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Got to be a connection to Beemer ownership surely?

Is there anything on this planet that isn't my fault Pedro? I'm surprised that you haven't accused me of being the cause of your hair loss!

When you're a Strom guy it's difficult to find something that matches up to them as an all purpose machine. You always keep going back to them!

With offroading I think it's a case of getting the skills when you're younger and physically capable of dealing with the consequences of something going wrong.

Very capable machine......but pretty much a dinosaur today.

I find it disturbing for a couple of reasons! Firstly they don't seem to be bothered if they trash their bikes, despite the value of them. Are they loaded......or just fucking stupid? Or both? And also, considering most of those guys are not young, they seem oblivious to the physical damage they could inflict on themselves. Back in the mid 70's I used to come off my TS185 and DT400 all the time by pissing about and trying to do wheelies and jumps offroad. I'd hit the deck and bounce around, then just jump back on as if nothing had happened. Then in 2004 I binned my boy's DT175......and I hit the deck like a sack of shit. I certainly didn't bounce anymore! Took me about 10 minutes to get back on my feet again and I didn't feel right all day! So the consequences of something like that for me (and guys like me) now at our advanced ages don't bear thinking about. They wouldn't just be serious, they could well be permanent.

Can you find a place for him in your new gang? Maybe he'll switch his man crush to you then?

Yeh....there was a few on there who didn't seem to be getting up.

Why these guys ride these huge bikes through conditions like this is beyond me!

You recovered now @Marcel?

VR46 has retired.....so they're not at any risk of him coming from behind!

This is Rich if he ever met me!

This is a better one......

I know he's still with Honda, but hasn't been active on a regular basis for 3 years now! When he was riding permanently the bike was built around him......since then the input has vanished. Plus, it doesn't look like he'll ever be back to what he was.

He was Wilder's old sparring partner......and last opponent. Didn't last a round!

I've never seen the likes of this before, as the Japs (mainly Honda and Yamaha) have been dominant for 50 years. I think that with Yamaha losing Rossi and Lorenzo, and with Honda losing Marquez and Pedrosa, they not only lost elite racers, but top notch development riders as well.

@Six30

I think he sees me as someone within the upper echelons of motorcycling, and probably aspires to be at that level when he gets to my age. It's understandable really!

So the original jabs gave me all that? Was the Hernia included as well?

Yes......I've noticed it for quite some time. The thing is, his attention-seeking posts contribute nothing of any relevance to the forum whatsoever. He just seems to need my attention for some reason. Are his bedroom walls adorned with pictures of me as well?

Every time you got on a bike there were hairy moments Terry! I'll never forgot the close call you had with those peacocks when you were on the Caponord. Can you believe that's nearly 20 years ago now!

No.....I originally posted before that nothing happens when you turn the key! I couldn't hear a starter motor click when I was in the car, but outside the car I could hear it when the mechanic tried.

Mic is disabled on the cam cos of wind noise!

I thought things had been too quiet.....apparently Eris is now circulating. Waning vaccine resistance appears to be causing this as most people had their fourth vaccine last year. Luckily our last one was only two months ago......as we delayed ours due to having Covid, then Long Covid, and then that fucking flu! How long since your last jab?

That's hardcore Pedro! You got the heat as well now then?