*Bob*

I'm all for it.

A vision of The Future:

Pack it in, we're only halfway through November.

AlfieNoakes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Still not sure as to the point of this thread > though. I think it's mostly about the girl on the Fazer.

Have you tried to get customer service in Homebase? The only areas of 'specialist knowledge' the majority of their staff have are in nose picking, hiding in the warehouse thumbing texts ten to the dozen, waiting for their GCSE results, and pretending they haven't heard their name called over the tannoy when you want to get some bloody paint mixed.

woofmarkthedog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sydenham, hey I live there. Do I know him or her God, I hope not.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Word. Double word. I've made nearly 5000 posts (of utter drivel, admittedly) on here. I'm on MyFace. I have a website for the purposes of work. It's all out there. But it's up to me to decide what trail to leave and I have decided not to join the dots. So my identity rests in the safe hands of the Admins on here and, er, someone from Sydenham. (*gulp*)

It's a fair question. Me and a friend were discussing piss-poor motorcycles which we'd been unfortunate enough to own - and he happened to mention the GN250 as a worthy contender. I was looking for a picture of it.

The Bikerz of SE22 seem to be a quiet lot. I seem to remember someone else trying to organise ride-out / meet-ups some time back but interest was minimal. To draw your attention away from the point of the thread, and for no reason whatsoever other than it having made me laugh, I draw your attention to the top two 'comments' in . You must read the whole of the top one first to get into the 'zone' before reading the second one.

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A scooter then. As for ?60 to insure - is that > ever possible? Certainly not. 600cc. Actually my premium rocketed to ?67 this year, but I've found the extra cash from somewhere.

Shame the stupid thing never starts.

Well clearly 'music' was the real winner this week. We spent most of time trying to remember if Brian or Roger was 'the clever one', and the rest of the time mourning the loss if Freddie (though his spirit lives on - at the Co-Op on Forest Hill Road)

My bike of choice is one that is least likely to get nicked, doesn't matter when someone pushes it over and costs no more that ?60 to insure. All other considerations are negligable.

I can't believe all these muppets who buy their radiators in B&Q, thinking they're getting a bargain! I buy mine in bulk, by container load, delivered direct from China. I admit it's slightly inconvenient having to store them around the house until required, but I've saved a fortune.

I was slightly in error. I meant to say 'general soopadoopasportsbike ownership', not general ownership. I think they're actually slightly safer in London than in other parts, because you can't go fifty feet without having to stop a lights (though I'm not sure if spending half an hour each morning hunched over with your face in the clocks, doing 10mph is a great look). But where I used to live (oop north) the local Bike trader mag consists mostly of bikes capable of 160mph with five previous owners and 2000 miles on the clock. Not suprisingly most of the biking casualties in A&E (lying back watching ?500 of new riding gear getting unceremoniously scissored-off) were all in their early twenties and had only been riding for a very short time.

I'm not talking about you, rcmfadsmf.. there's no need to flash your biking credentials. I believe you. You're one of the good guys. Just a general comment on general motorcycle ownership generally. Can we at least agree that the ones with a 'roof' on top are just plain wrong?

Sunday afternoon - CHECK Passed test last week - CHECK Firebreathing race-pedigree knob-rocket with 200 miles on the clock - CHECK Sunglasses - CHECK 'Roof' lid - CHECK Fresh out-of-the-box leathers - CHECK Vroom... (*crash*)

rcmacf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps my 125 hp bike is used for other things? > Perhaps trips around europe with luggage, perhaps > trips to Brands Hatch, to go on track, or perhaps > it is just to zip from lights to lights. What's > your point, caller? I've no doubt this is true. You're in the clear. Rest easy. But let's face it, the majority of sportsbike owners are mostly interested in cock-posing at the lights / wrapping them around a lamp=post.

I ride a Yazuki EnormoBlast 4800. I've tried a lot of machines, but I feel you really need in excess of 140bhp if you're to get away from the lights quickly enough. More importantly, I always like to be the first the arrive at the next set of lights fifty yards down the road.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *Bob* I would have done but it has more than > likely already been spent at Ann Summers, You do know you can buy all that gear online for a third of the price, don't you?

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I have now come to the conclusion that some 'with > it' folk just enjoy wasting money.. I am happy I have saved an extra > couple of hundred quid this year shopping at a > major retailer, go waste your cash good folk of > ED! That's ?200 you can put towards your next skiing trip, comrade.

I don't mind paying a leetle bit more for stuff from local shops, because it's nice having local shops for local people. And a visit to the 'Old Kent Road Industrial Estate' makes me want to slam my balls in the fridge door repeatedly just to give me somthing else to think about. But within reason. Is it time I mentioned SMBS's frozen lime leaves again?

lol, u r so rite, Kel

Are all discussions in the drawing room prefaced by painfully conceited OP, or is this the first? Excuse the question, I'm new.

Twelvety.