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If I can't afford to buy it outright, I don't buy it. 🤷‍♂️ I'd rather go without, and I don't need the latest thing in my life that much. My newest bike is now 5 years old.

I used to have loans back in the day, but not for years now and I feel better for it. I've never had or been tempted by a PCP. (y)
I’ll get a SFV4 at some point as it’s a scratch I need to itch but I’ll wait till I can afford one outright, a second hand one.
 
I’ll get a SFV4 at some point as it’s a scratch I need to itch but I’ll wait till I can afford one outright, a second hand one.
But you might be dead and buried whilst patiently waiting to be rich… fuck that live for now when ye gone ye fooking gone a long while and nowt matters when that happens

I’ll leave pride for people dancing around in rainbow underpants if I need to borrow I’ll borrow if it gets me what I want when I want it so I can enjoy it while I can… but obviously if that excludes heaping stress on yourself

I need a van or I’m finished so do I wait until I save up? Actually I can’t save if I can’t work…. Mmmm let me think
 
Practice makes perfect eh?


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But you might be dead and buried whilst patiently waiting to be rich… fuck that live for now when ye gone ye fooking gone a long while and nowt matters when that happens

I’ll leave pride for people dancing around in rainbow underpants if I need to borrow I’ll borrow if it gets me what I want when I want it so I can enjoy it while I can… but obviously if that excludes heaping stress on yourself

I need a van or I’m finished so do I wait until I save up? Actually I can’t save if I can’t work…. Mmmm let me think
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But you might be dead and buried whilst patiently waiting to be rich… fuck that live for now when ye gone ye fooking gone a long while and nowt matters when that happens

I’ll leave pride for people dancing around in rainbow underpants if I need to borrow I’ll borrow if it gets me what I want when I want it so I can enjoy it while I can… but obviously if that excludes heaping stress on yourself

I need a van or I’m finished so do I wait until I save up? Actually I can’t save if I can’t work…. Mmmm let me think
It’s more the fact that Ducati etc are taking the absolute piss with their prices, borrowing money doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
Paying it back does though…..
A SF to me is worth about £15K. They’ll get down to that price soon enough and then I’ll strike like a Cobra!!

I need to speak to my great friend AC.
 
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I was supposed to be taking a few bikes out from SMC, had a sit on the KTM 890 Duke again and there was too much weight on my arms and it looks and feels like a hooligan, it’s not for me, the monster was physically too small and again weight on my arms, so I took this out.
Oh my lord, its absolutely brilliant, the only two things I don’t like so far are, it seems to be very thirsty and the seat could do with been a bit softer, but so far so good…
 
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I was supposed to be taking a few bikes out from SMC, had a sit on the KTM 890 Duke again and there was too much weight on my arms and it looks and feels like a hooligan, it’s not for me, the monster was physically too small and again weight on my arms, so I took this out.
Oh my lord, its absolutely brilliant, the only two things I don’t like so far are, it seems to be very thirsty and the seat could do with been a bit softer, but so far so good…
🤣🤣🤣 thirsty ?? Don’t even look at the V4 then.

On a serious note the new V2S is a brilliant bike and gets rave reviews 👍
 
Just an update, so far we have
Me
@Hugo Magnus
@Dox
Dox’s mate John
@SHarper (if the wife is better - how’s she getting on?)

No-one knows if @Perry is coming or not, not even himself.

There’s still room for 1 more at least, @Fight the streets Fmd ? You bloody suggested the entire jaunt 😁.

@Loz ? We may as well have all the independent thinkers on tour 😉.

So far the itinerary is:
Sat 20th May meet in Larne
Sun 21st Larne to Buncrana
Mon 22nd Buncrana to Sligo
Tues 23rd Sligo to Westport
Wed 24th Westport to Lahinch
Thurs 25th Lahinch to Dingle
Fri 26th Dingle to Schull

I’m arranging all the accommodation, trying to get it all for <€100 per night B&B, I’m reserving it but you can all settle up at each venue when you check out.

Now, I fess up, I completely forgot the
is on in Schull towards the end of that week which rather buggers up my ability to get accommodation. We may need to go further afield but leave it with me.

One question for those on the trip. Would you like an extra night on tour?

Rather than going Dingle to Schull we could stop off at Kenmare and push Schull to a Sat arrival rather than Friday (it won’t get round the lack of accommodation in Schull as the film festival is in until Sun 28/5) and it means we get more time on the Kerry and Beara Peninsulas which are just fantastic rides, especially the latter.

The only thing is I don’t know when your respective return ferries are and if you have the time - although Mon 29/5 is a UK bank holiday, so unless you’re self-employed the boss shouldn’t be calling you in.

Let me know 👍
 
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Just an update, so far we have
Me
@Hugo Magnus
@Dox
Dox’s mate John
@SHarper (if the wife is better - how’s she getting on?)

No-one knows if @Perry is coming or not, not even himself.

There’s still room for 1 more at least, @Fight the streets Fmd ? You bloody suggested the entire jaunt 😁.

@Loz ? We may as well have all the independent thinkers on tour 😉.

So far the itinerary is:
Sat 20th May meet in Larne
Sun 21st Larne to Buncrana
Mon 22nd Buncrana to Sligo
Tues 23rd Sligo to Westport
Wed 24th Westport to Lahinch
Thurs 25th Lahinch to Dingle
Fri 26th Dingle to Schull

I’m arranging all the accommodation, trying to get it all for <€100 per night B&B, I’m reserving it but you can all settle up at each venue when you check out.

