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If someone was going to force me to have another bike id have another FTR. I know I already have one but I keep finding myself looking at them...

There are lots of hours of practice and experience there. I couldn’t even do it on a push bike ….

Fantastic control but this will trigger the Honda haters -

Congrats Pedro, a worthy winner, lovely looking bike.

Dropped my damn bike earlier. Turning into my driveway, 4-5pmh, loads of wet rotten leaves and out the front went Bent brake peddle, slightly bent brake lever, scuffed heat shroud thing, small scuff on the exhaust. The exhaust can stay scuffed, the other bits are £250. Fucking annoyed, my own stupid fault ... first job tomorrow is get rid of the leaves and crap.

Yep, I'm in the money, I won £16 on the lottery last week, not told my wife though - she might try to divorce me and take half of it ... I'd happily live in the middle of nowhere with no one around me, before bloody Brexit I had aspirations of retiring in the north of Finland. Great fishing, hunting, skiing, food ...

Took it apart today to fit guards on the rad and the oil rad, put it back together and didn't have any bits left over. Sadly couldn't find anywhere interesting to take a photo so its by the side of the road in Basingstoke

I don’t have an error message. All looks normal to me. If it needs some dosh to set up something new I’m happy to weigh in.

Cheers, I actually remembered to take some when I was out just now so all good.

Does it have to be a photo taken this month?

Everyone has ancestors going back 500 or 5000 years You are lucky you can trace yours back so far.

That sounds rough for a teenager. If she has the op is it a guaranteed fix? My eldest broke an assortment of things paying rugby, he had the ops to fix them but still has residual discomfort sometimes.

If there is one thing that pisses me off it's going to undo a screw/nut/bolt and finding the thing has rusted to the point you have to get the angle grinder out. The reflector on the number plate on my Indian is held on with a mild steel nyloc, which, as it gets all the shit the rear wheel flings up, is completely rusty ... on a 4 year old bike. The extra cost for a stainless M5 nyloc has got to be like 2 cents so why the fuck not use one. Checked it over and there are various other bits where the same applies so ive just ordered £30 of A2/A4 replacements ... My old Yamaha MT07 had a mild steel swing arm, with a crappy thin coat of paint on it which got shot blasted by all the crap kicked up off the rear wheel and went rusty. It was still in warranty when I noticed it so I had it replaced. When I asked if they were going to replace it with something better the answer was no, just the same crap. When the replacement came in to the dealer I arranged to pick it up and take it off to get powder coated. Took it back in to them and they then fitted it. Why is everything so shit ... rant over, as you were...

Happy birthday both of you.