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Just cheking in

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 5:23 pm

I am fine - and thanks to those that asked.

Healthwise I am more or less back to where I was, have to take blood thinners for the rest of my days, but that is better than what the alternative could have been.

Been busy on the H2 - now ready for another season, although I am thinking it might be time to move it on, I did try advertising it on one of the Triple websites but zero interest. We will ses how things go on that front.

Got the DT running pretty well now

Shame about the smudge on the camera.

I dont really do much on the web these days, hence my lack of appearance here of late.

More happy just to "lurk" rather than contribute these days.

That's it for now.

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Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 6:06 pm, in reply to "Just cheking in"

Welcome back mate. The DT looks and sounds great.

The oldest rocker in town!

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Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 7:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

Yes, Jerry, the Yam goes really well - at least well enough for cruising around the A & B roads / lanes / backroads around here.

Might "wake" the H2 up tomorrow after it's winter sleep, not had to do much to it this year apart from give it a once over.

No doubt my arseho*e neighbour will think I am trying to upset them by making a noise but to be honest DILYGAF.

Hope all goes well with your racing this year.

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Posted by Expat Stu <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Expat+Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 8:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

That is f*ing amazing! I could smell the 2 stroke and hear the vibrations! It has made me determined to get a biggish 2 stroke again. Where are you somewhere southwest I imagine? Last week I visited the Bristol / Bath / Shepton Mallet area - you're video looks similar lanes. Good luck with the DT I loved mine!

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Stu - yes I am just down the road from Shepton Mallet, about 7 miles.

Did the first "proper" run on the DT this afternoon,something like 30 odd miles.

Enjoyed every minute despite being bloody cold.

Good luck in your quest for a "biggish" 2 stroke.

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Posted by Beezabryan <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Beezabryan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 10:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

I know what you mean Andy, it is DILLIGAF

Do what you can, while you can, before the day comes when you can't.

BeezaBryan

He knows not where he's going, For the ocean will decide,
Its not the destination, It's the glory of the ride (Edward Monkton, Zen Dog)

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Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 8:10 pm, in reply to "Just cheking in"

Glad you're back for a visit, been missing your posts.

I'm really in the mood for another Yamaha two-stroke single trailie. A friend of mine who trades a lot of them is on the lookout for one for me.

I love the way when you're riding in England that one second you're out in the country, just open fields around then BANG you're on someone's High Street among old stone buildings, then out again.

What were all the caravans and motor homes on the shoulder of the road on that one stretch? Is it actually legal to park/camp there?

Lannis

At no time in history have the people forcing other people into compliance been the good guys.

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Lannis.

Thanks for the sentiment.

You asked "What were all the caravans and motor homes on the shoulder of the road on that one stretch? Is it actually legal to park/camp there?"

At the risk of being non PC (moi!) they are generally known as "Travellers".

In a nutshell they are people who are invariably unemployed, contribute nothing to the state or county in terms of tax, or rates.

They take, take, take, and park their caravans wherever they choose, and when they eventually leave (evicted by the Council) leave a load of mess behind.

Basically leeches on society.

I dont decry anyone who wants to live an alternative lifecycle, but these people really are like a cancer, as they have little / no respect for anything.

There is another road that runs parallel to the one I was on, about a mile away. That lane is full of these caravans, and is deemed to be a "no go" area - that shows just how bad these people are.

I certainly would not even think about going along that road, which is a shame because there is a really nice river around there I used to fish as a kid, now no one dares venture down that way, and the local Council do FA about it.

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Posted by Hants Ian <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Hants+Ian' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 9:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

Just about sums it up

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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You summed the pikeys perfect Andy.

The oldest rocker in town!

