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Hmm well here you go in list form IT IS- Insulting in a humorous way, has a lot of ride reports from people who actually get off the sofa and go and do things (big plus from my point of view because I find a lot of people very, very boring), its friendly and welcoming so long as you get the type of humour, blunt and lacking in bullshit, even the jibberjabber is light and entertaining, theres more of a club feel to it a bit like when your in a team and even if your not fond of one of the members theres a “he’s a dickhead but he’s our dickhead” attitude which is nice and inclusive, the majority aren’t mouthbreathers so theres no need to painfully explain posts when someone gets the wrong end of the stick, the trolling is missing cos its not tolerated by the existing members, its comfortable, Ive only been here a month and it feels like a lot longer (in a good way) and unfortunately its a bit addictive so Ill have to have a tech break soon ? IT ISN’T- Noisily judgmental, full of people getting annoyed or angry about bugger all, full of little cliques or grovellers, frequented by egomaniacs looking to make themselves feel good by putting someone else down, doesnt feel like I’m in the school playground having a bad break. So its quite an unusual forum, this is not the normal cross section of knuckle draggers, Id go as far to say its special school for special kids, what sort of special Ill not be drawn into ?

Just things found whilst backing up today.

Headed to Moab, Utah to ride this weekend. But right now, it's 24F (-5 C) so we've had to delay our departure until the temp gets up to 40F (+5C). Should be up there around 1:00 PM local time., Once we get out of the mountains, the weather should be about 65F (18C). First couple of hours on the bike are gonna be chilly though!

The River Brain

Not being able to ride at the moment as I have two bald tyres and the new ones haven't arrived yet I am relegated to just walking everywhere. About 18 months ago my wife bought me a drone to take with me on my motorbike travels but Covid hit so after flying it a couple of times its been in the cupboard, yesterday I found it charged the batteries up and took it out for a play while walking the dogs just to see if I could remember how it works...? I did manage to get some decent footage of the area behind our house.

Sounds like it doesnt it. The frontal lobe houses impulse control. The UK werent big on surgical lobotomy, they just used to repeatedly fry it with electricity until the right ‘result’ was achieved. Ive watched it being done in a psychiatric hospital. It was horrible. I was sent to see it because Id said its barbaric and unnecessary. It was three patients and they were all so severely depressed they’d even stopped eating. Before the ECT they were shells with no responses, they looked like the walking (shuffling) dead. I watched it being done and was then absolutely certain it was wrong and should be stopped, couldn’t believe it still went on in the 1990’s. The next day all three had dressed themselves and were sitting at a table eating and talking like they were never depressed. It was a shock for me to see how well it had worked. The nurse looked at me and shrugged and said we don’t understand why it works either. The woman with severe post natal depression got to go home a few days later, she was thrilled.

A few coastal moments on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia ?

I'm fucked then ?

I got in on the tail end of DSUK I think, pretty much as it merged/ morphed into maximum bikes which I sorely missed when it dissappeared into the morass of "fess de bouc" and promptly died a death. I leapt at the chance when you got this going Pete.... fuck that says a lot about how sad my life is! ?

Double the value of the KLR too!

I just spent $200 on freaking wheelchair tyres, 460 for a new carb doesnt sound so bad.

Pfft. I'm like that gas station hot dog you ate 9 years ago that's still in your stomach. I always can be found on one of Pete's forums. Usually in the first 10 who join

Founds some old pics taken in the 1880's that had some familiar locations,,,

........the first year! Because this site is one year in existence tomorrow (Friday). Doors didn't actually open till a week later because there was a lot to set up......and this was the first thread! I started this place due to being locked in the house and being unable to tolerate any more FB shite.......and it had niggled me for years that DSUK was unfinished business. My feeling at the time was it wouldn't last much longer than 3 months because lockdown would have lifted and people would be finding other things to do. But against all the odds.......it's our first anniversary tomorrow and we're still here! During that time we've had one member meltdown, one flounce, and one individual who wanted his account removed just because we're not serious enough. But you can't please everybody! What is interesting is that a lot of MB-only guys signed up initially then never bothered again. While those of us who are ex DSUK and MB are basically still all here. But the DSUK crew were always the backbone of MB anyway. During the year, new members have joined and they seem to like it here, plus we had the influx from another forum in January. Quite a few of whom are still here too! If you've got any mates who might fit in here then give them the link. And any shares on Social Media (particularly in bike groups) would also be a big help. I want to thank you all for your support.......because I didn't expect it to last! I wanted to give it one last shot though.......even if it meant tolerating the snide comments from the type of people who love to see others fail. There's no shame in failing......the only shame is in not trying IMO. So has this place being in existence made a difference to you? Basically what I'm saying is........"Was it all worth it?".

