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no not in the clanger mate, just moved back down south. and i dont have my number anymore

still cant believe hes gone, not a day goes by that i havent thought about him and this place.

Every one wish me luck , I have a meeting at the bank today and if all goes well I will be completely out of debt… I’m so nervous and excited I can barely put on my ski mask

motherfuckers

Been out on the CBF this morning to go to the classic car and bike coffee morning at Griggs, local country store with a big cafe. Bloody enjoyed it to be honest, met some interesting guys plus a couple of Nazi’s I know from the RE Club. Good morning spent talking bikes. Pissed with rain all the way there and back, went with my mate Andy who was on a Serrow today. He has more bikes that I have shoes.

That is one of the most hideous bikes I’ve seen for a long time. It may be efficient, it may be considered cool by some people but it looks like it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down! As Edmund Blackadder said “I'd rather spend an evening on top of a stepladder in No Man's Land smoking endless cigarettes through a luminous balaclava”

I was going to sit in the garden at 11am and watch the Red Arrows fly over to RAF Valley, but the have cancelled because of the (predicted) bad weather, oh well off to B&M and Farm Foods......and to the pub later

Thinking men have a fanny is what has led to the downfall of America.

Total sense to drive on the left, you need to be able to use your sword on anyone coming in the opposite direction The Japanese know this

Saddest thing is i'm the type that would probably end up owning one in the future and defending it's reputation

I think it's been said a few times ...........

Nazis are riding Royal Enfields? How Nazis have fallen!

You better hide those two new Triumph’s from them

I must have misunderstood when you said you had been sent down, you meant down south.

Where you at down south ... did you just want to be closer to me

It's way more cooler than that piece of junk Honda have made

Could be worse, you could end up with a Vespa ................ Oh hang on a minute ........

tell him he is a sad cunt

Basking apparently. Harmless unless you are krill

St Ives harbour yesterday.

Learn something new everyday..... make the same kind of sense as driving on the left/WRONG side of the road.

This is what they mean by bi curious.

i have to confess i quite like your Vespa does this mean i'm on that slippery ladder

I put my headphones on to listen to that i liked it that much

Pissing it down here now, which saves me getting the hose out to water the flowers Also got a new jet wash this morning, the old one quickly lost pressure after my last try at (bodge) repairing it.

That'll be your reaction when they ask you where you got the money from

There is bugger all in our coastal waters nowdays, I could catch more Flatties in the Trent at Newark on Trent than I could at the coast.

Yes, it comes off the water 50km north from here, or here, on the dawn of the same day or evening before.

Shark?

All the bollocks that goes on a weigh-ins. Constant bad mouthing for weeks on end, some . boxers that wear shorts that they borrowed off coco the clown . Walk on music , ring entry that seems to be more important than the actual fight …… Do I need to go on ?

Sofia made grouper paccheri, with fresh grouper from the market. It was delicious.

I’m sat here watching my Shadow playing bikes. Now we have travelled an hour to a disused airfield with several miles of runway for here to practice on. So she does a few laps of the little corner we are on and gets here confidence up. Great all good, now she is making videos for her socials. Don’t mind at all anything to build her confidence and comfort on the bike. I know at her age I would have been off doing loops and exploring. But then again social media is a new thing for oldies.

The deep fried Mars Bar is for dessert. This was delicious though.

Harley just out of shot..

i just had a shit that looked more appetising than that mess

You eye exam is overdue

We’ve got this HP4 in for work on the dyno today. What a fantastic looking bike

That bike is never going to look any good no matter how many variations they create, put that engine in a proper trail bike you twats

