Slowlycatchymonkey

Aah so sweet

Yep I think I’ve narrowed down based the filthy lucre but I’ll wait until @Grasshopper's Ride appears to tell me a bridge camera is just the thing or it’s the dumbest thing!

@XTreme I discovered you can alter your uploaded images on the forum by double tapping the picture and the resize image option appears

I was thinking of a bridge camera for the zoom capabilities. I saw this jobby but don’t know if the battery would be an issue or if I’m missing something. https://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-lumix-dc-fz82-bridge-camera-4k-uhd-18-1mp-60x-optical-zoom-wi-fi-live-viewfinder-3-inch-lcd-touch-screen/p3125372 or maybe this, same sorta thing. https://www.johnlewis.com/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-hx400v-smart-bridge-camera-hd-1080p-20-4mp-50x-optical-zoom-200x-digital-zoom-wi-fi-nfc-gps-3-lcd-screen/p2223394

My photos are crap. Skill and talent aside for a moment I think a lot of them fail because can’t zoom in on the thing I want to photograph well enough using a camera phone and I cant focus the photo on the thing I want to be prominent in the picture when it’s distant view. So a camera is probably in order. I’m not adverse to spending a bit on it but don’t want to fret excessively when I’m dangling it over the side of a bridge cos it cost x amount. Any pointers or suggestions? I really have no idea and there are so many choices. Heeeeeeeelp Edit: I don’t think a compact camera is going to give me the zoom Id like. So long as it fits in a tank bag the size of it doesn’t matter too much.

I went to the Sammy Miller museum a couple of years ago. Brilliant place, loved it, definitely going back. It was almost empty (deliberately chose a quiet weekday time) and there was an old guy who kept appearing just slightly off to one side. I didn’t think much of it until we left the building and my friend said you know that guy who was eavesdropping, that was Sammy Miller. Ive thought about it many times since, he was definitely available to chat to and I didn’t bloody recognise him. So annoyed with myself, what an idiot, I was in the Sammy Miller museum with Sammy Miller, had the opportunity to chat to the legend himself and missed it.... I console myself that the things I was saying were extremely complimentary, I understand why he was smiling at me now, at the time I thought I’d just attracted a lunatic He enjoyed listening to me standing in front of his ENORMOUS trophy cabinet raving on about how unbelievable it was and how talented he must be cos it just didn’t seem possible to have so many. He must have competed non stop and won everything, really remarkable.

You kept the bike upright n didn’t break anything, under the circumstances I’d count that as a win.

Brilliant

Bloody hell, I’d heard it, I’d seen it plugged but I didn’t know if could actually happen outside a carefully curated BMW photo shoot?! Bit bloody heavy though ay? I mean a Himalayan is one heavy thing to regularly dump in the dust but one of those Great pic though

Cheers m’dear. I did go back n forth on it trying to dissuade myself but it’s a bit like Woody Harrelson- ugly fuck but somehow also attractive Plus I tried out other show pony’s, like the Triumph Bonneville and the Indian Scout and only this one made me laugh my head off and fear I might die at the same time

Ah no nothing that cool. It’s a modern iteration (one I can start and maintain ), its a show pony or it would be if I washed it Hang on a sec for some reason my phots take stupid long to arrive on other devices.

Went out on the ninet (after checking I am still insured n taxed, so easy to lose track of these things) and had a blast.. kind of. Haven’t ridden it for so long it felt a bit new. I suppose I hadn’t done very many miles on it before lockdown or in the gaps so some of it was comfortable and familiar and some of it was.. oops.. oh yep oops again.. oh yep I remember that now.. oops Love that bike, the suspension is hard, and the bikes rough (a bit like very fine farm machinery) but oh it’s fun and a weeny bit dangerous mwah ha ha haaa. Is there a way of posting pics in a smaller size? Some were zoomed in pics and look fine on a tiny phone screen but monitor size theyre less than thrilling and I’m pretty sure I should post ride pics here at some point or face accusations of being a casual.. heaven forbid. Also wondering if we can have a twat of the week award for general twatishness of either forum members or the general public who are busy bringing ‘joy’ to life? I have an excellent nominee from today who’s clueless face as he nearly wiped me out deserves place.. and an f’in good shake.

Nice Do the french do that thing thats popular in Spain where the BBQ is in a covered area?

Good luck with that, what’s the temp there?

Ah a bit of mud paddling, yes not the most fun way to ride! In all seriousness though I dont think Id be very happy on those tyres in mud. Glad mud was the only type of plastering that occurred!

Maybe individually email any missing persons (so it doesnt land up in junk mail) cos they may well have concluded it went pop and given up.

How did Mudgate come about?

I had the same problem @boboneleg I saved the link in my favourites and it didn’t work and there was no working redirect but I discovered the emails in the junk folder so found the name that way Then my password which is saved in the keychain wasn’t recognised so I had to request a password reset (that also went into junk) and was about to conclude the universe thought I was better off out of it when it finally fell into place

Has she arranged trauma counselling for you.. and the church people?

Shit Pete, have you called 112?

Gonna break the ninet out of hibernation today and take it for a spin. Not ridden it since last autumn so have got myself excited, the benefits of a shrunken lockdown world ay! A cursory glance over it last night makes me think the its going to look pretty bad in the sunlight cos its not been washed since... urr.. Depending on the temperature my hand may come out of its glove and take a pic

I’m half n half. I’m certain it’s saved me from a proper mess at least once. The time where you close your eyes cos there’s nothing left in the brakes (apart from skid) and nowhere else to go except the painful impact and somehow it worked it’s devilish skill and youre still alive. Can’t fault that. But in some circumstances you forget to turn it off (ands that your bad) and the stupid slidey shit that can help you doesn’t happen- brrrr, good luck. The brakes and ABS on the Himalayan are so bad ( I mean baaaad), in serious situations once the brakes have done their crappy most and you are unfortunate enough that the abs kicks in it’s so ridiculously calibrated it may well chuck you off. It’s ONNNN.. OFFFFF.. ONNNN... OFFFF.. so slow to arrive and yet so strongly applied unless you’re in a straight line it’s gonna seriously shake your tail. But most people aren’t so dumb and do turn the abs off or ride in a manner inkeeping with the bikes ability so yer mainly the awfulness of abs is only my fault

Is a tomos like a honda c90 in the fondness stakes?

Not yet will be looking to take one for a test ride and crap pics will undoubtedly follow