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She doesn't do sitting as a thing. Never has in the 45 years I've known her. Drove her parents mad as a kid.

Wife is back to her normal overachieving self: Built a shed last week, had me decorating, and she made a dress for our granddaughter etc. That's on top of all her usual stuff.

After yesterday's epically wet ride I had to dry out all my gear which was no surprise. What was a surprise was this afternoon when I came to put my helmet away the inside was positively reeking. It smelt as if something had died in it. (I checked and nothing has). I know I can remove the liners and wash them but I don't particularly like doing so. Anybody know any cunning wheeze to avoid having to do this?

Have family visiting for the first time since we were all placed under house arrest. So plan on enjoying seeing them and probably drinking too much.

Hate it. Not worried about running out of oil either. There's more known reserves now than there was 20 years ago. What's likely to screw us is greenies killing off the internal combustion engine.

Looks like it'll be better than when it was new. The attention to detail is awesome, at least for me whose skills in that line could charitably be described as bodging.

I admit to being ageing but I am not narcissistic. Can't afford to be! But if I was to win the lottery I'd probably have one of these just cos I could and swank around upsetting HD riders. Then I'd also have an HD of some description so I could upset just about everyone else.

Like to see the bit where the victim finds out!

Thanks for the info. As you say these narrow lanes are all NSL although no sane person would proceed at that speed. Twisty is now off and I'll see how it it next time out. The return journey was on normal roads but horrible. More biblical rain with the occasional bit of hail to add excitement. At least I've got the MIVV home and once the weather improves I'll fit it.

Was this on your way in or out of the Blue Oyster?

I did. At times I thought it was taking me the exact opposite of where I wanted. The return will be without TomTom's insane recommendations.

Rode it to Portsmouth to collect new endcan in biblical rain. Foolishly allowed TomTom to recommend a "fastest" route but avoiding motorways. I can only assume my GPS has a virus, I found myself on roads with grass growing up the middle FFS. How can that be fastest? Took me over 2 hours to do 90 miles. Not helped by aforesaid rain which made these 'roads' more like streams. Also my rear tyre having made over 8000 miles is probably due a change. At least the gear worked as I arrived dry. Just psyching myself up for the return journey.

Which politician would that be? After all there's so many to choose from?!

Why exactly would anyone have behind the scenes shenanigans over the McCann's? They are not exactly movers and shakers of the world. If they hadn't lost their child ( 1 of 3 and the other 2 are still healthy and in their care) nobody would ever have heard of them.

My brother blew up the school caretakers greenhouse on his last day. Happy days.

Why's it odd? A guy in the US has just been done for a string of rape/murders 40 years ago. If you hadn't noticed there's a helluva lot of utter bullshit on social media.

Prepped it for a ride down to Portsmouth to finally collect my MIVV endcan tomorrow when of course it is supposed to rain all day. Then of course I'll get to fit it. At least I don't have to go to Barnard Castle for it which is where it's been for the last 2 months.

Exactly. It's not as if the McCann's are Lord Lucan FFS.

Having been home since the middle of March it now looks as if I'll be going back to sea in mid July just when things may have a bit more if a semblance of normality. To say I'm pissed off would be an understatement. I've fancied the NC500 for a while but not going to happen this year. Of course that assumes Miss Fish has unlocked Scotland. I'd not hold my breath for that!

No music but massive thunder and lightning display.

Looks like my Givi. Only issue I have is that a full lock the bag catches on my handlebar mounted GPS. Looking at modifying the location of that.

Given key worker status and the current Covid crisis some leniency might be forthcoming. Especially as losing your license could throw you on to - unsafe - public transport. If you've got 10 though it's going to be a hard sell especially in a 30mph zone. Obviously you don't want to go into too much detail on a public forum but...

I've got a Ducati albeit one of their less exotic models and after nearly two years I still find it totally reliable and good to ride. Servicing is every 9k or yearly so not too onerous. Not particularly cheap but no worse than other dealers I believe. I think they are a bit Marmite - love or hate.

I wear glasses and absolutely no problems with the C3 Pro. Personally I prefer flip lids to full face but it's purely a personal preference. Schuberth helmets fit my head shape better than Shoei otherwise I'd probably have opted for a Neotec 2.

I've got a Schuberth C3 Pro with the inner sun visor. Best thing I have helmet wise as no more faffing about with sun glasses or tinted visors. That said some new top end helmets have the option of reactive visors which would probably be my first choice now.