cars are just plain boring. You're driving the wrong cars! Haha. I'm a fan of cars and bikes. A car that's playful is a fun car. The Seat Leon myself and Cookie have is a decent little thing, lightweight by modern standards and with enough poke to have a hoot. I'm with Bob, my 230bhp is Golf is bli...

I am not sure that he was the first man to break the sound barrier. I have read in the distant past that it was broken at the end of WW2 near Hong Kong by an RAF pilot. The Yanks are great at rewriting history though.

Monty wrote:

duke63 wrote:

Monty wrote:
I'll swap you 5kgs of saucisson for my car!

yes but isn't it a Land Rover? If so, its only worth 2kg

No, it’s a 2017 GTI with the performance pack, probably should have asked for 6!

I have no need of a GTI whatever that is. I have some bikes, cars are just plain boring.

When the V4 was announced a short while ago, I thought that perhaps I should have waited before buying my BMW R1250RS a couple of months ago. Then I learned of the V4 fuel consumption figures, and thought about how high the seat is on Multis, I am now happy that I made the correct choice even if it ...

If anyone needs any decent food bringing over then I am travelling from the Dordogne to Dorset by car on Monday. On second thoughts, I am an EU resident and will respect what the UK voted for and only bring lots of red wine for my own Christmas consumption, and the rest of you can buy British red wi...

duke63 wrote:£10,295 is a decent price too.

Is that pre or post brexit price?

Covid is really funny in a way. My girlfriend and I are living in our house in the middle of nowhere here in France, there is no risk of infection. We intend to go back to the UK, by car, on Monday for the Christmas break. We would both have to self isolate in a house where her two grown up boys liv...

I wonder how many people with properties in the EU voted for Brexit? Oh well, at least they knew what they were voting for. Some of us were not allowed to vote for or against. Despite spending my whole life in the service of the UK, RAF, civil service etc. Despite paying tax on my RAF pension in th...

I see Phil Green has been able to put 13,000 jobs at risk while he's lining his pockets and giving his wife a massive dividend and paying no tax. The bloke is a full on slime ball. He has done what any other British businessman would do, maximise his income and minimised his liabilities, but within...

Monty wrote:I keep looking at Royal Enfield Interceptors and can't stop watching custom builds on Youtube.

Hell they run those things with very low tyre pressures!

Just bought a new bike, a BMW R1250RS. The garage is getting full with the 3 Ducatis in there too. At least everything is paid for. I doubt that I will look for another bike for the next year or so.

Yeh just imagine... the Country votes to keep those 'damn foreigners out'...and those damn foreigners decide, as a result, that they would prefer to keep those damn Brits out too. That is what is happening. When Boris decided that the foreigners have to have a job paying over £35k or huge savings t...

The twat Boris gets a pension of 50% of his last salary when he leaves office irrespective of how long he has been in office.

Very easy target, you'll notice that the army guys are being used to do the covid testing while being accommodated in some sh1t hole away from their families, I am sure that they will enjoy the pay freeze. I bet that MPs and the royals will still get paid more money and expenses than they need and s...

C00kiemonster wrote: Welcome Bob

I live a couple of hours north of you - south of Poitiers in the Vienne. I'll have to pop in when i'm next in the Dordogne

On my route to the UK. I have ridden the Ducati Supersport that way to Caen so many times that the bike now knows the way.

Just so that you dirty minded lot understand. The wife now lives in Scotland and we are separated, the Girlfriend lives here in France with me. We are all friends. Life is too short to have enemies.

Now this bit might need some ellaboration.. (lol) if I'm reading it right, you have a wife and a girlfriend and they have matching Ducati's?? Living the dream!!! (clap) 1, Wifes Monster 821, girlfriends Monster 821 , my Supersport. 2, My ST2. 3, My 848, wifes BMW F800ST. 4, My BMW R1250RS. No expla...

Nice collection of bikes. The wife and I would like to move out in a few years time. With the best will in the world, it would not be possible before 31 Dec this year and i read of lots of people trying to rush it through without any thought to the implications. I am sure many will regret not think...

3bikes.jpg sidesmall.JPG DSCN0093s.JPG smallside.jpg Yes it was easy, but it is not the first bike that I have put onto French plates. I would suggest that it could become a very expensive exercise after brexit. The important document is a European Certificate of Conformity (CofC). Every bike post ...

Seem to have missed this thread and not introduced myself. I'm Bob, 62, retired RAF Engineer living in the Dordogne in France since I retired in 2004. Started riding at 15 in Germany. First proper bike at RAF Leeming with a Honda CB250K4. Posted to Germany when I was 18 so added a Honda CJ360T, Suzu...