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I'm going down mum-in-laws for a feast, my wife is busy doing a leg of lamb right now. We will have to celebrate the New Year twice as it happens an hour earlier in Italy and we will also have to watch Italian TV all night which is feckin awful

Oh come on !! I haven't got time today to go trolling through previous posts

Where are you off too ?

Jesus, we've got thunder and lightning now

I thought you were bound to be aware of Badfinger (the Iveys) when you were growing up, did you ever see them in a gig ?

If you're happy to live with the skinny (flexible) forks, 6v electrics and shit drum brakes then go ahead . But even considering all that it was still better than a C15

I used to ride my brother-in-laws C15, it was shite compared to my XL185

I just re-watched the BBC documentary about Badfinger (the band) , very sad but they made great music while they were around.

Well whoever it was they have switched it, could be a simple mistake .

I tried to invoke a 24hr ban but it seems that my powers are not as strong as He-man ............

I like those lanes around there but not London Road , even if you've got a group of four of you working together it still takes ages to get through it.

Bonkers isn't it Clive, £10 a month on giff gaff for me .

Fuckmine, can you imagine the repayments on that

We're out tomorrow for Tony's xmas ride. Not sure what direction we're going , I think it may depend on the weather. If we're going up the Fosseway then I'll just go on the Donkey but if we're heading to rut central (Wiltshire ) I'll probably go on the Yamaha.

@Sir Fallsalot did you do your TRF ride ?

I totally agree with that and yet I reckon they will be worse off as regards to the state pension as some of them won't be eligible until their seventies the way it's going on I won't get a full state pension either as I finished full time work when I was 51 . I'm not going to make voluntary contributions to top it up as it won't make a huge difference,

Absolutely agree, but the trick is to work hard when your younger and fitter so you can relax more in your later years.. I think this is the point that Fred is trying to make ?

Blimey, this is a tough one . I'm inclined to vote for Fred because that's the sort of view I like but I feckin hate ruts Moon's photo is great because I love those roads in France Pedro's view is bl**dy awesome but I'm voting for Renegade, a classic bike with a view that is one of my favourites

That's the place to get too Fred, it's definitely not all about the money .

The biggest thing for me in 2023 was that my son reached the age of 30 years, which considering his traumatic start to life was pretty amazing,. We had a great trip to Italy to celebrate with him which he really enjoyed. I also managed to get to Italy again later in the year but this time on my bike , the last time I did the Stella Alpina rally was 13 years before that so it was great to go back and ride those iconic trails. Health wise I had a decent year but I'm definitely getting older and I can't really see me riding big bikes anymore, the weight is definitely a factor and getting at least one foot on the floor confidently now is a bit of a must.

That's much better