yen_powell

I'm waiting for the Scruffy Bastards' Ride.

Wow, that was some chain adjustment!

When you ride next don't forget to listen for the warning noises that your wheel is coming off.

I have an MP4 you have to see but not sure how to get it here?

Don't worry, Pete will polish that out.

I have borrowed the occasional loud piped motorbike. They give me a headache after a while. Good for a quick trip, but not so fun for all day, especially if you have neighbours and do early starts.

I might have posted this before, but I can't be arsed to check

Face like a bag of spanners. I wouldn't like to pay for their breakfast (about a large person) Go and throw a few fucks into them (telling someone off) Blood and guts (the red and cream colour of a particular company's railway carriages) Up and down like a whore's drawers (about uneven paving) No two pounds of him hanging straight (an ungainly chap)

My son has an official work document that is many many pages long and consists of nothing but Iranian insults. Most have to do with sex or people's mothers. At the top it asks for people to update the document if they hear any new ones.

"Come on, shit or get off the pot", when you are taking too long to do something.

Well I put that into google and I am none the wiser! Wanted, wanted, potatoes with eels

It's easy, you don't need a licence, training or any sort of certificate. You have more trouble trying to adopt a dog from Battersea Dogs' Home than knocking out a sprog.

My son used to say, 'Dad, I can't sleep'. I would reply, 'If you can't sleep then you don't have to', then as his face lit up, ' BUT you have to lay there with your eyes closed all night'.

'What's for dinner Mum?' 'Shit and sugar Sandwich.' 'Why Dad?' 'Cos 'y's a crooked letter.'

This cemetery was next to my old office, a shortcut to Bow Common Lane, if you didn't get lost in the middle or run over by a Police Horse from the nearby stables being exercised. Amy Winehouse used a bit of it for a video once. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/07/13/at-bow-cemetery/ https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/03/19/the-beginning-of-spring/

My best was £60/£80 a year for my Africa Twins, then the Varadero. That was for third party fire and theft, 20k miles a year, commuting, ride other bikes 3rd party only and business use (for my job, not delivering pizzas etc) But when I bought a new Versys it went back up to the £250 mark until I lowered the value by using it a lot when I got it back down to the £100 mark. Another new bike has put it back to that range again. I swap back and forth between fully comprehensive and TPFT depending which is cheaper. I believe I have 38 years no claims bonus at the moment, but no company has allowed more than 9 years and when I started riding the most you could have was 3 years with the companies I was insured with. It's the road tax that hurts now, nearly a hundred quid a year for something that doesn't wear the road out or cause congestion!

The stereo system is good on your bike, BMW of course, so I suppose it ought to be. Can't even hear the wind noise over the music. That last picture of the two bikes facing the camera. You know how you see shapes in stuff and once seen it never really goes away? When I look at the headlights I am now only seeing the Polar bear from the foxes glacier mint advert looking over his shoulder and flashing his tea towel holder at me.

Neighbour is back home, or at least someone is moving about in there and their car was outside earlier, thin walls here. Also I'll have you know that she knocked on my door on Christmas Eve and gave me a box of chocolates for being a nice neighbour, which does make me a bit embarrassed about not knowing their names when the police asked yesterday. I wasn't ill after eating the chocs so it wasn't an attempt at getting new neighbours.

I hope your birth certificate is in order. You're not still down on it as a girl are you??

Remember Pete, don't be doing all that perfect Spanishy type talking then falling for the parting comment 'Have a safe trip' and answering 'Thank You' in English like in The Great Escape.

I've had to buy some Tourances, used them a lot on the AT so was a fan of them for a long time. Went over to Avon Storm3D on the Versys, they lasted forever and were good in the wet too and it was only £150 for a pair. Unfortunately although Avon have the size on their website, I couldn't find any places selling the 19 inch diameter front for the 1200. So the Tourances are now sitting in my spare room waiting for the okay to ride anywhere I want and then I shall do so on new tyres with a round profile.

I love his videos. I have a suspicion he earns a whole lot of money on the side doing Hollywood movie trailer voice overs.

Jesus, that's been beaten with the ugly stick, kicked with the minger boots and flattened by the 'looks only a mother could love' steam roller.

I am truly gobsmacked!