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Or take the cap off…pretty clever!

We flew into Uyuni, then went south down to the border with Chile. It would have been fun to ride it but a) we’d probably have gotten lost or broken down and ended up dead, b) it was 5000m+ altitude and any sort of physical exertion is difficult when you are from sea level. We were warned about parts of LaPaz, and Uyuni in particular was sketchy, the villages south of there less so but I hired a guide with a Land Cruiser (even he got lost twice). He had enough spare parts in the back of it to cover most breakdowns, and 30 gallons of fuel on the roof as there aren’t any gas stations and a huge cylinder of O2 in case we needed it. In terms of risk from the locals parts of the US are worse. My wife used to live near Camden in NJ, not the sort of place you want to wander about at night, even if you are Buckster…

I was in Bolivia a few years ago, well off the beaten track - im not sure I would feel safe on my tod there, really sketchy in some places and I'm Bucksters size. Fantastic place though.

I don't understand that either. Looks bloody ridiculous. Is it permanent or if they suddenly realise it looks daft can they get it reversed?

Ive been out all day and only just got back home but had that sinking feeling when I saw the thread title. Ive not been here very long and not known him anywhere as well as you all did but I have to say he came across as a great bloke, really sad news. Im a member of a few bike forums and this is by far the most entertaining one. It has a very much more personal and unique vibe, and even though there is a lot of piss taking its obvious that some of you have known each other for a long time. I hope we don't loose it, I'm not much at IT but if its a case of funding to keep it going I'm happy to pitch in. RIP Pete...

Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride on Sunday morning. Doing the Guildford one with a few friends. 600+ noisy bikes in Guildford High Street was fun last year, ends at a brewery

Hope you make a full and speedy recovery! I absolutely hate hospitals but I guess judging by the speed with which they whipped you in it might just have saved your life. I can recommend the diazepam, or any opiate derivative if its on the menu, lovely stuff

My day today, went wheeling with a group of friends in the woods and trails around Farnham. Lots of sand and a bit of mud which is very difficult on only 1 wheel so a few falls, but only 1 broken bone.

I find them quite interesting. This is the inter web though, so anyone can say anything and its not going to change anyones mind, but the discussion is fun.

Did a 160 mile round trip to see my mum, traffic was awful, roadworks everywhere, shitty roads - coming up the hill with 100m to go until I'm home I was thinking that I'd got there and back without anyone trying to kill me, then a woman in a small silver hatchback pulls out of the school next to us straight in from of me. No "sorry mate", just ignores me and drives off.

My brother has an encyclopaedic knowledge of how our bodies work, he might be in a similar line of business to you (but im only guessing at what you do), and he wakes up in the morning and stretches his arms and legs, flexes his fingers and thinks thank god, it all still works! Given all the things that can go wrong its pretty amazing that it all works most of the time. Edited to add - sorry, I didn't mean to give the impression that he is in any way religious, he's not.

Evolution/ natural selection only works up until breeding age, after that you can get cancer, have a leg fall off or think the moon landings were a hoax, it won't make any difference...

Leave him there, the world will be no worse off.

Just superglue it, that’s all they’d do innA& E. just get the bits out of it first.

No experience with Hyundai I’m afraid. My Karcher was not pressuring a while back, the motor was running but whereas if you don’t pull the trigger it should turn off once it gets up to pressure the motor just kept running. There was a defect in the cylinder head which let water leak out of the high pressure side. The new cylinder head was about £40. Pretty easy to change too. the original CH was shit plastic, the new one is aluminium.

What make is it Clive? Does it run ok, switch off/on duty just shit pressure?

I read in the news that 21 million people watched the second part in the first few days it was out. One of them was me, what a bloody waste of 2 hrs of my life. It was shit.

I feel your pain there. In a fit of enthusiasm 12 years or so ago I built a deck, couldn't afford hardwood for the under the deck bit, now I have to pull a third of it up every 2-3 years to replace the bits that have gone rotten. Pain in the arse.

It is a lovely colour. Was out on mine today and came the closest ive ever been to coming off it. I ended up on a minor road which has so much crap on it that it was just two narrow ribbons of tarmac with gravel either side and down the middle, caught the gravel and almost came off. Was only doing 10-15mph.

No, a kit car built by a GP in his garage. I had to resolve a load of idiosyncrasies on it when I bought it from him 12 years ago. Still not fixed, I looked at it, got head down in the footwell to work out how to get the dash off, decided my back hurt then went out on my Indian instead. Maybe next w/end …

Had that before. My mums car was in the garage for years as she hunt been able to drive for a long time. We decided to try to get it going and on pulling things apart found the air filter compartment full of something a squirrel or mice had spent ages stashing there.

I have had an electrical fault on my car for months, actually it’s probably a couple of years now, the rev counter only works intermittently. To get it to work correctly I need to turn some lights on, any lights, doesn’t matter which, switch them on and it starts working. It even goes on/off in time with the indicators. I keep meaning to get to it to trace the issue but can’t be arsed to pull the dash off. Today might be the day

Ohh, a crossbow, that looks fun

I got finished with work and it was sunny outside so thought id go out for a random ride. When I went outside it was freezing so changed my mind. Within 20 mins it was pissing down ...

Mine is more moss than grass. I raked it all out a couple of years ago, then bribed my son to do it again last year and it’s back to how it started again so I can’t be arsed any more. Someone suggested getting a lawn aerator but a) they are expensive as I’d need a motorised one which requires minimum effort, b) I don’t care enough.