No odds to me, automatic, wind-up or battery, they all fail to work for more than one month on my my wrist. No idea why, have not bought one in years.

Great result

Used to like meccano :p
Latest one looks lke the bones have been fragmenting? Time for a new knee while you still can, probably lead to a better outcome than what you have now tbh .


Yeah, I just could have done with waiting a year or two for the new knee, REALLY wanted a summer on a bike ...

Used to like meccano :p
Latest one looks lke the bones have been fragmenting? Time for a new knee while you still can, probably lead to a better outcome than what you have now tbh .

Taipan wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 11:00 am Honda say these don't need running in, as they are "bench run in", what eer that is. But, the bike is just approaching 3k miles now and is getting notably smoother and more responsive. I might end up liking it at this rate!

new bike next week then ?

..... wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2026 6:37 pm Anahedtotwalkup12stairstoday

Every step counts

Was expecting to see five bsa engines stuck together, but i like it

Hope it turns out all good.
Had a week in hospital after priming a tank pump and getting sprayed in the eye by some plating solution, 10 percent sulphuric plus various other chemicals. Waiting in a&e for 1/2 hour before they washed my eye didnt help. Main reason i need glasses now tbh.

Bayonet?

Or would you have to club them to death? :D


Yes, a bayonet as well. I'd forgotten about that. A bunch of 16 and 17 year old boys and they trusted us with bayonets! :o :shock:


When my son was in the Scouts, they were allowed to use knives and axes :thumbup:


And showed us ...

"gobbling sausage" ooooer matron

DGR ride from West Meon, by Loomies, Gunwarf in Pompey.

Got taught to ride my fizzie in the local odean car park. Only took test when they were gonna change fron 250 to 125 l plates :P
Ride round the block twice without falling off , not running the tester over when they stepped out in front of you and riding at tester walking pace without putting feet ...

If you fail first time, you will know why and have time to re-assess and get experience before trying
again. Doubt that many people pass first time tbh. Will not not tell you what the olde test was, made the new one look like brain surgery

Cannot remember, bloody 40 years ago

Digitized my collection and downloaded what i liked over the years, stored on 2 remote hd's. 2 gbytes of data

windows + oddity = normal procedure

I live in an area of ski resorts. Our winter work is based on ski tourism. If they banned workers from skiing, then they would have a lot less workers

When I tried to apologise to my boss for having the accident and leaving them (maybe) short for the last couple of months of the season, he said ...

It is a Honda, check the cam seat/bearings for wear

Dickyboy wrote: Fri May 01, 2026 9:02 pm Umm err no thanks

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227318776780

I would have it for £50 and ride it locally just to annoy the local gangsters

Eclipse
Some older hondas ran the cams on the cylinder head without bearings, leading to scoring and failure. Should be easy to see by eye but needs the head removing, unless you can see the end of the cams through the opening for valve adjusting?