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by rocket
07 May 2017, 14:57
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Rocket
Replies: 11
Views: 604

Re: Rocket

... (inlove) (inlove) Anyway had a little ride out on the rs250. Frustrating as hell cause there was a sportive going on over Holmfirth and they were all over the roads nearly collected 3 of them on separate occasions. Thank God they did not go over the snake so i had a play. Slowed down to pass ...
by rocket
07 May 2017, 14:43
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Double demo day
Replies: 20
Views: 4677

Re: Double demo day

Good bike i hired one a few years back and enjoyed it i found the front end a bit vague but i am not used to that type of bike at all it was good fun and we were two up. For the job you have bought it for i think its a no brainier and the panniers will make it even better
by Rossgo
07 May 2017, 13:46
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Why was I nervous yesterday!?
Replies: 101
Views: 13877

Re: Why was I nervous yesterday!?

... Mars. I don't see him often, especially as most of our linking relatives are now deceased. However I do remember talking to him at length when we were placed on the same table at my Grandmother's 90th birthday party many years ago. He works in their petfood division, and back then he enthusiastically ...
by Deegee
07 May 2017, 09:49
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What you watching?
Replies: 10421
Views: 2135594

Re: What you watching?

Interstellar. The theories were right, it felt as if time slowed to a crawl whilst I was watching it.
by StMarks
06 May 2017, 19:40
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Why was I nervous yesterday!?
Replies: 101
Views: 13877

Re: Why was I nervous yesterday!?

... Mars. I don't see him often, especially as most of our linking relatives are now deceased. However I do remember talking to him at length when we were placed on the same table at my Grandmother's 90th birthday party many years ago. He works in their petfood division, and back then he enthusiastically ...
by Kwacky
06 May 2017, 19:31
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Double demo day
Replies: 20
Views: 4677

Double demo day

... pillion seat, it can do it. It's certainly got no sporting aspirations and so it can't be a sports tourer. On paper it's cheap, heavy and underpowered. So why is it so popular? Ride one and you find out. It's got a punchy little flat twin that revs higher than a small twin should. It handles ...
by Monty
06 May 2017, 12:25
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Theresa May announcement
Replies: 301
Views: 51733

Re: Theresa May announcement

... Providers have their hourly rate frozen so they can't afford to pay a good wage to employ staff to care for the sick. Let's face it, if you were offered £6.75 an hour to wipe arses or work in Aldi, which would you do? So, what you are left with are people with entry-level skills, migrant ...
by Flow
05 May 2017, 19:44
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: London council could start fining parents for driving kids t
Replies: 24
Views: 2040

London council could start fining parents for driving kids t

... going to chip in with a different point of view to the others I've seen... My kids both went to a local school (just over a mile from home) Both were under 9yrs old There were two busy roads to cross on the way. I took them in the car most days. Why? Because dropping then off at 835am meant I ...
by duke63
03 May 2017, 22:18
Forum: On the Track
Topic: Chaz Davies/ Johny Rea superpole incident
Replies: 2
Views: 1145

Chaz Davies/ Johny Rea superpole incident

... I’d like to bring into context the events that unfolded during the Superpole session on Saturday afternoon. I don’t feel like all the facts were obvious at the time so I think it’s necessary to provide the full picture. Firstly, I hold my hands up and apologise for my choice of language. ...
by rocket
03 May 2017, 20:39
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: 2017 Honda Fireblade ?
Replies: 144
Views: 21495

Re: 2017 Honda Fireblade ?

i know racing is totally different to road bikes but hearing that honda at the bsb at the weekend. You could tell the riders were struggling they were short shifting were other weren't and it was trying to spin up were all the other bikes sounded nice and smooth.
by kiwikrasher
02 May 2017, 14:51
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Price to watch the fight on Sky
Replies: 15
Views: 1267

Re: Price to watch the fight on Sky

Kwacky wrote:
kiwikrasher wrote:
Unlike some I don't laze around all day thinking up bizzare forum posts and watching TV.
And I thought we were friends :(
You only do that in the evenings ;)
by Kwacky
02 May 2017, 14:50
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Price to watch the fight on Sky
Replies: 15
Views: 1267

Re: Price to watch the fight on Sky

kiwikrasher wrote:
Unlike some I don't laze around all day thinking up bizzare forum posts and watching TV.
And I thought we were friends :(
by kiwikrasher
02 May 2017, 10:36
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you drinking?
Replies: 1318
Views: 763381

Re: What are you drinking?

Did a clean up of the bar area at home and these were all the fallen soldiers
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There is 6 different nations of gin in that line up!
by Cav
01 May 2017, 14:09
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Further Insurance Increases
Replies: 11
Views: 1047

Re: Further Insurance Increases

... quote I felt a bit pee'd off - the renewal was higher than the previous year's premium again. I did quotes on all the comparison sites yet they were several £££'s more than the renewal quote so I tried calling and saying I was unsatisfied with the quote etc.. ..walked away with an £80 saving ...
by D41
01 May 2017, 11:53
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What do you want to vent about today?
Replies: 4343
Views: 570422

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

StMarks wrote:If 15y ago someone told you that 80% of UK under 25s were addicted to their tablets by 2017,, You may logically ( but wrongly) presume that drug use had become epidemic.
(headbang)
Well....they're just today's equivalent of the gaming console, aren't they? Maybe??
by StMarks
01 May 2017, 07:35
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What do you want to vent about today?
Replies: 4343
Views: 570422

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

If 15y ago someone told you that 80% of UK under 25s were addicted to their tablets by 2017,, You may logically ( but wrongly) presume that drug use had become epidemic.
(headbang)
by StMarks
29 Apr 2017, 21:56
Forum: Photos and Videos
Topic: 1957 Monaco Grand pirx footage in colour
Replies: 7
Views: 2228

Re: 1957 Monaco Grand pirx footage in colour

I really enjoyed that Monaco footage Duke63, thanks for sharing it with us. I have to agree with Kk.: For all that the cars were things of great beauty the drivers must have been destroyed by the time they had completed the 1000 corners. (as well as the hearing those fumes & the ...
by Rossgo
29 Apr 2017, 21:45
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11979
Views: 1945566

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

Today 170 mile blast around Exmoor and Dartmoor. Rode past Dartmoor Prison today on dom fab roads blinking windy up there though we were all being blown around!! Had a great time this weekend

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
by TonyB
29 Apr 2017, 10:42
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Mr Postman
Replies: 5328
Views: 1135489

Re: Mr Postman

Monty wrote:Not cheap, 300 quid with the cam straps but they'll out live me. My Kriega rucksack is 11 years old and still looks brand new.

Plus I can fit them in any combination, 10, 20, 30, 40 litres etc
What I found were really good were Rok Straps. They're elasticated rather than being just webbing straps.
by Rossgo
29 Apr 2017, 06:25
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: New speeding fines
Replies: 23
Views: 6342

Re: New speeding fines

... people probably drive +/- 2mph of their chosen speed. That could land you a fine of 50% of your weekly income. It happened to me yesterday, there were lots of pedestrians, cars pulling out etc which took most of my attention. I consciously kept my foot at a constant position then when I glanced ...