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They look like fucking Line Dancing boots to me! You been doing all that "Achy Breaky Heart" shit @Sir Fallsalot?

I just wear stuff for 20+ years till it disintegrates! I don't mind spending dosh on the bikes.......but not so keen in throwing it into gear!

Well when you're found dead at least they'll be able to say at least he went out the way he wanted......with new boots!

Got Summer and Winter boots......I dunno what they are though.

Well you can use the fucking arrow from now on and like it! @Tym get the fucking guns out........Fred thinks he's above using the arrow!

Michelle......I just wanted to make an observation! You're a woman who doesn't want to get married, who doesn't want to go shopping, and you spend all your money on motorcycles! That is not normal! Therefore.....this is without a doubt the place for you!

That thing is going to cause accidents cos twats will get one and then try and match Marc Marquez's 70 degree lean angle!

Two things! First........you know when you've read through a thread and you want to go back to the top? Previously you'd have to use the scroll bar on the right to do it........and if the individual posts were very long with lots of pics then it took forever. Well I've now set up a "Back to Top" function which has been added to the bottom right of the page.......all you do is click the up arrow and the page will go back to the top on it's own. Secondly, Invision, in their wisdom of advancing and improving the forum software, did away with the "Preview" button which you could use to check just how shit your contribution was before you posted it. I've now coded it back in and you'll see it just below the text box when you go to post something. When the box opens you'll even see a representation of how utterly crap your post will be on desktop, tablet, and mobile. To close the preview and return to the editor just click on the black cross on the top right hand corner. Or you you can hit Submit Reply to actually post it. Please note that your posted content will still be mindless garbage......but at least you can now preview your mindless garbage before inflicting it on others! You don't get this shit on ButtRider you know! Tell 'em @Tym

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That's a good point Eric! I remember when a previous forum exploded with members around 2006 and it changed the vibe completely. Most of them came from ButtRider.......and in a few cases they'd been banned from there. So a few more members would be good.......but the right type if you get my drift!

The colourant was brown......it just came out as ginger! It could happen to anybody!

Not sure anybody does Clive......cos they wouldn't be able to get away with it here. Everybody's connected you see.......so any bullshitting would be found out. For example.... @Tym doesn't pretend to be unstable.....he is. I first had my suspicions back somewhere around 2002 when he built a big snowman in his garden, shot it to pieces with his guns, then threw red liquid over what was left to signify bloodshed. I believe the legendary Julian Solos delivered his "unstable" diagnosis on Tym at that point!

I haven't personally met everybody here......but virtually everybody has been met by somebody else on here. In my case I go back as far as 2002 with many of them......so there's a lot of history here. What I'm saying is that as far as I'm aware nobody here puts on a fake persona......it's what you see is what you get.

This Saturday marks SIX MONTHS since we opened the doors here! Back then, people were locked down and getting more and more frustrated......and going on FaceButt just wound you up even more. So I pulled the trigger on this forum as an escape.......even if I was the only one escaping to it. People signed up, but I honestly didn't think we'd last beyond the end of lockdown. Yet some of us are still here! The nucleus of this place now comprises original DSUK members, plus a few who joined up when we became MB. Which is what I originally wanted. Additionally we've had some new members sign up...... who've made great ride report contributions, and whose outlook is similar to ours. So recommend us to friends if you think they may be interested. Just don't invite any of the individuals that previously got banned on DSUK or MB though. Particularly that guy with the Beemer who had all those sex slaves! Or the Holocaust denier! Or Fuckmine/Flouncing Floater......though somebody who invents his own accidents would be good entertainment up to the point he got banned again! So thanks for your support......I've enjoyed having this place here! AFAIC it's been good seeing old friends again, plus my ride reports can finally be presented in the right way. And spidered by Google too......not lost in a sea of shit on FaceButt never to be found again. What about you? Has this place made a difference for you?

That Tomos needs a beak if you want to get taken seriously on ButtRider!

Shit like that can get you killed! Cos once they start building up it could launch the bike into a violent Tank Slapper........and I know all about them after my unscheduled dismount at 110mph back in 1978. But it's clean now......Death and Dismemberment is averted once again! Tell 'em @Tym

I don't go out looking for that.......but if the opportunity arises (especially if somebody's on prestigious shit) then I may consider it!

An Old Age Pensioner on an A2 licence motorcycle going out looking for people to race with? It doesn't sound like the behaviour of any normal old person to me @Pedro

Apparently there's 3 different compounds in these Fred......reports say that it's stood up fine on rougher surfaces.

It's a farm Bob! I can't just go riding into somebody's farm! Some of these Dagos have fucking bulls running round on their land!

Glad you mentioned tyres guys....I hadn't touched on that. OK......when I saw the bike pics in the shop originally I thought....."WTF are those road tyres?". Well I zoomed in and all I could make out was Bridgestone. So I checked the pattern with the tyres on Google and it revealed they were Battlax A41. I thought I'd probably rack up some miles with them then get Tourances on. Cos the A41's didn't really look like the type of tyre that would ideally suit what I do. Then I read a few reviews like THIS! And they were all saying the same thing......they're excellent.....even on trails. Despite what they look like. Well I've used them in various different environments and they're amazing. Coming back on the motorway and the way they took faster bends really stood out. Totally planted. Since then I've used them on a number of different surfaces in places where I've used Tourance, Anakee, and Scorpion Trail. All of those have lost traction at different points, and I remember the exact places it happened. The Anakees were even stepping out on Tarmac! But these A41's haven't put a foot wrong so far......for me they're light years ahead of the other three. I think they're a premium price tyre........but I've got no qualms in putting A41's on again when the time comes to replace them. No good for the type of stuff Fred and Bob do.......but for @Pedro these are the ones to go for!

It was a national holiday today so I thought I'd get an hour out on the Beemer! I've already tested it on Motorways, A and B roads, farm tracks and light offroad paths. All good so far.....so I thought I'd give it a test on the canal paths! These have multiple variations of surfaces varying from billiard table smooth to trenches.......and just about everything in between. Along with bizarre cambers and falling debris strewn across your path. And there's the added bonus that if you get it wrong you'll end up dropping 6 feet into the canal. This particularly one is relatively easy......the final one up into the reservoir itself is a bit rough! It's virtually all concrete but it's completely broken up into various zig zag patterns and trenches which can trap your tyres and take you off course! That's for another day.....I just wanted a gentle jaunt this afternoon! After all, I am a Pensioner FFS!