Catteeclan

6 hours ago, YamaHead said:

I'm pretty sure they're NOT the variety you're thinking of....

Bummer

4 minutes ago, busabeast said:

I know Mark davall in harlow is decent, not particularly cheap but they know what they are doing and won't fob him off

Info passed on thanks.

Anyone recommend a good bike shop in the chelmsford Essex area?

Owner of a TDM asking.

Was sitting in the bedroom yesterday and a sharp gust of wind and rain had a lump out of my chimney stack. Said lump rolled down then onto the conservatory roof and the floor.

CRF

18 minutes ago, Buckster said:

That meme isn't half as smug as you're feeling is it.

50 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Join this group download the route and see if the TET goes near you. The TET is set up for a 650cc size bike and under but some of it can be easy on a bigger bike and some can be hard. But the best thing to do if your serious about it is ( i cant believe i'm saying this ) do what Buckster said join the TRF

https://transeurotrail.org/

Or get an up to date OS explorer map. Then you can sneak out and take your time without all the piss taking when it goes tits up, and it will.

This one's better

On 06/04/2024 at 20:27, Catteeclan said:

3 body problem on Netflix. We're about 5 episodes in and although started I bit weak has now got our full on attention.

Finished this series and got to wait for the next now.

40 minutes ago, Saul said:

I have the feeling I have been stitched up by my daughter again.   She has been planning all week for me to help her clean her bike fit some of the tat she bought, plus check tyre pressures, oil and stuff.  So she can do it without me interfering in the future.    Ok I thought.    Fucking 7:00 am this morning she wakes me up to tell me she is ill, and to be fair she does have a cold or possibly flu.   I say take some paracetamol and go back to bed, then she turns on the water works cause she wants the bike done and can’t do it.    FFS 

Anyway I have spent the morning fitting the rack and box I bought her plus some of the Temu tat she has bought.  Plus fitted a louder horn like I did on my bike, because my Mrs implied that I didn’t love her as much as myself if I did not.    Still trying to work that out.   
 

Gotta love the way they all manage to manipulate the soft twat.    To be fair I don’t mind, but I would have done it all without the scheming.   


 

Also surprised to see that the bike was made in Italy, I thought it was made in India   
 

 

Though they were made in India, with the dodgy clutch baskets etc, maybe just the engines?

6 hours ago, YamaHead said:

After a ride this morning, I finally got the blasted back yard mowed....that 1st mow of the season is always a PITA!

Same here, first cut was Wednesday, the side the rabbits don't eat.

1 hour ago, XTreme said:

No!

He's disappeared from FB now.......so no idea what's going on!

That’s sad. Thought you 2 had a good relationship.

hope he’s well.

Tym

3 minutes ago, Tango said:

Here in France the testing stations are independent from garages, they purely do the tests and nothing else. And, yes, they are trying to get the current stations for cars to do bikes too. Some testing stations have said that they simply won't do bikes, because they don't have the staff available to train. It's a mess!

Coupled with this, the government haven't set a price for the tests, so those stations that will do bikes can charge pretty much what they want!

Was our government involved.

went for a walk with a mate and his dog this morn. Stopped off at a car show which was full of American garbage so hit the pub for a shifty and sandwich.
No pics coz I made it up.

1 hour ago, Tango said:

So, the Controle Technique (CT) for motorcycles comes into force in France from 14 April 2024. In true fashion it has been poorly implemented. Many test centres have not trained their testers on the bike roadworthiness tests. Bike specific test equipment has not been identified, let alone installed in the test centres! Many of those testers that have been trained are complaining that they're worried about dropping bikes or not being able to get heavier bikes onto the testing platforms unaided. 

Although the French government are trying to justify the tests on safety grounds, one section is what they call the Nuisance tests, which include measuring the noise and exhaust emissions on the bikes. And it seems that the noise limits proposed are pretty tight! 

Obviously, bike groups are up in arms about this and are calling for a boycott of the tests. However, some insurance companies are saying that they will insist on seeing a pass certificate from the CT before insuring a bike. This has also incensed the bike groups, as this is not required for getting car insurance!

Anyway, lots of protests have been called for today (13 April) by the bike groups and I think that it's pretty inevitable that there will be things getting torched and possibly punch-ups with the police!  I'll be watching the news with interest!

4 minutes ago, JustaPor said:

In Portugal it was supposed to start on the January 2024, and was postponed to January 2025.
But the issues are the same, no one believes that the centres have trained technicians for the inspections.

 

Are they just trying to get the car testing stations to do them?

1 hour ago, boboneleg said:

First Kove puncture 

Just a puncture?

42 minutes ago, Otto von Jizzmark said:

Here's a bit of music while we wait... 

 

Vision on, gallery time

8 hours ago, Tango said:

That's some bad photoshopping

1 hour ago, Pedro said:

Here’s dragonflies making love, spring is here

 

looks more like getting rimmed.

1 hour ago, Buckster said:

I thought Ford owned Volvo.

They did.

6 minutes ago, XTreme said:

I thought Volvo were Swedish?

 and now owned by china.

1 hour ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

So from what I could read fast ..we're gonna dis- credit Buckster idea of young earth thing with micro biology...working on one of those German cars this morning..wich I hate doing...give me  few to download info on the micro world ...not a subject I'm very familiar with...

 

German car indeed.

Just now, Buckster said:

Now that makes sense

Cn't get my head round how it steers, maybe the lean.