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Had to go and get a replacement headlight bulb this morning for the Yamaha so turned up at an official Yamaha dealership, all swanky marketing stuff and a full range of new bikes. I thought to myself “I’m going to pay for all this bling”……….. but no, I spoke to the salesman in my bestest Spanish, he checked to see if they had any in stock and gave me one………for free! I thought he was joking at first but it seems he was happy that I’d made an effort to speak Spanish rather than just shout in English Happy days.

I think i might be making a U turn on that decision and giving up drinking all together not good this morning

F*ck me , doesn't the twat of a mechanic know how much work you put into painting those wheels ........

I can remember the first 3 but not the hand written one which you think i should considering it was on my birthday. A bit of info to bore you of my woes read it or skip it it's up to you. The first SP30 i was on my way to work and was always late so i'd had a final warning about it, that day i was even later than normal, so gets the bike out fits my brain under seat (wont be needing that) and off i zoom, Usual ridiculous speed though the country lanes to Beddau and came out of the mini roundabout in Beddau on the back wheel, not a showing off wheelie but a come on i'm fucking late throttle twist wheelie, while the front wheel was in there air i noticed a traffic cop passing me in the opposite direction, no problem loosing him here i thought, then i came up behind two cars a little bit further on and thought don't panic just take them after the bend on the down hill straight, i was just about to go when i spotted another traffic cop parked in the junction half way down so just decided to follow the cars in front. As i passed the copper sure enough he pulled out behind me and followed me for about a quarter of a mile before pulling me over. After i politely asked him what the problem was he replied with whats the speed limit along here, to which i replied 50 he said no its 30, after a little chat back and fore i asked why he had singled me out as the two cars in front of me were pulling away from me yet i was the one that got stopped just seems a bit unfair, his reply was, well Mr jones they didn't come out of Beddau roundabout like a fucking idiot did they, to which i replied ok what am i having, work was ok when i explained but i just said i got stopped and showed them the producer and not the fixed penalty LOL. The first SP50 was on the M5 heading to Bridgwater for work, different company though. They had a motor control center ready to leave the workshop and was missing a few door handles so they asked me to pick them up so they could be fitted before it left. A paid ride to Burnham on Sea and back seemed a good idea especially when i worked out i'd have around £45 expenses after paying for fuel. I set off along the the M4 from Cardiff only to join the motorway right behind two lorries with a police escort and they wouldn't let anyone pass, i was stuck at 50-60mph all the way to the M5 exit after the old Severn bridge. When i got on the M5 the road was clear so the brain went under the seat headlight on full beam and ran the bike through the gears like i was on a drag strip heading down the long hill before junction 20 i went through a fog bank and when i wiped my visor i could see what looked like a traffic car in the distance, looked at the speedo it was showing more than twice the speed limit so i though i'd better slow down and closed the throttle, it was a copper and i rolled past him about 75mph and was pulled in straight away. Sat in the traffic car i had to hide my giggling because it was a proper good cop bad cop routine, the one was saying your getting something you didn't even have the courtesy to slow down as you passed us and the other was saying you'll be alright he's having a bad day, this went on for a bit with the one pointing out everything i was doing wrong and the other reassuring me when his back was turned, then i thought i was in more trouble when he asked me what my reg was as he couldn't see it the number plate was so small, i thought he was being sarcastic but after i told him the reg nothing more was said about it. They booked me for 98mph. After being released i picked the handles up and had a gentle ride back. I was supposed to go to court but it was in Bristol so i just pleaded guilty through the post and got a £78 fine and the usual 3 points The second SP50 was on the M4, me and the wife were coming home from a rally i think it was the Crazy Buzzards beach party near Torquay and i was 3 figure cruising again all the way up the M5 and along the M4 when i passed under a bridge just before Newport tunnels i caught in the corner of my eye a traffic car tucked away on top of it so i slowed down to the speed limit fucker pulled me over by Cardiff gate which was about 10 miles from where i spotted him he then said i was going over 100 mph because he had to do over 120 to catch me up anyway after me explaining to him if i was doing over 100mph he would never had caught me up because i was turning off at the next Junction which i wish i had done now. Anyhow cant remember the speed we agreed on and left with my new fixed penalty which was a good job as my points had started to run out LOL All of the above was done on my VFR750 fantastic bike to ride made 120mph feel like 70mph needless to say i put it in for my first new bike the 93 Africa Twin to try and cut my speed and never thought about that type of bike again.

New toy

My worse nightmare She only has right to be here for 3 months, currently in month 2. On day 91 im going to be straight on to immigration to dob her in.

Some pictures in daylight and from a non-phone camera.

Jealous ?

