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by D6Nutz
22 Oct 2023, 18:52
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Jaguar supply issues
Replies: 4
Views: 606

Re: Jaguar supply issues

My brother in law has been waiting about a year for delivery of a defender, he's hopefully it will get delivered before Christmas

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by Monty
22 Oct 2023, 18:49
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11962
Views: 1558183

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

Fitted some new rear indicators. The 13 year old originals were falling apart and looked like something out of the 90s. Swapped them for the standard OEM ones from a later bike.
by Stonesie
20 Oct 2023, 17:51
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
Replies: 98
Views: 56002

Re: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering

... and IF I extend your working out, a brand new GSA comes with a free set of the aluminium panniers and inner bags... I will need panniers for next years trip to Spain and an aftermarket set runs up to £1K with inner bags so that's almost accounted for the insurance difference between a used one ...
by D6Nutz
18 Oct 2023, 21:51
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
Replies: 98
Views: 56002

Re: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering

So todays boredom discovery, an insurance quote on a new GSA... £2260, 2 year old GS Rally £1090, Back to the Ape (Aprilia Caponord 1200) £380 I think we have a winner. I will revisit the GS in a year or 2 so might keep the parts I have for one... But part of ...
by Stonesie
18 Oct 2023, 19:59
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
Replies: 98
Views: 56002

Re: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering

So todays boredom discovery, an insurance quote on a new GSA... £2260, 2 year old GS Rally £1090, Back to the Ape (Aprilia Caponord 1200) £380 I think we have a winner. I will revisit the GS in a year or 2 so might keep the parts I have for one... But part of ...
by D6Nutz
09 Oct 2023, 20:29
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: The new improved fitness thread
Replies: 2992
Views: 390645

Re: The new improved fitness thread

Feckin hell... how long did it take for the dizziness to wear of [emoji1787] According to Strava algorithms I am not the fittest I've been over a 2 year window. I really wish I could compare to 2019/2020 when I was at my fittest. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231009/1e26f4afad763f8899aff45f94dc33f9.jpg ...
by Stonesie
29 Sep 2023, 01:39
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
Replies: 98
Views: 56002

Re: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering

... my local dealer for the 1300gs launch, there was free food and coffee so I thought why not? Well I won't be ordering one straight away, the first year of production always has problems to iron out. But I did get a quote for the 1250gs adventure, huge as it looks it's not much heavier. It should ...
by D6Nutz
20 Sep 2023, 17:13
Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
Topic: Fairer deals for farmers
Replies: 4
Views: 1075

Re: Fairer deals for farmers

... to grow and ship to the UK cheaper than UK farmers can supply. We import because UK farmers ruined their land being greedy by growing single crops year after year instead of rotating. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
by Monty
20 Sep 2023, 10:10
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What do you want to vent about today?
Replies: 4343
Views: 477884

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

... be. Never going to happen though, for the same reason communism never works, we (society) don't see each other as equals. I've done my bit this year, I only did 236 miles on the bike between MOTs :D
by duke63
20 Sep 2023, 08:58
Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
Topic: Fairer deals for farmers
Replies: 4
Views: 1075

Fairer deals for farmers

... The above is worth a read. If you want to know why we have to import so much of our food (46% last year, most European countries are less than 10%), then this is why - Supermarkets call ALL the shots.
by D41
17 Sep 2023, 17:51
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What do you want to vent about today?
Replies: 4343
Views: 477884

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

... how much packaging McDonald's goes through every single minute..!!! Which apparently amounts to just under two million tonnes per year. Staggering! Can't really blame McDonald's, they've been taking a decent stab at changing their business practices in order to be more eco-friendly....and ...
by kiwikrasher
17 Sep 2023, 01:32
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18622
Views: 2267415

Re: What are you doing today ??

... indeed, and goes around the roundabout the wrong way!! 100% expecting exactly this from James when I have the challenge of teaching him in a few years. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk It’s definitely taking all my experience and skills as a workplace trainer/assessor to stay calm and ...
by Cav
16 Sep 2023, 08:02
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Mr Postman
Replies: 5316
Views: 858854

Re: Mr Postman

Warranty refund for my mountain bike saddle. 2 year warranty, it broke at 1 year 51 weeks and they refunded no questions asked!
by kiwikrasher
16 Sep 2023, 00:23
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1094
Views: 507348

Re: Work

... profits are 2.5million with more than that in the bank. Their assets are similar to that albeit they've invested over 7mil on new machines this year already but now they're not even letting people order a set of sidecutters to do some wiring maintenance jobs. A lot of things are not adding up ...
by Cav
15 Sep 2023, 19:43
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1094
Views: 507348

Re: Work

... profits are 2.5million with more than that in the bank. Their assets are similar to that albeit they've invested over 7mil on new machines this year already but now they're not even letting people order a set of sidecutters to do some wiring maintenance jobs. A lot of things are not adding up ...
by Kwacky
12 Sep 2023, 18:24
Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
Topic: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Replies: 1570
Views: 269912

Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread

... Apparently there's a big problem looming in the mortgage and housing markets. Mortgage arrears jumped by 13% in the second quarter of the year to the highest level since 2016, according to Bank of England figures that underscore the stress in the UK mortgage market
by Kwacky
11 Sep 2023, 20:39
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: The new improved fitness thread
Replies: 2992
Views: 390645

Re: The new improved fitness thread

Impressive. That's more in a day than I've done in a year on my bike.
by Perkles
11 Sep 2023, 20:12
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: The new improved fitness thread
Replies: 2992
Views: 390645

Re: The new improved fitness thread

Pushbike 27 miles on Saturday and 36 Sunday
16 mph avg not bad haven’t ridden for a year
Wrists were agony towards the end
by Kwacky
28 Aug 2023, 15:52
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11962
Views: 1558183

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

Gave the kwak a once over belt the service tomorrow.

It feels like a wasted biking year. I've hardly used it.
by duke63
27 Aug 2023, 16:03
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18622
Views: 2267415

Re: What are you doing today ??

... ;) ) ? I had it about 5 weeks ago. Not very pleasant. I get the feeling we are going to be in for a tough winter with it with only over 65 year olds getting a booster and there being no commercial booster options available.