So long as we are free to travel in September I’ll be going to Nürburgring then ? I wont be going racing my bike round the track though, I used to have a little speed problem and know I couldn’t trust myself in that environment not to add to their annual death toll! ?

I was lent to another scrap yard for a week as a favour to the owner. I was shown a large empty building which contained a big pile of assorted stainless steel items, a parked Rolls Royce and now my Yamaha XS250 which I parked indoors where I could keep an eye on it. It was a big building, mostly clean and empty and me and one of their staff, another young lad, were the only people in there. Someone from my place had delivered my Feusse and I set it up. Me and the other lad started bringing pieces over. We would turn them until we could get a bit touching the carbon wheel, I would hit the single trigger whilst looking down the eyepiece and would tell him if it was 316, 304 or 321 stainless. He would then chuck the pieces into various labelled skips. I say single trigger because there should have been two, so you would use both hands and not touch the metal you were testing. One switch was bridged instead so we could do the job single handed with larger items despite the zillion volts flowing through the machine. Health and safety was not a big thing in those days. Anyway, after the first few days I noticed that this Rolls never moved and no one ever came in apart from us two. Around that time there had been problems with people stealing the silver lady emblem from the bonnet/radiator. I had heard that Rolls Royce to combat this had made the newer models with a silver lady that retracted if you tried to steal it. All week, I kept looking at this silver lady and resisting the urge to see if it was true. Eventually I cracked and walking up to it, I grabbed hold of it and pulled gently. Sure enough, the base opened up and the thing pivoted down inside. Ahaaa thought I, how clever......But the poxy thing didn't spring back up like I thought it would. The bonnet, now missing its silver lady stared at me. Fuck I thought, I'm in trouble now. 10 minutes later just as I'm wondering if I can get another job easily there was a click and the bloody thing opened and up it came again. Some sort of time delay built in.

Actually not many people die there, its Youtube crash videos to get audience that make it seem like a carnage. To be honest, it is surprising how little happens if you consider the factors involved! It is mega good on a bike, I prefer it to a car. When I went the first time I was handy with speed and loved it! Then living there, and with someone that was fast and experienced, but was always putting fear in me, I didnt ride it anymore... Only did the Motorrad course that I really enjoyed, 3 days of riding with instructors and doing all sort of things to learn the track and to ride better on and of track. Really, go do it, its a great experience!!

In our scrap yard there were three of us who were Sorters. There was Frank, known as Vandal or Little Frank, who was only in his early 20s but was a wizard on the Fuesse (the spectroscope) and was the man in charge of us and who had to try and teach me his trade. He was also the responsible adult who tried to stop us being stupid or injuring ourselves There was also Mark, a tall teenager who had worked there since he left school, who's hobbies included making slingshots, spear and bows and arrows from the scrap. To help us identify obscure stuff we had a large cabinet full of drawers containing metal samples which you could bung on the back burner of the spectroscope for comparison. I still remember being fascinated to see that Chrome looks the same in mineral form as it does when coating your motorcycle parts. Whilst looking at some samples one day I noticed we had a drawer full of Magnesium swarf. I had a memory of a science teacher burning some during a lesson and it was pretty spectacular. Mark was in the lock up sorting through some tool steel bits, a proper cushy job because you could do it sitting down indoors, just pulling out any that had solder on them and he had a little gas fire with a large gas bottle attached. I took a pinch of Magnesium swarf and walked into where he was working. 'Oi, Mark', says I, 'Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble', and then threw my swarf into the flames of his gas fire. There was a blinding flash, the fire fell backwards and went out, Mark fell off of his seat in the opposite direction. All I could see were blue spots in front of my eyes. 'What the fuck did you just do?' he asked. I told him, thinking he'd be angry, instead he demanded that we try again. After a few goes I said why don't we make something we could put in the fire at the end of the yard where a colleague was burning old pallets and the dead rats found on the traps. I cut out a cross shaped piece of cardboard (O level technical drawing don't ya know) and made a box which we filled with more Mg swarf. We casually walked up to the river end of the yard and I dropped it into the fire, we walked away just far enough to watch the effects. NOTHING, not a thing, 5 minutes later and we gave up. Walking back we decided to have another go and set light to it ourselves. I made another cube and filled it. Indoors this time I placed it on a sheet of metal and set light to the sellotape and cardboard cube. It started slowly but soon it was fizzing away like a proper firework, flames bright white and about a foot high. Then I looked up the yard and saw the owner Reg walking our way. I panicked, ran into our little lab and filled a cup with water. I don't think water is a good thing for a magnesium fire, I now suspect they use them in marine flares precisely because water does not put them out. If anything the flames got higher. Reg was now a few yards away and I had a flaring white flame in the middle of one of his buildings. In desperation I decided if I couldn't put it out with water, maybe I could starve it of oxygen. I shoved a very small metal drum over it and then sat down on top of it just as Reg walked through the plastic hangers that lined the opening to the yard. We greeted each other and I was frightened he would stop to chat, I was worried that my arse would catch fire, but luckily he carried on through to the offices. I lifted the drum and the fire had gone out, the metal it had been sitting on had gone a lovely blue colour.

