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Chris_SVS
01-09-17, 08:04 AM
This

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Sir Trev
01-09-17, 08:42 AM
Nice pic Chris - I'd smile if I saw that too.




My sourire de jour (smile of the day) is IT'S MY LAST DAY on my current contract. Six months has flown past and I'm looking forward to a bit of a rest. Hopefully I can get something lined up soon but if it takes a few weeks I won't be sorry.

Chris_SVS
01-09-17, 11:57 AM
Nothing wrong with taking a short break, I'm waiting patiently to be told to empty locker/hand pass in so I can load the bike up and disappear for a few weeks. Won't really know more for a couple of months, bags aren't packed yet :p

DarrenSV650S
01-09-17, 02:35 PM
I'm off work for two weeks! :riding: \\:D/

Sir Trev
01-09-17, 05:24 PM
Had a first round telephone interview this afternoon so it may be a shorter break than I thought. Will find out on Monday if I get through to the next round.

Heorot
01-09-17, 10:20 PM
Bananaman, Bibio, I have driven those roads in the highlands when I lived in Edinburgh. I have also driven on roads in rural New York State and Pennsylvania. The US roads were worse.

SV650rules
02-09-17, 08:40 AM
Bananaman, Bibio, I have driven those roads in the highlands when I lived in Edinburgh. I have also driven on roads in rural New York State and Pennsylvania. The US roads were worse.

My experience of Scotlands roads (in a car) are that they are pretty fantastic compared to our English roads, I have not driven in USA for may years now so cannot comment on state of theirs nowadays.

As I said before, more than a few roads in Shropshire and around are nominally tarmac but with grass and gravel in the centre and certainly not wide enough for a car and a motorbike to pass, but you are more likely to meet a tractor than a car. I stopped using 'shortest route' option on my satnav many years ago as it will happily send you down those back roads.

Chris_SVS
02-09-17, 10:24 AM
For a few mins the tarmac was all mine, then got too rough to play on :(

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Littlepeahead
02-09-17, 08:59 PM
As I said before, more than a few roads in Shropshire and around are nominally tarmac but with grass and gravel in the centre and certainly not wide enough for a car and a motorbike to pass, but you are more likely to meet a tractor than a car. I stopped using 'shortest route' option on my satnav many years ago as it will happily send you down those back roads.[/QUOTE]

We've got plenty of those sort of roads in Essex and I generally take those rather than the main roads. Then again I have a GS not an SV these days.

Recently did a road trip in a car in Oregon and California. Highway 1 was fun in places, but much of the time the roads were straight, wide, boring and flat. The interesting passes seem to be closed most of the year and when they do open they are full of road works and people driving massive slow RVs. Thailand has far more interesting routes.

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DomP
02-09-17, 09:03 PM
Those are most roads in Herefordshire

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SV650rules
03-09-17, 08:07 AM
but much of the time the roads were straight, wide, boring and flat.

Proper Harley-D roads then ---------

Those are most roads in Herefordshire

I sort of included Herefordshire, as we are neighbours --- went down some of your roads in the car last week around Shobdon, had to breathe in a few times to let other vehicles past.

Chris_SVS
04-09-17, 05:48 PM
New helmet day. Bit of faff fitting the Sena as it's a stick once job so hopefully the angle is right.

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DomP
04-09-17, 07:47 PM
Proper Harley-D roads then ---------



I sort of included Herefordshire, as we are neighbours --- went down some of your roads in the car last week around Shobdon, had to breathe in a few times to let other vehicles past.Ah Shobdon is just a few miles from me in Kington

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Littlepeahead
07-09-17, 09:11 PM
Some days the best part of my job comes about because of the saddest circumstances. Allan, 54, terminal cancer, probably won't make it to next spring. His fiancee wrote to MCC reception to say top of Allan's bucket list is to get Sir Ian Botham's autograph. They are coming to the Test. Can anyone help? The email was forwarded to me. Sky Sports were accommodating as always, and Sir Ian didn't just quickly do an autograph, he invited Allan into the studio to watch a few overs with him. He left Lord's a very happy man.