Bit chilly in the south of France

And now I think of it a few years ago I had 4 speeding tickets in about 3 months if it wasn’t for speed awareness course and the wife taking a hit for one I would have been fucked

Just got in from the old bike clubs late Christmas party up the district club again and as usual good to catch up with some, I was invited to another party next weekend here and due to my overwhelming blood alcohol content i said yes ffs

Good progress by the builders today , it wasn't just banging Underfloor heating done in the extension ............... Plumbing and stud wall done for the en-suite ...................... noggins fitted ready to cover the main steel work ...............

I haven’t got original car licence but I have my original HGV

Your 3 months behind in posting the whats my next bike poll, Pete would never have approved this

Had a great stag do there for a mate of mine. Woke up in the morning wearing a pink dressing gown in a house I didn’t recognise. If that wasn’t bad enough I was hanging out of the back door guzzling black coffee when the milkman delivered the daily pint and said “ooooh another wedding is it?” Apparently, I was in the Best Man’s house and he’d been the Best Man at loads of weddings…….fucking hillbillies

Trumpet looks good in black and white , it looks nearly as old as you

Pack need a shuffle.

Bin bit busy the last couple of days but still here. Got a 100 mile bimble in on the CBF yesterday and get the dash and rear cams set up. I have worked out to get the video off the mounted cams but it is a little protracted tis a learning curve. Interesting to watch the tyre pressure rise as the tyres warmed up. I knew it happened but was interesting to see it happen in real time. I do like the Aoocci thinger I have fitted to the bike, a toy I know but useful and interesting to me. Spent some time on Shadows bike this morning as she picked up a rear puncture. Fixed with a repair kit, it was in a safe place to do so. Also noticed that she has covered 2100 miles since her birthday last October. Think she will need a new tyre in the next 1000 miles or so. I took her CB125F out for a 10 mile spin after doing the tyre, all good. I must say that it is a thoroughly pleasant little thing to ride, I don't want one but would commute on such a thing if I worked within 10 to 15 mile of home. Very frugal on fuel and comfy, if dog slow. I remember from riding it in the dark that the lights are very good for any bike let alone a 125.

Is there any liklelyhood of you cleaning any of those bikes

On the Beta group page someone pointed out the difference between the X Trainer and RR air filter cage and said on my bike their interchangeable which sounded correct as they use the same air filter. So i ordered one and it arrived tonight The one on the left is for the X trainer looks a bit more restricting than the RR one. The bike is running a little rich from new and is definitely thirstier than the 2022 bike so hoping this will help lean it out a bit without messing with the jetting. So put a clean filter on and fuck it don't fit. I placed the cage on a piece of paper and drew around it and the footprint of both cages are identical it's that locating spigot thingy is about 6mm longer than the X Trainer one I got my needle files out and started filing a new locating bump, after about 30 minutes it was done and it fits just need some time to test ride it now

I’ve lost my license once, they took it for two months but there were no points system at the time. I had one normal speeding fine, one dangerous driving offence, and one serious speeding fine, in less than a year. Currently, I have a couple of small speeding ones but don’t check the website, I worry they’ll know I’m nervous

I had the pleasure of a conversation with a conspiracy theorist the other day and when I say “pleasure” I mean WTF?!? Now keep in mind that this guy engaged me in conversation, I didn’t speak to him. Talking about going down the rabbit hole, I imagine it was like talking face to face with @zzzak. His entire life is dominated by complete fantasy where he is being sought by clandestine forces. He pretty quickly decided that I had pictures of him and that people had told me things about him even though we had just met and he had initiated contact. It was full blown mental illness. In a short time he asked me if I was police, military, mossad, a Freemason and no I didn’t feed into his paranoia, he was a complete fruitcake. The care in the community system has definitely failed, it might be time to go back to funny farms and lobotomies. By the time I got away from him I was open to getting a lobotomy myself.

More quality work in progress …

Aren’t you a little ray of sunshine

I doubt she would want to. She views this country as some sort of third world state. On being discharged from hospital she asked if we could arrange for her to see some proper doctors, apparently those who treated her inc the nursing staff ( who were brilliant), weren’t qualified as they came from all sorts of weird countries.

Just as well Pete isn't here to see this shit.

Mansfield Town centre is bad enough in summer when the sun is shining.

Go on @Clive , show them Mansfield town centre in January

January in Algarve.

Cool idea for a mobile Coffee stand....

When you're out cutting wood, but forgot your Hibachi to warm up your lunch.... well... Fixed Is Fixed

Just found this photo of me and my younger brother, notice how early i was setting the trend of ripped trousers

I keep the important emails in a separate folder, and then can't find the folder.

The Texas Tornado at Hockenheim back in '97....

I don't want to add to your joy too much, but that's your wife in the future.

Are they the things Pete was always on about

@boboneleg photo taken near Betws y coed today

Sometimes it's just cheap pads that squeal. Get copper slip on the metal contact areas where the pads sit in the carriers. If they still make noise the misses will have to live with it.