The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Totally Off-Topic Discussions, Rants, Tire & Oil Threads, Etc. => Topic started by: Lucky_Lou on June 24, 2016, 04:44:59 PM
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Thinking about buying parts from Moto Bins or Motorworks ..buy now £ at record low vs $.. wont last long
Lou
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Yeah but our $ is down now too.
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Unfortunately 17,410,742 of our citizens don't really understand what the EU does or represents and didn't feel the need to do any real research before voting to leave it, putting a dent in global economies that only makes me ashamed to call myself British. I'm sad that my 1 year old son will be growing up in a country that seems to become less tolerant and more xenophobic by the day. Spirits are certainly low around here regarding the result.
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Not the same here in the North...
Being a Londoner by birth, the South of the country is a little more cosmopolitan than here in the north, however, many in the south do not understand the impact immigration has had on the midlands & north.
To fully understand this you need to live and work with the fine northern people who work hard and love the country in which they live :)
Just my view!
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I don't want to get into a political argument about a situation I don't fully understand but from what I've gathered the desire for "freedom" and self determination might have had a lot to do with a lot of folks decision. These reasons, as a "Yank," I can fully understand and appreciate. The desire to be out from under the thumb of a pack of self-serving, power hungry, limp-dicked bureaucrats is a desire I can fully comprehend and applaud.
The short-term will probably bring some grief and misery but in the future I think everything will work out for the best. I have no doubt that our Brit cousins will suck it up and emerge far stronger, and with more National Pride, than most people can imagine. I think that globalization and multiculturalism has been damaging to the spirit of a lot of countries and maybe that was it's intent.
OK, I'll be quiet now...
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The desire to be out from under the thumb of a pack of self-serving, power hungry, limp-dicked bureaucrats is a desire I can fully comprehend and applaud.
+1
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I like most people in South Cumbria voted to remain in the EU, but being a Manc by birth and a former resident of Sunderland during my university years, I can understand why many up here voted to exit.
For months you have had all the self serving bas*ards in power banging on about how good the economy was, but if you go to places Sunderland, Newcastle, Halifax or Burnley nothing was improving and if anything things were getting worse. Most people in the former industrial towns of the north saw nothing of the recovery, but what they have seen is more migration, loss of local services, longer waiting times for the NHS, over subscribed schools and increased costs. The out vote in the north was an inevitable consequence of giving the people a referendum choice... I disagreed with their decision but I can understand why they made it and as someone who believes in democratic process the choice has been made, so now we have to get on with the job and out of the mess we are in.
Right that's enough political BS! I've got the Bimbo and my route all sorted for the ACU National Motorcycle Rally next Saturday. A 440 miles Daylight gold award day for me and the Bimbo should set me just right for the USA with the wife the following Thursday.
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Where are you headed over here, Tony?
wilcom - I can imagine you would agree wholeheartedly with the constant assault the bureaucracy in your state has been waging on what are rights guaranteed to all by our Constitution.
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in your state has been waging on what are rights guaranteed
Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Maxine Waters, and Nancy Pelosi, all from California.
We have cornered the market on Ding Bats....... It's enough to make you just sit down and cry :'(
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We have cornered the market on Ding Bats....... It's enough to make you just sit down and cry Cry
Wanna cry some more...................all the folks that elected them are my neighbors.............AAAAAARGH
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I feel for ya, Bro, you need to move somewhere safe like TX. :)
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I totally understand the comments that I'm not a Northerner and never will be. Also that I don't have first hand experience of the effects migrants have had on that part of the country. But I am aware that a lot of migrant problems have been blamed on the EU and it's only really a small part of that, with a lot of our cousins of colour and wider ethnic backgrounds being part of the knock on effect of colonialism over many centuries.
As sore as I am about losing my EU passport and although I foolishly started this, the point I agree with here most of all is no more politics.
One of the many things I love about motorcycles is their ability to bring people together from all backgrounds and ages and that's always worth celebrating with a cold beer or three. Thanks for putting up with my rant!
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, the point I agree with here most of all is no more politics.
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I'll take my Rush Limbaugh pillow and go back to sleep and dream of motor bikes
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Where are you headed over here, Tony?
We land in Chicago on the 7th of July and pick the bikes up on the 9th. It will be the wife's first time in the US so she's feeling a little apprehensive about riding over there. She's spoken to lots of people who have ridden in the States and like me they say that in comparison to normal UK road conditions even in the bigger places riding in the US is a pleasure because of the wider roads, usually lower traffic density and slightly lower speeds. Well it is until you get to LA (by far the worst drivers I have experienced in the US and on a par with Rome or Paris for people behind a wheel lacking to attention to driving) and then you treat it like you would the M60 or M25, and ride with the mind set that everyone else on the road is trying to kill me.
