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You reckon that could be behind the mood of people generally? Because there have been or two situations here recently which I certainly wasn't expecting. Because it's been a year now for all of us whereby we've been restricted from doing what we normally do......in one way or another. The only bit that pissed me off was the first 9 weeks last year when I couldn't ride the bike. Apart from that period it's just been a minor inconvenience really. Having said that I spend 22 hours a day in the same room anyway......so my expectations aren't that high. What about you......are you losing your shit over Lockdown?

Give him my best then Caroline!

My 6.8 incher needs strong support! Can't have it flapping in the wind!

Brilliant! How old is he now and what's he got? Why don't you invite him to come here.......he can mix with his own kind! Not many of us left! And I'm not talking age group....I'm talking Greaser culture! There are old bike guys on other forums........but they are somewhat different as you've seen.

Didn't you say he rode bikes Caroline?

Cheap clickbait title alert just to announce that I've ordered this on e-Bay! The phone has to be positioned on the handlebars now, and I've found that when I get on bumpy roads the weight of my 6.8 incher caused it to droop. Only plastic supporting it you see......but this one is aluminium and matches the bike's handlebars! €27.99 on e-Bay and should be here early next week!

1978.......the year after the long hair went! Bike is a Kawasaki Z650.

Change the tyres to something that's right for you. If you don't have confidence in them they need to go!

Sounds like you need exposure to the 70's motorcycling culture to give you a better overview of things young lady! And it just so happens that I'm still living in that era of personal excesses and debauchery! So is my toothless old mate @Renegade In fact, I still wipe my cock on the curtains now......just can't break the habit.

Sailing Report needed......without the ass shot if possible!

Good to hear Pedro! Tell the old guy to get some Welsh DNA injected in him......he'll be like a fucking bull then! However.....it may turn him into a savage and he'll start spitting his food onto your plate!

As for the point about people starting their own forums......well it's a case of they prefer others to put everything on a plate for them. And I can tell you from experience that doing a forum takes a lot of your time.....and your money. In terms of money, my business has picked up the tab (offset against tax) on everything for years.....and even after I left MB I still provided the hosting at no charge. No big deal......they were welcome to use it. But going back 15 years I had nothing like the resources I have now, At the present time I have about 2TB of free space, plus massive CPU and memory resources on each of the two dedicated servers.......so this site's usage is inconsequential really. Just software updates and domain, those run to about €60 a year. And I can tell you now that no other forum out there is in the position of having virtually unlimited resources already available. They have to pay for their resources and hope to recoup it by selling subscriptions and memberships. And they have VAT to pay on top as well......whereas I don't cos I'm VAT registered. That's a great position to be in. That being said, all I can do is put a site in place! Whether it stands the test of time is ultimately going to be down to the members!

He is.....you could listen to him all day as his voice is so relaxing. Unlike Austin Vince who's always so hyped up he sounds like he's off his head on amphetamines!

I'm going on feedback Bruce......as far as I was concerned everything was OK. My concern is if we repeat the past exactly then this place will go the same way as all it's predecessors. I don't want to build MeccaForMotorcyclists.com but neither do I want it to go down the shitter.....so I've got to listen to suggestions from members.

See what I mean? He's totally fucking barking!

Mine isn't classed as a proper GS by the Beemer fraternity because it's not a Boxer twin Bruce!

Instead of the predicted snow we now get this! Tomorrow don't look too clever but Sunday looks like Styling and Profiling! I'm still locked in this province though!

Sounds like Wankers Doom to me!

Sorry to hear that Pedro......how old is he?

As I'm the only one of us who's met Pedro (besides @Sofia) I can confirm he's serious in real life. More serious than he is online I'd say. Lighten up you fucking manbag carrying Millennial!

Thanks Chris! And can I just add @Mawsley to that list. I've known him for many years and he's seriously weird! But your post has made me look at it a different way! The question is......should we really try to change the way we are in order to appeal to people who are not like us? I'm inclined to think no.....because we're losing the one thing that differentiates us from everybody else. I do agree that people shouldn't fuck up serious or specific subject threads to repeat the same stuff they've already posted in another thread though. So people should try and use a degree of judgement at times. That may be asking too much given the mental state of some of the people here, but we can try. What do the rest of you think?

Yeh.....I think so too Eric! Everybody seems to be on edge now.....both on forums and social media!