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Well I am on my 3rd bike this year. Started on the Himalayan, got the CB500F in January then traded up to the Hornet in early October. Been a bit of a whirlwind really but really happy where I ended up. Love the Hornet and intend to keep it for some time. I have had a shit year health wise, won't bore you with the details, but on the mend now. My family is all good, youngest has a grip on her mental health issues and is happy, middle one is happy, as always, and in College starting her last year. Oldest has a steady job now, which is something I though I never would say, and appears to be happy. The Darkness is ok and the dear boy is in rude health so all as good as I could expect really. Had an adventure with a different job that didn't work out so back out of hours with the NHS. Happy in my work so can't moan to much.

Oh he's around you know, here and there. He's not really a people's person though so it's unlikely he'll make an appearance here

Too dark and wet for that now it will be a job for tomorrow morning

You and @Marcel could be soul mates if Billy Bob wasn’t in the picture.

Someones been playing. I've just had to drive Mandi and daughter to Norwich.

i would of voted for xtreme to ... if i could of seen his gammon smiley face in the photo

100% he can only probably just about manage one of them .. the latter

Shagging? Wanking? Are they considered to be physically stressful……….probably not at your age.

Suspicious......... @busabeast ..Kim Philby of Motorcycleriders.net

Snowing heavily here right now.

@Six30 and @busabeast on a day out.

with a free hotline to Bender

I pay £6.95 a month for unlimited calls and texts 100 international minutes and 15gb data.

Best get the jet wash out then boyo

Bloody muddy one today Bob everything is filthy after my day out

It's isolated......but people post about it on FB etc and what is a relatively small number of affected machines suddenly seems like a big issue. Cos you never hear from the hundreds of thousands of owners who've had no issues.

It doesn't happen to all of them.......I think mine would have gone by now if it had a bad pump.

Well I've changed my vote to @XTreme I mean that top box is just

Deviant fucker

Covering your tracks I'd say!

If hanging around constitutes about an hour and half best part of 5 years ago then fair enough

You got it! Probably reporting back to him everyday on what you and me are up to! Cos after all, they were onto you as soon as you put that reply in to Mawsley.......as if they'd been tipped off in advance.

I pay £24.99 and bar Internet its all unlimited

The difference is I'd have posted that whatever party was mentioned.

Twat

Fuckmine, can you imagine the repayments on that

I forgot to add that my wife gets a pension from her days working at Woolworths........................... £10 per year!....she asked if she could take what she receives in one lump sum.....,they said no.

Am I missing something here ?

OK.....time to tell us how good, or bad, 2023 was for you. In my case it was one of the worst of all time. I went into it suffering from Long Covid, and then came the most severe case of flu I've ever known. That went on for about two months, with multiple doses of antibiotics for secondary infections. The resulting cough was so strong that it caused the fucking Hernia. Then the grandkids left the town in early May. It was sad to see them go, but that was offset somewhat by the jubilation of seeing Fatty fuck off! Everybody who ever had any contact with her in the town thought she was really fucking weird! I then spent the rest of the year having to carry the Hernia as best I could. Getting on and off the bike was difficult, any bump or movement when riding was unpleasant, and when I could get off it any standing or walking gave me a lot of grief. Ended up only doing about 2500kms / 1500 miles in the entire year. December 5th I had the op.......meaning I couldn't ride over Xmas and New Year. At the moment I'd estimate mid to late January before I can get back out! Though knowing my luck the weather will be hell by then and put the kybosh on it. Livin' the fucking dream I am! Anyway.......tell us about your 2023?

they was living children once ... the poor souls

I have met several CB500 riders over the summer only one mentioned having water pump issues. Doesn't prove anything but just my experience.

I pay €40 a month for unlimited everything wherever I am in the world on Vodafone, and €60 a month for 600MB Fibre Optic, Telephone, and two other mobile lines with Excom who are my ISP. Sure......I could save money by ditching Vodafone, but the coverage and reliability isn't as good on the other providers......plus the Taxman pays for it so why bother?

It was only once

You've got to ask yourself......how much can you trust a guy who used to meet up with Blender?

Actually, I'm voting for the photo of the year which contains a motorcycle (Sofia's photo actually shows 2 Bikes). For me, "Bike of the Year" means much more than just a simple picture of a Bike, so I decided to give my vote to the one that spoke to me more than the others.

You are voting for Sofia as "bike" of the year?

One of the so called too skint to save lads in work is driving around in a £60,000 car i shit myself when i had a £3000 bike on finance around his age The wife only has to pay a one off sum of around £290 to top up her pension so totally worth it, she will get it back in the first 3 months of claiming her pension providing she lives that long LOL