Your username has probably helped more than you realise...

I've got four and I reckon I've managed just over 2,000 miles... Most of it on a single trip to Fronch. I'll try harder next year now I've got my new BSA to plod about on. I've got four running bikes and I'd say my annual mileage is very similar to KFB's and most of those miles were done in France.

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 11:38 am This could be bollocks, but a colleague said his son worked at M&C and the steaks came frozen and they basically warmed them up.

I'm interested to know how you think they should arrive - still attached to the cow?

Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 8:23 am Not even a chow mein or a cheeky spring roll?

Aye, you might call it Chinese but it'd be made in Lancashire, lad...

Yes, back in the day I made up a (very sketchy) clutch holding tool from a plain steel plate and an old screwdriver blade. It (just about) worked. Glad to have a proper tool now though...

With the howling gales and torrential rain behind us and a period of relatively calm weather in prospect it was time to push the Falco out into the garden, giving me room to work on the LC. I really didn't want to go through the palaver of disconnecting the oil pump cable and the oil supply and feed...

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 1:20 pm I'm sure it's lovely, but how does a 10 year old touring bike only have 21000 miles on it?

It went on short local tours. Or perhaps only the very occasional longer tour. I've got a 15 y.o. sports-tourer that's only done 12k miles.

It makes zero sense from either side; KTM's or Lewis's. KTM's ace in the hole is their racing heritage - they're not going to gift that to an outsider with zero experience of running a MotoGP team. And right now Lewis has his hands full with his imminent move to Ferrari. He'll be giving that his un...

Anyone doing AI vocals yet? Everything else can be generated I expect vocals will be the last straw. Not that I listen to popular music, I have DKFM or Spotify on in the car since Radio 6 went to shit prob 10 years ago Auto-tune (which is effectively AI vocals) is rampant at all levels of music esp...

What others have said. I 'do' Xmas dinner (normally roast lamb) and it's always a proper gutbuster, with no chance of squeezing any dessert in.

But give it 4 or 5 hours of getting nicely pissed on good red wine and Christmas pud and alcoholic custard can sound very attractive...

Today I drove from Sheffield to Darwen to drop the van off at AW Engineering. The route I used included Snake Pass and on one part of it one side of the carriageway had suffered a landslip, and only one lane was in operation. I've no idea when it happened but I'm very glad I wasn't there when it let...

Assad gets a fourteenth floor flat with lots of easy-open windows. Putin probably gets the keys to Assad's bank account(s)

It makes zero sense from either side; KTM's or Lewis's. KTM's ace in the hole is their racing heritage - they're not going to gift that to an outsider with zero experience of running a MotoGP team. And right now Lewis has his hands full with his imminent move to Ferrari. He'll be giving that his und...

I like that a lot. 25 years ago me would be all over it like a rash; present day me worries about riding position and aches and pains...

I took these at the 2013 NEC show. I renmember being very impressed with the bronze welding.



And the chassis/forks/tank looked pretty good as well/

I take it you've got the tyre bar for aluminium rims? The one for steel rims will wreck ali rims for fun. I've lost count of the amount I've saved in changing my own tyres.

https://www.paddock-gp.com/en/motogp-lewis-hamilton-savior-of-the-ktm-rc16-project-this-is-the-sensational-rumor-coming-from-f1-which-is-playing-its-final-in-abu-dhabi/ MotoGP, Lewis Hamilton savior of the KTM RC16 project?: this is the sensational rumor coming from F1 which is playing its final in...

If you were doing that in our kitchen, you'd be fighting a cat for control of the legolam...

Cooked Moussaka according to the Hairy Biker's recipe. It takes forever and is messy. The lamb mince is 20% fat, so I fear it may be a tad greasy. I may pass out due to hunger before it is finished...

Should have bought a house with a cellar... :D I can access nearly all of the length of my cold water supply - it enters through the wall in the cellar, snakes its way through the cellar, up the stairs, feeds the bathroom then drops down to the kitchen. The only part that isn't accessible is the pa...