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Forum: Idle Banter
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() Unlikely, as the weather here is consistently worse than the forecast. The forecast may predict a dry afternoon, but the clouds have other ideas at the moment! |
Forum: The Border Patrol
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Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Seconded - it's an almost infallible cure for melancholy humours of the digestive system (I believe the phosphoric acid in it is particularly hostile to bacteria). Especially if stirred to get rid... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() excellent news: glad you're feeling well. Hope the treatment has done the trick and kicked the cancer into touch. |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Hey Adam, great to see you again! I know exactly what you mean about getting freedom of movement back, I've had some back issues over the past 18 months which caused a lot of pain and affected... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() Ooof, not sure how fixing a broken collarbone can lead to a punctured lung! |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() I don't particularly mind being followed or following, to be honest, but as you say, even at my usual 65 - 70ish on open roads I tend to find I'm rarely being overtaken these days. |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() I regularly get the same. Yes, sometimes it's nice to chill and enjoy the view but there are plenty of opportunities to do that when you can't overtake because of oncoming traffic etc. |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Bloody hell, I'm very sorry to hear all that, Rowdy. Sending you best wishes that you heal quickly and that you can start to resolve those family issues. |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() Exactly this. Regular high rpm usage will accelerate valve seat recession (thus clearances closing up) simply because the valves are slamming more frequently into the valve seats per hour of riding.... |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() Yes, the Harpic does work - brush on carefully to avoid splashing on engine cases etc, leave 10 mins, rinse off. However I found the first 18 inches of downpipe (i.e. the hottest parts) discolour... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() I've ridden past the road to Ysbyty Ifan when heading from Bala to Ffestiniog on the B4391, I'll have to give it a try sometime. |
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
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![]() I think 80-odd mpg is probably realistic over a longer journey like that at a steady within-the-limits pace. |
Forum: The Border Patrol
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![]() Sounds good, Gary. This is why I love early evening rides (https://forums.sv650.org/showpost.php?p=3143697&postcount=6408) too! |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() This should really be 'smile of last night', but anyway. Went out for an early evening ride and reminded myself how much fun they are, simply because the roads are so much quieter after 7pm. ... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() I strongly suspect that was deliberate on Johnson's part, to garner publicity. He doesn't care that it makes him look stupid or arrogant: all he cares about is column inches. |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Clearly, democracy isn't important to a significant proportion of the population. To some extent, I can understand why many people are apathetic: the relentless bad news, services falling... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Just back from mother-in-law's house after having some estate agents visit to value it. A couple of the PVC double-glazed units in the house had blown and gone misty. We found the paperwork &... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Pretty good here, thanks, Gary. M-i-L has settled very well in the care home, all the stresses, worries and anxieties she had about living on her own have visibly lifted from her and this in turn... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() That Northerly was cold, wasn't it? Luckily, over the weekend I scored a great charity shop find: a lightweight quilted down jacket with no hood, which is light and thin enough to wear as a... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Off out for a walk shortly myself, just locally, then a spin on the bike. Mitchells Fold is on of the spookiest places I've ever visited, around the stone circle there's a definite 'presence'. |
Forum: The Border Patrol
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![]() I absolutely love that route to Bala, as you climb up out of Pen-y-bont-fawr and along the top the road and views are stunning. Then over the top again on the B4391 to Ffestiniog and down to... |
Forum: Idle Banter
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![]() Been a bit full-on here over the past 10 days, moving my mother-in-law to a care home near us. We were worried about how she'd settle in, but she likes it and feels comfortable. She's also just 10... |
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