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Calm down......it's just a cheap clickbait title to get your attention for something important! Though we are, in fact, coming from behind. Because as you know we're much younger (10 months) than most other forums out there. So we can't match those sites in terms of numbers of members, or quantity of posts. In that respect we're the poor relation! But I've always felt that quality rather than quantity is the yardstick by which all forums should be judged. The thing is, on many forums there's people talking away about bikes, and many of them appear to have a lot of knowledge on the subject. They know everything, and they've done everything! But in reality......do they? I've met up with some in real life and they don't know shit and can't ride for shit! And I expect you have too. So how do you know if people are the real deal or just internet bullshitters? In my opinion it's Ride Reports! Cos you're seeing people actually doing what they're talking about! They've talked the talk......and now they're walking the walk. Which brings me to this place! Did you know that in the first 6 weeks of 2021 we've clocked up THIRTY Ride Reports! And those Ride Reports came from EIGHT different countries: US, UK, Spain, France, Canada, Portugal, Australia, and New Zealand. That is very impressive indeed......and it blitzes every other UK/EU based forum out there from what I can see. Well done everybody! And @Clive, @Swagman, @Richzx6r, @Mawsley, and @skyrider........I'm sure you'll be surprised to know that on another forum they haven't even managed one so far this year! Now what's the word I'm looking for? Truly......this place is Where the Big Boys Play!

It's just gone up about 2c here as I have just farted with gusto ?

Real men ride bare knuckles, and have fists of fury.

Here’s the one I had.

Nope - all of my relatives are Germans, no Frenchies. Germans do have some odd foods, but I stay away from them. Hated the foods my grandmothers made and some that my mother made. Nasty shit.

Are you challenging me? I'll try to find some puke gif worthy food for you, Pete. I most likely won't be eating it , but the Wife will occasionally get some dinner that I'd never touch.

It's like a fuckin' geriatric ward around here?

I'm doing ok Pete, just really pissed off that I can't go out on the bike (s). still working at 68 yrs of age, closed the mobility business down and carried on deliveries, classed as a key worker because we supply Police Ambulance and fire services, plus transport companies who supply shops etc. I've known Darren for years, he told me that you had my TEEF, I want them back because I can't eat bacon sarnies without them. ?

Get Dell to ride over, you borrow Petes bike and go for a ride with Dell (make sure you've got wine gums with you), then Dell can fall off his bike and you can spent your time there at hospital out patience. ?

Yes Michelle......but you're old news now he's spotted Shania Twain's drummer!

Now come on, you can not group Fred in with Bruce. Fred is nothing but a gentleman to me.....just a nice guy expressing himself! Where as Bruce is always sticking his butt in my hands looking for a squeeze...?

Oh god......I'll have to spend the rest of this thread apologising for @Bruce and @Sir Fallsalot now!

Can big girls play here too?

Like "MooN" and "cunt"

I hate carbs, and fuel injection, I just want stuff to work with no problems. Ride along the motorway perfectly, climb a mountain pass to 3000 meters with no hiccups, back down, tick over at traffic, I don't need a personal relationship with my fuel system. Every time I did carb stuff on the XR it took ages Having said that, last time I put the baffle back on and adjusted the air screw for it, it did feel rewarding. Don't want anymore, though. I do wish I was the kind of guy that confidently does that, but I don't think I am.

Definitely by better people, I mean................ he drives buses and rides a feckin Harley, how much worse can it get ?

I had one of those, a black and red one, did 60,000km on it in 3 years and absolutely loved it, I could sit on it all day in comfort, and madame would doze of on the back...

They cut Bobs leg off, for being an ugly twat.

A little while ago I posted an old photo of me with my 1984 Honda CB650. I just found the group shot from that photo shoot. My one friend, the photographer, was doing a piece for a local magazine, so we got some friends together and did a photo shoot. Half of us are Canadian, the other bunch were friends from Europe. We all thought we looked pretty cool.... lol. So much leather! ? I'm in the bottom right hand corner with my CB650. ?