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I thought the drivers in the L.A. area were very polite. That was back in 1989, and may have been influenced by a recent rash of freeway shootings, I don't know. They were a lot better than drivers here in Oregon.
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Tony, where are you riding to?
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How do you guys transition to the wrong side of the road? I've thought about driving on the left side and I just don't think I could do it.
50+ years of ingrained training just wouldn't turn lose that easy.
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Tony, where are you riding to?
We're doing 66, when I did it last year I tried to get 'she who us to be obeyed' to join me on the trip, but she was not interested. However once she saw my photo's and comments from friends on the trip with me, she regretted her decision not to come.
Roll the clock to last October and there is a repeat of Henry Cole's second R66 trip on the telly. After watching the one on the South West she suddenly pipes up that she now really likes the idea of riding route 66 and that I'd better book it for this summer- which kind of scuppered my replacing the 1200R with an Rs this year.
I'm not complaining as there was just too much to take in and it did get a little overwhelming when you only have 19 days.
As for riding on the wrong side of the road, that was easy. Its a little harder in a car or I find it so when I drive on the continent. I guess if you're in a hire car it would be easier as the drivers seat is also on the wrong side. Yet when I'm on the bike its not a problem, first time you did it, it takes a little concious effort to reprogrammed the direction of your 'life saver looks' but after you've got used to that now worries.
Obviously riding on the right hand side of the road is a blasphemous concept, but you have to make allowances for quaint local customs of barbarian nations who cannot make a good cup of tea and don't understand English even when one raises one's voice... ;D
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Enjoy your trip Tony
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Sounds like a fun trip, if you have spare time maybe hook through the DFW area for a good home-cooked meal and a brew...
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I love that Justin, but this time we've gone with an organised tour company so we're tied to the group itinerary. If it was just me then I'd rather just make it up as we go along but as Fiona is pretty apprehensive about about riding in the US she wanted the security of an organised tour first time out. Hopefully she'll enjoy the riding as much as I did, then next time we come over we'll just hire the bikes and go rideabout.
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Sounds good. If you ever do that, bring Lou with ya! ;)
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Sounds good. If you ever do that, bring Lou with ya! ;)
Bengt Phorqs and I are expecting Mike Sherwood, aka Lucky Lou, arriving back in Tejas in 2017. Our last outings with Lou were, well, rather rowdy... as they should be. Justin, we'll stick, uh, honor you with the bar tabs from the FTW Stockyard saloons.
[smiley=beerchug.gif]
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Uh, no! I was thinking more along the line of beer and BBQ in the back yard...
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How do you guys transition to the wrong side of the road? I've thought about driving on the left side and I just don't think I could do it.
50+ years of ingrained training just wouldn't turn lose that easy.
I have never had a problem I used to drive regularly to the south of France for holidays the biggest issue I have is re adjusting to automatic from stick shift. First time I visited Texas I stayed with my pal who at that time lived in Austin he had a rice burner (Yammy I think) which he let me loose on, I do recall a different level of concentration as I was riding alone and it is easy to cock up.
Lou
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Sounds good. If you ever do that, bring Lou with ya! ;)
Bengt Phorqs and I are expecting Mike Sherwood, aka Lucky Lou, arriving back in Tejas in 2017. Our last outings with Lou were, well, rather rowdy... as they should be. Justin, we'll stick, uh, honor you with the bar tabs from the FTW Stockyard saloons.
[smiley=beerchug.gif]
If the stars align as expected should be over in the fall of 17... with any luck I will be able to tie it up with the Chuck Wagon cook off in the Stockyards where I will be teaching them Cowboys a trick or too [smiley=tongue.gif] I will be travelling west from the East coast with a stop over Beaumont for a spell then in Cowtown for a few days before heading for the Border towns.
Barbeques and anything that goes bang sounds good to me..........
Lou
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When you get by Cowtown we can head to the range if you have time. I probably have a few pieces that might be rather scarce in your neck of the woods and you'd probably get a big hoot outa pullin' the trigger on em.
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When you get by Cowtown we can head to the range if you have time. I probably have a few pieces that might be rather scarce in your neck of the woods and you'd probably get a big hoot outa pullin' the trigger on em.
Sounds like a plan. I will let you guys know when the plans are firmed up and flights sorted, probably Easter time next year.
Anything like these..... Son in Law Paul "Working" in Texas
Lou
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Something like that. ;)