Thanks folks! Lie in and some pressies and cards, so not bad considering i'm not at home this year.

They do seem to come along quicker now

Monty wrote:On that theme, how about something like this.

I still want one of those. Fabulous looking bike.

Silly money now

They are brilliant machines, but very expensive.

Great PR stunt - that will pay for itself many times over with sales.

Bike buying is on hold until we sort out what's happening on the house front. I think I've decided I want a bigger adventure style bike, so something like the Tiger800 or 1200 (I don't like the look of the 1050), Multi, S1000xr or a KTM 1090/1190/1290 I've only been on Duke's Multi and ridden a cou...

Tech 3 have announced this morning that they will no longer use Yamaha’s from the start of next year. I wonder if Rossi is going to race his own Yamaha satellite team next year? Its got a good chance. Shame though as Tech3 are a great team and Herve is briiliant - i wonder which way he will go in t...

ep1 of Altered Carbon.. I think I like it.

My Lomo dry bags which are massive . I may have underestimated their size

I'm in the UK for a week or so, so a few errands today..

4 birthdays this week so have already eaten too much.. It's Mr C00kiemonster snr's birthday today so I bought him a nice Scotch he can share with me later

Bacon sandwich in a small café while I wait for my car to be serviced..

The simple pleasures are often the best.

The S is a good deal, not so sure the RS is. Not enough of a jump from the 765 for me to warrant the cost.. Nice bikes though. I like what the 765 stands for but surely the speed is going to be noticeably easier to ride quicker and for longer? They only quote peak figures but I imagine the area und...

How will some people survive? It's just so unfair....

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43110910

The S is a good deal, not so sure the RS is. Not enough of a jump from the 765 for me to warrant the cost.. Nice bikes though.

Its a good start. I feel for the police, they are not funded enough and cant do everything. Sadly the scrotes know it. This may send a message in one area perhaps.

Glad to hear you got away with it Frankie. We've all done it. I did it on the Isle of Man a few years ago. The driver on my side spotted it and moved over to the left. The oncoming car was under trees and was dark in colour, so I didn't see it. Ditto - on the mountain being over optimistic. I think...

fair play to the bloke for getting off and challenging them, shows you what cowards they are that they just ride off though It's what i would have done, but sadly there is a chance they have a hammer, knife or give you a beating sadly. I dont think they give a shit and tbh what have they got to loo...

Sadly they know they wont be caught or even chased. Frightening for the biker - too many of them if they wanted the bike they would get it.

Starts next week people! WSBK is usually first and it's Australia. I didnt warm to WSBK over the last couple of seasons and it didnt really serve up much excitement for me, i'm hoping this year will be better, but cant see it tbh. I cant see it on any other channel than Eurosport this year (which i ...

Need to store 4 push bikes in the garage whilst not taking up alot of floor space. Thinking of a couple of these. Anyone got any experience with this brand / product as a few keen cyclists on here. https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Feedback-Sports-Velo-Cache-2-Bike-Column_77062.htm" onclick="windo...

I'm with you on that one. I can have my left foot down, pull away and change gear pretty quickly. I have never found myself thinking, "oh crap, I put the wrong foot down" The other one I might struggle with is not using the gears to decelerate. I do that all the time. The manual seems to ...

Sorting out the house, packing etc etc ready for our trip to the UK next week.