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Chris_SVS
08-09-17, 05:40 PM
I think the cat is broken, his sister doesn't do this

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Teejayexc
08-09-17, 07:17 PM
Some days the best part of my job comes about because of the saddest circumstances. Allan, 54, terminal cancer, probably won't make it to next spring. His fiancee wrote to MCC reception to say top of Allan's bucket list is to get Sir Ian Botham's autograph. They are coming to the Test. Can anyone help? The email was forwarded to me. Sky Sports were accommodating as always, and Sir Ian didn't just quickly do an autograph, he invited Allan into the studio to watch a few overs with him. He left Lord's a very happy man.

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Well done to Ian, and indeed, you for helping to organise.

Ps. Did I catch a glimpse of you on the box when the England lads were warming up before the game yesterday?

Littlepeahead
08-09-17, 09:19 PM
Quite probably, I'm usually on the pitch before the start.

Today's smile was taking photos of our chief exec presenting a cake to Henry Blofeld that was meant to look like a bat. Unfortunately it was more flesh than willow coloured, not really apparent from this photo, and with a short ribbed bat grip some of us thought it looked more like a dildo than a bat, including Swanny who got a fit of the giggles on air and was mouthing the word 'c0ck cake' at me as I tried too take photos and remain professional. I did not make this cake!



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Sir Trev
09-09-17, 07:40 AM
Perhaps they SHOULD have got you to make the cake...

Sir Trev
09-09-17, 03:56 PM
Had to smile today, after I calmed down a bit.

Have been cleaning out the pond and as I delved down to pick out the bricks the waterlily basket rests on something shot out of the water and for a moment my imagination thought it was a piranha out for my jugular. I will admit to exclaiming a few profanities as I fell backwards in my haste to retreat. The frog just sat on the edge boards looking very unimpressed at being disturbed before jumping back in.

Took me ages to catch the little so-and-so to prevent a repeat occurrence. All done now and as I sat back on the patio with a cuppa there was a distinct "plop" as residence was resumed. Oddly, as I was about to put the decanted water back in, I realised there was a second frog in there, hiding in a fold of the flexible liner, but that one was obviously a bit more laid back at my antics.

BanannaMan
10-09-17, 01:10 AM
Hurricane Irma will pass far enough west of where I am that we will not be impacted by the damaging winds.
Still calling for up to 5 inches of rain here Monday night and Tuesday but we can handle that.

Sir Trev
13-09-17, 09:04 PM
I'm employed again. Have only been off for just over a week this time, which is a bit nicer than the three months it took last time.

Luckypants
14-09-17, 09:13 AM
Just taxed our little car for the first time (taxed by dealer last year). £20! Probably the least I've ever paid in VED.

I also have a smug smile that this car was bought before the VED changes brought in last April.

Chris_SVS
15-09-17, 12:21 PM
Sometimes I just entertain myself then had a little exhaust off with a fellow motorcyclerist I met in Argos.

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Teejayexc
15-09-17, 05:31 PM
Sometimes I just entertain myself ......

Toooooo much information!

Chris_SVS
15-09-17, 06:23 PM
Toooooo much information!
:p

Littlepeahead
15-09-17, 06:24 PM
My beloved Essex County Cricket Club have just won the Division 1 championship for the first time in a quarter of a century. So happy for them.

And I spent today at a conference. Some of it was a bit technical and dull but the location and journey up there more than made up for it.

It was at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

I avoided the M11 and took some interesting back roads. Then had a tour inside a Lancaster Bomber before watching the Spitfire and Messerschmitt (I think) take to the skies - a glorious sound.

Tough day at work - not!


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maviczap
15-09-17, 06:53 PM
Blimey tough day indeed.

