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Starting new thread for the Interceptor. Deposit paid, motorcycle movers instructed. They will collect on Thursday and deliver next Monday. Said I would start a new thread once the bike is here, but I'm not always patient. Recent photo of the bike at Seller's house: Low mileage: That's...

That's right - this year, Shove Tuesday falls today, 13th February. For them as might not be aware of this important day on the British calendar, a brief into. Shrove Tuesday, aka Pancake Day, is a British tradition dating from Medieval times. Being Medieval, there is of course a religious...

Today spotted that my current account balance is £10 higher than I thought. As somebody who dislikes mysteries, investigated. A payment has been made by DWP. For those of you not resident in the United Kingdom, that stands for the Department of Work & Pensions. Among other things, the DWP pays...

Occasionally muse out loud to meself on this subject and I know society's official view is that you should not talk to yourself or that it's a sign of madness if you do. But I wonder why society takes that view and how it measures up to reality? Did a quick google as one does and found some...

This is why I haven't finished restoring the Max Sievert blow torch yet. Oh, plus the fact it's been too bloody cold to spend much time in an unheated garage. Plus the fact I have a lot of demands on me time apart from motorbikes and old brass blow torches. However this is today's excuse, not of...

Well, it was certainly a most unexpected Christmas present. I haven't spoken to her yet, but Mrs' daughter for some reason hit on the notion of giving me a Max Sievert blow torch. I'm possibly not the easiest person to buy a gift for, so I usually tell family that anything I can eat or drink...

Have been spending a bit of time looking to see what's out there. Surfing the web. The idea obviously is buy sumfing to use over the winter to save cherished bikes from damage, salt, corrosion and in general adverse effects of winter use. Thought the ideal would be maybe a smallish trail bike...

Today I saw a parked car with a green segment at one end of the number plate - best picture I could find in a hurry: So naturally, I thought, Hello what's that about then? I immediately suspected that it might be an electric car? And the purpose of the green segment - to increase the natural...

Have I made a terrible mistake? Part-exchanged the Honda NX250 for this: (ignore the dates on the pictures, obviously) I don't even know what it is yet. Apart from it's a pre-unit, old-school, single cylinder 500 made in Madras. Which we must remember to call Chennai now. Bullet 500...

This thread is really just an excuse to make occasional posts about my 2014 Kawaski W800 SE, Polly to friends. This time, it's tyres. Bike came with Dunlop TT100s, which were fine but wore out too fast for my liking. Since then have fitted a succession of Avon RoadRiders and IMO these have been...

Hope this is the right place? When I joined this forum, given a very friendly welcome, Bob (Mailman) was previously unaware of the Scottish Borders. I promised once I was out and about on the XS I would put up some photos of this little corner of the planet. So I propose to come here every now...

Have just bought an XS650, the purchase being quite a long story in itself. But before I can ride, there are a few issues that need to be sorted. Which kind of leads to, uhm, changes. So I have found this forum to be a very useful fund of information. And having visited a few times, thought...