My experience of Travellers

Posted by jimmy <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=jimmy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 11:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

Welcome back, Andy
The opinion of Travellers is easy to form, but not always correct. In my previous life I dealt with a few and had the stereotypical experience with the exception of one time I was the first Senior Officer on site. I sought out the elder and explained the situation, I also told him, I was aware that they had been on the road for a few hours and they needed to see to their kids, so I would give them some privacy to feed and clean the weans, then they had to leave. He thanked me and said they would. I offered him my hand and asked if I could have his word on that. He said yes, so I withdrew all officers to give them privacy.
My gaffer and a few others criticised me for this, and said I would regret it. Before the hour was up, the group left the area, and passed on their thanks via the Cop who was left at the bottom of the Rd.
Not saying it would have worked with every, or indeed any other group, but it worked for me and them on that occasion.
Aside: I used that as one of my examples in a promotion interview and was successful

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Posted by mtf <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=mtf' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 9:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

From the look of things and the sound of the bike you've fettled that back to a good life, well done indeed.Thought you were going through a caravan site at one point! The area is somewhat familiar as I know Catcott well. Those roads with deep ditches at the side are lethal. The splodge on the lense didn't detract from the video at all.

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Hello MTF - dont recognise the name.

Yes ditches / rhynes along the Somerset levels can be lethal.

When I was a kid me and my Dad used to fish for eels in a rhyne near Godney - spent many nights under a full moon fisshing for the bu**ers.

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Hi Andy, I've been watching the site since its earliest days and used to drop the odd comment, but some responses were a little snide so didn't respond. I used to ride a lot around Romney Marsh back in the 70's and came a cropper with ditches at the side of the road with my old Triumph Tiger 750. I ended up somersaulting into a ditch near there taking a corner a little too enthusiastically. I wasn't hurt and the bike came out ok but it gave a lot of entertainment to a nursery of kids that saw it happen. The folk there help me recover the bike and get it into shape to get back to Canterbury where I lived at the time. If I'd been injured in the accident it could have been a lot worse, hence my respect for ditches at the side of the road. I know there are instances where cars have entered the ditches in the Somerset levels only to come a cropper. Take care and get well

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I had a Tiger 750 back in the late 70's but never "ditched" it.

Many years ago a work colleague became a "victim" of the ditches - he swerved to avoid a cow on the road, ended upside down in a ditch, could not open the doors due to being wedged in the ditch - he drowned.

Likewise, take care.

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Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 4, 2023, 11:05 pm, in reply to "Just cheking in"

Nice to see you back; like motorcycles, we all have worn parts eventually.

Leon Novello

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Posted by Al Sation <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Al+Sation' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 5, 2023, 8:16 am, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

hi Andy..we have travellers in our village..they have caused,and are usually creating mayhem around here..fighting with baseball bats outside the local Primary school,gunshots on another occasion,dogs roaming out of control and attacking other pets,the local pubs are no go areas when they come in. the police and dog warden are terrified of them,and will only go in 'the camp'mob handed when the serious stuff kicks off. nice bike btw

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Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 5, 2023, 8:48 am, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

I take on board what Jimmy says, some of them are perhaps OK and through circumstances have become a "Traveller".

Having said the vast majority appear to be in the group I described in my posting above.

Thanks for the comment on the bike

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Where do the Gypsies stay these days?

Leon Novello

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Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 5, 2023, 9:10 am, in reply to "Re: Just cheking in"

Welcome back Andy..East Devon Council have just ordered the Mobile homes of the big lorry Park in Exmouth they were originally parked on the seafront.them moved a new breed of people now Expensive mobile homes and travel around the countryside they are not the usual travellers..I believe the Aussies have them usually older retired people..

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

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There are a couple of "old school" Gypsies you see around here from time to time, they both have "proper" Romany vans pulled by horses.

They usually stay a few weeks in one place and when they go they leave any rubbish in a neat pile, unlike the Pikeys which leave a mess behind.

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Leon - there are campsites set aside especially for Gypsies, how well used they are I dont know, but you tend to see Gypsies parked at random along the side of the road.

Gypsies and Travellers are two completley different sets of people.

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