Trooper74

We import 80% of our core product, add value,  and export about 25 % .... it's not going to bother us in the slightest ..... thats my company not the UK you understand .....

So hope it all works out for you ... nice bike ..... very ....

It's inside .... why does it need a cover ..... My bike lives outside all year round in a great £40 Oxford fleece lined cover ... ok i bought it second hand off ebay ... I have a battery heater i use on the coldest of days to help with starting and a policy of riding at least 10 miles before effecting a re-start ...  

1 minute ago, Ian Frog said:

Just North of Kettering these days.

I can quite often be found at the Super Sausage on the A5 near Towcester or any other hostelry.

I can be flexible.

Cheers

Ian

Me and my team like Super Sausage ... we stop there for brekkie on our way to hit trains with hammers in Bletchley ....

For sale .... Grogu / The Child .... 7cm tall ... 3d high quality print by Ultimaker 2+

£15 ... larger versions available, all made to order. inc P&P ...

For you to paint ... White also available.

5 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

Well taking him to the vet counts as provoking! Don't  use a muzzle for that?

A muzzle .... you first ... best of luck ....    been there ... spectacular fail .....

10kg Westie 1 ... 3 adults 0    ....  that's the Highland League and Shinty results for today  ....

I think the majority of people see dog ownership as walks and rough and tumble fun moments .... it's not.

You are entering into possibly 15 years of Sh1t Management, cleaning it up, not standing in it, hosing it away, throwing it into the second home owners garden next door ...etc

18 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

Never been bitten by a dog ever. Most only bite if provoked.

I have .. twice, proper through the flesh to the bone bites ... by our lovely Westie, at the vets ... he's terrified of the vets ... and like most Westie males he thinks he's a wolf !! Covered the walls in a spray of my blood last time ... Such a gentle dog ... until he's at the vets ....

39 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

My husband brought me a cup of tea and said Happy Anniversary. You’d think after 25 years I might remember but nope  

He tells me every year I say the same thing “Is it? how long? blimey”

We've been married 14 years but together as a couple for 32 ... it's not easy to forget the wedding anniversary .... It's Valentines Day .... so i have to buy 2 cards ....

Connor and I had a day out yesterday .....

0700hrs drive to work in Chesterfield, collect spare control computer for stranded Stoneblower in Lanark.... Drive to Lanark and hand over parts to technician at sidings ...

Then the interesting bit ... stop 6 miles south of Lanark and pick up Ultimaker 2+ 3d printer Connor had bought then drive to Preston and collect bike I had bought ......

461 miles and 8 hours ......

Nice day out ...

12 hours ago, XTreme said:

Trying to round up two mad horses.....

 

 

I used to own Fell ponies .... this is Davids Horse Ownership Simulator for those that would like to try horse ownership;

Stand naked on top of a hill in pouring rain, in winter, drop house bricks on your feet while setting fire to £20 notes.

That just about sums it up !

6 minutes ago, James in Brum said:

You say that Trooper but each lockdown slowed the spread of the disease and reduced the R Rate. so, erm, like, you are erm, like wrong and stuff.

And after each lockdown the R number,  and infections got higher and higher and higher ...  so, erm, like, you are erm, like wrong and stuff.

And today we've seen huge crowds going shopping ... Really !!

Tier 1 .... makes no difference.

Tier 2 .... makes no difference.

Tier 3 .... makes no difference.

Tier 4 .... makes no difference.

Lockdown 1 .... makes no difference.

Firebreak ....  makes no difference.

Lockdown 2  .... makes no difference.

Close the Scots and Welsh Borders ....  makes no difference.

Masks, School closures, destruction of hospitality, industry destroyed ...  makes no difference.

And breath ....

We're off to Glasgow in the morning ... Tier 3 to Tier 2 then Tier 4 then "Tier Scotland "....

