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It is shit! I’m 52 and two years ago I didn’t take a single medication, now I take 7! High BP, Cholesterol, Arteriosclerosis and recently found out I have a hiatus hernia just to add to the mix. I’ll be lucky to make it to 55 at this rate

Was having a trawl through some footage from my trip to the Pyrenees in 2016 and found this. Not all Spanish roads are racetrack smooth, this one looked like they'd started the work and then fucked off mid-job to go for a siesta...and never returned. Was near Jaca. To be fair, I loved the Pyrenees and the N260. Wanna go back there.

What do you expect from a Ginger dago molester

its not racist , its a jealousy thing , the Scotts are the same , we conquered the welsh in the 13th century and the twats cant get over it, we beat them at everything , they are crap at football and rugby and most other sports and they got a silly accent... i spit in @XTreme general direction

I don't molest Ginger Dagos! There aren't any! Mind you, if I'd come here and did all my breeding with different women in the 70's, 80's, and 90's as I did in the UK......the place would be overrun with Ronald McDonalds now!

I've come across unfinished roadworks like that in Spain, not much fun on your sportsbike but a good laugh for us on trail bikes. We were all on small/mid sized trail bikes and were passed by some Germans on smooth tarmac . They were quite rude in their riding and just sort of barged past us , cutting in at the last moment and stuff but we had the last laugh as we caught them up crawling along in the roadworks and belted past them , roosting them with gravel and dust

At 52? But then, you are English Rob.......you can't expect much from that gene pool! What you say @Sir Fallsalot?

My mate bought a Shad box that expanded. He was very proud of it. On the only three journeys I did with him with it fitted it did the following:- 1/ Couldn't unlock it for about 30 minutes after arrival at an event, when it did unlock it jammed on one side on the expansion part and then he couldn't lock it shut. Had to walk around with his jacket and lid. 2/ Riding behind him on the way back from somewhere in Sussex, I noticed the lid hadn't shut properly and was flapping up and down. I tried bibbing for half a mile but the deaf sod didn't hear that, so I overtook him pointing at his top box. He waved and went straight past me as I slowed down to stop in a convenient lay-by. Eventually he realised what I was hinting at and stopped somewhere dangerous to relock it. 3/ Same as number 1 only this time it only jammed for 10 minutes. Then the lid opened on the way home again and he had waterproof trousers hanging out the back flapping about. He still goes on about how marvellous it is that it can change sizes???

Why not? show me a time travel rule that says that!

Bliss im 36 my knee is fucked to the point I can hardly walk at the moment and I too groan like a lepper every time I get up out of a chair.....you think you bunch of old cunts have issues.....you don't even know you're born

I'm going to stay alive...just to spite you

You get used to it......but as you say, you need something like a big trailie for where I live. There are twats out on cruisers but they never venture off the main roads.

English screaming about Racism?

@XTreme you’re a fucking racist, told him @Sir Fallsalot.

It contains the full factory approved toolkit; a hammer, screwdriver and tube of superglue. I doubled its value by adding a packet of cable ties from the chino bazaar.

ohhhh.....and Marty McFly did it, so....

...all I found was this, so you should be good to go Pedro #35. Do not try to travel back to the time of the big bang. The universe was incredibly small back then, and there are trillions of other organisms out there who have already had the same bright idea as you, or are going to have it at some point in the future. The traffic is highly congested, and you WILL get into a wreck. So don't even try it.

I can see the pyrenees from my village, Rob. I'm planning on heading across to explore.

Top box solidarity! That's what I like to see!

Even worse, one of my retirement plans is to move to Wales! God the help the poor bastards. My profile picture was taken in the Brecon Beacons, I can't lie, I love the place.

Move in next to @Swagman you'll soon lose the will to live!

Casuals!

For me it all depends on how much money I’ve got at the time of needing something but generally it goes like this as far as possible; Alpinestars for leathers and textiles Suomy and Uvex helmets Sidi boots for the road and either Alpinestars or Forma for off road. Klim gloves for the dirt and Spada for the road. ……………and any old hideous, cheap, gawdy coloured shite MX/Enduro/Trials clothing for the dirt. I have no shame.

waving his left hand to reveal the missing index finger https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/11/04/maurice-evans-firework-collector-x/

He may as well end it all now save him the pain and suffering the future holds now that you pointed out he's English

Keeps us on our toes I guess!

I stand by Richa textile suits. Mine has been through biblical downpours (2 days of constant rain riding through France was a real test) and not let a drop in. Great for the price (about £450, 6 years ago). HJC helmets all the way for me. They fit my head just right. I agree with @Tango, Lomo bags are superb, again tested in plenty of rainstorms.

Good idea carrying a toolbox when you're on a Royal Enfield Ray!

Just trying to help.

I got the vid bookmarked!

I know a place that caters for their kind funnily enough!

I don't really care about 'brands' where gear is concerned.. its whats they use in manufacturing that matters. I insist on goretex and the little know fact about gortex is that they insist on a very high standard in QC from the manufacturers they supply. so, if you buy something that uses goretex then you can be guaranteed it is well made and, most importantly guaranteed to be waterproof long after the original warranty expires. just contact Gore and they will refund you. Im also fairly limited as I have to go for gear that have a longer leg option. Helmets are all about fit, so the brand is pretty much an irrelevance. a helmet that doesn't fit is worse than useless, doesn't matter if it cost you £600+ I managed to pick up an ortleib bag at a whopping discount and its lasted me for years.. I only use it for camping to keep all my gear together in one place. Lomo is good, but is really just a discounted copy. the devil is in the detail. My mate jack has a lomo copy of my bag and the differences, though small, add up. I tend to go for stuff made in Germany, where possible. Ive never had a problem with anything from there.. brands like SW-Motech. for those small but essential items of farkle. Ive been very happy with my Honda.. first Honda Ive ever owned and it hasn't disappointed me. thus far, On paper it was only a relatively minor upgrade from my GS.. but in reality its worlds apart. the differences between a bike designed in the late 90s and 2018. remarkable. its also quite unique with the DCT, which continues to delight. I guess the only brand.. that I really do stick with, since trying it (almost by accident) back in 2011 has nothing to do with bikes. but its a brand Im going to stick with come what may. and that's Apple. I love my Mac Mini and my 13 pro max phone. And couldn't care less what anyone thinks about that.

Some nice surfaces......

Old Maurice got a fucking rug!

Yes tell that twat @XTreme

Isn’t that fucking racist.

Those rough bits aren't that bad in comparison to some of them here Rob. What can catch people out is the road changing from billiard table smooth to a lunar landscape in an instant.

You need to get Tony the Tools round to remind you how you remove it

Mistake? I think not

That's cos it was bloody dangerous, especially when you stopped but couldn't put your feet down because the flares on your jeans got caught round a pedal.

At only 53 i don't know how you old fuckers are still going i'm constantly aching and cant remember fuck all from the past, i also cant remember the last time i got out of a chair without making a noise of some kind can you drop me off in the late eighties on the way back i'd like to run my fingers through my hair again

i dont mind , im just looking more like George Clooney .