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No, we're keeping Mandy's bike, but she said a little while ago about going on pillion if we head slightly farther afield, as her bike isn't really a distance machine. 200km tank range, if you're lucky!

It was a good song, even before a certain ex-royal had her "accident"!

Yes, it was a good movie. And, yes, great songs! I was surprised that Candle In The Wind wasn't in the soundtrack.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the bike had a full tank of fuel when I picked it up! Every other bike that I've bought from a dealer has had just enough fuel in the tank to get to the nearest filling station! Top marks BMW Narbonne!

I'm surprised that the V-Strom 650 XT didn't get any love! I seriously considered it and, if this Tiger hadn't come up at this time, I probably would have gone for one. Triumph 400X - very new, I'd probably wait until it was a year or two old to see if there were any bugs with it. Honda Transalp 750 - dunno. Nice bike, but a bit bland? Suzuki V-Strom 650 XT - was a serious contender. Who needs 20 rider modes? Triumph Tiger Sport 660 - nice bike, not so nice for a pillion though! Voge 300 Rally - maybe one day, as a second bike.

Just watched Rocket Man on Netflix.

Good call, mate!

It came with the bike.

Is it time to put you all out of your misery?

Difficult to tell from a video, but if it's not just round the corner, where you can pop over to look and listen to it, you're probably better off looking elsewhere.

Prefer this one. The white one is not really different enough from your Ducati?

That's because they can't afford the fares on their pensions!

Are you going for the most coffee stops record or something?

I blame Ewan and Charlie!

Another friend had a Honda CBR600RR a few years back. I tried to sit on it, but it was excruciating, even without actually riding it! He said that he liked it, but couldn't do more than an hour on it because of the riding position and the noise from the exhaust he had on it. He's got a Honda 800 Crossrunner now, which his missus actually enjoys going on the back of!

A guy I used to know always went for sports bikes and 1-piece leathers, but he was seriously slow! I'm not a speed merchant, but when he did come on a rideout even my missus was quicker than him. Then people would take the piss out of his chicken strips and he'd get the hump and go home! I really never understood why he was drawn to sports bikes.

Our health card goes inactive if it's not used for more than a year, but you can pop into a pharmacy and get them to update it, which keeps it active. I just did that this evening when I was in the pharmacy with my missus as she was picking up her regular prescription drugs. It's just short of a year since I last used it!

You only had half a top box worth of kebabs then?

So, you mugged the kebab delivery lad and now you're trying to flog his bike? Is business that slow?

Make a good second bike I reckon!

There'll be a few on here dusting off their passports!