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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: Post 2 of your best pictures of your scooters!
« on: January 30, 2020, 09:37:34 AM »
Oops! Forgot the scoot!
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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: Post 2 of your best pictures of your scooters!
« on: January 30, 2020, 09:32:34 AM »
Here're mine.
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General Discussion / Re: My 2019 XTown 300i ABS at about 9,000 miles
« on: January 30, 2020, 09:12:34 AM »
John, I take my hat off to you sir!
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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices to upset our UK members 😊
« on: January 30, 2020, 09:10:50 AM »4280
General Discussion / Re: When I can't ride, I walk.
« on: January 30, 2020, 09:07:59 AM »
I sometimes believe that I rank below both the dogs and the cats in my wife's affections... lol
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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices to upset our UK members 😊
« on: January 29, 2020, 03:15:14 PM »Very true about taxation but the price of fuel itself should decline with less demand. Oil and refined products are commodities traded on the market. It's up to citizens to vote out heavy handed politicians .
In the absence of any other factors I agree KK, the price should fall as demand drops away, simple supply vs demand economics. Mind you, without wishing to open any other cans of worms, I read the other day that one of the key rare metal ingredients for batteries needed for EVs could only supply the equivalent in numbers of 50% of the existing world-wide numbers of fossil-fuelled vehicles... A new technology urgently needed I think?
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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices to upset our UK members 😊
« on: January 29, 2020, 03:10:17 PM »Miles per liter. As I recall the last time I visited the UK petrol was priced per liter.
It is, you're quite right, but most of us still talk about MPG rather than miles or even Kms per litre. I have a handy app (Fuelly) which does all the number crunching for me!
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General Discussion / Re: Any R.O.M.E.O. riders out there?
« on: January 29, 2020, 03:07:33 PM »I seen ROMEO riders has a chapter in the UK. What does the PEMC acronym stand for? For me it would be neat to see the countryside in the UK on a scooter. Most US tv programs show London and very little else. I've been watching ( Escape To The Country) real estate show to finally see some of the British countryside and towns.
I've googled ROMEO, but can only see the ROMEO stateside forum KK. Tweeted it for here to gauge interest. PEMC is our Professional & Executive Motorcycle Club which has similar aims, but a bit thin on venues in my locale.
As for our roads, I had two buddies over from the USA (S. California & New Jersey) a couple of times and we toured Wales and Scotland before heading out to Spain and Portugal for the second tour. They loved the roads here once they got used to riding the bends on the "wrong" side of the road!
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General Discussion / Re: Blue Skies & Dry (ish) Roads
« on: January 29, 2020, 02:59:19 PM »It's 48F & sunny now (13:00 hrs in the UK) so I'm off on the XT to take advantage!Clearly tempted fate with this post! Back home now as someone turned the sun off and then opened the heavens! Fortunately back home before that happened.
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General Discussion / Re: Blue Skies & Dry (ish) Roads
« on: January 29, 2020, 02:57:09 PM »It's not a bad day out there. I've got the Cub in for MOT on Friday so hopefully get a few miles in bombing around green lanes out around the University campus (Neil probably knows where I mean) on Saturday.Are we talking Selly Park way?...
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General Discussion / Re: Blue Skies & Dry (ish) Roads
« on: January 29, 2020, 12:57:40 PM »
It's 48F & sunny now (13:00 hrs in the UK) so I'm off on the XT to take advantage!
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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: Waiting....
« on: January 29, 2020, 09:34:14 AM »Leaf blower best chamois around!Thinking I need to lug mine up from the shed to the garage...
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General Discussion / Re: Blue Skies & Dry (ish) Roads
« on: January 29, 2020, 07:57:42 AM »Where's "here"? I'll be riding to work in just an hour or so.“Here” for me is the north west of the UK.
It was a cool (about 40f) so not too lengthy, but it was good to get out again after a long spell of wet freezing weather. Forecast better later this week so fingers crossed [emoji1696]
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General Discussion / Re: When I can't ride, I walk.
« on: January 29, 2020, 07:53:31 AM »
My dog always gets his walk before I’m allowed out on the scooter!
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General Discussion / Re: Earplugs in Ohio
« on: January 29, 2020, 07:51:21 AM »If you don't wear any hearing protection - many studies show that the damage starts at @35mph and if riding more than 15 mins - regardless of the helmet.For which reason I’ve worn earplugs EVERY time when riding for c40 years. Relieved to say when recently tested, my hearing shows very little loss for my age.
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