My youngest has been there, but I haven't yet. Must make amends

Maybe an EAR rideout.?

Sir Trev
15-09-17, 08:47 PM
Been years since I went there - great day out as I recall.

Speaking of which... Taking advantage of my last day of freedom before new contract kicks Lady Poppy and I headed in to that London and spent a happy few hours in the Pink Floyd exhibition at the V&A. Lots of memorabilia and backstage info going right back to their early years ad well as props and reconstructions. Well worth a day out but you've only got a month before it ends. Only took my compact camera with me and I'm too knackered to upload them tonight but hopefully I'll have a mad looking school teacher to add to the photo thread when I do get round to it.

Littlepeahead
15-09-17, 09:15 PM
I MUST get along to see this, have a photographer mate who wants to go, it's just finding time.

I'm off to see Tom Hiddleston in Hamlet at a tiny theatre tomorrow night, a RADA fundraiser directed by Kenneth Branagh, only 150 seats. Then Monday night I've managed to get last minute tickets to see Olivia Colman in Mosquitoes at the National. It's had very good reviews but has been totally sold out.

Two good actors in productions very different from The Night Manager, Broadchurch or running around being god of mischief Loki.

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Red ones
15-09-17, 09:52 PM
I've been to B&Q looking for a mechanical fixing. You know, nails, panel pins, bolts that sort of thing. I may be in my 40's but I still find knob screws amusing.

Sir Trev
16-09-17, 10:19 AM
I may be in my 40's but I still find knob screws amusing.

Mind, gutter, tut!

Red ones
16-09-17, 10:29 AM
Come on. You thought it too!

Sir Trev
16-09-17, 04:17 PM
Er, well, might have done....

shiftin_gear98
16-09-17, 07:04 PM
Inspired by LPH, and as it's only 25 mins down the road. Great to see the Spitfire practicing for the upcoming airshow. What a noise! BRRAAPPP. Very impressive watching the barrel rolls in the rain.
And yes I know that's not a Spitfire. But anything that can go mach 3.. Damn.

maviczap
16-09-17, 08:45 PM
Inspired by LPH, and as it's only 25 mins down the road. Great to see the Spitfire practicing for the upcoming airshow. What a noise! BRRAAPPP. Very impressive watching the barrel rolls in the rain.
And yes I know that's not a Spitfire. But anything that can go mach 3.. Damn.

There's a great story about a blackbird pilot playing a game of one upmanship with other pilots who are talking to air traffic control, each one broadcast's their speed over land, one after the other with increasing speed until the blackbird pilot broadcast's his!

Don't know if it's a true story, but it was funny.

I'll see if I can find it

shiftin_gear98
16-09-17, 09:47 PM
There was a guide telling a facts about the blackbird. How they only just put enough full in it to take off as when it's on the ground it leaks. It had to be designed to stretch. All the panels and threads are a loose fit. Once in the air it's fuelled up. Then swoops down and picks up speed to mach 3. The heat generated turns the black body blue and the fuselage stretches a yard. Pretty clever engineering. He also said how in active service one was fired upon with a missile. The air tower informed the pilot who looked out of his window and matched the missiles speed keeping it the same distance away until it used it's fuel and fell away.
Had a good day out.

Littlepeahead
16-09-17, 10:32 PM
Tom Hiddleston. In very tight jeans. And a body hugging T shirt. In a theatre so tiny he was just a few feet away. That's my kind of Shakespeare. Aside from the obvious drool factor that you chaps really won't appreciate, it was actually an excellent production. Very different to Cumberbatch at the Barbican. Hiddleston flipped from funny to fraught, with believable grief. The graveside was injected with humour and he even disco danced.

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Sir Trev
17-09-17, 07:19 AM
There's a great story about a blackbird pilot playing a game of one upmanship with other pilots who are talking to air traffic control, each one broadcast's their speed over land, one after the other with increasing speed until the blackbird pilot broadcast's his!

