Sir Fallsalot

I beg to differ when we burn things out we do it properly Spooky really i haven't seen a burnt out car on the mountains here for years Pedro posts his photo and bang we have one as well

One is a Honda and the other is a Suzuki you cant compare them Bob

Well that's the bike back together started second kick after about 3 months of being laid up i don't know where people get the idea that XR's are a pain to start LOL

My brother worked at an engineering firm with about 20 people in the workshop, he said for some reason they all called each other George and it was funny as hell at times but mostly confusing

Didn't get much done on the XR last night changed all the seals which was a two minute job put the clutch plates in oil to soak and painted a bit of the frame that was rusty and can only be accessed when this cover is off or the engine is out so i suppose i better get on with it this morning.

I don't see why as i don't use Fred as my name here

I've been Fred since a toddler because i would always turn up when my mother called my father so they called me Fred as a joke and it stuck

I can tell you something else you don't know that makes us even closer my name is not Fred it's Peter same as my father and my boys middle name

No it's not how else would you find out who you aren't related to LOL

Pete would be one of the first LOL its snow that would bugger us up here we just don't have the equipment to deal with it and nobody knows how to drive in it or when not to drive in it, Its all steep hills here. Last time we had any significant snow fall here i had a 4x4 and was coming down the steep hill to my house which was covered in snow i was in low range coming down on the engine about 10mph when another 4x4 overtook me doing about 40mph. i stopped waiting for the crash but he was lucky no one was coming up so he got away with it the hairs on the back of my neck still stand up when i think about the dopey twat This is where he overtook and the right hand side was full of parked cars from the houses down making it single file, the hill is a lot steeper than it looks in the picture

Speak for yourself my friend

that's probably the equivalent to -3 in UK temperature wait until it gets to -6 in the UK then that will be cold and i still work out in it now stop your whining

Because if your bike does 50mpg regularly and all of a sudden its doing 40 and your riding style hasn't changed it indicates a problem so you can fix it before it becomes unfixable or leaves you stranded

My neighbour is a Jones and she is related to Tom Jones and the wife's father went to school with him.

I remember seeing Focrhiw for the first time when i was 16 as i rode over a hill on my DT175 and there was this village that looked like it was cut off from all civilisation. i later learned it was just a shit hole

I cant believe i'm going to say this but i agree with what Buck said keep it

will there be any

I don't worry about it i just want to know how far i can go on a tank of fuel and knowing the MPG is just a byproduct of knowing that

The seals have arrived for the XR today and not the kind marcel goes clubbing with so hoping to put it back together tonight. My father is 89 tomorrow so will go up and see him may take the xr and i now have the bits i need to automate the trace heating on my condense pipe so its not burning leccy 24 hours a day. Maybe get a ride in Sunday but not holding my breath there's still time for things to stop that LOL

Just testing to see who was paying attention you passed Bob everyone else failed

A few that i know of but all trials bikes not sure of road bikes Gas Gas. Montesa Honda. Sherco Bultaco Ossa