S-Westerly

its a greasy biker Even worse ... it’s a Hipster !! No one with pretensions to being a hipster would look quite that grungy. My son's one and trust me, grunge isn't part of the look.

I've no problem with an electric bike in principle although I'd miss the sound of the exhaust. My issues are firstly the range is too short and secondly the charging time is too long. Battery technology is improving but as yet imo it hasn't improved enough for a bike. Until it does I'm sticking with my ICE and a pox on Greta.

Well I'm better padded than I'd like to be, getting balder by the day, auld, and grumpy BUT I don't have a BMW or a Harley. Nor anything Chinese for that matter.

Deffo a rabbit away somewhere. None of my pinlocks have ever been anything other than good. They definitely don't steam up and have never slipped once in position. My "backup" helmet has no pinlock and it regularly steams up hence I only use it for short runs in fine weather with the visor partly open.

Have to say watching Peppa Pig is a labour of love. My eldest grandson was into it when he was 2 and we must have watched every bloody episode with me hating every minute. Now he's 9 the mere mention of him ever having watched never mind liked PP is good for a serious snarky hissy fit.

Congratulations and look forward to the rest of it.

Not had one of those myself but I believe they are well regarded by those who do and I've not heard of an issue with them.

I'll bite. What's an ethically influenced smart phone? It's not going to try and turn me woke is it? I need a new phone myself as my current one is on its way out I think.

If it's a genuine pinlock I've never had a problem. As a general rule they are fit and forget. I had issues with one helmet where the manufacturer fitted a pinlock clone which wasn't as good and did get moisture between the visor and it. I replaced with a genuine pinlock and never a problem since. I wear glasses and sometimes ride with my visor open, no problems. What make is your helmet?

I think having OEM tyres only would be reaching a bit as once a bike's a certain age OEM tyres might not be available having been replaced with a new version. On Ducati forum there's a lot of talk about tyres but I've never seen anyone twitching about insurance issues!

Being robbed blind by Nigerian pirates, sorry authorities. 3000 dollars fine for bullshit violations which funnily enough only happen in Nigeria. Pay the fine or risk 2-3 days delay at 25000 dollars a day. Hate this effing country.

You should let us all know when you were planning on doing it and sell tickets to spectate. Need to have some special effects like blood bags and make a real buck or two.

My dad had them in his 80's and was still driving a car! God knows how he didn't have an accident. Still has to wear glasses though but he is 90 but no car. Didn't know that you could get them at that age (49) unless you were exposed to a lot of high intensity light / glare?

He's probably fallen into a hole in a road in Scotland caused by an earthquake in Japan and been sexually abused by a doll that escaped from a pram.

Non breathable rubber type gloves really do not work for me. Silk liner gloves are good and for very cold weather a blend of silk and merino wool works very well. That said I tend not to ride if the temperature is below 2 C.

Rumour has it that large numbers of sheep have been infected with a new form of Covid so to protect us innocent English from depraved Welshmen certain areas of Wales are now locked down again.

Well done on fessing up although you've now deprived us of something to gripe about. How do you find the Himalayan copes with British winter roads and all the salt and crap? My mutley does better than I expected but it gets a good coating of ACF every winter.

Don't count on it as I've tried a few both in working life and when I owned a boat myself. First off they tend to be quite baggy which is fine when working but not so much when you're riding a bike, I'd guess they'd flog themselves to pieces in short order. Secondly unless you pay silly money for Gore Tex ones you sweat like a bast*rd in them. If you don't go particularly fast they may be worth a punt in colder weather.

Scott waterproofs. Not particularly cheap but very, very waterproof.

Grab me a job onboard mate, I'll be roger the cabin boy for ya Rogering the cabin boy is deffo not allowed.

Could be an interesting combination. Just try not to drink the ACF, could spoil your day.

Like Boing 737 Max?

I actually like the big ones. 15 years on VLCC / ULCC and another 11 on Suezmax. I like the long voyages - 40+ days is great and find time passed fast. Hate interacting with ports with all the bullshit that comes with it.

Wish I had one of them right now. What's yours called? Exxon valdez 2 I'm not allowed to give it's full name but suffice to say it's owned by a large Scandinavian company that is big in ferries as well as tankers. From full speed ahead to stopped is not that bad. A shade under 3 miles under control. A crash stop which will probably break the engine or at least the chief engineer takes less than 2. For reference this one weighs in at 159,000 tonnes. My biggest which has long since been scrapped was a somewhat larger 509,000 tonnes. Google "Esso Atlantic" if you want to know more.

US Marines had special squads called Tunnel Rats who got to go down these tunnels and chase the VC. Probably pretty hideous for both sides.