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Thanks guys. I plan to enjoy it.
As FC Mike says, "apart from the old age issues". At the moment, I'm fit enough not to have any real issues. There are some minor issues from having that st ...

I'm now a "gentleman" of leasure Very Happy

I hung up my company truck keys on Friday last week (21st March).
A 2019 registered DAF 106, 530bhp, 44 tonne (96,000lbs) max gross semi tractor tra ...

in the months after my stroke i also lost the ability to write, i scribbled like a 6 year old child. (even though my stroke was on my left, and i write with my right hand). it also affected my vision ...

i feel your pain! in June of 2021, out of the blue, i had a stroke while at work. after going to the hospital and waiting for HOURS in the emergency room, had a 2nd MASSIVE stroke. seems there MRI te ...

Well, I've been back at work for a year now.
I'm on the ferry in Rotterdam waiting to drive off, heading to Switzerland.
Route 66 starts next week.
Life is pretty good.

I worked hard at the p ...

Welcome to the fold.

There's a wealth of knowledge on tap in here. There's even a member who's a CB-F bike race engineer who gets 120+ bhp out of the bike, revving to 13,000 rpm. That's a heavily m ...

I'm now a member of the Scottish Motorcycle Marshals Club. One of the Orange Army you see at corners Smile

Recently we had the Bob Mac Trophy races at East Fortune Circuit, which is near Edinburgh. That ...

Today I went to Google and put in Gearing Commander. Out of the responses, I got one for a YouTube demo for it. I watched it and realized I probably used a hacked version last night. Last night, I cou ...

I'm in

Keep up physio and daily hand exercises Simon, sounds like you are battler...they breed em tough up North right!!!

Maybe you could get one of them fancy Honda's where the foot brake pedal operates ...

Sometimes the small stuff is more important than you know.

I can't figure out how I managed to find time to work for a living now Shocked

Thanks guys.
Yeah, I'm old school. First priority, if you ain't dead, finish the job Very Happy

Complaining is pretty pointless usually, not that I never complain, but I don't make a habit of it.

The phy ...

Last month, Wed 21 July, while driving my wagon homewards from Switzerland to Scotland, I had a stroke.

I'd parked at a truckstop for the night a couple of hours North of Switzerland.
When I woke ...

Took my tank back to the paint shop, to be repainted Sad

The paint shop did a fantastic job, absolutely perfect.
If it isn't fitted to my bike, I sit it in an old car tyre. The tank sits nicely ac ...

I've been working a lot of overtime during the British lockdown due to Covid, so I've been spending the extra money wisely Very Happy

I got my tank painted at last, so it matches the rest of the painted ...

If I had the money, I'd go for that 6 pipe CBX.
That is beautiful Shocked

(We need a drooling smiley).

It's very similar in Scotland !
Same result Sad

Some exhausts have been delivered and most will be tomorrow and sat!

If I could ask everyone for a favor, and to post an honest review of your first impressions, pics on the bike, sound clips...Any ...

Just a thought.
Goodridge do teflon coated stainless braided brake lines, in black.
Best of both worlds imho, they're black so almost look like stock rubber brake lines and they're stainless braided ...

Some exhausts have been delivered and most will be tomorrow and sat!

If I could ask everyone for a favor, and to post an honest review of your first impressions, pics on the bike, sound clips...Any ...

I did do one other thing concerning my bike.

I sent Z3RO the payment for one of his exhaust systems Cool

As it hasn't arrived yet, I'm not sure if that counts as something I did TO my bike tod ...

Gave my brakes a quick overhaul. Nothing new added, just took them off their mounts, cleaned them up a bit, put in fresh red rubber grease as required, confirmed pistons were moving smoothly, reassemb ...

(trying to figure out how to get the youtube link to work here as a embed preview)

Remove the s from the end of https.
The s is for secure, as in your own private collection of, in this case, YouT ...

What is the best, immediate action to respond to such a wobble? Accelerate? Brake? Loose grip on bars and steady throttle? Death grip on bars?

Although it goes against natural instinct, I would ac ...

Subscibed, I'm only the 7th 😯
Come on lads and lasses, get yourself subscribed to his channel. You can always unsubscribe later if it isn't really your thing 😀

Simon, does the UK Post have a drop ship setup in the USA? I am in Australia, and Australia Post has an arrangement called Shop Mate https://shopmate.auspost.com.au where you ship to 'your' USA addres ...

I can just manage that, plus shipping is going to be hard. I'll be on bread and water for the month Very Happy

Merry Christmas you F'ers Very Happy

I'm in.

I'll want one or two as well Smile