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Must be time for some Manu Choa
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And the sun is booked
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Oh I'm pretty sure he's dead
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Mornings all
big Blue sky and frosty down this end
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'Owlin' Wolf ?
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ooooh that works
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Just testing mac
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Mornings all
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So the plan is ride up through Denmark, ferry to Norway up the coast to Nordkapp, then back down through Sweden and home. Fecking terrifying
once in a lifetime trip Isn't fear exciting oh and includes The Atlantic Ocean Road plus Trollstigen, those with one of the passes I will be doing this summer inthe Dolomites just leaves one more "bike" road left to do on my list The Himalayan Highway maybe 2018? Then I may think ok that's the bike thing ticked off
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4 hours ago, standing stone said:
S.C., Norway Expedition sounds fab - enjoy all the planning and everything.......... and the new bike ........... its gonna happen, isn't it!
Sorry SS, I may have given the wrong impression, I've not bought a new bike, just took the opportunity to drool a bit
if I do upgrade then it probably wouldn't be until next year!
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1 minute ago, Sindigo said:
I doubt you'll have too many problems making the switch.
Well that statements sure going to be the kiss of death ............ popped into the BMW showroom after picking up the mac ........... The sales guy said "Please Sir, stop licking the bikes......."
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Right new laptop purchased, I've moved over to Mac, so let's unpack and see how you drive this thing
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37 minutes ago, Jax2000 said:
Morning all and.....noooooooooo SC.
It is not allowed on so many fronts but most definitely on the Womad front!!!
Think of Charley Boorman and take up embroidery!
He only broke his leg! A very good friend of mine broke his Speedway racing last summer, he has no intention of stopping and sadly I personally knew 2 who lost their lives to bikes during my lifetime. But, you cannot spend your life in fear, this life has to be lived
But you should try to learn from those that go before you and reduce the risks as much as you can I am sure I will not do it forever, at some point I'll feel that's enough, and or be more attracted to something else. I suspect that maybe getting a pilots licence.
"Birds are safer living in cages"
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One for you coffee lovers at Starbucks and Costa -
25 teaspoons of sugar in a Starbucks "Hot Mulled Fruit - Grape with Chai, Orange and Cinnamon Venti !!!!
20 teaspoons of sugar in a Costa "Chai Latte - Massimo - Eat in"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35593007
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Mornings all
one coffee please so we have good news we have bad news  
Good news first, tonight I attend the initial meeting planning the 2017 bike trip. To the top of Norway! Right into the Arctic Circle 3 weeks of Heaven and Hell
Bad News - I think I may need to upgrade the bike, not sure that chain drive will be reliable enough.
Badder News - provisional dates for the trip have WOMAD slap bang in the middle..... Might be 2 years on the trot for a SC no show at WOMAD
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24 minutes ago, SC said:
Right click and hit "open image in new tab"
Ok it's a bit tricky right clicking on a phone
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3 minutes ago, Sindigo said:
BTW, your links are broken too. Is it just me having the problem viewing links?
Right click and hit "open image in new tab"
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29 minutes ago, standing stone said:
..what are S.C. and Sindig0 talking about now?.... sounds like bikes, but who knows?!
What women hear when men talk bikes....
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14 minutes ago, standing stone said:
Sorry my attempt to show Jambo's piccie earlier didn't work..... user error! Think I've done it right now - does this work?....
Thanks SS, just a couple minutes ago i was looking at it on FB, lovely well done Jambo
I hope she's not setting up as competion with murielandlily
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40 minutes ago, Sindigo said:
My BIL has sold me on a Yamaha YBR125 I think.
Nice little review from MCN
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9 minutes ago, Sindigo said:
I wondered how long you'd keep them going for SC--you lasted longer than me! I ran out of bike chat. That said, my BIL has sold me on a Yamaha YBR125 I think. He said that I'm never going to feel like the original American badass on a 125, even if it's cruiser shaped so I should learn to ride on something safe and cheap and postpone the dream, along with the full back Harley Davidson tattoo (kidding) until I can ride one properly. Over a year 'til I'm 40. There's time.
I presume BIL is Brother in Law? Anyway it sounds as though he is giving you very sound advice, he is right, also as you learn to ride you may discover other joys that you don't currently expect to find and modify your dreams accordingly. Buying a "specialist" bike (Sports, Cruiser, Tourer etc) are each very good at their own speciality but not great at other uses. So a good quality "all rounder" is far far better to learn on and then you can specialise if you wish or you may choose to go simply for a bigger "all rounder" if you wish, that's the route I took, I wanted a bike that I can nip down the shops, good in traffic and filtering, can be loaded up with luggage, long enough legs to take you comfortably across a continent, loves mountain passes, can manage a bit of rough terrain, or happily scratch around country lanes :-)
You've got loads of time and you have the advantage at your age to realise that you are not invincible. Ride safe and don't try to catch your reflection in shop windows........ you never look as cool as you feel.....
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Don't gets me started on the umbrella thing