My Chemistry teacher won the Cafe Racer Rickman Metisse in 1965 in an MCN competition. He had it until he died in 2012 (at which point it was halfway through a restoration) and his widow sold it and it became a feature article in a magazine.

RIP Peter, you were probably responsible for getting me ...

In early June, with the help of a bottle of wine and a certain auction site, I bought a lightly-used drone - a sort-of 'proper' one with a decent camera but under the 249g limit. DJI Mini-2 SE if it's important.

After it arrived I registered it (as you have to do) and downloaded the flying app to ...

I've been littleredrooster since the MCN forums, UKGSer, VD, TRC and here. I went on Queenie's rideout and a few of Abel's rideouts (most notably when my hungover mate binned a bike near Market Harborough). What's Queen Bodicea (Boudicca?) up to now? Did she move the IoM?

I've met some interesting ...

KungFooBob wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:36 pm That was two years and twenty-one days before I was born.

I'm fairly sure I was there spannering for a mate...

Cheers mate - great information.

Rated at 250psi IIRC, but will take a while to get up to 66 with a couple of pauses for breath!

No worries :)

Now I have your attention, could I ask an unrelated question? Having sold the the 1200GS, I'm 'between bikes' & considering an SH300 pro-tem & know you have lots of experience/mileage with them. At what mileage do they need belts/rollers/major maintenance please?

Sorry to derail the ...

Looking at the size of that I bet you could get just a much pressure from a lorry inner tube, put a sheet of ply on top and sit on it
(Not my idea, I've heard of other people doing it years ago)


But the difference is that you can carry an Airman around in your luggage. You may struggle to fit ...