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Tyres and oil checked.

Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 4:20 pm

Not that my Suzuki Bandit ever uses oil but always good to check. Weather forecast is dry for tomorrow and a bit warmer than today so hope to get out as haven't ridden for two weeks. Meet up at Box Hill and then decide where to go.

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 7, 2026, 5:43 pm, in reply to "Tyres and oil checked."

Went out this afternoon - damp and cold, not really that pleasurable but it got me out and about.

Give the old Him a good clean tomorrow I think.

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 10:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

More painting for me. This fence is far too big.
Sunday off to a boot sale then Formula 1 watching.
British drivers are doing well but early days with the all new cars.

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Posted by calidavid <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=calidavid' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 8:34 am, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

I guess that’ll be Cheddar, Geoff. I can’t make it as I have to pack for a business trip tomorrow. Hope you have a good day.

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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 8, 2026, 8:53 am, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

David - Cheddar is not until the 28th March.

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Re: Tyres and oil checked.

Posted by calidavid <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=calidavid' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 8:55 am, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Ah. Thanks Andy. I should make that then and hope for decent weather.

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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 8, 2026, 10:30 am, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Might see you there David.

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 2:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Its one in Exeter David. Always a lot of old tools there from house clearances. Removal firms come loaded up and sell at very low prices so they get rid of a lot of the van load.

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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 8, 2026, 10:29 am, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Unlikely that I will be watching much F1 this year. It is something that Colette and I used to record and watch in the evenings - that way we could skip over all the adverts / waffle etc.

Now that Colette is no longer here I probably will not bother. To be honest over that last few years I have lost interest in it anyway.

Think I saw somewhere that they are running nearly 50/50 battery and IC engine power this season, and a lot of the "skill" is going to be about how they "manage" battery life.

For me there seems to be too many rules these days, and often teams / drivers complaining about the slightest "infringement".

Think that the days of Hunt / Mansell / Senna and Schumacher were the best days, too many rules / too much moaning these days, as well as too much technology in the cars.

One of the few modern drivers worth watching is Verstappen - that man is an old school racer, he sees an opportunity and he goes for it.

One thing they could do which I think would be a gamechanger is get shot of the pit / car radio and leave decisions up to the drivers, also bring back manual gear changes.

F1 has lost it's soul for me and is just no longer as interesting / entertaining as it once was.

Each to his own I guess.

Interesting what the drivers have to say about the cars have a read.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/ridiculous-or-really-fun-f1-drivers-divided-on-2026-after-first-race/

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Re: Tyres and oil checked.

Posted by DBDBrian <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=DBDBrian' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 11:02 am, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

F1, I would find more interest in painting Geoff's fence, then watching it dry. But as you say Andy, each to their own.

Brian
Made In England

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Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 11:51 am, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Be careful Brian, Geoff might take that as an offer!
Den

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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 8, 2026, 12:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Thought you were going to say that Geoff might take a fence (Offence) OK OK tried to make a joke......failed miserably.

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Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 1:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Den

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 2:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Painter required, apply on site. Must have own brush and steps . At least 1 pound an hour plus tea breaks and your mobile phone is locked away when working.

F1 was pretty good for the first race but there is an order of teams that have the best car again.
Mercedes will be World champs this season.
5 British drivers too.
Audi were fair in the first attempt.

Re: Tyres and oil checked.

Posted by DBDBrian <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=DBDBrian' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 2:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Well maybe I could come down and just sit on it, as it seems to be the present trend.

Brian
Made In England

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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 8, 2026, 3:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Sometimes one can get splinters up the a**e through sitting on the fence. Beware

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 3:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

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We know a song about fences Brian

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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 8, 2026, 4:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

I forgot that Stones number love it.

The oldest rocker in town!

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Posted by DBDBrian <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=DBDBrian' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 6:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Ah yes, shiver up the a**e when sitting on the fence, we can but hope.

Brian
Made In England

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Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 9:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Oooh you are awful, but I like you.

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 8, 2026, 10:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Dick Emery, 1975 Den

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Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 9, 2026, 10:20 am, in reply to "Re: Tyres and oil checked."

Great comic actor Geoff.
Den

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