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My Christmas season has been spent looking after Mrs. Hook w/ her new knee...gotta admit that I'm proud of her for doing well w/ her recovery. Seeing consistent increments of improvement everyday. Kind of anxious to see how well she'll be doing by our anniversary in Feb. Hopefully be mobile enough to do a day trip to Hermiston to see my Great G-son by then...

@Buckster @Vamana Gupta Thanks for the relationship advice lads , while I appreciate it is coming from a good place I'm not sure if either of you are best placed to give it.

Sounds like Dan is the one who should pull out if you were worried about your guts.

Dude! You spend the winter with your buddies in the woods bumming each other, no wonder you are self conscious.

Hey @Clive, I thought of you on my ride yesterday, I rode through a part of Galashiels that had a mobility scooter parked outside of every other house.

So xmas is all about getting even ......

As opposed to that red dot?

How long have you been married? When she says all she wants is “x”, it means exactly the opposite. You will pay for that unless you miraculously come up with a post Christmas gift strategically framed as “something just for her, not for everyone else to see”. I suggest a spa day.

Wear it wherever you like, no one is worried about that.

Of course I won’t wear it outside of the house, dum nuts . I will wear it up the shed though, it’s warm and it shows Shadow that I appreciate what’s she does for me.

6 bungalows here, 4 of them have mobility scooters, there was 5 at one time...... it reminded me of Benidorm ..

What did I get for Christmas?........ the fooking lurgy.

Just buy a Yuasa or Motobatt, most other makes are cheap for a reason.

Filed away for a later date.

The normal booze and chocolate here. Went to see the grandkids in the morning which is all fun. Had the oldest round last night, good to see him as he doesn't appear often. Mandi done a good plate of food which is pressing for the throne room. Just washed and cleared everything away ready for "take 2" when the daughter gets here then it's the whole family day on the 28th.

We agreed only 1 or 2 presents each though i just said to give me money towards my swingarm extensions or drag radial on the bike ready for the pod but she got me 3 and 40 quid i got her 1 and wine and prosecco... think we're even

Company name Sinnis International Trading Limited

Wow

It’s not about price I am struggling to find a Yuasa one to fit. I have head that Motobatt can be iffy on quality as well. I can’t be arsed with Lithium. I just want a decent battery, happy to just a a standard lead acid type if I can find something. Just bought a Yuasa replacement for the Hornet as the standard one has shat the bed after 2 years. I don’t think I ride that bike enough.

Have you decided which wank panzer picture you are using?

What ! in the spirit of @Six30 , the bike is in my van

Looks like you’ve done a cracking job there Saul, these things all take time eh?

I suppose that could be true if you were an insecure individual.

Quiet family dinner for Me and the Mrs with the 3 kids and How High so six of us in the end. Crackers and party hats the whole deal. I laughed when How High suggested games after dinner all three of my kids said: “No we don’t play games with Dad”. I don’t believe in competing unless it’s to win. Shadow has inherited that from me, the other two not so much Everyone is in a food coma apart from Shadow who is kicking How Highs ass in a game on the computer. Of course she is I got a good haul of prezzies, triumph shirt 3 hats, a pack of Nordic socks and an armoured bike Hoodie. All stuff I actually wanted. Kids and how high all got what they wanted and more. I bought the Mrs a set of tyres for her X3 which is what she asked for, still feel a bit guilty I never got her something else even after spending £400 on her. Women are good at that sort of thing. Been a bloody lovely Christmas much like we used to have when the kids were small.

X marks the spot

Undecided between these, but for now it’s the one with the camels

Fred (@sir fallsalot) says hello Say merry Christmas to that bunch of twats on the bike forum for me as well.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Shouldn't the barge be in the water not stranded on land?

Picture I just took in the borders.

I don’t take many pictures, I’m pretty sure this was this year.

At the request of our two youngest, home from uni or a couple of weeks we have done Christmas at home, just the 5 of us this year. being skint ( as ever) we just did really cheapo gifts this year, but as meny as possible, individually wrapped under the tree so that here was a huge pile of them. I think a pocket knif that the 3 girls clubbed together for and gave to me was the most expensive one on the year. We had beer, wine and nibbles till late last night, did the presents this morning and had a proper Christmas dinner with Poularde Roti, Gratin Dauphinoise, ( that's roast fat chicken and spuds in cream sauce to you along with broccoli, yorkshire pudding and gravy. preceeded by aperitifs and accompanied by a nice local red wine. Now I am doing my best imitation of a beached whale on the sofa...

I have actually very few pics of the bike this year, I've done quite a bit of riding but more often than not in a group this year, as I now work more social hours. I have also done a lot more leading a group as well which also makes photo stops more complicated. I took this one whilst waiting for the others to turn up for our Vosges trip, back in May.

It's looking very nice now, great transformation! I can't unsee that it looks like it's pretending to be a Harley once you cover it: