revtothelimit - motorbike forum

Yambo wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:31 pm
It's debatable whether BSA made better bikes or guns.

Better of course, is relative. Shite bikes, shite guns but better bikes or better guns?

Better guns, I think.

Druid wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:19 pm

No, the battery charger

Noggin wrote: Sat Jan 22, 2022 6:11 pm I do sometimes wonder about tourists. Years ago my sister said that she thought most tourists put their brain safely in a box and leave it on a high shelf in their kitchen!! Sometimes I agree, other times I think they are just fcking ignorant!!

By the time I drove home early evening, there was a lot of traffic coming down the mountain. There is a roundabout at the bottom of the mountain at a little village. Tourists leaving will all go left at the roundabout because that is the way to get out of the valley and onto the motorway. A few were joining the queue of traffic on the roundabout (having ignored the sign on the back road that they shouldn't go that way to get to the motorway!!)

When I got to the roundabout to go up to get home, there was one car in front of me. They weren't being bolshy enough and so no one was letting them into the queue. Eventually, they moved out a bit and after a few more cars not letting them in, they got in the queue - this left me at the roundabout, but I didn't want to join the queue, I was indicating to go UP where everyone else was coming down. Despite indicating clearly and even pointing with my hand that I wanted to go across the queue not into it, it took ten minutes of cars getting as close to the back of the one in front to prevent me getting across. What total fuckwiths


Second thing - 2/3 of the way up, there is a village that people driving down have to turn across the up traffic to get to. I was in a long queue of traffic going up (not as much as going down tho!!) and would anyone slow down (on a flat bit of road) to allow the car to turn across??? Would they fck I mean seriously, you 'lose' maybe 10 seconds? 20?? WTAF!!!!


I slowed and let the car cross and then did the same for a minibus at the next resort.

But honestly? Tourists shouldn't be allowed to drive to holiday resorts!!!

Taipan wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:42 pm

Taipan wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:17 pm I've lost a paddock stand. HTF do you lose a paddock stand in a 10x8 shed??

Found it! I should have looked up as i'd tucked it in the rafters,d'oh! Sadly it has no hooks in! I've ordered new ones which will be here tomorrow though. Also on the plus side, I found a front paddock stand that goes under the steering head thing. I'd forgotten I'd even bought that as I only used it once and that was some years back! The shed is turning into the same gold mine that the loft of many gifts is!

Taipan wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:43 am

Taipan wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:42 pm

Taipan wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:17 pm I've lost a paddock stand. HTF do you lose a paddock stand in a 10x8 shed??

Found it! I should have looked up as i'd tucked it in the rafters,d'oh! Sadly it has no hooks in! I've ordered new ones which will be here tomorrow though. Also on the plus side, I found a front paddock stand that goes under the steering head thing. I'd forgotten I'd even bought that as I only used it once and that was some years back! The shed is turning into the same gold mine that the loft of many gifts is!

FFS, new hooks turned dup but the stand is too narrow for the bike???? It isn't wide enough to go past the rear axle! Must have bought it for a small bike. I'll have to buy a new one now!

weeksy wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:47 am

Taipan wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:43 am

Taipan wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:42 pm

Found it! I should have looked up as i'd tucked it in the rafters,d'oh! Sadly it has no hooks in! I've ordered new ones which will be here tomorrow though. Also on the plus side, I found a front paddock stand that goes under the steering head thing. I'd forgotten I'd even bought that as I only used it once and that was some years back! The shed is turning into the same gold mine that the loft of many gifts is!

FFS, new hooks turned dup but the stand is too narrow for the bike???? It isn't wide enough to go past the rear axle! Must have bought it for a small bike. I'll have to buy a new one now!

It's not that your paddock stand is narrow, the setup on the mt07 is wide.

Mine is as wide as it'll go and then needs a little persuading to go wider.

Count Steer wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:55 am
Don't get me started on 'different to'

Pirahna wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:04 pm

Count Steer wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:55 am
Don't get me started on 'different to'

What would you suggest people use that's different to different to?

Count Steer wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:55 am It smacketh of 'council house intellectualism'.

Horse wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:45 pm
Or people ordering food: "Can I get __ ?" Yes, it's over there.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 1:24 pm "Orientate" grates on me....I have no idea why, its fully legitimate as far as I know. Orient/Orientate. Same thing, both valid.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 1:24 pm "Orientate" grates on me....I have no idea why, its fully legitimate as far as I know. Orient/Orientate. Same thing, both valid.

Yambo wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 2:54 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 1:24 pm "Orientate" grates on me....I have no idea why, its fully legitimate as far as I know. Orient/Orientate. Same thing, both valid.

I've orientated many a map.

However when I was rally navigating I kept the map static, with north at the top and didn't orientate it at each turn.