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That's why I have Vodafone now - their coverage abroad is pretty good. Whether I'll be able to be abroad in future is at the moment not guaranteed.

I predict a flounce coming ....

If you want to sail properly do it on salt water where you can quite easily scare yourself silly. If adrenaline rushes are your thing they are quite easy to get. Also cold, wet, sunburned, and financially burdened. Ask me how I know.

A life long mystery ( couple of years anyway) solved! Never knew that.

Karaoke - Japan's revenge for losing WW2.

Bloody hell. Are you living in the most crime ridden pesthole in the country? My bike lives in my driveway unless I'm away when it's stabled elsewhere. It's secured with one very good ground anchor, chain and lock then parked up between a wall and a car. Never had an issue. I do live in a private road so passer's by are nonexistent.

My son has similar issues and he lives on the outskirts of Bristol FFS. Not exactly in the sticks.

Didn't like them then, don't like them now.

Do you want the real price or the price I told my wife it cost ....... with postage it was £695 Funnily enough it's the exact same price as one for the Mutley. Ouch, as I'd kind of like one.

Thinking of pushing my luck and riding into Wales or if not go down to Porlock in Somerset. Depends on the weather TBH as the forecast is quite shite. If I'm riding for fun which I usually am I ain't going to ride in a howling gale and pissing rain.

Ugly as sin imo.

Absolutely. Same applies to just about anything - if an individual is willing to pay a particular price then the item in question is worth that amount. I'd have bought one but just can't justify / afford it.

Even more good luck then!

Seriously considered getting the Corbin seat for the Mutley but really can't justify the cost. Missed my chance to buy a second hand one at half the price which I would have paid. Really are quality kit.

Don't see why it should change unless the EU is just being arsey. You don't need an IDP in the US, Canada, Norway, Malaysia or South Africa. I've driven in them without needing anything other than my UK license. The only place I needed an IDP was South Korea.

On a point of principal I won't buy a phone made by a Chinese owned company. Virtually impossible to buy a phone that's not actually made in China but hey..... Currently have a reasonable deal with Vodafone but not excessively impressed by them so will probably revert to O2 when my contract is up in November. My main issue is what the roaming charges are like and certainly in North America Vodafone is better than O2 but not sure if that's going to be such an issue in the future.

Good luck. I guess you can avoid some borders but not all and are any hotels open as it's a long way to go non-stop.? Roads should be quieter though. Is your bike UK registered as that may make life difficult for you?

This is very true, you should do the speed that is safe for the conditions. At the same time it’s very hard to keep some bikes at lower limits, it’s possible to do but they absolutely hate it, my bike can’t stand town riding, it protests by running extremely hot and being jerky, if you’re going through a town centre at 20 MPH you have to pull the clutch in and coast it/slip it a bit because it wants to stall, which is probably the reason I don’t use it for commuting, driving a car,even with the traffic is more enjoyable. In all essence you are using the wrong bike for town centre riding, big CC/BHP and slow don't really mix You could also make the same argument in reverse - on the open road a more powerful and larger machine is more suited than a 125, even an awesomely stupendous Chinese 125.

hahaha. so were all chunky butts? all good I believe it has been scientifically proven that heavier riders are less prone to high speed weave. At least that's always my reason for seconds of pudding. I'm only doing for safety reasons. I am living proof that it works.

Lo these many years ago when I did my driving test I was told that provided the weather and road conditions permitted that I should proceed at the posted limit. Taken it as gospel ever since. That said the myriad small lanes hereabouts which are NSL rarely see me exceed 40 mph - livestock, livestock's byproducts, cyclists etc can be found round any bend.

We have a lot of people who retire to the country and then complain about the noise of farms (including cockerels) and the smells etc. Seem to think it's all pretty cottages with roses round the doors and forget it's a working environment.

Fair comment from Fastbob. Sort of agree but not from the point of view of the speeds etc but purely from the point that I utterly loathe crowds and the thought of being penned up with hordes of other people fills me with horror. I'll walk miles to get away from a crowded space if I can and fortunately my wife thinks the same.

It's also why the captain's cabin is on the starboard side so as not to disturb his well earned slumbers with the noise of cranes and stevedores back in the good old days. Sadly these days you can go alongside either way but tanker berths are pretty quiet. What's noisy are our own bloody pumps. Have been known to wear earplugs to sleep.

Well they'd certainly distract,; doesn't seem very sporting though to inflict such horrors on an innocent competitor.

Please tell me it's not you in the red and white shorts! Surely they should be banned as an offence against nature!