Yup, just the pair of us here!

I feel a bit offended you dint ask me what I think of the forum.... But I shall love it any way! Last time I was in a Forum was in 2007 at the triumphrat thingy. There was a lot of arguments. I also follow from a close distant PistonHeads, met a lot of people from that one. Was a very big and busy place, dont know if it still exists? This one feels cozy, reminds me very much of a lot of things I love about the UK, things I miss a lot, so thank you!

I’m dyslexic ?????

I’ve no idea what all the previous forums were like that you all talk about. All I know is that this forum is like a breath of fresh air compared to most of the other over-sanitised forums. I mean, where else can you refer to someone as a cnut and get a round of applause? Keep up the good work Pete........................... ........... you cnut ?

https://www.adventuremotorcycles.net/forum/search/?q=Morocco&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=12&search_in=titles All 4 of them on the link above.

I bet it’s a young monkey.

I found the photos of my tyre change @Tym

No i wasnt, you were moaning about getting a new carb instead of screwing with old and worn out. Projection is a mental disorder. ???????

They were very gay Pete, they came with the bike but it didn't stop me trying to trail ride with them on

Because the Isle of Woman are to smart to throw money into a hole in the water...lol

I didn't think I'd ever do it again Chris......because we'd obviously be really up against it with Facebook. But being locked in the house and having nothing to look at except FB was the push that I needed. Like I said before, I was prepared to get wiped out again. When I ran the idea past @Tym initially, even he said it was going to be hard going......but if you don't try, you never know. Next hurdle is getting past 2 years of course......but the first year is over, and that's always the most difficult period.

Would you?.?

Six is coming

They look gay to me Bob!

No tattoos on me! You don't put a bumper sticker on a Mercedes!

For those of you who don't know......Tiggie is a Moderator there! And Swagman PM'd him an invite! The man doesn't know the meaning of the words covert or subtle! Having said that, there's a lot of other words he doesn't know the meaning of either!

right the world would be a poorer place if we were all the same ?

The link at the bottom of the link above. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/14/allen-hanburys-surgical-appliances/

I check the site Spitalfields Life out every day, there are some fascinating stories about local people, excellent old photographs, a real weird mix. He occasionally does a few stories about his poxy cat which I am not so keen on. Anyway, today's post was about Matchbox cars, which were made locally to the area I believe. Takes me back to see the catalogue. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/09/matchbox-models-by-lesney-company/

What for they will only restrict my posts.

"a few prawns short of a sea food salad" " bercé trop pres du mur" is my fave french one. Literally meaning they rocked his cradle too close to the wall, inferring his head went; bump... bump...bump...

Nobody can say you don't get knee your knee down Russ!

Fur coat and no knickers!

Elevator doesn’t go to the top floor. The lights are on but there’s nobody at home.

Need some drunk moderators on here.

Not firing on all cylinders

im glad you started the forum Pete my type of bikes and people ?

Same here on the dog Bob, best thing i done was junking the CV carb, except the guy selling it said it was a TM40 turned out to be a TM38. I didn't complain as it was only £100 and came with the adaptors throttle and cable to fit straight on the dog and i sold the shit carb for £50 ?