Nute

I’ll take a look at the innov ones, not heard of them before. It won’t stop people driving like twats but at least there will be no argument if I do have a problem.

After yet another car driver trying to kill me it's time to fit a dash cam thingy. Indicating to exit a roundabout from the inside lane (two lanes on the roundabout, big white arrows in the road indicating both lanes exit onto a dual carriageway), driver to the left of me decides he is going to carry on round to effectively do a U turn by going all the way around in the outside lane to go back the way he came from, no indication that he's going to do that, just cuts straight across in front of me ... I didn't hit him but it's just the latest thing which has made me decide to get a dash cam. I want one hard wired to the bike, camera front and rear. Anyone got any suggestions? Anyone use one? I have one I can fit to the side of my lid but I always forget to put it on/ charge it up etc.

I had a few other priorities at the time than pulling my phone out. This is what I was trying to get running, mine isn’t fixed to a kart, but maybe one day

Best of luck with that Clive. I almost managed to set myself on fire on Saturday trying to get my pulse jet going using a leaf blower .. a sudden change in the wind direction and im partially engulfed in burning propane. Eyebrows half gone, hair on arms and legs partly gone and face was fecking agony for two days. Fortunately it's now subsided to just angry red and hasn't blistered. To make matters worse my brother, who was assisting, fell about the place laughing whilst I was putting myself out...

i have had pneumonia, nearly bloody killed me. Four courses of antibiotics to sort it out, each stronger and more unpleasant than the last. If a vaccine reduces the chance of going through that again sign me up, I don’t care if it’s got nuclear waste, asbestos and trumps ear wax in it.

Off to Halfords for a sump plug washer, highly likely they wont have one but im bound to end up buying other crap I don't need there.

I’ve got my lads next week … even he’s not that bothered but all my in laws etc want photos. Wife will still be in the US so will be me on my Todd. Currently in Florida where it’s ungodly hot, humid as hell … but we have had some real hum dingers of thunderstorms. Mother in laws car broke down yesterday, battery knackered so fixed that today.

Ain’t that the truth. One of my lads was watching the football a few days ago, they should get an Oscar the way they roll around in apparent agony after the slightest contact…and if the ref doesn’t take any notice they are miraculously healed and get back up and carry on playing.

First time in a MacDo’s for years. Rode to work ( lots of motorway), lovely going in, hot as hell coming back. The only thing I dislike about my Indian is the amount of heat which comes of the engine - fine at 70, awful in 30 deg heat at lights or slow traffic. After 45 mins I had to pull in to Macs for a frozen smoothy thing, which in fairness wasn’t bad. Sadly the AC in Macs was busted….:(

Get a garage heater. Turn it on a half hr before you go out to spanner things.

I don't know why but there is something I really enjoy about going to collect a new bike from somewhere far away. Last one was Norwich, before that was north Wales ( that was a Sunday night in Jan, fecking frozen), im in Hampshire. I have bought a bike from Edinburgh ... but got that bought down in a van. That CBF looks lovely, hope you enjoy it.

I’m never allowed to forget when I got “rumbled” cleaning engine bits in the dishwasher. You’d think I was drowning puppies in it.

Took my bike for a service at the Indian dealership in Wokingham, never been there before but really mice place/ people. They had the bike in there that Guy Martin used for his wall of death thing, looked lovely ... not for sale tho...

We had the imperial system when I was a kid but thank god we changed. I used to go help out at an old folks home when I was a teenager, getting their shopping. Some of them could only work in shillings and bob and 2d whatever the hell that was, utterly clueless about anything base 10 orientated. It was like we were speaking 2 different languages.

How anything even vaguely complicated ever gets built in the US is beyond me. This be needs to be 1 inch and 13 /28ths of and inch and that bit is 56 and 7/ 97ths of an inch .. its like a foreign language..

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/304302769077971/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_general&referral_story_type=general&tracking={"qid"%3A"-1893977013153990741"%2C"mf_story_key"%3A"9065140865908224428"%2C"top_level_post_id"%3A"9065140865908224428"%2C"commerce_rank_obj"%3A"{\"target_id\"%3A9065140865908224428%2C\"target_type\"%3A6%2C\"primary_position\"%3A24%2C\"ranking_signature\"%3A8736073029136794037%2C\"commerce_channel\"%3A501%2C\"value\"%3A0.00032257948558487%2C\"upsell_type\"%3A122%2C\"candidate_retrieval_source_map\"%3A{\"7169264269866010\"%3A209}%2C\"grouping_info\"%3Anull}"%2C"lightning_feed_qid"%3A"-1894002027119265630"%2C"lightning_feed_ranking_signature"%3A"114017867052698645"} Anyone want to go halves on this ?

Im happy to contribute if we need to raise some cash...

Or take the cap off…pretty clever!

We flew into Uyuni, then went south down to the border with Chile. It would have been fun to ride it but a) we’d probably have gotten lost or broken down and ended up dead, b) it was 5000m+ altitude and any sort of physical exertion is difficult when you are from sea level. We were warned about parts of LaPaz, and Uyuni in particular was sketchy, the villages south of there less so but I hired a guide with a Land Cruiser (even he got lost twice). He had enough spare parts in the back of it to cover most breakdowns, and 30 gallons of fuel on the roof as there aren’t any gas stations and a huge cylinder of O2 in case we needed it. In terms of risk from the locals parts of the US are worse. My wife used to live near Camden in NJ, not the sort of place you want to wander about at night, even if you are Buckster…

I was in Bolivia a few years ago, well off the beaten track - im not sure I would feel safe on my tod there, really sketchy in some places and I'm Bucksters size. Fantastic place though.

Ive been out all day and only just got back home but had that sinking feeling when I saw the thread title. Ive not been here very long and not known him anywhere as well as you all did but I have to say he came across as a great bloke, really sad news. Im a member of a few bike forums and this is by far the most entertaining one. It has a very much more personal and unique vibe, and even though there is a lot of piss taking its obvious that some of you have known each other for a long time. I hope we don't loose it, I'm not much at IT but if its a case of funding to keep it going I'm happy to pitch in. RIP Pete...

Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride on Sunday morning. Doing the Guildford one with a few friends. 600+ noisy bikes in Guildford High Street was fun last year, ends at a brewery

Hope you make a full and speedy recovery! I absolutely hate hospitals but I guess judging by the speed with which they whipped you in it might just have saved your life. I can recommend the diazepam, or any opiate derivative if its on the menu, lovely stuff

My day today, went wheeling with a group of friends in the woods and trails around Farnham. Lots of sand and a bit of mud which is very difficult on only 1 wheel so a few falls, but only 1 broken bone.

I find them quite interesting. This is the inter web though, so anyone can say anything and its not going to change anyones mind, but the discussion is fun.