Don't know if it's a true story, but it was funny.

I'll see if I can find it

Do a YouTube search on LA Speed Check. Excellent clip from an ex-SR71 pilot. On my tablet right now so difficult to copy and paste it.


Hope you've recovered now Clare...

maviczap
17-09-17, 07:47 AM
Yep that's the one :D

SV650rules
17-09-17, 10:28 AM
The Americans first attempts at spy plane were a flop and they used English Electric Canberra for quite a while as it could get to over 60,000 feet, they then came up with the U2 which is more like a glider than a plane (needs the long wings because there isn't much air when you get to around 70,000 feet) but better Russian Surface to air missiles soon put paid to that - then the Blackbird came along, IIRC a blackbird was once close to being downed by a SAM but the explosion was too far from plane apparently.

Bit of trivia about Honda Blackbird, the Hyabusa is a Japanese Hawk that preys on Blackbirds - someone at Suzuki had a sense of humour.

Sir Trev
17-09-17, 12:03 PM
Spitfire and Hurricane in D-Day markings just skimmed my house on their way in for a low-level pass over Hughenden Manor. I never have my camera with me for moments like that but it was a glorious sight and sound.

They're having a 40's weekend ay The Manor and we can hear their PA and big band music very clearly from a mile away. Formerly the residence of Victorian PM Benjamin Disraeli it was used in WW2 by the Mapmakers who received reconnaissance photos and made maps for Bomber Command, based just another mile further from Trev Towers. Pardon me boy, is that the Chattenooga choo choo...

Littlepeahead
17-09-17, 02:27 PM
A couple whizzed over Lord's earlier too.

Littlepeahead
17-09-17, 02:28 PM
Do a YouTube search on LA Speed Check. Excellent clip from an ex-SR71 pilot. On my tablet right now so difficult to copy and paste it.


Hope you've recovered now Clare...

I would feel a lot better if there hadn't been an hour's delay to get a train last night and then no taxis at the station. The play finished at 10.25, I got home at 1.15 and had to be up again early for work this morning.

Sir Trev
17-09-17, 04:17 PM
Fairly sure when I was in London on Friday we passed some buildings called hotels... I know it makes the night out a bit more expensive but with the trek you have to get home it would have been worth it.

Teejayexc
17-09-17, 05:39 PM
Do a YouTube search on LA Speed Check. Excellent clip from an ex-SR71 pilot. On my tablet right now so difficult to copy and paste it.


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:thumright::thumright::thumright:

Littlepeahead
17-09-17, 07:25 PM
Fairly sure when I was in London on Friday we passed some buildings called hotels... I know it makes the night out a bit more expensive but with the trek you have to get home it would have been worth it.Hotels in London cost around £200 per night or more, and that's a Travelodge. It should only take me an hour to get home from Holborn. The theatre tickets were £200, plus dinner, drinks, taxi.

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Sir Trev
17-09-17, 08:22 PM
Kings Cross Travelodge for tomorrow night is £90 for single occupancy, cheaper if you book in advance. This coming Friday is £80. Sometimes it's worth it.

Littlepeahead
18-09-17, 07:15 AM
On this occasion I needed the car on Sunday to get to work and transport a painting and Stu needed it Saturday night. I could have stated with my friend had it not been for that.

Unfortunately when I stay in hotels my insomnia is even worse than at home. I often don't sleep at all. I used to stay in town when I had early starts at work but now I don't bother as I was finding I got less sleep than just getting up really early.

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Littlepeahead
18-09-17, 09:22 AM
On this occasion I needed the car on Sunday to get to work and transport a painting and Stu needed it Saturday night. I could have stayed with my friend had it not been for that.

Unfortunately when I stay in hotels my insomnia is even worse than at home. I often don't sleep at all. I used to stay in town when I had early starts at work but now I don't bother as I was finding I got less sleep than just getting up really early.

