Sir Fallsalot

Have you dropped the front end as well by slackening the fork clamps and sliding the forks up a bit

A bit late for any advice now

There are a few issues with them as with any other bike but i really like them so a bit bias when i say get one If you can find a good one go for it. They have a dry sump engine and checking the oil level can be a bit of a faff i always ask the owner to show me how to check the oil on it because if he/she doesn't know how to do it properly i'd walk away from it.

What do you want to know

Only a local loop from Ponty to Blackmill but after we split up i went up to the heads of the valleys on the Merthyr common road and home along the ridge road from Pontlottyn to Bargoed

I was out all day yesterday done 108 miles of road and dirt, only photos i took were these This was the first lane of the day and the hardest and this was the end of the day when we all split up and headed home I went the long way home and stopped to look at the view here but not for long as there was an icy wind blowing These were blocking the road but all moved when i went for the camera These were all young bulls but there was one amongst them i had my eye on as he didn't move when i approached and was staring me out as i past. I didn't take a closeup of him as he looked a bit menacing can you spot which one in this photo

you know what a gay bar looks like ? personally i haven't a clue

Well i'll be hitting the dirt tomorrow unlike you casuals hopefully not with my body though

will you still be able to get it on the center stand with the bike lowered

Cant speak for the newer Hilux this was my old wagon and in low range the auto box would hold you at crawling pace down anything other than vertical

This will be Pete's theme tune when he moves to NL

Err i wouldn't call that hard rock

If it happened on the Simpsons then its time to start panicking

Long wheelbase VW Transporter Bob, During the first lockdown i was working in Llanelli, the M4 was empty so i ramped the cruise control up to 100mph and left it there, didn't touch the accelerator or brake pedal from Cardiff to port Talbot never been able to do that before LOL, The van was totally stable and cruised effortlessly, Vans have come a long way from when i first started working.

Have you been taking elocution lessons from Tym on that last line

Sent this to my daughter

No me everything i've seen or driven either have a lever or flappy paddles to shift with manually

Yes my works van has one of the newer auto boxes as in doesn't have a torque converter but a 7 speed duel clutch transmission which you can switch between manual and auto, In manual you can change down the gears and it will hold the gear you've selected but its not a true manual as it will change up or down automatically if the revs get too high or too low to protect the engine and transmission from damage.

Don't leave it in drive you can down shift an auto manually and it stays in that gear. I used to go down some real steep stuff in my Toyota surf purely on engine braking no problem

Looks like me and Tym are the losers this month

Its not as bad as you think Moon. My pair are going through it now the boy is getting a £10,000 per year student loan for the next 3 years he only starts paying back the loan once he starts earning over £27,000 a year if he earned £33,000 his repayments would be £54 a month and there's no interest on the loan, after 30 years it gets written off. that's why people are paying it for so long because you pay so little on the repayments. I know people who pay more for mobile phone contracts every month

Got the job done on the marmite wagon going by the skinned knuckle scale i skinned none so it was an easy job This was the bush i had to change located at the front end of the rear diff Had to make some bits to press the new bush back in taking the old one out was just a hammer and chisel job New bush in I've been getting a judder at low RPM in high gear now and again for the last few years and couldn't work out what it was, this seems to have fixed it stupid thing is i had the car MOT'd last month and the guy never mentioned this. I got under the car to re fit the exhaust heat shield that was rattling last week and spotted it straight away never liked this new MOT station i'm using he does servicing on our works vans he's fucking shit at his job i thought he'd be ok on the MOT's.

I would like to say my photo is not photo shopped in any way @Pedro needs to go to specsavers and @XTreme needs to stop looking for ways to ban the winning photo

I was reading a comparison between the CRF1000 when it first came out and whatever KTM's equivalent bike was it was a long distance test with a mix of dirt and road, the conclusion was the KTM was a better bike but the presenters fought over who was going to ride the CRF back because the KTM was frying them in the heat of the day and neither wanted to ride it

The brand new Mitas XT754 on the rear made short work of the mud its a bloody good tyre but don't last long though