Slowlycatchymonkey

Steady on, are you forgetting grandchild wear n tear?!

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I don’t know that their are any real alternatives to an Electra Glide its a style of bike others try to emulate but dont get close. Maybe some of the Indians.

Have to wait over a week for an MOT appt down here.

Quick google says they start at $19,429 so unless theres summink special about it or they hold their value particularly well then its seems a lot to me for a 7 year old bike. edit US dollars

My weekend definitely doesn’t begin tomorrow, got a shit list of jobs that will take more than all day. Bottom of that shit list is taking my Pops to his knee appointment in the centre of Bristol at 4.30pm.. on a Friday for fecks sake who goes into Bristol city centre friday rush hour.

Theyre nice peeps in that Helmet City. Use to be florists I believe.

I often use the old bridge but thats through ineptitude not choice

I was happy with it being called the 2nd Severn crossing and think I’ll continue with that cos it pisses me off when they cause confusion renaming stuff. I’m still not over Marathon being called Snickers

When did it change to that?

But really is two enough?

Thats annoying. Had exactly the same thing with the shed I ordered to put the recycling bins in. The cart was suppose to just wheel in and out but cos they delivered one with the door on the long side it won’t Heyho if the parts for the cabinet turn up I’ll consider that a win otherwise I have an expensive large useless U shaped piece of metal stuck in my garage

I’m guessing the door was in the wrong side otherwise I don’t understand Had a cabinet delivered today, its for the garage to keep all the motorcycle clothing in one place, with delivery it was £400, expensive for a metal cabinet, layed out the pieces, slotted the side sections into the base and discover they’ve sent some random completely unrelated screws and wooden doweling. FFS! Look at the state the boxes were delivered in, I reckon they just shoved whatever they found lying about in the box, cheeky feckers. Unsurprisingly they left them by the front door and ran!

Get a bigger shed.

Yep I second the CooperB place. They have a great reputation. Its where my Himalayan originally came from. A mate of mine as a surprise wanted to get me a fitted sheepskin seat cover, CooperB kindly lent him a Himalayan seat to take and have a pattern made so he could keep it keep it a surprise. They didnt have to, didnt know him and didnt even ask for a deposit to ensure its return. Nice.

Ooh nasty

A lovely title it is.

Just watching that. Its awful but kind of not bad at the same time, like a comic book.

Wheres this quiz that tells you what sort of rider you are? I reckon I’d come out with a different name depending on what day I did it! @XTremes would say ‘Multiple Motor Tic Disorder’ aka Tourettes

No worries. Sounds like a plan. You’ve already lost however much just by riding it out of the showroom (I wouldnt beat yourself up about that, we all make mistakes and this one is easily rectified) my point being you dont have to rush into anything and can take the time to find something that makes those heart strings sing. I’m told the used vehicle market is buoyant at the moment so thats in your favour

Afternoon Gently. We’re not quite all ancient here but the ancient ones behave like ancient ones do and think the anyone under 60 doesn’t count, bloody boomers

I don’t know about the Classic 350. I have the Himalayan and its definitely a sight seeing bike with softish suspension. You’d really have to make sure you’re happy with 20 bhp. I was shocked when I first rode it and thought - its a moped shaped like a motorbike 24.5bhp’s going to be boring but I was wrong. Its an excellent sight seeing bike it just chugs along and goes exactly where you point it leaving you free to look at the scenery. Mr Slowly has a RE continental GT and for whatever reason (slightly lighter and 5bhp more) its much faster. The RE are cheap and that translates into them using cheap parts that dont last as long as you’d expect so if you can accept that and are prepared to do the work/pay a garage then thats dandy. The service interval on the Himalayan is 3000 miles which I think is ridiculous. I thought such an underpowered bike would be awful but I really miss it when its not here, to the extent I’ve put my name down for the new BSA Goldstar, that has a bit more power and the build quality looks better (famous last words), maybe given what you’ve said about looks it might suit you too. I always liked the look of the Kawasaki W800 too. You know what you don’t want and what you’re looking for now so perhaps some test rides and time to cogitate is in order.

yer that’ll be it.