Slowlycatchymonkey

And yet you bought a Honda There were no owners forums or internet research back then you would have had to wander over to the bimbo and asked if they actually know anything about the bike and gone home empty handed, literally, not even a mobile phone pic to wank over. Granted the Z1 is a beautiful bike.

That’s not really how bike stands at shows work. You might research the bikes that most pique your interest but when you’re wandering round the concessions you ask about the bikes that catch your eye.

They certainly didn’t smell like they washed too often and I wouldn’t mind one bit if they tried a mint rather than the rancid coffee they whiff of

I prefer to talk about bikes with someone who actually knows about the bike, you know, get the info you want about the bike you want to buy. You can keep your wank bank stocked up with internet images like everyone else. For the record most of the men I've bought bikes from are ugly old munters with tits down to their knees

Ducati is one brand I definitely won't be buying. They had a really strong sales team made up of women who actually rode and rode well so you could wander over at a bike festival and they knew about bikes. It was refreshing because mostly with bikes it's bimbos hired in who know nothing about the product. They were such an impressive outfit they had a group photo in the adventure biker gallery at ABR with all the other A list off roaders pics. I asked my nice looking friend who's mainly a Yoga instructor (so she's also slim and fit) why she wasn't with Ducati anymore, she replied I'm too old for them. They got rid of all of us. Some head honcho came over from Italy and replaced them all with young airheads. Apparently that's more in keeping with the Ducati image. An image they can shove where the sun doesn't shine. Backward twats.

You can adjust the level of instruction even on google maps. It can dumb down the number of roads and infill etc considerably if you want. Not wanting to spend a lot of money? I’d recommend spending time familiarising yourself with Waze which is powered by google maps. Wanting something dedicated? Give up they’re mostly crappier than google maps or Waze. Yes the screens are larger, brighter and easier to read. They’re just shit to preload with routes and will eat up your own down time with a lot of swearing. One caveat on that- if you have a phone and sat nav compatible with garmin drive you can quite easily send the (correctly formatted) gps co-ordinates directly to your garmin with no hassle. Just talking about this makes me want a nice alcoholic beverage

Packing up the house for the summer, won't be back til September/October at the earliest when it's cooled down a bit. Washing machine broken so lots of crappy visits to the laundrette in store. On the bright side the routes for the ride back are loaded into my Garmin which is a minor miracle in itself, Garmin is so clunky I'm never going to complain about Apple products again!

At some point regardless of your upbringing you have to take responsibility for yourself, your son is the way he is because that's the way it's easiest for him to be. That's not on your head.

Tragic Pete. We inherently want our parents love and approval so I can only imagine there was other shit going on there between her and her mum. It's entirely possible that busabeasts wife is clinically depressed. That could be a general chemical imbalance or caused by life events that would depress anyone or even a combination of the two. Point is that with this sort of thing it requires a determined perseverance to sort it out that the person themselves doesn't possess because they're not in a good place. It's quite staggering how many people are on the receiving end of bad parenting and on course for replicating the experience for their own kids.. and on.. and on it goes. Sometimes there really is no way to help and you have to walk away. Other times it's a phase while people try to work shit out. Personally I don't believe theres enough therapy in the world to sort my own mother out, she looks to me like pathologically damaged goods. But not everyones that way. Some people can work things out. Rich's wife coming to terms with motherhood and real life might be one of them.

I'm so sorry, that really really sucks. My mum hated being a mother and used explode or sulk for and absolute age. My dad never understood why we were all so thrilled to see him when he got home from work... You might have to do something for the sake of your daughter. Staying at home with a kid all day does send some people crazy. Half the mums at school were tranq'd out of their minds. Too many demands mixed with too much time to contemplate the things that went wrong IMO. Then some well meaning soul persuades them to join the church mother and baby group for support, a place that's filled with other dead eyed mogadoned feckers that confirm their lives are officially over (no offence Buck, they just are the absolute pits). Professional help is the only thing thats going to unfurl whatever screwing your wife up. @XTreme a bit much mate. She's clearly fucked up but that doesn't make her the devils spawn.

You owe a bad guy, you owe them for life.

Not a lot of satisfaction in that and I'm sorry to say bad guys don't stop at murder, they also love a bit of extortion so best avoid that route.

But if you do @busabeast there's someone on here with a good reputation for disappearing people!

That's shit. She's clearly unhappy at the moment. If that's a permanent state of affairs she might need professional help to help her figure out what's going on.

The thing I found with the scout was it was very happy at low speeds just cruising along and you get lulled into the idea that’s what it’s for, just pleasant cruising and taking in the view but then you open it up and it transforms into a completely different bike. Much sharper and more powerful than you expect and it’s a surprise. A Labrador and a Rottweiler in one package. Bargain. Hope the Challenger has the same thing going on. Still think about it, ultimately the 9T won out because it was more aggressive and just a bit more fun but I’d still really like a Scout. The only thing I remember putting me off was the number of complaints about rusting but that was 5 years ago. They’ve probably sorted it out by now.

Very nice looking bike. They’re owned by Polaris who made Victory bikes until it was no longer commercially viable. Ola Stenegärd is a superb designer. I don’t think he’s produced a single donkey yet.

Oh dear, my dear, you need to post about it?!

Mr Slowly has left Malaga according to stalk my family he's 55 mins away!

It's classier than your average mall so he'll have to keep an eye out

Yer give it 10-15 minutes and you'll feel your soul leave your body Wear comfortable walking shoes, it's a trek. Had a really good burger in the Five Guys and there's a couple of restaurants that were a cut above your usual Mall crap, Casa Carmen and whatever the Spanish is for the Cave (soz can't remember exactly). The Ikea pick point in the underground parking is useful, Ikea without actually having to go into Ikea, great idea. Take a fat wallet because there is good gear but it's not cheap, unless you want the jumble sale pain of primark Good aircon though, well unless the new aircon law has put pay to that. Good luck, may the force be with you!

Woah An Indian and a Hayabusa (ha ha autocorrect prefers 'highballs' to hayabusa ) is a dream sled shed combo.

Mr Slowly arrives tomorrow HOORAY But buying a flat stuff has happened so we have to leave Thursday BOOOOOO Anyway trying to be positive about it. Lots of good things to look forward to back home.. and this is the end of my second year renting a place in Spain. It's flown by but I know I've been here a few times because I was writing a shopping list and couldn't remember the English word for piñones, the whole list looks like a mishmash of two languages

It will now

Congrats. Bold buying it without riding one, you obviously really fancied it. Look forward to hearing how it rides. Indian romped back onto the market with a prestige most bike revivals don't manage. Very cool.