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Littlepeahead
22-09-17, 07:36 PM
It's Friday, I have a nice glass of red wine and this...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170922/ea67849855058fe565b0903dc676de8d.jpg

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punyXpress
22-09-17, 08:05 PM
You'll be swinging from the chandeliers! :drunken:

Bibio
23-09-17, 05:43 PM
halal butcher. i have previously used the one round the corner from me for spices and stuff but today i took a gamble and got some chicken breast from them. well i can say that i will NEVER buy chicken from chain stores again. the quality was top notch and the price was half that of supermarket stinking pre packed stuff, its not just the breast which is huge but it also contains the mini fillet as well. the shrinkage was what you would expect from real chicken and about 1/4 if your lucky unlike the water injected rubbish you get in chain stores which shrinks to fek all.

as for the moral of halal meats then all i can say is that i'm not a religious person so dont care two feks if the animal has had a prayer said over it before slaughter or how its slaughtered.

forgot to ask if they sell mutton but will ask next time i'm in :-)

maviczap
23-09-17, 06:29 PM
The chicken from my local butcher is the same. The supermarket stuff is pumped full of water to make it look big, but as soon as you start to cook it, all the water ****es out.

So instead of fry the chicken it's boiled and shrunk, rather than browning in the pan and improving the flavour of your dish.

Same goes for his pork pies, crispy case and pink not grey meat.

ophic
23-09-17, 06:39 PM
as for the moral of halal meats then all i can say is that i'm not a religious person so dont care two feks if the animal has had a prayer said over it before slaughter or how its slaughtered.

forgot to ask if they sell mutton but will ask next time i'm in :-)

Halal slaughter method isn't very humane. Whether you eat meat or not, you really should care about how it's slaughtered.

Bibio
23-09-17, 06:41 PM
i have tried the local butcher for chicken and while its the same quality as the halal stuff its double the price. i boil my chicken with stock cubes then use the stock to make gravy. i would use my local butcher all the time if i could afford to but his prices are stupid.

Bibio
23-09-17, 06:54 PM
when it comes down to it any slaughtering is not humane. the rearing and well being before slaughter is more important.

how was livestock slaughtered before the 'bolt'.. most people that rave on about how animals are dispatched have never actually done it let alone gutted and skinned an animal. its a weird feeling wringing a chickens neck.

ophic
23-09-17, 08:50 PM
Does it matter? If you want to eat meat, you have to kill the animal. All that really counts is that you don't cause any more suffering than you have to. How is what happened before relevant?

DuncanC
24-09-17, 03:03 PM
Just back from the Oxford Distinguished Gentleman's Ride. Tootling around Oxford with 400 odd like minded individuals. You could say it holds the traffic up but in Oxford the council have years more experience at doing that.

Sir Trev
24-09-17, 06:13 PM
Lovely day out on the bike taking pics of odd and shiny things.

littleoldman2
24-09-17, 08:04 PM
Had a great day out with a friend round the Yorkshire dales and the North Pennines. Been ages since I've been out for a full day on the Street as the wife stayed home. Hawes was very crowded so he took us to the Wensleydale creamery for our tea / pee stop and I came home with very nice cheese.

Stingo
25-09-17, 12:59 PM
Me and the missus started going to 'Rockfit'. The sense of euphoria afterwards was totally unexpected. The level of breathlessness, subsequent aches & pains (arthritic knees), profuse sweating wasn't. If you like rock and need to get fit(ish) give it go. Sounds this week were Scorpions, Asia, Alice cooper, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Korn and lots of others. Best Saturday morning I've had in ages.

Littlepeahead
25-09-17, 02:50 PM
Had a great day out with a friend round the Yorkshire dales and the North Pennines. Been ages since I've been out for a full day on the Street as the wife stayed home. Hawes was very crowded so he took us to the Wensleydale creamery for our tea / pee stop and I came home with very nice cheese.The tasting room there is marvellous.

