone and Sat nav, no laptop/media pad or action cameras. Always travel as light as possible. I have the Crit air sticker, but that's about it. 

Off to watch the Lancashire Royals V Anti Assassins RFU  A short walk to the ground and a couple of scoops while there

2 hours ago, rennie said:

Good Morning 

 

Didn't go out last night! might try for this evening though 

16 hours ago, Bender said:

Thanks

 

Errr no

 

Unfortunately with the advent of low emission zones the ownership of a newer landrover comes with a huge VED bill (road tax), that and the risk of being very unreliable.

 

Had to put sensible head on, needed to be ulez compliant, not ridiculously expensive road tax, reasonably economical, ohh and not diesel because of dpf issue with short journeys ie lack of warming up etc.

 

So I bought. 2 ,1/2 tonne 3.5ltr 8 seater 4x4 petrol nissan with 4cats

 

Due to quirks of imports it's slightly cheaper to tax and insure than the old landy and I can drive it round town to my heart's content.

That sounds like a mighty fine machine . I have something similar, but its the Toyota but only 3.0 V6. I had LPG fitted, so runs on both petrol and gas 

I had a CBR600F4, absolutely brilliant bike, toured around the alps in 2006. Probably one of the best bikes I've owned, although second to my R1. 

Connected the optimate today, not been out on the bike since the beginning of October. 

This morning was waste collection day (paper and carboard) I was out at 6.30am collecting as much of the waste paper and carboard from the wheelie bins that had been left out the night before and had blown into the middle of the street, paper and carboard everywhere. I managed to clean a fair chunk of it up before anyone else came out. Some of the neighbours were oblivious to what had happened. 

On 15/12/2023 at 16:44, Stu said:

This is it 

 

I bought one of those for the KTM 890, best accessory I've bought for it. The KTM890 screen is probably the worst out there (well, maybe not as bad as the Tracer 9GT) Took a while to set it up properly, but what a difference it makes