What have you done today thread?

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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:53 pm Everyone has a shit-for-brains accident when they first start driving/riding.

Doing it the day after your test is pro level though.
A school friend of my brother's rolled his dad's Volvo estate car through a dry stone wall on the afternoon of the day he passed his test.

Can't remember the outcome as it was some (considerable) time ago now.
Blundering about trying not to make too much of a hash of things.
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went to work .....but having a knees up tomorrow so that makes it worthwhile - roll on 4 pm
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Absolutely fuck all…………still time to do some more of absolutely nothing.
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wull wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:49 pm Absolutely fuck all…………still time to do some more of absolutely nothing.
All that nothng won't do itself,you know.
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Matey was on his way in his van to pick up his new S1000RR today,when he had a call from the dealer telling him not to bother as it's on a recall. :lol: Brake lever pin fault apparently.

He called down with his jetski in the van,the engine is something like 1700cc. The started it briefly and although I'm not adverse to loud bikes,this was eardrum bleeding time. :shock:
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Skub wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:37 pm Matey was on his way in his van to pick up his new S1000RR today,when he had a call from the dealer telling him not to bother as it's on a recall. :lol: Brake lever pin fault apparently.

He called down with his jetski in the van,the engine is something like 1700cc. The started it briefly and although I'm not adverse to loud bikes,this was eardrum bleeding time. :shock:
Fuck sake, the MY23 K67????
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Had a couple of coffee's at the Oily Rag.
Well worth a visit on a Saturday, guy that runs it is very knowledgeable about bikes and will chat shit for hours!
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wull wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:55 pm
Skub wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:37 pm Matey was on his way in his van to pick up his new S1000RR today,when he had a call from the dealer telling him not to bother as it's on a recall. :lol: Brake lever pin fault apparently.

He called down with his jetski in the van,the engine is something like 1700cc. The started it briefly and although I'm not adverse to loud bikes,this was eardrum bleeding time. :shock:
Fuck sake, the MY23 K67????
It was one of your beemer models. Whatever replaced the HP2. The nomenclature of bmw confuses me.
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Gonna be giving the ST a thorough clean up inside & out as it looks like we just traversed the Darien Gap.
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Skub wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:42 pm
wull wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:55 pm
Skub wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:37 pm Matey was on his way in his van to pick up his new S1000RR today,when he had a call from the dealer telling him not to bother as it's on a recall. :lol: Brake lever pin fault apparently.

He called down with his jetski in the van,the engine is something like 1700cc. The started it briefly and although I'm not adverse to loud bikes,this was eardrum bleeding time. :shock:
Fuck sake, the MY23 K67????
It was one of your beemer models. Whatever replaced the HP2. The nomenclature of bmw confuses me.
I wonder if it’s the brand new 23 model, essentially the same, still calling it the K67 but with quite a few upgrades.
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I suppose we need to go grocery shopping.

Haven’t been to the cinema for a while, let’s see what’s on.

We’re too early for the film, let’s have something to eat first.

Can’t be bothered going shopping now we’ll just go home.

The life of a retired couple :banana-wrench:
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wull wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:45 pm I wonder if it’s the brand new 23 model, essentially the same, still calling it the K67 but with quite a few upgrades.
Sounds right. I know he had the option of taking or leaving certain specs,but maybe that's the case with a lot of BM models.

Link here...

https://thebrakereport.com/bmw-recalls- ... ake-lever/
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Skub wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:59 pm
wull wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:45 pm I wonder if it’s the brand new 23 model, essentially the same, still calling it the K67 but with quite a few upgrades.
Sounds right. I know he had the option of taking or leaving certain specs,but maybe that's the case with a lot of BM models.

Link here...

https://thebrakereport.com/bmw-recalls- ... ake-lever/
Yeah that’s the 2023 bike with some changes from the previous 2022 bike.

I’ve had it lucky ( touch wood ) there has been a few recalls on the Gen 4 but the latest one the cut off was January 2022 and bikes built after were ok.
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Lutin wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:53 am A school friend of my brother's rolled his dad's Volvo estate car through a dry stone wall on the afternoon of the day he passed his test.

Can't remember the outcome as it was some (considerable) time ago now.
Friends daughter was rushing home to tell her mom that she'd had her cherry popped & put her car in a ditch...
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I’ve just got home from the Saturday market in Stamford, the last of 3 days leading upto Mother’s Day, I swear I could stick a daisy in a dog turd and it’s sell, people are crazy for flowers today.
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I called my mum today. We really don't speak often as there are too many things that we disagree on, and whilst i'm happy to say "ok, let's not talk about it" it is never that easy :roll:

But today, we had a really good conversation. Sad it can't always be like but at least it was a nice one today and I think it made her happy, so that's good :) :)
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Got the GS out for the first time this year and did about a hundred miles. 10 degrees so not really cold at all.

I’d normally leave it a few more weeks but on Wednesday I’ve got a mates funeral to go to and the family want bikes to send him off.
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Today was supposed to be our 3rd Sunday meet... Over the past 10 days today's forecast has changed between Rain, Dry, Rain, Dry, Light drizzle, Dry with rain later this evening... Reality at 7am: It's pissing down.
However, I have to do a run to down town LA (this will be the second time I've been there in 32 years) at noon. The plan was a quick ride to the RockStore, back home by noon & then drive to DTLA... :roll:

AND, as today's forecast only yesterday was "dry with rain later in the evening" I spent about 2 1/2 hours washing & detailing the ST as I would have been back home by 2pm at the latest... in dry weather..

So now the plan is watch F1 at 10am & then drive in the pissing motherfucking rain to DTLA & back. :angry-cussingblack:
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Upset people on here by losing my cool and using poor language... please accept my apologies.
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dern wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:45 pm Upset people on here by losing my cool and using poor language... please accept my apologies.
No need to apologise to me. I know exactly where you're coming from.
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