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Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, may I present my Kismet Popular pump, inherited from my Dad, age unknown (60+ years?) but works great. Made in UK (back when we actually made things).... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Are you ready for a look at John Richardson in the bath? You may need to turn the sound on this tweet/X vid. Alternate title: How Rishi Sunak made some of his millions. (a s̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶l̶y̶ ... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() My multibike policy is due in about 3 weeks but I hadn't heard anything from Bikesure so I emailed them (didn't respond) so I called them. £295 for 2 bikes (they are now with Aviva). I told them... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() For the last few days I have been getting a sporadic "content encoding error" message (I think that's what it says - I mean to screen grab it but keep forgetting). It has done it today. Anyone else... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Replies: 4
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![]() Welcome! I know nothing about restricted bikes - who checks to see if they are restricted or not? I'm guessing the restricted ECU looks like the unrestricted one so couldn't you switch labels... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Well... ...at one point there's a car chase with time moving in one direction for the good guys and it moving in the opposite direction for the bad guys and wait till you see a battle going on with... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 6,444
Views: 3,042,606
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![]() "Tenet" (the film). I have now seen it twice and I think another 3 or 4 times and I may be able to keep up with the plot. I have the overall gist but get a bit baffled in the last 20 mins. It's a... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() I did an oil change on the GSX-8S and found an annoyance. The clutch is so close to the filler plug that a funnel won't stay in place. I thought: "why doesn't anyone make a screw-in funnel that... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 6,444
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![]() Congratulations on the new bike! Isn't there a USB port on the left side of the dash cluster for your satnav? |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() Unfortunately, her latest travels have ended with a crash in Tanzania. She broke her collarbone, flew back to the Netherlands, had surgery where they punctured her lung! She is already planning... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Some people are leaders some are followers. I'm a follower. My riding friend often suggests a destination and I let him lead. When there's nothing in front he drives at, or close to, the speed... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Replies: 3
Views: 205
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![]() There are some topics that I have stored in my brain that I carry along with me confident in the veracity of my thoughts. Then I verbalise them to someone and my firmly entrenched foundations are... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Views: 327
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![]() The reason given for the installation is: “having a higher-than-average number of collisions resulting in personal injury.” When you leave WW and head towards Market Rasen the road is straight... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2024/may/willingham-woods-speed-cameras-still-not-switched-on/ The road from Louth to Market Rasen has (or had) a 60mph speed limit. Starting last year they... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Seeker
![]() or just keep the Solvol handy... https://i.ibb.co/0mh3R6M/Header2.jpg ... and apply often. |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() I doubt whether it will affect me (age) but it still is hard to imagine. https://www.visordown.com/news/industry/petrol-motorcycle-sales-ban-expcected-2024 |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() My BSA Goldstar 650 owning friend suggested riding to Sportsbikeshop for "a look" (we have been there before). It proved expensive. I didn't have to buy a new helmet, but I did, a Shoei NXR2. ... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Replies: 4
Views: 377
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![]() My first RAF posting was to RAF North Luffenham which is on the edge of Rutland Water or the Empingham reservoir as it was known when I arrived (they had just started filling it). The base, (which... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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Replies: 2
Views: 358
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![]() "The Missenden Flyer" did a review of the Honda CB650R with E-Clutch but had so many questions from viewers he did a second video answering them via demonstrations:... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Replies: 9
Views: 729
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![]() It's a tough call but to protect against authoritarianism you need a functioning democracy and if only 1 in 5 people are voting it's not functioning as it should. We live in a society which protects... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() A talented, funny ventriloquism act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=909fzBZTbvA |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Views: 729
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![]() Then add: "None of the above" or "Abstain" on the ballot papers. I suspect more people don't vote through apathy rather than making a political statement. |
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