S-Westerly
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I quite like wild camping and preferably after a decent hike in to somewhere suitably remote.
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Good reason to avoid FB like the plague it is.
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I knew a guy used to feed road kill ones to his dogs.
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So what's with these quick-shifter thingies then?
S-Westerly replied to Simon Davey's topic in Motorbike Chat
The Guzzi has one and it's up and down shifter. It's OK at higher speeds but a bit savage lower down. I'm ambivalent about it as I don't have a problem using the clutch, I'm never in that much of a hurry. -
In Gloucestershire deer are a major road hazard too. Particularly at this time of year when the young bucks are roaming looking for territory.
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I hate sheep. When I'm riding up on the moors of Durham and Northumberland the little shites will be happily doing whatever they do on the side of the road. At the last minute they regularly amble out into the middle and stop or decide to leap in front of you because their mates on the other side tell em the grass is better. Wooly fuckwits.
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10 days on from the CBT. Where I stand now.
S-Westerly replied to ChrisBiggsUK's topic in Motorbike Chat
You seem to be going at it with your head in the right place. Being over 40 and thus maybe more sensible probably helps although having decided to be a biker at all probably cancels out some of the "sensible". At least at 40 plus you are not convinced of your immortality unlike guys in their teens and early twenties who tend to do insane things and assuming we survive look back on as why the "f**k did I do that?" moments. -
Speak for yourself. I'm an older person and have never lane hogged in my life. The last person I met doing that was female and given the brief glance as I snarled past in her 30's maybe. Admittedly a lot of old farts do tend to lane hog but I'm an old bast*rd so I'm more likely to be the one who dives up the inside flicking fingers around generously.
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No we also use the engines. The tugs aren't really powerful enough to pull us effectively on their own. What they do is control the ends so we can turn in small spaces or pin the ship and control angles or stop quicker.
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Good morning, tis been a bloody long night. Now sitting in a lock in Antwerp waiting for our tugs. At least the sun is coming up but it's a tad chilly.
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Our Yamaha outboard had a nifty bag to carry it in which would protect any pointy bits.
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If it's any consolation I was up and doing at 0500 this morning and have an all night session to look forward to tonight as we go up to Antwerp.
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Yeah, really?
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I'm guessing the weight of a decent small outboard must be close to 20kg? I'm guessing that would be a bit heavy to hang off the side of a bike and would unbalance it a bit. I'd be looking at trying to stow it on the pillion and the shaft pointing straight back.
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Hope the op goes well and you manage OK. Don't over indulge in cider.
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Today I put my son in law on notice that I'll be home in about a week and be picking up the bike. Urrah.
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Modern cars and current driving standards.
S-Westerly replied to Geordie Oldie's topic in General Chat
I don't know. I can remember 30 years ago being tail gated by some f**kwit in a Sierra Cosworth about 6 feet off my rear bumper and flashing his lights. I was in a queue of at least 10 cars. There were just as many idiots around then imo. -
What’s Important When Choosing a Hotel on a Motorcycle Trip?
S-Westerly replied to Nomad1975's topic in General Chat
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Hot tea with bacon?
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I wanted to go halves with an Abbastand with my son in law but apparently his BMW K1300 doesn't fit them.. We use chain blocks and jacks instead.
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Well it's not all bad. According to my Croatian to start from scratch and end up with a full A equivalent will cost about €3000 in Croatia which seems bloody expensive to me. Like us you go through grades and most riders stick at 50cc because that costs nothing. Of course the predictable consequence is a drop in the number of legal riders and a rise in those who aren't.
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My son in law has one in the silver grey finish. Nice bike and close to 50K on the clock.
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I believe they do them in car parks according to my Croatian colleague.
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I work with Russians and most of the time they are totally normal people but on some subjects some of them are completely batshit crazy.
