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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 15-12-23, 12:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,244
Posted By keith_d
Re: Nightmare rides

I've worked in Nigeria and it's an interesting place. We paid a local company to take care of our people and us westerners weren't allowed out without our local minders/drivers.

Armed guards...
Forum: Idle Banter 11-06-23, 07:57 PM
Replies: 6,385
Views: 1,464,368
Posted By keith_d
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

Just over 50 miles on the pushbike today. Washed my car too. Fit for nothing now.
Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 05-04-23, 09:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 837
Posted By keith_d
Re: New member, a few questions!

It does sound like an import, which shouldn't be a big deal on a ten year old bike.

A skinny kid tucked right down on the tank might get over 120 out of a faired model, but for most of us 119mph...
Forum: Idle Banter 09-03-23, 09:48 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,742
Posted By keith_d
Re: Snow

I've just looked at the weather forecast for London on Monday.

If the Beeb is to be believed we're expecting >40 knot gales on Monday. Not quite storm force 10, but still pretty breezy.

I...
Forum: Idle Banter 18-02-23, 09:02 PM
Replies: 11,270
Views: 6,054,312
Posted By keith_d
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Last night my bicycle ran out of grip going around a roundabout and dumped me on the road.

Gripe: The ground bites
Forum: Idle Banter 12-02-23, 08:31 AM
Replies: 4,039
Views: 867,968
Posted By keith_d
Re: The All New Megathread

Sunday has started with a puncture on my push-bike so I won't make the start of a group ride. Maybe I'll ride somewhere else instead.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 07-12-22, 10:21 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,013
Posted By keith_d
Re: Winter prep

And how about the bike??
Forum: Idle Banter 09-11-22, 10:20 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 350
Posted By keith_d
Re: Memories

Now you've reminded me of another job I've got to do. Go through my bills folder and chuck out anything more than two years old. Then file this year's bills. Another hour or two wasted.

Maybe this...
Forum: Idle Banter 02-11-22, 11:09 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 359
Posted By keith_d
Re: Space X

I've watched a few videos on Youtube about how rocket engines work - if you have some time to waste it's jolly interesting.

Pumping cryogenic fuel isn't trivial. Liquid oxygen boils at minus 183C,...
Forum: Idle Banter 13-10-22, 02:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 444
Posted By keith_d
Re: Ink jet printers

I've still got my A3 inkjet printer sitting on top of a cupboard, but it's been there too long and I'm going to have to chuck it out because the print head will have dried up (again).
...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 17-08-22, 07:33 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 903
Posted By keith_d
Re: Pikes Peak

But how fast was she??
Forum: Idle Banter 01-07-22, 12:05 PM
Replies: 11,270
Views: 6,054,312
Posted By keith_d
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

That's the whole point. They want you to buy the product for £30 more than their competitors not £5 less. So they offer you £35 cashback on the assumption that only a tiny percentage of customers...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 16-05-22, 01:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,010
Posted By keith_d
Re: Hardknott Pass failure.....

Corrected for you.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 16-05-22, 12:58 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,010
Posted By keith_d
Re: Hardknott Pass failure.....

Nothing to do with them coming from a country with no mountains then.
Forum: Idle Banter 13-05-22, 12:45 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 636
Posted By keith_d
Re: The wrong direction?

That's rubbish. They're supercharging a 6 litre V8 engine and barely getting over 100 horsepower per litre. So disappointing. Even the Porsche Cayenne S E-hybrid will beat it to 60mph with a biker...
Forum: Idle Banter 07-04-22, 09:24 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 755
Posted By keith_d
Re: The future (economics)

Not just overpopulation. There's also increasing expectations and diminishing natural resources. Together that's a recipe for trouble.
Forum: Idle Banter 06-04-22, 08:38 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 755
Posted By keith_d
Re: The future (economics)

I only skimmed through the Yahoo article, but I didn't see anything new or exciting.

In summary, there are too many people in the world wanting the lifestyle we currently have in the west. As a...
Forum: Idle Banter 06-02-22, 07:19 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 8,161
Posted By keith_d
Re: if it ain't BoZo

First past the post was all our systems could handle a almost century ago.

These days we could, in theory, have something much better at determining what people want. Unfortunately, in many cases...
Forum: Idle Banter 04-02-22, 10:12 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 8,161
Posted By keith_d
Re: if it ain't BoZo

I don't think it matters who sits in the PM's chair at the moment. The 25% increase in government borrowing during the pandemic is going to restrict their spending options. From a Conservative...
Forum: Idle Banter 02-02-22, 09:08 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,204
Posted By keith_d
Re: Policing on the cheap?

Maybe we need a scheme where a group of concerned residents share of the costs of a mobile camera which will be sited there on a random day each month. Only paying about 5% of the full cost would...
Forum: Idle Banter 01-02-22, 03:49 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,169
Posted By keith_d
Re: "Health and Social Care levy", or is it just another tax??

I've just found an interesting report on pre-Covid healthcare spending from the ONS:
...
Forum: Idle Banter 31-01-22, 02:59 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,842
Posted By keith_d
Re: But cyclists.....

I assume that the cyclists killed by motor vehicles while doing some thing stupid count as 'caused by cars/lorries'. :smt096
Forum: Idle Banter 31-01-22, 02:46 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,169
Posted By keith_d
"Health and Social Care levy" - is it just another tax??

OK, time to get your political opinions out and talk some complete bull.

Is the planned Health and Social care levy going to make any difference or is it just another tax?

The idea of a 1.25%...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 31-01-22, 01:22 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,114
Posted By keith_d
Re: Ulez

I just looked at the pre-73 cars available on Ebay, and any that I would consider driving cost more than getting a little electric runabout. But it would be pretty stylish to turn up in one of these:...
Forum: Idle Banter 31-01-22, 10:56 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,842
Posted By keith_d
Re: But cyclists.....

So first off we need some police officers who are able to stop a cyclist who rides through a red light, i.e. police bikers. Then we need the willingness to actually do some enforcement, which is ever...
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