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The sun came out so I abandoned the kids and dissappeared off out of it for the afternoon. 200 odd km, finishin in the years failing light. temps up into double figures celsius! Tiger hiding in the shade. I actually stopped to wind out the preload adjuster on the rear shock cos my lower back was taking a beating. comfier following that. mostly still wet after 3 days of rain.

that probably would not be as good as you hope...

personally the low points on the forum are when people get their knickers in a twist and somebody feels the need to flounce. it's usually due to a misinterptretation of intent or of the written word lacking nuance. You could argue that this happens in real life too. and it certainly happens on nearly all forums. I just think its always a shame and the forum is almost never better off or richer for it. The high points, for me, are the writings and ramblings of some of our "raconteurs" who are real story tellers and have had me in stitches behind the computor screen. Being allowed to share in moments from the lives of members from around the world with different experiences and cultures is, and always has been, a privilege. Thannk you all ( or nearly all...) for that this year.

I don't care Bob, I just know yoy can't buy them here and they were my favorite as a kid, after Terrys chocolat orange which you can't buy here either, despite it being made in strasbourg now ( i believe) Wow, I just had an idea for a ride out...

you park like a twat

but the best one was No1 daughter managed to get hold of a selection of chocolat bars from the uk that you can't get here, Cadbury's dairy milk,, fry's mint chocolat, Crunchy, pemguin biscuits... etc...etc, I got quite nostalgic

christmas is happening tonight here, Midnight mass ( at 6pm ! ) in the village followed by big feast at home with just us and present opening such as it is. Tomorrow will be spent driving to Lyon and back for a couple of hours with the Bruv in law. Then I shall sleep. " Have a good one folks"

I think...

That's the money shot! BOTM materiel right there.

ever seen one of these? It's a BFG. a french make that didn't last long. Engine from a citroen visa, dashboard from a renault 5, shaft drive and ugly as Feck! They were excellent at pulling sidecars allegedly...

from my misspent youf, XJ900F. mine was red and black and had a slightly taller screen. effortless to ride too. purely esthetically at the moment I really like this one probably couldn't ride it though...

isn't hat going to make for a shed load of bikes in the same lanes on the same day? Is that wise? oh, wait a minute... looking at thise pics and the time of year, "wise" is possibly not part of your vocabulary...

sorry, I get easily confused

I voted for 6 cos I can't decide wether he does it on purpose or not.

work was better this year than last, more of it and better organised. Me too for the 3 injections. endless hospital visits and exams due to knee and shoulder problems lost mother in law in march so every major event this year has been "the first time without..." and Christmas will be the first at home with no family other than the 3 kids. apart from that ( and the verious lockdowns earlier in the year) nothing special. Will 2022 be any better? I do hope so.

Not really, I know where the buttons are by feel and never need to actually look for them. The High/Low beam is a pain to activate but I don't do much riding at night in really cold weather but that would be a problem. That's the Port at Chitry Bob, Got my eye on it for a futur satellite base for work and I know the incumbent has ceased trading this year so I though I'd have a look whilst I was up that way.

Nope

ooh they are, they're at their best when they've been frozen overnight and are about half thawed

Naaah, I agree with the German minister who said that by the end of next year everybody will either have had it, been vaccinated or be dead.

"Driving" I said! It was firkin cold out, despite the bright sunshine, only 4 or 5 deg c so I dug out the bar muffs which I bought for the Mille Vaches winter rally 2 years ago and fitted them to the bike thinking @boboneleg is gonna love this, for once I leave the top box behind, but fit these monstrosities instead lovely toasty warm hands though, even when the temp dropped with the declining sun around 3:30pm. Just a quick jaunt into the western reaches of the Morvan to give Tigrou a run and test the muffs. They might look odd but they're verry effective, coupled with heated grips and winter gloves. I reckon I can ride right down into stupid cold now Took the back roads up to Corbigny, and the main road west of the river back. about 150km in all. The Muffs Chitry Les Mines ( pronounced "shitty latrines" )

I'm on holiday till 3rd january now. problem is, the animals, sorry, children are too. Anyone want a Christmas present? they're covid free...

We are no longer allowed to travel to the UK other then for urgent and essential reasons ( death in the family, visit to a terminally ill family member who's life is in imminent danger etc) which must be justified by all means possible. In France, the "pass sanitaire" allowing entrance to public places, restaurants, bars, cinema's etc becomes, from tonight I believe A "pass vaccinale" which means that you can no longer get away with have a lateral flow (antigenique) test les then 48 hrs old to enter, you now need to have been vaccinated.

tht's just cos the French keep telling them about all the party's eveyone's having over on the dark side ( of the channel). That and supplying free copies of the UK gutter press where the "Journalists" ( intentional inverted comma's) rant on about how the uk just welcome everybody in with handouts and jobs and benefits... nothing encourages them more. Ironic really. similar to moronic but funnier

yup, their particulr brand of moronic idiocy just doesn't translate. I just don't think it would be accepted anywhere else, c'ept maybe in the US as they have proved with Monsieur Trump.