It's t-shirt outside weather, today, Costa is beyond happy after the last weeks of shitty weather. Absolutely gorgeous weather. Would have been a great day to go out on the bike, but at least after this morning's quality time, it's now cleanish

As I've posted before i had the carbs off the Big one a month or so ago to sort out the shit that got into the carbs and after putting it back together it was running sweet again, but after leaving it stand when i fired it up next it started pissing petrol all over my garage floor so yesterday i started the arduous job of stripping the carbs out again and found this red shit in the fuel lines You can see it in the hole where the fuel enters the carb in this photo This however had nothing to do with my leak it just happened to be in the holes where i needed to fit the new O rings on the T piece that the fuel pipe attached to so in one way it was a good job it leaked. After putting everything back together i had developed a new problem, when i revved the bike the revs wouldn't drop back down unless i held the throttle shut. This baffled me for a while and then i noticed that two of the carbs were not shutting all the way when i released the throttle. The carbs are in pairs with a link to join the two pairs together. When i split them down to replace the O rings i accidently trapped a spring in the linkage when putting them back together and that was holding the two carbs slightly open. I hooked the spring out and then spent the best past of an hour trying to find it, bloody thing had landed between the swing arm and the engine anyhow here it is And this is where it should to be So dreading taking the cards back off i thought i would have a go at getting it back in with them in place and i got it in after a few minutes faffing about what a bloody relief i really didn't want to remove the carbs again Because i had to back off a screw to get the spring back in it meant i had to try and balance the carbs and with only a two cylinder carb tune it wasn't going to be straight forward. The idea is the carbs are in pairs so i balance the pairs on cylinders 1 and 2 and then 3 and 4 first. Then i have to balance cylinders 1and 4 which will then balance all 4 carbs if that makes any sense 1 and two were a bit out but 3 and 4 were almost spot on 1 and 4 were way out which was what i was expecting as that was the adjustment screw i had to back right off to get the spring back in and when i dialed them in i had to drop the revs over a 1000rpm to get the tick over back so i think they were out before i started messing about. seems to be pretty good now but going to borrow a 4 cylinder carb tune to check it before i put it all back together to finish the job off properly

Harden the fuck up, I enjoyed it

I do like a nice schnitzel, though

We need Scooter Ride Reports Dave. Get your fat ass down to Brighton and go and twat some fucker with a deckchair! That would go viral and really put us on the map.

Thats why real men have mothers.

Yup

We can ride to work etc, but I got the van so the bikes just aren't ridden.

Old news.....? well it was fun while it lasted, or we can pretend it was at least. I just don't have the right parts these days....

Uuuurrrrpssss.... Look what Mother in law fed us with this evening

That's scary...

Can't say that I disagree Bruce. Good work with the spring Fred, Taking carbs apart and overhauling them is very satisfying like Bruce says but fitting them back in usually involves skinned knuckles and a few expletives.

You want to know how hot my members location is?

I only have one bike left with a carb, the others are both injected. Seems strange to me but it's the way of the world now.

who, him or me?

i dont do heavy i never did

I lost it back in my spy days, when I was kidnapped and tortured by the Russian mafia for a secret formula I had....they cut off my finger tips one by one, the little one never grew back. Just for the record, I didn't give up the secret formula!

Laugharne?

Yeh.....but you gotta think outside the box here Pedro. Ask yourself what geographic area is this site most likely to appeal to? You can discard any non-English speaking countries for a start, and while we've always had North American members with us, the predominant demographic has always been Brits. So there's no point in designing a header with various exotic locations etc.....they can't relate to that. So we had to come up with an image that they could relate to, and identify with. And what could be better than a gloomy, post-apocalyptic wasteland representing some sort of Mad Max-style world borrowed from dystopian fiction? It's home from home for them! Result I'd say! What you say @Tym?

Yesterday it was -3°C and we had a sprinkling of snow on the ground and plenty of Ice Today snow all gone because of the rain and it's 6.5°C, It's supposed to be getting up to 15°C for next weekend ?

That sun looks so nice. Costa looks very happy. ? Still cold and snowy here, but Lucy loves the cold weather.

A bit? That’s an understatement, you have a face that could curdle milk.

I think Michelle's concept of heating is cognac at home, Bob.

I think the last ride report I did was when I rode coast to coast on the Harley. I’m not really big on ride reports, I have a life.

Perhaps you need casual gloves ? https://www.clifford-james.co.uk/menswear/mens-clothing/accessories/casual-leather-gloves-brown/BVM43BR

I think you're right there Bob! What a Casual!

Tiger 1200 would be perfect ? Flights over should be fairly cheap and I'd use more money than hire in fuel costs there and back let alone whilst there so think that is the way to go, flight hire bike

Both of you fly out! Ren and his missus flew over when Lyn and Dell came here.

and we can all see what that cat thinks of the xs 750