... a £1000 carbon fibre Chris boardman race bike on the cycle to work scheme. He was the biggest p1ss head ever and not into any form of exercise. After a year of owning it I asked he had used it much. His reply was once to go to the off lience and hang 4 cans of Stella off it (blush)

... others than your self, and that was it. Would be interested to know if they have protection properties. Your right Frankie. They were brought in after the Gibernau / Caprossi crash were one of them accidentally activated the other riders front brake when they came together during a race start. ...

Tricky, they are supposed to help prevent hand injuries on crashing to aren't they? I might look at one for the track bike after seeing that, I need all the help I can get to stay upright

... is why an 1199 has become of interest again. That said I went out on the 748 for a short blast this morning and that bike runs so beautifully after all the adjustments I have made and the work Mike has done at MES, it probably cannot be bettered as a bike that's a pleasure to ride hard.

... like that. I'm sure he is parsing his lucky stars that you guys stopped and helped. Poor guy it must of what him right up. Hope he is being looked after well by the hopistal. Expect some more police patrols down that stretch now

... one attending to him. Being completely honest I sh1t myself at first sight of the accidnet scene and I genuinely thought the biker was brown bread after looking at the impact and his motionless body. We parked the bikes up and ran over at which point another lady was with the fallen biker. It must ...

... 7 too. None of my old games will play on it, and it seems to run quite badly. My update to windows 10 lasted all of about 3 days too. I had crash after crash with windows 10 and none of my extra software would work with it either so it was more hassle than it was worth. It looked promising at ...

I hate how games are going. They don't even seem to bother finishing them now and rely on downloading patches after release. I bought a game for my laptop whilst on holiday in a caravan. It was a 1 player game. Yet when i got back to the van it wanted to go online and checj for ...

... to get the hang of this running thing. Busy well planned now. 5 mile recovery run tomorrow, then the full 13 mile half marathon course on Thursday after work. That's going to hurt.. 4 weeks today until Basingstoke half marathon.

I am now resting after a bit of rewiring in the loft, lifting all the loft boards, laying new insulation, fitting new ceiling light fittings. All for the people moving in after us in a week or two.

... her determination and work ethic. They were all pretty shocked at the assembly that a kindergarten student took it out! Then at swimming lessons after school the teacher has suggested Jorja should join the local swimming squad because she's years ahead with her swimming and would probably clean up.

Not so much today but tomorrow. I'm taking my lad to BSB at Oulton Park tomorrow and after reading him a story and putting him to bed tonight I turn the light out and said good night. My lad shouted back "Daddy we will have a great day tomorrow" Bless him ...

Not so much today but tomorrow.

I'm taking my lad to BSB at Oulton Park tomorrow and after reading him a story and putting him to bed tonight I turn the light out and said good night. My lad shouted back "Daddy we will have a great day tomorrow"

Bless him he made my day

I really wanted to get back to work after my off. My boss thought I was made, but I needed a distraction and some normality. Fair play to Guy, he's getting his head around what happened. The psychological impact can be harder to deal with than ...

... as well. I like Pirelli Rosso Corsa tyres Rossgo (had 5 sets now) and I would rather have a tyre I'm confident on rather than worry about mileage, after all biking is all about fun and 2000 miles a set is doable.

I tend to agree with Kiwi on this one, he seems more serious about his accident than he was after the Ballascary "fireball" off, I think we all realise that bikes crash - especially at their limit, sounds like Guy has had time to realise that gear saves lives ...

Managed to get her home after a little negotiation with the nurses ... she needs rest and relaxation and she'll get that at home just as much, if not more than a ward with 8 other poorly patients Sore but not as sore as the first op which ...

Hope the recovery goes well.

I don't think its very unusual for some infection after such big ops to be honest.

kingfixer wrote:Put the eazi grip tank pads on and gave it a good clean and polish !! Not bad for a 12 year old bike

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Ducati paint on their earlier bikes is the best of any manufacturer from that era, a fact confirmed to me by Mike at MES.

My 748 still polishes up a treat after 16 years.

... of any work on the clutch, so I'll change the lot seeing as though it could be on the original. If that's the case then I'd say it's due a refresh after 70400 miles! Maybe I'll wait till winter has set in and get the wheels off to get them shot blasted and powder coated again and some new rubber. ...