My better half was surprisingly good about my return to two wheels, encouraging almost (despite what we went through she knows that not riding had forever left a hole in me).
I'm not allowed out on it if I'm in significant pain though as apparently I DLAC when I am. It's a very reasonable condition!

Excellent, another 900 Duke on the road :thumbup:

Got my monster on the road a week or so back, the first ride was awkward at first, got more instinctive gradually. Needs a good long ride to get back into the groove properly I think.

Good luck with your re-intro. Any plans for trips out?



No ...

Noggin wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 9:55 am
Maybe whoever used that towel and left an invisible skid needs to learn to wash properly ???

Probably my stepfather, he was / is a grubby bastard.
Still get cringe nausea if I remember back

I can only look on in awe of that level of organisation in terms of towel area specifics.

Wouldn't work in our en-suite as we share whatever towel is to hand (not at the same time, obviously) so I could be rubbing Mrs. G's feet on my face first thing in the morning. Or worse.


You only ...

derek badger wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2026 11:18 am Nice one! Any pics of the bike?

No, but it might come out later if the weather improves so I'll take a couple then.

So I've had the old Duke back on the road a couple of weeks after winter storage (and it then needing a carb rebuild) and I'm starting to enjoy riding again.

The trip to the MOT station was interesting, hadn't touched the bike since last year but still thought I should be better at steering.. a ...

The old zx9r I owned twice and went on to be owned by several TRCers afterwards. That thing was bonkers fast and the brakes were surprisingly good after a strip and rebuild.
I replaced it with an R1 which felt like a 600 in comparison.. and not just in stature.

I'd rather a carbed R6 these days ...

"on my face" is a good name for a racehorse if you're at the track and it's being cheered on..

About twice a week for shower towel.

I wouldn't want to dry my face where I'd dried my arse the day before but a clean one every time is wasteful and unnecessary so towel is organised; by the label is arse crack corner, opposite corner is bollocks etc. bit between them is feet. Top end is face ...

About twice a week for shower towel.

I wouldn't want to dry my face where I'd dried my arse the day before but a clean one every time is wasteful and unnecessary so towel is organised; by the label is arse crack corner, opposite corner is bollocks etc. bit between them is feet. Top end is face ...

About twice a week for shower towel.

I wouldn't want to dry my face where I'd dried my arse the day before but a clean one every time is wasteful and unnecessary so towel is organised; by the label is arse crack corner, opposite corner is bollocks etc. bit between them is feet. Top end is face ...

Skub wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2026 9:14 pm I'm watching fixtures closely to see when the big matches are on,then I can enjoy the resulting quiet roads.

Roads are usually quiet in the middle of the night

I'm a fucking rapper and I might kill you.


Not you Martian, obviously.


Your mother's got a penis.


Top fact. The sample used in Your Mother's got a penis is Behind the Mask by the Yellow Magic Orchestra. It's probably more famous for being covered by both Eric Clapton and Michael ...

Arselick. :P


:shifty:

In my defence, we were told that we had to engage to pass the course.. I can't be held wholly responsible for what comes out of my mouth if others demand that I speak :D


Our host asked us if, upon reflection, we could see the reasons why we ended up on the ...

MyLittleStudPony wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2026 9:25 pm I'm a fucking rapper and I might kill you.


Not you Martian, obviously.

Your mother's got a penis.

Guns don't kill people, rappers do, it was on a documentary on BBC2.

Well I did my speed awareness course this morning and did actually learn something but mostly it was very straightforward.

It became evident after a while that a few of the guys were looking at what I was doing when we were being asked to raise hands but the course trainer noticed and gave ...

Well I did my speed awareness course this morning and did actually learn something but mostly it was very straightforward.

It became evident after a while that a few of the guys were looking at what I was doing when we were being asked to raise hands but the course trainer noticed and gave them ...

:angry-cussingblack:

Worst case is reaction time to an unexpected event, when 'surprise'* and 'startle'** occur.

* Slower reaction
** Potentially 'freezing'

"Driver reaction times to familiar but unexpected events"
https://www.trl.co.uk/publications/ppr313


Stating the obvious: unexpected ...