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Looks like it's going to be leave it running!

Like a Bus?

The other forum has banned them........so we're stuck with them Marcel!

Ali's coming up to her left hip replacement......the right one was done 6 years ago.

Yes!

You still got the Scoot Lyn?

Later on this week the site makes it's final trip......from Detroit to Atlanta. The site is massive 83GB and in total there's about 400GB to be transferred from one server to another. The migration team will be told to leave this site till last, but it's still going to take many hours to copy. Then there's the nameserver switch which will result in propagation delays for those of you on shit ISP's! I would estimate between 6 to 8 hours offline! So I'm giving you the choice! Turn it offline, or leave it running and lose a few posts? Make the call!

How is it coming along Bob?

None that I specifically watch really. I just click on whatever interests me!

I had to wait 9 months......but they did a good job! And I got a lighter bike......195 kilos! You take it easy there Lyn......and drop in more often. We're all old and fucked up here so you're in good company!

Hi Lyn.......sorry to hear about Pat! Age is catching up with all of us now! And did you see my groin photos after my Hernia op......I can repost them if necessary! Be great to see you if you can ever make it over here!

I'll tell you a story about that. Around 2000 the wife fancied riding a bike so I got her a little 125. We did it properly.....she went to a training school. Then she failed her CBT and kept going back and they told her she still wasn't ready. So I got involved and we took the 125 to the old campground in Carmarthen so I could see her riding. And she was awful.....totally abysmal, no natural ability, and a danger to herself. I had to tell her to forget it because it wasn't going to end well. Then in 2005 I got a DT175 for the boys to have a good at riding offroad. The eldest one who was 17 then (now in Madrid) was exactly like his mother.......no ability or coordination. So I told him forget it! By contrast, the youngest one who was 14 (he's the one in NL now) was a fucking natural. He was belting round offroad with me following him on a mate's field bike......he was even drifting the back end without even knowing how he was doing it. Incredible natural ability......but unfortunately he was just going way beyond his level of experience. Till he binned it heavily! He was OK.....just winded, but it just put him off and he never rode again. Then I got on it, pulled a massive wheelie up a wet bank and binned it again, landing on my face! This time bending the handlebars like a banana. And those two things put him off forever. But it shows that ability is inherited......you've either got it or you haven't.

The bikes then were all very different from each other......not so much today. He had zero natural ability......which is something that you really need to have. Of course, natural ability can also get you killed when you don't know your own limitations.

I rode one in 75.....it was pretty lacklustre! But I did have a H1 Kwak at the time which was the complete opposite. My mate with the CB500T was a great guy, but he was one of those who shouldn't have ridden bikes. Not that he was wild.....in fact he was the complete opposite and rode very slowly indeed. But he just didn't have it if you know what I mean. But he kept riding and sadly met his demise on the Heads of the Valleys road August Bank Holiday Monday 1994 riding a Beemer.

It was only made in 75 and 76.

The 500T was mid 70's though?

It was about 7 today with a strong wind!

Working all bloody day again today! Couldn't have gone out anyway......it's been pissing down and bloody freezing!

Nice job Clive!

Very impressive @Six30

2021 was a vintage year for bullshitting!

At least his cab is clean when he lands in the ditch!

I rode a mate's CX (the standard one) in the late 70's and it was awful! Yet they had quite a following.