12 minutes ago, Pie man said:

or was the light telling you something else, could the V-Strom be an overly sensitive or easily offended motorcycle, who believes it is entitled to special treatment on account of their supposedly unique characteristics 

lol lol

Perspective is required for this ...

During the period 1984 to 1998 i averaged 26,000 miles a year on the motorbike .... I commuted (Sheffield to Norwich ) 4 days a week. Travelled on holidays and, although i had use of a car, used the bike .... all year round.

1.Head on 40mph collision with a Volvo 240, uninjured, bike wrecked, police found me screaming at driver and beating the f**k out of the car - denting every panel, when they arrived. Driver said sorry, well, he was on my side of the road !! Straight road.

2.Hit the back of HGV because i wasn't watching where i was going ... slightly bent forks ..straightened satis.

Yes, scantily clad young girls in summer. DOH!

3.Fell asleep on the A14 near Ipswich rolled up embankment, fell off and .... woke up ... bike and me undamaged. Police car on scene helped me get bike back to road and shared their flask of coffee with me

Rode to work today .... cold crisp winters morning , just 24 miles mostly motorway ,,,, in jeans ,,,, wasn't too bad. Top end warm enough, feet warm .... legs ..... nicely frozen lol ... 

New light came on the dash for the first time .... a snowflake .... means under 4 deg c, alledgley... modern bikes eh !

Suggestions please ...

Old-codger  ....... Just small amounts of bright blood mixed in with my urine .... on the paper when i wipe .... all is well but NEVER NEVER ignore it ....

OOOHHHHH GOD IT HURTS !!
I've just had a camera up my uretha to help diagnose me for bladder cancer ..... 
Second time in 8 months..... !
First time, nice German doctor, local anaesthetic, 2 mature nurses handling the tackle.

Today ... nice British Asian doctor, NO ANAESTHETIC, 2 young nurses, not as old as my boots, handling the tackle.
God my willy hurts !!
Talk about pissing broken glass.

However ... cancer free, prostrate normal, kidneys and liver fine .. result !!!
God, my willy hurts .....................

Watched some TT stuff with the GD 

Screen Buffeting on V-Stroms .... Todays issue.

So ..Before cutting the original screen down i found a Powerbronze short screen on the interweb ..... on first ride, a dash along the local motorway the buffet seemed to have disappeared.
Today i want for a longer ride, through the Peak District. Not only no buffet but a much quieter and pleasant riding experience .... fantastic bit of kit...

31 minutes ago, goat said:

I started watching it but gave up early on I'm afraid, probably well before the plot developed.

Totally understand .... i'm like that when Jules is watching "Jane the Virgin"  ..... 

18 minutes ago, goat said:

Which bit is the satire? Also what do you mean by gremlins?

1. Exactly !

2. The gang named in the video are "The Gremlins" .... watch it .... before commentating, possibly.

1 hour ago, MikeHorton said:

I've got to say it I don't get your post you say you like the armed US style of Policing but accuse the UK Police of being woke. In another comment you state Police were swaggering around with guns making children cry? I'm guessing the sight of those US officers armed up would really make a child cry, just an observation

I had tried to go down the satirical humour route ..... and obviously failed ..... I'll stick to Engineering Mike..... 

2 hours ago, Mickly said:

Itching to shoot an un-convicted suspect, he is NOT the law.

Whats your answer ? Some counselling for the Gremlins, new trainers, maybe a holiday .... a telling off from their Nana's ..... If Constable Woke tries to arrest them he will soon be twinned with a colander i expect .....

I lived and worked in San Diego for 12 months, at Fightertown USA, Miramar. We found the Police to be professional, blunt, to the point, only interested in keeping the law  ... and heavily armed.

It was a great place to visit and work ... but not to live, for me.

I was happy to get back to dull and windy Suffolk.

24 minutes ago, MikeHorton said:

Or like Keith Palmer lose his life protecting others! Don't confuse Police Forces with the individuals. Yes there are some rotten apples but also a lot of hard working individuals who do the best they can to do a good job. 

It's not confusion Mike it's lack of public profile. Through covid we saw South Yorks Police bully and coerce outside their legal remit day after day.

Video after video of coercion, threats and abuse of the people they where meant to protect.

These good Police ... where are they ???

The only Police i see in South Yorkshire are swaggering around with heavy Heckler & Koch machine guns dressed like the baddies from a Si-Fi movie.

Our 5 year old lad ran crying from 2 officers in Meadowhall shopping centre .. he was terrified ...

I have no doubt there are a majority of good officers ..... But where are they ?? They're invisible to people on the streets of Rotherham and Sheffield..

55 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

I suspect the Met might not quite see eye to eye on this. 

They would probably take the knee to the Gremlin Gang .... 

Watch it .... do our police need a makeover ???

34 minutes ago, Saul said:

I fitted a Hitchcocks talker screen to my Himalayan today.   Pleased with the results as I was getting buffeting around eye level with the standard screen but the higher Hitchcock screen has cured that.  
I was lucky enough to get the screen second hand from a Facebook group for less than half price from a talker chap than me who the screen didn’t work for.  

I've got the HITCHCOCKS short screen ... buffet free .. totally .. if you want it it's available for 50% of H's price including postage

New screen fitted to the 2016 Suzuki V Strom 650....

Who wants the old one with adjustable splitter .... £10 + p&p.

17 minutes ago, Trooper74 said:

Whats the "riding season" ??   

I ride all year .... surely the majority of us ride all year round ????  Theres no bad weather just the wrong clothing ... which applies to lots of games. pastimes, sports ... and transportation .... ... ... I don't get Riding Season. 

On 15/12/2022 at 09:51, Joe85 said:

I’d be fuming if it were riding season. That’d be the biggest loss as you’d essentially have to wait a year before really enjoying the bike again. 
 

 

Whats the "riding season" ??   

So here we are in Cornwall for the weekend ... Redruth ... Tolgus Mount .... top of the hill, totally exposed .... and a 48 mph wind ... hopefully the Caravan will be ok  ....with us in it ....

So .. Foot Peg Lowering Kit, ...... Adventuretec in the US, Cosmo in Greece .... What about the UK ...... ?????

Help ....

057 ....... not 57 ... please. And this year i'll actually be able to participate .... retirement is creeping up on me at last ..... 2 of our lovely 4 children are back with their parents, 1 is now a qualified Engineer doing his thing .... and our weekend only 5 year old is still a joy .... but only for 24 hours a week .... Time to play ....

28 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

What did I do to the bikes today?

 

As Fr Jack would say - Feck all.  

No K in Fec .....