1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

One year my son desperately wanted the Lego Millenium falcon. It was far far too advanced for his 5 year old brain so the majority of Christmas Day was spent putting together the over 7500 pieces. He was thrilled, he picked it up took a few steps, tripped over his own feet and smashed it into hundreds and hundreds of pieces. I’ve never seen my husbands face that white before or since Although the pedal tractor we left the assembling of until they went bed on Christmas Eve is right up there, it was ridiculously complicated and we’d had far too much of Santa’s Sherry to make sense of the German instructions, took 4 hrs to get it together

You can purchase a water soluble adhesive that you dissolve in a container and dunk your model into and it glues it all together ... we used it for our Falcon ... apparently if you want to dismantle all you have to do is leave it overnight in a bath of warm water and it comes apart again ... haven't tried the latter but it certainly works ... we bought it from a model engineering show in Shipley ...

47 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

I wouldn’t compare new with second hand, need to compare both new or both second hand. A new GS would comparatively set you back a lot more.
The Himalayan sits in an inbetween world of not being a true off road bike but it’s very capable and comfortable enough to do the miles on. You wouldn’t necessarily want to ride with other people on more powerful adventure bikes on motorways n dual carriageways though cos it’s not powerful enough. It can do 80 but it’s not happy.

I picked up my used Himalayan for £2900 it was only one year old and only 1900 miles on the clock. Already had an immobiliser fitted, heated grips and sintered brake pads. Bargain. 

I always plan my routes via A roads and avoid motorways wherever possible on the Himma ... as you say, it can do 80 but is a lot happier plodding along between 60 - 70 .... One motor way trip from Sheffield to Dartford (M1 / M25) used a fair bit of oil ... But it's a big clunky single so no surprise.

53 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Now now peeps, 'tis the season of goodwill and all that. Just organising a Christmas bimble to New Brighton where hopefully we can find a bag of chips and some scooter riders to fight with on the beach. Must keep traditions alive. 

We're off to Hornsea for the same .... chips, fish and frost bite ...

2 hours ago, Gerontious said:

No. there are two mid winters. One recognised by the meteorologists for whom winter begins on December 1st.  so, mid winter for them is 6 weeks after that. But that's only related to the weather. The traditional midwinters day is 21st. The shortest day of the year. 

Sorry to be pedantic but .......

Read your own post, the shortest day is the end of Autumn and the start of Winter .... not the middle of winter !!

As the longest day is the end of Spring and the start of summer .... not Midsummer 

AAAGGGHHH!

14 hours ago, James in Brum said:

It is the midwinter Feast after all Swagman  

Hardly "Midwinter" James .... winter only started 5 days ago  ....

Midwinter is February the 5th ....

Pedants of the world unite ! .

15 minutes ago, skyrider said:

i will certainly have to give one a coat of looking at so i hope the plague soon disappears 

Assuming you mean C-19 ... it will never disappear ... it's walks amongst us .. and like that annual mega killer, influenza, it will not go away ..  So plan your life accordingly ... like we do ...

Just now, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Seconded, that sounds a bit grim.

Sorry, sorry, ... it's not grim to us ... it's just the background noise of life .... I make it sound grim but don't mean too ... we've had a great day ....

Nice bike XTreme .... Nice bike ...

Girls had us up at 0700 hrs .. We let our daughter stay last night and to be honest it has been a great day. Best Yorkshire Sunday dinner with presents for years.

We've let the girls go to their mums tonight .... mmm not sure .. but we'll be picking them up at 1000hrs tomorrow ... Connor and I are nervous but Julie says we have to see what happens ..... Which usually means the girls being dropped of by the police in their PJ's at 3 am !!

Our 3 year old is home with his mummies, no heating or hot water, council say they will be out in 2-3 days ... not too good for a mum with stage 4 cancer and a 3 year old .... no doubt Covid will get the blame .....

But it has been a good day ... really 

1 hour ago, Six30 said:

it looks like a parts bin special .

The ultimate parts bin creation .... The Bandit ... a unique bike ... there's never 2 quite the same  .... 

Bandits are nice ... so i'm told ....

I love it .... super simple after the ZZR's , Gixers and killer YammaGammas ..... like a modern MZ ETZ 300 ...... 

Merry Christmass to you all ... I do like this forum ....