S-Westerly

You could say anyone who has a motorbike suffers from having a weird obsession. My wife certainly thinks so.

You're not getting a trike are you? Seems to be what the really old farts go for. Your not much older than me so this could be worrying!

Isn't there some kind of moped challenge "race" going on at the moment? Seem to remember reading a headline somewhere.

There's a few entertaining vids of folks trying just that! Obviously they end in tears but hugely funny if you're not the poor sod on the receiving end.

Lucky you. I'm basically on an open ended one now as it all depends where we are when I'm due off. So many places are still off limits. Company wide we have over 300 men and women who are well overdue relief. It sucks. Now lucky as I am going home, but how it is in cruise industry I don’t know if I will get back on board. Fingers crossed. This is the first time I would be happy to extend and stay few weeks more That's the problem isn't it? The lack of certainty for the future. I know where you are coming from with the cruise industry. I can't see it ever going back to what it was or at least not for a year or so depending on how the plague works out. Even the Hurtigurten guys in Norway have cancelled everything until next year. Even on tankers it's dodgy - the ships will probably keep going and freight rates are okay ish but when / where we can change out is ever changing and liable to turn literally on a whim. We've had guys fly out to Singapore and get sent home again for a random change in the rules.

Given the price of a decent tyre I'll give it a miss.

I'd have thought most trucks hand books give the weight rating for the tail gate so you don't risk overloading it when putting stuff in. As long as you don't exceed that you should be good. Most of the weight of the bike would be where the engine is so away from the gate. Whether it's legal in the UK I've no idea.

Just 12 days to go Lucky you. I'm basically on an open ended one now as it all depends where we are when I'm due off. So many places are still off limits. Company wide we have over 300 men and women who are well overdue relief. It sucks.

Makes me wish I was home .

Can't speak for the Yamaha but when I changed the end can only on my Multistrada it had absolutely zero effect on fuel consumption. At the end of the day what was on was a clear pipe with no restrictions and a single bend. What replaced it was the same just considerably more attractive (imo). No reason for it to affect fuel consumption.

The latest variant of Covid; it effects the brain.

There are a few outfits who specialise is setting up bike suspension. Might be worth trying one of them. I know a guy on the Multistrada forum had his done, cost less than a hundred quid and he reckoned it transformed his bike.

Probably the worst time to be speeding! He was in his boat to be fair. Sadly no, it was the A1 just north of Alnwick and about 11pm, I was heading to Aberdeen to catch a morning flight to the Faeroe Islands. I'd been delayed by family issues hence the haste.

I once got flashed at night in a really torrential rain with spray everywhere. Pretty sure it wasn't a readable pic. Other than that I don't think they are easily confused. I believe shooting them works but the powers that be take a really dim view of that; almost as bad as meeting in a group of 7.

I use Spotify and you can download stuff and save it to a device (phone) and play back as you like. The highest quality is recommended for over wi-fi but if via phone signal you use the less good quality it's okay, especially if you're playing it on a phone. Not exactly the greatest sound reproduction equipment.

Just left Durban, South Africa. Heading west "for orders". Hoping it's Brazil but most likely Nigeria. A place I absolutely effing hate and would happily consign to the lower levels of hell. Or at least it's officials. Thieving bast*rds the lot of them.

Trying to get photos of uncooperative humpback whales having a whale of a time. Whale giving the finger

Now that's someone who really appreciates a bike!

Deffo an odd one, you weren't going that fast and the bend wasn't exactly tight. Weird.

The road from Kielder dam up to the village is pretty good as is the (narrow) road from the village over to Newcastleton. Happy memories of it.

Nowt wrong with The Who.

I'm a bit slow. Only just got the reference to making a plywood jigsaw over the weekend.

Anything we use on deck has to be classed as intrinsically safe and explosion proof. This is why walkie talkies which normally cost about a 100 quid are about 900 quid. No phones on deck or other electronic devices.

Nah, internal combustion on tank deck is a no no. Key word being combustion. Generally considered a bad thing close to a million barrels of oil.

Thumping my way down to the Cape of Good Hope in a Force 7 southerly. Not a motorbike to be seen but at least the sun is shining. Slightly damp forward