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I would listen to old farts (or anybody for that matter) if I felt they had knowledge and experience to pass on!

It's Spain.......and it's Summer! They use that as an excuse!

Same here! That stack was our bike search engine back then!

No......he wrote to a younger audience and was very controversial. 25 years later Dan Walsh pushed the boundaries even further! He was a real fucking nutter!

I thought you were going back this week?

And LJK Setright? Though most of his stuff got a bit technical for me!

Wow! Is it online? He was the one who introduced "attitude" to motorcycle journalism. Cos most of the other Brit publications were writing as if we were still living in the cloth cap and side valve era.

Not the case with Mark Williams in Bike magazine! He was a fucking legend! The only man to ever write off a Maserati in Powys, and eventually spent some time in a US Jail! Anybody else remember him?

Buck's already bought into the Harley lifestyle.......a few more quid won't hurt him.

Generally the GT550 was pretty reliable......yours was the exception.

I'm sure he said it was! But it'll be a Yank Belt so it'll be better than yours.

I doubt that tank range is a deal breaker for @Six30.......he never ventures very far from the van.

Ever heard of Motor Cycle, Motor Cycle News, Motorcycle Mechanics, Motorcycle Sport, Bike, Cycle World etc? And we all met in large groups virtually every day back then......very often hooking up with groups from other areas on the weekend. It's what I loosely refer to as the Real World! Which ironically was a much better world than now in so many ways. What you say @Clive?

Belt drive! You could be a prospective member for @Buckster's gang!

Haven't been to a bike show since the late 70's......I was always bored to tears. Except the one in London in 1972 when they unveiled the Z!. That one was groundbreaking, not because the show was anything special, but because It was a massive development for motorcycling in general. The K0 started the momentum in 1969, but the launch of the Z1 in 1972 changed everything as we knew it. Forever!

Where are you?

Going off in Russia now! https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-latest-putin-wagner-prigozhin-rostov-on-don-live-updates-12541713

I understood nothing apart from the smell of fish!

I've never encountered a bike salesman that was as well informed about the bike that I wanted to buy than I was. Even before the net I did a lot of reading and research, and whenever possible I tried to speak to an existing owner for their feedback. Preferably an owner that could talk about the model within the context of how it compares to other models.

Why is your mate giving you a Nazi salute?

The Hernia support arrived today! Hoping it'll help me get through all the travelling to NL in 10 days time.

Seems like a lot of unnecessary shit on that bike that will cost a fortune to replace when it's out of warranty. How long is the warranty?

Freddie Dobbs one fucked up.....