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:icon_sad: took the dog out this evening, just had overalls on as i'd been doing some house repairs dog sees cat, violently flies off, lead caught in my hand drags me with her, i lose balance on crashing into an open wheelie bin would have been ok i suppose but all sorts of sharp stuff sticking out of the top of the bin with the lid folded back, got this knife like would, wife says get it stitched but that means hours in a & e so i'll just take pain killers and get sleepy that's why i'm bothering you lot so late so loads of bike riding this week end - no problems, take the dog out and get a nasty deep cut... ...

Just thought i'd let you chaps (and of course ladies) know yesterday i bought a rather splendid SV650 k5 oh my god it is brilliant!

Got the mod 2 on Monday, anyone got some good advice? :-)

Just sitting watching it on ITV4. Camera on Michael Dunlop and the commentator says 'Using all of the road and then some'. Yea that was my problem the last time I ended up in a ditch

When I finished work this morning I went for a ride and ended up in a village only five miles from where I live, called in the village shop which I'd never been to in my life. I might be wrong but it looks like a local village shop run by the locals, it's in an old church. Although I have never been there before the lady couldn't have been more helpful, when I asked if she sold sandwiches she said no, but I will make you one, and when I asked if she sold hot coffee she said no, but I will make you one. How nice is that? The amazing thing though is that it is so quiet and serene there, but only half a mile away is the M4 Motorway.

Ok I just got back from the MOT shop after my second attempt at getting the Maxim road legal, it PASSED thank God so now it is off with it's new owner, that left me with a bit of a gap in the garage which was just calling out for another winter 2013 project, got talking to the owner of the shop and he said he had a Suzuki 400 bandit in the back that had been abandoned by it's owner 2 years ago, been sat there waiting for him to come back and pay what it owes for work done, long story short I now have 2 of them for £110 inc delivery , seems that the original owner had bought a second one for spare parts that the shop could use to get the original one running. Not in the b…

Happy Birthday Bippo hope you got something nice! big one next year isn't it ?

Happy Birfday Mervin, 54 today

Well today i fitted some original rear indicators as one was broken by the previous owner. Not a bad job although had to rewire them as the ones fitted were wired up badly. Also bought the bike some pressies some two stroke, some chain lube and bike cleaner.

Just turned the big 30 today. Think i'll go for a ride to celebrate.

T'was my daughter, sarah's, 13th birthday today, last night she had a party and today she wanted to go a run on the bike. So me, sarah, my eldest son and his pal set off for Inveraray, stopping at the Rest and Be Thankful Then onto Inverary for fish and chips and home where I had a few beers and a fire oh and an Axe and finally (thank fek you say), check on the birthday girl who is fast asleep See Bips, you're not the only Triumph Gal on t'forum

Is the calendar just for YOC-specific events, or any bike-related events?

As Arnie once put it, I'm back .... Although minus the bad haircut and dodgy accent. Haven't posted in ages but glad to see the sites still here --- so 3 cheers to all of you who still take the time to make it happen. Thankless job no doubt, you have my admiration. As I approach the age of a living fossil, aka 40, I have found myself pondering some of life's big questions. Why are we here? When will I die? What exactly does blue belly button fluff do? Just wondering if any of you have life insurance which gives a particularly good deal to bikers ... seeing as we have the unenviable honour of being most likely to meet our Maker while thinking "where the hell did he…

the speedo goes straight past 50mph when only doing about 15-20. i bought a speedo and had to hardwire it becsuse of s broken connection. is there a way of cslibrating it or should i just cut it of and cross my fingers I'm not going to fast.

Well i finally passed MOD 1 after three failed attempts! Was pretty nervous again this morning and not looking forward to the avoidance again, lots of deep breaths trying to get karma and then repeating to myself 'I can do this'...and I did. What a happy bunny I am today. Roll on MOD 2.

bear with me - there is a tendancy for all us bikers (i think) to have an eye out for the next upgrade, we work our way up from learner type machines and of course from there find the next step, newer, more trick looking. more powerful ...then there comes a point where you feel a tendancy to keep going and perhaps, as maybe you get older that you sometimes look back and think, I wish I hadn't sold that bike, let it go, traded it in...and it wasn't necessarily the newest, best looking or most powerful.. do you think that it can actually be harder to say,' no this bikes fine it does everything I need' and resist the peer pressure or whatever it is that makes us keep…

I've decided that after some consideration that breathing in a bit of two stroke smoke and having a blast on the dtr is way more healthy than those little white sticks. So I'm giving up smoking. Lol

I wouldn't go so far as to say I get pissed off In fact sometime's its Quite funny and often it's an honest mistake, I know when I first joined YOC my intro wasn't great. I found the (start a new topic button) but thought starting a new topic isn't saying hello. I think its quite confusing when your new, if there was a button that said (say hello here) it would be much simpler and we wouldn't see nearly so many questions in the new members area. I realize its the same layout for each forum and maybe can't change button title on just one forum but maybe a heading above the button would help. anyone else got any idea's how to make it clearer to new members as know i'm…

Aye guys" a mate thinkn of a 50cc , i told him get a 125, ,whats the figuers, he had a TS125 in 1980 . . he needs it for fishing trips,,

Got a call from OT today, saw me in Monton, so he came round in this so he's now got a Triumph Daytona and the MV and very much still alive Oh and the Tracker went on one cylinder and its not the coil