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Gonna be a warm one today....90F....but backs off again tomorrow Got a Ride in before 9am ...darn'd camera was dead, so my "old fart" flip-phone came through...

As soon as he opened his garage I knew I was buying that bike

Say hello to the new girl ....................

With a lack of motorised two wheeled transport I had to dig out the old mountain bike. Not quite home yet but close enough to have a cold pint

My dad passed on in 1998 but I remember the monumental task of sorting his stuff out. I’ll give you a taster, when I was 17 I had a Citroen Dyanne. Both doors were rusted through on the drivers side so I got two replacements from a scrappy. Going through his stuff he still had the rusty doors from the Dyanne. He was a boatbuilder/builder, I have enough tools to fit out 2 or 3 workshops.

The underdogs.... Portugal. Can't cheer for the sheepshaggers

So I’m back home and wetter than an otters pocket The rain was biblical but eased off on the way home. Stopped for a sandwich and coffee at Shipham

Grow a pair and you’ll find it easier

Could be worse......I'm staring down the big 70.

My birthday this weekend, got nothing much planned. Loads of rugby to watch.

Cos it involved physical effort that's why! Physical effort to you is like Kryptonite to Superman!

What 20mph speed limit?

I just find i hard to part with stuff the induction heater that blew up the other day took me over a week to throw in the bin after failing to repair it and even then i stripped it of bits i think i might need in the future, if it was a sickness i would have been on life support most of my life

This is more of a common sense thing, when i first bought it i went through a honeymoon period and put what apparently is a lot of hours on it (138). Now it needs a lot of maintenance i don't want to do but all expected as i did do some research before buying the bike, if i go by the book i should have changed the following by now gearbox bearing piston and rings (twice) drive shaft bearings con rod water pump oil seal clutch discs All easy enough on a two stroke but it's an engine out job and down time with the bike in bits, so the theory is i by a new bike use it less because the novelty has gone and keep it longer and look after it better.

The best people are born in September, just sayin.

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You sound like a dreamboat

Yeh but then you finally got the one and only.

You're definitely off your game if came here for succour, we are talking about the sort of people that would look at a would be jumper and start chanting "do it, do it, do it,"

Test there was no test back then as long as you sat facing the handle bars without any help you were good to go not like when i done mine we actually had to ride the bike

Oi you shouldn't toy with a mans feelings especially when he's feeling depressed, I've been in the garage for an hour trying to start stripping all the extras off the Beta ready to part ex it but i just couldn't bring myself to do it, i like the bike too much so came back in here to try and convince myself to do it as i'll be getting a better bike only to receive abuse in my vulnerable state of mind

Be better with an engine but you have to make do with what you got it looks cold there in the photos, i wish i could rekindle the flame i used to have with push bikes before i had motorbikes there's so many places to go here with one, i have tried many times over the years but it just didn't work for me

Off to the Quantocks in a moment to look at a bike 🏍

We're gonna see 90F one more time tomorrow....& NO precipitation for another week 2-Wheelin' is definitely is in the cards

2013 , they work on miles as it's a trail bike so 14,000

My first weekend with both boys officially moved out- they both left Thursday but then one came back n stayed and drank Mr Slowlys whisky I sacked off the DIY, have cooked no food, binge watched TV and not been repeatedly interrupted all day. Its weird, I'm in a strange hinterland where everything is peaceful and yet it also feel like it's

Managed this one hangin' on w/ the hook...

Right !! who are we cheering for , Wales or Portugal ?

yer it's... mange

I can hear the conversation now. "What are you doing?" "Taking picks of me in my leggings for the forum guys" "You're doing whaaa?"

That's three of us now then , four if you include @Clive's daughter

Clocks wrong time.

My daughters birthday too. ...Happy Birthday for tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

Well children and dogs love me.......and they can always tell. As an example.......I remember when Fatty first came here in 2016 in the early days of her going out with my boy. She hadn't shown her true self yet......though we could tell that something wasn't right with her. She came over to see the animals for the first time, and they had a little Jack Russell there at the time. Very timid little thing but when she got to know you she wouldn't stop fussing you. Within a few seconds of Fatty walking through the gate Tina just launched herself onto the back of Fatty's ankle and sunk her teeth in! She had never done it to anybody before, and never ever did it to anybody again. They can tell!

Did mine in 2 inch of snow.

Except that wasn't your test was it Pete, it was just what you had to do to get laid.

I had to ride my Vespa in the rain going up and down Manselton Road like I was kerb crawling.

If you're trying to distort the housing market by making Devon look more appealing you've done a good job I did my CBT down there with Bridge Motorcycles in 2017, seems like a lifetime ago now

Russell Brand.

Mystery Bike? Do we need a Poll?

You always need a poll

have you met all the knuckle dragging brits xtreme keeps going on about ?

It was lovely scenery and pretty roads. I will leave my opinions and considerations to my ride report, but it’s being quite the culture shock.

There is at least one.

You're fucking lazy enough to be Spanish!

Weather here is not looking too good which means i wont be pointing my wall, will i go for a ride ? i have nothing stopping me but me i think i will leave that until the morning to see how i feel when i wake up

Same where I live, mostly decent people but no matter where you go you’ll find arseholes……….there must be a few where you are Pete?

dossing /relaxing same thing its called a holiday , you know ... oh hang on ...