S-Westerly
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Just no, sorry.
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Rocking to sleep doesn't seem to work. Babies do alright though god knows why, but roughty toughty sailors don't. We just get grumpy.
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Bike camping gear
S-Westerly replied to Slowlycatchymonkey's topic in Clothing, Luggage, Accessories and Security
Going to Cornwall just for a week of wee sounds kinky to me. Also according to my calendar 23rd May is a Sunday. Its a Chinese calendar though so could be wrong. -
It's worse for us at the moment as we aren't carrying a full load so all that oil is sloshing around inside partly loaded tanks. Biggest roll I can remember was 35 degrees on a vlcc- doesn't sound that dramatic until you calculate the bridge wing mover through an arc of 120 metres.
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You'd be surprised. It doesn't have to be that rough for us to roll heavily. You just need a big enough swell from the wrong direction and we'll be rolling our guts out, sometimes for days. Right now the wind is only 25 knots but there's a 5 metre swell more or less on our beam. Hence we roll and probably will for a couple of days.
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Wish I could go to bed. Mine is currently bouncing around thanks to some crappy weather out in the Atlantic here. Pitching and rolling so not good for sleeping.
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OUCH! At least Ducati just ecommend Shell which can be got for a reasonable price if you shop around. Also it doesn't use much.
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Go on then tell us? My knowledge of oils beyond crude oils and heavy FO is sketchy.
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That's fair enough.
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On the subject of engine oil it seems odd to quibble over the price of a few litres of oil when in many cases a bike costs many thousands of pounds. Personally I use what the manufacturer recommends.
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There's these amazing inventions called curtains or even blinds. They you can have your lights wherever you like so they look sensible.
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Obviously you are to blame!
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Very high brow today.
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Had a run in with PayPal years ago and so far as I'm concerned they can go and make snowballs in hell.
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Funnily enough today I had a fraudulent money transfer on an account which I only usually use for UK direct debits. However in April I foolishly bought some gadget direct from China on this card. Fortunately the bank realised it was dodgy and cancelled the transfer and refunded me the money. Can only assume it was some chancer out east.
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challenge 2021 Challenge 2021 - Discussion Thread
S-Westerly replied to Hoggs's topic in General Rideouts/Meets
It's actually pretty shite. Blowing quite a bit and wet. A bit warmer at 18 but still not exactly balmy and we are heading for northern Germany so not much too look forward to. -
I've just found out my next dry dock (2022) is going to be in China and they are going to install a million dollar ballast treatment plant made in China. I'm trying to work out if I can afford to retire next year. You wouldn't believe some of the junk coming from there.
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I really don't think the risk of infection from covid via test ride on a bike is particularly high. Especially if you are wearing normal protective gear. Back in the dark days of February at least one dealer was willing to give me a loan bike while they sorted mine. As it happens it wasn't necessary but they were sensible and practical. Unlike the bloody government and the rest of the "sky is falling" mob.
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You really wouldn't. It's one of these weird architect "designed" ones built for the designer and utterly impractical. She's been living in it since 1966 and I suspect when she passes on it'll be sold to a developer who'll raze it and re-build on the site. A shame as the garden is very nice. Next door did just that sadly.
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Must be in the Broadway bit as so far as I know that's the only shopping bit allowed in Darras, everything else is down in Ponteland. My auntie still lives in Darras.
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I did worse, I tried driving it. Lost the will to live.
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Yeah my Russians are celebrating Easter today.
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challenge 2021 Challenge 2021 - Discussion Thread
S-Westerly replied to Hoggs's topic in General Rideouts/Meets
I'm currently about 400 miles northeast of Bermuda so riding my bike isn't really on the cards right now! -
A Tiger is similar to my multistrada in that they aren't really bikes you hoon round corners getting your knee down and scraping pegs although I'm sure you could. As such slightly squared tyres aren't the end of all things. I will say though that when you do change squared off tyres it is amazing how the bike seems to come alive so......
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This weekend is crocked as I have to do an audit. I bloody hate audits.
