Turbo charged Bantaerial?

Imagine a clean runway on a litre bike and offer of money to ride topless?

I'd imagine my moobs would start fluttering at anything above 30

Cycled 4500 miles round Europe including some epic alpine descents bitd with no helmet & still happy to hit 50mph on a push bike with no lid, so I recon ...

In that there London on the greymobile doing some more site visits

MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 10:39 am banned for 10 years, sheesh that's harsh.

Wasn't that the guy who's riding mate & brother in law died when they both crashed?

Yes it was... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74yy7j7j21o

About £600 on a Mass system, junked the faux scrambler high level exhaust, saved a chunk of weight & added some dB, still need to get it on a Dyno to smooth it out & get rid of a few pops & bangs

If they want to treat car and bike licenses independently then it should be across the board, lose bike license for bike offences but car license is untouched. I suspect the judge wouldn't like that

Yeah, I'm not sure the powers that be would like that all, despite me thinking that it would ...

According to the place I've been to getting bits done for my old Morini, it's the preparation that can add to the costs.

Pretty much convinced myself that one major advantage of a leccy bike in traffic would be so much less heat from the engine, it felt like my legs were on fire sat astride the CBF in London stationery traffic.

Now predicted 33C during sons wedding on Friday, was previously predicted at 36C so slowly being reduced travelling in Mrs db's car so will have working aircon at least

It was actually not too bad, Fridays trip was later in the day & quite a bit worse. Got to do it all again on Thursday though

It's no, no & thrice no from me

I'd recommend not doing the journey, unless you absolutely have to. It'll be a furnace.

Believe me if I didn't have to do it I wouldn't & work is usually pretty flexible.

Leaving at 5am would get me to the first appointment 2hrs early but make zero difference to the next leg

Aircon in car is fucked plus driving in London is horrible, not gonna sweat it out on the tube, so bike is least worst option...

BTW, it'll be 35c here later and I'm on track in full leathers

You'll probably be going more than 20mph though 😜

Buff soaked in water round my neck sounds like a plan ...

Ducati Darmah
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/1979-ducati-900sd-darmah-rec17089-3-kempton-0726?pn=1&el=37044&pp=100

Or Triumph Daytona Cafe Racer
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/1996-triummph-dayton-900-cafe-racer-rec17098-1-kempton-0726?pn=1&el=36995&pp=100

Would get my cash but too many ...

Got to travel Aylesbury - Peckham - Earls Court - Aylesbury on Tuesday. Think the bike jacket will be chucked in the top box for the cross London part of the which will see me joining the riding in a T shirt gang
Any tips, beside getting a leccy bike, to survive the impending heatwave?

Maybe the Manx cos of the old bikes, but not the racing itself.

The Manx is definitely more chilled atmosphere & 100% less box tickers go there, but the bikes aren't really that old and pretty much just as fast...

Hope Maria heals well

I'm normally a sucker for black and gold, but not quite this time

Pillion from Newcastle upon Tyne to Nottingham with a rucksack on my back, had to stop every 30 miles or so to relieve the pain.

As for the boot, going to go to a shop and take my time looking, defo want something a bit taller to cover the ankle, already had my fair share of ankle problems over the years falling off skateboards but then those SPADA's do look pretty nice.....maybe after I get the license

Do those Spada ...

2018 registered Morini Scrambler doesn't even have ABS but does have digital dash, but electronics is cheaper than mechanical innit and more prone to getting completely fucked too