I met Pete online in 2002 I think, when I bought my Transalp 650. I had joined AdvRider at the time, and he just sent me a message on there to invite me to DualSport UK. At the time, he also had a Transalp 650 and was still living in Wales. It was a new thing to me, bike forums, and turns out I quite liked the small intimate group on a forum like that compared to the vastness of AdvRider or even Horizons Unlimited. It's the closest thing to a motorcycle club clubhouse there is online. I literally had started riding a few weeks before joining that forum I think, and started posting my first ride reports literally figuring out how to go on a motorcycle. I was happy to be amongst @modrover, @YamaHead, @Sir Fallsalot, @boboneleg, @Renegade, @Catteeclan, @yen_powell, @MooN, and even @Tym and @Buckster who gave me so much shit I considered leaving plenty of times. With some of those people a relationship grew to frequent communications outside of the forum. I did my first longer ride on a bike to meet @XTreme and Alie, now recently moved to southern Spain and in search of a place to live, before they settled on the house they've been in until now. Then a second meet up in their current house a couple of years later, in which he took a picture of me trying to kickstart his XT350, that picture haunted me to this day at every opportunity DSUK turned to Maximumbikes, then somehow I grew apart and the forum also disappeared and turned to a facebook thing, I think. Years later, I was very happy to get a second private message, again through AdvRider , as an invitation to join this current forum. My life had by then changed, as did I, and I talked a lot with Pete, he and his wife again becoming good friends, this forum has since then provided a needed internet home and I've used it to vent a lot. He loved that I posted my Morocco ride reports on here and I loved doing those too. He supported me during a few moments when he felt I was about to leave, keeping most of his opinions off the forum to try and avoid exits, because he loved to provide people with this space for them to gather around and didn't want anyone to leave on account of him. This forum is not going to be the same without him, and I doubt it'll survive without him, he pulled it forward with sheer enthusiasm. His over the top self confidence and absence of fear of ridicule were his favourite tools for the job, and you can't help but appreciate that. He and his wife are friends, real world friends, and I'm desolated she lost him in such a quick and surprising way.

In 2002 I was in a pretty low place. I'd had an accident the year before in which I lost my leg and now I was sitting at home after more surgery just moping around. I decided to get a PC and see if there was anything on the internet to brighten things up a bit. I came across a motorcycle forum that looked a good laugh and started to get to know some of the characters, @Buckster, @Renegade @YamaHead @MooN @Catteeclan @Pedro @Tym @Specs @Sir Fallsalot @yen_powell and many more (my apologies to anyone I've forgotten). They were an eclcectic bunch with all sorts of views but most of all no one took themselves too seriously . The guy who ran it @XTreme was my kind of man as @Saul says above, a straight talker but bloody funny at the same time. I can't tell you how much it lifted my spirits and it was my 'go to' forum. When Pete started this forum up I was so excited to catch up with old friends and carry on with the banter and meet (virtually) lots of new guys and gals as well. No other forum I've been on has ever matched any of Pete's creations, he led from the front and was always trying to keep things chugging along . Good luck today Pete an wherever you end up I'm certain you'll be having a laugh.

And a voice from above said "cos you are a annoying cunt"

I am sure this will be classed as gay but I don’t really care. I wanted to say something about Pete. It's funny but even though we never met I have come to look on him as a friend who I spoke to most days. Please you that knew him much longer and better than me do the same, I and I am sure others would like to read it. I liked his manner and the way he would call me out for being a cunt when I was, straight talking honest friends are rare and should be valued. Sometimes you need to look at yourself and what you are doing. He ran this website well and showed a tolerance and the same friendship to some character’s with pretty extreme views not just because of what they could offer to the place. Also because he saw value in them and their views. I liked that, regularly talking to people I would not in most walks of life is a good and valuable learning experience. That environment Pete created with his forceful personality. If you can get by In this sometimes harsh forum it makes you a stronger person in everyday normal life, I liked that too. Interesting place run by an Interesting Guy. I liked his consistent hatred of most things Chinese and Indian unless he was buying them, his quick fire consistent POS posts made me laugh. His refusal to see any value in the same unless of course it was something he bought. Bloody Negatron but Funny Guy. Also I think sometimes we forget of the time and effort and finance he put into this place, because he believed in it and it was his creation. To our benefit of course. Oh and the last thing that I liked was talking to him was often like taking a trip back the the 1970’s with his views and some outlooks on life, my formative years that I look back on with fondness for all the flaws of the time. Good Guy Hopefully we can continue in this forum and stop it going to hell in a hand basket, which it may very well do without him. Pete a friend I’m going to miss. The self proclaimed Rugged Individualist. Cheers Shad Man