Summer rider only?

[Sid Squid]

Devon Council know all about you.

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[D4rkr34per]

Haha, that was very good :)

[thulfi]

Gd stuff. Nothing like a clear crispy winters day ride.

Rain is bollox to be fair though.

[paiste]

Excellent. Nice to see a council with a sense of humour! A valid point being made too.

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[Milky Bar Kid]

I liked that! Made me smile!

[Ed]

I was waiting for a car to pull out with blood and guts everywhere[-o< But the point is subtle, really well made:D

[-Ralph-]

-Ralph- is another slightly older male.

He inhabits the middle England shires, north of Northampton.

An area reknowned for the intelligence displayed by the native species, such a Lady Diana Spencer

Here, unlike Devon they have fewer crystal clear winter days, sporting such clean dry roads.

-Ralph- keeps two motorbikes, one suited to that sporty summer road riding, and another off road bike more suited to "Green Laning", a more rugged and muddy method of exploring the countryside.

Now, in the depths of Winter, his road bike has indeed been groomed, read a bedtime story, and tucked away to hibernate.

The off road bike is much better suited to roads in Northamptonshire, during the dead of winter.

-Ralph-, being a species who very much enjoys green laning, is often hit with waves of excitement during winter, when it often seems that he has found an endless network of muddy, slimely, gravelly green lanes to explore, but alas, he soon realises, that this is simply the same network of country roads, that would be covered in clean, grippy tarmac, during the summer season.

-Ralph- looks forward to the start of spring, when the roads are once again dry and clean, and it is at this time, his sporty road bike, will finally wake from it's winter slumber.

-Ralph- doesn't think any less of those who only ride in the summer however, many have neither the means nor the space for two motorbikes, and he knows how it feels to see the tarnish on the bikes finish, following winter rides, when after only 50 miles, it ends up looking like this.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/colinbal4/SNC00197.jpg

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/colinbal4/SNC00196.jpg

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/colinbal4/SNC00200.jpg

[carelesschucca]

You know Ralphy boy people would think you loved your bike with the amount of pictures you post of it on this forum...

All I want to know is where do you talk about your wife? :)

[dawn07]

Good one! Enjoyed that:cool:

[-Ralph-]

You know Ralphy boy people would think you loved your bike with the amount of pictures you post of it on this forum...

All I want to know is where do you talk about your wife? :)

Think you must have me confused with someone else mate, other than the thread I posted when I bought it, which was a library picture 'cos I didn't have it yet, and my avatar, I don't think I've put any pics of the Daytona on the forum.

And I always talk about my wife, just that most of it is derogatory :p

Still, to show devotion to my beautiful wife and child, I've changed my avatar. How's that? ;-)

[carelesschucca]

Still, to show devotion to my beautiful wife and child, I've changed my avatar. How's that? ;-)

Awh!!! :smt060

sorry for derailment

[Reeder]

Still, to show devotion to my beautiful wife and child, I've changed my avatar. How's that? ;-)


Get the bike back;)





















Just kidding :)

[SoulKiss]

Still, to show devotion to my beautiful wife and child, I've changed my avatar. How's that? ;-)

I think he was looking for a pic from about 9 months and 10 seconds before your child was born :)

[Specialone]

Thats a nice looking drz there as well Col, shame there is a daytona dominating the picture.

[-Ralph-]

I think he was looking for a pic from about 9 months and 10 seconds before your child was born :)

It only takes me ten seconds, so he wants to see me naked? :smt104

[ravingdavis]

He wants to see me naked? :smt104

Oh please God no!

[-Ralph-]

Oh please God no!

Q. Best burglar deterrent ever?
A. Don't wear pyjamas!

[Reeder]

Q. Best burglar deterrent ever?
A. Don't wear pyjamas!

What do you wear to bed then if you don't wear pyjamas?

[-Ralph-]

What do you wear to bed then if you don't wear pyjamas?

With your reputation, I'm not sure I should answer that question, you might appear one dark evening ;)

[Speedy Claire]

Ahem... lovely video, really enjoyed it (the council one not the one of a naked Ralph) :D

And I love the new avatar Ralph, lovely pic

[-Ralph-]

Ahem... lovely video, really enjoyed it (the council one not the one of a naked Ralph)

There's a video of a naked Ralph? :shock:

[yorkie_chris]

-Ralph- doesn't think any less of those who only ride in the summer however, many have neither the means nor the space for two motorbikes, and he knows how it feels to see the tarnish on the bikes finish, following winter rides, when after only 50 miles, it ends up looking like this.

Is it just some mad perversion I have that I love bikes looking like that?

I love the look of the 24hr du mans cars at the end too when they're scraped and covered in bugs and such, or the dakar bikes and cars when they've got 2" of sand on them :smt040

[-Ralph-]

Is it just some mad perversion I have that I love bikes looking like that?

I love the XT looking like that, but it's supposed to...

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/colinbal4/Green%20Laning/SNC00008.jpg

[andrewsmith]

Just watched the Vid looks like a few lads I know. This give me a chuckle

Is it just some mad perversion I have that I love bikes looking like that?

I love the look of the 24hr du mans cars at the end too when they're scraped and covered in bugs and such, or the dakar bikes and cars when they've got 2" of sand on them :smt040

Chris you mean like....

http://www.motorsport.com/photos/lemans/2009/24h/lemans-2009-24h-eg-1106.jpg


Just joshing everyone to their own mines always semi clean. I know the appeal of the ran le mans cars and rally cars I'm attracted to the look of the war wounds, a crashed F1 car looks like a bust white good TBH