Talking to a chap today who is just 66, his wife is younger. He's got a few bob, let's property's etc. Started drawing his state pension recently. His financial advisor has found a way to get him nearly 17k a year. Chap says it's some sort of bonus, wasn't too sure himself he says.

Doesn't ...

Indeed, but like dodgy on his monkey, I'd probably find scoot perfect for such a bimble! :thumbup:


Me too- and on that subect, you Sir, and that Skubster reprobate may jointly consider yourselves largely responsible for my selection of what was my most recent 2-wheeler purchase - 6 ...

Well, I’m writing this report a good bit later than I said I would, but April was a busy month, as was May TBH and pretty much non-stop , but we’ve been busy enjoying ourselves, which is what retired life is all about IMO :thumbup:

So , since my last update, we’ve had the Cadwell round on the ...

as I no longer have any real interest in riding for riding sake!


maybe like with @Dodgy69 that will come when you have more time and freedom. Once you have nothing you HAVE to do, maybe a trip to the coast on a motorbike will be an excellent little treat.


Indeed, but like dodgy on his ...

Too-high tailpipe ( and possibly questionable seat shape and colour) aside, which is easily sorted, I really like that

Never been there.


You haven't lived !
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Seriously, that suprises me, I genuinely think that you'd love it, it's fast, and just so Northern IMO- there's a softy southerner never has-been's view on it here :P
https://revtothelimit.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=405641#p405641

(You are on holiday so ...

We must remember, no one makes them do it. Simple as that.


It really is, albeit I guess the point Weeksy is trying to make that it is now socially unacceptable to allow sane right-minded individuals to place themselves at that much risk purely in the pursuit of a personal sporting achievement ...

It’s been a while since I’ve updated this (or any other, come to that) thread, and we’ve just got back from a week and 1200 mile bimble around some of France, taking in Honfleur, La Rochelle and Rouen, and very enjoyable it was too, despite the somewhat variable weather.
The waterproofs came out on ...

Yesterday with a couple of the Jolly Boys- really fun day out on the lanes of West Sussex and Hampshire, was a warm one and definitely more dusty than muddy, a fair bit faster than usual and I'm feeling it a bit today, cracking fun 😎 👍
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One for the oldies amongst us ( that's almost everyone then )

How top-level MotoGP riders used to operate- am guessing that this was at one of the Anglo-American Match Race rounds

I don't want to put a downer on things,but listening to Jamie Witham's podcast the other day he said that Darley Moor & other former airfields are now classed as brownfield sites & planning permission is going in to turn Darley Moor into a housing estate :shock:


Definitely no downer from me ...

Rockburner wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 1:34 pm

Tricky wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 1:24 pm – the facilities, however wasn’t one of the good ways

I've seen (and used) far, far worse!

In fairness, I have too

Last weekend I took a trip up to Derbyshire and a track that I have heard lots about for many years, but never actually visited- Darley Moor.

As I mentioned above, at Brands I was chatting to some of the vastly more experienced racers than me about it , and the common themes seemed to be that it’s ...

IccyV2 wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 12:51 pm Looks like you're having a lot of fun and giving us some great reading material for the evenings.
Keep it up

Cheers and yep, I'm loving it and it's become really addictive- I honestly never thought that I'd get this much enjoyment from it this time around, but it's even better.

Yesterday at Darley Moor.

First time there for me- a funny, scruffy little place that I felt had a very "Northern" sort of vibe about it, both in the way it was run and the people there, but I loved the track, despite the (WWII prison camp standard :D ) facilities, and quite worryingly close ...

2nd round in and the Chinese put a new motorcycle on the top step.
ZX Moto have arrived in WSS.


Yup, that's really some achievement - based on that performance, I'll be very interested to see how their V4 performs in WSB ( and who they get on it/them? ) next season, but in the meantime, the SSP ...

And another one who's performance wasn't too shabby ( who I expect to be bring TAG's name further up the order this season) , young Spud testing his tyres and FT elbow sliders there today...

weeksy wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2026 1:50 pm Well as we're all aware with house buying, nothing is ever 100% until its all done.

But if the cards fall right, in 8-12 weeks we should be moving home to this. Its all in the hands of solicitors now

Have everything crossed for you all

No, it isn't, it's just their first test day.

On TSL https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/261413

Am pleased to see the Bimota going so well in the hands of young Max, and old-boy Iddon seems to be straight on it on the R1

Cheers all! :thumbup:
Nice!

Is it reasonable to assume that the difference in power readings is mostly down to the different dynos?


Yup- they are both Dynojet dynos, and ambient temp used was pretty much the same, but I had been previously told by more than one person that PDQ's dyno tends to ...