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Just oiled the chain dear … need to check it out ….80 miles through the Peaks later "………….

A run out to Squires Cafe after taking the grandson back to his mummy, via the football cage at Bill Chafer VC park …

There was a cycling event on at Squires which led to long queues for a drink so I set off to Selby, Snaith, Thorne and home … 78 miles of peace ….

2 attempts to kill me, A1 roadworks and M18 congestion ….

As a lifelong cyclist it was nice to see the 2 different variations at the same place …

1978, Truro, MZ125 …. Twice round the block, emergency stop, couple of questions … 3 Groats and a pastie …. ….. averaged 36,000 miles a year for nearly 20 years, these days … 5 year average 15,400 miles …. Bit of a drop …

On 13/01/2024 at 14:30, Davidtav said:

Yes. That’s exactly the thing. 

My 650 V Strom has no buffeting … I went the other way … smaller …. Result !!!
 

057 please.

My grandson has recently purchased this ;

Just passed his CBT, bought this Aprillia Tuono 125 .... 14.8 bhp, dohc, fuel injected, 70 mph cruise.... 

It's fast .... 

Move up from the AJS ... you know you want to .....

My bike lives outside all year round… but is also ridden all year round … maybe only 1 or  2 days a week in January and February .. but ridden … 

don’t understand the put it away approach.. but what works for you is fine …

On 03/11/2023 at 14:20, KiwiBob said:

As the weather is turning cooler I fitted some Oxford Hotgrips today! .. Easy enough job and they're working well now that I've fixed a dodgy connector.

The number 1 best bike accessory ..... i ride all winter long with mine

Hi there ... Cordura is Textile ...

These guys do a 2 piece suit ... my one piece, made to measure, tested in the floods of the 20th of October in Chesterfield was ..... (drum roll)  £159 ...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351694515074?var=620659346592

Based in Cornwall, made in Pakistan ... probably in the same factory as Rukka .... 

On 29/10/2023 at 22:47, curlylegend said:

Who on earth are they ?  A pop group ?

Enlighten me, please ?

Some years ago Save the Children started a major campaign to stop children between 4 and 7 working in brick works in Chile.

There was a press and tv campaign and the Chilean government were starting to cave in when a reporter from ITN went to one the brickworks and interviewed the mother of one of the children.

She was heart broken that they where trying to stop the children working in the brick yards,

The children all had little steel wheelbarrows and transported bricks 1-2 at a time around the yard ... human conveyor belt.

They did this for 2 hours in the morning and an hour in the afternoon ......

But here's the thing ....In return they where provided with breakfast and lunch and 3 hours professional schooling per day....

Parents where queuing up to get their children working there as they could not pay for school and the children had regular food.

And Save the Children wanted to stop that ????? They ended their campaign and children still work in brickworks in Chile and other countries in South America.

Great fan of the 2nd hand market me ... my RST boots, well padded in by the first user ... Jacket, stretched and made soft by another man ... Gloves, Helmets and underwear ..... always new..

Always wanted an AEROSTICH suit ... £1200 ... too much for me ... so I bought this ...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351694515074?var=620659346592

Made to measure, with body armour, company takes the orders in Cornwall ( just) ... and during the worst rain of the year, 20th October... kept me dry .... OK the neck leaked ....

I know they're made in Pakistan by 10 year olds ....  Remember the Chile  brick kids !!!

10 hours ago, megaross said:

Because most people work from home these days as a result of dinosaurs updating their ways after covid forced the change.

 

I did before covid to be fair, I do now - office is a boiling hot shithole with piss coffee full of noisy ***** who just sit there nattering while I'm trying to work, and people with no proper social life. But I digress...

 

I rather like these vests they're meant to be the bollocks in an off. But the reality is I wouldn't wear one every ride, if your rides are exclusively for pleasure then I reckon it's a sound bet. 

 

If like me you use your bike for everything you aren't going to piss about with a vest realistically. I'd like one I could retrofit to my jacket (or that came as part of a decent leather jacket) and that works on gyro rather than pullcord.

Sorry thats nonsense ... the majority of people that work cannot work from home ... thats a daft thing to say ....

Why does covid stop you commuting ... that was then .. this is now ...

Polite query ...

I went on a taster ride with the IAM, noticed a lot of the members where wearing hi-viz airbag jackets ... 

Does anyone have any thoughts on these  inflatable jackets and their effectiveness ..

Amazing day out for me and Jules, she's still suffering, but wouldn't have missed it ... ish 

Woodall services M1 0730hrs Saturday.

Jules.. while still upright ...

And even more bikes tuned up

Ride To The Wall .. 2023

So 600+ bikes expected at our start point .... nearly 800 turned up ... many unregistered with RTTW ... why not ...

6000+ bikers, Veterans and their families expected at the National Memorial Arboretum, some MSM say 8000, some say 10,000n turned up ...

The BBC will ignore it  ... no Trans or Boat people involved  ...

To be there, surrounded by fellow Veterans and their families was amazing ...

At The Wall I found the 2 crews I lost ..  John Gostick and Tim Bell ... Euan and Nick ..... Falklands and 74 SQDN ...... 700 mph into the hill is going to have a sub optimal outcome ... Julie had brought tissues as she knew there would be tears ...

An amazing day out for any motorcyclist ....  The line of bikes down the M1 inside lane was amazing to behold ...we never saw the front of the line .... Thanks to SYPF for their involvement.

Julies first time on the motorbike in 20 years ... like she had never been off it .. well the titanium hip and the spinal injuries made getting on and off fun ..not ... thanks to all that helped ........

And to all the RTTW marshals .... respect and thanks ...

RTTW tomorrow, anyone else going ?

It's not to late to register "on the day" at the RTTW website.

https://www.rttw.org/index.php

10 hours ago, TimR said:

No you can take it into the post office pay the £25 fee and they verify it and you can tax the vehicle there and then and a v5 is posted out in due course 

 

 

Did it with my car 4 months ago 

 

Because you didn't change any of the details .... my issue requires a change of owners name .... so by post ...

I've got the loan of a van so all sorted

Hope its worth it !!

I wasn't serious but your offer was kind anyway.

V62 applications can only be made by post ...... seriously !!    

It's like the people on the guaranteed pensions just want to take the urine out of us people that pay their wages ....

You have to try ... lol 

How much would you charge to collect and deliver it ??? ...  

Thank you very kindly, but at the wrong end of the journey ... Many thanks

Is there anyone in the Sheffield / Rotherham / Doncaster areas that can rent / lend me a single  motorcycle trailer for tomorrow.

Picking up a Honda CBR 600 from Stockport to bring home to Rotherham. Runs fine, 12 months MOT ... but no V5 so i can't tax it !!