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DarrenSV650S
25-09-17, 02:51 PM
Me and the missus started going to 'Rockfit'. The sense of euphoria afterwards was totally unexpected. The level of breathlessness, subsequent aches & pains (arthritic knees), profuse sweating wasn't. If you like rock and need to get fit(ish) give it go. Sounds this week were Scorpions, Asia, Alice cooper, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Korn and lots of others. Best Saturday morning I've had in ages.




That sounds really fun. I'd like to get in to climbing

Chris_SVS
25-09-17, 03:47 PM
Bike trousers that fit (JTS)

Sir Trev
25-09-17, 05:08 PM
Me and the missus started going to 'Rockfit'. The sense of euphoria afterwards was totally unexpected.

I get that feeling too but the rock usually says "Blackpool" all the way through it and it's probably more of a sugar rush than euphoria to be honest :D.

garynortheast
25-09-17, 05:29 PM
Me and the missus started going to 'Rockfit'. The sense of euphoria afterwards was totally unexpected.

That's part of why I run. All those endorphins......

Bibio
28-09-17, 12:50 PM
jumped on the scales today and i'm back down to 'my' ideal weight 10st. i was 13st this time last year :-)

andrewsmith
28-09-17, 01:14 PM
Well done mate

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garynortheast
28-09-17, 09:34 PM
Well done Lance!

DomP
28-09-17, 10:45 PM
Well done but how does that affect your spring rates now?

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DomP
28-09-17, 10:47 PM
Ahhh...I presume your springs were suited to your new weight previously.

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ophic
29-09-17, 08:23 AM
jumped on the scales today and i'm back down to 'my' ideal weight 10st. i was 13st this time last year :-)
I bet you lost it all in one go when Bambi jumped out :p

maviczap
29-09-17, 07:52 PM
The Post Mistress at my local post office used to be the receptionist at my dentists.

She had to phone a PO help desk to sort out a problem with some foreign currency I'd ordered.

During the conversation she referred to me as ' The patient' and had to quickly say ' The customer'

Made me smile. :p

Sir Trev
29-09-17, 09:44 PM
The Post Mistress at my local post office used to be the receptionist at my dentists.

She had to phone a PO help desk to sort out a problem with some foreign currency I'd ordered.

During the conversation she referred to me as ' The patient' and had to quickly say ' The customer'

Made me smile. :p

Snigger.

Sir Trev
30-09-17, 03:08 PM
The munchkin and her boyfriend are with us this weekend and we had a stroll through the woods nearby to a jolly nice pub for lunch. They were delighted to find I had the Geocaching app on my phone and the four of us had a great hour running around trying to find the four locations nearby. We all got one of them. Hoorah.

Littlepeahead
01-10-17, 11:38 AM
Going to an orger shindig last night and having a good catch up. I baked chocolate cupcakes, apple and almond cake, took some cheese, and home made quince paste and hot but sweet chilli jelly. All that was left by the end of the night were a few crumbs and cheese rinds, always a good sign.

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BanannaMan
02-10-17, 02:45 AM
Global warming at it's best.
Lovely warm sunny day for a rideout!
Made the 100+ mile trip to my favorite biker pub for pizza.
Had lunch with the owner, an old schoolmate and former GF.
Had quite a good time and the pizza is 'to die for'.
Usually it's cold and rainy in October so a rare treat to enjoy summer like weather this time of year. :)

Bri w
02-10-17, 09:45 PM
Only 74 days to retirement!

Bibio
02-10-17, 09:54 PM
Only 74 days to retirement!

whhhaaaattt.. your not that old ;)

Bri w
02-10-17, 10:18 PM
whhhaaaattt.. your not that old ;)

59 in a few weeks Bib

Bibio
02-10-17, 10:21 PM
so its early retirement.. well done :-)

andrewsmith
02-10-17, 11:40 PM
Enjoy Bri. Teeside or the sun next

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Geodude
03-10-17, 07:00 AM
Get them feet up Bri, all that spare time to fill with a bit of motorcycling ;)

maviczap
03-10-17, 02:56 PM
Only 74 days to retirement!