Now, I fess up, I completely forgot the
is on in Schull towards the end of that week which rather buggers up my ability to get accommodation. We may need to go further afield but leave it with me.

One question for those on the trip. Would you like an extra night on tour?

Rather than going Dingle to Schull we could stop off at Kenmare and push Schull to a Sat arrival rather than Friday (it won’t get round the lack of accommodation in Schull as the film festival is in until Sun 28/5) and it means we get more time on the Kerry and Beara Peninsulas which are just fantastic rides, especially the latter.

The only thing is I don’t know when your respective return ferries are and if you have the time - although Mon 29/5 is a UK bank holiday, so unless you’re self-employed the boss shouldn’t be calling you in.

Let me know 👍
Would love to be there, but with my wife ‘s health trouble it is not going to happen, but rest assured that we will tour Ireland at some point and if you are around it would be lovely to meet up, I am very surprised by the way that you not have more takers as it will be a fantastic week, and great that you are putting in so much effort to organise it, hope that the weather gods will be with you👍
 
An extra day wouldn't work for me either I'm afraid.

Thanks Paul, I appreciate the work you're putting in to sort routes and accomodation.
 
@West Cork Paul
As we will be taking 2 days to return home from Schull we would prefer to keep the arrangements as they are if possible.
Thank you.



@PerryL

Have you got your tickets yet?
No.

Still deciding.

My brain has been busy agreeing to buy a KTM Duke 390. I noticed that hard panier cases is a factory option, so I will get a price from Fowlers next week. Although I was planning on fixing the ST3 (that I do have a big tail bag for) I noticed that when I did try to wheel about a Duke 790, it was much harder for me than the Duke 390 that I agreed to buy . My ST3 will be miles heavier still than the Duke 790.
 
I know it'd be a bus man's holiday, but how about @TheSkitz - where are you anyway dude, we miss you!
Good idea. I’ll drop him a line - I don’t think he uses forums anymore, said he wanted to cut down his SM use when I saw him last Sept.
 
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Would love to be there, but with my wife ‘s health trouble it is not going to happen, but rest assured that we will tour Ireland at some point and if you are around it would be lovely to meet up, I am very surprised by the way that you not have more takers as it will be a fantastic week, and great that you are putting in so much effort to organise it, hope that the weather gods will be with you👍
Just drop the wife at @SHarper ’s place and they can look after each other whilst you and he go on a jolly 👍.


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Just drop the wife at @SHarper ’s place and they can look after each other whilst you and he go on a jolly 👍.


ps. Follow me on Instagram for more marital guidance tips and to learn to show empathy for your loved ones 🤣
You are obviously not married to a sprinkle who is half Scottish otherwise you wouldn’t have such life threatening ideas lol😇😆😎😆
 
You are obviously not married to a sprinkle who is half Scottish otherwise you wouldn’t have such life threatening ideas lol😇😆😎😆
🤣 no, I’m married (very happily) to a fully fledged Irish Celt who would kill me with just a look for making such a suggestion. I clearly wouldn’t suggest that at home, I was just thinking out loud and trying to help you and Sharper 👍
 
🤣 no, I’m married (very happily) to a fully fledged Irish Celt who would kill me with just a look for making such a suggestion. I clearly wouldn’t suggest that at home, I was just thinking out loud and trying to help you and Sharper 👍
You’re braver then me, my ex wife was half Irish, her and her mum would defeat Putin in a day, dragons of epic proportions the pair of them, pleased you have found a good one who makes you happy👍
 
Just an update, so far we have

@SHarper (if the wife is better - how’s she getting on?)

Eyup, she’s not ‘ill’ as such, her leg/knee has snapped and she is for want of a better word, bedridden. There was infection and swelling, which seems to be subsiding; but they don’t know what to do about fixing it and I think they think if nobody does anything it’ll go away.
If she had still been able bodied they would have slapped her a new knee in and we’d all be skipping into the sunset by now, but the pin from our accident in 1991 is adding complications.

@FightthestreetsFmd there‘s no point in both of us not going, shall we have some sort of competition, the loser looking after both women?
 
Eyup, she’s not ‘ill’ as such, her leg/knee has snapped and she is for want of a better word, bedridden. There was infection and swelling, which seems to be subsiding; but they don’t know what to do about fixing it and I think they think if nobody does anything it’ll go away.
If she had still been able bodied they would have slapped her a new knee in and we’d all be skipping into the sunset by now, but the pin from our accident in 1991 is adding complications.

@FightthestreetsFmd there‘sno point in both of us not going, shall we have some sort of competition, the loser looking after both women?
We could of course come up with a cunning plan, come up with a competition which enables both of us to go, but seriously , very sorry to hear about your wife’s health problem, knee issues are excruciating as I have found out the hard way, I hope that they can get it sorted, however these days your only viable option seem to go private, shameful state of affairs👍
 
We could of course come up with a cunning plan, come up with a competition which enables both of us to go, but seriously , very sorry to hear about your wife’s health problem, knee issues are excruciating as I have found out the hard way, I hope that they can get it sorted, however these days your only viable option seem to go private, shameful state of affairs👍

I’m not sure going private could effectuate a solution for her very specific problem, it’ll be reet, as we say around these parts…

I live in a bungalow if stairs are the problem.

If we are to enter into a contest, I challenge you to any of the following:-

scrabble,
squats,
navigating,
pushing/pulling heavy things, and last but by no means least;
making inappropriate jokes at inconvenient moments

you choose…
 
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