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That was Ashes to Ashes! You seen this?

Yes.....but how can I tell the pressure you're applying and at what point in the turn? And is the front brake being used as well?

So how do I see you doing this trail braking shit from a photo?

Poor old Ren's still in 1972! It's like a fucking episode of "Life on Mars" in here"

How about a vid of you on your bike demonstrating how you do all this new age riding shit? Maybe if I saw it done I might understand it a bit.

19 cases yesterday......now up to 134! I'll never be released the way it's going!

O Rings are far superior.....the grease is packed in them. They last so much longer than the old chains we used to have. But like Tym says they still need checking and lubing.

I'm the last person qualified to answer mechanical queries, but my understanding is safety. It's years since I had a split link in a chain......and I'd be very apprehensive if I had one now!

This is the new normal now Chris!

Still at it is he?

What did he do on there? And I can't remember if he got banned on MB......if he was, it must have been Ren who pulled the trigger.

Maybe different interpretations in different places Pedro!

"Like a dog with two cocks".......someone who's full of themselves.

Worse places to trace our DNA back to than Northern Spain Alan. I mean....just imagine if that chromosome connected us to the Hanoverians?

No new cases and a couple have dropped off the 14 day period! So we're down to 117. However, it still surpasses 1.000 infections per 100.000 inhabitants, namely 1.334,3. Therefore, tomorrow at the Committee Meeting, Health Alert restrictions will be tightened with the closure of non-essential trade and hospitality. So it's game over for the pissheads in the bars!

50 years in June......and still totally clueless as to WTF I'm doing! But the odd thing is I'm still here! So despite not knowing how I ride, or one end of a spanner from another......somewhere along the line I must have got something right. Unfortunately I don't know what that is!

But at least there's no DIY threads! Yet!

The SS180 I had in 71 was always wheelying.....but that was probably due to me being clumsy with the clutch cos I didn't know what the fuck I was doing!

Very nice Michelle!

Yes.....but that was years ago! Now you're fucked up and can't get an hard on! Six figure sum right there!

Big compo claim coming up I'd say! Throw in impotence as well......if they try to disprove it, it'll never stand up in court.

That's the way I've always ridden.......I don't know any different. Maybe that's what disturbs others? And I suppose always riding in the centre of the road and then veering from one side of the road to the other may be unsettling to some as well. If anything, the way I ride is loosely based on the classic Hailwood style........where smoothness is the key, In the right gear going into the bend, taking a line to straighten it out as much as possible to minimise lean angle, and accelerating all the way through. Minimising lean angles (without minimising speed) may sound odd......but remember that my early years were on bikes that didn't handle, didn't brake, and the tyres were fucking square things that didn't grip. Even in the dry! So I had to be as smooth as possible to compensate for all those things, because invariably I was belting around with a load of other bikes! Not plodding by any means! And I suppose that method of riding is still with me today. That's all I know!

You've been out with me Pedro.....do I do any of that? As far as I'm aware if I've done any braking it's before the bend and I'm then accelerating all the way through it. I think!