Lucky barsteward :-P

Only 4 and bit years for me

shiftin_gear98
03-10-17, 03:28 PM
Only far far far too long for me! 24 years and counting.


Enjoy.

DarrenSV650S
03-10-17, 04:06 PM
35+ years for me. I really don't want to do that tbh lol

littleoldman2
03-10-17, 04:16 PM
Nice one Bri :rave:

35+ years for me. I really don't want to do that tbh lol I wouldn't mind having a few more to go:p

BanannaMan
04-10-17, 10:40 AM
The. countdown is on!
Congrats Bri !

Littlepeahead
05-10-17, 07:26 PM
My manager comes to work on a 1963 Lambretta. Tonight we were going to a leaving do so when I said I keep a spare helmet in the office and for once was wearing trousers he offered me a lift.

No mirrors, no indicators, the lovely smell of two stroke oil. I enjoyed it so much he gave me a lift to Kings Cross through Regent's Park with a beautiful full moon to get home too. Our colleagues were laughing at the pair of us clambering on to his little scooter outside the pub. It was fun though.

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Bri w
06-10-17, 11:42 AM
Enjoy Bri. Teeside or the sun next

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We'll be permanently in Spain from mid Feb... and I have the nod from the Doc and the Treasurer to return to bikes...

Bri w
06-10-17, 11:43 AM
My manager comes to work on a 1963 Lambretta. Tonight we were going to a leaving do so when I said I keep a spare helmet in the office and for once was wearing trousers he offered me a lift.

No mirrors, no indicators, the lovely smell of two stroke oil. I enjoyed it so much he gave me a lift to Kings Cross through Regent's Park with a beautiful full moon to get home too. Our colleagues were laughing at the pair of us clambering on to his little scooter outside the pub. It was fun though.

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I don't know why but there's just something so quaint about zipping around town on a scooter.

andrewsmith
06-10-17, 12:56 PM
We'll be permanently in Spain from mid Feb... and I have the nod from the Doc and the Treasurer to return to bikes...Excellent!!
Get a restoration project too

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Sir Trev
06-10-17, 05:16 PM
I don't know why but there's just something so quaint about zipping around town on a scooter.

This. Utterly rubbish usually out on the twisty roads so a bit single purpose for me.

Chris_SVS
06-10-17, 05:22 PM
My manager comes to work on a 1963 Lambretta. Tonight we were going to a leaving do so when I said I keep a spare helmet in the office and for once was wearing trousers he offered me a lift.

No mirrors, no indicators, the lovely smell of two stroke oil. I enjoyed it so much he gave me a lift to Kings Cross through Regent's Park with a beautiful full moon to get home too. Our colleagues were laughing at the pair of us clambering on to his little scooter outside the pub. It was fun though.

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Made me smile :p

punyXpress
06-10-17, 07:02 PM
This. Utterly rubbish usually out on the twisty roads so a bit single purpose for me.
Should try doing Exeter and Lands End Trials on one!

littleoldman2
06-10-17, 08:23 PM
We'll be permanently in Spain from mid Feb... and I have the nod from the Doc and the Treasurer to return to bikes...

WooHoo, What are you getting then:D

Bri w
06-10-17, 09:28 PM
WooHoo, What are you getting then:D

Thinking of a Triumph America...

Chris_SVS
07-10-17, 03:30 PM
Heated grips, they're a life changer

littleoldman2
07-10-17, 03:31 PM
Very nice SIII has one and he loves it.

Sir Trev
07-10-17, 09:14 PM
Very nice SIII has one and he loves it.

Ask him how he fared against a cement truck on it...