Guest Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 ......after a lifetime of service to Namby-Pamby Motorcycling! Because I got a Friend Request on FaceBook.........from TED SIMON! (In 1973, sponsored by The Sunday Times, journalist Ted Simon began a 4-year, 64,000 mile solo journey travelling around the world on a 500cc Triumph Tiger 100 motorcycle. His book, Jupiters Travels has inspired many overlanders).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Simon Can you believe it......a friend request from the Godfather of Motorcycle Overlanding! I better get my act together a bit now! Quote
Mawsley Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 I had to block David Icke from Fb because he was always popping around at inconvenient times. And that Tedros Adhanom from the World Health Organisation because he never returned my socket set I lent him. And that Penélope Cruz because she kept DMing me nude pictures and phoning at all hours begging me to leave the wife.Ted Simon? Pfft. Quote
Six30 Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 ......after a lifetime of service to Namby-Pamby Motorcycling! Because I got a Friend Request on FaceBook.........from TED SIMON! (In 1973, sponsored by The Sunday Times, journalist Ted Simon began a 4-year, 64,000 mile solo journey travelling around the world on a 500cc Triumph Tiger 100 motorcycle. His book, Jupiters Travels has inspired many overlanders).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Simon Can you believe it......a friend request from the Godfather of Motorcycle Overlanding! I better get my act together a bit now! never heard of him Quote
Tiggie Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Is that the bloke that went on a bike ride with the Scottish guy from star wars? Quote
Mawsley Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 All I know is that you can never trust someone who has two forenames and no surname. Quote
Six30 Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Is that the bloke that went on a bike ride with the Scottish guy from star wars? na ..your getting mixed up , didn't he ride the fasten Indian.. Quote
bonio Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 I've heard of him, mate. I've even read his book. It was ok.Don't have the book any more, mind. Quote
Guest Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Is that the bloke that went on a bike ride with the Scottish guy from star wars? He's a FB friend as well actually! Quote
Mickly Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 All I know is that you can never trust someone who has two forenames and no surname. I was expounding that theory with a couple of the team at work once, complaining about a guy called Simon Craig, said that his parents did it on purpose just to confuse people & he continued to do so in the work place ...... They just stared at me ... Then I twigged ..... their names were Julie Duncan & Mark Simon ..... whoops Quote
fastbob Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 ......after a lifetime of service to Namby-Pamby Motorcycling! Because I got a Friend Request on FaceBook.........from TED SIMON! (In 1973, sponsored by The Sunday Times, journalist Ted Simon began a 4-year, 64,000 mile solo journey travelling around the world on a 500cc Triumph Tiger 100 motorcycle. His book, Jupiters Travels has inspired many overlanders).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Simon Can you believe it......a friend request from the Godfather of Motorcycle Overlanding! I better get my act together a bit now! never heard of himhdP8nOA.gif This time I will completely set aside my loathing of GIFs because this one hits the nail firmly on the head . Quote
fastbob Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Is that the bloke that went on a bike ride with the Scottish guy from star wars? He's a FB friend as well actually! No that would be the goggle eyed self promoting non entity known as Charlie Boorman . Quote
fastbob Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Is that the bloke that went on a bike ride with the Scottish guy from star wars? na ..your getting mixed up , didn't he ride the fasten Indian.. You're thinking of Anthony Hopkins who was in Psycho . Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Is that the bloke that went on a bike ride with the Scottish guy from star wars? He's a FB friend as well actually! No that would be the goggle eyed self promoting non entity known as Charlie Boorman . Now there's someone with an appropriate name. Quote
fastbob Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Here we go . https://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=66442&p=1031666&hilit=India#p1031666 Quote
MarkW Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Best one I ever heard of was Randy Sarah Two of my favourites both work at the same lab in India that we occasionally do some work with: one is Raja Ramjeet, which I assumed was the Indian equivalent of Roger Ramjet (hero of our nation) and the other is Matilda Shithut. Quote
Bianco2564 Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 He was probably trying to hit the block or delete button but pressed friend instead. You know what old folk with tech are like. Quote
fastbob Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Is that the bloke that went on a bike ride with the Scottish guy from star wars? He's a FB friend as well actually! The bike is in Coventry Transport Museum . Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 Is that the bloke that went on a bike ride with the Scottish guy from star wars? He's a FB friend as well actually! The bike is in Coventry Transport Museum . There's another one then in the Scottish Transport Museum in Glasgow. I suppose one from the Long Way Round and the other from the South Africa run. Quote
fastbob Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 He's a FB friend as well actually! The bike is in Coventry Transport Museum . There's another one then in the Scottish Transport Museum in Glasgow. I suppose one from the Long Way Round and the other from the South Africa run. I was referring to Ted Simon's Jupiter that resides in Coventry Transport Museum . Quote
Copycat73 Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 Never heard of him .. perhaps he can be friends with Ewan and Charlie .... the conceit is large with them also.. Quote
Mawsley Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 Never heard of him .. perhaps he can be friends with Ewan and Charlie You must have heard of Xtreme?You'll know him from his posts like "This wouldn't have happened if Six had got the mod gig", "This wouldn't have happened if Six had got the mod gig", and "This wouldn't have happened if Six had got the mod gig". Quote
Mawsley Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 Never heard of him .. perhaps he can be friends with Ewan and Charlie You must have heard of Xtreme?You'll know him from his posts like "This wouldn't have happened if 6 'ad gut da mod gigg", "This wouldn't have happened if 6 'ad gut da mod gigg", and "This wouldn't have happened if 6 'ad gut da mod gigg". Quote
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