2009 motorcycling highs and lows

Indeed.

 

mark me down in this section too will ya. 2010 doesn't look favorable as
already I'm missing the Tog tour

 

Pace too stiff for you, biker boy?

You and Ann'll be missed, though.

 

An eventful year!

 

Never again throwing a VFR at yourself or using the N-D ferry?

Who's operating that route now? We used the seacat on my first TOGTour but
that's no longer running IIRC.

 

French run, mega speed & some great roads.

Done more miles this year than ever.

Some amazing sunday morning rides.

Having a few too many at the BOSM

Saying goodbye to the K12

Getting nabbed by the cops

 

Heh, I am using a free iPhone newsreader actually.

 

<Interested>

Go on, then. Which one?

 

Both !

It's run by Transmanche (LDLines) now, since the demise of the SeaCat.

I thought Newhaven might be a bit easier than Dover, but it's a lot of
faffing about for a 4hr crossing. I only used as I got a promo bike return
for £20. The journey down seemed just as long as the run to Dover due to the
lack of Motorways.

I think I'll stick with Portsmouth as it's only an hour from here down the
A34.

 

<fx: marks thread interesting>

 

The box at the French MotoGP
Some excellent runs around the North side of France
Great weather in Summer and Autumn

Shite race at the French MotoGP
Shite weather in Winter and Spring
Missing the French run

 

News Tap Lite by the look of the headers.

 

Highs:
Getting a bloody good price for the LE Velo.
Getting the Bantam nicely fettled (see below)
Finding someone willing to pay money for the SOJawa.
Fooling around on the 400 Four.
Pissing off an entire herd of Hardly riders by overtaking the entire
bloody rolling roadblock in one move on the shopping trolley.

Lows:
Realising that the Bantam paint is the wrong colour for the year, much
enjoyment to be had repainting it when the weather improves.

 

The Elefantentreffen is definitely one of those unexplainable fun
things. Plenty of edge of seat "will he make it" moments with Hogs' BMW
charging problem. Although I hate to say it, your Tenere going up in
smoke was really funny.

My first French Run was a joy.

Deciding that I *must* have a Ducati ST4s (see below) and then getting one.

Treating myself to an EXO2 Stormrider electrically heated vest and
Stormshield electrically heated gloves in preparation for next years
Elefantentreffen.

On the French Run having a lardy touring Ducati ST4s pulling away from
my supposedly supersport CBR600RR at every corner no matter how much I
wrung it's neck.

The bill for getting my ST4s fully serviced and the clutch replaced was
a bit of a drop jaw moment, but ultimately worth it.

I never managed to get a week away on the bike later in the summer.

 

Doh. Didn't think of looking. OK, Dan - I've been looking for an iPhone
newsreader until Stefan Haller ports MacSoup to it. Any good?

 

hey, you could have lied and had anyone who dared to disagreed with
you extraordinarily renditioned.

 

That was my view. I tried to make the journey interesting by travelling
across the downs but once east of Petersfield it was shite.

The LDLines overnight service from there is okay & cheap, compared to BF.
Last time I used it we slept on the floor as there were no cabins left and
the cheap seats weren't very comfy. They've got a bigger ship now, probably
with more cabins.

Although, for the Alps trip, the afternoon train followed by a hotel at
Laon worked out okay. This used up a vacation day whereas the overnighter
from Portsmouth can be done after a full day in the office.

 

I'm using the free lite version before splashing out £0.59 on the full
version.

So far so good tbh. How's my sigsep?

 

whaaa?

have we been beamed in to the "home animation" thread or something?

 

Like soup....